Here are some wrestling news items for you:

- Raw opened with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn (who reunited on Smackdown the previous Friday). AS they observed the WrestleMania Goes Hollywood sign, the Usos came out. Owens issued a challenge for the Usos' World team belts at Mania. They accepted and ran into the ring, but they were prevented from an attack. Roman Reigns,Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman then arrived. Austin Theory defeated Montez Ford in a match where the US title was not on the line. Omos squashed Mustafa Ali after a two-handed chokeslam. Logan Paul hosted an Impaulsive TV segment. Seth "Freakin'' Rollins disrupted the proceedings by tampering with Paul's mic. They fought, with Paul giving a right hand to "The Visionary". Johnny Gargeno faced Dominik Mysterio next, with Dom giving an Eddie Guerrero-like frog splash for the win. Rhea Ripley cut a promo about her match against Charlotte Flair at Mania, but then Damage CTRL showed up. That led to a Ripley-Bayley match where Ripley won with a Riptide. Ricochet then took on Chad Gable. RIcochet - assisted by Braun Strowman - delivered a Shooting Star Press for the win. In the main event, Asuka and Bianca Belair fought Chelsea Green and Piper Niven. Belair gave Niven a KOD for the win, but Asuka attacked her Mania opponent. In the final segment, Cody Rhodes and Reigns appeared. Both trash-talked, and then they almost went physical. Reigns stopped Sikoa from attacking "The American Nightmare". In the ratings, Raw drew 1.77 million viewers.

- NXT from last week opened with Pretty Deadly welcoming the viewers. Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams shoed up and announced a challenge from Hayes and Bron Breakker for the main event. The heels accepted. In a qualifying match for the NXT Women's championship ladder match at Stand & Deliver, Tiffany Stratton beat Indi Hartwell. Wes Lee and Dragon Lee (no relation) cut promos, which led to JD McDonagh facing Ilja Dragunov. That went to a no-contest. Gargano laid out Javier Bernal and appeared to challenge Grayson Waller to an Unsanctioned match at Stand & Deliver. Waller agreed to the match if Gargano wouldn't show up for last night's episode. A Triple Threat for the NXT men's tag team match was announced, with Gallus, The Creed Brothers and TOny D'QAngelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo was announced for Stand & Deliver. In the ratings, NXT averaged 550,000 viewers.

- Goldberg says he is now a free agent. Tony Khan says he is interested in signing the WWE Hall of Famer.

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