Dave Meltzer Says Bron Breakker Is Cleared, WWE Planned Rollins Vs. GUNTHER Weeks Ago

We’re under three weeks away from WrestleMania 42. On Monday, a host for the two-night event along with four matches were announced. Two of the matches are title matches and Seth Rollins finally got a match against a surprising opponent: GUNTHER.

During “Raw”, Rollins continued his feud with Paul Heyman by attacking him with a chair and landing a Curb Stomp. He was suddenly dragged out of the ring by GUNTHER and subsequently attacked. He is a surprising choice to feud with Rollins with only two more episodes of “Raw” to build it, especially since the logical opponent is Bron Breakker.

Breakker was reportedly rehabbing at the WWE Performance Center last week in an attempt to get cleared. When GUNTHER attacked Rollins instead, it appeared that meant Breakker has not been cleared. On Wrestling Observer Live, Dave Meltzer provided some clarity on the situation. “Bron Breakker has already been cleared.” WWE feels that Breakker vs. Rollins is such a big program, they decided to wait. “The decision on GUNTHER being added to the match actually took place several weeks ago.” It was made after Bronson Reed’s injury because “one of The Vision guys was going to face Seth.” Meltzer is unsure when the program from Breakker and Rollins will be, but it could potentially be at SummerSlam.

Last October, The Vision turned on Rollins and kicked him out of the group. Rollins was dealing with a legitimate shoulder injury and returned at the Elimination Chamber PLE where he revealed himself as the masked man that had been frequently interrupting matches.

Dave Meltzer Discusses Chris Jericho’s AEW Return, WWE Negotiations

After months of seemingly being on the verge of going to WWE, the saga of Chris Jericho instead ended with him staying in AEW, with Jericho making his return last night on “Dynamite.” Jericho’s return has led to a ton of questions, chief among them what changed in a situation that, as of last fall, had many within WWE believing that Jericho would be returning to the promotion he called home for most of his career.

On Thursday’s “Wrestling Observer Radio,” Dave Meltzer revealed all the information he had on the situation, including the fact that he had been tipped off to Jericho’s decision recently.

“So what happened was a couple days ago, I woke up and I had a text message, which you had as well, about Jericho and WrestleMania,” Jericho said. “And then, as soon as I woke up, five minutes later, I got a phone call from somebody saying ‘Jericho’s going to be in Winnipeg for AEW.’ But I mean, it’s like, it’s not something you can go with. 

“But it was what I heard. So I checked with WWE, because I know he’d been talking to WWE. They thought he was…at one point, he was going. And the response from WWE was that he is not coming to WWE now, any time soon, and maybe never. So at that point, I kind of figured that, by that, he was going [back to AEW].”

Meltzer didn’t have any information regarding what went into Jericho’s choice of staying. He did, however, provide insight on what WWE may have offered Jericho.

“I don’t know what they told him,” Meltzer said. “I know what I was told, and I was told that, as far as they wanted him for a retirement tour, okay? And maybe that’s not what he wanted. But I don’t know. I just know that they told me that they wanted him for a retirement tour, and that was it.”

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Janel Grant Declaration Outlines New Allegations Against Vince McMahon, WWE & More

Though she doesn’t name names, Grant alleges that while in the talent relations department, McMahon would have her sexually engage with WWE talents that were visiting WWE Headquarters. Grant describes a July 2021 incident where Blum escorted her to McMahon’s executive office, where he proceeded to offer Grant sexually to a WWE talent; she would instead escort the talent from the building before “any harm could happen.” Towards the end of the filing, Grant claims she was sexually engaged with another male talent other than Lesnar, which had been orchestrated and monitored by McMahon months earlier, as he had done with Grant’s relationship with Lesnar.

