News Archives - Fall/Winter 2011(September - December 2011)
Friday, September 2, 2011 :
-Rabbi Rafael Halperin, 87, 60s WWWF wrestler, died Saturday August 20th in Israel due to cancer. He was buried in Bnei Brak that night(Credit : Israel National News, WGN, pwinsider)
-Donna Christanello, 69, 60s-90s womens wrestler, died in her Pittsburgh home due to a heart attack on Thursday August 25th(Credit : WGN).
-Big Poppa Schanke(Christopher Scnake), 37, MMA ring announcer/commentator and co-founder of CageTix(ticket-selling service for local MMA events), died in his sleep Monday morning August 29th at a rest stop between Chicago, IL & Milwaukee, WI on his way back from King Of The Cage's 'Kingpin' event in Milwaukee on Saturday August 27th(Credit : Sherdog).
RESULTS :
-Former MMA fighter Kimbo Slice made his professional boxing debut on Saturday August 13th, winning in 10 seconds of the first round by knocking out James Wade(0-2) in Miami, OK's Buffalo Run Casino in a fight scheduled for four rounds.
-On Friday August 26th in Japan's Tokyo Korakuen Hall, DEEP 55 saw Amanda Lucas(2-1) score a technical submission victory 4:37 in to round 1 over Hikaru Shinohara(6-8) when Shinokara's corner threw in the towel while she was locked in Lucas' Juji Gatame armbar(Credit : MMA Fighting).
-Also on Fri. Aug. 26th, Lance Storm came out of retirement for a brief & impromptu match against Tommy Dreamer in the main event of PWA Unleashed in Canada's Edmonton Century Casino.
-UFC returned to Brazil for the first time since 1998 for 'UFC 134 : Rio' on Saturday August 27th. Spike TV's 'Prelims' broadcast was shown on the digital sign above Broadway's Doubletree Hotel in the 'Little Brazil' area of New York City, NY's Time Square intersection. In his first fight after multiple surgeries, heavyweight Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira(33-6-1, 1 NC) scored a 1st round knock out over Brendan Schaub(8-2) in 3:09. Light heavyweight Mauricio "Shogun" Rua(20-5) also got a 1st round KO victory over Forrest Griffin(18-7) in 1:53. Griffin's wife, Jaime Logiudice, went in to labor 9 days early the night of the show. And Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva(31-4) continued setting the record for most successful title defenses in UFC history by scoring his 9th over Yushin Okami(26-6) with a second round TKO win in 2:04. UFC middleweight() Chael Sonnen(25-11-1) originally was going to corner his training partner Okami, but a major sponsor of Okami's(rumored to be Brazili-based Praetorian) requested Sonnen not enter the country or they'd pull their sponsorship, according to Sonnen. Sonnen also claims friends in the country forwarded him a local report wherein a police chief threatened to arrest him on sight, citing a law that makes disparaging the national identity a crime, though other sources say Sonnen's claim is not true. After a successful return, UFC executives have said they could do multiple shows next year in the country(with the over 100,000 seat Convention Center of Manaus in the Amazonas state capital hosting a possible show as well), and multiple shows in Europe as well. UFC President Dana White also says they are close to setting up a Brazil office(Credit : MMAJunkie, ESPN, Caged Insider).
-More MMA unfolded on Sat. Aug. 27th as ProElite(former owners of Elite XC) held their first event from Honolulu, HI's Neal S. Blaisdell Arena. Heavyweight Andre Arlovski(16-9) ended his losing streak with a TKO win over Ray Lopez(5-3) 2:43 in to round 3. BJ Penn's younger brother Reagan(1-0) made a successful MMA debut, beating welterweight Paul Gardiner(3-1) by submission in a rear-naked choke in 1:10 of round 1. And in the main event, middleweight Kendall Grove(13-9) submitted Joe Riggs(34-14) in 59 seconds of round 1 to a standing guillotine choke(Credit : MMAJunkie, 411mania).
-Also on Sat. Aug. 27th, NJPW, AJPW & Pro Wrestling NOAH presented the 'All Together' pay-per-view from Japan's Tokyo Nippon Budokan. Every match was a muli-man tag match(a traditional tag team, 3-on-3 or 5-on-5), except the Destroyer Cup(a Special Battle Royal won by Kentaro Shiga). The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, DDT's Kota Ibushi, teamed with NOAH's Taiji Ishimori & All Japan's BUSHI and Hiroshi Yamato to defeat New Japan's Tiger Mask, All Japan's Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo, and NOAH's Ricky Marin in 10:05 when Ishimori pinned Marvin following a 450 splash. Kensuke Saski, representing the Kensuke Office, teamed with NOAH's Jun Akiyama to beat NOAH's Yoshihiro Takayama & New Japan's Takao Omori in 15:44 via pinfall when Sasaki used a Northern Lights Bomb on Omori. NOAH's GHC Openweight Hardcore Champion Kenta Kobashi teamed with All Japan's Unified Tag Team Champion Keiji Muto to defeated New Japan's Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano in 14:58 by pinfall when Kobashi used a moonsault on Iizuka. And in the main event, New Japan's IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, All Japan's Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Suwama & NOAH's GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki defeated All Japan's Unified Tag Team Champion KENSO, NOAH's Takashi Sugiura & New Japan's Shinsuke Nakamura in 22:50 by pinfall when Tanahashi hit a High Fly Flow on KENSO. Another 'All Together' takes place Sunday February 12th, 2012 at Japan's Sendai Sun Plaza(Credit : Puroresu Fan).
-Lastly on Sat. Aug. 27th, Antonio Inoki's IGF presented 'Super Stars Festival 2011' from Japan's Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan. Bobby Lashley's match against Eric Hammer ended in a double count out in 5:45. Tatsumi Fujinami's 40th Anniversary match with Mil Mascaras ended in a 10 minute draw. Hideki Suzuki defeated Harry Smith in 4:47 by pinfall after a Double Arm Suplex. And in the main event, K-1's Jerome Le Banner(crowned the first IGF Champion after Josh Barnett pulled out of the tournament finals he was supposed to perform with Le Banner to crown the inaugural title holder) beat Kazuyki Fujita(replacing Barnett) in his first title defense. Vladimir Kozlov will be performing for IGF soon under the name Alexander Kozlov(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-On Monday August 29th from Tulsa, OK's Bank Of Oklahoma Center, HHH announced that Monday Night RAW will feature Smackdown wrestlers now as well. The next night on Tuesday August 30th, Super Smackdown aired live on SyFy from Wichita, KS' Intrust Bank Arena, featuring World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton defeating Christian in a steel cage in 12:15 via pinfall after Super RKO. Mark Henry attacked Orton after the match, but that's just what "Sin Cara"(Hunico) did to Daniel Bryan after his pinfall victory over Bryan in 5:00 following a moonsault, seemingly turning heel.
-WWE Legend Kevin Nash pulled
out of UCW's "September To Remember" events in Canada August
31st-September 1st. He was replaced by Billy Gunn(Credit : pwinsider).
On
TNA's Impact Wrestling that aired last night, Thursday September 1st,
Eric Bischoff appointed the returning Karen Jarrett as the 'VP Of
Knockouts'. Also, TNA Knockouts Champion Winter lost the title back to
Mickie James after James pinned her following a Mick Kick in 6:00,
making James a 2-time Champion(Credit : 411mania).
SHAKE UPS :
-UFC has re-signed lightweight Ben Henderson(14-2) and welterweight Carlos Condit(27-5) to new multi-fight contracts(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Keith Jardine(17-9-2) claims he'll be returning to Strikeforce in December and will have his first fight as a middleweight at 185 lbs., but Women's Middleweight Champion Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos(10-1) has officially re-signed with the company for another year and four fights(Credt : MMAJunkie).
-WWE has signed Sterling James Keenan to a developmental contract, changing his name to Corey Graves. Leaving developmental though is Brett Dibiase, who requested & will receive his release to retire after multiple knee surgeries and a neck surgery over the past few years. Also leaving WWE is Todd Grisham, who made his last appearance for the promotion on Tuesday August 23rd on NXT. Grisham has left the company for a position with ESPN(Credit : WGN, pwinsider).
-TNA decided not to renew Cookie(Becky Bayless)'s contract when it expired last week. TNA also recently laid off Orlando production runner Aleta Ennis, who also worked in local marketing/publicity(Credit : WGN).
-Ricochet signed a contract extension with DGUSA recently(Credit : pwinsider).
-Brodie Lee & his wife are expecting their first child(Credit : pwinsider).
HEALTH :
-Rumors credited to coming from UFC Heavyweight Brock Lesnar(5-2)'s training camp say that multiple doctors have advised Lesnar to retire from MMA due to the stress training & fighting puts on his body, though Lesnar recently said he feels great and wants to win the title back. UFC President Dana White categorically denies the rumors(Credit : The MMA Corner, MMAJunkie).
-Matt Hardy was rushed to the emergency room in North Carolina on Wednesday morning August 24th after falling down the stairs in his home. Hardy, scheduled to appear in Wake County court on Tuesday October 11th for a single traffic charge of Reckless Driving with Wanton Disregard of the safety of others from an earlier date than his recent DWI arrest, was released the next day, but caused 25-30 calls to Moore County 911 dispatchers late Tuesday night Aug. 30th, asking for police to check on him after he posted a video titled "Goodbye" on YouTube hinting at a suicide dated to take place the next day. Though Matt now says it was a storyline, Capt. Henry Marion with the sheriff's office and another deputy went first to Jeff Hardy's house at 11pm to alert him on the situation and enlist his help. Jeff, Marion & the other deputy then went to Matt's house house on Boys Camp Road in Cameron. Matt then explained everything is fine, later going on the internet to apologize and claim he will not wrestle full-time any longer due to various injuries & ailments(Credit : TMZ, Fayetteville Observer, WGN).
-Rey Mysterio had surgery on Friday August 26th to repair a torn ACL that will keep him out of the ring up to 6 months. He also had "ACL, PCL & bone spurs removed", but has begun physical therapy(Credit : pwinsider).
