Penta began wrestling in 2007 and since then has wrestled for AAA, Lucha Underground, MLW, AEW, and a variety of indie promotions. He arrived in WWE in January 2025 and quickly made an impact when he defeated Chad Gable and delivered a passionate speech afterwards. His “Penta Walk” has caught on with fans and Superstars alike. In his first year, he competed in two Royal Rumbles and a Money in the Bank ladder match. He won his first title in WWE when he defeated Dominik Mysterio to become the Men’s Intercontinental Champion in March. He had a little help from Danhausen, who cursed Mysterio before the match. 

During an interview on WWE Now, Penta shared that after a year in WWE, he feels “the real WWE style because I come from everywhere; indies shows, other companies. But everything here is very different.” He feels that WWE is the best in the universe, so he “wants to be the best luchador in the universe.” To be the best, he tries to improve his style and his English.” Penta goes on to say that he is improving his body and his mind because “it is my responsibility after one year in WWE.” He knows a lot of kids look up to him and he “wants to give my best version every day.” 

Next weekend, he’ll compete in his second WrestleMania where he’ll defend his Men’s Intercontinental Championship in a ladder match. With ladder matches being his specialty, he chose the stipulation and will defend his title against Je’Von Evans, RUSEV, Dragon Lee, JD McDonagh, and Rey Mysterio. They will be part of the WrestleMania Night Two kickoff on ESPN. 

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Rodriguez went on to say that although he tried to keep a low profile and conceal who he was, things didn’t work out they way he wanted them to. He went on to describe how he attempted to get out of his situation.

“Usually, there’s opportunities to get yourself out of certain situations over there in Mexico,” he said. “I was hoping for that. I had a wad full of cash with me at the time and [I] tried to see if I could catch a break. Tried to see if they could help me out, and because it wasn’t the police, it was actually the Border Patrol, the National Guard, they don’t play no games and I didn’t realize that.”

Rodriguez said he was charged with drug smuggling as a result, and trying to pay his way out of it didn’t work. He said he had considered getting rid of the marijuana before crossing the border, but came to the belief that nothing would happen, and in hindsight should have followed his gut. 

He then went into the process of getting out of prison, recalling several court dates he felt he had won and would make progress that ultimately did not come. 

“They really didn’t have no sense of urgency to move my case forward and it took so long,” he said. “Honestly, I was looking at probably even being there until late June or July. Luckily, I got an amazing legal team, and we were able to work some things out. But there’s a whole bunch of requirements and stuff behind it that I got to stick to.”

UFC announced a new $1 million bonus pool for Freedom 250 alongside Crypto.com. 

The announcement touted the cryptocurrency trading platform as a co-presenting partner of the UFC event on the South Lawn of the White House, and said it would be celebrating its 10-year anniversary with the bonus; the bonus is due to be distributed in CRO, the native cryptocurrency of Cronos system. Based on exchange rates as of Friday, April 10, one million US dollars equaled roughly 14.4 million CRO. 

“UFC Freedom 250 – presented by Crypto.com – is coming June 14th! Are you ready? $1M CRO bonus on the line, in celebration of Crypto.com’s 10th anniversary!”

UFC Freedom 250 – presented by https://t.co/W1F98Uu8DH – is coming June 14th!

Are you ready? $1M CRO bonus on the line, in celebration of @Cryptocom ‘s 10th anniversary! pic.twitter.com/BmjBSrBGVV

— UFC (@ufc) April 12, 2026

Per the announcement, the CRO bonus will be in addition to the traditional Fight and Performance of the Night bonuses awarded by Dana White after the event. Details regarding how fighters can achieve the new bonus will be released at a later date. 

“This is the most historic sporting event in history, and it’s a night where every single fight has the potential to be Fight of the Night,” White is quoted in the announcement. “Crypto.com is giving fighters the biggest bonus in UFC history, with $1 million on the line. The world will be watching on June 14.”

“I can think of no better way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Crypto.com than by making history at the White House,” Crypto.com Co-Founder and CEO, Kris Marszalek, is quoted. “We are humbled to join our long-standing partners at the UFC and serve as co-presenting partner of Freedom 250 – an event that transcends sport. As a pillar of our partnership, we’re proud to support the world’s best Mixed Martial Artists with an opportunity to win the largest prize in UFC history.”

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s live coverage for “WWE Raw” on April 13, 2026, coming to you live from the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California!

Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar will both be making appearances of their own on tonight’s show. While Femi and Lesnar were set to sign the contract for their WWE WrestleMania 42 Night Two match on April 19 last Monday as “Raw” General Manager Adam Pearce and Triple H watched the proceedings, a massive pull apart brawl instead broke out between the two men.

Days before he challenges CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship at Night Two of WrestleMania 42 on April 19, Roman Reigns will be appearing with something to share with Punk with Punk also being advertised for tonight’s show. Punk sent a message of his own to Reigns during last Monday’s episode of “WWE Raw”, airing his grievances with Reigns not making the same sacrifices that he did in the professional wrestling business as well as his grievances with Pat McAfee and the current WWE ticket prices.

GUNTHER will be going head-to-head with Seth Rollins at Night One of WrestleMania 42 on April 18, but before they square off against one another, they will both be appearing on tonight’s show. Not only did GUNTHER blindside Rollins with an attack on March 30 episode of “Raw”, but a brawl broke out between the two men last Monday just moments after Rollins had shared he thought the reason for GUNTHER’s initial attack was because he had begun into a business relationship with his former ally Paul Heyman.

The Dogs belong in AEW, without a doubt, but it feels like the group is stuck in second gear. They haven’t quite had the success that one would suspect a former Bullet Club faction would have in a promotion run by former Bullet Club members. The team won the AEW World Tag Team Titles, just to lose the titles days later to the  Conglomeration, and now Gabe Kidd is on the shelf indefinitely with a shoulder injury. It’s made them feel like they’re going to need to regroup sometime down the line, maybe in time for Forbidden Door.

Much like MJF, this is far from their fault, and they’re doing their best with the cards they’ve been dealt, but when you’re playing poker, and your cards are bad, you either have to bluff real hard or else there’s only one way it’s gonna turn out: loser.