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The combination of the Roku player and WWE Network are nothing short of IIconic for Peyton Royce and Billie Kay. Here’s a video promo the SmackDown heel team recorded to hype Roku and the WWE Network ahead of this weekend’s Evolution show:
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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. It’s a phrase that has become a staple of society, applicable to those both young and old. However, the statement has also become a rallying cry for one of NXT’s newest faces, Chad Gable. After months of trying to convince Jason Jordan that both men could form a highly successful tag team, Jordan finally agreed. The team hasn’t looked back since.

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“Even though it took some convincing for him to give me a chance, I couldn’t be happier with the results,” Gable told WWE.com. “We just clicked from the moment the bell rang. It’s not very often that a team has chemistry from the very first moment. Beyond our chemistry, we have enough credentials between us to make any team jealous.” Continue reading at www.wwe.com

Earlier this month, a spokesman for Glenn Jacobs (Kane) told The Knoxville News Sentinel that Kane still planned to wrestle on the upcoming WWE Crown Jewel on November 2nd in Saudi Arabia despite the controversy surrounding the event. Back in August, Jacobs became the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.
This was his comment at the time, through Jacobs’ spokesman, Rob Link:
“Mayor Jacobs won’t speculate on Mr. [Jamal] Khashoggi’s disappearance,” Link said. “However, he and his family are in the mayor’s thoughts and prayers.”

Last month it was announced that WWE was donating $100,000 to The Knoxville Public Safety Foundation for Kane’s upcoming appearances. The money will go to The Knoxville Public Safety Foundation, which benefits employees of The Knoxville Fire Department, Knoxville Police Department, Knox County Sheriff’s Office & University of Tennessee’s Police Department. The KPSF supports employees and their families that have suffered catastrophic injuries, illness, death or other significant events.
WWE will be presenting a check to the foundation at the next WWE Live Event in Knoxville, which is tentatively scheduled for January 2019.
In an update to Knoxville New Sentinel, Kane remains committed to WWE and The Knoxville Public Safety Foundation.
“Mayor Jacobs is still going to The Crown Jewel Event because he made a commitment to not only The WWE, but The Knoxville Public Safety Foundation and the first responders of Knoxville and Knox County.”

Through a press release, Vince McMahon echoed these sentiments about WWE’s donation, as seen below:
“We’re happy to support this charity of behalf of Mayor Jacobs,” WWE CEO Vince McMahon said in a press release. “Much like his unparalleled contributions to advancing the WWE brand during his stellar career of more than 20 years, Mayor Jacobs has begun work to improve Knox County.”

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USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll sees minimal change after opening competitions; Virginia, Central Michigan enter Top 25

Manheim, Pa. – The top 12 teams in the USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll were unchanged as the first poll of the regular season was released on Tuesday.

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Oklahoma State, Penn State, Michigan, Iowa and Ohio State remained in the top five. None of the five teams saw dual meet action since the season’s start on November 1. That will change this week as No. 4 Iowa hosts No. 1 Oklahoma State at the Grapple on the Gridiron, a dual meet held on the football field at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. The event, weather permitting, is expected to shatter the NCAA single-dual attendance record set by Penn State on Dec. 8, 2013 at the Bryce Jordan Center.

The Cowboys again garnered 10 of the 12 possibe first-place votes. Penn State and Michigan each received one first-place vote.

There was some movement as a result of Virginia Tech’s 32-3 victory over then-No. 13 Iowa State on Saturday. While the Hokies stayed up at No. 6, the Cyclones fell five spots to No. 18.

Lehigh got pushed by Bucknell 23-12 in the EIWA opener, but the Mountain Hawks remained at No. 7.

With Iowa State falling five spots, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Old Dominion each moved up a spot. Minnesota moved up a spot to No. 16 as the Golden Gophers defeated South Dakota State, Grand Canyon and Virginia at home on Saturday.

West Virginia jumped two spots after opening up with wins over Drexel, Campbell and Arizona State.

