• WWE Has No WrestleMania 42 Direction For SmackDown Star
On last week’s episode of SmackDown, Sami Zayn defeated Carmelo Hayes to win the United States Championship just three weeks before WrestleMania 42. Sami is now set to defend the U.S. Title against Trick Williams at the biggest show of the year.
According to Self Made Pro, WWE has no WrestleMania 42 direction for Ilja Dragunov after this title change. Carmelo held the title throughout the WrestleMania season. He was involved in a long build with Dragunov, with fans expecting their feud to end at WrestleMania.
Instead, Sami won the title in an open challenge match, and Dragunov was left out of the title picture.
Fans and wrestlers (namely Baron Corbin) on social media are pushing for Carmelo to be included in the United States Title match at WrestleMania 42.
• Why WWE Booked Seth Rollins vs. Gunther For WrestleMania 42
As seen on last night’s RAW, it was announced that Seth Rollins has been cleared to return to in-ring action and all charges against him have been dropped.
Rollins then attacked Paul Heyman with a steel chair, but Gunther showed up and put Rollins to sleep. Adam Pearce then announced Seth Rollins vs. Gunther for WrestleMania 42.
Gunther was originally scheduled to face Rey Mysterio at WrestleMania 42. On the other hand, Rollins was originally scheduled to face Bron Breakker at WrestleMania 42.
However, both Mysterio and Breakker are out of action with injuries and couldn’t get cleared in time. According to multiple sources, Breakker was backstage at last night’s RAW, but wasn’t cleared. This led to WWE booking Gunther vs. Rollins at the biggest show of the year.
The commentators questioned why Gunther went after Rollins. Expect Gunther to provide his explanation on next week’s RAW.
• Michael Cole Lied About The Intercontinental Title Picture On RAW
On last night’s RAW, Penta defeated Kofi Kingston to retain the Intercontinental Championship. After the match, Penta revealed that he will defend his title in a Ladder Match at WrestleMania 42.
Later during the show, WWE revealed the participants for this Ladder Match: Penta (c) vs. Rusev vs. JD McDonagh vs. Dragon Lee vs. Je’Von Evans.
According to Sean Ross Sapp, WWE originally planned on doing 4 qualifying matches to determine Penta’s opponents in the match.
Fans pointed out that Michael Cole said that the qualifying matches for this title match took place on WWE Main Event, but that’s not the case.
