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MrBeast teases potential WWE involvement

The world’s most popular YouTuber caused a stir this week with his comments about a possible WWE appearance.

During an interview with Logan Paul Impulsive On Thursday’s podcast (h/t Steve Carrier of Ringside News), MrBeast was asked about potentially doing something with WWE:

Although MrBeast didn’t confirm or deny it, he hinted that it was a possibility by saying, “I mean, spoilers.”

MrBeast’s main YouTube channel has 318 million subscribers, which is the largest number of any YouTuber on the site. Given his popularity and reach, it wouldn’t be a surprise if WWE wanted to work with him.

WWE has a long history of bringing in celebrities for guest appearances and even matches, as the company is always looking to attract mainstream attention.

Paul is a perfect example of this as WWE had him make several appearances before he had his first match at WrestleMania 38. It went so well and he was so natural that he eventually signed a contract with the company as a wrestler.

Since then, he has continued to impress from a ring perspective and even had a successful run as United States Champion.

It’s unclear if MrBeast would be interested in getting in the ring, but if not, he could eventually play a supporting role for Paul on WWE programming, as the two are real-life business partners.

WWE Bad Blood Main Event Rumors Card

Despite previous speculation to the contrary, WWE has reportedly agreed to a star-studded tag team match to serve as the main event of Saturday’s “Bad Blood” premium live event.

According to PWInsider.com (h/t Carrier), it has been confirmed by sources that the tag bout between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes against Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu of The Bloodline at Bad Blood will move on last.

It was previously assumed that the Hell in a Cell match between CM Punk and Drew McIntyre would be the headliner, but that match is set to open the show instead, according to PWInsider.com.

In addition to the main event debates, the decision to remove the World Heavyweight Championship match between Gunther and Sami Zayn from the Bad Blood card was also heavily debated.

Instead of Gunther and Zayn meeting at PLE, their title match will take place on Raw next week, presumably in the main event.

Per Dave Meltzer from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t WrestleTalk), WWE decision-makers decided that Bad Blood didn’t “need” the match, so it was decided to use it instead to boost ticket sales and ratings for Raw.

Meltzer noted that the stance is theoretically correct, as WWE has had great success selling tickets to Bad Blood without the Gunther-Zayn match.

In addition to Punk vs. McIntyre and the main event tag team match, Bad Blood also features Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley for the Women’s World Championship, Nia Jax vs. Bayley for the WWE Women’s Championship, and a grudge match between Damian Priest and Finn Balor.

Considering how big the card is, WWE can afford to have a world title fight on Raw, where it will likely get a more prominent spot on the card and more time.

Ospreay and Ricochet respond to criticism of AEW match

Will Ospreay and Ricochet renewed their rivalry on Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite in a battle for Ospreay’s International Championship.

The match was initially declared a draw when Ospreay and Ricochet pinned each other at the same time, but after the resumption, Ospreay won by disqualification when Konosuke Takeshita interfered.

While the first AEW match between Ospreay and Ricochet was well received by some fans, others voiced their opinion that it was too choreographed and didn’t feel like it was a real fight.

Both Ospreay and Ricochet expressed their feelings on social media, with Ospreay thanking his fans and critics while Ricochet pushed back against the idea that the match was “not about wrestling.”