Virginia moved into the Top 25 after knocking off then-No. 25 North Dakota State 25-14 in Fargo, N.D. on Friday. Central Michigan also broke into the Top 25 after wins over Rider and Purdue at the Eastern Michigan Duals.

Edinboro and North Dakota State fell out of the Top 25.

[eztable th=”0″ width=”600″]Rank,Team (First),Record,Points,Conference,Previous
1,Oklahoma State (10),0-0,298,Big 12,1
2,Penn State (1),0-0,285,Big Ten,2
3,Michigan (1),0-0,275,Big Ten,3
4,Iowa,0-0,264,Big Ten,4
5,Ohio State,0-0,252,Big Ten,5
6,Virginia Tech,1-0,242,ACC,6
7,Lehigh,1-0,231,EIWA,7
8,Cornell,0-0,215,EIWA,8
9,Missouri,0-0,204,MAC,9
10,Nebraska,0-0,194,Big Ten,10
11,Illinois,3-0,177,Big Ten,11
12,N.C. State,0-0,166,ACC,12
13,North Carolina,0-0,143,ACC,14
14,Wisconsin,0-0,123,Big Ten,15
15,Old Dominion,0-0,118,MAC,16
16,Minnesota,3-0,112,Big Ten,17
17,Rutgers,3-0,109,Big Ten,18
18,Iowa State,0-1,107,Big 12,13
19,West Virginia,3-0,71,Big 12,21
20,Oregon State,0-0,68,Pac-12,19
21,Ohio,3-0,64,MAC,22
22,Oklahoma,0-0,53,Big 12,20
23,Virginia,3-1,35,ACC,NR
24,Central Michigan,2-0,32,MAC,NR
25,Northern Iowa,0-0,29,MAC,23
[/eztable]Dropped out: No. 24 Edinboro, No. 25 North Dakota State
Others Receiving Votes: Edinboro 13, Arizona State 4, Stanford 4, Kent State 3, Princeton 3, Pittsburgh 2, Purdue 2, Rider 2

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Ring of Honor champ Jay Lethal and Impact Wrestling champ Johnny Impact have agreed to a title-for-title match at the Chris Jericho Rock-N-Rager At Sea cruise, according to a report by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer.
“We don’t have the date and place confirmed,” wrote Meltzer. “Impact and ROH have talked about this months ago, the idea of a match with neither title at stake.”
Earlier this year, then Impact champion Austin Aries worked a number of ROH shows in a program with Kenny King.

Ultima Lucha Cuatro promised a lot of twists and turns and gave just that in the main event of the recently concluded season four finale of Lucha Underground.

The main event saw Pentagon Dark defeat Marty “The Moth” Martinez to win back The Lucha Underground Title. The show seemed as if it would end with Pentagon Dark having his hand raised in victory after a bloody war with Martinez.

But as Pentagon Dark was about to break Martinez’s arm after the match, Reklusa tried to save the former Lucha Underground Champion only to have Vampiro come in and help out Pentagon Dark. Vampiro would later turn on Pentagon Dark, who revealed that he had been working under a master. The ensuing attack left Pentagon Dark lying in the middle of the ring and too hurt to even move. Below is what happened in the main event of Ultima Lucha Cuatro Part Two, which can also be read at this link:

Jake Strong, the new Gift Of The Gods Champion, enters the ring and says that he is going to cash in his shot at The Lucha Underground Title by trading away his Gift Of The Gods Title.

Pentagon Dark (c) vs. Jake Strong (Lucha Underground Title Match): Strong immediately starts going for the ankle lock and keeps it applied for about a minute. Pentagon is no longer responding to the referee’s commands and so the match is called and Strong is the new Lucha Underground Champion. Winner & The New Lucha Underground Champion: Jake Strong

This is the second title Strong has won in Lucha Underground after making his debut earlier this year. Strong won The Gift Of The Gods Title on The October 24th Episode of Lucha Underground and is the second titleholder this season to exchange his title for a shot at The Lucha Underground Title.

