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We’re looking for reports on tonights’ WWE show in Raleigh, NC (John Cena vs. Kane, New Day vs. Tyson Kidd & Cesaro), ROH in Amarillo (Roderick Strong vs. Adam Cole, Matt Taven & Michael Bennett vs. War Machine, Dalton Castle vs Romantic Touch, ACH vs. Michael Elgin) and NXT in Citrus Springs, FL at [email protected]”>[email protected]
Big night of television tonight as New Japan on AXS has a must-see main event with Kota Ibushi vs. Ricochet.
New Japan World Pro Wrestling at 9 p.m. Eastern on AXS
Alex Shelley & Kushida vs .Young Bucks
Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano
Kota Ibushi vs. Ricochet for IWGP jr. title
TNA Impact tonight at 9 p.m. on Destination America
Kenny King vs. Rockstar Spud vs. Manik vs. Mandrews vs. DJ Zema Ion vs. Tigre Uno vs. Argos vs.Crazzy Steve in a Rumble match for the X title
Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim in a cage match for Knockouts title
Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards vs. Bobby Roode & Austin Aries in match No. 2 of the best-of-five
Kurt Angle vs. Eric Young for TNA title in an I Quit match
New Japan tomorrow morning live at 5:30 a.m. Eastern and 2:30 a.m. Pacific on New Japan World from Korakuen Hall
David Finlay & Tomoaki Honma vs. Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu
Jay White & Tiger Mask vs. Chase Owens & Cavernario Barbaro
Kazuchika Okada & Rocky Romero & Baretta vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Cody Hall & Nick Jackson
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto & Togi Makabe & Katsuyori Shibata & Captain New Japan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Toro Yano & Tomohiro Ishii & Kazushi Sakuraba & Yoshi-Hashi
Jushin Liger vs. Gedo
Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kyle O’Reilly
Kushida vs. Bobby Fish
Saturday we’re looking for reports from WWE in Greensboro (John Cena vs. Kane, New Day vs. Tyson Kidd & Cesaro), WWE in Laredo (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt, Sheamus), ROH in Oklahoma City (Jay Brisco defends ROH title against winner of B.J. Whitmer vs. Hanson vs. Michael Bennett earlier in the show, Jay Lethal defends TV title against winner of Mark Briscoe vs Matt Taven vs. Raymond Rowe, ACH vs. Adam Cole, Michael Elgin vs Dalton Castle) and NXT in Venice, FL
UFC Fight Night from Goiania, Brazil
Fight Pass at 7 p.m. Eastern
Luiz Dutra (170) vs. Tom Breese (171)
Juliana Lima (115) vs. Ericka Almeida (116)
FS 1 at 8 p.m. Eastern
Lucas Martins (145) vs. Mirsad Bektic (146)
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (171) vs. Nicolas Dalby (171)
Jussier Formiga (126) vs. Wilson Reis (126)
Rony Jason (146) vs. Damon Jackson (145)
Wendell Oliveira (170) vs. Darren Till (171)
Francisco Trinaldo (156) vs. Norman Parke (156)
Francimar Barroso (205) vs. Ryan Jimmo (206)
K.J. Noons (170) vs. Alex Oliveira (170)
Nik Lentz (146) vs Charles Oliveira (144)
Carlos Condit (170) vs. Thiago Alves (170)
Evolve 43 iPPV from Saturday night at 6 p.m. from Queens, NY at www.WWNLive.com
Anthony Nese vs. Rey Hours
TJ Perkins vs. Mike Bailey
Chris Hero vs. Trevor Lee
Davey Richards vs. Caleb Konley
Johnny Gargano & Rich Swann vs. Drew Gulak & ? for Dragon Gate USA tag titles
Drew Galloway vs. Biff Busick for Dragon Gate USA titles
WWE Elimination Chamber at 8 p.m. Eastern from Corpus Christi on the WWE Network
Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose for WWE title
John Cena vs. Kevin Owens
IC title Chamber match: Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. ? (formerly Rusev, no official announcement has been made) vs. R-Truth vs. Ryback vs. King Barrett
Tag title Chamber match: New Day vs. Tyson Kidd & Cesaro vs. Lucha Dragons vs. The Ascension vs. Prime Time Players vs. Los Matadores
Neville vs. Bo Dallas
Nikki Bella vs. Paige vs. Naomi for Divas title
Evolve 44 i PPV Sunday night at 8 p.m. at www.WWNLive.com
Rey Hours vs. ?
