• WWE Planning Eye-Catching Start To WrestleMania 42
WWE is looking to spice up the WrestleMania 42 card with some extra stipulations. Because the opening matches in Las Vegas will air on regular ESPN channels, officials want to make sure the action is as eye-catching as possible.
According to WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select, the plan is to add stipulations to those early bouts. The hope is that a wild, can’t-miss opening match will grab casual viewers on cable and convince them to subscribe so they can watch the rest of the show.
It’s all part of a bigger strategy to use their new ESPN partnership to drive as many new sign-ups as possible.
Also Read: WWE Staff Frustrated Over WrestleMania 42 Changes
• 2 AEW Stars Pulling Double Duty At Revolution This Sunday
Willow Nightingale will pull double duty at this Sunday’s AEW Revolution PPV, as she will defend both her titles. Her opponent, Lena Kross, will be pulling double duty as well.
Below is the updated match-card:
– Texas Death Match For The AEW World Championship: MJF (c) vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
If Page loses, he will never be able to challenge for the AEW World Championship ever again.
– No Time-Limit Match For The AEW Continental Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
– AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: FTR (c) vs. The Young Bucks
– AEW Trios Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher, and Mark Davis (c) vs. Místico and JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight)
– 2 Out Of 3 Falls Match For The AEW Women’s World Championship: Thekla (c) vs. Kris Statlander
– AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: The Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron) (c) vs. Megan Bayne and Lena Kross
– Swerve Strickland vs. Brody King
– Andrade El Idolo vs. ROH World Champion Bandido
– Everyone Is Banned From Ringside: “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Marina Shafir
– Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy, and Roderick Strong vs. The Dogs (David Finlay, Clark Connors, and Gabe Kidd)
Zero Hour Pre-Show Matches
– TBS Championship Match: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Lena Kross
– 21-Man Blackjack Battle Royal For The AEW National Championship: Ricochet (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. 19 TBA
– “Big Boom!” A.J. vs. TBA
