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WWE ‘Saturday Night’s Main Event’: Cody Rhodes Returns, Seth Rollins Reveals His Third Man

By Michael Fairman

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The question of just when the “American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes would show back up on WWE programming after losing the WWE Undisputed  championship to John Cena at WrestleMania 41, has been answered.

Last night, on the May 25th edition of NBC’s Saturday Night’s Main Event revival series, Rhodes made his triumphant return saving WWE champion Jey Uso from an in-ring attack by the now dirty pool champ, Cena, during the YEET-meisters match against Logan Paul.

Viewers should have known from the backstage segment prior to the match that something was about to go down, when Cena after defeating R-Truth earlier in the card, confronted Uso and said that if Uso lost his belt to the hands of a YouTuber it would “ruin wrestling” further, since that is now Cena’s goal with his heel run. The 17-time champ wants to exit the WWE with the belt at the end of his retirement tour and destroy wrestling for the fans all along the way.

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During the Paul vs. Uso match, out of nowhere, Cena tried to pull the referee out of the ring when Jey was about win the match. Rhodes came out from the back and ran to the ring and delivered a Cross Rhodes on Cena, while Paul tried to then use brass knuckles on the former champ but missed. It allowed Uso to spear Paul and retain his championship.

In the aftermath, Rhodes unzipped his jacket showing off  a new muscle tee that said “Captain” on it. Next, Cody grabbed the mic and offered up a challenge that set-up a match for the upcoming Money in the Bank premium live event on June 7 streaming on Peacock. Rhodes offered up himself and Uso against Paul and Cena two weeks from tonight!

It looks like Rhodes journey back to regaining the championship from Cena is now underway, but can he get it back before Cena leaves the WWE for good come December?

SETH ROLLINS FOUND HIS THIRD MAN – AN UNLIKELY ALLY

The opening bout featured the new alliance of Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker with Paul Heyman in tow. Their goal is to “run” wrestling, as opposed to Cena who wants to “ruin” wrestling.  During Rollins and Breakker’s tag match against CM Punk and Sami Zayn, the in-ring action was intense with Breakker and Zayn showing off their athleticism.

In the turning point of the match, Paul Heyman distracted the referee, and Zayn took his mind off the match and wanted Heyman to stop his antics. Outside the ring, Bronson Reed came out of the crowd and attacked CM Punk. That allowed Breakker to spear Zayn for the win.

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After the match, Reed came into the ring and faced off with Breakker, but then Rollins moved in between them and Seth hugged his former adversary and welcomed him to this new alliance in a shocker! Formerly, Reed and Rollins went at it for moments before Reed was taken out by injury. To punctuate his return from a fractured talus bone suffered at War Games last November, Bronson came off the top rope with his patented Tsunami splash on top of Punk.

Then, in a show of unity, Seth grabbed the arms of both his sidemen that clearly showed that Rollins and Heyman are clearly running the show and we are in for months of this group destroying everything in their path.

IN OTHER MATCHES

For the first time in the history of Saturday Night’s Main Event  – a steel cage match was part of the card. As Jesse “The Body” Ventura said at the announce table, back in the day this was never allowed on network TV for its violence.

To what was billed as the final chapter in their long-running feud, Drew McIntrye faced Damian Priest. The cage match ended when Priest used a Con-Chair-To (as a throwback to his former friend and OG Judgment Day leader, Edge), by trapping Drew’s head in a chair and hitting him with another. After leveling out his nemesis, Priest exited the cage to secure the victory.

Medical personnel came into the ring to attend to a seemingly injured McIntrye, who before the commercial break seemed to be coming to and able to leave the ring on his own accord.

John Cena defended his championship belt against former friend R-Truth. In a spoof, Truth entered the match as babyface “Ron Cena.” The match was quick and in short order, ending when Cena fooled Truth making it seem like his heel turn was over by not using the championship belt to hit Truth in the head, but it a. Next, Cena delivered a low blow to  Truth to win the match.

