This past January, it was announced that CM Punk would be the cover star of the standard edition of WWE 2K26, making it the first time since 2013 that he’s been the featured talent on one of the company’s video games. In 10 days, WWE 2K26 will officially release and during a recent appearance on the “Up & Adams Show” with Kay Adams, Punk shared his thoughts on being this year’s cover star.

“So this is the second time I’ve been on the cover of the video game, and it is no less exciting. It’s great to me. It’s an honor. When I was a little kid, you kind of had a bucket list that you didn’t really know you had because you weren’t certain that these things were achievable … I’m 47 years old and I want to be on the cover of the video game again. You know what I mean? I want to main event WrestleMania again. I want to do all these things because it really is truly an honor, you know? Like, I busted my ass to get here and these are kind of to me, it’s like proof of concept that my hard work didn’t go unnoticed and I’m one of the leaders in the industry.”

This year, there are three premium versions of the game, with the “King of Kings,” “Attitude Era” and “Monday Night War” editions being available for early access this upcoming Friday. While the standard game is listed at $69.99, every other version is priced at $99.99 or more, with the “Monday Night War” edition being the most expensive at $149.99.

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UFC has updated its rankings following Fight Night 268 in Mexico over the weekend, with Lone’er Kavanagh replacing Brandon Moreno at sixth at flyweight. 

Kavanagh extended his record to 10-1 with a Unanimous Decision victory over the two-time UFC Champion on Saturday night, taking himself from unranked to sixth in 25 minutes. 

Moreno dropped from sixth to seventh, while his initial opponent, Asu Almabayev, who had pulled out of the fight with a hand injury has also dropped from eight to ninth. Albeit on a technicality, with Moreno and Amir Albazi sharing seventh position. 

Alex Perez has kept his position at tenth, ensuring Tim Elliott dropped two places from ninth to eleventh, and rest of the ranked fighters at flyweight have each been moved down a position. 

David Martinez swapped places with Marlon Vera following the former’s win over the latter, Martinez taking ninth and Vera dropping to tenth at bantamweight. Martinez, similar to Kavanagh in the main event, beat his opponent via Unamimous Decision after three rounds in the co-main event. 

No other divisions were effected as a result of Saturday’s event, although there was some movement in featherweight with Melquizael Costa overtaking Patricio Pitbull at twelfth. Derrick Lewis also dropped to ninth after sharing eighth with Marcin Tybura at heavyweight. 

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Jon Jones said he is in negotiations with the UFC to return to the Octagon at the White House event in June. 

The White House event, scheduled for June 14 on the south lawn of the White House, has yet to see any fights confirmed. But given that TKO executives already expect a major loss on the event, one would expect it to be a stacked card for the occasion. 

Jones has maintained for quite some time that he wanted to be one of those names on the marquee, even if Dana White had been publicly declaring he would not be discussing it. But the former Heavyweight Champion recently said during a public appearance that he was in negotiations with the promotion over the event. 

“I’m in negotiations with the UFC about this White House thing as well,” he said. “[I’m a] very, very proud American. I cannot wait to represent one more time, so let’s see what happens.”

Jon Jones announced he’s in negotiations with the UFC to fight at the White House 😱

“I cannot wait to represent one more time.” pic.twitter.com/u0A7HaEkDN

— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) March 1, 2026

The purported Jones talks come just as news broke last Friday that Alex Pereira had vacated his Light Heavyweight Championship. Jones has repeatedly stated his desire to fight Pereira, and it was a demand he was willing to give up his own title for. 

Jones was UFC Heavyweight Champion for 840 days, defending the title once against Stipe Miocic in 2024 before his retirement was announced last year, and the Interim Champion Jones had shown no interest in fighting, Tom Aspinall, was promoted to Undisputed Champion. Aspinall is currently out with an eye injury after his defense against Ciryl Gane in October ended in a no-contest, Gane having poked Aspinall’s eye. 

Almost as soon as Danhausen walked out of the box/crate and into WWE at Elimination Chamber this past weekend, the questions became how WWE would follow up Danhausen’s polarizing debut, and when the “very nice, very evil” star would get a photo with Triple H. Not only has it become a custom for new WWE signees to get their photo taken with their new boss/WWE Hall of Famer, but it was something Danhausen included in a “soggy” list of demand-hausens presented to “WWE Raw” General Manager Adam Pearce during a backstage segment Monday night.

While Danhausen might not be getting a blimp or a 2026 Hall of Fame induction, he didn’t have to wait long for this particular demand to be met. Taking to X on Tuesday morning, Triple H posted a photo of himself and Danhausen together, with Triple H doing the trademark point. 

“Welcome to the Big Dancehausen,” Triple H tweeted. 

Only three minutes later, Danhausen took to X himself to respond. And he did so by trying to one up his new boss on the Danhausen scale.

“Time to play the gamehausen,” Danhausen tweeted.

Welcome to the Big Dancehausen. @DanhausenAD pic.twitter.com/aipr195dpu

— Triple H (@TripleH) March 3, 2026

It’s time to play the gamehausen. https://t.co/AsoHoe5YDR

— Danhausen (@DanhausenAD) March 3, 2026

Though the photo may have been one of Danhausen’s demands, it also wasn’t the only reason he was on hand for “Raw” in Indianapolis, Indiana. Though he didn’t have a massive song or dance routine like he had at Elimination Chamber, Danhausen still made his presence known, running into then WWE Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio backstage and putting his trademark “curse” on Mysterio. It turned out that the curse worked in almost record time, as Mysterio would go on to lose the Intercontinental Championship to Penta in the main event.

Although Sami Zayn has been in pursuit of winning his first world title for the past year, whether he’s involved in a championship match at WrestleMania 42 this April remains to be seen, as many of his “WWE SmackDown” adversaries are also gunning for the gold. Additionally, with Randy Orton winning the Elimination Chamber match this past weekend and becoming the number one contender for Drew McIntyre’s Undisputed WWE Championship, Zayn’s odds at challenging for a world title at the “Showcase of the Immortals” continues to shrink, and a new report suggests that the company has alternative plans for him.

According to BodySlam+, WWE has most of the WrestleMania 42 card finalized, but one potential matchup still being discussed is Zayn versus Trick Williams. When the former NXT Champion was called up to the main roster, Zayn was one of the first competitors that he had a segment with on “SmackDown.” Since then, both men have interacted with each other on multiple occasions, but have only competed against each other in the ring in a house show match and in the Fatal Four Way to decide the number one contender for the Undisputed WWE Championship at Saturday Night’s Main Event in January.

Following the Elimination Chamber, there continues to be reports that the Undisputed WWE Championship could be contested for in a multi-man contest, with a Triple Threat or Fatal Four Way matchup being one rumored plan. After it was announced that Cody Rhodes will fight McIntyre for the title this upcoming Friday on “SmackDown,” many have speculated that “The American Nightmare” could win back the title to face Orton at WrestleMania. However, with Jacob Fatu also being involved in the title scene, a multi-man match could be more likely.