Candice LeRae has a lot of comrades getting ready for their big WrestleMania moments, and took a moment to praise four of them for earning said spot. LeRae posted to Twitter on Tuesday to call out Rhea Ripley, Raquel Gonzalez, Indi Hartwell, and Bianca Belair as women who fought hard for their spots and are reaping the benefits, writing:
“Real human tweet: I want to take a moment to acknowledge how special it is that there are 4 women who have busted their asses and EARNED their spotlights this #WrestleMania week. @BiancaBelairWWE @RheaRipley WWE @RaquelWWE @indi hartwell … Kill it this week(end) ladies!”
Candice LeRae Gives Praise To Rhea Ripley, Raquel Gonzalez & Others );
Candice LeRae took to Twitter today, taking a moment to praise Rhea Ripley, Raquel Gonzalez, Indi Hartwell, and Bianca Belair as women who fought hard for their spots on the roster. She said,
“Real human tweet: I want to take a moment to acknowledge how special it is that there are 4 women who have busted their asses and EARNED their spotlights this #WrestleMania week. @BiancaBelairWWE @RheaRipley WWE @RaquelWWE @indi hartwell … Kill it this week(end) ladies!” );
Gonzalez is facing Io Shirai tonight at NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver for the NXT Women’s Championship. Hartwell will be teaming with LeRae against Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles.
WWE NXT “Takeover: Stand And Deliver” Global Press Conference Full Recap
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Wade Barrett welcomes us to the WWE NXT “Takeover: Stand and Deliver” Global Press Conference. We see NXT Champion Finn Balor, NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai, NXT UK Champion WALTER, NXT Cruiserweight Champions Santos Escobar and Jordan Devlin, Karrion Kross, Raquel Gonzalez, Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Tommaso Ciampa sitting at a table while Barrett is at the podium. The questions have been taken from journalists ahead of time.
Cole is asked about respecting O’Reilly when it comes to his in-ring work. Cole praises O’Reilly and says it’s a shame he’s turned into such an idiot. Balor is asked about how he and Kross have both lost titles due to injuries. Balor says they do have some similarities but Kross is the one who has to prove himself at Takeover. Balor goes on about how he’s proved himself as the best wrestler in the world time and time again. Balor says you’
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The numbers are in for this week s Wednesday Night War.
This week is high for NXT and low for Dynamite, just as the Wednesday Night War is one week from its final head-to-head week of competition.
AEW Dynamite won the night with 700,000 viewers and finished 7th on cable, although it was down from last week’s 757,000.
NXT viewership also decreased this week, but ratings in the key demo increased. NXT averaged 654,000 viewers, which is slightly down from last week’s audience of 678,000 viewers.
Dynamite scored a .26 rating in people 18-49 demographic (from a .30 last week) while NXT scored a .21 rating in the 18-49 demo to rank at No. 12 for the night. NXT previously scored .14 in the 18-49 demo and was No. 29 last week.