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Thursday, April 5, 2018

Interviews with Heyman/Rock/Cena/Rousey, WWE up for Webby awards, WWE Now schedule, tennis star at Smackdown, more Impact vs. LU matches, more SCOH matches, more ROH matches, Carmella breaks record, Greatest Rumble event expands, Taker update, Smackdown audience, HoFer passes away, and Brock update

Paul Heyman discussed doing ECW in 2018, C.M. Punk's future, and more. Pretty interesting discussion.

Wrestlemania 33 and the mobile game WWE Champions were nominated for Webby Awards. 

WWE Now released the schedule for this week's interviews. 

The Rock discussed his rivalry with John Cena. There was definitely tension between the two men.

Tennis star John Isner was at Smackdown.

John Cena is on Chris Hardwick's latest podcast.

Added to Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground:
- Scott Steiner and Teddy Hart vs. Dave and Jake Crist
- Trevor Lee vs. Fabulous B
- Eli Drake vs. Brian Cage
- Matt Sydal vs. Caleb Konley vs. Moose vs. Jack Evans vs. Matanza Cuerto vs. Chavo Guerrero. Matanza will be a free agent after the season four finale airs. In the meantime, he's still locked into a deal with them.

Chuckie T vs. Jonathan Gresham will open Supercard of Honor. The Motor City Machine Guns will compete on the pre-show. It's telling how big of a card it is that the Guns didn't make the cut for the main show.

Flip Gordon will challenge for the ROH Television Championship on April 14.

Set for ROH's April 27 event in Florida:
- Dalton Castle vs. Flip Gordon in a Proving Ground match, where Gordon gets an immediate title opportunity if he wins.
- The Briscoes vs. The Motor City Machine Guns for the ROH Tag Team Championship

Carmella has broken the record for longest time holding the Money in the Bank briefcase. I'd be completely fine with her cashing in at Mania to change things up in the Smackdown women's division.

The Greatest Royal Rumble will have a Kickoff show that will stream live on WWE Network, WWE.com, the WWE app, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+. This is turning into a monumental event.

The Undertaker is scheduled for Wrestlemania in a segment involving John Cena that may or may not be an official match. It's possible they have a street fight or something so Wrestlemania 33 stands as Taker's final official match. We'll see what comes of what's been an unconventional storyline between the two stars.

Smackdown drew 2.47 million viewers in a drop from the previous week. There was a brief boost for Bryan's announcement, then casual fans realized they had to wait until Wrestlemania to see him compete.

Ronda Rousey mentioned wanting to work with C.M. Punk during an ESPN interview. I hope she doesn't get any heat for her honesty there. 

Johnny Valiant passed away at 71 due to a car accident. WWE issued a statement on his passing. That's a very sad turn of events.

UFC's Dana White confirmed Brock Lesnar is returning to his company. This had been expected, but it's currently unknown if it means the end of his WWE career, how many fights he's set for, and so on.

More wrestling tomorrow.

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