If you didn’t have a chance to keep up with the latest professional wrestling news yesterday, let us help you out with a few stories you might be interested in and we’ll give you a link to each one to read more, if you wish.
McAfee and Favre Settle Lawsuit, Would Rather Talk About Football
WWE’s Pat McAfee and NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre have settled their lawsuit surrounding comments McAfee made about Favre’s involvement in a Mississippi Welfare fraud case.
McAfee stated on the most recent Pat McAfee Show that his statements, expressed in comedic style, were based solely on public information and allegations. He also said he would much rather talk about sports than lawsuits and is glad they have all of this behind them.
Favre later tweeted "I'm happy that Pat McAfee and I have settled this litigation. Like Pat said, he was attempting to be funny and not commenting based on any personal knowledge. We'd both much rather talk about football."
Brian Kendrick Working for WWE Again, Trained Bad Bunny
Brian Kendrick confirmed rumors this week that he trained Bad Bunny for his recent WWE Backlash appearance.
Kendrick, who was surrounded by controversy last year for antisemitic comments he made online but later denied they were honest comments, told the ‘Hitting the Turnbuckle’ podcast that WWE requested his training for Bad Bunny due to the familiarity between the two, as Kendrick trained Bad Bunny for his earlier WWE appearances.
It is not clear at this time if Kendrick is back with WWE full time as a producer.
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Impact Wrestling to Launch NFT Series
Impact Wrestling announced this week that they plan to launch a series of NFTs this summer, featuring Santino Marella and Mickie James.
The NFTs will reportedly have only 100 copies each, and both afford buyers access to an exclusive Discord channel, as well as a community chat with either James or Marella, an exclusive signed picture, and a possible chance to speak to James or Marella on a Discord call.
Asuka Angry at Facebook
WWE Superstar Asuka claimed this week that Facebook is causing misunderstanding and inconvenience to many people after the social media company removed the official verification on her profile and gave it to an account impersonating her.
Asuka stated on Twitter, tagging the official Facebook account, that “You have previously removed my official account’s official badge as a fake. You also made my account unavailable on several occasions. My account has since been made available again. But in the meantime, you gave my fake account the official badge.”
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