Date: 04/03	11:00 AM
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Sat. #1 is HERE. To help out the site subscribe to Mistah MegaManFan or support us on Patreon. Don't miss SmackDown highlights & WWE videos! With the cheap plugs out of the way here's Saturday's latest wrestling news.

After hearing that a little boy saved his sister's life using CPR lessons he got from John Cena's guest appearance on The Substitute, Cena recorded a thank you video and sent it to the young man: "Hey Jaxson, this is 16-time WWE champ and Peacemaker John Cena saying hello. Now I heard a story about you, and it really touched my heart. A story that in a time of crisis, you were brave enough to take action. Doing so, you saved your little sister's life. I wanted to commend you because the actions of a true hero are those who do act in a time of crisis. Usually, when bad things happen, one of the toughest things for all of us to do is to take action. You jumped right in helped out the best you could. Doing so, you saved your sister's life. I really want to say thank you for being you, Jaxson. Thank you for being an inspiration; thank you from all of us."

Sheamus is bringing back his mowhawk for WrestleMania 37.

From New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

Strong Openweight Championship revealed

New Japan Cup USA 2021 winner to become first champion

This Friday saw the Road to New Japan Cup USA 2021, and the reveal of just what each of the eight competitors in single elimination competition this April will be fighting for.

While the 2020 tournament was contested for number one contendership status to the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship held by Jon Moxley, this year's tournament will be different. In 2021, the tournament winner will not be a contender, but rather a champion; the Strong Openweight Champion.

As the name suggests, the title represents the pinnacle of competition on NJPW STRONG on Friday nights, and will be contested for by wrestlers of any weight class. Things are going to get even more exciting going forward on NJPW STRONG; who of the eight in this year's tournament will become the first holder of the gold?

Speaking of New Japan Strong here are last night's results. (NJPW)

* Rocky Romero def. Kevin Knight via Diablo Armbar (8:39)
* TJP & Alex Coughlin def. Misterioso & Jordan Clearwater via TJP's Mamba Splash onto Clearwater (13:56)
* Team Filthy def. Brody King, Logan Riegel & Sterling Riegel via Chris Dickinson's KO to Sterling (11:09)

Tonight at 10 pm ET beIN Sports will air a replay of MLW Never Say Never. The card is below.

* MLW Championship: Jacob Fatu (c) vs. Calvin Tankman
* Myron Reed vs. Shawn Daivari
* Jordan Oliver vs. Simon Gotch
* Bu Ku Dao speaks out

In this interview Miranda Gordy says she interviewed Vince McMahon for a high school assignment: "I think he liked it! I think he enjoyed it. He was going with it. Like, I'm this senior in high school and acting like this reporter and he was like, real into it for me. And I'm just like, 'I'm talking to Vince McMahon right now!' I think I asked him about whatever the current angle was, and maybe like, what got him into the business, and just generic questions like that. I wish I could find that tape because he was super into it. At the time I didn't even think about how freakin' awesome it was. Now looking back, I'm like, man. A lot of people wish they could do this!"

Here Paul Wight comments on AEW possibly using his Captain Insano character from The Waterboy: "Captain Insano might be coming around again. Tony Khan is really good friends with one of the writers or creators of Waterboy and the Captain Insano character. Tony is trying real hard to try and get the rights to that and do something with it. I told Tony, 'If you get Captain Insano, I will rock the ever-loving tits off of it.' I'll get the red boots and everything CAPTAIN INSANO SHOWS NO MERCY! It'd be a fun gig to break out Captain Insano every now and again."

Here are the overnight numbers for the SmackDown rating -- the show did 2.036 million viewers (up from an overnight 2.031 million last week) with a 0.50 18-49 demo (the same as last week's overnight). (SBD)

The updated lineup for AEW Dark: Elevation on Monday night is below. (AEW)

* Britt Baker with Rebel vs. Alex Gracia
* Ryo Mizunami vs. Tesha Price
* Big Swole vs. Jazmine Allure
* Max Caster vs. Colt Cabana
* Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page vs. Mike and Matt Sydal
* Hangman Page vs. Bill Collier
* 10 vs. Danny Limelight
* Baron Black vs. Lance Archer with Jake Roberts
* Vary Morales vs. Michael Nakazawa
* Matt Hardy vs. The Dark Order's Alan "5" Angels

This year's WWE Hall of Fame speeches were greatly cut down in length to fit the broadcast into WWE Network's programming schedule on Peacock. (WO)