Today's Updates, 3/8/2018

Today's UPDATES

Aside from the fact WrestleMania is in five weeks time, we cannot forget about what comes before that incredible event on April 8th, Max Sports has more. On Friday, April 6th, it's the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, and so far Goldberg, The Dudley Boyz, Ivory, Jeff Jarrett, and now Hillbilly Jim will be indicted into the Class of 2018. Then on Saturday, April 7th it's NXT TakeOver: New Orleans and it promises to have the biggest line-up of star-studded matches it has had in the past four years that NXT TakeOver became a thing back in 2014. First we have,  Andrade "Cien" Almas vs Aleister Black for the NXT Championship, Black is undefeated in singles competition, while Andrade has sent Johnny Gargano packing from NXT, having beat the young superstar four times in a row, the last two were for the NXT Title. So Black will have a turn at putting an end to Andrade's title reign once and for all, chances are he might be the guy to do it. In other news, SPOILER ALERT, NXT is planning to unveil a new championship at TakeOver: New Orleans called the NXT North America Championship. I wasn't too sure about the name at first, because WWE already has the United States Championship, but North America, as we all know, means countries like the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and The Bahamas. So it seems like wrestlers who were born in these countries and many other in North America can fight for the new title, and at TakeOver: New Orleans, six wrestlers will fight for it in a 6-Man Ladder Match. This will be the biggest Ladder match in NXT history, because it will star Adam Cole, Lars Sullivan, Killian Dain, Velveteen Dream, and two of NXT newest stars Ricochet and EC3. Finally, the 3rd Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic has began last night on NXT, with the first match in the first round being a rematch of the 2016 Tag Team Classic, Authors of Pain once again took TM-61 to the limit, but in the end were the winners and move to the next round. A lot is going on in the WWE now that's WrestleMania season, and a lot will be going on in the sports world this weekend, see for yourself.

NBA

Last Night

Jazz 104, Pacers 84
Raptors 121, Pistons 119
Bulls 119, Grizzlies 110
Rockets 110, Bucks 99
Pelicans 114, Kings 101
Cavaliers 113, Nuggets 110
Lakers 108, Magic 107
Tonight
Nets vs Hornets at 7PM
76ers vs Heat at 7:30PM
Celtics vs Timberwolves at 8PM on TNT
Suns vs Thunder at 8PM
Spurs vs Warriors at 10:30PM
Friday
Bulls vs Pistons at 7PM
Hawks vs Pacers at 7PM
Rockets vs Raptors at 7:30PM
Jazz vs Grizzlies at 8PM
Knicks vs Bucks at 8PM
Wizards vs Pelicans at 8PM on ESPN
Lakers vs Nuggets at 9PM
Warriors vs Trail Blazers at 10PM
Magic vs Kings at 10PM
Cavaliers vs Clippers at 10:30PM on ESPN
Saturday
Suns vs Hornets at 5PM
Wizards vs Heat at 7:30PM
Grizzlies vs Mavericks at 8:30PM 
Spurs vs Thunder at 8:30PM on ABC
Magic vs Clippers at 10:30PM
Sunday
Raptors vs Knicks at 1PM
Bulls vs Hawks at 3:30PM
Warriors vs Timberwolves at 3:30PM
Jazz vs Pelicans at 4PM
Kings vs Nuggets at 5PM
Rockets vs Mavericks at 7PM
Pacers vs Cletics at 7:30PM
76ers vs Nets at 7:30PM
Cavaliers vs Lakers at 9PM on ESPN

NHL
Last Night

Flames 5, Sabres 1

Penguins 5, Flyers 2

Coyotes 2, Canucks 1

Tonight

Flyers vs Bruins at 7PM

Jets vs Devils at 7PM

Avalanche vs Blue Jackets at 7PM

Sabres vs Senators at 7:30PM

Golden Knights vs Red Wings at 7:30PM

Rangers vs Lightning at 7:30PM

Canadiens vs Panthers at 7:30PM

Ducks vs Predators at 8PM

Hurricanes vs Blackhawks at 8:30PM

Islanders vs Oilers at 9PM

Capitals vs Kings at 10:30PM

Blues vs Sharks at 10:30PM

Friday

Red Wings vs Blue Jackets at 7PM

Flames vs Senators at 7:30PM

Ducks vs Stars at 8:30PM

Wild vs Canucks at 10PM

Saturday

Blackhawks vs Bruins at 1PM

Golden Knights vs Sabres at 1PM

Canadiens vs Lightning at 1PM

Jets vs Flyers at 1PM

Coyotes vs Avalanche at 3PM

Blues vs Kings at 4PM

Capitals vs Sharks at 4PM

Penguins vs Maple Leafs at 7PM

Rangers vs Panthers at 7PM

Devils vs Predators at 8PM

Wild vs Oilers at 10PM

Sunday

Bruins vs Blackhawks at 12:30PM on NBC

Islanders vs Flames at 7PM

Stars vs Penguins at 7:30PM on NBCSN

Canucks vs Coyotes at 9PM

WWE

NXT results

- Authors of Pain defeated TM61 in a Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic First Round Match

