Below are a couple of top news stories of the day, featuring AEW, The Rock, and WrestleMania 41.
• Skye Blue and Luchasaurus have not yet been cleared to return to AEW, despite rumors suggesting otherwise. While both are close to returning, AEW has yet to give official clearance.
According to Fightful Select, Skye Blue is expected back in the spring but is pushing for a return before that.
Luchasaurus’ status remains “TBD” due to a severe illness, including a recent hospitalization for pneumonia in both lungs.
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• As seen on SmackDown, The Rock is back and he wants WWE Champion Cody Rhodes to be “his” champion and he wants his soul. Cody will give his answer to The Final Boss at Elimination Chamber in Toronto on March 1st.
On Busted Open Radio, WWE Hall of Famer Bubba Ray Dudley said The Rock is not needed at WrestleMania 41:
“You have all of those people there and The Rock is available, do you want The Rock to come? Of course, you want The Rock to come, but with all those people there, do you need The Rock to come? You don’t need him.
Do I want The Rock to be at WrestleMania? With as entertaining as The Rock is, and with what he can do for someone, of course I want The Rock there. But, this year, do I need The Rock there? Absolutely not.
Is The Rock going to get them a significant amount more of investment across the board? I believe what they’re doing now in WWE, they don’t need him for that. There’s going to come a time in WWE when they have to stop relying on The Rocks, Austins, Undertakers of the world.”
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