Date: 04/01	5:00 PM
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Thurs. #1 is HERE. To help out the site subscribe to Mistah MegaManFan or support us on Patreon. Don't miss Thursday Night AMP taping at 9 PM ET! With the cheap plugs out of the way here's Thursday's latest wrestling news.

In this interview "Stone Cold" Steve Austin explains why he prefers Broken Skull Sessions to his old weekly podcast: "I'm really enjoying the Broken Skull Sessions, mainly because I'm doing maybe one a month. We tape them whenever; if a window of opportunity lands up, we get a guest that we're looking for. The weekly podcast started getting a little bit in the way and became overbearing, so I just opted out. When WWE approached me for Broken Skull Sessions, I decided to trade in the microphone so I could be seen on their streaming service. It's obviously a different platform, and felt like I was trading in jobs. I have a full team working with me. During the podcast, it was just me trying to get the show to a producer, who'd put the commercials in. With the Network show, I can do a lot of research to cover a 20- or 30-year career of some of these cats. The show might last only 45 minutes to an hour but there's a lot of prep that goes into it."

New WWE related videos are available below.

In addition here are some AEW Dynamite videos.

Speaking of Dynamite, they'll be a "lead in" for ONE Championship (mixed martial arts) for the next four weeks on TNT to "see how it goes" as to whether or not TNT keeps them on in prime time. (WO) Here's the first card.

Main card (10 PM ET, TNT):
Adriano Moraes vs. Demetrious Johnson
Eddie Alvarez vs. Iuri Lapicus
Rodtang Jitmuangnon vs. Danial Williams - Muay Thai bout

Preliminary card (8:30 PM ET, Bleacher Report):
Tyler McGuire vs. Raimond Magomedaliev
Rade Opacic vs. Patrick Schmid - Kickboxing bout
Mehdi Barghi vs. Oumar Kane

The Impact Wrestling rating reported everywhere yesterday was incorrect. The real numbers were a 0.04 18-49 demo (same as the week before) with 148,512 viewers (up from 116,000 last week). (PWI)

From WWE.com: "WWE is excited to launch the WWE WrestleMania Mobile App, the official fan resource for planning your WrestleMania experience! The WrestleMania App provides a one-stop shop for all of your event information including tickets, merchandise, food & beverage, parking and more. Inside the WrestleMania Mobile App, fans can purchase and manage their mobile tickets, order exclusive WWE Shop merchandise in advance and pick it up right at the venue. Additionally, fans can manage their event experience by securing pre-paid parking, ride-share and directions to Raymond James Stadium. Most importantly, all fans can use this app to fill out a short Health Screening Questionnaire required for entering the event. Fans can also learn how to get WrestleMania Ready with up to the minute information to prepare for a safe and fun WrestleMania weekend. Also, get connected at the stadium with FREE Wi-Fi, and skip the line by ordering food & beverage directly from the mobile App. Visit the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and download the WrestleMania Mobile App to learn more about the complete WrestleMania event experience!"

From CZWrestling.com: "an participation like you've never seen! In CZW: Fans Bring the Weapons, the crowd tosses brutal weapons to their favorite warriors, gleefully aiding them in their quest for glory! And in CZW Girlz: Intergender Warfare, witness the CZW girlz and guys as they team up and take on each other! Here's the details on the CZW shows available on cable and satellite providers across the land beginning in April: CZW: Fans Bring the Weapons - Featuring four brutal bouts! Cannonball vs. Matt Tremont; Rickey Shane Page vs. Tim Donst; Matt Tremont vs. Rickey Shane Page; Danny Havoc & Conor Claxton vs. Drew Blood & Devon Moore! CZW Girlz: Intergender Warfare - Featuring four fantastic matches! Shelly Martinez with JT Dunn & David Starr vs. Candice Lerae & Joey Ryan; Pat Buck vs. Delmi Exo vs. J. George; Fella Twins vs. Delmi Exo & Gabby Gilbert; Mercedes Martinez & Homicide vs. Greg Excellent & Chrissy Rivera! Every month, CZW brings their greatest, bloodiest, ultraviolent matches to your cable or satellite provider, and you can order the shows on demand or on pay-per-view. Check your on demand guide for all the shows available. Or go online to your cable or satellite provider's website to order on pay-per-view. CZW - every month on demand and on pay-per-view - the wrestling you want right at home. CZW - Like Nothing Else!"

Have you seen this clip of John Cena playing "Mr. Barnes" on The Substitute?

Well according to WNEP it helped an eight year old boy save his sister's life after she was choking on a chicken nugget and he used the lessons Cena taught in that episode to help her get it out. Good job John, and good job to that kid too!

