WWE’s Elio LeFleur has only been with the promotion for four months, but he’s already made an impression with his work in AAA and “NXT,” including winning the WWE Speed Championship from Jasper Troy just one month ago. Things took a turn for the worst a week ago, however, when a live event match featuring LeFleur, Eli Knight, Kale Dixon, and Tavion Heights against Birthright was stopped after LeFleur and Lexis King both suffered injuries. 

While King was subsequently confirmed to be okay, LeFleur wasn’t, and was spotted after with his arm in a sling after a spot that saw him collide with the turnbuckle. The severity of LeFleur’s injury was unknown at the time, but last night on “NXT,” LeFleur confirmed that the diagnosis was not good. 

In a backstage segment with Hank & Tank, Eli Knight, and Sean Legacy, LeFleur, arm still in a sling, revealed that MRIs showed he had torn his labrum, as well as ligaments in his shoulder. As a result, LeFleur will be forced out of action for six months, and will be forced to vacate the Speed Championship immediately.

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While the timing of the injury is poor for the 26 year old Frenchman, his fast progress within the WWE system will likely make it only a blip on LeFleur’s career. As of this writing, WWE has yet to announce any plans regarding how they will crown the next WWE Speed Championship. The promotion has typically held tournaments to determine both champion and challenger over the course of the title’s two year history, though they have now gone over a month since running one for the men or women, which was won by LeFleur, Knight, and Wren Sinclair.

The addition of Gunther vs. Seth Rollins for WrestleMania 42 hasn’t surprised WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray, although he argued that WWE has some work to do with the storyline.

Ray analyzed the segment between Gunther and Rollins from this past week’s “WWE Raw” on “Busted Open,” and said that the two will have a good match, but feels more of the story has to be fleshed out before “The Show of Shows.”

“I don’t think I’m surprised. I don’t think it’s about the connecting of the dots on the front end of this match. For this story, I think it’s about the connecting of the dots that’s going to happen during and after the story. This was thrown together, or at least it looks like it’s thrown together. Hopefully we’re going to get the reasons why it’s going to happen, and I think we will. If there’s one thing I know for sure, when it comes to a professional wrestling match, Gunther vs. Seth is going to be a damn great match,” declared Ray.

The WWE legend believes it didn’t make sense for Gunther to attack Rollins and feels the backstory will be revealed in the coming weeks. There is, however, a silver lining to this WrestleMania 42 match as he feels it could eventually lead to another dream match fans have long been salivating over — Gunther vs. Brock Lesnar.

“The story is this — we can’t leave Seth and Gunther off of WrestleMania. So somehow we have to find a way to get these guys on the same page. Last night technically does not make sense. Why would Gunther come out and attack Seth? It’s what’s going to happen next week and the week after that. I believe Seth and Gunther is eventually going to lead to Gunther and Brock.”

Gunther assaulted Rollins on “Raw” when the latter was ready to attack Paul Heyman, and the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion then grabbed Rollins and pointed to the WrestleMania 42 sign, to indicate that he was next.

Former AEW star Mercedes Martinez detailed when she decided that 2026 would be her final year in pro wrestling, a decision she attributed to not being used in AEW over the past two years.

She became a free agent at the end of 2025, bringing to an end her five-year run with AEW. Martinez, who has been a part of the pro wrestling industry since 2000, announced at the start of the year that she would retire in 2026, which she said in an interview with “The A2theK Wrestling Show” was due to being on the shelf in AEW. 

“I think it happened last year when being contracted, especially with AEW and not being utilized to my full potential, kind of brought me into that weird space headspace of like, am I really, like, can I still hang with the females? Can I still hang with the top tier? Do I still have a lot to prove? Do I have anything to prove left? I’m blessed for the opportunity that Tony gave me for the last four years, but it felt like the last year, year and a half, almost two years, I kind of just sat on the shelf not doing anything for the company. And it kind of messes with your mind a lot. It kind of just makes you think, am I worth it. Does he really, you know, want to utilize my talent and my expertise?”

Martinez acknowledged that her wrestling style may not necessarily translate well to the TV format and wondered if some wrestlers were reluctant to step into the ring with her. She said she had pitched a few ideas during her time with AEW, but they didn’t come to fruition. Martinez revealed that when she realized AEW didn’t want to renew her deal, she decided to bid farewell to pro wrestling on her own terms, in the style she loves and has practiced throughout her career.

Flair, Banks, and Lynch’s match for the Divas title-turned-WWE Women’s Championship was one of the highest rated matches of WrestleMania 32, the event which featured the likes of Brock Lesnar and Dean Ambrose in a no holds barred street fight, the Undertaker defeating Shane McMahon in a Hell in a Cell match, and Roman Reigns defeating Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship. The event overall was rated one of the worst of the year by the end of 2016, earning the accolade of “Worst MajorWrestling Show” in the year’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.

Dave Meltzer of the Observer gave the women’s triple threat match a four star rating, ranking second of the night only to the four and a quarter star rating of the seven-man ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship that was ultimately won by Zack Ryder. Fans on Cagematch have rated the women’s match a 8.49 out of 10, based on 572 lifetime votes. Back in 2016, the match held a 8.6 rating.

All three women would go on to have incredible careers where they have all racked up gold and accolades, but in the immediate weeks and months following WrestleMania 32, Flair remained at the height of the division. She was presented the new championship formally the next night on “WWE Raw,” where she started a feud with in-ring veteran Natalya. Flair successfully defended her title against Natalya three times, and at Extreme Rules that year, would break away from her father.

Banks and Flair would go one-on-one again, when the title had been renamed to the Raw Women’s Championship, after Banks made Flair tap out during a tag team match at Battleground. On “Raw” the next night, Banks defeated Flair to capture main roster gold for the first time.