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WWE SmackDown: CM Punk Calls In His Favor to Paul Heyman; Kevin Owens Reveals Injury, Charlotte Flair Gets Boo’d Out of Chicago

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To say that the Friday, April 4th episode of WWE Smackdown from Chicago was eventful is pretty much an understatement. Several big moments created seismic shifts in the upcoming card for WrestleMania 41 later this month.

Chicago’s own, CM Punk, finally revealed the favor he is calling in from his best friend, Paul Heyman, for being the fifth man when the OG Bloodline went up against the new Bloodline last November at Survivor Series: War Games. Heyman had enlisted Punk to help his Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns secure the victory over the upstart Bloodline, because no one else would team with Reigns, Jimmy and Jey Uso and Sami Zayn.

For months, it has been teased just what favor would Punk want in return that would benefit him. The answer came in the climatic final segment of SmackDown on USA Network. With all participants in the ring that will be headlining the triple threat match at WrestleMania 41 on night one which includes: Seth “Freakin” Rollins, Roman Reigns and his Wiseman, Paul Heyman, CM Punk made his re-entrance to the ring to address the issue at hand.

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In a mic drop moment, Punk revealed the favor to Roman Reigns (as Heyman stood to the side of his Tribal Chief.) that he wants Heyman to be in his corner at WrestleMania 41 to make this extra special, as after all, this is the first time in his storied career that Punk is headlining the WWE’s biggest show of the year. Reigns laughed in Punk’s face and told his Wiseman to tell Punk that he is not going to be in his corner, but Heyman couldn’t do it. He told Reigns he owed Punk a favor for helping him out at Survivor Series. When an upset Reigns went to attack Heyman, Punk grabbed Reigns from behind and hit him with a GTS.

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Meanwhile, Seth Rollins looked on saying to Reigns “I told you so” in the most triumphant manner. In a very soap opera moment, Heyman was reduced to tears, having to choose between his lifelong friend and the man he is helped rise to become one of the greatest champions in WWE history. The”Who will Heyman ultimately choose?” story will figure prominently into the main event in just two weeks time at WrestleMania 41.

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Earlier in the night, as the status of Kevin Owen’s injury became headline news in wrestling circles even before he got to address it himself in the ring on SmackDown, it was confirmed that Owens will have to sit out WrestleMania 41 after it was revealed that he needs to have neck surgery and will be out of commission for some time to come.

Owens spoke on the My Mom’s Basement You Tube series, how he injured himself back in January, but just found out the upshot after a new MRI over the past week.  Kevin related that his biggest regret is not getting the opportunity to wrestle Randy Orton in Vegas later this month. With Orton now free to be on the card in another way; might the WWE accelerate a Cody Rhodes/Orton feud? Stay tuned.

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In a shocker, and messy segment, Charlotte Flair got absolutely cooked on the microphone by the crowd in Chicago when she and her WrestleMania 41 opponent WWE Women’s champion, Tiffany Stratton, took to the ring to further their war of words and to try to bring much needed heat to their match-up.

However, whenever Flair tried to talk, the crowd drowned out her ability to speak and be heard.  The boos rivaled that of Judgment Day’s Dirty Dominik Mysterio and seem to take “The Queen” a bit off her game; while Stratton was able to get in some verbal punches including about Charlotte’s recent appearance on the ‘Sherri’ daytime talk show and how she is now 0-3 in the marriage department having gotten divorced three times. Charlotte seemingly got the last word, by saying that Stratton’s real-life boyfriend and WWE superstar, Ludwig Kaiser recently dropped into her DM’s as Stratton left the ring.

Check out the major segments from last night’s ‘SmackDown’ featuring: CM Punk, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman, then Kevin Owens, and finally, Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton.

Now weigh-in: what do you think will happen with Paul Heyman is in CM Punk’s corner during the triple threat match featuring the ‘Voice of the Voiceless,’ Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 41? Will Heyman cause Reigns to lose? Turn on Punk, or perhaps even side with Seth Rollins? Share your theories via the comment section below.

 

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Steffy Tells Carter She’s Pregnant, But He Has a Way ‘Out of This Situation For All of Us’

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After taking a second pregnancy test on the Friday, September 12 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) freaks out ever more when it come back positive, too. Leading her to shriek, multiple times over, “Oh my God! Oh my God! I’m pregnant!”

As previously reported, CBS and The Bold and the Beautiful have already confirmed that in the story, the baby Steffy is carrying is Carter’s (Lawrence Saint-Victor) which kicks-off their 40th season of storytelling. However, could there be a twist down the line that it’s really Finn’s (Tanner Novlan)?