During WWE’s Survivor Series pay-per-view this weekend, Braun Strowman will be representing the men’s Raw team in the 5-on-5 elimination match against members of the SmackDown roster. Once Survivor Series ends, it appears “The Monster Among Men” may turn his attention back towards the Universal Championship. During Raw last night, Stephanie McMahon granted Strowman a rematch against Brock Lesnar for his title if he helps Raw win at Survivor Series. Additionally, Braun Strowman will also receive his requested match against Baron Corbin with a stipulation of his choosing, but it was noted he cannot lay a finger on the acting Raw General Manager until after Survivor Series ends this Sunday night.

.@BraunStrowman has been promised another #UniversalChampionship Match against @BrockLesnar! But there’s a catch…#Raw @StephMcMahon pic.twitter.com/uZldZvF1y1
— WWE (@WWE) November 13, 2018

Prior to Raw last night, WWE Hall of Famer Edge teased a major announcement. Not only were he and Christian featured on last night’s season finale of the Ride Along program on the WWE Network, but the former world champion also had another big surprise in store for his fans. Edge and Christian’s E&C Pod of Awesomeness podcast will be returning following a weeks-long hiatus. Not only will the show be coming back very soon, but the upcoming edition of the show will feature guest appearances from WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels and musician Nita Strauss. Edge and Christian are also going to be partnering with Westwood One to bring on the new episode of their popular podcast this Friday.

This Friday, the monster that will not die is back. That’s right hosers! This Friday @EandCPod is back baby!!! We’re blowing the gates off with our special guests @ShawnMichaels & @hurricanenita listen to it everywhere you listen to pods courtesy of our new partners @WestwoodOne pic.twitter.com/uaubPqXqxk
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Nikki and Brie Bella are not only successful wrestlers, but they both star in two successful reality shows on the E! network. Total Divas and Total Bellas are still going strong on E!, but a different pair of sisters are still dominating the network as of right now: The Kardashians. Nikki and Brie were both present for the People’s Choice Awards this past Sunday night, and the twins boldly threw out an open challenge for the Kardashian sisters during a red carpet interview. As of right now, there has not been any sort of response from the members of the Kardashian family. Regardless, a match between the Kardashians and The Bella Twins would certainly be an interesting one if it ever does end up taking place someday.

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NEWS

Io Shirai trying out at the WWE Performance Center
WWE SmackDown video highlights: AJ Styles attacks Shane McMahon
WWE 205 Live results: Fatal five-way elimination main event
John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse set for WWE WrestleMania 33
WWE SmackDown live results: Shane McMahon responds to AJ Styles
WWE & UFC ratings delayed due to power failure at Nielsen

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WOR: RAW report, WrestleMania, New Japan Cup, Dennis Stamp, more! 3/14
WOL: Warrior Award, Kurt Angle first interview, new WrestleMania matches, more! 3/13

FIGURE FOUR WEEKLY: 3/6/2017: Bad booking disappoints at WWE Fastlane

Goldberg is one of WWE’s top champions in 2017. That it was a formality doesn’t make the reality of that sentence any less startling. Nearly 20 years after his peak in WCW, and over a decade after his first stint with WWE came to an end, Goldberg is going to main event WrestleMania. All of that was locked in when Goldberg defeated Kevin Owens to win the WWE Universal Championship at Fastlane. Predictably, the main event was a wrestling match in name only. Goldberg won with a spear and a jackhammer in just over 20 seconds…

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WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: March 13, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: WWE Fastlane review, Tomoaki Honma injury, plus tons of news

Updated the plans for WrestleMania, detail what happened with Tomoaki Honma and a progress update, features on Ron Bass, Rick Rude and Tom Jones, a major new WWE signing and future company plans all in the new double issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Our lead story runs down WrestleMania, what is on, what is in limbo and where everyone fits in, plus a breakdown of the Fast Lane PPV with business notes, stories behind the matches, match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.

