Date: 03/17	11:00 PM
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Thurs. #2 is HERE. To help out the site subscribe to Mistah MegaManFan or support us on Patreon. With the cheap plugs out of the way here's Friday's latest wrestling news.

In this interview Sami Zayn talks about his feud with Johnny Knoxville: "I don't think this was ever the plan for WrestleMania. I think he was here doing some stuff for 'Jackass Forever,' doing the Royal Rumble and promoting his movie - and that's all well and good. Then, he showed up here, and - I'm going to say this. I don't like him. I have a problem with him, and I'm going to beat him up. So, let me just get that out of the way because I'm about to say something kind of nice about him. Every single time I was in the ring with him, every time he snuck in the ring or he did what he did or whenever his music hit, it was, by far, the biggest reaction on the show that night - and I know because I was in the ring for all of them. So, the fans love him, and I think what happened is there is such a gravitation toward him and the response was so good that I think it ended up pushing this story further, which has both been a good thing and a bad thing for me because, you know, now I have to deal with all his shenanigans and his ... ugh ... all the stuff that comes with dealing with Johnny Knoxville. But, yeah, that performer side of me for sure is excited because I know the fans are excited, and I know they are getting a kick. I know every time his music hits they are going to go crazy. And I think he is a great foil for my character, and I'm a good foil for him. He's a great prankster, and I'm the kind of villain that you want to see seething. I think it's a natural fit for that, and he's a natural fit for WWE. His fans, the world of 'Jackass' and the world of WWE, it's like peas in a pod. So, I am happy to be doing this, and I think I'm going to be even happier when I'm standing over him after the bell has rung and I've decimated him in the middle of Dallas."

Figures Inc. is reporting that their line of Ring of Honor replica belts and action figures will be discontinued by the end of the month. (PWI) Of course it's entirely possible Tony Khan could bring them back through Jazwares, who currently produce the AEW action figures.

New WWE related videos are available below.

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In this interview B-Fab (Briana Brandy) talks about Hit Row (now the HitMakerz) appearing for Reality of Wrestling over WrestleMania weekend: "Oh, yeah, definitely, You'll definitely see a lot of HitMakerz during WrestleMania weekend. We're actually be going to be the entire weekend doing a few different things. We're going to be wrestling for the Texas Showdown there, that's going to be Booker T's company, Reality of Wrestling. We're doing some signings, of course. You'll catch us all around. We'll be doing some charity events as well. We'll be there all weekend. If you're there, you know anybody who wants to book us as well, we might be open on Sunday. So, let us know. We might be able to come to your event and do something there as well. But yeah, we'll definitely be there at WrestleMania weekend. All weekend!"

On the DDP Snake Pit podcast, Jake Roberts says he knew Steve Austin was a potential WWF superstar: "He came up there as The Ringmaster, which stunk. And he knew it stunk, I knew it stunk, but Vince has this thing, man. He's going to make it work. But it wasn't working and it wasn't doing anybody any favors, and it finally got bad enough that they gave him some time off and he came back Stone Cold. At that time, I was helping write the storylines and I looked at the whole thing there and I told Vince 'That guy's going to be your next megastar.' And Vince laughed at me, he said 'No way. Middle of the card. Maybe.' I said 'No, you're wrong. You wait and see.' And that's probably one of my better feel-good moments too because I was right."

In this interview Natalya talks about Tyson Kidd training Tyson Fury: "So, during the pandemic, my husband and I being crazy and fanatical, we have to have a ring. Even though we're very embedded in the business, we're still big fans of the business. We really love the business. TJ actually was gifted the ring. It was one of those things where he was like, 'Hey, I want a place where if anybody needs to work on stuff, they can come train.' So the powers that be in WWE were like, 'That's great,' because if people want to go over a match or, you know, if somebody like - TJ trained Tyson Fury. It's a place a safe private spot where people can work on their craft."

Here Janai Kai talks about her experience on AEW Rampage: "Rampage was very last minute, it was literally the day before that I found out I was doing it. They flew me out there the next morning and told me the whole deal as far as what was going on. Surprisingly, I wasn't nervous about this. That was another tester, another thing that told me, 'You're confident in your abilities, the butterflies aren't overtaking all of your feelings. I'm not nervous, I'm ready to go, I know how to work.' I'm confident in presenting myself, for only the little time I had to, I know how to present myself in a little bit of time. The whole experience was great. Thunder Rosa was there, showing me around, letting me know how they do things throughout the day. It was great to have her there and letting me know how everything goes down."

A new Tommy Dreamer and Vincent interview is below.

Aramis and Gino Medina will have a Mexican Strap Match at MLW Azteca Underground.

This week's AEW Dynamite did  993,000 viewers, up from 945,000 last week. The 18-49 demo was a 0.38, down from a 0.40 last week. (Wrestlenomics)

Undertaker says he turned down the first offer to go into the WWE Hall of Fame after WrestleMania 30.

The card for NXT Level Up is below. (WWE)

* Bodhi Hayward vs. Dante Chen
* Valentina Feroz vs. Lash Legend
* Xyon Quinn vs. Damon Kemp

Ricky Morton, Ryan Clancy, Eel O'Neal, Travis Huckabee, Encore Moore, Darius Carter, Eric Corvis and Erica Leigh will be in the ECWA Super 8 this year on March 26th. (PWI)

Big E says he's doing well following his neck injury. That's good to hear!

Drew McIntyre says he'll keep pushing for a match with Tyson Fury until he gets it.

No settlement was reached Wednesday in Oliver Luck's lawsuit against WWE, Vince McMahon and Alpha Entertainment for wrongful termination from the XFL. The case is still scheduled to go to trial on July 11th. (PWI)

The latest episode of MLW Fusion is below.

Here's a new Happy Corbin interview and one with Titus O'Neil.

Ruby Soho is being replaced by Athena for a match with Shane Strickland at Swerve's House.

WWE has filed a food service trademark for (get this) "Smackadillas." (FF)

Speedball Mike Bailey vs. Yuya Uemura has been added to Bloodsport 8.

Noam Dar will defend his championship against Mark Coffey on the March 31st edition of NXT UK. (WWE)

Here's the lineup for Fusion next week. (MLW)

* Stairway to Hell Match: Mads Kruger vs. Jacob Fatu
* Alexander Hammerstone must appear or be stripped of the MLW Championship
* Gangrel makes his MLW debut
* Killer Kross returns

Thunder Rosa is vacating the Warrior Wrestling women's title due to her commitments as the AEW women's titleholder.