Here is your fight size update for Friday, May 9, 2025.
Below are the top headlines from Fightful today, the best digital excuses from around the world of wrestling, and more.
- Maven documented his experience meeting Tony Khan and attending an AEW event. Check it out embedded above.
- Jey Uso and Sami Zayn sit together to watch their exciting Six-Man Tag Team Match as opponents at Backlash 2023, offering candid commentary and behind-the-scenes stories:
- WWE Now previews Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena rolling into SmackDown before facing Randy Orton at Backlash, Jade Cargill taking on Nia Jax to determine WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton’s next challenger, and so much more:
- ICYMI: Dominik Mysterio Wants To Win Money In The Bank And Cash In To Bring Tag Titles Back To Judgment Day
- Bayley knows that some contracts last forever:
these contracts are forever ---------------------------- pic.twitter.com/7if2FWpCxt
— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) May 9, 2025
- Relive every Attitude Adjustment that John Cena has ever given Randy Orton during their two-plus decades in WWE.
- Check out WWE.com's official WWE Backlash 2025 predictions
For those asking, Fightful Select has never heard an update on WWE's The Bump's coming back. Once they were put on hiatus, we asked a few times and never got an update.
- Matthew Rehwold wants to help coach and train future wrestlers:
The more I think about it, the more I would love to help coach and train future wrestlers.
— Matthew Rehwoldt (@DramaKingMatt) May 9, 2025
Manifesting those opportunities --
- GCW comes to Kansas City for the first time on Sunday, June 22.
- F1RST Wrestling presents - Saturday Night Nitro on September 6, 2025 at the Mall of America
- ICYMI: Saraya Reveals She Turned Down A Romance Angle With Daddy Magic In AEW
- ICYMI: Gabe Kidd: If The Rock Wants To Come To NJPW, I'll Slap Him Up, No Problem
- Per Fightful Select: For those asking, there is no Total Divas reboot in the works. The "AmberLeila" or "ANX" account on Twitter is a complete fraud. Please do not send us their posts as news tips.
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- John Cena, Trademarc, and Bumpy Knuckles perform “Bad, Bad Man” live on Raw as part of Cena’s Battle of the Bands with Chris Jericho, before ripping into a rendition of the iconic “The Time is Now.