Biff Busick vs. Mike Bailey
Rich Swann vs. Trevor Lee
Anthony Nese vs. TJ Perkins
Drew Gulak vs. Davey Richards
Johnny Gargano vs Ethan Page – If Gargano wins, Page leaves the promotion, if Page wins, Gargano must shake his hand
Drew Galloway vs. Roderick Strong for Evolve title
Raw is Monday night in San Antonio.
Smackdown and Main Event will be taped on Tuesday night in Houston.
The breakdown of the ROH deal on Destination America, how this affects TNA, the time frame of both company’s deals with the station and why this went down is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We also look at Daniel Cormier winning the world championship and questions arising, full coverage of UFC 187, Full coverage of Samoa Joe to NXT and the last special, the AAA World Cup coverage, Bischoff sues TNA and the UFC hall of Fame.
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–Wife of wrestler planning oncoming out of retirement
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–King of Gate finals and rundown of semifinals
–Looking at the booking from there
–Triple Crown title change
–MMA fighter coming to All Japan
–Full coverage of the first week of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament
–Current standings
–Why this year doesn’t have as much interest as in the past
–Why all the booking had to be redone after the first night
–How business has been
–Tournament lineup for this week
–Satoru Sayama health update
–Terry Funk news
–World champions from two different promotions team up together in a third promotion
–Global Force Wrestling update
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–The back story in one of Lucha Underground’s main angles
–ROH signs action figure deal
–Update on the next ROH PPV show
–TNA changes up television tapings and why
–Dixie Carter reality show
–Christy Hemme leaves company
–History of TNA sale talks
–Samoa Joe on why he left TNA
–Dana White talks UFC 189
–Where ticket sales for the show are coming from
–Dana White talks the PPV numbers
–Update on UFC in New York and where it stands
–Sara McMann thinking of legal action on the Reebok deal
–This week’s UFC show
–Tons of new UFC fights
–Lawsuit settlement results in apologies
–Suspended fighter thinks about going to Olympics
–Hector Lombard talks Josh Barnett
–Ronda Rousey at the Wall Street Journal cafe brunch
–Fighter who had announced retirement now coming back
–Biggest World Series of Fighting show to date
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FRIDAY’S NEWS UPDATE
Stephanie McMahon filed papers on Wednesday to start selling up to 609,733 shares of WWE stock from her trust fund starting on 8/10 provided the stock price is above a certain unlisted level. That stock would be worth today about $8.7 million.
The Dwayne Johnson movie “San Andreas” opens at the theaters tonight.
As noted earlier, Kevin Owens has signed a new deal for the main roster. He starts next weekend at the house shows if he’s not on this weekend. But he’s advertised starting next weekend. It should be noted that they’ve got communications issues because he’s being advertised on NXT shows on the same night as a few of his WWE house show dates. We’re told he’ll be doing very few more NXT shows past TVs. He will be a regular on Raw & Smackdown going forward, so it’s not just this week and done. He’s taking a lot of the Rusev bookings. Rusev has been pulled from all shows for a few months, which makes his working Sunday questionable, but the listed schedule still has him.
UFC spent a ton of money on this commercial and you’ll be seeing it everywhere for the six weeks
Daniel Cormier from Levi’s Stadium at the moment Seth Rollins won the WWE title
Former speaker of the house Dennis Hastert, who was heavily pushed for his success among the wrestling community because of being a former wrestler, is in hot water here
Add the 7/13 Raw to Brock Lesnar’s schedule.
Sheamus has a role as “Rocksteady” in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 movie.
WWE sent Eva Marie to walk the red carpet for the “San Andreas” premiere yesterday.
