Natalya recalled that he worked on the speech for months. When he read it to her to practice his speech, she timed it and the speech was 46 minutes long. She was worried they’d get kicked off stage, but he was adamant that he read it in its entirety. Hart went into the speech planning to read all of it, even if it meant getting pulled off stage.

About four minutes into the speech is when the man attacked Hart. She held on to her uncle and “I ended up taking an armdrag over Bret. We got knocked down to the ground. All these wrestlers come swarming the ring.” They were all trying to protect Hart while they were on the ground. Hart had to go to the hospital after. She told him she knew what happened sucked, but “that was in the most Jim Neidhart fashion ever. Chaos, craziness, mayhem. I feel like my dad was having a little laugh from heaven because ‘f*** it, we’re gonna go out big.”

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He may have spread his wings to become “The Oracle” of the hottest new faction in WWE, The Vision, but it’s fair to say that Paul Heyman misses his masterful role in The Bloodline. Perhaps, he reminisces about it from time to time. Despite not showing his homesickness, Heyman has bigger fish to fry in advocating for his former client, Brock Lesnar, and putting an end to his recent partnership with Seth Rollins. Although he is no longer affiliated with the Bloodline, he made a very short, sweet, and complimentary comment about the family’s legacy, specifically if they were to add another family member, who he believes should be on WWE’s radar now if he hasn’t been already.

“I think WWE would be remiss if WWE doesn’t sign Zilla [Fatu] at the very first opportunity to do so,” the former “Wiseman” said to MuscleManMalcolm on his “Muscle Memory” podcast. 

Zilla, a third-generational wrestler and son to former WWE star, Umaga, and great nephew to The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika), truly lives up to his “Main One” moniker on the independent scene. The fast-paced powerhouse is currently carrying four championships in 4th Rope Wrestling (as its heavyweight champion), Gremlin House Wrestling (one-half of the World Tag Team Championships), House of Glory (the two-time Crown Jewel Champion), and the Noble Champions Group (Crown Champion). He is also the former two-time Reality of Wrestling’s Heavyweight Champion, an independent promotion owned and operated by WWE Hall of Famer Booker T, that has ties with WWE’s ID (Independent Development) program.

The 26-year-old has a lot of promise should he become a prospect in WWE. However, his past demeanor continues to haunt and hinder his chances, including having the reputation of no-showing events, and being difficult to work with.

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The rivalry between Storm and Statlander kicked off at AEW All Out, where the latter dethroned the former as AEW Women’s Champion by pinning her in a four-way title match. Given Storm’s popularity and vibrancy as an in-ring character, Statlander admittedly wasn’t, and still isn’t, certain if the fans would embrace her as the holder of the world title after that. Nevertheless, she continued to put forth her greatest efforts in the role.

“I still don’t think that they accept me as their champion,” Statlander said. “And I get it because Toni is so incredible and sure of herself. She’s the best for a reason. She was so synonymous with the title for so long for a reason and I kind of came up out of nowhere. She gave a few of us an unexpected shot and we were like, ‘Alright, let’s do it,’ and I don’t think people were ready for it to be an out of nowhere type of thing. That’s okay. That’s how life works sometimes. Life is unpredictable. I’m just doing my best to give the title as good of a reign as I can because I’m not Toni Storm. I’ll never be her. But I am me and the best that I can do is give you my best.”

In their rematch for the title at AEW WrestleDream, Statlander overcame a momentary loss of consciousness to pin Storm yet again, this time by locking her in a head scissors submission, then driving her into the mat with a Saturday Night Fever. From there, Storm pivoted to a program with the Death Riders’ Marina Shafir, while “The Cosmic Killer” racked up more successful title defenses against Mercedes Mone, Jamie Hayter, and Thekla. The latter later unseated Statlander in their second AEW Women’s Championship faceoff in February.

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WWE WrestleMania 42 will include a battle between two behemoths: “The Beast” Brock Lesnar vs. “The Ruler” Oba Femi. And so far, WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash has found himself fully invested in the path to it.

While speaking on “Kliq This,” Nash put forth his assessment of the Lesnar-Femi feud, which initially sparked in the 2026 Men’s Royal Rumble. “You know what, I liked [when they put a rocket on Femi] because they pushed him and then they teased him at the Rumble, but of the guys that got themselves over, I thought he got himself over in the Rumble,” Nash said.

“People were just like, ‘F***.” They wanted to see [more]. They were so smart because everybody wanted to see him and Lesnar go at it at the Rumble and they didn’t get it. So they planted that seed and then Brock comes down last night [on Raw] and tosses the jazz hands crew around. Then Femi comes down, and Brock, who’s the most giving motherf***er on the planet, he’s just not a mark. There’s nothing about that guy that’s a mark. I guess when you’re like one of the baddest motherf***ers on earth, [you got nothing to prove].”

In his outing at the Men’s Royal Rumble, Femi dominated for nearly 40 minutes — eliminating five men in the process — before locking eyes with Lesnar. Lesnar won this faceoff as he sent the former NXT Champion crashing to the floor for his own elimination. Femi later returned the favor by answering Lesnar’s WrestleMania open challenge and laying him out with a powerbomb on “WWE Raw.” Most recently, Femi sent Lesnar to the outside of the ring during another interaction on WWE’s red brand.

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AEW’s Andrade El Idolo is no stranger to heated social media interactions, including a recent argument with MJF, which delved into Andrade’s personal issues such as his divorce from Charlotte Flair. Andrade recently got into another little spat, this time with members of the “WWE NXT” fanbase.

It began when an X user shared a clip of “NXT’s” Kendal Grey supposedly paying tribute to Andrade during one of her recent matches with a Spinning Back Elbow. The AEW wrestler caught wind of the post and simply asked who Grey was. In response, some fans saw this as a sleight towards Grey and they started getting aggressive in Andrade’s replies. The AEW star later responded after finding out who Grey is. 

“Hahaha! I asked who she was because, honestly, I didn’t know,” Andrade wrote. “But now I do, and it’s thanks to you guys! She definitely has a future in this business. Good luck!”

After his initial arrival in AEW last year, Andrade had to deal with pushback from WWE, with the company citing a non-compete clause that might’ve kept him out of action for up to a year. Luckily for Andrade, he managed to remove this obstacle and return to AEW, where he now competes regularly.

When asked about his future in pro wrestling during another X conversation with a fan that at least leaned more positively, Andrade boldly proclaimed that he plans to someday retire in AEW, voicing aspirations to someday become one of the greats in the promotion and to continue contributing to the company for the foreseeable future.