When Adam Copeland “stole” Lita from Matt Hardy back during their glory days of WWE, it created one of the great work/shoot feuds of the last decade, with the latter getting fired in no small part because of the dispute and the duo ultimately duking it out in a steel cage match and later a Loser Leaves RAW Money In The Bank Ladder Match in 2005.
The Young Bucks have returned to New Japan. After Eddie Kingston lost a brutal no ropes Last Man Standing match at NJPW Resurgence, Jack Perry walked out and the two had a staredown.
Willow Nightingale will defend the TBS title in Japan. It was announced during AEW Collision that Nightingale will defend the title against Tam Nakano at Stardom’s Flashing Champions event on May 18 in Yokohama.
Two more have advanced in the King & Queen of the Ring tournaments. LA Knight defeated Santos Escobar on Saturday at a WWE house show in Chattanooga, Tennessee to advance to the quarterfinals of the King of the Ring tournament.
Adam Copeland has challenged Malakai Black. After defeating Kyle O’Reilly on Collision to retain the TNT title, Copeland appeared on Rampage behind steel and barbed wire.
Will Ospreay will be in action next Saturday. During Collision, it was announced that Ospreay will take on Shane Taylor on next week’s show. Ospreay defeated Shane Taylor Promotions member Lee Moriarty on Saturday.
Scorpio Sky is ready to return, and believes that when he does, he’ll have no limit to what he can do. During a vignette that aired on tonight’s episode of AEW Rampage, Sky could be seen sitting in an empty arena discussing his injury.
Adam Copeland is ready to step into the Steel Cage against Malakai Black at AEW Double or Nothing, if Black will accept. During tonight’s episode of AEW Rampage, a vignette of Copeland aired that showed him on the other side of a fence covered in barbed wire after his match with Kyle O’Reilly.
Next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite is set to be a big one, and will feature Swerve Strickland and Brian Cage going at it. As confirmed during tonight’s episode of AEW Collision, next week will see Strickland and Cage compete in an AEW World Title Eliminator match.
Randy Orton has been a busy, busy man since returning to WWE last November. He’s challenged for championship belts twice, wrestled at five-straight Premium
Despite currently being Women’s World Champion, Becky Lynch has not signed a new deal with WWE. According to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp (via Fightful Select), Lynch’s contract is still set to expire next month.
When Matt Hardy started sharing WWE’s recent QR code-ladened video segments that led to hints at the return of Uncle Howdy, Bray Wyatt’s final creation before passing away last summer, fans assumed it could only lead to one one thing: “Broken” Matt returning to WWE.
He signed with WWE weeks after he won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which were held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.