Selina Vega successfully retained the Women’s United States championship against the former title holder, Chelsea Green, in her first title defense. Unfortunately, Green looks to have suffered a possible broken nose when Vega slipped up during a 619 move and hit Green in the face with her knee. Blood was noticeably all over Green’s nose and mouth by the end of the match.

So, what did you think of the timing of the return of Cody Rhodes? John Cena’s continued heel turns which this time showed no cracks of turning babyface? Is Bronson Reed a great third man choice for Seth Rollins? Share your thoughts in the comment section, but first check out what went down in the two key takeaways from ‘Saturday Night’s Main Event’ below.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Has Dylan’s Mystery Caller/Stalker Been Revealed to Be an Alive Luna Nozawa?

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We have another scream machine on her hands at The Bold and the Beautiful after the dramatic ending of the May 1 episode, and that would be Dylan (Sydney Bullock)!

B&B is finally making some headway on just who was the person behind the mystery call that Dylan received telling her they have some “unfinished business.” At the time of the mysterious call, it was clear that the voice was altered to disguise the true identify of the person on the the other line.

On today’s show, after Dylan and Electra (Laneya Grace) exchange words in the wardrobe room about Dylan wanting to rebuild their trust and friendship and how Electra has issues stemming from way back trusting anyone after what Remy (Christian Weissmanm) did to her by befriending her and then plastering deep fake nude photos of her across social media.

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The timing of Electra bringing up Remy is also interesting to us, as we had previously reported now that Christian Weissmann is back and on on contract with The Bold and the Beautiful, he’s already teased that Remy has another connection to someone on the canvas, which many are still believing its Dylan.

At the end of the episode, after Electra leaves the room, Dylan hears noises coming from behind the dress rack. She asks, “Jamie” is that with you? After no answer and a bit more hangar and dress ruffling, a figure steps out behind it, while Dylan is looking down at her tablet trying to get back to work.

When Dylan looks up, she lets out a scream that could be heard to Nebraska, as viewers see partial view of what looks to be a woman with long dark hair from the back. Dylan in shock, says, “It’s you!” We fade to black.

So, what’s going on here? Is the reason the caller said to her that we have “unfinished business” because on Monday, it will be revealed to actually be an alive and well, Luna (Lisa Yamada)? Did the two strikes some sort of deal, that allowed Dylan to help Luna escape after Luna supposedly died after Dylan ran her down with her car, which was all off-screen? Another theory, is the mystery caller is Remy and he is doing some sort of Luna fakeout on Dylan for a yet to be revealed reason.

What do you think is going on? Did Lisa Yamada just make an on-screen return to The Bold and the Beautiful? Share your thoughts and theories below, but first check out our recent interview from back in March on the Michael Fairman Channel when Lisa who attended the BBTV app launch party.

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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Nick Confesses His Drug Problem to Victor; Joshua Morrow, Mark Grossman, Eric Braeden Bring the Newman Bond

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When The Young and the Restless can deliver an emotional side to their stories and their family dynamics, it usually makes for some great scenes delivered by their A-list cast.

Such was the case on the Friday, May 1 episode when Adam (Mark Grossman) and Nick (Joshua Morrow) returned to Genoa City and gave their father, Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), an update on what had gone down with Matt Clark (Roger Howarth) in Las Vegas.

As Victor questioned, “What the hell happened?” Nick piped up, “We both made mistakes along the way, but we’re here now and we’re sorry for giving you so much worry on top of everything else that you’re dealing with,” which was in reference to Victor trying to reclaim his company Newman Enterprises et al.

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NICK’S CONFESSION

Next, Nick, explains one of the ways he messed up while trying to go after Matt Clark, when he admitted to this father with tears in his eyes, “That’s one of the ways I messed up … I took Fentanyl willingly. Some of it was because of Matt, but most of it was on me. I was in a lot of pain, dad, after my accident, I was burning through my prescription meds really quickly after I left the hospital. I could see that it was becoming a problem. But honestly, I thought that I could manage it.  I was wrong. I was out in LA and Matt had taken Noah (Lucas Adams) and Sienna (Tamara Braun) and he gave me this bag of pills and said I could use it to trade for information. When I went out to that drug warehouse, he was trying to convince me and Sharon (Sharon Case) that Noah was a drug addict. I just put the pills in my pocket of my jacket and I came back to Genoa City and I was in a lot of pain, dad, and I was wearing that jacket. I put my hands in the pocket and the pills were there.”

