News - WWE Doubles Down On Celebrities
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🗓️ 11 April 2026
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On today's wrestling news:
0:00 Huge match planned for WWE Backlash
3:22 Which NXT Star Did HBK want to keep?
8:15 Kenny Omega "came back too soon"
11:29 JR AEW Return?
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| 0:00.0 | On today's wrestling news, WWE are planning a huge backlash match. |
| 0:03.9 | Who is the NXT star that HBK wanted to keep? |
| 0:07.5 | Kenny Omega comments on his AEW comeback. |
| 0:09.8 | And is JR set for an AEW return? |
| 0:12.3 | Are you ready? Are you ready for the news time? |
| 0:14.1 | My name is Phil Chambers and I'm here with Gareth Fogg and look at him, not hung it over. Well done. |
| 0:19.5 | Hiding it better today. |
| 0:22.4 | And straight up, Backlash, W.W.E comes after Restoania, obviously. |
| 0:27.3 | But WWE are planning a big old match for Backlash that is very much tied in to everything that's going on with Cody Ours and Randy Orton for WrestleMania at the minute. |
| 0:36.6 | Now, obviously, Jellyroll was on Smackdown last night. |
| 0:39.4 | He was like saying to Cody that he's going to have his back and then he got into it with Pat McAfee backstage. And then later on, Cody and Pat McAfee were having a bit of a promo battle in the ring. And then Orton appeared on the big screen and he'd beaten the crap out of Jellyroll. and then he kind of dragged him out to the ring and then ended with Orton and Pat McAfee beat down Cody Rhodes and then standing tall at the end. |
| 0:59.0 | So it seems like not only is Jelly World getting put into this main event of WrestleMania |
| 1:03.4 | is seemingly going to be in Cody Rhodes corner for that match with Pat McAfee and Randy Orton's |
| 1:09.1 | corner obviously, but they are also planning a massive tag team match for Backlash for Paperview after this |
| 1:15.9 | that is going to be Cody Rhodes and Jelly Roll taking on Randy Orton and Pat McAfee in a tag team |
| 1:21.7 | match. |
| 1:23.3 | So yeah, more celebrity stuff in WW. |
| 1:28.7 | Don't know how everybody feels about this, but let us know down in the comments below, because I'm sure you have opinions. |
| 1:34.0 | Yeah, it's, look, I understand the, the WrestleManianess of everything. |
| 1:39.6 | You do need celebrities there. |
| 1:41.4 | It's just been happening since the dawn of WrestleMania. |
| 1:43.8 | Celebrities are involved. It's the show. Yeah, that's the way it works. |
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