Date: 04/05	11:00 PM
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Mon. #2 is HERE. To help out the site subscribe to Mistah MegaManFan or support us on Patreon. Don't miss WWE Raw highlight videos from last night! With the cheap plugs out of the way here's Monday's latest wrestling news.

Rhea Ripley will be getting a very special introduction for her title shot against Asuka at WrestleMania 37 -- Ash Costello of New Years Day will perform her theme song "Brutality" live: "By overwhelming demand, I am so excited to announce that I will be performing #Brutality LIVE for the most bad ass @rhearipley_wwe at #wrestlemania37! I am honored to sing in support of such a genuine and strong woman! and as a wrestling fan, excited to a part of something I love. YOUR support made this dream a reality. Now this is all of our moment together."

In addition Bebe Rexha will be performing "American the Beautiful" at Mania, while Nita Strauss will play the national anthem at Takeover. (WWE)

The updated WrestleMania 37 card is below. (WWE)

Night One:
* WWE Championship Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre
* Smackdown Women's Championship Match: Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair
* Raw Tag Team Championship Match: The New Day vs. AJ Styles & Omos
* Steel Cage Match: Shane McMahon vs. Braun Strowman
* WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler vs. Night One Tag Team Turmoil Winners
* The Miz & John Morrison vs. Bad Bunny & Damian Priest
* Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins

Night Two:
* WWE Universal Championship Match: Roman Reigns vs. Edge vs. Daniel Bryan
* Raw Women's Championship Match: Asuka vs. Rhea Ripley
* WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Big E. vs. Apollo Crews
* WWE United States Championship Match: Riddle vs. Sheamus
* Women's Tag Team Championships #1 Contender Tag Team Turmoil: Naomi & Lana vs. Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose vs. The Riott Squad vs. Billie Kay & Carmella vs. Tamina & Natalya
* Randy Orton vs. The Fiend
* Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn

Here's the WrestleMania schedule for Peacock this week. (WWE)

Tuesday
* 11 PM ET: Raw Talk - 30 minutes

Tuesday
* 8 PM ET: WWE Hall of Fame 2020 & 2021 Ceremony - 4 hours

Wednesday
* 10 AM ET: The Bump - 2 hours
* 8 PM ET: NXT Takeover Stand & Deliver Night One (pre-show starting at 7 PM ET) - 3 hours, 30 minutes

Thursday
* 3 PM ET: NXT UK Prelude
* 8 PM ET: NXT Takeover Stand and Deliver Night Two (pre-show starting at 7 PM ET) - 4 hours

Friday
* 10 PM ET: 205 Live - 30 minutes

Saturday
* 1 PM ET: The Bump: WrestleMania Night One - 2 hours
* 7 PM ET: WrestleMania Night 1 (pre-show starting at 7 PM ET) - 4 hours

Sunday
* 1 PM ET: The Bump: WrestleMania Night Two - 2 hours
* 8 PM ET: WrestleMania Night Two (Kickoff show starting at 7 PM ET) - 4 hours

AAW Alive results can be found below. (FF)

* Joeasa def. Dante Leon
* Skye Blue def. Hyan
* Brayden Lee def. Ace Perry
* Allysin Kay wants to challenge for the AAW Women's Championship
* Hakim Zane def. Isaiah Moore
* Hakim Zane def. Cole Karter
* Myron Reed confronted Hakim Zane
* Four-Way Match: PACO def. Gringo Loco and Jake Lander and Nick King
* AAW Heavyweight Championship Match: Mance Warner (c) def. Manders

The latest Being The Elite, Road To AEW and AEW Dark: Elevation can be found below.

Here are the final SmackDown ratings numbers -- a 0.57 18-49 demo, and 2.137 million viewers, up from the early estimates of 0.50 and 2.036 million. (SBD)

From WWE.

Superstars from the black-and-gold brand are set to sound off before they collide at NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver with a special Global Press Conference Tuesday morning.

NXT commentator Wade Barrett will host as TakeOver opponents NXT Champion Finn Bálor and Karrion Kross, NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai and Raquel González, Kyle O'Reilly and Adam Cole, NXT United Kingdom Champion WALTER and Tommaso Ciampa, and NXT Cruiserweight Champions Santos Escobar and Jordan Devlin will field questions from media around the world at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT.