-James Storm has been diagnosed with a partial separation of his shoulder, which could keep him out of action for a bit.
-Santino Marella suffered a separated left shoulder in a car accident Thursday night September 1st in Toronto, ON, Canada. He was hit by another vehicle(a truck) that flipped his car sideways, the truck then hitting a light pole(Credit : wwe.com).
-Matt Morgan has been cleared to return to action(Credit : pwinsider).
-Scott Hall's son Cody called the promoter of Orlando, FL's IBW to inform them that Hall was in no condition to perform the weekend of Saturday August 20th(Credit : WGN).
LEGAL :
-Former SMW/WWF wrestler Johnny K-9(Jon Croitoru), a member of the United Nations criminal gang, has been linked to the Sunday August 14th murder of rival gang member Jonathan Bacon, 30, gunned down outside a Kelowna, B.C., Canada resort. Four others were wounded, including a woman who was paralyzed. Croitoru was already in custody for his involvement in a plot to kill three Bacon brothers(all involved in a drug & gun trafficking gang) in 2009 and is awaiting trial for first-degree muddier in the May 2008 shooting death of Jonathan Barber, 24, and the attempted murder of Vicky King, then 17(Credit : The Star).
-Gregory Shane Helms was arrested in Smithfield, NC at 8:27am on Wednesday August 24th for DWI, a felony. He is due in court on Thursday September 22nd to answer the charges(Credit : WRAL.com, WGN).
-Daffney was arrested at 4:16pm on Tuesday July 19th in Hillsborough County, FL for DUI with property damage(estimated at $4,500) and failure to provide proof of insurance. A breathalyzer showed a 0.187 % blood alcohol level, though the state's legal limit is 0.08. Stevie Richards bailed her out on $500 bond. She is scheduled for a disposition hearing on Wednesday September 14th(Credit : WGN, diva dirt, pwinsider).
-Mohamded Ali, 19, was arrested in Hollis, NY on Tuesday August 23rd by agents of the U.S. Immigration & Custom Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) unit for allegedly streaming love sporting events(including UFC, WWE & boxing shows) and making over $6,000 in profits from online merchants on the bootlegging over the course of 11 months. He is charged with one count of criminal infringement of a copyright through two streaming sites which were seized by ICE in February.
-Circuit Judge Kinda Schoonover issued a temporary restraining order on New Jack today in a Florida court, preventing New Jack from distributing nude pictures he took of Terri Runnels until Schoonover makes her final decision. New Jack's lawyer claims he will counter-sue Runnels, claiming she gave Jack an STD(herpes, Credit : The Orlando Sentinel).
-Authentic Brands Group(ABG, the parent company of the TapouT brand) sent tapoutcancer.com a cease-and-desist order due to their line of clothing and domains for their Tap Out Cancer line
-A case between Eric Bischoff(who hired a microbrewery to create Buffalo Bill Cody Beer) and Mike Darby(whose family owns & operates Buffalo Bill's Irma Hotel that has been selling drinks in Buffalo Bill glasses from Buffalo Bill's Bar for years and recently arranged for a craft brewer to ship him crates of lager in black bottles labeled with 'Buffalo Bill Beer' that he put on the market two days before Bischoff's beer, though he failed to get federal approval of his label, which Bischoff did in addition to applying for a federal trademark) will go to a full trial in Cody, WY on a yet-to-be-scheduled date(Credit : The Wall Street Journal).
-WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio's work visa has been cleared and he will wrestle for WWE this weekend in Puerto Rico(Credit : pwinsider).
-WWE has filed a motion in the State of Connecticut to a default order in their breach of contract lawsuit against Interactive S.P.A in Italy due to the company not yet responding to the suit. Meanwhile, the lawsuit filed against J.F. Ramos, a Portguese company that acquired a license to produce WWE clothing, was dismissed by the US District Court of Connecticut on Tuesday August 30th because WWE couldn't prove it was responsible for the allegations brought against them until a lawsuit filed against WWE in France by Sun City, Inc., was resolved(Credit : pwinsider).
BUSINESS :
-England's 1PW has folded due to financial difficulties(Credit : WGN).
-WWE announced on Thursday August 25th that Emre Mumcuoglu was appointed General Manager of WWE Turkey, based out of their new Turkey office, and will report to Senior VP & Managing Director of WWE International, Dominic Hayes.
-Hurricane Irene caused cancellations in the Northeast this past weekend -,1CW's 'Bodyslam Autism Event' in Delware's Camden Wyoming Fire Hall on Saturday August 27th was postponed, CHIKARA canceled their event in Philadelphia, PA's Asylum Arena scheduled Sunday Aug. 28th, and World-1 in Jackson, NJ postponed their event originally scheduled for Sunday as well.
-Fight Now TV acquired the exclusive library & new-event rights to Extreme Challenge MMA out of Bettendorf, IA.
-Starting with season 5 on Saturday September 10th, Bellator FC events will air in high definition on premium cable station EPIX in addition to it's standard definition MTV2 broadcasts(Credit : MMAJunkie, 411mania).
-Mexican luchador Tinieblas is opening the 'Tinieblas Studio' in Mexico City that will sell lucha merchandise including masks & shirts based on himself, Alushe and others(Credit : Lucha World).
-Raven will work for Billy Corgan's Resistance Pro as a booker/agent(Credit : pwinsider).
-Disco Inferno is now doing commentary for Future Stars Of Wrestling's online TV show(Credit : pwinsider).
INTERNATIONAL :
-Luke Gallows & Domino arrived in Atlanta, GA on Wednesday August 31st after being stranded with Shelton Benjamin in Nigeria after the events they were in Africa to perform on was canceled due to the bombing of a United Nations building in Abuja that killed 20 people. The tour sponsors abandoned the crew, who was then locked down in a hotel in part due to the promoter's not paying the hotel bill. Kevin Sullivan, The Barbarian & Sean Morley are currently touring South Africa, though, while Bill Goldberg is in negotiations with Budweiser to make a comeback match in the Congo for a humanitarian fundraiser(Credit : Fox 23, WGN, wrestling observer, pwinsider).
-After being suspended by AAA for 3 months, Nicho El Millionario officially signed with Perros Del Mal on Wednesday August 24th(Credit : Lucha World).
-Damain 666 has announced he will retire after fulfilling his AAA & indy commitments(Credit : WGN).
-Pro
Wrestling NOAH's GHC Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi will tour
Mexico's CMLL for a couple weeks, returning to Japan to defend his belt
against Shinsuke Nakamura on Monday September 19th in the ACROS Fukuoka
Event Hall as part of NOAH's 'Shiny Navigation 2011' tour(Credit :
Puroresu Spirit).
-At least one of Japan's big wrestling promotions is interested in broadcasting iPPVs.
UPCOMING :
-Jeff Hardy makes him on-camera return to TNA on Impact Wrestling this Thursday September 8th, taped from Huntsville, AL. He will be appearing on their house show circuit immediately afterwards(Credit : pwinsider).
-Alex Payne debuts for CZW on Saturday September 10th, facing Latin Dragon at Philadelphia, PA's Asylum Arena.
-WWE Legend Kevin Nash pulled out of UCW's "September To Remember" events in Canada August 31st-September 1st, being replaced by Billy Gunn(Credit : pwinsider).
-All Japan holds their 6th Annual Junior Heavyweight League for 9 days from September 11-September 24th(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Numerous Wrestling Roundtable panelists will be attending ROH's Death Before Dishonor IX iPPV, airing live on GoFightLive from New York City, NY's Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday September 17th. The Young Bucks return to Ring Of Honor, competing in a three-way with Future Shock(Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly) and The Bravados. ROH is also negotiating with T.J. Perkins for a return before the end of the year.
-Also airing live on GoFightLive Sat. Sep. 17th is Impact Zone Wrestling's Danny Hodge Invitational from the Impact arena in Lawton, OK. Hodge will be in attendance to present the winners of the 8-man tag team tournament with the Danny Hodge Cup(Credit : pwinsider).
-On Friday September 23rd, 28-year-old Shea Taylor(1-0 as an amateur) of Atlanta will become the first amputee to appear in an MMA fight sanctioned in the state as part of Will Bill's Fight Night 40 in Duluth, GA's Wild Bill's on Market Street. Taylor has his leg amputated in January after 12 surgeries failed to show significant results(Taylor was struck by a van in July 2010 while riding a motorcycle) and was finally licensed by the Georgia Athletic & Entertainment Commission in June(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-DREAM.17 from Jaoan's Saitama Super Arena on Saturday September 24th features the quarter finals of the bantamweight grand-prix, and Kazushi Sakuraba(26-15-1) Vs. undefeated welterweight Yan Cabral(9-0). Also on the card, Lightweight Champion Shinya Aoki(28-5) faces "Razor" Rob McCullough(19-7) in a non-title bout, but after the fight, Aoki moves his training camp to Singapore's Evolve MMA gym in preparation for a fight in America for Bellator, as BloodyElbow claims he and Bellator FC Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez(22-2) will have a fight both Bellator & DREAM have verbally agreed on a 2012 fight between the two for Alvarez' title(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-SHIMMER tapes two DVDs at Berwyn, IL's Eagles Club October 1-2nd, featuring Ayako Hamada.
-CHIKARA returns to Tennessee October 7-8th featuring Osaka Pro veterans Momo No Seishun Tag(Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada) and Kana, the SMASH & Pro Wrestling WAVE wrestler making her American debut. Australian wrestler Jessie McKay also appears on the tour. Then, CHIKARA's JoshiMania shows run December 2-4th at Philadelphia, PA's Asylum Arena, featuring Aja Kong, Manami Toyota & Yoshie Uematsu.
-AAA's Heroes Inmortales event will be broadcast live on SKY pay-per-view in Mexico on Sunday October 9th from Arena Monterrey(Credit : Lucha World).
