And your headlines for today include
STONE COLD Returns to RAW! Or does he?
The Texas Rattlesnake said to be in “fantastic shape” ahead of WrestleMania
Penultimate RAW before WrestleMania 00;00;24;34fails to live up to the hype
Huge plans for former WWE Champion at WrestleMania despite recent injury!
Johnny Gargano confirms first post-WWE appearance
Seth Rollins growing more desperate for WrestleMania match
“We really should not do that” The Undertaker opens up about match he regrets
NXT UK Superstar rejects offer to re- sign with WWE! When does their deal expire?
Veer Mahann’s RAW return date officially confirmed by WWE
Update on WWE & A&E Partnership: WWE legend will be part of upcoming biography series And more!
We’re kicking off today with Monday Night RAW, which this week saw the return of Stone Cold Steve Austin!
That is at least what the fans in attendance thought when they heard the glass shatter and A former World Champion came out, but upon closer inspection,
the crowd noticed it was Kevin Owens donning a bald cap. It was a classic heel move that was a throwback to
The Miz impersonating the Rock back in 2011, and Shawn Michaels making the Montreal crowd believe Bret Hart was back in 2005, as part of
HBK’s underrated short heel turn. Owens has proven himself to be a highlight of RAW, not just this week, but all throughout this
feud, which, other than one video by the Rattlesnake, the former Universal Champion has had to carry on his own.
KO has already justified the multi-million dollar contract that he reportedly signed recently, and we hope that whatever comes after WrestleMania is
deserving of the massively talented Superstar following his confrontation with Stone Cold.
Appearing in his homestate, Austin will get an even louder pop than usual for his appearance, and he’s dedicated to give the fans in Arlington, Texas a
worthwhile performance. On the Sunday Night’s Main Event podcast, Dave Meltzer said that according to a mutual friend of
himself and Austin, the Texas Rattlesnake is in “ fantastic shape” and has been spotted at the gym a lot.
Meltzer added that Austin is expected to take his shirt off, adding that this will be a brawl, without a doubt.
He also said that fans should expect a lot more than “just a kick in the gut and stunner” when the Hall of Famer is the special guest on the KO Show. He adds:
“He’s training very hard so it’s gonna be more than that. Will he do a 20-minute match? No, I don’t think so. Will he go 7 minutes or something and have a
brawl all over the place? I kind of expect that, yeah.”
Appearing on the Rich Eisen show last week, Austin confirmed the reports of his intense training, saying:
“This comeback means a lot to me as I’ve been getting back in ring shape and I’m going to go out there and do the absolute best that I can,”
Austin said. “To get the chance to go back on the world’s grandest stage, one of the greatest stadiums of all time means a lot to me.
I’m doing this for the fans, doing this for WWE, and doing this for me #1.” Austin hasn’t wrestled an official match since 2003,
when he lost to The Rock at WrestleMania 19, and whether he officially comes out of retirement or not next weekend, fans are in for a treat.
We mentioned that Kevin Owens kicked off RAW in an incredible way with his impersonation of the Bionic Redneck, but this didn’t set the tone for the rest of the
the night. Last night’s RAW wasn’t bad exactly, but the only word we can use to describe it is “uneventful.”
Sure the opener was great, and we saw a good main event, but apart from that, there was very little to focus on
There was little to no storyline developmental, and no appearance by Damian Priest, who is yet to make his rumoured WrestleMania match with U.S. Champion
Finn Balor official. Even RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch felt like she was simply going through the motions with
her latest promo in an underwhelming penultimate Raw before the biggest two nights of the year.
With one three-hour RAW left to go, WWE needs to have a stellar show next Monday, after this week’s episode simply did little to get fans excited.
At the Royal Rumble, Bobby Lashley was injured during his WWE Championship match with Brock Lesnar and is expected to be out for several months.
After an incredible year on top, this injury couldn’t come at a worse time, but the Almighty’s WrestleMania plans may not be over as first thought.
According to Fightful Select, Lashley is still part of the plans for WrestleMania 38, and is expected to have a singles match at the showcase of the Immortals with Omos.
A separate report by Wrestle Votes also noted that Omos will be having a singles match next weekend, but didn’t state who he’d be facing, though made it clear it wouldn’t
Cody Rhodes. After news of Lashley’s injury went public after Elimination Chamber, it was reported that he’d need
around four months off to recover, but that no longer appears to be the case.
After making his in-ring main-roster debut at last \year’s WrestleMania, facing the two-time former WWE Champion is a huge step up for Omos
as WWE’s push for the Giant shows no signs of slowing down.
Last December, Johnny Gargano left WWE after his contract with NXT 2.0 expired.
