— Toni Storm and Io Shirai are reportedly the “favorites” for this year’s Mae Young Classic tournament especially because they are both under contract to WWE.  

— Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir have been so impressive in their wrestling training so far that one source in the company said that it’s “scary” how naturally talented the forer MMA fighters are and that it could lead to WWE recruiting a lot of MMA fighters to join them.   

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