-Awesome Wrestling Entertainment's 'Awesome Night Of The Legends' PPV airs live on InDemand, DirecTV, AGTV and Dish TV in America & Canada, as well as on AWEOnDemand.com, Saturday October 15th from Fishersville, VA's Augusta Expo Center. Headlined by WWE Legend Kevin Nash & a mystery partner with Tammy Sytch Vs. The Rock 'N Roll Express, the event also features Tommy Dreamer Vs. Terry Funk, The Midnight Express(Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey) Vs. The Mulkies(Randy & Bill), Hacksaw Jim Duggan Vs. Mohammad Akbar, a Bunkhouse Stampede(featuring The Barbarian, Buddy Landel, The Barbarian, Tracy Smothers, Dutch Mantell, and more) and much more, including an appearance by Ivan Koloff and an Apter's Alley with Tully Blanchard & Baby Doll. Amy "Lita" Dumas, Tommy Rich & Sonjay Dutt are also featured on the show(Credit : pwinsider).
-Jeff Katz heads a new series, 'Wrestling Revolution', to be taped in Los Angeles, CA this October for Netflix, Hulu & DVD release. Colt Cabana, MVP, Kenny Omega, Luke Gallows, Shawn Daivari, Sami Callihan, Ken Doane, Dr. Luther & Alex Reynolds will perform(Credit : geekweek, pwinsider).
-UFC's next Heavyweight title fight has been moved again, as now, Champion Cain Velasquez(9-0) will defend against Junior Dos Santos(13-1) on the promotion live FOX premiere event, a 1-hour show scheduled for one fight(the title match) on Saturday November 12th from Anaheim, CA's Honda Center(all UFC events on FOX will also air live on the Fox Sports Radio Network). The first UFC television show on FOX, though, will be a 'Primetime' special airing on Sunday October 30th after the NFL postgame show(Credit : mixedmartialarts.com, Bloody Elbow)
-Becky Bayless returns to WSU on Saturday November 19th from Union City, NJ's ACE Arena on the promotion's iPPV headlined by Melina Perez Vs. Serena Deeb.
MEDIA :
-Kurt Angle stars as a Russian mixed martial artist named Koba in the upcoming MMA movie Warrior, which will see a Friday September 9th theatrical release.
-The Rock will act as executive producer for series produced by Bruckheimer TV on 80s professional wrestling. NBC will air the pilot once it is produced(Credit : Deadline Hollywood).
-Former WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette performs on Dancing With The Stars' 13th season on ABC starting Monday September 19th(Credit : The Clicker on Today).
-Mick Foley stars in ABC's Wife Swap show this fall. He'll also be starting a stand-up comedy tour, starting Wednesday September 7th at Emporia, VA's Fosho Italian Sports Grille, continuing Saturday October 1st after Dreamwave Wrestling's event at LaSalle, IL's 9th St. Pub(Credit : pwinsider).
-'WWE Studios' 'Inside Out' starring Triple H will see a limited theatrical release on Friday September 9th(Credit : pwinsider).
-Paul Heyman's autobiography, 'The Heyman Hustle', has been delayed until next year(Credit : pwinsider).
-Lance Storm's book 'Storm Warning', a collection of his website columns, is available for Kindle on Amazon(Credit : pwinsider).
-Bischoff/Hervey Entertainment and Jeremy Piven's Lucious Mayhem production company teamed to create 'Blow', a reality show following New Orleans glassblower Josh Cohen whose pilot is currently being shopped to networks.
-Marissa McMahon is credited as producer for the film adaptation of the 'Lone Wolfe & Cub' manga(Credit : pwinsider).
-Maria Kanellis is now a model for Bench Warmer products(Credit : WGN).
DEAD WRESTLER TALLY FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS : 2
Saturday, September 3, 2011 :
-Roundtable Radio returns to BlogTalkRadio this Tuesday at 11pm EST/8pm PST
with a new episode on UFC 134, Matt Hardy's "Goodbye" video, Super
Smackdown and much more! Call 347-857-4647 to share your thoughts,
opinions & questions with the panel! We're also hoping to schedule
our next taping this month, but before we get new shows online, be sure
to watch Alex
Payne's ACPW match with Pelle Primeau last September in Payne's first
match back on American soil after touring Japan's Pro Wrestling NOAH!
SHAKE UPS :
-Gina Carano is rumored to be returning to Strikeforce on Saturday
December 17th against a to-be-determined opponent. In the meantime,
middleweight Michael Bisping(21-3) signed a new 8-fight contract with
UFC, also relocating his training camp to an Orange, CA gym(Credit :
MMAJunkie).
-Bellator FC has signed world kickboxing champion Cosmo Alexander and
will make his MMA debut in their lightweight division Saturday October
1st at Bellator 52 against a yet-to-be-determined opponent(Credit :
MMAJunkie).
-WGN reports that the reason the originally announced Kevin Nash/CM Punk
match for WWE's upcoming Night Of Champions pay-per-view was changed to
CM Punk Vs. HHH was due to Nash being offered a role in a major movie,
rather than a medical issue as reported elsewhere.
HEALTH :
-Former WWE Diva Tiffany was involved in a car crash Tuesday August
30th. Her car was totaled and she was treated at the hospital for minor
injuries(Credit : WGN).
LEGAL :
-The passenger side window of Richie Steamboat's car was broken in to on
Monday August 15th in the Dilworth area of Charlotte, NC while he was
eating at a restaurant with his girlfriend. A checkbook, iPod touch,
baby shower invitations, drivers license, credit cards, and a Louis
Vuitton purse & wallet were stolen, totaling nearly $2,000 in
value(Credit : WGN).
INTERNATIONAL :
-Sting will be wrestling on AAA's Heroes Inmortales PPV, Sunday October 9th.
-UFC President Dana White has stated that they are working on making the
November 12th debut event on FOX, featuring the Heavyweight title fight
between Champion Cain Velasquez(9-0) Vs. Junior Dos Santos(13-1),
available for UK consumers to watch that night. Also, UFC is targeting
Sunday February 26, 2012 for their return to Japan at the Saitama Super
Arena, their first show in the country since 2000(Credit : MMAJunkie).
UPCOMING :
-Triple H is being advertised as returning to the ring on Monday
September 5th at Columbus, OH's Nationwide Arena, his first match since
WrestleMania 27.
MEDIA :
-TNA's Rosita appears on the NBC special 'The Children of 9/11' this
Monday September 5th, as her father died in the attack almost 10 years
ago(Credit : pwinsider).
-Bret Hart is working on a second autobiography, but it may take years to finish(Credit : WGN).
-THQ releases WWE All Stars on the Nintendo 3DS Friday November 25th(Credit : WGN).
Friday, September 16, 2011 :
-Roundtable Radio returns to BlogTalkRadio this Tuesday at 11pm EST/8pm PST
with a new episode on Strikeforce : Heavyweight WGP Semi-Finals, TNA No
Surrender 2011, ROH Death Before Dishonor IX, UFC Fight Night 25, WWE
Night Of Champions 2011 and much more! Call 347-857-4647 to share your
thoughts,
opinions & questions with the panel!
DEATHS :
-Little Tokyo(Shigeri Akabane), 70, 70s-80s midget wrestler, died Tuesday September 6th of a heart attack in St. Joseph, MO.
-The Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission's Frank Talent, 74, died
Thursday September 8th. Talent had been suffering from cancer for some
time but remained serving the PSAC, as he had for decades(Credit :
pwinsider).
-Phil Masterson, 25, amateur MMA fighter victorious with his first fight
this past July for Cleveland's Ultimate Cage Battles, died on Tuesday
September 6th in Sandusky, OH of blunt-force trauma to the neck &
abdomen with strangulation contributing to his death, according to
Ottawa County coroner Jerome McTague's preliminary autopsy report.
Zachary Brody, 27, was arrested Wednesday morning Sep. 7th near his
Bowling Green apartment, charged with murder and being held at the
Ottawa County jail on $750,000 bond(he also faces charges of voluntary
manslaughter & felonious assault). Masterson had been reported
missing by his family at about 6 pm on Monday Sep. 5th. He was found in
the woods near a bar, the Island Club, at 3 pm the night day, covered
with a canvas tarp. Witnesses staying in cabins 90 & 92 at the
Island Club told officers that at 4 or 5 am, Masterson and another man
started beating on the doors & windows of cabin 90, with Masterson
taunting and threatening Brody when Brody asked Phil to leave(the other
man left). Brody placed Masterson in a choke hold after Masterson threw
the first punch, then repeatedly punched the unconscious Masterson in
the face. Brody then dragged Masterson in to the woods, Phil still out
but breathing. A hearing is set for Monday September 19th(Credit :
Sandusky Register).
RESULTS :
-NWA Hollywood International Television Champion Scorpio Sky(Shuyler
Andrews) claims he made his MMA debut in California on Sunday August
28th, winning with a third round TKO(Credit : socaluncensored).
-On Friday September 2nd at Tampa, FL's FCW Arena, FCW Divas Champion
Aksana lost the title to Audrey Marie via rollup pinfall following a
spinebuster(Credit : diva dirt).
-The first ever ONE FIghting Championship event took place Saturday
September 3rd from Kallang, Singapore's Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Middleweight Phil Baroni(14-14) lost by unanimous decision to Yoshiyuki
Yoshida(13-6, Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Also on Sat. Sep. 3rd, IGF presented 'GENOME17' from Japan's Aichi
Prefectural Gymnasium, featuring Kendo Kashin & Kazuyuki Fujita
defeated Harry Smith & Bobby Lashley in 10:16 when Fujita pinned
Smith via Backdrop Hold. In the main event, Champion Jerome Le Banner of
K-1 defeated Montanha Silva in 4:56 via referee stoppage(Credit :
Puroresu Spirit).
-Mason Ryan returned to action for WWE on Superstars, ariring Thursday
September 8th but taped from Columbus, OH's Nationwide Arena on Monday
Sep. 5th. Ryan defeated JTG via pinfall following a pump-handle
slam(Credit : turnbucklepost).
