Below are a couple of top news stories of the day, involving Shotzi and WWE Speed.
• Shotzi suffered a knee injury while facing NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria during this week’s NXT TV tapings.
Here’s what she tweeted about this situation:
“I don’t have much to say right now other than I am devastated. It’s heartbreaking to be missing my Elimination Chamber opportunity tonight. But I just wanted to wish all the women competing good luck. I’ll open up more about how I’m feeling and my injury later.”
WATCH: WWE Star Shotzi Without Clothes (Part 2):
• Before an episode of SmackDown in December, a new concept called “WWE Speed” was introduced, featuring 5-minute matches.
The first round of matches included Bronson Reed defeating NXT’s Nathan Frazier and Cedric Alexander defeating Axiom.
During the WrestleMania 40 Kickoff press conference, Michael Cole announced that WWE Speed will debut on Twitter / X in April after WrestleMania XL.
The Hollywood Reporter noted that WWE’s agreement with X for “WWE Speed” is for 2 years.
A couple of matches for WWE Speed were taped before tonight’s SmackDown. Below are the spoilers:
– Dragon Lee def. Cedric Alexander in 4:31 minutes
– Odyssey Jones def. Cameron Grimes in 2:19 minutes
Exact air date for these matches isn’t known yet.
