Lineup For Tonight’s A&E WWE Programming Block, Rhea Ripley’s Grandmother Passes Away

Tonight’s WWE programming block on A&E features a Biography: WWE Legends special on The Iron Sheik. The weekly Sunday night block features the following lineup:

6 PM ET/PT: Biography: WrestleMania 1
8 PM ET/PT: Biography: The Iron Sheik (Premiere)
10 PM ET/PT: WWE Rivals: Hulk Hogan vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper (Premiere)
11 PM ET/PT: WWE Rivals: Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant

WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley took to Twitter to inform fans of the passing of her grandmother. Rhea tweeted,

“Thursday night I lost one of my favorite people. Nonna, Im going to miss your strong loving hugs & your little sassy cheeky attitude. It’s so hard saying goodbye, but being able to see you again in Feb was the highlight of my year. I miss you & I love you with all my heart.”

On behalf of everyone here on eWn, we send our deepest condolences to Ripley and her family.

Thursday night I lost one of my favorite people.
Nonna, Im going to miss your strong loving hugs & your little sassy cheeky attitude.
It’s so hard saying goodbye, but being able to see you again in Feb was the highlight of my year ❤️
I miss you & I love you with all my heart. pic.twitter.com/Dot5VvBeGz

— RheaRipley_WWE (@RheaRipley_WWE) April 15, 2023

WWE released a video of Santino Marella’s full debut match against Umaga.

Marella’s WWE debut happened on the April 16th, 2007 episode of RAW in Italy, where Vince McMahon picked him from the crowd and pit him against Umaga for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. During the match, a furious Bobby Lashley attacked Umaga and helped Marella dethrone the Samoan wrestler.

You can watch Santino’s WWE debut below:

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