Welcome to SEScoops: the Daily Drop, your go-to for the latest news and rumors in wrestling for March 2nd. It\'s the beginning of a new month, and we have a lot in store for you here. Let\'s get right into things.
Days until WrestleMania XL: 35
WWE:
- WWE had to black out the screen multiple times during The Rock\'s SmackDown promo due to a fan sign that said, \"Die, Rocky, Die.\" Apparently, that is too hot for TV now.
- The Rock dropped an epic 21-minute promo on Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins before SmackDown this week.
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- They also switched up The Rock and Roman Reigns\' usual producer this week.
- Dakota Kai turned on Bayley during SmackDown, so the former Hugger has zero friends going into WrestleMania.
- The Peacemaker\'s second shooting season may keep John Cena from appearing at WrestleMania 40.
- WWE 2K24 announced their new MyRISE mode in the upcoming game. You can check out the trailer below.
AEW:
- It turns out that Tony Khan got permission from Martha Hart before doing the spot with Sting coming down from the rafters.
- Miro revealed that he\'s been injured since September. He was replying to a tweet claiming that Tony Khan said he was supposed to be in the Meat Madness match, but it didn\'t happen. That quite turned out to be fake as well, so Miro didn\'t even need to reply at all.
- QT Marshall believes that CM Punk never got to finish his story in AEW. While speaking to Bill Apter, he said, \"Yes and no. I don’t think he got to finish his story, even at AEW. That’s become the term now, the phrase, ‘Finish the story.’ I think being in AEW, it kind of gave him his confidence, to know that the people were still there for him and he could still do it. Why not? If you’re gonna do it, and you can’t do it at AEW anymore for whatever the reasons were, go back to WWE, if willing to give him a chance. I always liked him backstage. But I didn’t think it was gonna be out of the realm that he would go back.”
-AEW has one more episode of Collision before Revolution. You can check out the card for tonight\'s show below:
- Christian Cage, Roderick Strong, Killswitch & Brian Cage vs Orange Cassidy, Daniel Garcia, Trent Beretta & Hook
- Revolution All-Star Scramble match qualifier: Dante Martin vs Bryan Keith vs Penta El Zero Miedo in a three-way.
- Thunder Rosa vs Cassandra Golden
- Private Party\'s Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen vs Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal
- Mariah May vs Angelica Risk
- Max Caster, Anthony Bowens & Colten Gunn of the Bang Bang Scissor Gang vs Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver of Dark Order.
Upcoming Major Pro Wrestling Events
- AEW Revolution is planned for the following weekend, on Sunday, March 3.
- AEW Dynamite: Big Business will be hosted at Boston\'s TD Garden on March 13th.
- 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.