2:00 PM ET. WWE is taping tomorrow night's SmackDown later today as their current ThunderDome residency is close to the end. (PWI)

For those wondering why Titus O'Neil is getting the Warrior Award this year and not Shad Gaspard (despite a grassroots campaign for the latter), it's because the plans were already in motion for Titus to get it based on his years of community service and outreach before Shad passed away, and in typical WWE fashion they weren't about to change those plans. (FF)

Here Thunder Rosa addresses whether or not she's "stiff" in the ring: "I was trained by the best in Northern California. My coaches, Matt Carlos and Dylan Drake, great luxury. Everybody that was a mentor for me. They always tell me, 'Everybody in the world or the United States, they know that people from NorCal, we are very stiff and they're gonna know you're from here. They're gonna know you're a wrestler-wrestler.' The school that I went to, APW, Cheerleader Melissa came out of there and Sara Del Rey or Sara Amato. So, I have very, very big shoes to fill. Like I said, I couldn't come half through with my moves with anything. If I'm gonna do something, I have to commit to it. Also, I've been trained by the best. One of my senpais was Io Shirai, who is now in NXT. She is the champion in NXT and you can tell she is one of the best wrestlers overall in the world. Another one was Kimura-san and she was an MMA fighter, too. She was the one who made me feel what a real kick feels like. Especially when you are not selling. So, ever since then I learned a lesson - when you do things, you need to do things right, you need to do things safe. It just stuck to me. I just can't, as a performer, make something look fake. We already have that stigma on women's wrestling that you were mentioning. It is my duty, as a performer, as an athlete, to make sure people know that it really hurts and it's really real. That the pain is real-real. Also, just to add to everything, I'm an MMA fighter. So, there you go."

Also from Fightful here's http://fightful.com/wrestling/exclusives/gregory-iron-loves-being-heel-part-44oh-believes-there-s-spot-his-story-tv a Gregory Iron interview.

5:00 PM ET. Here's the current lineup for next week's Elevation. (AEW)

* Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky vs. Mike and Matt Sydal
* Matt Hardy vs. Alan "5" Angels

Here's a new http://forbes.com/sites/joshuadudley/2021/03/31/exclusive-interview-with-kurt-angle-about-his-new-podcast-dream-opponent-and-more/ Kurt Angle interview.

ShowBuzzDaily.com has the latest Wednesday night wars numbers, a war that's soon to end when NXT moves to Tuesdays on April 13th. Dynamite did 700,000 viewers this week, down from 757,000 a week ago, and their 18-49 demo was a 0.26 (down from 0.30). NXT dropped from 678,000 to 654,000 viewers, but their 18-49 demo was up from 0.14 to 0.21.

The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal will be on SmackDown this year BEFORE WrestleMania 37 night one. Here's more on that and what else will be featured on SmackDown next week courtesy WWE.com.

A Special WrestleMania Edition of SmackDown to air April 9 on FOX

As first announced on Twitter Spaces, the final stop on The Road to WrestleMania will feature a Special WrestleMania Edition of SmackDown next Friday on FOX!

Universal Champion Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan and Edge to address the WWE Universe
Two days before they square off in the highly-anticipated Universal Championship Triple Threat Match, the WWE Universe will hear from The Head of the Table, The Leader of the “Yes!” Movement and The Ultimate Opportunist as they prepare to collide on The Grandest Stage of Them All?

SmackDown Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Championship Match
For months the SmackDown Tag Team division has been extremely competitive, forcing WWE Official Adam Pearce to make a major decision. Next Friday, SmackDown Tag Team Champions Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode will look to defend their titles in a Fatal 4-Way against The Street Profits, Rey & Dominik Mysterio and Otis & Chad Gable.

The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
The annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal will take center stage as a multitude of blue brand Superstars step into the squared circle to collide for the honor of claiming this year's coveted trophy. The annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal was introduced at WrestleMania 30 in honor of late WWE Hall of Famer Andre the Giant. It will begin with all participants in the squared circle at the same time, and competitors are eliminated once they are thrown over the top rope and both feet touch the floor. The last man remaining is the victor.

WWE Official Adam Pearce announced the combatants for the prestigious free-for-all will include:

Akira Tozawa
Angel Garza
Cedric Alexander
Drew Gulak
Elias
Erik
Gran Metalik
Humberto Carrillo
Jaxson Ryker
Jey Uso
Kalisto
King Corbin
Lince Dorado
MACE
Murphy
Mustafa Ali
Ricochet
Shelton Benjamin
Shinsuke Nakamura
SLAPJACK
T-Bar
Tucker

Don't miss all the action of the Special WrestleMania Edition of SmackDown, next Friday, April 9, beginning at 8/7 C on FOX! And make sure to tune into WrestleMania April 10 and 11 streaming LIVE on Peacock!

Also here's a new article http://si.com/wrestling/2021/03/31/njpw-kota-ibushi-career-history-iwgp-world-heavyweight-championship about Kota Ibushi featuring comments from Kenny Omega.

6:00 PM ET. WWE related videos above have been updated.