Have a look back at the career of Ron Bass, his multitude of championships around the country, and why his career ended and post-wrestling.

There is a major feature on the 2016 Wrestling Observer awards, with a breakdown of winners, and notes about the different people in the major categories and compare and contrast them. Plus, discussion about the landslides and the close races and what made the difference.

This issue has a feature on the Hardys and Bully Ray in ROH, back-story of Hardys value on the independent market and where the different companies stand in the U.S. marketplace.

Take a look at the business of UFC 209, including Tony Ferguson’s pay when his fight was canceled, what was supposed to be a benefit to everyone that has backfired but nobody will say it, the judging of Wonderboy vs. Woodley, weight cutting, the welterweight position, as well as business notes on the show, match-by-match coverage and how much everyone was paid.

Examine Daniel Bryan possibly wrestling again, The Miz on promos, the Shane McMahon vs. A.J. Styles angle, notes on WWE talks with two of the best women wrestlers in the world, an update on the Jack Swagger situation, Dana Brooke competes in another sport, WWE Hall of Fame news, Jerry Lawler update, backstage when Dwayne Johnson was talking about C.M. Punk, this week’s Madison Square Garden show, Raw plans post-Mania, the most watched shows on the WWE Network, plus a look at all the arena matches over the past week with highlights and business notes.

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WON BACK ISSUE: February 21, 2000: 1999 attendance numbers, WCW turmoil, tons more

For the year, WWF increased attendance 20%. Monday night Raw ratings for the year as an average increased from a 4.40 average in 1998 to a 6.04 average in 1999, a 37% increase. PPV buy rates for the year increased from a 1.02 average in 1998 to a 1.25 average in 1999 which is a 23% increase. In 1998, WWF sold out 33.5% of its house shows while the figure increased to 63% of its shows in 1999. Average live gate per arena show increased from $188,482 in 1998 to $286,495, a whopping 52% caused by a combination of the increase in attendance and an increase in average ticket price from $18.84 to $23.84… Subscribers click here to continue.

WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE
Neville defending the Cruiserweight Championship against Austin Aries is set for WrestleMania after Aries became the number one contender on 205 Live last night. There are now 10 matches announced for the WrestleMania 33 card, including seven title matches.
AJ Styles vs. Shane McMahon hasn’t officially been announced yet, with WWE continuing the storyline of whether the match will happen or not a bit longer. The angle continued after SmackDown went off the air last night as Daniel Bryan said on Talking Smack that he wasn’t sure Shane was in the right mind to decide to face Styles at WrestleMania.
WWE posted an interesting teaser for “Southpaw Regional Wrestling,” which appears to be a parody show based on territorial wrestling.
NXT will be touring the UK from June 5-11. The last three dates of the tour will again be part of the Download Festival at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. GMT on Friday. The schedule for the other shows is:
June 5th — GE Oil & Gas Arena in Aberdeen, Scotland
June 6th — Manchester Arena in Manchester, England
June 7th — First Direct Arena in Leeds, England
June 8th — Brighton Centre in Brighton, England

Kassius Ohno challenging Bobby Roode for the NXT Championship airs on tonight’s episode of NXT.
After posting an article about Io Shirai being at this week’s Performance Center tryouts, WWE.com took it down and replaced it with one that doesn’t mention Shirai at all.
Stephanie McMahon appeared on Xavier Woods’ UpUpDownDown YouTube series to celebrate the channel reaching 1,000,000 subscribers.
WWE has added two members to its management team in Latin America.
Pro Wrestling
The first two seasons of Lucha Underground have officially made their way to Netflix and are available for streaming in North America.
Bobby Fish tweeted that he’ll be accepting independent wrestling bookings starting on March 27th.
Independent wrestler Anthony Bowens wrote an article for Outsports about coming out as bisexual.
Ricochet, Will Ospreay, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Loa will be appearing at MLW Radio’s WaleMania III event in Orlando on March 30th and will be part of a live podcast. Our Dave Meltzer is also scheduled for the show.
UFC/MMA
The UFC officially confirmed Anderson Silva vs. Kelvin Gastelum for UFC 212 in Rio.
Yoel Romero is waiting to challenge the winner of Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre for the middleweight championship in his next fight.
Demetrious Johnson discussed the factors that make fighters a draw in the UFC.
Daniel Cormier was interviewed about the UFC’s light heavyweight division.

