WWE: Valentina Rossi Earns WWE ID Contract, Sol Ruca on Date Change for NXT Stand & Deliver 2026 Could Lead To A Bigger Crowd For The Show, Cody Rhodes Says Three Podcast Episodes Will Never Be Aired Because “The Pours Were Too Deep”

Valentina Rossi Earns WWE ID Contract

WWE announced that indies talent Valentina Rossi was recently given an official WWE ID contract.

In a video posted on Twitter, NXT talent and coach Shawn Spears was seen presenting a WWE ID contract to Rossi.

BREAKING…

Valentina Rossi has earned a WWE ID contract!@MafiosaRossi is going to make the WWE ID program more saucy! pic.twitter.com/BJJrZSaO89

— WWE ID (@WWEID) April 3, 2026

Rossi was among those who had participated at WWE’s tryouts at their Performance Center this past February.

Rossi has been wrestling since 2019 and has made notable appearances for AEW, Ring of Honor, National Wrestling Alliance, Women of Wrestling, and Juggalo Championship Wrestling.

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Sol Ruca Comments on Date Change for NXT Stand & Deliver 2026 Could Lead To A Bigger Crowd For The Show

Fox News held a recent interview with Sol Ruca. One of the topics discussed included Ruca’s thoughts about this year’s NXT Stand & Deliver event not taking place during WrestleMania weekend and instead at an earlier date and separate location.

“I think it’s pretty cool. I think a lot of us would love to be involved in the whole WrestleMania weekend, but I do think this gives us an opportunity to potentially draw a bigger crowd now that we’re separate because having to go to multiple shows in the same weekend – it can be a lot for the fans. I think us having it a little bit separate from everything else and still having our own moment can also be beneficial. I know a lot of us are gonna be at WWE World anyway, so it’ll be kind of like having the two little WrestleMania moments. I think some of us are a little bummed about it, but I think it’ll be a good thing for us.”

WWE’s upcoming NXT Stand & Deliver 2026 event will be taking place this Saturday at The Factory in Chesterfield, Missouri.

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Cody Rhodes Says Three Podcast Episodes Will Never Be Aired Because “The Pours Were Too Deep”

A recent episode of The Nikki & Brie Show podcast featured Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Rhodes revealing that three episodes that were recorded for his “What Do You Wanna Talk About?” podcast will never be aired due to he had too much to drink during it.

“The pours are a bit heavy. I will apologize to Alexa Bliss, Big E. I’m not going to name the other one because she’ll go ham with it. Three of these episodes will never make it because of how deep those pours were. It’s never my fault. I’m kidding. It’s never their fault, it’s always my fault. I already have a lisp, so if you’re starting out, [slurs words] and then you watch it, ‘I thought it was okay.’ It’s rough. I wanted those to be better for them.”

Following the release of the podcast episode, Chelsea Green confirmed in a now deleted tweet that she was the mystery third person that Rhodes was talking about.

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com