Welcome to SEScoops: the Daily Drop, your go-to for the latest news and rumors in wrestling. February 23 will see two pre-taped shows tonight for wrestling fans. AEW Rampage and WWE SmackDown were both filmed ahead of time. Of course, Rampage is usually taped, but SmackDown is in the can because the roster is in Australia for Elimination Chamber.
Coming up on February 24, Elimination Chamber kicks off bright and early at 5:00 am for fans on the East Coast, as the event takes place in Perth, Australia.
WWE
– Austin Theory got some attention for an interview he did in Australia. Theory got pretty angry and threatened a reporter because they disrespected pro wrestling.
– Hulk Hogan’s son, Nick, is not over his DUI case yet. He has a court date set now.
– John Cena and Charlotte Flair were spotted at the WWE Performance Center. Charlotte posted a photo of them together, while claiming that the photo was taken on Feb 22.
– Bobby Roode admitted that he will never wrestle full-time again. At this point, he is a WWE producer. I am told he is thriving in that position.
– A new report from WrestleVotes claims that WWE is eyeing a WrestleMania collaboration with Sylvester Stallone.
– It turns out that Brock Lesnar was not 100% removed from WWE 2K24. He won’t be a regular playable character, but he’s still in the game files.
– You can check out the full spoiler post for tonight’s SmackDown here, since it was pre-taped last week.
Full WWE SmackDown Card:
- Bron Breakker WWE SmackDown Debut
- The Street Profits vs. Authors of Pain
- Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne vs. ‘Dirty’ Dominik Mysterio & JD McDonagh
- LA Knight vs. Drew McIntyre
AEW
– Apparently, AEW is kayfabing injuries now. Fightful Select reported that whole Hangman Page injury scare was a work.
– For the record, Jerry Lynn, who is a producer for the company, was not happy about Hangman’s kayfabe injury leaking.
– AEW had to change their plan for Sting on Dynamite this week due to his father’s passing.
– There was a bit of chaos backstage at AEW Dynamite this week, because they had to change several plans, including one for Jeff Hardy.
– AEW’s Forbidden Door event is coming to Arthur Ashe Stadium this year.
Full AEW Rampage Card:
- The Young Bucks vs two local talents
- Mariah May vs Anna Jay
- Roderick Strong vs Jake Hager
- Top Flight (Darius Martin & Dante Martin) & Action Andretti vs Penta El Zero Miedo, Komander & Bryan Keith and Matt Sydal & Private Party
Upcoming Major Pro Wrestling Events
- WWE Elimination Chamber: Perth is scheduled for next Saturday, February 24.
- AEW Dynamite: Big Business will be hosted at Boston’s TD Garden on March 13th.
- AEW Revolution is planned for the following weekend, on Sunday, March 3.
- WWE NXT Stand & Deliver is slated for the afternoon of April 6th, just before the start of WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia.
- WrestleMania XL is set to take place on April 6th and 7th at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a two-part event.
- Backlash France is scheduled for May 4th at LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu, France.
- WWE NXT Battleground is booked for May 26th at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia, exclusively available on the WWE Network and Peacock.
- WWE Money in the Bank will be held on July 6th at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, followed by WWE NXT Heatwave on July 7th at the same venue.
- WWE Bash In Berlin is marked for August 31st at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.