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Sorry, ladies: John Cena is officially a taken man, proposing to longtime girlfriend Nikki Bella at WrestleMania Sunday.

To no one’s surprise, she said yes.

Following Cena and Bella’s mixed tag win over The Miz and Maryse on the Mania undercard, an emotional Cena did a promo talking about how he told Bella as she was going into neck surgery that he would one day marry her.

He got down on one knee, pulled out a big engagement ring, and Bella (real name Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace) said yes. Both were in tears, and hugged family members at ringside afterward.

This will be the second marriage for both the 39-year-old Cena and the 33-year-old Bella. This was Bella’s last match before she takes time off to heal her injured neck, while Cena is taking an extended absence to focus on Hollywood projects.

This storyline of sorts has been playing out on Total Divas and Total Bellas with Cena showing hesitancy to propose. Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez predicted the proposal on Wrestling Observer Radio some time ago, and considering Cena’s relatives were prominent at ringside, as well as Today personality Al Roker doing ring introductions, this was a virtual lock.

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TakeOver Chicago card takes shape at NXT TV tapings
reDRagon set to reunite at PWG’s Head Like a Cole
WWE NXT results: The Perfect Goodbye
NXT TV taping spoilers: The build to TakeOver Chicago
SmackDown ratings down big following Superstar Shakeup

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WOR: Jinder Mahal, Smackdown, 205 Live, NXT, more, plus a KUSHIDA INTERVIEW! 4/20
F4D: Jinder and Smackdown, Impact, Total Divas, Geek of the Week and more! 4/19
WOL: JINDER 4/19

Impact is almost live tonight on Pop TV at 8 p.m. featuring Bobby Lashley vs. James Storm for the championship.

FIGURE FOUR WEEKLY: 4/18/2017: Shibata vs. Okada underscores the dangers of pro wrestling

I wasn’t thinking about the headbutt that may have ended Katsuyori Shibata’s career when the main event of Sakura Genesis ended. Instead, I was impulsively trying to fit Shibata vs. Kazuchika Okada into the hierarchy of matches I’ve seen over the past few years. I knew that it was my favorite match of the year so far, even surpassing Okada vs. Kenny Omega from the Tokyo Dome. It comfortably surpassed anything from 2016 for me as well, and I may have been able to go back further if it wasn’t for the fear of recency bias affecting my judgment too much.

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WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: April 24, 2017: Jinder Mahal made #1 contender, Rosey passes away, more

A look at the life and times of Matt “Rosey” Anoa’i, more on the Mauro Ranallo situation, looking at Jinder Mahal’s push to the top, an update on Katsuyori Shibata and a look at the first-ever government investigation of an attempted fix of a UFC fight are just some of the lead stories in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Have a look at the current WWE booking, the story behind the push of Jinder Mahal, realities of what pushing talent based on physique leads to, and how the network business models plays into this move.

Examine the life and career of Matt Anoa’i of the famed Samoan wrestling family, and notes from those who knew him and a rundown of his pro wrestling career, his near misses when it comes to a push, tragedies in the family, his runs outside WWE and more.

An update on the situation with Katsuyori Shibata, who was injured during one of the greatest matches in recent years, and a look at what happened after the match; look back at how the death of Masakazu Fukuda plays into the story, more on the match, as well as the road Shibata took from high school to selling out Sumo Hall and where he was supposed to be headed, inside this issue.