Grant also provided more graphic detail regarding her encounters with McMahon, alleging he violently beat her in order to prepare her for a sexual encounter with Lesnar, along with several rape/sexual assault encounters with McMahon and Laurinaitis that caused her to black out. In one of their last encounters in February 2022, after she had signed the NDA, McMahon allegedly sexually assaulted Grant again, despite her constantly saying no. Just days later, Grant says McMahon sent her flowers, and revealed he scripted a segment for the Valentines Day episode of “Raw” which featured a wrestler he encouraged Grant to have sex with, and suggested she “text him to congratulate him.”

Throughout the whole ordeal, Grant claims she suffered major physical and mental health issues, attempted to quit several times, only for McMahon to block it, made a suicide attempt in March 2021 during her transfer from legal to talent relations, and had further suicidal thoughts when she claims McMahon coerced her into signing her NDA. When Grant attempted to discuss this with McMahon, she claims he was dismissive, or ignored her statements.

If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available. Visit the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network website or contact RAINN’s National Helpline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).

Matt Cardona Details WWE Return Timeline, Nick Khan Involvement

Matt Cardona has narrated how he eventually made it back to WWE, after spending nearly six years outside the WWE bubble.

Cardona, who became a huge success in the indie scene following his WWE exit, was vocal about returning to the promotion, which eventually happened at the start of the year. He revealed to Cody Rhodes on the “What Do You Wanna Talk About” podcast that the seeds were sown for his return following his appearance on “WWE NXT” last year.

“So I’m working for TNA, but not technically like under contract. And TNA does the invasion of NXT and they ask to have me. And I know I’m not under contract, but I’m like, I’m gonna sneak in. Sure, I’ll do it,” he said. 

A chance conversation between WWE President Nick Khan and Cardona’s wife and WWE star, Chelsea Green, led to Cardona and Khan having a conversation and eventually re-signing. 

“Do that, leads to a match and Chelsea was doing, I guess media for Rumble in Saudi, and Nick Khan was there. And she said to Nick, like, something like, ‘You see my husband wrestle at NXT?’ And Nick said something like, ‘I’ve always wanted to meet your husband, talk to your husband, give him my number.” She gave me Nick Khan’s number. You know I’m texting immediately, and then, Nick called me right there, said, ‘What do you want?’ I said, ‘I wanna come back.’ And the ball kinda got rolling from there,” said Cardona. 

The former Zack Ryder appeared on the WWE main roster last November as part of John Cena’s Last Time Is Now tournament and a few weeks later, re-debuted in WWE, this time using his real name, the one that brought him recognition on the indies.

Kevin Nash Is Over This WWE Raw Storyline: ‘The Bloodline Is Played Out’

WWE legend Kevin Nash feels that the Bloodline storyline has dragged on for long enough and doesn’t think it makes sense to pair The Usos with Roman Reigns again.

A few years ago, the Bloodline story was one of the hottest things in entertainment. It has somewhat been revived after The Usos came to the aid of their family and Reigns, following comments made by CM Punk against Reigns’ father. Nash, on his “Kliq This” podcast, stated that the Bloodline story is like the nWo storyline in its final phase.

“I think the Bloodline’s played out. I think it’s like nWo, you know, the 33rd revision of the nWo. I think it’s played out,” Nash said. “You can’t tie up the Usos too much with Roman because Roman’s came out a week or two ago and said basically, yes, I’m part-time. You know, I’m going to raise my kids, spend time with my wife. I mean, thank god the business has become lucrative enough and has been able to put these guys in a position where they don’t have to, you know, they don’t have to wake up at 67 years old and feel like we do.”

The trio of Reigns, Jimmy Uso, and Jey Uso attacked Punk on the March 23 edition of “WWE Raw,” after Punk doubled down on insulting the Anoa’i family. On this past week’s “Raw,” Reigns and Punk met again, but this time around, Punk got the better of Reigns, who didn’t have The Usos by his side. Reigns will have an opportunity to win Punk’s WWE World Heavyweight title at WrestleMania 42, but The Usos don’t have a place on the card yet, having recently lost the tag team titles to The Vision.