WWE: Seth Rollins States He’s at Full Strength for WrestleMania 40, Roman Reigns on His Leukemia Battle, WrestleMania 40 News, A&E WWE Ratings

Apr 3, 2024

Seth Rollins States He’s at Full Strength from Knee Injury for WrestleMania 40

As noted before, Seth Rollins had been out of action for WWE from this past January to this past February due to a knee injury and was medically cleared for an in-ring return this past March. This past Monday’s RAW show in Brookyln, New York was Rollins’ first televised match since his injury.

Sports Illustrated held a recent interview with Seth Rollins. One of the topics discussed included Rollins’ gave his thoughts about his recent injury and revealed that he is full strength for this weekend’s WrestleMania 40 event in Philadelphia.

“It was not as serious as it could have been. My biggest fear when I felt my knee go in the direction it wasn’t supposed to go was that it was going to be a repeat of 2015 [when he tore the ACL, MCL, and medial meniscus in his knee during a match]. I’d have had to vacate the title, miss WrestleMania, all the hard work from the past few years was going up in smoke, and I’d have to start all over. That wasn’t the case. I was able to continue to work on the injury, continue to tell stories and continue to build rivalries. I always looked at it from a glass half full situation.
The fact that we missed out on a few Seth Rollins matches on Raw breaks my heart as much as it does yours, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s all working out in the way it was intended to. I’m happy at full strength and ready to go for not one but two nights of WrestleMania.”

Roman Reigns Comments on His Current Battle with Leukemia

This past Sunday’s WWE Legends: Biography episode based on Roman Reigns featured Reigns providing an update on his current battle with leukemia. Reigns publicly revealed in October of 2018 that he has been battling leukemia since 2007 and took a break from WWE and wrestling until his return in February of 2019 announcing that his leukemia was in remission again.

“I think adversity is a constant reminder of what the world is and what life is, and it’s not fair. I think it’s a form of resistance training that we have to go through to strengthen ourselves. So I think adversity is a key ingredient to any success story. For leukemia, if you caught it an early enough stage like I did, you’re able to take, essentially, a medication, a very potent medication that I’m still on to this day, but it’s pretty much just a conditioning of getting your body used to these toxic medications and just hoping for the best.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

WWE WrestleMania 40 News & Notes

This past Monday’s WWE RAW show featured the official announcement of rapper Lil Wayne will be making an appearance at this weekend’s WrestleMania 40 event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wayne stated that he will be performing a world premiere of his new song at the event.

Besides Lil Wayne, PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that actress Drew Barrymore is also currently scheduled to be in attendance at WWE’s upcoming WrestleMania 40 event.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that WWE officials have been in recent talks with former Philadelphia Eagles player Jason Kelce for a potential appearance at WrestleMania 40.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that the current weather report for this weekend’s WrestleMania 40 event as of Tuesday was Night 1 on April 6th has a 10% chance of rain with a temperature high of 53 degrees and a low of 38 degrees. Night 2 on April 7th has a zero chance of rain with a temperature high of 61 degrees and a low of 41 degrees.

Dave Meltzer reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that his sources stated that the following is WWE’s current plans for the match order for both nights of WrestleMania 40 as of last week:

WrestleMania 40 Night 1:

WWE Women’s World Championship – Becky Lynch vs. Rhea Ripley (c)
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Six-Pack Challenge Ladder match -DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) vs. The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs. Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth) vs. New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate) vs. A-Town Down Under (Grayson Waller & Austin Theory) vs. The Judgment Day (Damian Priest & Finn Balor) (c)
LWO (Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee) vs. Santos Escobar & Dominik Mysterio
Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
Jade Cargill, Bianca Belair & Naomi vs. Damage CTRL (Asuka, Kairi Sane, & Dakota Kai)
Intercontinental Championship – Sami Zayn vs. Gunther (c)
The Rock & Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins

WrestleMania 40 Night 2:

WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins (c)
Philadelphia Street Fight match – Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. The Final Testament (Karrion Kross & Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar))
LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
WWE United States Championship Triple Threat match – Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul (c)
WWE Women’s Championship – Bayley vs. IYO SKY (c)
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship – Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns (c)

A&E WWE Programming Ratings – March 31, 2024

This past Sunday’s Biography: WWE Legends episode drew 337,000 viewers on A&E. This episode also drew a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demographic and a #24 key demographic ranking. This was down compared to last week’s episode of 357,000 viewers but same compared to last week’s key demographic rating. This episode focused on Roman Reigns.

This past Sunday’s WWE Rivals episode drew 333,000 viewers on A&E. This episode also drew a 0.110 rating in the 18-49 demographic and a #31 key demographic ranking. This was up compared to last week’s episode of 320,000 viewers and same to last week’s key demographic rating. This episode focused on the famous The Miz vs. Bryan Danielson rivalry.

Source: Spoiler TV