• WWE Made A Last-Minute Change To Friday’s SmackDown
On last night’s SmackDown, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Naomi faced Rhea Ripley in a singles match and lost.
According to Fightful Select, the original plan was for Naomi’s tag team partner, Sasha Banks, to face Ripley.
However, WWE changed the plan just before SmackDown went on the air.
WWE most likely wanted to protect Banks from suffering another loss, as she lost a singles match to Rhea’s tag team partner, Liv Morgan, last week.
On the other hand, Naomi defeated Liv on this week’s RAW.
Sasha & Naomi will defend their Tag Team Titles against Ripley & Morgan on Monday’s RAW.
Tap here to read the complete results from last night’s SmackDown.
WATCH: Rhea Ripley’s Revealing Photoshoot:
• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 16, 2000) – WCW Spring Stampede 2000
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 16, 2000, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW Spring Stampede 2000’ LIVE on PPV from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
This was the first ever WCW pay-per-view after the April 10 – Eric Bischoff/Vince Russo reboot, as well as the first to feature the infamous New Blood vs. Millionaire’s Club feud.
It was the last of 5 Spring Stampede pay-per-view events that WCW aired between 1994 and 2000.
Here are the results:
Triple threat: Ric Flair & Lex Luger defeated The Harris Brothers and The Mamalukes
Mancow defeated Jimmy Hart
Scott Steiner defeated The Wall by DQ
Mike Awesome defeated Ernest Miller
Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell defeated Harlem Heat 2000
Sting defeated Booker T
Vampiro defeated Billy Kidman
Vacant WCW Hardcore Championship: Terry Funk defeated Norman Smiley
Scott Steiner defeated Mike Awesome
Sting defeated Vampiro
Six-Way – Vacant WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Chris Candido defeated The Artist, Juventud Guerrera, Shannon Moore, Lash LeRoux and Crowbar
Vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship: Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell defeated Ric Flair and The Total Package
Vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Scott Steiner defeated Sting
Vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Jeff Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page