There is more on the Mauro Ranallo situation including his return to Japan with Rizin and how that was set up, his run in WWE, why the run didn’t work, backstage notes at WWE tapings, several wrestlers talk about that situation or their own situations, a look back at the Layfield/Blue Meanie incident and differences of opinion regarding who was responsible for what was happening.

Check out the roster switch over when it comes to house shows and the current plans for May lineups, Roman Reigns at the house shows this past weekend, the biggest surprise of the roster moves, update on The Hardys and the legalities of the broken gimmick, update on Bill Goldberg’s contractual situation and future with the company, and WWE injury updates.

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WON BACK ISSUE: March 27, 2000: More on WWF leaving USA Network, Beyond the Mat controversy, more

One of the two remaining roadblocks to the WWF/CBS deal was removed this past week when Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. agreed to sell its half of UPN to Viacom for $5 million. Chris-Craft had sought to block a clause in its dual ownership contract of UPN with Viacom, which gave either side the right to order the other to either sell its half or buy out the other company’s half. Viacom had, through that clause, ordered Chris-Craft to make a decision by 3/20.

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THURSDAY NEWS UPDATE

TNA starts tapings tonight. They will be taping nightly through Sunday for TV for the month of May.

Time Magazine today named Conor McGregor one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was the second UFC fighter to make the list, as Ronda Rousey made it last year.

Speaking of Rousey, she and boyfriend Travis Browne announced their engagement today. Rousey said that Browne proposed to her while they were under a waterfall while on vacation in New Zealand. Rousey told TMZ that they didn’t have a date or a location planned.

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Bushi, Seiya Sanada and Kenny Omega have all been added to the ROH War of the Worlds tour. Omega thus far has only been announced for the 5/7 show in Toronto. The main event in Toronto is Omega & Young Bucks vs. Tanahashi, Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian.

We’ve got two cool and very different shows up on the site, with interviews with Kushida from last night and Pete Gasparino (Pete Gas) from today.

Very sorry to report the death of Doc Young, who was part of this site for many years. He had been in poor health for some time. Also wanted to mention that we got terrible news today of the death of Dave Korner, who was one of my best friends dating back to college and not only was he one of the first subscribers to the Observer but he was one of the people who pretty much was responsible for me starting the newsletter. He was a regular at our house for pro wrestling PPV shows and was also the person who introduced me to Brad Muster when he was playing at Stanford.

WWE
Roman Reigns is off the WWE weekend house shows. I’m presuming this has to do with the death of his brother but he was pulled from the advertising of the dates. He is scheduled for Raw on Monday.
“Guardians of the Galaxy,” had its premiere in Hollywood last night. The movie opens in the U.S. on 5/5 with Dave Bautista as one of the top stars. It’s going to be one of the biggest movies of the year.
WWE announced today the creation of a new Vice President and General Manager for WWE in India in Sheetesh Srivastava, who comes to WWE from Walt Disney Company of India.
KDKA television in Pittsburgh is putting together a tour of Italy where Bruno Sammartino will be coming for the first few days. The tour will hit Abruzzi, Italy and then Pizzoferrato, the town he grew up in, for the San Domenico Festival and a dedication to Sammartino.
David Otunga will be appearing on TMZ Live tonight talking about his movies that are coming out.
UFC/MMA
Miguel Torres, who was considered one of the top fighters in the sport in 2008-09 as WEC bantamweight champion, announced his retirement today.
The announcing team for Saturday’s UFC show from Nashville will be Todd Grisham doing play-by-play with Brian Stann.
Miscellaneous
Dan Hinkles, the creator of 5 Star Wrestling, which we hadn’t heard much about since its television show in the U.K. where they announced a tournament, has announced its next show on 6/10 in Liverpool at the Echo Arena featuring John Morrison, Carlito and P.J. Black. This will be the first show of their planned 128 man tournament that will take place over 30 weeks. Tickets for the show went on sale today at 5 p.m. at 5starwrestling.co.uk
A remake of GLOW called Women of Wrestling was announced today by MGM Television partners and Mark Burnett, who were behind Lucha Underground. Burnett will work with Jeanie Buss of Los Angeles Lakers fame, as well as David McLane, who put together GLOW, for the new TV series.
Rey Mysterio will be appearing Saturday night at the MCW show in Joppa, MD with a 4 p.m meet and greet. Lio Rush faces Travis Flip Gordon on the show, that also includes The Ecktourage vs. Paul Jordane & Bill Collier for the tag team titles vacated by the Hardys.
Weigh-ins for tomorrow night’s Bellator show in Uncasville, CT at the Mohegan Sun Casino on Spike:
Tyrell Fortune (244.5) vs. Branko Busick (220)
Ed Ruth (185.5) vs. David Mundell (184.25)
A.J. McKee (146) vs. Dominic Mazzotta (146)
Saad Awad (164.5) vs. Ryan Quinn (164.5)
Ilima Macfarlane (126) vs. Jessica Middleton(126)
Daniel Straus (145) vs. Patricio Pitbull Freire (144) for the featherweight title