Despite departing without a non compete clause, Gargano hasn't wrestled or appeared for another promotion, instead focusing his time on his wife
Candice LeRae and their new born son. Now though, the NXT Triple Crown Champion has confirmed his first post-WWE appearance, as he'll
be appearing at the upcoming WrestleCon during Wrestlemania weekend. In his announcement, Gargano said how appearing
Wrestlemania Axxess was always a big deal for him and that he'd often put his name forward if another Superstar couldn't make it.
Gargano also clarified a misconception, as he recently confirmed that he was taking bookings, but that he's only taking appearance bookings,
not wrestling bookings for the next few months.
We don't know for sure when or where Gargano will wrestle next, but fans missing him will be able to catch him next weekend in Dallas for WrestleCon.
More from RAW, as Seth Rollins has grown more desparate for a match at WrestleMania and this week tried to hijack AJ Styles’ plans for next weekend’s event.
Going into RAW, Styles was booked to face Edge at WrestleMania, following the Rated-R Superstar’s shocking heel turn a few weeks back, but for some bizzarre reason
Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville decided that if Rollins could beat the Phenomenal One, he’d get the match with Edge instead
A solid main event by two former WWE Champions, the match ended abruptly thanks to Edge himself who attacked Styles, costing Rollins the match.
Edge has consistently had Styles’ number, which implies that the Hall of Famer will end up losing at WrestleMania.
As for Rollins, it’s ironic that the Vissionary's storyline of having no WrestleMania opponent is better than many of the feuds happening on both brands.
This week was the second time he’s tried to take someone else’s spot at WrestleMania, as he tried to do the same last week with Kevin Owens, but Rollins
is still at this time without a confirmed opponent. With just one RAW to go before WrestleMania, all signs has subtly indicated that Rollins is heading
to a match against Cody Rhodes next weekend, which will no doubt be a highlight of next weekend’s card.
Now, The Undertaker will always be considered a legend of WWE, even if some of his last few matches failed to live up to the hype.
Perhaps the worst of these was when he faced off with Goldberg at Super Showdown 2019, as what was once considered a dream match became a botchfes
that left fans cringing, both in embarrassment and in fear of the two men hurting themselves.
In an interview with the True Geordie Podcast, the Phenom recalled the fateful match, and that one move could’ve spelled tragedy in Saudi Arabia:
“People are expecting big things because it’s Goldberg and it’s Undertaker I’m thinking, ‘We gotta pay this off.’ Maybe if I was working more often I would have
recognized the fact that, ‘Maybe we really should not do that.’ That was one of those instances where two inches [difference in landing], I don’t get up.
It is simply just one of those things that happened. Goldberg did that move a lot of times. I don’t know if he was concussed at that point yet. Part of that
is because I’m not working a full schedule at that point. I’m not kicking on all my cylinders where I can recognize that, ‘Okay, maybe we shouldn’t do this.'”
The Undertaker has said that he hates that match, and regrets ever doing it, and while both he and Goldberg would go on to have better matches since then,
this botchfest remains a dark stain in the legendary careers of both men.
We’re focussing on NXT UK next, as the future of Flash Morgan Webster is reportedly up in the air.
Webster’s contract with WWE was reportedly set to expire in February, but he agreed to a short time contract extension but that too is set to end bery soon.
Fightful Select adds that negotiations between Webster, a former NXT UK Tag Team Champion, and WWE have stalled, and that Webster has rejected WWE’s
initial contract renewal offer.
Flash has been out of action since October 2021 due to a shoulder injury, it’s believed that this will keep out of action until June 2022.
Webster started working for WWE during WrestleMania 34 weekend back in April 2018, and between his ongoing injury and these talks stalling, it seems his
time with the company may soon come to an end.
Since October, WWE has been promising the arrival of Veer Mahaan, who has taken his sweet time coming to RAW.
Despite initial reports that WWE saw him as their next big deal, Veer’s delayed appearance and months of vignettes has made him a joke among fans,
something that WWE is all too well aware of.
Now though, after months of vignettes, we not only know that Veer is coming, but we know exactly when he’ll arrive.
During RAW, yet another vignette aired, but this one promised that Mahaan will be on Raw for the postWrestleMania show on April 4th.
To put that in perspective, this will be 161 days after his first vignette, and 43 stars have been released since this first video, so we can only hope the months
of hype for Veer Mahaan is worth the wait.
And we’re ending today with WWE and A&E, who earlier this month agreed a new partnership with 130 hours of new programming to be released.
This deal will include 35 episodes of Biography, which chronicles the lives and careers of various wrestlers and we now have an update on the series.
PWInsider reports that the Biography docuseries is being worked on now. The first episode to be released will tell the story of WWE Hall of Famer The Iron Sheik.
There’s no word on when A&E will begin premiering new WWE content, but fans can expect to learn more of the Iron Sheik and other legends in the near future.