Sadiq Khan calls on Triple H. It was in 2024 that London Mayor Sadiq Khan met with WWE Chief Content Officer Paul 'Triple H' Levesque and WWE President Nick Khan. All three expressed their ambition to bring WrestleMania to London, England. As Khan was speaking to CNBC’s Tania Bryer during the ‘Opening Remarks - Welcome to SXSW London’ panel on 6/2, he expressed once again that he wants WWE's biggest show of their calendar year in London. He gave his opinion that the potential of WrestleMania has not been reached and if WWE wants to hit that point, London is the place to go. “I’d love for WrestleMania to come to London. Triple H, if you’re watching, we want WrestleMania to come to London. If WrestleMania came to London, my message to the team there is that we wouldn’t just have a great weekend, we’d have a festival, of you know, legends in WrestleMania coming to London, current stars, but also future stars as well. It will open a completely new market for them as well. I think the potential has not been reached in terms of WrestleMania. We are the sporting capital -- in my view -- of the world. And if WrestleMania wants to expand, the obvious place to come is London.” WrestleMania 42 was scheduled to take in New Orleans, Louisana. Paul Levesque confirmed that New Orleans is not hosting the 2026 event. Fightful Select has a story up about the WrestleMania location move. That can be read here.

Booker T calls Vaquer a 'bonafide star.' WWE's main roster added Roxanne Perez, Giulia, and Stephanie Vaquer to the field of talents. All three have officially wrapped up with the NXT brand. Booker T addressed Vaquer's transition during his latest Hall of Fame podcast. Booker has put his own signature commentary over one of Vaquer's in-ring moves. While Vaquer does the move, the audience in attendance repeats the sounds that Booker makes on commentary. Booker joked that he's not happy about Vaquer leaving NXT. “Let’s talk about Stephanie Vaquer first being drafted to Raw because I’m pretty hot about it (he laughed). I gotta go to work… And I’m wondering what the hell is going on? But no, congratulations to Stephanie Vaquer getting drafted to Raw. She deserves it, man. She deserves it. She’s a star. She really is a bonafide star and I think she’s gonna make a huge difference in that women’s division on the main roster. I really do. I’ma miss it, man. I’ma tell you guys right now, I’ma miss it. I’m definitely gonna miss Stephanie Vaquer doing her thing, seriously, you know, and bringing that fun to the show and getting the crowd -- fan participation. That’s what’s missing I think in this business and she definitely did it, did a good job at it.” Next up for Vaquer is a weekend where she'll be in action twice. She is scheduled for a tag match at WWE x AAA Worlds Collide and then she'll be in the women's Money in the Bank Ladder match at the Money in the Bank Premium Live Event. If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Hall of Fame with Booker T & Brad Gilmore with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.

Kaisei is now a member of the DDT roster. There was a press conference on June 5th that was hosted by DDT Pro-Wrestling. The centerpiece of the presser was J-Pop star Takechi Kaisei. He's a member of the group THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE. The group has won multiple awards dating back to 2017 such as Best New Artist Video and Best Choreography. Kaisei made his in-ring debut for DDT in February 2024 and he is returning to the promotion as a roster member. Kaisei has signed an agency contract with DDT. He'll be in action at the July 13th show at Korakuen Hall. He'll be in a six-man tag with Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno. They'll be facing Hideki Okatani, Daisuke Sasaki, and M.J. Paul. The 27-year-old Kaisei is 3-0 in his matches for DDT.

The match card is coming together. NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi is self-producing the upcoming 'Tanahashi Jam' show on June 29th. He is heading up the event production and putting the match card together. His latest match announcement is a singles bout between Yuji Nagata and Oleg Boltin. Before Tanahashi Jam, Boltin will be in action at Dominion on 6/15. He'll be challenging Konosuke Takeshita for the NEVER Openweight Title. Tanahashi Jam is taking place in Nagoya at the Nagoya Congress Center and below is the updated card: * Hiroshi Tanahashi & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa * Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shota Umino & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tatsumi Fujinami, Hiromu Takahashi & LEONA * Oleg Boltin vs. Yuji Nagata