-Dragon Gate's Masaaki Mochizuki produced BUYUDEN AGAIN #1 & 2 on
Wednesday September 7th-Thurs. Sep. 8th at Tokyo, Japan's Shin-Kiba 1st
Ring. On the first night, ZERO-1 President Shinjiro Otani, NWA
Intercontinental Lightweight Tag Team Champion Ikuto Hidaka &
Daisuke Sekimoto defeated DG's Shingo Takagi, Susumu Yokosuka &
Mochizuki. The next night in the same building, ZERO-1 International
Junior Heavyweight Champion Takuya Sugawara & BxB Bulk defeated
Hidaka & K-Ness, and in the main event, Michioku Pro's Hayato "Jr"
Fujita, BattlArt's Munenori Sawa & Kensuke Office's Katsuhiko
Nakajima lost to Mochizuki, Takagi & Yokosuka when Yokosuka
submitted Sawa with a Jumbo No Kachi!gatame(Credit : Zero One USA).
-Strikeforce's Heavyweight World Grand Prix continued on Saturday
September 10th. Light heavyweight Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal(8-1) handed
Roger Gracie(9-1) his first loss, knocking out Gracie 4:37 in to round 1
with a right hook. Luke Rockhold(8-1) defeated Middleweight Champion
Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza(14-3, 1 NC) via unanimous decision to take the
title. And in the two semi-finals of the Heavyweight WGP, alternate
Daniel Cormier(9-0) scored a 1st round KO on Antonio "Bigfoot"
Silva(16-3) in 3:56, and Josh Barnett(31-5) submitted Sergei
Kharitonov(18-5) in 4:28 of the first round with an arm triangle. Though
the undefeated Cormier is set to meet Barnett in the finals early next
year, Cormier suffered a broken hand in his fight with Silva and will be
in a cast for 6-8 weeks, impeding his training camp. If Cormier cannot
compete, a replacement will be found(Credit : Fight Line).
-TNA No Surrender 2011 took place on Sunday September 11th from Orlando,
FL's Impact Zone. Winter became a 2-time Knockouts Champion when she
won the title back from Mickie James in 8:40 via pinfall after spewing
blood in her face. Tag Team Champions Mexican America(Hernandez &
Anarquia) defended the belts against Devon & The Pope when Anarguia
pinned Devon in 9:50 with Rosita pulling down Devon's legs. Austin Aries
won the X title from Champion Brian Kendrick in 13:27 when he pinned
Kendrick following a brainbuster. Bobby Roode won the Bound For Glory
series by beating Bully Ray in the finals, pinning Ray in 12:32
following a spinebuster(Crimson was removed from the BFG series due to
an 'injury' from Samoa Joe, a 'severe hairline fracture of the ankle' in
an angle done on the Thursday August 24th edition of Impact). And in
the main event, World Champion Kurt Angle defended the belt in a
three-way with Sting & Mr. Anderson, pinning Sting after an Angle
Slam in 15:27(Credit : 411mania).
-Bret "Hitman" Hart returned on WWE Monday Night RAW once again this
past week, September 12th from Ottawa, ON, Canada's Scotiabank Place,
teaming with John Cena to defeat WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio &
Ricardo Rodriguez when Hart made Rodriguez tap to a Sharpshooter. Jerry
"The King" Lawler also returned to tag action, teaming with Sheamus to
defeat David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty when Sheamus pinned
McGillicutty after a Celtic Cross.
-TNA's Impact Wrestling last night from Florida's Impact Zone saw Ric
Flair return to the ring for another rematch with Sting, which he lost
when Sting submitted Flair to a Scorpion Deathlock in 15:00. Flair
reportedly suffered a bad left shoulder injury during the match. Last
week on Thursday September 8th, Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie
Alvarez(22-2) made appearances on the show(Credit : 411mania, wrestle
chat, pwinsider).
-"Edge Appreciation Night" is the theme for WWE Smackdown airing tonight
of the Syfy channel, taped Tuesday September 13th from Toronto, ON,
Canada's Air Canada Center. Edge hosts a Cutting Edge segment with World
Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton and Mark Henry.
SHAKE UPS :
-The UFC 137 main event on Saturday October 29th from Las Vegas, NV's
Mandalay Bay Events Center has changed; the former Strikeforce
Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz(25-7, 1 NC) has been taken out of his
title fight with Welterweight Champion Georges St.-Pierre(22-2) after
no-showing first a Toronto press conference on Tuesday September 7th(his
trainer Cesar Gracie claimed Diaz lost his passport), then the
following day's second mandatory press conference in Vegas' Mandalay
Bay, despite the company attempting to re-book Diaz' flights multiple
times on both dates and costing over $15,000 in flights(Gracie claims
Diaz has a "very deep ingrained social anxiety"). Ticket refunds were
offered for the event as well. Taking Diaz' place, Carlos Condit(27-5).
Diaz, meanwhile, has been rescheduled against BJ Penn(16-7-2),
heavyweights Mirko Cro Cop(27-9-2, 1 NC) and Roy Nelson(15-6) battle in a
high stakes fight for their careers, and heavyweights Cheick
Kongo(16-6-2) and Matt Mitrione(5-0) tussle(Credit : Caged Insider,
MMAJunkie, MMAFighting).
-Former Strikeforce middleweight Cung Le(7-1) returns to MMA on Saturday
November 19th, as he has signed a 6-fight deal with the UFC and will
debut with the promotion against Vitor Belfort(20-9) at San Jose, CA's
HP Pavilion. Le stars in the upcoming movie Dragon Eyes starring
Jean-Claude Van Damme. Van Damme has also been casted along with Chuck
Norris in The Expendables 2, starring Randy Couture (Credit :
MMAMatrix).
-DDT's Kota Ibushi has vacated New Japan's IWGP Junior Heavyweight
Championship due to a dislocated left shoulder suffered at a DDT event
and is expected to "be out quite a while". A new champion will be
crowned Monday September 19th on NJPW's "G1 Climax Special 2011"
pay-per-view honoring Kantaro Hoshino that airs from the Hyogo
Prefecture in Japan's Kobe World Memorial Hall, when Prince Devitt faces
KUSHIDA for the vacant title. Also the WPW PPV honoring Kantaro
Hoshino, Koji Kanemoto faces Makai #28 in a the Hoshino memorial match,
and Killer Rabbit returns, teaming with Tama Tonga & The Billion
Powers(Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hirooki Goto) against Takashi Iizuka,
Tomohiro Ishi, Gedo & Toru Yano(Credit : Puroresu Spirit, Puroresu
Fan).
-Hulk Hogan's Micro Championship Wrestling premiered on Wednesday
September 14th on truTV. Produced by Bischoff/Hervey Entertainment, Amy
Lee & ROH's Roderick Strong(as promoter "Frat Boy Chris") appeared
in the first edition of the show featuring midget wrestlers that will
also feature Brian Knobbs & Pat Tanaka.
Hogan, the show's executive producer, appeared on ABC's Good Morning
America on Friday Sep. 9th to promote MCW(Credit : pwinsider).
-WWE has signed IWF's Flex Freeman to a developmental deal. Claudio
Castagnoli has also finally officially signed his deal and will be
renamed Antonio Cesaro in FCW. Lastly, heavyweight boxer Monte "Two
Gunz" Barrett(35-9-2) will participate in a two week training session in
Florida at the end of October, then returning to FCW for two months of
training(Credit : pwinsider).
-Bellator FC has agreed to terms with undefeated Brazilian middleweight
Bruno Santos(12-0) and German light heavyweight Jonas Billstein(9-1,
Credit : MMAJunkie).
-ROH is about to sign two tag teams. They hope to debut several new
international wrestlers before the end of the year, as well.
HEALTH :
-After a recent MRI, Rowdy Roddy Piper had a 6.5 hour surgery for a
broken neck at noon on Monday September 12th in Orlando's UCLA medical
center. He will spend some time in the hospital before being discharged.
-IPW's Chrisjen Hayme was injured during the second pre-show match of
DGUSA's September 10th event in Indianapolis, IN's Community Center .
Wrestling against Jesse Emmerson, Hayme attempted a top rope moonsault
to the floor, and while Emmerson "somewhat caught him", Hayme hit his
head on the unpadded floor. Helped to his feet and assisted to the back,
leaving a pool of blood on the floor, Hayme suffered a concussion and a
fractured shoulder, needing 3 staples in his head(Credit : wrestling
observer, mid-southern wrestling message board).
-Light heavyweight Rich Franklin(28-6-1) is expected to be out of action
for 2-3 months to heal from minor surgery to repair a torn
labrum(shoulder) suffered during practice(Credit : Caged Insider).
-Bo Rotunda will be of action for 3-4 months due to a lacerated kidney(Credit : pwinsider).
LEGAL :
-On Thursday September 8th in a Moore County, NC court, Jeff Hardy pled
guilty to two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent
to deliver and one count of conspiracy to traffic an opium-containing
substance, all felonies. Ordered to serve 10 days in jail and a $100,000
fine by Judge Joseph Turner, several other charges(including
trafficking in opium by possession, possession of cocaine and
maintaining a dwelling for keeping & selling controlled substances)
were dropped as part of a plea deal. His prison sentence of 20-33 months
was suspended on the condition of continuing to attend an outpatient
drug-counseling program and complying with the terms of probation, which
lasts another 30 months. Hardy's lawyer james Van Camp's request to the
judge that Hardy be allowed to travel to continue working(including
this weekend's TNA tour of the northeast, starting tonight in Rahway,
NJ's Rec Center) was granted, as it's speculated that he will not be
serving jail time immediately. The charges stem from a September, 2009
bust of Hardy's house, a day after a suspicious package containing a
Maxwell House coffee can with 262 hydrocodone prescription pain pills
inside arrived in the mail from fan Thomas Ray Cruz. Intercepted by the
FedEx distribution center, police resealed the package and had it
delivered, raiding the house in the 200 block of Boy's Camp Road outside
of Cameron when Hardy accepted the package. Cruz(now living in
Kissimmee, FL, the same state he met Hardy in after a WWE event around
that time) was arrested in Moore County in November 2010 on charges of
conspiracy to traffic opium & two counts of trafficking opium, freed
on a $50,000 bond with his next court date in November(Credit :
Fayetteville Observer, prowrestling.net).