- Bianca Belair defeated Miss Drew Renee

- Aleister Black defeated Killian Dain

WWE Fastlane match

- AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn vs Baron Corbin vs Dolph Ziggler vs John Cena in a Six Pack Challenge for the WWE Championship

- The Usos vs The New Day for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship

- Bobby Roode vs Randy Orton for the WWE United States Championship

- Charlotte Flair vs Ruby Riott for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship

- Shinsuke Nakamura vs Rusev 
- Becky Lynch and Naomi vs Natalya and Carmella

This was the first full week of March and it has not been a good as it seems, yesterday, the Northeast part of the United States was hit by another Winter Storm. Some parts of New York and New Jersey have been covered in snow and freezing rain, and this has caused some people to lose light in their houses. As for me, spent a hour last night shoveling snow by myself and by back, right arm and shoulder are still sore from all the heavy lifting, but won't keep me away from my blog. So much drama has happened in this week alone, and today's Top Ten is set to cover ten of those drama stories under one list, plus a look at what lies ahead in this month of March.

#10: Toronto Raptors became the first team to clinched a berth in the 2018 NBA Playoffs.

#09: Champions created by Mindy Kaling will premiere tonight after Will & Grace on NBC.

#08: SNL will be hosted this weekend by Sterling K. Brown with musical guest James Bay.

#07: WWE Fastlane airs LIVE Sunday at 8PM on pay-per-view and on the WWE Network.

#06: The cast of the potential Originals spin-off was revealed with Danielle Russell as Hope.

#05: Jessica Jones Season 2 was released today on Netflix with somewhat mixed reviews. 

#04: Disney's A Wrinkle in Time starring Storm Reid and Oprah Winfrey opens tomorrow.

#03: The Shape of Water won two Academy awards for Best Picture and for Best Director.

#02: Marvel Studios' Black Panther has now reached $921.4 million dollars the box office.

#01: Nickelodeon announced in its Upfront Presentation that it looks to revive Blue's Clues.

Yesterday, I did something really cool, I made my own twitter moment, a list of tweets that focuses on one certain topic on social media. It was pretty great for me to find another way to make my voice heard on Twitter, and with that said, I am pleased to announce my first Twitter Moment is also today's #TwitterTrend. The CW has been offering some modest shows like Black Lightning and just last night Lucy Hale's new series Life Sentence, next season it will air original programming on Sunday Nights, once again. It has ordered a record nine pilots during the development season , two of them happen to be reboots of WB Classics Charmed and Roswell, but just last Tuesday, Deadline reported that the rumored spin-off of The CW's Originals, which would focus on Hope Mikaelson, is still in the works for the network. I never really cared for this show, until I heard at San Diego Comic-Con last year that it was coming to an end this spring after its fifth and final season, this all led to the rumors of the new spin-off, I then watched every episode of The Originals and I liked it very much. So as we wait for The Mikaelson to reappear for the last week, we know drom Deadline.com that the  Hope-centric series will have either a backdoor or regular pilot, but instead given bit of a video pilot presentation for executives at The CW, kinda like when the short-lived Muppets series on ABC three years ago had a pilot presentation that was meant with a positive response and then went straight-to-series. This presentation for the Hope series will have never-before-seen footage of The Originals 5th season that will feature Hope, and if received as great, we might see more from the CW Vampire Universe which started with The Vampire Diaries. Now the cast for the potential offshoot has Danielle Rose Russell as Hope, Matt Davis as his Vampire Diaries character Alaric Saltzman, Aria Shahghasemi, who is set to play a friend of Hope’s in The Originals 5th and final season, and new character played by Quincy Fouse, Jenny Boyd and Kaylee Bryant. For more, we go to the tweets that I put out in the Twitter Moment that I created.

