Below are a couple of top news stories of the day, featuring Sting, WWE Hall of Fame 2025, and WrestleMania 41.
• Sting Will Not Return For WWE Hall Of Fame 2025
Unless WWE pulls a last minute surprise, WCW Legend Sting (who is under contract with AEW) will not return to WWE TV to induct Lex Luger into the Hall of Fame next Friday.
WWE revealed the inductors for this year’s class on tonight’s SmackDown:
– Triple H will be inducted by Shawn Michaels
– Michelle McCool will be inducted by The Undertaker
– Lex Luger will be inducted by Diamond Dallas Page
– Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart (Immortal Moment) will be inducted by CM Punk
Inductor for The Natural Disasters wasn’t revealed.
• Night 1 & 2 Matches For WrestleMania 41 Revealed
On tonight’s SmackDown, WWE revealed the matches for Night 1 & 2 of WrestleMania 41.
Night 1
– Main Event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (with Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins
– World Heavyweight Championship: Gunther (c) vs. Jey Uso
– WWE Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Charlotte Flair
– United States Championship: LA Knight (c) vs. Jacob Fatu
– Jade Cargill vs. Naomi
– World Tag Team Championship: War Raiders (c) vs. The New Day
– Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano (Chad Gable in a mask)
Night 2
– Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. John Cena [Main Event]
– Women’s World Championship: IYO SKY (c) vs. Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley
– Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Finn Balor vs. Penta vs. Dominik Mysterio
– WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez (c) vs. Bayley & Women’s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria
– Sin City Street Fight: Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest
– AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
