WWE Announces John Cena Appearance for Elimination Chamber 2025 in Toronto
WWE recently announced that John Cena will be making an appearance at their Elimination Chamber 2025 event on March 1, 2025 at the Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario Canada.
This will be Cena’s final Elimination Chamber event as part of his upcoming wrestling career retirement tour in 2025.
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Paul Heyman Comments on His Belief The Bloodline Storyline is Wrestling’s Greatest Storyline
SHAK Wrestling held a recent interview with Paul Heyman. One of the topics discussed included Heyman’s thoughts about his belief that The Bloodline storyline in WWE is the greatest storyline of all-time in pro wrestling history.
“The money-drawing years of The Horsemen werenāt this long, the money-drawing years of the NWO wasnāt the long, the money-drawing years of Austin vs. McMahon wasnāt this long. Hogan vs. Savage, Hogan vs. Piper, which put Wrestlemania 1 on the map. So, just in terms of overall storytelling and constant web and flow of affecting other peopleās environment on the roster and how they tell their stories, I suggest itās the most significant. Itās the biggest money-drawing, it has the most longevity, it has held the most interest, and overall it has done so by being the most intriguing and compelling because at every turn you see the characters not just turn towards what the story calls for, but the long-term effects of the development of these characters and the evolution of these characters is never lost on us. So if something happens that changes Roman Reigns in 2022, we donāt disavow knowledge of it in 2024. It plays into whatās happening in 2024. Because of that, and because we keep it consistent, I would have to rank it #1. All false humility aside.”
Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com
WWE News & Notes
Wednesdayās WWE Speed show on Twitter featured Zelina Vega defeating Chelsea Green to advance to the next round of WWEās newest #1 Contenderās tournament for the WWE Women’s Speed Championship. Zelina will be facing off against the winner of Natalya/B-Fab in the next round of WWE’s current tournament.
Chelsea Green recently celebrated reaching the milestone of 1 million followers on Instagram.
As noted before, WWE recently confirmed that they had signed former Major League Wrestling talent Lance Anoa’i to an official contract with the company. Anoa’i is currently out of action due to a recent unknown injury. Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that WWE officials currently expect Anoa’i to be medically cleared for an in-ring return in early 2025. In regards to WWE’s current plans for Anoa’i, it was reported that WWE’s current plans are to sprinkle in Anoa’i and their other newly signed talents debuts when they see fit.
WWE ID affiliated Elite Pro Wrestling Training Center announced on Twitter that they recently received their official WWE ID banners from WWE.
TKO Group recently announced that TKO President Mark Shapiro will be participating in the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference on December 9th.
WWE recently released seven new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a Survivor Series Elimination match of The Ultimate Warriors (The Ultimate Warrior, Jim Neidhart, & The Rocker (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)) vs. The Heenan Family (Bobby Heenan, AndrĆ© The Giant, Haku, & Arn Anderson) from WWE Survivor Series 1989. The second new video was a “Story of the first Elimination Chamber Match at Survivor Series 2002.” The third new video was a “Kevin Nash reacts to his greatest moments ā nWo formation, Curtain Call and more: WWE Retrospective.” The fifth new video was a Survivor Series Elimination match of Bertha Faye, Aja Kong, Tomoko Watanabe, & Lioness Asuka vs. Alundra Blayze, Kyoko Inoue, Sakie Hasegawa, & Chaparita Asari from WWE Survivor Series 1995. The sixth new video was a “Survivor Series footage we found in the WWE Vault.” The seventh new video was a Survivor Series Elimination match of Team Orton (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Mark Henry, Shelton Benjamin, & William Regal) vs. Team Batista (Batista, CM Punk, Kofi Kingston, Matt Hardy, & R-Truth) from WWE Survivor Series 2008.
As noted before, indies wrestler Ricky Smokes recently signed a WWE ID contract with WWE. In a recent interview with PWPonderings, Smokes gave his thoughts about his recently signing with WWE’s WWE ID program. Smokes stated “Itās the biggest moment of my career to date. It was overwhelming being around a crowd of people who boo me every time I show my face there, to acknowledge how much that moment means to me and applaud me and chant I deserve it. It was very emotional. I knew they loved me. Them being able to see my true emotions without me having to put a guard up meant a lot. It was nice to get IDād there specifically, it couldnāt be anywhere else. For Chase to be out there too, couldnāt replicate it. I had my family there as well. It was raw and real the moment I saw Chase there. It meant a lot that he was the one to present it to me since I stepped into the New England Pro Wrestling Academy. It was a very real and meaningful moment.“
In a recent interview with Inside The Ropes Magazine, Liv Morgan gave her thoughts about Becky Lynch and her belief that Lynch has already had a WWE Hall of Fame worthy career. Morgan stated “I think if Becky never comes back, I definitely think she is 100% a Hall of Famer. She has become a martyr for womenās wrestling and performance all around. She can do it all. She can deliver in the ring, she can deliver on the microphone. The crowd is compelled by her when sheās out there, not to mention what she stands for in womenās wrestling. Her goal, I think, was to really evolve it and maximize womenās wrestling and really make womenās wrestling feel just as special and important as the menās wrestling, and she did it all while being a fantastic brand-new mummy. But with all that, sheās still not as great as me (laughs).“
In a recent interview with the Cheap Heat with Peter Rosenberg podcast, CM Punk gave his thoughts about who would be his choices for matches he would be the most interested from WWE’s current roster. Punk stated “Iām still reconciling with the schedule and the fact that Iām not 30 years old. When you ask, āWho do you want to get in the ring with?ā The list is pretty lengthy. Chad Gable is at the top of the list. Bronson Reed as at the top of the list. (Ludwig) Kaiser is somebody I see a lot in and would be fun. Gunther. Iām selfishly talking about guys I would love to wrestle on house shows. Then you talk about the money stuff. The marquee stuff. What is a match you can see main eventing a pay-per-view. Thatās what gets my juices flowing. Whenever myself and Roman Reigns are face to face on television, thatās going to be a moment. The table is set for myself and Cody (Rhodes). You never know when The Rock is going to come back. There is big match John (Cena) coming right around the corner. Another guy that I donāt want to talk about because heās going to do his own thing. If Iām part of that, what a fortunate career Iāve had. John deserves everything that he wants. He calls his own shot, but I would love to get hands on him too.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
Matt Cardona on Chelsea Green Putting Him in Contact with Nick Khan for WWE Return, His Goal of Becoming WWE Champion, Backup Plans If WWE Return Run Doesn’t Pan Out, Being Proud WWE Saw More Value In Him as “Matt Cardona” Than as “Zack Ryder” For His WWE Return, & More
Bang Bang Gang vs. The Dogs in Double Chain Tag and AEW International Title #1 Contender Six-Way Ladder Matches Set for AEW Redemption
Sting Participates in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in Support of Rebel
