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There’s a plethora of big events this weekend in the form of Bellator 196, ROH Supercard Of Honor XII, UFC 223, WWE NXT Takeover: New Orleans & WWE Wrestlemania 34. The staff here at Fightful has made their predictions for the shows.
Bellator 196
Ben Henderson vs. Roger Huerta
Picking Henderson: David Tees, Kyler James, Jeremy Lambert, Sean Ross Sapp & Ryan Cook
Picking Huerta:
Final Tally: Henderson (5) – Huerta (0)
Petra Castkova vs. Denise Kielholtz
Picking Castkova: Kyler James, Jeremy Lambert, Sean Ross Sapp & Ryan Cook
Picking Kielholtz: David Tees
Final Tally: Castkova (4) – Kielholtz (1)
Brian Moore vs. Giorgio Belsanti
Picking Moore: David Tees, Jeremy Lambert, Sean Ross Sapp & Ryan Cook
Picking Belsanti: Kyler James
Final Tally: Moore (4) – Belsanti (1)
Adam Borics vs. Teodor Nikolov
Picking Borics: David Tees, Kyler James, Sean Ross Sapp & Jeremy Lambert
Picking Nikolov: Ryan Cook
Final Tally: Borics (4) – Nikolov (1)
Ed Ruth vs. Ion Pascu
Picking Ruth: Da..

During WWE's Hall of Fame ceremony, WWE announced tons of new content for their Network.
WWE 24 – Three new editions of WWE's documentary series have been confirmed. Ronda Rousey, Matt and Jeff Hardy, and Raw 25 will all be profiled.
King of The Ring UK- WWE's classic tournament, which started in the 1980s, will return for the first time since 2015. This tourney will consist of WWE UK talent.
Elias Unplugged- Fresh off of his Bourbon street performances, WWE Superstar Elias gets his own show of unplugged tunes,
Something to Wrestle With Bruce Prichard – The most listened to sports entertainment podcast is coming to the WWE Network. You can check out our exclusive interview with Bruce at the top of the page. Previous podcasts have been hosted by Stone Cold Steve Austin, Chris Jericho and Mick Foley and featured talent interviews. Prichard's showcases his memories of working in WWE for over two decades.
Mae Young Classic – The second edition of WWE's all-fem..

On Episode 4 of UFC 223 Embedded, lightweight title contender Khabib Nurmagomedov and his opponent, featherweight champion Max Holloway, stay on track with their training during fight week. Former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk starts her day with breakfast and Spongebob, and strawweight champion Rose Namajunas brings her dog to a photo shoot. Lightweight Michael Chiesa keeps his competitive juices flowing playing video games in his room. Then the stars of the event's two championship bouts attend the official press conference and open workouts, where Nurmagomedov and Holloway entertain with spirited trash talk. UFC 223 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the two championship bouts at UFC 223: Khabib vs. Holloway on Saturday, April 7 on Pay-Per-View.

The Rock will be on the other side of the world heading into WrestleMania weekend.
Some fans have been hoping to see The Rock at WrestleMania 34, but according to his interview with Jimmy Kimmel he will be in China and England during WrestleMania 34 weekend. He said he has been nervous about the trip because his girlfriend is in the last stages of pregnancy.
“Truth is we're expecting in the next two weeks, so I am on code red high alert…Now, this Friday I have to go to Shanghai (China). I've got to go,” said The Rock. “As of now the doctor says it looks like we're going to be ok. The baby will be born when it's due which is April 25th…I have to go to Shanghai and then I have to go to London for Rampage,” he continued.
The Rock's last appearance on WWE television was at WrestleMania 32 but he did appear before a broadcast of Raw last year when he attempted to call CM Punk while in the ring.
Elias has said he wants to do a sing-off with The Rock at Wre..

This is our launch week of Fightful Select, which features some great premium content as we kick off the service. Below is a list of content that we've put up in our first couple of days!
RETRO SHOW!- I reviewed WWF Backlash 1999 and was pleasantly surprised. It was a really fun watch, and it got me in the mood to watch a lot more stuff from the era, but WrestleMania week has delayed it. I can confirm next month's will be WWF Summerslam 2000, at the request of $50 subscriber Alex Andrason.
EARLY ACCESS- Right now at Fightful Select you can see the intro for this week's List & Ya Boy a day ahead, as well as the early draft of the Fightful Wrestling Weekly three full days ahead of time! In addition, I have several early access clips up, including a look at the Making a Finisher series coming later this year. Jimmy Van has also posted some teaser images for this week's List & Ya Boy Podcast.
RAW SCRIPT- I've posted this week's WWE Raw script as well. Ever ..

