Hechicero better hone in on protecting himself and his fireballs of magic if he wants to retain his CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, as he’s about to square off with a submission magician, Jonathan Gresham, who will definitely come in with a few tricks up his sleeve at Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling’s upcoming event, Multiverse, next Friday, at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

BREAKING NEWS: Hechicero will defend the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship against @TheJonGresham NEXT WEEK at MLP Multiverse! Gresham just came up short last month in his pursuit for the MLP Canadian Championship at Uprising, but will he be able to win gold this time around?… pic.twitter.com/d7FTtyhOT5

— MAPLE LEAF PRO Wrestling (@MapleLeafPW) April 9, 2026

A recurring star for MLP, Gresham is looking to obtain his first piece of gold since 2022, when he carried the Ring of Honor World Championship for 224 days. As for Hechicero, the Don Callis Family member regained the CMLL Heavyweight Title from another AEW star and Death Rider, Claudio Castagnoli, on March 20 at Homenaje a Dos Leyendas in Mexico City. Next Friday will mark his first title defense.

Both men have surpassed the expectancy on what makes for superb technical wrestlers, as Hechicero is considered one of the best to ever do it. As for Gresham, “The Octopus” is known to be a master at methodical mat work, intense psychology, and storytelling. Since suffering two strokes last summer, the former champion has competed in 11 matches across several different independent promotions. His most recent match was in MLP late last month, where the company crowned a new Interim MLP Canadian Champion after its inaugural champion, Josh Alexander, announced he would be out of action indefinitely. Former AEW star and Dark Order stablemate, Stu Grayson, is now that champion.

UFC announced Daniel Cormier and Michael Bisping as the coaches for this year’s “The Ultimate Fighter.”

Per the announcement, the series will premiere exclusively on Paramount+ in the US, Latin America, and Australia on June 14, the same day as UFC Freedom 250 at the White House. New episodes will air every Tuesday following for the remainder of the 12-episode season. 

The series will feature 16 fighters competing for a place in the men’s bantamweight and women’s strawweight divisions respectively, produced by Lionsgate Alternative Television. Cormier and Bisping will both be returning for their third time coaching on the show, the latter having won “The Ultimate Fighter” season three himself. 

Both Cormier and Bisping are UFC Hall of Famers with the former having won the Light Heavyweight Championship before moving up and winning the Heavyweight title too, Bisping meanwhile held the Middleweight Championship. 

Cormier retired following back-to-back losses for the title in 2019 and 2020, while Bisping was forced to retire after losing his title to Georges St-Pierre in 2017, fighting just to weeks later to replace Anderson Silva against Kevin Gastelum, losing in the first round and suffering an eye injury. 

The announcement further noted that past seasons of the show will be available on Paramount+ in late May. UFC initially announced remote casting for the show back at the beginning of March.

Earlier this week, WWE announced the official lineup for WrestleMania 42, with seven matches taking place on night one, and six matches transpiring on night two. Following “WWE Raw” this past Monday, it seemed like the 14th and final match added to the card would be IYO SKY versus Asuka, but it’s yet to be confirmed if the singles bout will actually happen at “The Grandest Stage Of Them All.”

According to a recent edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, SKY versus Asuka is listed on WWE’s internal lineup for WrestleMania 42, but whether the match gets officially announced will reportedly depend on the run time for night two. At this time, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter considers the status of the match to be “up in the air,” writing that the time allotted for each match on Sunday will determine if SKY and Asuka will be given a spot on the card. Additionally, there’s reportedly a backup plan for the feud if SKY and Asuka are unable to clash at WrestleMania, with WWE considering the option of doing the match at Backlash on May 9, which is the Premium Live Event following “The Show of Shows.”

This past Monday, WWE aired a taped interview with Asuka on “Raw” to build towards the match, while SKY took to social media to tease a future battle with the “Empress Of Tomorrow.” Asuka and SKY have only competed in singles action against each other once in WWE, with the “Genius Of The Sky” having secured the victory on an episode of “WWE SmackDown” in 2023.