Ruth and Fortune were two of the best wrestlers in the U.S. before they signed with Bellator and are considered major prospects. McKee vs. Mazzotta is a fight to watch as well. Straus and Pitbull have fought three times, with challengers Pitbull winning twice.
Here are highlight clips of what looked like a hell of a title match with Dragon Lee vs Cavernario Barbaro from Arena Mexico on Sunday.
A story on Grado and soccer star Jason Cummings doing a wrestling match is here.
Tommy Dreamer talks the House of Hardcore shows this weekend.
House of Hardcore shows on Friday and Saturday night featuring Matt & Jeff Hardy (who are not on the road doing WWE shows those nights) will be on Flo Slam. Evolve also has shows on Saturday and Sunday on Flo Slam featuring the final Evolve matches of Drew Galloway.
IPW UK Results from Monday night in Rochester, Kent, UK for a show that airs today on FloSlam with a one-night tag team tournament: London Riots b Hunter Brothers, Angelico b Marty Scurll, Tom Dawkins b Adam Maxted, Jimmy Havoc & Zack Sabre Jr. b Penta 0M & Rey Fenix (best match on the show), Cuban Heat b Jonny Storm, Big Grizzly b Jack Evans, Jimmy Havoc & Zack Sabre Jr. b London Riots to tin the tournament. The next show is 4/30 in Calpham, London with Tommy Dreamer vs. Jimmy Havoc for the IPW UK title, plus Sean Waltman appears. (thanks to Dean Ayass)
AAW on Saturday night in LaSalle, IL at the Knights of Columbus with Dave & Jake Crist vs. AR Fox & Rey Fenix for the tag team titles, Michael Elgin vs. Daga, Bob Holly vs. Mil Muertes, Veda Scott vs. Samantha Heights, Chuck Taylor vs. Alex Daniels, Ace Perry & Paco vs. Connor Braxton & Bucky Collins, Mat Fitchett vs. Zachary Wentz and Candice LeRae appearing.
Mark Briscoe is now taking indie dates outside the U.S. and Ontario through Bill Behrens at [email protected]. Jay Briscoe is also taking dates. Mark can fly out of either Baltimore or Philadelphia. James Storm is also back taking indie dates, out of Nashville.
Legacy Fighting Alliance on 5/5 from the Camerica Theater in Phoenix with Matthew Frincu vs. Daniel Madrid in the main event for a show that airs live no AXS.
Preston City Wrestling has moved tomorrow’s show from Liverpool back too Preston at the PCW Academy Building. The show was originally at the Fusion nightclub in Liverpool but the building ended up being double-boooked with a local boxing show, and the building decided to keep the boxing show and just told PCW yesterday. All existing tickets will be honored. Jack Evans, Angelico, Ryan Smile, Bubblegum, Dean Allmark and Tyson T-bone are the headliners. (thanks to Stephan Lyon)
NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling on Saturday night in Jonesborough, TN at the David Crockett High School. They named a high school after him. Okay, maybe not the same one. Tracer X vs. Jordan Kage is the main event.
Cross Body Pro Wrestling on 6/3 in Kitchener, ONT at the Cross Body Wrestling Academy for a taping for Rogers TV..
CWF Pro Wrestling on 4/29 in St. Catharines, ONT with Tyson Dux vs Cody Deaner for the CWF title.