Shane McMahon will return to Smackdown for the first time since he was attacked and hospitalized.
It has been barley over a week since Shane McMahon was hospitalized with a hernia and diverticulitis and McMahon will be appearing on Smackdown five days before his scheduled tag team match at Wrestlemania 34. WWE made the announcement during Raw and also tweeted the following.
#SDLive Commissioner @shanemcmahon RETURNS TOMORROW NIGHT at 8/7c on @USA_Network just FIVE nights before teaming with @WWEDanielBryan against #KevinOwens & @SamiZayn at #WrestleMania! pic.twitter.com/0VDFuVqafT
— WWE (@WWE) April 3, 2018
A few weeks ago, McMahon put Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens in a match against each other at Wrestlemania. This led to the two wrestlers attacking McMahon which WWE blames for his hospitalization. Two weeks ago, Zayn and Owens were fired by Daniel Bryan and attacked him as well. Bryan would come out last week to create the tag team match of him and McMahon versus Zayn and Owens. I..

A little bit of cream on top of the sundae before WrestleMania.
This Sunday on “The Grandest Stage Of Them All” former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey will make her in-ring debut for the WWE as she teams up with WWE Hall Of Famer Kurt Angle to take on the couple of Triple H & Stephanie McMahon. The tension between the two parties has been building up since Rousey's appearance at the 'Elimination Chamber' PPV in February, and tomorrow night on RAW both teams will meet face-to-face before their bout at WrestleMania.
Things are BOUND to get intense on #RAW! Use #TeamMcMahon and #TeamRousey to ask a question for TOMORROW's face-to-face! @RondaRousey @RealKurtAngle @TripleH @StephMcMahon pic.twitter.com/mq057Ogy6A
— WWE (@WWE) April 1, 2018
In the announcement as you see above, the sports-entertainment company announced that the two mixed tag teams will meet in a segment of sorts on RAW tomorrow night. They are asking fans to use hashtags so that..

Impact Wrestling's Josh Mathews was recently interviewed by Wrestling Epicenter's Interactive Wrestling Radio. You can see the full interview above, or selected highlights below:
Madison Rayne and Austin Aries working with ROH Posibly Leading to an ROH and Impact Working Relationship:
“I think the opportunity for that to happen certainly exists. As for the talent, my wife (Madison Rayne) is a free agent. She gets to go wrestle for Ring of Honor or go down and wrestle for (WWE) NXT. Or, come back to Impact! She got called to do the Windsor show in BCW. It was fun for her. She got to go up there, see some friends, see some faces, say hello.She had a great match with a future Knockout named Gisele Shaw. That match was on the pay-per-view. It is fun for her. She likes that. But, on the other side of it, she would also like a place that she could call home. A place that she could compete regularly and build her legacy or continue to build upon her legacy that she has built in Im..

The Illinois native has battled adversity and is looking to overcome all come April 8th.
In two weeks at WrestleMania 34, the two men who stood atop of the WWE Cruiserweight Championship tournament, Mustafa Ali & Cedric Alexander will do battle over the title. Before the bout come April 8th, Mustafa Ali spoke with WWE.com to take fans on a trip down memory lane on his road to WrestleMania.
“To me, it's a huge opportunity for representation,” Ali said. “There are preconceived ideas and these barriers that have come along with a name like mine. [I’d be] typically portrayed as the ‘bad guy. I have a chance to knock all that down and show young guys and girls who look like me and have a name like mine, here’s a guy like you that chased his dreams and wasn't worried about labels.”
When the WWE Cruiserweight Classic tournament was beginning to take form, Ali's name was being considered for the field of competitors. The list of names would finally be released and Ali's ..

There’s just a single pro wrestling event event this week in the form of NJPW Strong Style Evolved. The staff here at Fightful has made their predictions for the show.
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Picking Okada: David Tees, Ryan Cook, Sean Ross Sapp, Jeremy Lambert, John Moorehouse, Andrew Thompson & Kyler James
Picking Sabre Jr.:
Final Tally: Okada (7) – Sabre Jr. (0)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: Suzuki-Gun (El Desparado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (c) vs. Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yoh) vs. Los Ingobernables (Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi)
Picking Suzuki-Gun: Ryan Cook, John Moorehouse & Kyler James
Picking Roppongi 3K: Jeremy Lambert & Andrew Thompson
Picking Los Ingobernables: David Tees & Sean Ross Sapp
Final Tally: Suzuki-Gun (3) – Roppongi 3K (2) – Los Ingobernables (2)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Marty Scurll
Picking Ospreay: David Tees, Ryan Cook, Sean Ross Sapp, John Moore..