Much to the surprise of the WWE Universe, Paul Heyman, and Bron Breakker himself, a masked figure attacked Breakker as he headed to the ring as the second entrant for the 2026 Men’s Royal Rumble match. Even more shocking was the quick elimination that followed, with former NXT Champion Oba Femi dumping Breakker to the floor in a mere 10 seconds.

In the eyes of WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray, one of Breakker’s own allies may be involved in his Royal Rumble demise. “Bron comes to the ring. He gets jumped by the masked man. He gets laid out and then he gets eliminated by Oba,” Ray said on “Busted Open Radio”. “Who were the four last guys in the ring? [Roman Reigns, GUNTHER, Randy Orton, and Logan Paul]. Logan Paul made it to the end. Does Logan Paul seem like the kind of personality, despite what we’ve seen from him so far, that wants to share the spotlight with anybody else? I think Logan Paul has something to do with the screwing over of Bron Breakker, thus getting him to the final four.”

Ahead of the January 31 premium live event, “WWE Raw” General Manager Adam Pearce revealed that all four wrestlers in The Vision — Breakker, Logan Paul, Bronson Reed, and Austin Theory — would compete in the Men’s Royal Rumble. Recognizing the numbers advantage they would have in the match, Paul then suggested they work together as a unit to ensure that one of them, specifically Breakker, emerged as the winner.

With Breakker being eliminated early, the other three members still attempted to unite their efforts in the Royal Rumble, though Reed and Theory’s eliminations at the hands of LA Knight cut that short. Meanwhile, as Ray pointed out, “The Maverick” survived for several more minutes until Reigns eliminated him when the match reached its last four names.

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Even though we like to put pro wrestling and its wrestlers up on pedestals we know we’ll never sit atop of, they are ordinary people. Just like you and me. Overcoming flaws and trying to strive to become the very best versions of themselves inside the ring and out, no one has seen what the bottom of the barrel looks like and how to crawl out from under it better than Mike Santana. Faced with the work that comes with addiction, recovery, and its temptations every day, “The Realest” describes how those moral issues helped hone in the character work that fans see every Thursday on “TNA Impact.”

“While I was out with injury, I was also dealing with my addiction issues. And thankfully, I put myself through rehab, that whole experience, right. But I think the beauty of it was that I was able to use all that to get me to this moment,” the current two-time TNA World Champion told Peter Rosenberg on his “Cheap Heat” podcast. “It’s like once you change your mindset, everything changes. Like, before, I used to use a lot of my struggles and a lot of the things that I went through as excuses…for the spiral…And now, I use it as a source of energy, a source of positivity, and something to put towards getting me to where I want to get to.”

Santana noted that the first time he won the World Championship against Trick Williams at Bound for Glory last October, in that moment it wasn’t about him; rather, it was a giant thank you to his daughter, who he mentions saved his life, and to the fans who believed in him even in times where he didn’t believe in himself. Despite an abrupt end to his first world title reign, he managed to retrieve it back from Frankie Kazarian on the “Impact” premiere on AMC last month. Now, “The Real Deal” has to dig through the trenches and prevail over his newest lineup of targets, including former world champions like Eddie Edwards and Steve Maclin, who recently betrayed Santana’s friendship and trust.

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Last week, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair made headlines when he seemingly considered coming out of retirement for one more match, specifically to face on his former NWA foe Ricky Morton. “Somebody wants me to wrestle Ricky Morton now,” Flair told K&S WrestleFest during a virtual signing. “I’m thinking about it, yeah. [We’re] far from, way off on financial terms. I just need something to motivate me, man. Just to go to the gym every day for f***ing nothing is…”

In the days following, Ric and his daughter Charlotte have since pushed back on that idea, with “The Queen” stating that her father would “absolutely not” ever wrestle again. As for Ric, who is now 76 years old, he clarified his stance on X, writing “First, Let Me Clear Something Up! I Will Never Wrestle Again. I’m Heading To Flair Country. Charleston, South Carolina Get Ready! The Nature Boy And @FitermanSports Are Taking Over @SpookyEmpire This Weekend! If You Want To Be The Best, You Gotta Be With The Best! Come See Me Saturday & Sunday!”

First, Let Me Clear Something Up! I Will Never Wrestle Again. I’m Heading To Flair Country. Charleston, South Carolina Get Ready! The Nature Boy And @FitermanSports Are Taking Over @SpookyEmpire This Weekend! If You Want To Be The Best, You Gotta Be With The Best! Come See Me… pic.twitter.com/pkzh8aXgyu

— Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) February 6, 2026

Ric, a 16-time world champion under the WWE banner, last wrestled at a special event, titled Ric Flair’s Last Match, in July 2022. Together, he and Andrade El Idolo defeated Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett in tag team competition, but as Ric later revealed, it didn’t come out without some medical issues.

Due to dehydration, Flair felt light-headed and even passed out twice in the midst of the action. Still, he and Andrade managed to emerge victorious after Ric struck Jarrett with brass knuckles, then locked him in the Figure Four Lock.

Former WWE talent Damien Sandow was a hated heel amongst the audience, who almost always immediately erupted into boos the moment he’d walk into the arena from backstage. Looking back on his character, the man behind the gimmick – Aron Stevens – credited both Dusty Rhodes and Paul “Triple H” Levesque for helping him put together the detestable Damien Sandow.

One of the main attributes of his character was the robe he wore, and according to Stevens, this was all Rhodes’ idea. “There was this one guy who was the liaison between WWE and developmental. This is when I was in Florida, and he goes, ‘Yeah, I think you’re too bland,'” he recalled during an interview with “TMZ’s Inside The Ring” noting that when he conveyed this message to Rhodes, he wasn’t happy. “He said, ‘All right, you want to give him bland? You’re going to give him bland. You’re going to get a robe like Lou Thesz and we’re gonna go from there!'”

Even beyond this, Stevens credited his career to Rhodes, noting that many points in his career only came about because of the ‘American Dream.’ “I would not be where I am today had it not been for him,” he said. When it came to his theme, “Hallelujah,” Stevens claimed he had input but it was something Levesque also had a hand in. “Here’s the thing with music: it’s way easiest to associate the new guy with the song you already know,” he explained. “You want the point of like, where the music hits, you want that reaction from the crowd.” Stevens further explained that since “Hallelujah” is a well-known song, he got the recognition he wanted with half the effort.

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