The NXT Universe can tune in as the press conference streams on Peacock in the U.S. and WWE Network elsewhere, as well as across WWE social platforms.

Don't miss NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, beginning with Night 1 on Wednesday at 8/7 C on USA Network and streaming exclusively on Peacock in the U.S. and on WWE Network elsewhere. The action continues with Night 2 on Thursday at 8/7 C on Peacock in the U.S. and on WWE Network everywhere else.

NOT from WWE.

Labaton Sucharow LLP Announces Settlement of Class Action Involving Purchasers of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Common Stock

To: All persons and entities who or which purchased or otherwise acquired the publicly traded common stock of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ("WWE") during the period from February 7, 2019 through February 5, 2020, inclusive, and were damaged thereby ("Settlement Class").

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and an Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, that Court-appointed Lead Plaintiff, on behalf of itself and all members of the proposed Settlement Class, and WWE, Vincent K. McMahon, George A. Barrios, and Michelle D. Wilson (collectively, "Defendants"), have reached a proposed settlement of the claims in the above-captioned class action (the "Action") in the amount of $39,000,000 (the "Settlement").

A hearing will be held before the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, either in person or remotely in the Court's discretion, on June 15, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. in Courtroom 14B of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 (the "Settlement Hearing") to determine whether the Court should: (i) approve the proposed Settlement as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (ii) dismiss the Action with prejudice as provided in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, dated December 22, 2020; (iii) approve the proposed Plan of Allocation for distribution of the proceeds of the Settlement (the "Net Settlement Fund") to Settlement Class Members; and (iv) approve Lead Counsel's Fee and Expense Application. The Court may change the date of the Settlement Hearing, or hold it remotely, without providing another notice. You do NOT need to attend the Settlement Hearing to receive a distribution from the Net Settlement Fund.

IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASS, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A MONETARY PAYMENT. If you have not yet received a full Notice and Claim Form, you may obtain copies of these documents by visiting the website for the Settlement, WWESecuritiesSettlement.com, or by contacting the Claims Administrator at:

WWE Securities Litigation
c/o Epiq
P.O. Box 6389
Portland, OR 97228-6389
800-817-4526

Inquiries, other than requests for information about the status of a claim, may also be made to Lead Counsel:

LABATON SUCHAROW LLP
Carol C. Villegas, Esq.
140 Broadway
New York, NY 10005
888-219-6877

If you are a Settlement Class Member, to be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, you must submit a Claim Form postmarked or submitted online no later than June 10, 2021. If you are a Settlement Class Member and do not timely submit a valid Claim Form, you will not be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, but you will nevertheless be bound by all judgments or orders entered by the Court relating to the Settlement, whether favorable or unfavorable.

If you are a Settlement Class Member and wish to exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you must submit a written request for exclusion in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice so that it is received no later than May 25, 2021. If you properly exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you will not be bound by any judgments or orders entered by the Court relating to the Settlement, whether favorable or unfavorable, and you will not be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund.

Any objections to the proposed Settlement, Lead Counsel's Fee and Expense Application, and/or the proposed Plan of Allocation must be filed with the Court, either by mail or in person, and be mailed to counsel for the Parties in accordance with the instructions in the Notice, such that they are received no later than May 25, 2021.

New Japan Cup USA starts this Friday on New Japan Strong at 10 PM ET. (NJPW)

* New Japan Cup USA Quarterfinals: Brody King vs. Chris Dickinson
* New Japan Cup USA Quarterfinals: Fred Rosser vs. Hikuleo
* New Japan Cup USA Quarterfinals: Ren Narita vs. "Filthy" Tom Lawlor
* New Japan Cup USA Quarterfinals: Lio Rush vs. Clark Connors

The card for AEW Dynamite on Wednesday is below. (AEW)

* TNT Championship Match: Darby Allin vs. JD Drake
* Jon Moxley & The Young Bucks vs. Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers
* The Bunny vs. Tay Conti
* Jurassic Express vs. Bear Country
* The Inner Circle returns
* Hangman Page vs. Max Caster