TV Guide @TVGuide

#TVD's @ImMatthew_Davis joins #TheOriginals' Hope spin-off! http://www.tvguide.com/news/matt-davis-joins-the-originals-hope-mikaelson-spin-off/?ftag=TVG_Twitter

Deadline Hollywood @DEADLINE

‘TVD/The Originals’ Universe Spinoff: @ImMatthew_Davis & @itsdanielleruss lead cast of Hope-centric series in works at @TheCW http://deadline.com/2018/03/the-vampire-diaries-the-originals-universe-spinoff-matt-davis-danielle-rose-russell-cast-hope-centric-series-the-cw-aria-shahghasemi-quincy-fouse-jenny-boyd-and-kaylee-bryant-1202312569/ …

The Vampire Diaries @VampiDiaries2

'TVD/The Originals' Universe Spinoff: Matt Davis & Danielle Rose Russell Lead Cast of Hope-Centric Series In Works ... - Deadline http://dlvr.it/QK1BhT

Matt Davis Fans @ernestorileyita

This is a great news to share!!! 

#mattdavis #matthewdavis #tvd #theoriginals #alaric #cw #SpinOff  

RT

trappin @theaterOFpain1

YASSSS 
ric deserves EVERYTHING 
#tvd #klaroline #stelena

TVD/The Originals Spinoff: Matt Davis & Danielle Rose... http://deadline.com/2018/03/the-vampire-diaries-the-originals-universe-spinoff-matt-davis-danielle-rose-russell-cast-hope-centric-series-the-cw-aria-shahghasemi-quincy-fouse-jenny-boyd-and-kaylee-bryant-1202312569/#utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=social_bar&utm_content=bottom_amp&utm_id=1202312569 …

James Stoteraux @JStoteraux

Some well deserved good news in the world! Congrats @julieplec! #TVDForever

Entertainment Weekly @EW

Here's who would star in the potential #Originals spin-off
http://ew.com/tv/2018/03/06/the-originals-spinoff-cast/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Variety @Variety

‘The Originals’ Spinoff Moves Forward at CW With Danielle Rose Russell, Matt Davis Set to Star http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-originals-spinoff-hope-danielle-rose-russell-matt-davis-1202719896/

Michael Ausiello @MichaelAusiello

Scoop: #TheOriginals Spinoff Update: Matt Davis, Plus 5 Others, Attached to Star in Potential Series http://tvline.com/2018/03/06/the-originals-spinoff-cast-season-6-matt-davis-hope/

Melissa Griffin @Vamp_Diaries

Matt Davis Officially Joins ‘The Originals’ Spinoff: But What About Klaroline? http://hollywoodlife.com/2018/03/06/the-originals-spinoff-matt-davis-cast-hope/ … via @HollywoodLife #TheOriginals #SpinOff

KSiteTV @KSiteTV

That Hope spin-off from #TheOriginals is still a thing that may be happening -- and now a #TVD actor has joined up: http://www.ksitetv.com/the-originals/matt-davis-joins-potential-originals-hope-spinoff/171863/

SpoilerTV @SpoilerTV

The Originals Spinoff - Danielle Rose Russell & Matt Davis to Star in Hope Centric Series in Development at The CW https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/03/the-originals-spinoff-danielle-rose.html

HOTCHKA @Hotchka

#TheCW and #WarnerBrosTelevision are working on a planned #TheVampireDiaries / #TheOriginals spinoff centered on Hope Mikaelson. #MattDavis and #DanielleRoseRussell are set to star.

The Originals GR @TheOriginalsGR

#NEWS  #theoriginals #TVD #SalvatoreSchool 

Are you going to watch it?

my guess is that our Hope will be a leader

rach  🍀 @racheltafoyaa

the originals are so badass

Paul Komoroski @pkomo17

@itsdanielleruss Congrats! <3 http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-originals-spinoff-hope-danielle-rose-russell-matt-davis-1202719896/ …

Mo Walker @doctormo77

Could there be a bit more blood left in Mystic Falls?!

Katie J Lester  🐺 @ItsKatieLester

#Retweet Some good news for @cworiginals fans of the world! @julieplec #TheOriginals #TVD

sierra @klefan1922

GUYS ALARIC IS FINALLY GETTING HIS MOMENT I AM LIVVVVIIINNNGGG

Just Jared Jr. @justjaredjr

A Hope-centric #TheOriginals spinoff is definitely happening...

Get all the details here: http://www.justjaredjr.com/2018/03/06/the-originals-danielle-rose-russell-will-star-in-potential-new-hope-centric-series-for-the-cw-details/

CELEBRITY of the DAY

Anders Holm

Born: May 29, 1981

Starred in The Mindy Project and Workaholics

Set to star in Champions

That's your Celebrity of the Day, Have a Fast Weekend!

Here's the teaser trailer for Disney's Christopher Robin:

Christopher Robin Official Teaser Trailer