-Kurt Angle was arrested on charges of driving under the influence on
Saturday September 3rd by Virginia State Troopers and transported to the
Warren County Jail, where he posted the $2,000 bond and was released at
3:31am. Scally observed Angle "weaving and driving down the center
line" for over half a mile and Angle, with bloodshot & glassy eyes,
admitted to drinking three beers earlier in the night when he was pulled
over. Though Angle's attorney Frank Smith claims he passed a
breathalyzer test he was asked to submit to(his blood alcohol level was
0.06 in a Certificate of Blood Alcohol Analysis Angle posted online,
with 0.08 being the state's legal limit), State Trooper C.R. Scally said
Angle had a BAC of 0.091 when initially tested and will not be
admissible in court(due to what attorney C. Todd Gilbert claims is a
flawed and "inherently unreliable" handheld field test unit), while
Angle's 0.06 came later Sunday morning. He failed many of the 6 field
sobriety tests performed that night and could get a DUI from that alone.
A hearing is set for Tuesday October 4th in Warren County General
District Court(Credit : TMZ, wrestling observer).
-Matt Hardy was once again arrested for DWI at Raleigh-Durham
International Airport in North Carolina on Sunday September 11th after
police received reports of his 2011 red Chevrolet Camaro swerving
through traffic, reportedly nearly hitting two other vehicles three
times. Hardy tried leaving his seat without putting the vehicle in park
when asked to step outside due to slurred speech. A breathalyzer test
was negative for alcohol but Hardy was unable to walk more than a few
steps toe-to-toe in a straight line without stumbling and failed a field
sobriety test. A North Carolina Highway Patrol drug recognition officer
determined Hardy was likely under the influence of drugs and blood was
drawn for lab analysis. Hardy was taken to the Wake County Detention
Center where he was released on his own recognizance. He is scheduled to
appear in a Raleigh District Court on Wednesday November 30th(Credit :
Fayetteville Observer).
-MMA heavyweight Brett Rogers(11-3) has plead guilty to one count of
third degree assault as part of a plea deal wherein three other charges
from his June domestic violence incident with his wife were dropped,
with him likely to not serve any jail time. Not having a felony
conviction, Rogers goes on to headline Titan Fighting Championship 20
Vs. Eddie Sanchez(12-5), live on HDNet Friday September 23rd from Kansas
City, KS's Memorial Hall(Credit : AppleValleyPatch, MMAJunkie).
BUSINESS :
-WWE and JP Morgan have reached a $200 million revolving credit
agreement for 3 years. BuySeasons, Inc. has also acquired the licensing
rights to launch a new line of WWE-themed party supplies(including
plates, napkins, personalized banners, reusable wall decorations, tattoo
sheets, favor boxes, sports bottles & Mylar balloons) available
from Birthday Express. And lastly, Burst Media was appointed on Tuesday
September 6th the exclusive representative of all WWE.com online
advertising sales in the UK(Credit : pwinsider).
-Michael Luisi was appointed President of WWE Studios on Wednesday
September 7th and has acquired the US distribution rights to 'The Day'.
WWE is also financing a film titled 'Barricade', currently shooting in
Vancouver, BC, Canada(Credit : WGN, pwinsider).
-WWE CFO George A. Barrios will participate in the 2nd Annual Credit
Suisse Investor Conference, Tuesday September 27th(Credit : pwinsider).
-Warrior, featuring MMA fighters Nate Marquardt, Anthony "Rumble"
Johnson and TNA's Kurt Angle(who has opened a website about his 2012
Olympic wrestling team goal and claims he signed a new three-year deal
with TNA on Thursday Sep. 8th) in a prominent role as Koba, opened on
Friday September 9th, generating $1.8 million(Credit : wrestling
observer).
INTERNATIONAL :
-Smith Hart is restarting Stampede Wrestling on Sunday November 6th with
Harry Smith Vs. Fit Finlay(who will be holding a seminar before the
show) headlining the card at the ANAF on 7 George Street. 'Rated R'
Justin Rego, previously featured on ABC's The Bachlorette, will also be
on the card. Bruce Hart ran a TV taping for 'Next Generation Stampede
Wrestling' at the Tsuu T'ina Nation reserve's Sarcee Seven Chiefs
Sportsplex in Calgary, AL, Canada on Friday September 9th, which saw
Bruce Hart team with Teddy Hart & Hal EagleTail on the first show to
defeat DerRic Super Starlight, Wild Wyatt Beaver, Big Jess & The
Inuit Warrior, and the second show saw The Hartbreakers(Bruce Hart, Jr.
& Tory Hart, Bruce's sons) beat The Diablos(Felicio & Dieldo),
along with a main event of Harry Smith, Teddy Hart, Pete Wilson &
Evan Adams beating Hi-Risk Andrew Hakes, Byron Wilcott & The Young
Bucks. Teddy Hart claims the show is 'intended' for the Aboriginal
People's Television Network in Canada, and will get international
distribution through Mexico's AAA(Credit : ontariowrestlingsindyelite,
pwinsider, Calgary Herald, headlocks2headlines).
-ROH World Champion Davey Richards & Rocky Romero are currently back
touring in New Japan for the remainder of the September tour. Also, the
G1 Tag League 2011 takes place October 22nd-November 6th, and a
Saturday November 12th PPV will premiere from Japan's Osaka Prefectural
Gymnasium titled 'POWER STRUGGLE'(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-FILL's Konan Big of Monterrey, Mexico plans on retiring in December(Credit : Lucha World).
-NJPW canceled their Saturday September 3rd event at Japan's Yokkaichi
Australia Memorial Hall due to a typhoon(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-AAA's Verano De Escandalo show airs on Japan's Samurai TV! on Tuesday
October 18th, and the Anniversario show airs Tuesday October 25th. TNA's
British Invasion(Brutus Magnus & Doug Williams) will be touring the
promotion soon as well(Credit : Lucha World).
UPCOMING :
-Ring Of Honor's Death Before Dishonor XI has sold out New York City,
NY's Hammerstein Ballroom, airing live on GoFightLive iPPV tomorrow
night(Sat. Sep. 17th), headlined by The Briscoes Vs. The All Night
Express in Ladder War 3. Kevin Steen hacked Ring Of Honor's message
board yesterday with a video replacing the forum saying he'll be at the
show tomorrow.
-Also tomorrow, The Necro Butcher faces Masato Tanaka in a Deathmatch at
ZERO-1's event in Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall, 'BIG MARCH Presents the
9th Tenka-Ichi Jr. Tournament Finals'. The event will also see a huge
international 6-man tag, as Ikuto Hidaka teams with PANCRASEism's
Takafumi Ito & Okinawa Pro's Kaijin Habu Otoko against Super Crazy,
Takuya Sugawara and Robby Heart of NWA Australia. The Tenka-Ichi Jr.
Tournament finals will finish the night(Credit : Zero One USA, Puroresu
Spirit).
-Bushwhacker Luke competes in a battle royal as part of the Lodi Grape
Festival this Sunday September 18th in Lodi, CA. The Sheik faces
Cassandro El Exotico in the main event(Credit : Lodi News Sentinel).
-Colt Cabana on Pro Wrestling NOAH's tour sees a huge tag match, as he
teams with Bison Smith against Takeshi Morishima & Kenta Kobashi on
Monday September 19th from Japan's Acros Fukuoka. Zack Sabre, Jr. of
England is also currently touring NOAH(Credit : NOAH USA).
-DREAM.17 airs live on HDNet Friday September 23rd from Saitama, Japan(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Welterweight Josh Koscheck(15-5) has replaced Diego Sanchez(23-4) in
his fight against Matt Hughes(45-8) at UFC 135, Saturday September 24th
at Denver, CO's Pepsi Center, after Sanchez broke his hand. Light
Heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones(13-1) defending against Quinton
"Rampage" Jackson(32-8) headlines the card. Jones & Jakcson appear
on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday Sep. 19th(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-The second season of Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors begins Saturday
October 1st on MTV & MTV Tr3s, with 13 shows planned for the season.
-Also on Sat. Oct. 1st, UFC's welterweight Brian Foster(15-5) returns to
MMA after being medically cleared after successful brain surgery
earlier this year, UFC granting permission to fight at Cage Warriors 44
in London, England's HMV Forum against Jack Mason(17-8) in a 181 lbs.
catchweight bout, the show to be streamed online in North America
live(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-New Japan presents the 'Hiroshi Tenzan 30th Anniversary Show' on Monday
October 3rd, live on Samurai! TV from Japan's Tokyo Korakuen Hall.
Tenzan teams with Masahiro Chono & Hiro Saito against Koji Kanemoto,
Osamu Nishimura & ZERO-1's Shinjiro Otani(Credit : Puroresu
Spirit).
-'Rumble In The Jungle II' presented by The USA To Africa Pro Wrestling
Mission takes place in Kinshasa, Congo, Africa's Martyrs Stadium on
Wednesday October 12th is the final show in an African tour of soccer
stadium shows. Bill Goldberg returns to the ring on a show also
featuring appearances by George Foreman, Laila Ali & Jean Claude Van
Damme, with tentative plans on a PPV broadcast, DVD release & a
feature film/documentary(Credit : Niger1).
-Shark Fights 20 airs on tape delay Friday November 4th on FUEL TV, to
be taped Saturday October 15th from Laughlin, NV's Edgewater Casino
Resort. Heavyweight Bobby Lashley(6-1) has verbally agreed to a
three-fight deal with Shark Fights, with his first fight expected for
November in Missouri(Credit : 411mania, Fox Sports).
-Also on Sat. Oct. 15th, W-1 MMA: Reloaded takes place from Miami, FL's
BankUnited Center, headlined by lightweight Marcus Davis(19-8) Vs. Chuck
O'Neil(8-4, Credit : 411mania).
-Lastly on Sat. Oct. 15, Perry Saturn returns to the ring for the first
time since 2002 as he faces CW Anderson at AWE's Awesome Night Of The
Legends PPV(Credit : pwinsider).
-"U-Spirits", Kanehara Hiromitsu's 20th Anniversary Show, takes place
Wednesday November 16th from Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall. Masahito
Kakihara comes out of retirement to wrestle for the first time in over 5
years to face Dragon Gate Open The Dream Gate Champion Masaaki
Mochizuki in a match labeled "RESPECT U". Also, Yoshihiro Takayama takes
on Yoshiki Takahashi.
