Sports this 'n' that

Coming out of Wrestlemania, WWE is dealing with some major injury issues.

Former women's champion Nia Jax confirmed earlier today that she has to undergo surgery on both knees after tearing the ACL ligaments in both legs. She's been working through the pain for about a year, she says, but recovery time looks to knock her out of action for the rest of 2019, and a likely return point would be on or before next year's Royal Rumble.

Meanwhile, Big E, the muscleman of the New Day, acknowledged he tore his meniscus, and he, too, goes on the injured list, although it's likely they'll keep him around to keep the act together for the time being.
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As many might've feared, Ring of Honor has fallen into the trap of sports entertainment, after years of being an alternative to WWE's preferred form of wrestling product.

At last weekend's G1 Supercard, a joint promotion with New Japan Pro Wrestling, former WWE stars Enzo Amore (Eric Arndt) & Big Cass (Will Hennessey), now billing themselves as nZo & CazXL, respectively, crashed the party after the Guerrillas of Destiny, the sons of former WWE star Haku, captured the ROH tag team titles. Seems the New Japan folks weren't notified ahead of time of the angle, but officials at Madison Square Garden, long a WWE stronghold, were, and the New Japan folks ain't too happy about it.

Also, former Impact stars Angelina Love & Velvet Sky, collectively known as the Beautiful People when they worked in TNA-Impact, reunited, now using the name Allure, with Mandy Leon, commentator-turned-wrestler, as the 3rd member of Allure. Velvet is also the current steady of Bully Ray, so you can guess how she got the gig. Angelina, meanwhile, is the wife of former ROH & TNA star Davey Richards, who retired a couple of years back, but how much d'ya wanna bet the former American Wolf comes out of retirement if the price is right.......
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NBA Hall of Famer Earvin "Magic" Johnson resigned as President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this week, and some ignorant types are pointing the finger of blame at---who else?----LeBron James, whose reputation for diva behavior has resurfaced in La-La Land. James' CBS reality series, Million Dollar Mile, was an even bigger bust than the Lakers, having been bumped from its Wednesday perch after 2 weeks of bad ratings.

Lakers GM Rob Pelinka, an ex-agent, like Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen, is also being fingered as part of the reason Johnson left. Johnson still holds a stake in the Dodgers, last we checked, so he's not done in LA yet. Stay tuned.