On Friday’s episode, Carter gets a text from his wife, Daphne (Murielle Hilaire) telling him she wants to talk more about surrogacy later, since she cannot carry Carter’s child, and the couple was exploring ways for them to have a baby. Suddenly, Carter flashes back to waking up next to Steffy on the couch in the office after they had sex the night before in their drunken stupor.

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CARTER DEVISES A PLAN

Then, Steffy comes whirling into the office demanding to talk to Carter right away. Steffy is informing Carter that she has to tell Finn about their night together more than ever! A confused Carter asked her what changed, when they agreed to keep their one night together a secret? Carter tells her if she reveals what happened between them, it will tear about all of their lives.

Carter thinks nothing will come of their “mistake” if they keep their mouth shut. Steffy responds, “You’re wrong.” She goes on to explain that she’s pregnant! That declaration stuns Carter and we fade to black.

However, it was the preview for the action next week on The Bold and the Beautiful, that aired at the end of Friday’s episode and is now all over B&B’s social media that is the real tell-tale sign of where this story is heading.

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In a scene airing next week, Carter says to Steffy, “I have a way out of the situation for all of us!” This comes on the heels of Daphne telling Carter she wishes she knew someone who would be their surrogate. So, putting two and two together, it looks like Carter will come up with the idea to pass Steffy and his baby off as the surrogate child of Carter and Daphne.

Look no further than the official B&B spoilers for episodes airing Monday, September 14- Friday, September 18 and the teaser lines of the Steffy/Carter baby drama to back that up below.

Monday, September 14, Steffy’s news complicates things even more with Carter, while on Tuesday, September 15, 2026  Daphne is hopeful she and Carter will be able to find a surrogate and Carter rushes to stop Steffy. On Wednesday, September 16, Carter makes a passionate plea. and by Thursday, September 17, Daphne can’t believe Carter’s suggestion. Then come Cliffhanger Friday, September 18, Steffy is caught off guard.

So, what do you think how it look to be Carter who originated plan to keep the truth from ever coming out, that he and Steffy had sex, and the best way to do this is for Steffy to be the surrogate for Carter and Daphne’s child? How complicated will the cover-up eventually get? Will Steffy fall in love with the baby making this whole thing untenable for her? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section, but first check out B&B’s video teaser for next week’e episodes below.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?

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On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.

Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.

However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.

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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON

Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.

He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.

Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”

General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”

So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Steffy is Shaken to the Core, ‘Oh My God! I’m Pregnant!’

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On today’s Thursday, September 10 episode of The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) discovers she’s pregnant, after taking a home pregnancy test, that will launch a new story arc that will remain front and center for the show in the months ahead.

The life-changing story kicks off the B&B’s 40th season which officially began on September 8. In it, Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) is the biological father of Steffy’s unborn child from their drunken night together when both endured turbulent times in their marriages.

Previously, Carter had trouble with Daphne (Murielle Hilaire), when she initially walked out on him, because she could not carrying his child. Meanwhile, Steffy broke up with Finn (Tanner Novlan) while in Monaco over Finn’s mother Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) showing up, who once tried to kill her.

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Fast-forward, Carter and Steffy made a pact that no one will ever need to know about their drunken night together, but now with Steffy becoming pregnant it changes everything. Making matters all the worse, Daphne views Steffy as her best friend, in fact, Daphne and Carter have been talking about having a child via surrogacy. While Finn had showed the couple how to start the process of finding a surrogate, Daphne felt just choosing a random person to carry Carter’s child is so impersonal. She would rather have it be someone she knows.

It does not take a scientist to predict … that somehow Steffy will carry the baby pretending to be the surrogate, when she its biological mother, and along the way, the questions become, does she keep the whole thing somehow a secret to herself? Doe Carter find out at some point? Stay tuned to see how this story reveals itself.

At its root, this is a major storyline for Wood, who has already won three Daytime Emmy Lead Actress Awards in her 18 years with The Bold and the Beautiful. In that time, her character of Steffy has experienced multiple pregnancies, given birth to two children, Kelly with Liam (Scott Clifton) as the father, and Hayes with Finn as the father, and endured a miscarriage.

So, what did you think of Steffy getting confirmation she is pregnant and looking mortified when she found out? What will she do next? Will she tell Carter? Will Daphne come to Steffy to ask her to be her surrogate, which Steffy may think will be the answers to her prayers, only for the truth to come out later, or falling in love with the baby since its hers to be begin with? Share your thoughts and theories for this major story for Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, via the comment section.

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