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  • WWE Legend Threatens To Sue Rey Mysterio After AAA GM Reveal

    WWE Legend Threatens To Sue Rey Mysterio After AAA GM Reveal

    WWE legend John Bradshaw Layfield recently jokingly threatened to sue after WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio was announced as the new General Manager of AAA Lucha Libre.

    The former WWE Champion took to social media to express his mock outrage over the appointment.

    “I was robbed! I’m calling David Otunga and we are suing,” JBL posted on Twitter in response to the announcement. The post referenced fellow WWE personality David Otunga, playing up the comedic nature of the complaint.

    Dominik Mysterio Weighs In

    AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio reposted JBL’s complaint on social media. The younger Mysterio has been involved in an ongoing storyline feud with his father Rey on WWE programming for years.

    JBL had previously claimed he was confident about being appointed to the General Manager role. The Texan stated he is universally loved in Mexico ahead of the reveal.

    What’s Next For Rey Mysterio

    It remains unclear how the AAA General Manager role will affect Rey Mysterio’s in-ring career with WWE. After the announcement, Rey promised to take AAA to new heights in the position.

    Rey Mysterio continues to perform regularly on WWE while taking on this new responsibility with the Mexican promotion.

  • WWE Legend Believes WrestleMania 44 Location ‘Bigger Than Nashville’

    WWE Legend Believes WrestleMania 44 Location ‘Bigger Than Nashville’

    WWE Hall of Famer JBL believes WWE President Nick Khan’s recent comments about WrestleMania 44’s location suggest the company is planning something bigger than a domestic venue.

    Khan made waves at a recent WWE town hall meeting when he told employees to wait until they hear where WrestleMania 44 will be held. The cryptic tease has sparked widespread speculation among fans and industry insiders about whether WWE is finally ready to take its biggest event overseas.

    International Destination Speculation

    During an appearance on the Something To Wrestle podcast, JBL indicated he has several international cities in mind that could host what he described as a “truly historic” WrestleMania. The comment comes as WWE continues expanding its global footprint under TKO Group Holdings ownership.

    “I don’t know. I’m interested. He really teased where they’re going to be for that WrestleMania. And no offense to Nashville, I love Nashville. I think it’s something bigger than Nashville. I think it’s overseas. It seems like an overseas thing.

    And if it is, you know, I think you gotta look at the big cities. I think you gotta look at London. Think you gotta look at Tokyo, and you gotta look at something like Sydney. I think would be the ones to me. But it might be something like Mumbai.”

    “There are some real opportunities out there. I would love to be a fly on the wall and see who all is trying to get WrestleMania for that year,” JBL added.

    WrestleMania 43 is already set for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2027. Khan’s emphasis on waiting for the WrestleMania 44 announcement suggests the 2028 event could mark a significant departure from tradition.

    WWE’s Global Expansion

    WWE has increasingly focused on international markets in recent years, running premium live events in Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Australia, and other territories. A WrestleMania held outside North America would represent the company’s most ambitious international move to date.

    The company has not officially announced a location for WrestleMania 44. Khan’s comments at the town hall meeting remain the only public indication of the company’s plans for the 2028 event.

  • WWE Hall of Famer Believes Brock Lesnar Is Negotiating Amid Retirement Speculation

    WWE Hall of Famer JBL believes Brock Lesnar is not finished with WWE, suggesting his WrestleMania 42 retirement moment could actually be the beginning of a major storyline.

    Speaking on Something To Wrestle, he called Lesnar “brilliant” and suggested the retirement angle is part of ongoing negotiations rather than a definitive end to his WWE career.

    “I watched him going, Oh my god, this guy is freaking amazing, absolutely amazing. Whether it’s a negotiation technique, whether it’s part of the storyline, whether he actually is retired, whatever it is, his performance was freaking once in a lifetime. That was legendary. What he did. I thought it was just absolutely amazing.”

    The former WWE Champion expressed confidence that Lesnar remains in discussions with WWE. The retirement moment at WrestleMania 42 appears to be part of a larger narrative rather than the conclusion of Lesnar’s run with the promotion.

    JBL’s Take on Lesnar’s Future

    JBL praised Brock Lesnar as one of the smartest and most effective negotiators he has ever seen, recalling how Lesnar strategically improved his leverage during past contract talks. He pointed to a moment when Lesnar showed up backstage at a Dana White event in Las Vegas, which “all of a sudden… got a little bit better” for him in WWE negotiations.

    “Brock was the best negotiator, I think I’ve ever seen. I mean, Brock is a really smart human being. And I remember he was negotiating to come back. He flew out to Vegas, I think it was and just went backstage, just to see Dana White backstage. Just happened to be out in Vegas, where he flew on a private jet to go and go backstage.”

    Unreal Negotiator

    He emphasized that both Lesnar and Vince McMahon needed each other but were constantly “vying” for the best deal, calling Lesnar “an unreal negotiator.”

    “All of a sudden, his negotiation got a little bit better with WWE. Brock’s a great negotiator. I mean, that’s what you do, you know, and him and Vince are on different sides of this. You know, Vince wanted Brock. Brock wanted Vince. They needed each other, but they’re both vying for they’re both negotiating with each other. Brock is an unreal negotiator.”

    Lesnar has a history of sporadic WWE appearances and contract negotiations that have shaped his career trajectory. The former Universal Champion has worked under unique deals that allow him to maintain flexibility while remaining one of WWE’s biggest attractions.

  • WWE Veteran Claims Pat McAfee Is Doing An ‘Incredible Job’

    WWE Veteran Claims Pat McAfee Is Doing An ‘Incredible Job’

    JBL is loving the work of Pat McAfee.

    The addition of the former NFL star in the WrestleMania feud between Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton has not been well-received by the fans. People have criticised the focus of the rivalry being the involvement of celebrities instead of the long history between the two WWE veterans. The involvement of McAfee doesn’t appear to have helped the problem of ticket sales either, as the company is still offering huge discounts for the Show of Shows.

    Though the WWE Hall of Famer gave a very different opinion on the whole thing. While speaking about the angle on the latest Something to Wrestle With podcast, JBL explained that the hate Pat McAfee has been getting is actually the effect desired by the company:

    “He is a bad guy. And the idea that fans online are hating that Pat McAfee is involved and don’t want him near the main event—that’s the desired result as a heel. Don’t you think? You think it’s just—it blows me away when a guy gets heat like this and people go, ‘Oh, no, no, no—it’s go-away heat.’ No, it’s not.”

    That’s When You’re Winning: JBL

    JBL claimed that if Pat McAfee had ‘go away’ heat as people claim, then nobody would even be talking about it. According to the former WWE champion, the fact that people can’t stop discussing the twists to this story means that the former Raw commentator is doing an incredible job:

    “When you come out there and you’re able to strip away the veneer of that person playing a heel to that person just being an asshole and you don’t like them—that’s when you’re winning. The key to being a heel is when they take away the fact that you’re playing a character and they don’t just say, ‘It has nothing to do with Killer Tim Brooks as a wrestler—I don’t like that man. I hate him. I think Pat’s doing an incredible job.’”

    Pat McAfee is expected to continue to be involved in the story between Orton and Rhodes after the Show of Shows. You can check out a report on where this feud is headed after WrestleMania here.