Date: 04/17	11:30 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 all of today's news updates! With the cheap plugs out of the way here's Saturday's latest wrestling news.

In this interview Bianca Belair talks about headlining night one of WrestleMania 37 with Sasha Banks: "It takes two people to make this special, and I'm so honored to be able to stand across from Sasha Banks and be the one to end her title run. Inside the ring, outside the ring, Sasha is the standard, the blueprint. I needed to prove myself against her. She elevates every person she comes in contact with, and that's what she did for me. For what Sasha did for me, I'll be forever grateful to her. Right before we went out, we were in Gorilla together. We both looked at each other and said, 'This moment is ours; let's do this.'"

Impact Wrestling went through Frank Shamrock to convince Mauro Ranallo to come in for the Kenny Omega vs. Rich Swann main event of Rebellion. The deal also includes him doing several voiceovers for video packages to build up the match, including a "This Is Rebellion" PPV special. (WO)

While AEW has nothing specific to announce right now there are "tentative" plans for them to return to touring in the summer or fall. They've also been taping "as much content as possible" in the hopes of landing a deal with a streaming platform. (WO)

You may have already surmised this from the fact "WrestleMania Backlash" moved to May 16th, but Money in the Bank will now take place June 20th. (WO)

WWE President Nick Khan was the one who pushed for changes to WWE's commentary teams including bringing in Adnan Virk as an announcer on Raw. (WO)

Speaking of Nick Khan, a new WWE Board of Directors has been proposed with WWE President Nick Khan among three people to be added, with the other two new additions being Steve Koonin and Connor Schell. Koonin is the CEO of the Atlanta Hawks and was the President of Turner Entertainment Networks from 2006-2014 before moving there. Schell is the founder and CEO of the unscripted content division with Chernin Entertainment, and was previously the EVP of Content for ESPN. (WO)

Mark Henry wants to have at least one more match: "Well, the when is going to be after my birthday. It's going to be after June 12. I'll be 50 years old, and I want to be able to say I wrestled after I was 50 and had a good match. I wrestled in four decades, and that I was able to help somebody in the process or bring attention to somebody that nobody knew. So that's that's the whole point in me doing it. I'm kind of right now a WWE lifer but only God knows what the future holds. I plan on doing the best that I could do wherever I'm wanted, and if the WWE wants me, then I'm going to do my best there."

Scott D'Amore is already teasing that Samoa Joe could return to Impact at Slammiversary.

Rhea Ripley talks about not getting a program with Charlotte Flair last year: "I didn't really know what the whole plan was for the rest of the year, but I thought it would last a lot longer than it did. I thought I'd be, in my mind, having matches with Charlotte for the majority of the year then possibly going to Raw or SmackDown and continuing things there. But, it didn't happen and I'm still really thankful I got that extra time in NXT because I got to do so much cool stuff. Like I got to wrestle one of my best friends, Raquel Gonzalez, and have epic matches. I'm still really thankful I got to stay and do my work there, but I definitely thought it was going to lead somewhere different."

Apollo Crews talks about overcoming adversity in WWE: "That is just the competitor inside me. That's just the spirit inside me. Just relentless, you know? I want to keep growing. I want to make this title reign one of the best in WWE history. I want to make it a long and historic title reign, and I'm accepting all challengers. It does not matter who you are. I will fight anybody. I will bring the fight to anybody. Just like I expect them to bring it to me. A lot of respect goes to Big E, because he brought that fight. He brought something out of me and I know I brought something out to him that he never knew was there."

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku results are below. (FF)

* Yota Tsuji def. Yuya Uemura
* Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, & El Desperado def. Tomoaki Honma, SHO, & YOH
* Jado, Tanga Loa, & Tama Tonga def. DOUKI, Zack Sabre Jr, & Taichi
* YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, & Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, Yujiro Takahashi, KENTA, & EVIL
* Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, & Will Ospreay def. BUSHI, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi

Raquel Gonzalez talks about beating Io Shirai at Takeover: "It feels amazing. It's such an honor to know that they looked at me and said this is someone that we can trust, and someone that we believe can lead this locker room and lead this division into the next chapter of NXT. NXT is known for being not only the third brand of WWE but for being innovative, for being creative, and a little different style from RAW and Smackdown. That's something that I know they're looking to me to continue to deliver, to continue to bring eyes and new eyes to the women's division. NXT is forever growing, forever changing, and forever developing and evolving into something bigger and newer it feels like every month, but I know time flies by."

This week's Impact did 132,000 viewers (down from 168,000 last Thursday) with a 0.04 18-49 demo (down from 0.06). (SBD)

The latest Dark Side of the Ring: Confidential did a 0.04 and 130K viewers. (SBD)

John Cena's game show Wipeout did 861,000 viewers (down from 892K) and a 0.27 18-49 demo (down from 0.30). (SBD)

WWE's next stockholder meeting will be May 27th at 11 AM ET. (WWE)

A new Shayna Baszler video about Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren is below.

A new Renee Paquette interview with Paige is below.

From WWE: "Dexter Lumis looks to avenge Gauntlet Eliminator defeat against LA Knight. Following an encounter within the Gauntlet Eliminator Match on Night 1 of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, which saw Knight secure a clever pinfall elimination over Lumis, these two will lock horns this Tuesday on NXT. Last time Lumis was seen, he was carrying Indi Hartwell away from the ring to the backstage area last week on NXT, so there is no telling where his mind is at heading into this showdown with LA Knight. Don't miss NXT live this Tuesday at 8/7 C on USA Network!"

A new Logan and Jake Paul video is below.

In the next clip Jon Moxley talks about Nick Gage.

From MLW: "Major League Wrestling today announced its June 5 event in Chicago at Cicero Stadium has been postponed and rescheduled due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The new date is Saturday November 6 at Cicero Stadium."

Here's the lineup for AEW Dynamite next Wednesday. (AEW)

* AEW TNT Championship Match: Darby Allin vs. Jungle Boy
* AEW Women's Championship Match: Hikaru Shida vs. Tay Conti
* Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Christian Cage
* Hangman Page vs. Ricky Starks
* Trent vs. Penta El Zero Miedo

The latest New Japan Strong results are below. (NJPW)

* Misterioso, Barrett Brown, Adrian Quest, & Jordan Clearwater defeated Kevin Knight, The DKC, Alex Coughlin & Karl Fredericks via MSO on Knight (10:37)
* New Japan Cup USA Semifinal Match: Tom Lawlor defeated Hikuleo via inside cradle (8:58)
* New Japan Cup USA Semifinal Match: Brody King Defeated Lio Rush via Gonzo Bomb (7:38)

Randy Orton vs. Braun Strowman "for the first time ever" has been added to Raw. (WWE)