WWE stock closed today at $14.30 per share, the same as yesterday.
This is scary. Ericka Almeida, who weighed in at 116 today, said she had to lose 35 pounds when she got the call a few weeks ago to make weight for her fight tomorrow with Juliana Lima.
Battlewar 27 on 7/26 in Montreal at Les Foufounes Electriqeus
There will be the annual Fitness Expo in San Jose on 6/13 and 6/14 at the Convention Center. There are all kinds of activities including a Jiu Jitsu tournament, a strongman challenge, a wrestling tournament, a powerlifting tournament and appearances by Phil Heath and Jay Cutler of Mr. Olympia fame. In past years, a lot of MMA stars have appeared as well.
The Owen Hart DVD is called “Hart of Gold” and is scheduled for an October release.
This is Scott Steiner so if you choose to believe it or not, it is presented for purely entertainment fashion: “I’ve never failed a drug test in my life. When WWE told me to take one, I told them to have HHH pick me up in a limo, then we could go test together. They never asked again.”
IHWE on 6/6 in Crowley, TX featuring Lance Hoyt (Archer). They also have a legends of the Sportatorium Q&A on 6/7 at 3 p.lm. with Marc Lowrance, Black Bart and James Beard. They also have a secondshow that night at 6 p.m.
Great North Wrestling tonight in Smiths Falls, ONT at he Memorial Center with Brutus Beefcake and Hannibal.
An interview with Nora Greenwald and Lisa Moretti, who were Molly Holly and Ivory in WWE years back
Dolph Ziggler on stage with Britney Spears
Jeff Jarrett, Lance Archer and Jim Duggan promoting Global Force Wrestling last night on CBS Sports Network
Photos up here
A preview of Sunday’s WWE show
ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY INTERNATIONAL (thanks to Graeme Cameron)
1970 – Giant Baba beat Don Leo Jonathan in Tokyo to win the World League
1977 – Solar (who just wrestled on Sunday in the World Cup) beat Villano III to win the UWA welterweight title
1984 – Marty Jones beat David Finlay in Dartford to win the World mid heavyweight title
1988 – El Hijo del Santo beat El Espanto Jr. in Naucalpan to win the UWA lightweight title
1990 – Richie Brooks beat Danny Collins via DQ in Croydon to win the British heavy middleweight title
1991 – Atsushi Onita beat Gregori Veritchev in Tokyo to win the WWA Martial Arts title and Ricky Fuji beat Jimmy Backlund (who later became Jimmy Del Rey) to win the light heavyweight title
1992 – Universo 2000 beat Mascara Sagrada in Veracruz to win the Mexican national light heavyweight title
2014 – Atsushi Aoki beat Ultimo Dragon in Tokyo to win the All Japan jr. title
TODAY’S WRESTLING VIDEOS (thanks to Thomas Rude)
MISC. STUFF
Joe Malenko On “The Apter Chat”
Ring Of Honor’s COO Joe Kaff On ‘The Apter Chat”
“Dad You Don’t Work, You Wrestle” (Episode 121)
The Queen’s Court (Episode 5)
Ringside Collectibles’ “Ringside Or Riot” (Season 4, Episode 27)
POWW “Between The Ropes” (Episode 12)
Top 40 Moves Of Luke Harper
New England Championship Wrestling “Online” (Episode 5)
WWE
Top 10 WWE RAW Moments: May 25, 2015
5 Things-5 Superstars Who Defeated Brock Lesnar
Kevin Owens Discusses His Issues With “John Cena Land”: WWE.com Exclusive, May 27, 2015
Paige Dissects Her Rivalry With Naomi: May 27, 2015
NXT Superstars’ Advice For WWE Tough Enough Applicants: WWE Inbox
NXT BreakDown Featuring Emma And Dana Brooke
INDY TV SHOWS
Pro Wrestling Syndicate TV (Episode 21)
Smash Wrestling TV (Episode 53)
Reality Of Wrestling TV (Episode 56)
5/8/15 Future Stars Of Wrestling “High Octane” TV
Monster Factory TV (Episode 6)
CWF MId-Atlantic Wrestling Worldwide TV (Episode 2)
TNA
Eric Young’s New Tattoo Has Deep Meaning Heading Into Friday’s Title Match
Drew Galloway On Periscope: Drew Tours The Office, Answers The Main Phone
Drew Galloway On Periscope : Drew Gets A Meeting And Has More Coffee…
Mr. Anderson On Facing EC3 And Making Sure Tyrus Is Out Of The Picture
The Politics Behind The Match Between Mr. Anderson And EC3 This Friday
Eric Young Tells What He Will Show The World This Friday…
A Look At The Drama Between The Dollhouse And Gail Kim
Rockstar Spud Talks About The Gauntlet Match For The X Title This Friday…
What Does EC3 Say About Facing Mr. Anderson Without Tyrus?
