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Friday, March 27 2020 Issue #5887
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//->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR
Colin Vassallo -[mailto:editor@...]-

Went back to the office today after a month and boy it felt weird. Getting used to teleworking! And it also felt like Monday. Thankfully, it's Friday!


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ROMAN REIGNS REMOVED FROM WRESTLEMANIA CARD

- WrestleMania 36 lost one of its main events as Ryan Satin of ProWrestlingSheet.com is reporting that Roman Reigns was not taking part in the show due to his bout with leukemia. Satin, who occasionally appears on WWE Backstage, said that it was Reigns who expressed his wish not to be part of any more upcoming shows as long as this pandemic remains because his immune system is weaker than those of regular people and if he gets the virus, it would put his life in danger. WWE had no problem with Reigns’ request and took him out of the card. The WWE Universal title will still be defended at WrestleMania but the opponent remains under wraps. There are also rumors that some other matches were changed as well as some WWE Superstars showed up with a fever according to Dave Meltzer of the Observer and were not allowed in the Performance Center. All employees are screened before entering the facility to try and keep the place as clean as possible. WrestleMania 36 was taped on Wednesday and Thursday although it’s not clear if additional tapings or re-shoots will be done at the Performance Center.

THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA CONTINUES TONIGHT ON SMACKDOWN

- Three matches have been announced for tonight's Smackdown which unlike last week is not live as it was taped during the past weekend. Scheduled for the show are Alexa Bliss vs Asuka, The New Day vs The Usos, and Drew Gulak vs Shinsuke Nakamura with the stipulation being that if Gulak wins, Daniel Bryan gets an IC shot against Sami Zayn at WrestleMania. Bray Wyatt will also be on the show with a new installment of The Firefly Funhouse. With Roman Reigns off the WrestleMania card as well it will be interesting to see if WWE will address that situation tonight somehow.

ANDRADE INJURED, NOT CLEARED FOR WRESTLEMANIA

- The reigning United States champion Andrade was not cleared to compete at WrestleMania due to an injury he suffered this past Monday on Raw. Andrade was supposed to tag team with Angel Garza to take on The Street Profits for the Raw Tag Team titles. The match will still take place though and Garza will be teaming up with another WWE Superstar on the pay-per-view. The picture will be clearer on Monday when WWE explains the situation on Raw. Andrade is the third WWE Superstar known so far to be pulled from the WrestleMania card after Roman Reigns requested not to work due to his health and Dana Brooke was also taken out due to illness.

NXT RATING

- NXT pulled in 669,000 viewers this week, up 127,000 viewers from last week's video package-only show. It did 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demo and placed #56 in the chart. The difference between the two shows this week was of 150,000 viewers, which is down by 240,000 viewers compared to the previous week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

MEET NXT'S NEWEST TAG TEAM FROM INDIA

- The newest NXT tag team led by Malcolm Bivens, the man formerly known as Stokely Hathaway, is composed of Rinku Singh and Saurav Gurjar, and the two made their presence felt on Wednesday when they attacked Matt Riddle. Singh, 31, and Gurjar, 35, are both from India and both have been signed to a WWE deal since January 2018 where they have been training at the Performance Center. Singh is a former professional baseball player who was recruited by the Pittsburgh Pirates. His story, along with that of another Indian baseball player, was the basis of a Walt Disney Picture film titled Million Dollar Arm. Gurjar is a national kickboxing gold medalist in his country and was also an actor. He appeared in the Ring Ka King promotion which was headed up by Jeff Jarrett and TNA back in 2011 but that was his only wrestling exposure.

THE MAIN EVENT NETFLIX/WWE MOVIE TRAILER

- The trailer for the Netflix/WWE Studios movie The Main Event was released. Landing on Netflix worldwide on April 10, The Main Event is about an 11-year-old who discovers a magical wrestling mask that grants him super strength and uses that to enter a WWE competition to achieve his dream of becoming a WWE Superstar. Several WWE Superstars are in the movie including Keith Lee, Otis, The Miz, Sheamus, Babatunde, Kofi Kingston, Mia Yim, Corey Graves, and Renee Young. Seth Carr, Tichina Arnold, Adam Pally, and Ken Marino are the leading stars in the movie. You can see the trailer at .

DYNAMITE RATING

- Dynamite this week drew 819,000 viewers, down 113,000 viewers from last week's broadcast but still comfortably winning the Wednesday night war against NXT. The show did a 0.34 in the 18-49 demo and placed #23 in the top 50 cable chart. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)


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