AWE on 5/6 in Waynesboro, VA at the High School with Swoggle, plus appearances by Ron Simmons, Barry Windham, Kid Kash and Magnum T.A.
Combat Zone Wrestling on 5/13 in Voorhees, NJ at Flyers Skate Zone with David Starr vs. Zack Sabre Jr. and Joe Gacy vs. Lio Rush in a cage match, plus Jake Crist vs. Sami Callihan and there will also be an all-women’s show that day at 4 p.m. featuring a War Games match with Su Yung & Brittany Blake & Annie Social & Samantha Heights & Chrissy Rivera vs. Leva Bates & Balespin & Missy Sampson and partners)
National Fighting Championship on Saturday at Center Stage in Atlanta. Tickets are almost sold out for this show. Jared Gooden vs. Julien Williams at welterweight is the main event. They also run 5/12 in Kennesaw, GA at the Electric Cowboy.
Fighting Evolution Wrestling on 5/13 in Coral Springs, FL a the Coral Springs High School featuring The Headbangers, The Spirit Squad, Adam Rose, Moose and Angelina Love.
Cody Deaner is doing a wrestling seminar in Oshawa, ONT at the Harmony Creek Community Centre on 5/20. This is only for trained pro wrestlers and is not open to the public.
Dynamo Pro Wrestling on 5/6 in St. Louis at the Cinco de Mayo Festival on the corner of Ohio and Cherokee Streets. Wrestling will be at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. and admission is free.
Vampiro’s Underground Invasion takes place on 5/28 at Lee’s Palace in Toronto with Lucha Underground stars The Mack vs.. Son of Havoc and Drago vs. Aerostar. The show is at 6 p.m.
Rock Solid Wrestling on 5/26 in Perry Sound, ONT at the Bobby Orr Community Centre with Cody Deaner, Jake O’Reilly, Tyler Tirva and KC Spinelli. They also run 5/27 in Bracebridge, ONT at the Memorial Arena.
Absolute Intense Wrestling tomorrow night in Cleveland at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel with Tim Donst & Alex Daniels & To Infinity and Beyond vs. Louis Lyndon & Joey Janela & Crazy Pain, Shayna Baszler vs. Lufisto, Jimmy Rave vs. Tracy Williams, Ethan Page vs. Shawn Shultz, Swoggle vs. Space Monkey and more.
AIW also has the J.T. Lightning Invitational tournament on 5/26 and 5/27 in Cleveland at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel with Tom Lawlor, Tracy Williams, Ethan Page, Joey Janela as the first announced entrants.
The annual ECWA Super 8 tournament is 4/29 in Woodbury Heights, NJ at the Community Center with a field off Lio Rush, Timmy Lou Retton, Brandon Scott, Leon St. Giovanni, Joey Janela, Zombiie King, Anthony Bennett and Joe Gacy.
The Binghamton Rumble Ponies and Xcite Wrestling have a doubleheader at NYSEG Stadium on 6/3 before their baseball came with matches at 2 p.m. Ricky Steamboat will be appearing at the game. A ticket gets you into both wrestling and the baseball game that follows.
Classic Championship Wrestling on 5/7 in Chatham ONT with Cody Deaner vs. Kongo Kong.
Capital City Championship Combat on Saturday night in Ottawa, ONT at the Vanier Columbus Club with Mathieu St. Jacques vs. Franky the Mobster and Tyson Dux vs. David Starr.
Superkick’d Lucha Madness on 5/5 at the Superkick’d Studios at 66 Fraser Av Unit B in Toronto.

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