Kenny King Speaks His True Thoughts On Rockstar Spud And His X Title Chances…
TOMORROW’S WWE NETWORK SCHEDULE (thanks to Bert Duckwall)
12:00 AM ET
WWE BEYOND THE RING A look inside the life and career of CM Punk from his early success in ECW to the top of the WWE.
2:00 AM ET
WWE NXT The future is here. Witness the entertainers, the leading men and women, the Superstars of tomorrow — this is NXT!
3:00 AM ET
WWE SUPERSTARS WWE Superstars features the best of the best, in matches you’ll have to see to believe. You never know what to expect, so expect everything.
4:00 AM ET
TOTAL DIVAS Eva’s sexy bachelorette in Curacao gets heated when TJ destroy’s Nattie’s hopes of rekindling their marriage.
5:00 AM ET
WCW MONDAY NITRO ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage battles ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair. WCW Tag Team Champions, Harlem Heat, face Sting and Lex Luger.
6:00 AM ET
WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER 2013 For the first time in over a decade The Rock is WWE Champion. A determined CM Punk is set on regaining the WWE Title.
9:00 AM ET
TOTAL DIVAS Eva’s sexy bachelorette in Curacao gets heated when TJ destroy’s Nattie’s hopes of rekindling their marriage.
10:00 AM ET
WWE BEYOND THE RING A look inside the life and career of CM Punk from his early success in ECW to the top of the WWE.
12:00 PM ET
TOUGH ENOUGH The Miz gives the contestants a taste of what life as a WWE Superstar means outside the ring. Back in the gym, the competition heats up.
1:00 PM ET
WWE COUNTDOWN Counting down the Top Ten Biggest Crybabies of all time!
2:00 PM ET
THIS WEEK IN WWE Get caught up on all the highlights from Raw and SmackDown with This Week in WWE.
2:30 PM ET
FIRST LOOK A First Look to watch exclusive content from WWE Home Video’s latest release, Daniel Bryan – Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
3:00 PM ET
SATURDAY NIGHTS MAIN EVENT The Ultimate Warrior defends the WWE Title against ‘Ravishing’ Rick Rude. Demolition defend their WWE Tag Team Titles against The Rockers.
4:30 PM ET
WWE BEYOND THE RING Relive D-Generation X’s last chapter as the team reunites to present their final run from late 2009 and 2010!
6:00 PM ET
WWE COUNTDOWN Counting down the Top Ten Biggest Crybabies of all time!
7:00 PM ET
MONDAY NIGHT WAR It takes an army to win a war, and both WCW and WWE were developing a deep roster in order to emerge victorious.
8:00 PM ET
SATURDAY NIGHTS MAIN EVENT The Ultimate Warrior defends the WWE Title against ‘Ravishing’ Rick Rude. Demolition defend their WWE Tag Team Titles against The Rockers.
9:30 PM ET
WWE BEYOND THE RING Relive D-Generation X’s last chapter as the team reunites to present their final run from late 2009 and 2010!
11:00 PM ET
SATURDAY NIGHTS MAIN EVENT The Ultimate Warrior defends the WWE Title against ‘Ravishing’ Rick Rude. Demolition defend their WWE Tag Team Titles against The Rockers.