Raven returned to TNA for the first time in four years starring in a backstage vignette alongside Rosemary and Allie during Thursday’s “TNA Impact.” 

The TNA Hall of Famer, and former World Champion, teased his return to the promotion earlier this month, pictured alongside Allie and Rosemary with the former yet to have returned. She did so during a segment last week, and it became clear that Rosemary’s storyline would center on her return from the dead, having been killed off when she initially departed the promotion. 

He appeared during this week’s segment, with Rosemary visiting him. They spoke about his issue with Tommy Dreamer, he ignored Allie’s presence, and proceeded to give Rosemary a vial of Dreamer’s blood. All in the spirit of storytelling, one would hope. 

“Envy is next on Rosemary’s list as she visits TNA Hall of Famer Raven on her quest to bring Allie back from the dead,” the caption for the segment reads via X. 

Envy is next on @WeAreRosemary’s list as she visits TNA Hall of Famer @theraveneffect on her quest to bring Allie back from the dead. #TNAiMPACT pic.twitter.com/A9OFJLqs3a

— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) March 20, 2026

Raven has Parkinson’s Disease, what he has described as payment for all he had taken throughout his wrestling career. Yet he continues to appear in the sport which saw him hold titles in WCW, WWE, ECW, and TNA, retaining a sense of optimism over his life. 

UFC legend Anderson Silva turned down a fight for Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions’ Ronda Rousey-Gina Carano card because he is joining the police academy in April. 

Silva is looking to become a police officer in the Beverly Hills Police Department at the age of 50, having carved a 34-11 (One no-contest) MMA record, formerly a UFC Middleweight Champion, a Hall of Fame inductee, and a 4-2 record in boxing. 

Silva’s last defeat in boxing came against Paul, and he told Ariel Helwani that he had been invited to fight alongside fellow losers to the MVP promoter, Nate Diaz and Mike Perry, on the upcoming May 16 card. 

Silva said that Nakisa Bidarian had invited him to fight either kickboxing or MMA, but because he is in the process of joining the police he wants to put all of his focus into that. He did continue to say he has two more fights in him, but only boxing, as he does that not have it in him to train in MMA again. In terms of dream opponents, he said he would like to fight Chris Weidman and Hayato Sakurai. 

Weidman beat Silva twice, capturing and retaining the UFC Middleweight Championship in 2013 via Punch-KO and TKO through leg injury. 

The dream of going from a developmental talent to a main roster call-up is what every Superstar in the making strives for in their eventual WWE career. And for former pro wrestler David Otunga, his came inevitably fast – less than two years after signing with the company. In an interview on “Developmentally Speaking,” the former and original Nexus member describes the adrenaline rush he felt after getting the call that he was going to be featured on the main roster.

“My call-up was so fast. I was just trying to get a handle on wrestling,” the former two-time WWE Tag Team Champion recalled. “I wasn’t even really on FCW TV that much. I’d just gotten on there. I think I may have had one match on there before they called me up to ‘WWE NXT.’ I’m not sure. One or two…I was like, ‘Wait, what? I wasn’t ready for this yet. But awesome.'”

Of course, mentally, Otunga did not feel he was ready, as he mentioned later on in his interview that he still was being led through matches, and the pressure to be confident in front of a live audience and millions watching from home, despite not having enough maneuvers in his arsenal, was extremely intimidating. His last televised match was as a participant in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 30 in 2014. Luckily for him, surviving the fear of a potential firing after the formation of Nexus, the former lawyer turned wrestler got to fulfill his in-ring dreams up until his release in 2020.

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit “Developmentally Speaking with Bryan Asbury,” with a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.