• Roman Reigns Reveals Which Move He Will Use 50 Times Against CM Punk At WrestleMania 42
During his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Roman Reigns said that his late father, Wild Samoan Sika, created the Samoan Drop, and that he plans to hit CM Punk with the Samoan Drop 50 times to honor his father during the World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 42.
Here’s what The OTC said:
“This is the move that my father created way back in his day before me. And it’s funny because if you’re paying attention to the build up, CM Punk actually made a very derogatory comment about my father, and what he’s gonna do to me and how he’s gonna reunite me with him. It was pretty rude, yeah.
And for a guy his age should be talking to me like that, you know? You think there’d be a maturation process, but yeah, that’s the Samoan Drop. So, to honor my father, I’m probably gonna pick Phil up 50 times or so and just jump him on the back, you’re a little heavier this time.”
Roman Reigns says he will hit CM Punk with the Samoan Drop 50 times at WrestleMania 42 to pay tribute to his fatherpic.twitter.com/R0dr3ZgRuf
— WrestleFeed (@WrestleFeedApp) March 27, 2026
• AEW Scrapped Major Plan For Toni Storm After Revolution
At AEW Revolution 2026, “Timeless” Toni Storm defeated Marina Shafir, but things quickly escalated after the match when Ronda Rousey confronted her before Shafir launched a post-match attack. Storm was then scheduled to face Shafir in a No Holds Barred match on the March 18 episode of Dynamite.
However, she was written off at the start of the show in a mystery attack angle, with Mina Shirakawa replacing her. It was later reported that Storm is expected to be out of action for an extended period, potentially missing the remainder of 2026, although her absence is not due to an injury and AEW only became aware of the situation on the day of the show.
According to the latest update from the Wrestling Observer, the original plan for the March 18 episode of Dynamite was for Toni Storm to defeat Marina Shafir in their No Holds Barred match. The victory was expected to set up a new program between Storm and Thekla for the AEW Women’s World Championship.
However, once AEW learned that Storm wouldn’t be able to compete due to a non-injury situation, those plans were scrapped. The company quickly shifted direction and went with the mystery attacker angle instead, which is set to unfold with multiple possible suspects and clues.
• ESPN Files To Join WWE Lawsuit
ESPN is trying to step into a class-action lawsuit filed against WWE to help get the case shut down privately. The lawsuit was started by fans who claim they were tricked by deceptive marketing. They say they were told that being an ESPN subscriber would let them watch WWE premium live events for free, but they ended up having to pay an extra $30 a month for ESPN Unlimited instead.
The fans only sued WWE, leaving ESPN out of the paperwork on purpose. According to Brandon Thurston, they did this to avoid a no-lawsuit rule in ESPN’s fine print.
ESPN filed a memo this week asking the judge to let them join the case anyway. Their goal is to move the whole thing into private arbitration, which would stop it from being a public class-action trial.
The fight is over the rollout of the WWE-ESPN deal. ESPN originally said they expected most cable and streaming companies to give the service to fans for free, but that hasn’t happened for everyone yet.
The lawsuit covers almost anyone in the U.S. who paid for ESPN between August and September of 2025. However, if you have a big provider like Spectrum, Verizon, or DirecTV, you aren’t part of the suit because those fans actually did get the service for free.
If ESPN wins this motion, the case will likely disappear from the public eye and be settled behind closed doors.