-Heavyweights Fedor Emelianenko(31-4) and Jeff Monson(42-12) face off
Sunday November 20th at M-1 Global's event in Moscow, Russia's Olympic
Stadium(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Lightweight Kurt Pellegrino(16-6) returns to MMA after a 103 day
retirement to face Patricky Freire(9-2) at Bellator 59 in Atlantic City,
NJ's Caesar's AC on Saturday November 26th. As started on Sat. Sep.
10th's Bellator 49 event, Spike.com will air the preliminary
fights(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-UFC 140 takes place Saturday December 10th from Toronto's Air Canada
Centre, with heavyweights Frank Mir(15-5) and Antonio Rodrigo
Nogueira(33-6-1, 1 NC) verbally agreeing to a rematch. Light
heavyweights Tito Ortiz(16-9-1) and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira(19-5) have
also verbally agreed to a bout on the same card. UFC has also confirmed
their return to Japan on Sunday January 26th at 10am in the Saitama
Super Arena, airing live in it's normal timeslot in North America(Credit
: wrestling observer).
-UFC Heavyweight Brock Lesnar(5-2) returns to the cage for the first
time since his title loss last year on Friday December 30th at Las
Vegas, NV's MGM Grand. He'll be facing Alistar Overeem(35-11), who just
signed a deal with UFC and chose Lesnar as his first opponent rather
than waiting for Spring to face the winner of JDS/Velasquez(Credit : Los
Angeles Times).
MEDIA :
-Blue Demon, Jr. is competing on the Spanish 'Dancing With The Stars',
Mira Quien Baila, airing on Univision(Credit : pwinsider).
-Saturday September 10th Linda McMahon(who is preparing to announce she
will run for the Senate in Connecticut for 2012, according to the New
York Times) cut the ribbon with Brittany Decker, the 2010 Miss
Connecticut, as part of the CT Women's Expo opening ceremony at the
Hartford Connecticut Expo Center. Also appearing at the event were Alex
Riley & Kaitlyn(she hosts live interviews at Gaspari Nutrition's
booth at this weekend's Joe Weider's 2011 Olypmia Expo in Las Vegas, NV,
Credit : pwinsider).
-A life-sized standing display of Triple H was featured as part of a
public service advertisement window donated by EHE International Sunday
September 4th at Rockefeller Plaza as part of The Muscular Dystrophy
Association's 'Make A Muscle, Make A Difference' campaign.
-UFC middleweight Jason "Mayhem" Miller(24-7-0, 1 NC) appeared as guest on NBC's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night.
-Torrie Wilson & "Tiny" Tony Lister, the former Zeus, will appear on
'The Z Team', the first reality series about a contractors for law
enforcement agencies led by Lorenzo Lamas produced by ZOO Productions in
a development deal to air on REELZCHANNEL.
-WWE's 'The Best Of King Of The Ring' , hosted by King Booker, will be
released on Blu-Ray & DVD Tuesday December 13th(Credit : pwinsider).
-Prince Devitt, Joey Ryan, Emil Sitoci, Amazing Red, "Psycho" Mike
Rollins, Karl Anderson, Shawn Spears, NYWC's Pat Buck, the Storm
Wrestling Academy's Beth Muth and Lance Storm have joined Jeff Katz'
Wrestling Revolution series(Credit : Geek Week, pwinsider).
-Ric Flair voices a cartoon version of himself on The Cleveland Show, airing Sunday September 25th(Credit : pwinsider).
-Trish Stratus' new line of yoga & fitness products, Stratusphere
Living(including weighted Fitgloves, an eco-friendly TPE yoga mat, yoga
block, yoga towel, yoga kit, Stratusphere Yoga DVD & nuTrishion
journal) from HoMedics Canada launched last weekend in Toronto's IT
Lounge and will be available in stores starting this month.
-TNA's Jesse "Mr. Pec-Tacular" Godderz appeared on CBS's Big Brother 13 Sunday September 4th(Credit : pwinsider).
-Jenna Morasca appears on CBS's The Amazing Race 19th season starting Monday September 19th(Credit : pwinsider).
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 :
-Roundtable Radio returns to BlogTalkRadio tonight at 11pm EST/8pm PST
with a new episode on Strikeforce's Heavyweight WGP Semi-Finals, TNA No
Surrender 2011, ROH Death Before Dishonor IX, UFC Fight Night 25, WWE
Night Of Champions 2011 and much more! Call 347-857-4647 to share your
thoughts,
opinions & questions with the panel!
RESULTS :
-On AAA's TV tapings from Mexico's Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo De Puebla on
Friday September 16th, Cruiserweight Champion Jack Evans successfully
defended his title against Escoria, and in the main event, Electroshock,
Extreme Tiger & El Mesias defeated Chessman, Abyss & Brutus
Magnus(Credit : wrestlingpronews).
-Ring Of Honor's Death Before Dishonor IX iPPV aired this past Saturday
September 17th from New York City, NY's Manhattan Center live on
GoFightLive. The Wrestling Roundtable was on hand to shoot our latest
BLOG when Bret aka Midge got in to an altercation with Kevin Steen, who
was refused entry in the building initially, but snuck back in, jumping
the guardrail during El Generico's match with Jimmy Jacobs, interrupting
the bout(the match was a no contest). The Young Bucks won their return
match to ROH in a three-way elimination tag against The Bravados and
Future Shock(Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly) when Matt Jackson pinned
O'Reilly following a More Bang For Your Buck in 10:35. In the co-main
event, Eddie Edwards defeated Roderick Strong in overtime of the
Ringmaster Challenge 2/3 falls contest by pinfall after a Die Hard. And
in the main event, Ladder War III was won by the All Night Express over
The Briscoes, with Kenny King taking the contract for his team in 27:13,
scaling the ladder to become the #1 contenders for the ROH World Tag
Team titles(Credit : 411mania).
-Also on Sat. Sep. 17th, UFC's Fight Night 25 : Battle On The Bayou from
New Orleans, LA's Ernest N. Morial Convention Center saw middleweight
Alan Belcher(17-6) defeat Jason MacDonald(25-15) in 3:48 of round 1 with
a TKO(strikes). And in the main event, welterweight Jake
Ellenberger(26-5) also got a TKO win over Jake Shields(26-6-1) in 0:53
of round 1, landing knees & punches on Shields, whose father &
manage Jack died 3 weeks earlier.
-Lastly on Sat. Sep. 17th, ZERO-1's '2011 Tenkaichi Jr. Tournament' from
Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall saw the finals of said tournament, when
BattlARTS' Muneori Sawa defeated Fujita "Jr" Hayato in 16:03 with an
Octopus Hold to win the tournament. Also, in the 'Wrestling Is Drug'
Special Singles Deathmatch, Masato Tanaka defeated The Necro Butcher in
10:42 with a Sliding D(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-On Sunday September 18th, WWE's Night Of Champions 2011 saw both World
titles change hands at Buffalo, NY's First Niagara Center. First, Mark
Henry won his first World Heavyweight Championship from Randy Orton in
13:13 of their title match, pinning Orton following a World's Strongest
Slam and making Henry a 2-time World Champion. Second, John Cena
reclaimed the WWE Championship from Alberto Del Rio in 17:26, tapping
Del Rio to a STFU to make Cena a 10-time WWE Champion with his 12th
World title. And in the main event, Triple H defeated CM Punk in 24:01
in a No Disqualification match, pinning Punk following a second Pedigree
to keep his job as WWE COO, which he'd have lost had Punk
won(interference from Kevin Nash, Johnny Ace, The Miz & R-Truth
preceded his win, Credit : 411mania).
-On WWE Monday Night RAW from Cleveland, OH's Quicken Loans Arena on
September 19th, new World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry started
choking Jim Ross with his own tie during an interview segment due to JR
not supporting Henry years ago when he was starting out in the company.
When Jerry "The King" Lawler tried helping, Henry gave Lawler a World's
Strongest Slam through the announce table, legitimately injuring
Lawler's lower back. Lawler was taken to the hospital afterwards and is
expected to miss RAW this coming Monday. Also, special guest Hugh
Jackman helped Zack Ryder defeat US Champion Dolph Ziggler in a
non-title match, punching Ziggler behind the referee's back, allowing
Ryder to hit the Rough Ryder Leg Lariat for the pinfall in 4:00. At the
end of the show, Triple H 'fired' The Miz & R-Truth.
-Also last night Mon. Sep. 19th, New Japan held the Kantaro Hoshino
Memorial Show in Japan's Kobe World Hall, live on PPV from Hyogo
Prefecture. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi returned from a
tour in Mexico's CMLL to defend his title against Shinsuke Nakamura,
defeated Nakamura in 26:07 via pinfall following a High Fly Flow.
Satoshi Kojima made an appearance to announce his return to the
promotion. In a match to crown a new champion for the vacant belt, IWGP
Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Prince Devitt regained the IWGP Jr
Heavyweight title, defeating KUSHIDA in 13:30 with a pinfall after a
Bloody Sunday to win his 2nd IWGP Jr. title. Also, ZERO-1's Masato
Tanaka teamed with ROH's Davey Richards and Rocky Romero to defeat IWGP
Intercontinental Champion MVP, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion
Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask in 10:02 when Richards used a Contract
Killer on Taguchi(Credit : Puroresu Fan, Puroresu Spirit).
SHAKE UPS :
-Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon announced at 10:30am this morning at Coil
Pro in Southington, CT that she will be attempting to get the Republic
Party nomination for seeking the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by
Senator Joe Lieberman(Credit : The Day, pwinsider).
-The now-former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan
Henderson(28-8) has verbally agreed to a fight with Mauricio "Shogun"
Rua(20-5) at UFC 139, Saturday November 19th from San Jose, CA's HP
Pavilion, as part of a new deal with the UFC in his return to the
promotion(Credit : Caged Insider).
-WWE has signed British indy wrestler Brittani Knight to a developmental contract(Credit : pwinsider).
