The COVID-19 pandemic was a trying time for all of us. And while our spirits were down, wrestling’s spirits were up in its quest to entertain us during those unprecedented times. Of those mood boosters came AEW’s first-ever Mimosa Mayhem match, which saw Orange Cassidy conquer wrestling veteran Chris Jericho. But seriously, where was Cassidy’s mind when he went in and came out of that All Out 2020 match? In his reply, the “Freshly Squeezed” star was satisfied with the win over Jericho; however, he was disappointed in how the “mimosa” tasted, as mentioned in his question and answer segment on “Monopoly Events.”

“That tasted like garbage, by the way,” the former two-time International Champion noted. “I drank a little bit when I was in the Walls of Jericho, and then I had a sore throat for, like, two weeks…I don’t know what it was…I think someone said it was Tang or something. But it didn’t taste like Tang, I’ll tell you that much.”

As for his opponent in the match, Cassidy praised the former and inaugural AEW World Champion in his tremendous feats of making the company what it is today, and for helping Cassidy evolve into the worshipped wrestler fans dress like and come to see every week.

“He’s one of the best to ever do it,” Cassidy said bluntly. “The fact that he wanted to play with me and wrestle around for three months was incredible. I learned a lot. That’s it.”

The whereabouts of “Le Champion” remain unknown at this point. For months now, Jericho has been the talk of the industry, with new reports from Fightful Select that he is still “firmly” under contract with AEW, despite openness to returning to WWE. Jericho’s last match before his absence was at last year’s Dynasty, where he lost the Ring of Honor World Championship to Bandido in a title versus mask match.

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After former friends Sol Ruca and Zaria involved themselves in each other’s NXT Women’s Championship opportunities, Interim “WWE NXT” General Manager Robert Stone arranged for both of them to challenge once more, this time in a triple threat bout with defending champion, Jacy Jayne. Despite the odds, neither Ruca nor Zaria emerged victorious.

Per usual, Jayne headed into tonight’s NXT Women’s Championship match with her Fatal Influence stablemates Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. Also per usual, Henley and Reid proved pivotal in its outcome.

In the match’s closing moments, Ruca familiarity with Zaria came to the forefront as she countered the Aussie’s F5 with an X-Factor and sent her crashing to the floor. With Jayne dazed, Ruca then delivered a Sol Snatcher for what seemed to be a guaranteed pinfall on the reigning champion. Instead, Zaria pulled Ruca to the outside and firmly dropped her with an F5.

Following up on her finisher, Zaria dumped Ruca back into the ring with the intention of pinning her. Before she could get back into the ring, though, Reid and Henley pulled Zaria backwards, allowing Jayne to cover Ruca for the match-winning fall in her place.

Jayne’s second and current reign began at “NXT” Gold Rush in November after Izzi Dame turned on her Culling stablemate Tatum Paxley. With her victory tonight, Jayne is now one step closer to ensuring that she approaches “NXT” Stand & Deliver on April 4 as the defending champion. As for Ruca and Zaria, their feud with one another appears far from over.

Alex Pereira is still confident he will face Jon Jones as he moves up to UFC’s heavyweight division.

Pereira is looking to conquer his third division in June, challenging Ciryl Gane for the Interim Heavyweight title, having previously held the UFC Middleweight and Light Heavyweight titles. He vacated the Light Heavyweight title only recently as the move up the weights was being solidified, and will be looking to match what Jon Jones has done previously. 

Prior to the Gane fight being confirmed, however, Jones had long been the fight touted for Pereira in his move to heavyweight — so much so that when confronted with the idea of facing then-Interim Champion Tom Aspinall, Jones made it clear that he wanted the Pereira fight and would not settle for less. Jones has since retired from the sport, entered negotiations to return, and asked for his release after being told he was done as things stood. 

Despite all of that, Pereira maintained to Ariel Helwani that he is confident the fight can and will be made. He doesn’t see UFC letting him go from his deal, leaving just one option if he wants to fight. 

“I believe it happens because he has to be released from UFC,” Pereira said, maintaining that the Jones fight will be plausible if he wins his fight in June. “I don’t think the UFC’s going to release him any time soon. So if he wants to fight who’s it going to be against? It’s going to be against [me].”

Alex Pereira explains why he believes he will still face Jon Jones:

“I believe it happens because he has to be released from the UFC, and I don’t think the UFC is going to release him anytime soon.

If he wants to fight, who’s going to be against him? It’s going to be against… pic.twitter.com/duEJsYCDmm

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 16, 2026

Pereira confirmed that he had signed a new eight-fight deal with UFC, agreeing to vacate the Light Heavyweight title in the process, and sees himself finishing his career at heavyweight. He said that UFC offered a deal that made it easy to give up his title, and could get back to light heavyweight if needed, but didn’t see that as necessary for the time-being.

“The Jeff Jarrett Story: Heart of a Promoter” was recently released by Jarrett himself through his podcast partner Conrad Thompson. The documentary focuses on his journey through the industry from WCW to the creation of TNA Wrestling and GFW.

In a special episode ahead of the release of the documentary, Jarrett went into some behind-the-scenes commentary about the industry during his rise and how it felt like to be the subject of the documentary. 

“I feel honored, humbled, but uncomfortable,” Jarrett admitted during an episode of his “My World” podcast. “Man, oh, man, it was the wild-wild west. I know, as a talent, and travel, a lot of grind going on.” 

Jarrett is notably not the only veteran to enjoy a documentary about his life and career in recent years. The late Sabu was the subject of a documentary filmed right before his final pro wrestling match on April 18th at GCW Spring Break 9. At the time of filming, Sabu was still alive, so the documentary features the ECW legend commenting on several aspects of his career. Despite his in-ring ability and willingness to put his body on the line, Sabu never picked up many accolades, and, based on the trailers released before the documentary, this was a central point of his story. 

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One of All Elite Wrestling’s biggest mysteries can be traced back to the March 3, 2021 edition of “AEW Dynamite,” during which NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal and Jade Cargill defeated Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet in mixed tag team competition. En route to victory, O’Neal crashed through a pair of tables, prompting officials to load him into an ambulance. When AEW broadcaster Tony Schiavone later checked on O’Neal’s condition, though, he was nowhere to be seen.

Speaking with “TMZ’s Inside The Ring,” AEW CEO Tony Khan addressed O’Neal’s yet-to-be-solved disappearance. “Stay tuned,” he said when directly asked what happened to O’Neal. “One of these days it is going to happen. It is a good reason to stay tuned. It has been years, but I know eventually that mystery will be solved. Shaq and his whereabouts when they went to check the ambulance, they will find him. People ask me every day, I get all the time, ‘where is Shaq?'”

Rhodes caused himself and O’Neal to plummet through the tables when he delivered a crossbody over the top rope. From there, Cargill managed to survive a spear from Velvet before laying her out with a Jaded for the team victory.

Years before his in-ring “Dynamite” debut, O’Neal stepped into the ring to compete in the 2016 Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WWE WrestleMania 32. In 2011, he officially retired from basketball after memorable years with the Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, and other teams.

“For me, growing up as a big Lakers fan and now not only having been able to go to so many Laker games over the years there, but now to bring AEW there,” Khan said. “For me, one of the highlights of everything we’ve ever done in AEW was to have Shaq in AEW.”

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