Almost six years after first winning the NXT Women’s Championship May 29, 2014 at an NXT TakeOver that didn’t even require a subtitle, Charlotte Flair is holding that title again after beating Rhea Ripley in the first match on Night Two of WrestleMania 36. Of course the belt is different now — it was pink way back in 2014 — and the brand has considerably more prestige now that NXT isn’t “officially” considered developmental and airs on USA instead of the WWE Network.

The match was pretty brutal, and thanks to the lack of fans at the WWE Performance Center, you could hear not just every strike and impact, but lots of trash talk, especially from Charlotte. The Queen also played it smart, working Rhea’s leg throughout the match, including a shot from behind that made Rhea’s leg crumple pretty sickeningly.

Nevertheless, when Charlotte first applied the Figure 4, Rhea seemed determined to get out of it, striking at Charlotte with her fists. But once Charlotte bridged into the Figure 8, it was too much for Rhea, who had to tap, losing a title she won on NXT TV on December 18 of last year.

Now that Charlotte is NXT Champion, that presumably means she’ll be on NXT TV, although we don’t know exactly what that will look like after next week, considering the Coronavirus lockdown.

A number of musical acts have turned to Instagram Live to keep themselves and their fans entertained. One example of this: Tory Lanez and his new Quarantine Radio show. Along with guest appearances from a number of artists in the music industry, the show invites everyday fans to participate in twerk contests for the duration of the show. Another artists who’s turned to Instagram Live is Lil Yachty, whose recent programs have toed the line between entertaining and demeaning.

Nearly two weeks ago, the Atlanta rapper convinced a fan to shave off their eyebrows for $200. He got another fan to eat deodorant. Yachty upped the price to for his latest request.

Hosting another iteration of his “talent show” on Instagram Live, Yachty invited the fan to drink his own pee. The fan complied and headed to his bathroom before realizing his sister did not quite flush during her last visit. Yacthy then dared the fan to drink his sister’s urine, which the fan did, all while Yachty watched in disbelief, all while egging him on. The fan’s reward was a deposit from Yachty to his CashApp account.

You can watch the ordeal, if you want to, in the video above.

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*Types a few keys on a keyboard.* “Okay, I’m in.”

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Watch out world – we’re grown nowwww.

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The prime minister has gone to hospital as a precautionary measure and it was not an emergency admission, Downing Street said.

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The episode came out in 2013 but it feels more relevant than ever.

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“I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge.”

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Last year, Clairo received critical acclaim for her debut album, Immunity. Produced by Vampire Weekend’s ex-member Rostam Batmanglij, the album was lush, its sonics filling every corner in the room. However, since the album’s release, things haven’t gone as well as Clairo hoped. The pop singer took a social media break at the beginning of the year after “a couple things happened recently where boundaries were crossed and my privacy was totally invaded.” Following the break, a number of dates on her tour with Tame Impala would be postponed as a result of the coronavirus. These setbacks, however, have yet to stop Clario from doing one thing: sharing her music.

Following her lo-fi demo, “february 15, 2020 london, uk,” which was about letting her guard down, Clairo returned last week with another minimalist effort: “Everything I Know.” The song brought listeners back to her early SoundCloud days. She continued to deliver more content to her fans, sharing a cover of Anna Domino’s “Everyday, I Don’t.” The song comes from Domino’s 1984 pop album East And West and, led by a steady drum pattern and gentle guitar strings, Clairo’s cover is quite the soothing release.

Listen to Clairo’s cover of Anna Domino’s “Everyday, I Don’t” in the video above.

Immunity is out now via Fader. Get it here.

Last week The Weeknd’s fifth record, After Hours landed atop the Billboard album charts, laying claim to the biggest opening week in 2020 so far, as well as the biggest streaming week ever for an R&B album. It was his third No. 1 album and his fourth release to claim the top spot overall.

Now After Hours has once again hit No. 1 for a second straight week, reeling in a total of 138,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April. Of the total, 86,000 were streaming equivalent album units and 47,000 were pure album sales.

Elsewhere, 5 Seconds Of Summer’s latest album, Calm, scored the No. 2 spot, with 133,000 equivalent album units. However, it wasn’t the album’s maiden voyage on the charts; last week a clerical error resulted in 11,000 CDs inadvertently sent out to customers, a week earlier than expected. That resulted in Calm debuting all the way down at No. 62.

Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake fell down just a spot, selling 84,000 units and coming in at No. 3. Rounding out the top five, Dua Lipa earned her first Top 10 album, with Future Nostalgia arriving at No. 4, while Pearl Jam made their first appearance on the charts since 2013, with Gigaton hitting No. 5 with 63,000 units sold.

Read our review of After Hours here.

[via Billboard]