-Mexican indy wrestler Voltaje Negro was part of a group who attacked
Casino Royle in Monterrey, Mexico using grenades on Sunday August 21st,
killing 52 people(Credit : Lucha World).
HEALTH :
-Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alverez(22-2) has pulled out of his
next scheduled title defense due to an undisclosed injury. Initially
set for Bellator 54 on Saturday October 15th from Atlantic City, NJ's
Boardwalk Hall, his fight against Season 4 tournament winner Michael
Chandler(8-0) has been delayed "30 days or so" according to
Alvarez(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Maryse has been medically cleared to return to action following her hernia operation(Credit : pwinsider).
-Rene Dupree will be out of action from All Japan 'for a while' due to a herniated disk(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
LEGAL :
-Matt Hardy was arrested on Wednesday September 14th at his home in
Cameron, NC on charges of possession with intent o sell/deliver a
schedule III controlled substance(steroids), possession of a schedule I
controlled substance(Ecstacy), maintaining a place to keep a controlled
substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. His girlfriend Reby Sky
had called 911, concerned Matt was "strung out on pills and needed
help". Though she later claims she was coerced or forced in to giving up
his stash by police, Sky led officers to a safe containing Matt's drugs
when they arrived. Deputies seized 1 "dosage unit of MDMA"(Ecstay) and
20 vials of Anabolic Steroids, along with unnamed drug paraphernalia
& $1,961.00. He was released under the condition that he "promise to
appear" because magistrate Charlie Smoak ordered that Hardy would only
be released if he underwent treatment for substance abuse or else be
placed in a detention center under $1 million bond. He is scheduled to
to appear in court on Thursday September 29th but he stated he plans on
attending WWE sponsored drug rehab and open a wrestling school(Credit :
pwinsider, The Pilot).
BUSINESS :
-Sinclair Broadcasting Group, parent company of Ring Of Honor, has
purchased 7 new television stations, including channels in Salt Lake
City, UT, Ausitn, TX, West Palm Beach, FL, and Providence, RI/New
Bedford, MA. ROH premieres on at least 35 of SBG's stations this
Saturday September 27th(Credit : pwinsider).
-Former NWA President Howard Brody, Vito DeNucci and Fortune 500
business executive Paul Jones are forming a new South Florida wrestling
company, Ring Warriors, LLC, with intentions to run events in the state
and parts of the Caribbean starting in mid-November.
-UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem(35-11) has left the Golden Glory management team.
-The film 'Warrior' made $897,000 at the American box office on Friday
September 16th, placing 7th overall in the country(Credit : wrestling
observer).
INTERNATIONAL :
-Bret Hart appears on the American Wrestling Rampage tour of Ireland
from October 6-8th, with Rhino Vs. Joe E. Legend headlining in a cage
match where Hart serves as the enforcer(Credit : pwinsider).
UPCOMING :
-The final season of TUF on Spike TV, The Ultimate Fighter 14, premieres tomorrow night, Wednesday September 21st.
-LEGEND THE PRO WRESTLING will hold an event on Friday September 23rd
from Japan's Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Aichi Prefecture,
featuring The Original Tiger Mask(Satoru Sayama) against Kuniaki
Kobayashi in their 'final battle'. Also, Ultimo Dragon teams with AKIRA
against El Samurai & Tatsuhito Takaiwa, and Tatsumi Fujinami faces
Riki Chosu(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-XFE Cage Wars presents 'Fall Brawl'(a hybrid boxing & MMA show
featuring 10 amateur MMA bouts preceded by 6 professional boxing fights
this Saturday September 24th from Harrah's in Chester, PA, sponsored by
BoneBreakerz Clothing.
-UWF's second PPV, Hood Justice, airs this Sat. Sep. 24th, featuring a tournament for the Street King Title.
-WWE's Hell In The Cell 2011 takes place at Louisiana's New Orleans
Arena on Sunday October 2nd. Two HITC matches feature titles on the
line, as WWE Champion John Cena is in a three way with CM Punk &
Alberto Del Rio, and World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry defends
against Randy Orton in a rematch.
-NJPW's 'Destruction '11' PPV airs from Japan's Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
on Monday October 10th, featuring IWGP Intercontinental Champion MVP
defending against Masato Tanaka. Also, Satoshi Kojima's first match back
in New Japan will be a rematch against Hiroyoshi Tenzan, CMLL's Ultimo
Guerrero teams with Nakamura Vs. Goto & Tama Tonga, Davey Richards
& Rocky Romero challenge IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions
Apollo 55(IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt & Ryusuke
Taguchi), Lance Archer faces Wataru Inoue, and Tetsuya Naito challenges
IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi for the belt. Also, Tiger
Mask, KUSHIA & Killer Rabbit team with Schwarz & Weiss(gimmicks
based on anime characters) against Jado, Gedo, Hideo Saito, Tomohiro
Ishii & Takashi Iizuka(Credit : Puroresu Fan).
-All Japan's 'Pro Wrestling LOVE in Ryogoku V.13' takes place Sunday
October 23rd from Tokyo, Japan's Ryogoku Kokugikan and sees Triple Crown
Champion Suwawa defend against NOAH's Jun Akiyama(Credit : Puroresu
Spirit).
-The Muppets will guest star on WWE's Monday Night RAW on October 31st from Atlanta, GA's Philips Arena.
-WWE Survivor Series 2011 takes place from New York City, NY's Madison
Square Garden on Sunday November 20th and features The Rock's return to a
WWE ring for the first time in over 7 and a half years, earlier than
expected. He will be teaming with John Cena in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series
elimination tag team match.
MEDIA :
-Jesse Ventura's Conspiracy Theory show returns for a third season on
truTV in 2012 with Ventura's son Tyrel joining the team along with
Oliver Stone's son Sean and featuring investigations on chem trails,
reptilians, government-funded human surgical experimentation & more.
Monday, September 26, 2011 :
-Roundtable Radio returns on BlogTalkRadio
Tuesday night October 4th at 11 pm EST/8pm PST. We'll be discussing UFC
135, UFC On Versus 6, WWE Hell In The Cell 2011 & much more, so
call 347-857-4647 to ask questions or comment!
-The wait is almost over - The Wrestling Roundtable will tape shows #54
& 55 on Sunday October 9th. We'll be discussing The Next Wrestling
Boom Period, The Rock's Career, the Best & Worst Swerves, and the
New World Order.
-We want to start collecting questions for our next Q & A,
Submission Round 5, to be done on our Season 4 Finale later this year.
However, we have a twist - this time, we want to see you! We want you to
send in your questions in video-form. You may upload the video directly
to YouTube, make a Video Response to one of our YT videos, post to any
other video-hosting site(provide us with a link, please), or even send
the file directly to wrestlingroundtable@gmail.com. Just please be sure to include your name & location!
DEATHS :
-Handsome Johnny Barend, 82, 50/60s wrestler who came in to prominence
in Hawaii, died of natural causes on Tuesday September 21st in Avon,
NY(Credit : wrestling observer, SLAM! Wrestling).
RESULTS :
-Great North Wrestling(GNW) held the Macho Man Memorial Show Saturday
September 3rd from Hawkesbury, ON, Canada's Robert Hartley Sports Arena.
Lanny Poffo won a 25-man battle royal to crown the first ever GNW
Champion.
-UFC 135 took place on Saturday September 24th from Denver, CO's Pepsi
Center in UFC's first show from Denver since 1995. In the pay-per-view's
opening bout, lightweight Nate Diaz(14-7) submitted Takanori Gomi(32-8,
1 NC) in 4:27 of round 1 with an armbar. In what may have been the Hall
Of Famer's last fight, welterweight Matt Hughes(45-9) was knocked out
at literally the last second of round 1 bu Josh Koscheck(16-5),
hammerfisting the legend out cold in 4:59. And in the main event, Light
Heavyweight champion Jon Jones(14-1) became the first man to finish
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson(32-9) in UFC, as he tapped Rampage out to a
rear naked choke 1:14 in to round 4. Jones next defends against Rashad
Evans(16-1-1) in 2012. UFC 135 was also available for purchase on
YouTube.
-Also on Sat. Sep. 24th, FEG presented DREAM.17 from Japan's Saitama
Super Arena. Featuring the opening round of the Bantamweight World Grand
Prix tournament, DREAM also introduced the new three 5:00 minute rounds
rule to their fights on this card. Welterweight Yan Cabral(10-0)
continued his undefeated streak against the legendary Kazushi
Sakuraba(26-16-1, 2 NC), beating him in 2:42 of the second round via arm
triangle choke submission. And in a non-title bout Lightweight Champion
Shinya Aoki(29-5, 1 NC) defeated "Razor" Rob McCullough(19-8) in 4:57
of round 1 with a neck crank submission.
-Last night, Sunday September 25th from, TNA's Madison Rayne defeated
DCW Women's Champion Kacee Carlisle to win the title at the Piledriving
Breast Cancer event at Farmington, DE's Fire Department. Also, "The Last
Warrior" Greywolf became the first DCW International Heavyweight
Champion, and Kao Storm & Mark "The Dragonfly" Harro won the DCW Tag
Team titles. After winning a #1 contenders match also that night, Traci
Brooks challenges Rayne for the Women's title on Saturday October 22nd
in Greenwood, DE(Credit : PW Torch).
SHAKE UPS :
-Spike TV, who retains the broadcasting rights to any UFC programming
aired during the course of their relationship through 2012, will be
utilizing the rights while they have them by airing a UFC Unleashed
marathon(dubbed "Dos Santos Vs. Velasquez: Unleashed for the Heavyweight
Title") on their cable channel head-to-head with UFC's first broadcast
on FOX, Saturday November 12th. UFC President Dana White recently said
UFC will not be buying back the rights, as part of the deal stipulations
that Spike cannot air any other MMA programming so long as the rights
are retained(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Wednesday September 21st was the 78th anniversary of Empresa Mexicana
de Lucha Libre(EMLL, founded by Salvador Lutteroth in Mexico), the
longest running pro wrestling promotion in the world(Credit : Lucha
World).
