Here's your Fight Size wrestling Update for the evening of April 21st, 2018.
- Local advertisements in Saudi Arabia where the 'Greatest Royal Rumble' will take place next Friday is advertising a fifth man in the WWE Intercontinental Championship Ladder match featuring the champion Seth Rollins, and challengers Samoa Joe, The Miz, and Finn Balor. The fifth man that is being advertised is former WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley who recently returned to WWE the night after WrestleMania 34.
- During today's meet and greet session prior to Maryland Championship Wrestling's event, fans had the opportunity to speak with "The Kliq"; Shawn Michaels, Scott Hall, X-Pac & Kevin Nash. Nash shared a photo of himself and his good buddies on Twitter and noted that Triple H is greatly missed in this reunion.
Triple H is currently in Saudi Arabia in preparation for the 'Greatest Royal Rumble' where he will be in singles action against John Cena.
- This upcoming Monday's edition of RAW will be live on the USA Network from St. Louis, Missouri. WWE.com uploaded an early preview and synopsis for the show which teased the next step in Kurt Angle and Stephanie McMahon's business relationship following her hiring of the sly tandem of Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn without running it past Kurt Angle.
“Will Stephanie McMahon continue to overrule Kurt Angle’s decisions?
If you thought the issues between Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon and General Manager Kurt Angle ended at WrestleMania, you’ve got another thing coming.
This past Monday night, Angle determined that neither Kevin Owens nor Sami Zayn would be joining Raw following their WrestleMania defeat to Daniel Bryan & Shane McMahon and after the two fought each other to a No Contest the week prior on Team Red when a roster spot was on the line, but Stephanie decreed that The Olympic Hero had made his decision based on emotion, awarding Raw contracts to the leaders of The “Yep!” Movement.
Is Raw in the midst of a power struggle, and, if so, will opportunistic Superstars like Owens & Zayn take advantage?”
- Former three-time WWE Divas Champion AJ "Lee" Mendez was a guest on WGN-TV morning news where she discussed the mental health battles that she has had to power through throughout her life.
- UK wrestler Alex Windsor announced via social media that she is stepping away from the business to start a new road in her professional life. She began training to become a wrestler at the age of 13; was trained by Saraya & Ricky Knight, and now at the age of 24 is hanging up her boots.
- Former two-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore has been off of the radar so-to-speak since the knot of a situation that was the sexual assault allegations that were placed against him. Enzo has since deleted all of his photos on Instagram and inserted the following into his bio: "T H A N K Y O U -- believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear."
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson recently surprised a young lady who asked him to go to her prom. Instead, Johnson gave her a special shout-out while she was in school and noted via social media that he rented out her local movie theater so that she and her friends go see his newest movie 'RAMPAGE'.
- The schedule for next week's WWE Network programming has been released:
MONDAY
As previously mentioned, Monday following Raw, it will be the one hour WWE Network Original Special “Bruno” looking at the career of Bruno Sammartino.
TUESDAY
Tuesday at 10 PM Eastern, It will be “205 Live” that will feature a Gauntlet match for a Cruiserweight Championship opportunity at the Greatest Royal Rumble event this Friday
At 11 PM Eastern, It will be the debut of “WWE Marquee Matches ” with the 1992 Royal Rumble which has the following description: “From 1-19-1992: With the WWE Championship at stake, a star-studded roster and controversial ending made this an instant classic!”
WEDNESDAY
Wednesday at 8 PM Eastern, it will be a brand-new edition of “WWE NXT” that will feature the following:
*Johnny Gargano versus Aleister Black for the NXT Championship
*Oney Lorcan versus Adam Cole for the NXT North American Championship
*The Undisputed Era will discuss the fallout from Takeover
At 10 PM Eastern, it will be “WWE Marquee Matches” presentation of the 2008 Royal Rumble match which has the following description: :“From 1-27-2008: A surprise return highlights this action-packed, every-man-for-himself battle for sports entertainment supremacy.”
THURSDAY
Thursday at 9:30 PM Eastern, it will be the “WWE Marquee Matches” presentation of the 2018 Women’s Royal Rumble Match -“From 1-28-2018: Superstars from the past, present, and future go toe-to-toe on a history-making night in Philadelphia.”
FRIDAY
Friday at 11 AM Eastern, It will be the “Greatest Royal Rumble” Kickoff. The event proper will start at noon Eastern and go until 5 PM Eastern.
SATURDAY
Saturday at 3 PM Eastern it will be “This Week in WWE.”
