Below are some top WWE news stories of the day, involving Shawn Michaels and Martha Hart.
• During an interview with Sports Illustrated, Shawn Michaels revealed that Carmelo Hayes vs. Trick Williams will be the main event of NXT Stand & Deliver 2024, which will take hours before Night 1 of WrestleMania 40.
Here’s what HBK said:
“The Trick Williams – Carmelo Hayes story has been a driving force of NXT over the past several months. It deserves to be the main event of what is sure to be a memorable NXT Stand & Deliver.”
5 Matches have been announced for this event (on Saturday, April 6th at 12 PM EST):
– Carmelo Hayes vs. Trick Williams
– NXT Championship Match: Ilja Dragunov (c) vs. Tony D’Angelo
– NXT Women’s Championship Match: Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Roxanne Perez
– NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin (c) vs. Tournament Winners
– Triple Threat Match For The NXT North American Championship: Oba Femi (c) vs. Dijak vs. Josh Briggs
WATCH: Rhea Ripley’s Buns Exposed At Elimination Chamber 2024 (Part 6):
• During an interview with NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield, Martha Hart had the following to say about the allegations made against Vince McMahon by Janel Grant:
“I was a little reluctant to come on, but I thought it’s such an important topic that I just wanted to be able to contribute to that. No, I was not surprised when I heard there was yet another lawsuit (against Vince McMahon & WWE).
Over the years, the WWE… they’ve had many lawsuits and they’ve had a lot of bad press. I tell you, I read all of the 67 pages in that complaint, and it is absolutely horrific. I have to say that the level of wickedness that’s described is beyond the pale in that complaint, and anyone with a shred of humanity would find the indignant act just incomprehensible, frankly.
So, it wasn’t a shock that there was another lawsuit, but the level of, I guess, depravity there certainly was, and I’m a doctor in mental health. I’m also the founder and director of the Owen Hart Foundation, so no matter what hat I’m wearing, I always work with at-risk people.
I can tell you that it’s the — anyone that takes advantage of a vulnerable person is the most despicable type of person because these are people that need to be supported and protected, not exploited and by Janel Grant’s own admission, she was a vulnerable person.
She was unemployed, her parents had passed away, she was suffering with grief, and she was also just on the cusp of financial collapse. So these are all the makings of a very vulnerable person.”
