Sheamus returned to the ring yesterday for the first time since Wrestlemania 35, defeating Andrade during a special live event for media in the UK to promote WWE's move to BT Sport. The event also featured Charlotte Flair beating Nikki Cross.
UNICEF and WWE are teaming for a new "WWE Principals are Champions Wrestlemania Sweepstakes" built around the UNICEF Kid Power program, which WWE has been involved in for some time. Schools that register for the program at this link and then take part in at least ten different "Kid Power Ups!" videos to get classes active and prepared to learn will be entered into a contest to win a $2,000 grant to improve their school or neighborhood.
Stephanie McMahon talked up the new WWE TV deal in the UK and the women's division:
"I never doubted the power of women."@WWE's @StephMcMahon spoke about the rebranding of the Divas division to the Women's division, and the journey to women regularly headlining wrestling events. ????
— BBC Radio 1Xtra (@1Xtra) January 16, 2020
Listen back to @DJAce ???? https://t.co/gKByeVXX6U pic.twitter.com/QSHJOqnNMk
After her return to NXT TV following a hiatus from the company, Kacy Catanzano tweeted:
Oh hey ???????? I’m back. pic.twitter.com/2F2Qva4fYk
— Kacy Catanzaro (@KacyCatanzaro) January 16, 2020
The new Robert Downey Jr. film Doolittle, featuring John Cena voicing a polar bear, officially hits theaters tomorrow.
NBC Universal began unveiling their forthcoming Peacock streaming service today and announced that one of the series in development is MacGruber, based on the SNL sketches. The MacGruber characters once had their own feature film, which featured Chris Jericho, MVP. Mark Henry and Great Khali. The MacGruber characters guest-starring on an episode of Monday Night Raw to cross-promote the 2010 film:
If you enjoy PWInsider.com you can check out the AD-FREE PWInsider Elite section, which features exclusive audio updates, news, our critically acclaimed podcasts, interviews and more by clicking here!