Nick sadly added, “I was desperate. I couldn’t get anymore prescription meds, so I took the fentanyl  I’m deeply ashamed that I was so weak, but all I can do is stand here and tell you the truth that I’m going to make this right and I’ll get better.”

BROTHER TO BROTHER

Adam stood up for his brother and reconfirmed to Victor the plan for help Nick through his pill addiction, “Nick is already on his way to doing that. Sharon has set up an appointment with an outpatient facility. He’s going to do the meetings and he’s going to push through this better than ever.”

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“You should also know that the only reason I’m standing here is because of Adam,” Nick confessed to Victor. “Every time I fell, you were there to pick me up. You risked your life to save me, and that’s not something I will ever forget.”

In the climatic and emotional ending of the scene, Nick in tears admits his shame to his dad, who comes in to give him hug. Nick says, “I’m so sorry. I know that this is the last thing you or this family needs.”

All three actors, Joshua Morrow, Mark Grossman and Eric Braeden, were excellent in this exchange in their scenes, but at its epicenter continues to be the Emmy-worthy performances by Y&R MVP, Joshua Morrow. Nick’s heartbreaking journey and fall from grace with his pill addiction problem has finally shown the clinks in the armor of the man who is always on the ready to help others … now he needs to let others help him through this. Can we do it?

So, what did you think of the scenes between the Newman man featuring Joshua, Mark and Eric on the Friday episode of Y&R? And though who watched also know that at the very end, Matt Clark who clearly has been injured wakes up from being conked out, so there is more revenge to come on the Newman clan. Share your thoughts below, but take a look at these scenes from a Canadian viewers who saw them air yesterday.

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DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Sophia Seemingly Plans to End Her Life, But Not Before Setting Fire to Johnny’s Apartment With Him Trapped Inside

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The final few moments of the Thursday, April 30 episode of Days of our Lives, will pave the way, to what just may be the end of Sophia Choi’s (Rachel Boyd) life, but not as you may think!

After an unhinged Sophia paid a visit to Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman), maced him in the eyes, knocked him out and then tied up to a chair, now conscious, she lets him know that she holds him responsible for all the trouble and trauma she has gone through from adopting her child, and her being sent to a mental institution.

So instead of the unregistered gun Kristen (Stacy Haiduk) gave her to finish off Johnny, Sophia sets up a plan to light candle, use nail polish remover and turn on the gas on the stove to ultimately create a mass explosion, which although Johnny pleaded to her not to that to all the innocent people inside his apartment building, she doesn’t seem to care.

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FIERY FACE OFF

The plan was supposed to be, after she takes care of Johnny she will toss the gun in the Salem River, then focus on payback to Holly Jonas before leaving town to start a new life.

Now, Sophia makes her exit, leaving Johnny to be a few moments away from an explosion or gas inhalation, when Chanel (Raven Bowens) comes home after awaiting the results of her mammogram. She sees Johnny tied up, as he panics and tells her to put out the flame on the candle, things go awry, and a fire has begun and everything may go up in flames with Johnny and Chanel inside.

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A BROKEN SOPHIA

Back in her room, Sophia breaks down after reading the social media comments about her, she planted, and then starts writing a suicide or farewell note which says. “I’m tired of begging for forgiveness for my mistakes. All I wanted was to move forward, to be loved and understood. But it’s clear that I was never going to get that. Holly Jonas said that I was dead to her. So, as her former BFF, I’m going to make her dream a reality.”

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A DEADLY TRAP

Now, the fate of Johnny, Chanel and Sophia will be revealed on tomorrow’s May 1st cliffhanger, which may be the end of Sophia when she crosses paths with Kirsten at the bridge near the river. We do know Rachel Boyd is no longer appearing in the show credits section and is now off contract with the soap.

So, what did you think of the climatic final moments of DAYS? What did you think of the performance of Rachel Boyd as Sophia Choi? Let us know via the comment section.

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