HEALTH :
-Ric Flair is set for surgery this week to repair a torn triceps in his
left arm suffered during his match with Sting on Impact Wrestling that
aired Thursday September 15th. Flair will be out 4-6 months and require
physical therapy(Credit : pwinsider).
-WWE US Champion Dolph Ziggler is claiming to have suffered a "hairline
mandibular fracture" of his jaw from guest star Hugh Jackman's punch on
Monday Night RAW Sep.19th in his match against Zack Ryder. Tweeting to
sell the angle, Ziggler said he will be wearing a mouth guard while it
'heals' and will not miss any ring time(Credit : TMZ).
LEGAL :
-The economic crime unit of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in
Canada, along with the Ontario Provincial Police(OPP), is investigating
the circumstances surrounding the methods of payment used by
Championship Wrestling International(CWI) during their recent East Coast
Invasion Tour through Atlantic Canada after receiving complaints from a
Mount Pearl business involving numerous jurisdictions & policing
agencies. Allegedly, CWI left behind unpaid bills(one said to be $9,000)
for several businesses(advertisers, airfare, etc.), including a Corner
Brook hotel used to house the crew, and have not reimbursed Grand
Falls-Windsor resident Jim Thompson, who used credit cards to book
rooms(Credit : GWF Advertiser).
BUSINESS :
-WWE and SIC Radical have announced a new long-term agreement to air Smackdown in Portugal.
-The Score network, which airs WWE programming in Canada, is up for sale at $200 million(Credit : pwinsider).
-Opus Distribution, having secured the international syndication rights
to ROH's television show on Sinclair Broadcasting, will be introduced
via MICOM to parties interested in the 52-show hour long series(Credit :
World Screen).
INTERNATIONAL :
-Mach Hayato & Takaku Fuke have started a new promotion in Japan,
Kyoto Pro Wrestling, which held their first event on Friday September
23rd(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Jimmy Yang has been announced as touring Mexico's EAW next month(Credit : Lucha World).
-Jun Nishikawa of Kensuke Office announced his retirement on Tuesday September 20th(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-AAA commentator Arturo Rivera returns to the promotion at the Heroes
Inmortales event on Sunday October 9th from Mexico's Arena Monterrey. On
the same event, Lucha De Oscuras(darkened arena matches with wrestlers
wearing glow-in-the-dark gear) matches will return, featuring female
luchadors for the first time as Cinthia Moreno and Fabi y Mari Apache
face Sexy Star, Jennifer Blake & TNA's Velvet Sky(Credit : Lucha
World).(Credit : Lucha World).
-Osaka Pro-Wrestling Tag Team Champions Atsushi kotoge & Daisuke
Harada were announced as defending their belts in the USA this October,
likely in CHIKARA. Eddie Kingston & The Colony are currently touring
Osaka Pro(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Rafael El Maya has been cleared to return to refereeing in EMLL(Credit : Lucha World).
UPCOMING :
-Northeast Wrestling's Autum Ambush takes place Saturday October 1st
from Poughkeepsie, NY's Mid-Hudson Civic Center. Terry Funk faces Jerry
"The King" Lawler in a No DQ match, Tommy Dreamer takes on Matt Tavern,
TNA's Mickie James will face Alexxis, and Bret Hart acts as guest
enforcer for Hale Collins Vs. Vik Delicious. Luke Robinson(Tough
Enough), Fit Finlay, Chavo Guerrero & Eddie Edwards are also
announced for the card(Credit : pwinsider).
-Depomart presents 'Mask Nobility Fiesta 2011 - All Star Game' on Friday
October 7th from Japan's Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Serving as both Mil
Mascara's 40th Year In Japan anniversary as well as Depomart's 10th
Anniversuary, Mascaras teams with Dos Caras RJPW's Original Tiger Mask
against NJPW's Tiger Mask IV, DG's CIMA & CMLL's Ultimo Guerrero in
the main event. In the co-main event, Michinoku-Pro's Jinsei Shinzaki
& The Great Sasuke team with Big Hayabusa to take on El Samurai,
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight & Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Prince
Devitt from New Japan, and Kensuke Saski(representing the Kensuke
Office). Also, AkiPro's Kikutaro faces Terrorist "F" in the "Ultra
Different Dimension Mask Man Battle"(yup), and X-LAW Women's Champion
A*YU*MI defends against S-Ovation's Misaki Ohata(Credit : Puroresu
Spirit).
-Ring Of Honor's Survival Of The Fittest 2011 takes place Friday November 18th from Dayton, OH's Montgomery County Fairgrounds.
-Originally set to face the debuting middleweight Cung Le(7-1) at UFC
139, Saturday November 19th from San Jose, CA's HP Paviliion, Vitor
Belfort(20-9) how bowed out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury
suffered in training. Replacing Belfort is the "Axe Murdered", Wanderlai
Silva(31-11-1), who will likely be cut by UFC should he lose(Credit :
MMAJunkie).
-DREAM's Welterweight Champion Marius Zaromskis(15-6) will take on Bruno
Carvalho(13-4), Saturday November 26th from Stockholm, Sweden's Hovet
Arena, at the 16th Rumble Of The Kings event in a non-title match. K-1's
Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo(2-1) headlines against Jorgen Kruth(3-0, Credit :
Sherdog).
-NCAA Division 1 national wrestling champion Bubba Jenkins makes his MMA
debut against lightweight Chris Huerta(making his pro debut) Friday
December 2nd in Tachi Palace Fights 11: Redemption at Lemoore, CA's
Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Strikeforce has officially announced 'Melendez Vs. Masvidal', Saturday
December 17th from San Diego, CA's Valley View Casino and headlined by
Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez(19-2) Vs. Jorge Masvidal(22-6).
Newly re-signed Women's Featherweight Champion Cristiane "Cyborg"
Santos(10-1) defends her re-named title(previously the Women's
Middleweight Championship) against Hiroko Yamanaka(12-1). DREAM Light
Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi(31-3-2) takes on Ovince St. Preux in
a non-title fight, and both Keith Jardine(17-9-2, making his
middleweight debut) and women's middleweight Gina Carano(7-1) are set to
make their returns to the promotion against to-be-named
opponents(Credit : MMAJunkie).
MEDIA :
-Kevin Nash has signed to appear in the movie 'Magic Mike', starring Channing Tatum(Credit : pwinsider).
-Anchor Bay Entertainment & UFC released a 2-disc Blu-Ray & DVD
set of welterweight Hall Of Famer Matt Hughes(45-9) this past Tuesday
September 20th.
-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Adam Pearce, Tommy Dreamer, NWA
Hollywood's Shaun Ricker, Trisha LaFache, Kevin Matthews, & Timothy
Thatchter have joined Jeff Katz' Wrestling Revolution, set for 13
episodes, taping in Hollywood, CA from October 11-13(Credit :
pwinsider).
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 :
-The Wrestling Roundtable taped two new shows this past Sunday, so look
for our latest talks in the next week and beyond. Show #54, on
Wrestling's Next Boom Period and the nWo, will be up first.
-The Roundtable will be attending TNA's Bound For Glory 2011
pay-per-view this coming Sunday in Philadelphia, PA's Liacouras Center.
We're going to be shooting a BLOG outside the building with fans, so if
you spot our camera, come on over!
-Roundtable Radio returns Tuesday night October 18th on BlogTalkRadio.
We'll be discussing UFC On Versus 6, UFC 136, Bound For Glory and more.
Call 347-857-4647 to share your questions or thoughts.
-We want to start collecting questions for our next Q & A,
Submission Round 5, to be done on our Season 4 Finale later this year.
However, we have a twist - this time, we want to see you! We want you to
send in your questions in video-form. You may upload the video directly
to YouTube, make a Video Response to one of our YT videos, post to any
other video-hosting site(provide us with a link, please), or even send
the file directly to wrestlingroundtable@gmail.com. Just please be sure to include your name & location!
RESULTS :
-Independent Wrestling League held an event on Friday September
16th(Mexican Independence Day) at Tultitlan, Mexico's Arena IWL. In the
main event, Balls Mahoney & Low Rider defeated Juventud Guerrera
& Andol O Demonio. Also, Beast Clown, Giant Clown & Doink The
Clown beat Los Payasos Diabolicos(Carrona, Miedo & Terror, Credit :
wrestlingpronews).
-Also on Fri. Sep. 16th, EMLL held a card in Arena Mexico featuring a
tribute to Atlantis before his 6-man tag disqualification victory with
CMLL Middleweight Champion Jushin "Thunder" Liger & Hector Garza
over Ultimo Guerrero, Mr. Aguila & Volador Jr.(UG fouled Atlantis
for the DQ). And in the main event, La Sombra defeated Averno for the
Universal Title 2011(Credit : Lucha World).
-Domino returned to OVW at the TV tapings in Lousiville, KY's Danny
Davis Arena on Wednesday September 28th, his first appearance since
returning from Nigeria.
-On WWE Smackdown that aired on Friday September 30th from St. Louis,
MO's Scottrade Center, World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry attacked
The Great Khali after defeating Khali in 2:50 via pinfall after a
World's Strongest Slam, attacking Khali's leg with a steel chair, doing a
Vader Bomb on Khali. Being taken out on a stretcher while Jinder Mahal
yelled at him, WWE.com posted a story that Henry gave Khali a fractured
fibula as an explanation for Khali's absence, as Khali's contract is
expiring and he is expected not to renew(Credit : 411mania, wrestling
inc.).
-UFC On Versus 6, the last of the series on Versus, took place on
Saturday October 1st in Washington, D.C.'s Verizon Center in the
promotion's first event in D.C. Welterweight Anthony "Rumble"
Johnson(10-3) scored a somewhat controversial TKO victory over Charlie
Brenneman(14-3) when referee Mario Yamasaki gave Johnson the win in 2:49
of round 1. Heavyweight Stefan Struve(22-5) managed to tap out Pat
Barry(6-4) 3:22 in to round 2 with a triangle choke/armbar combo
following a powerbomb attempt by Barry to get out of the hold - an
awesome finish to the fight with the biggest height difference in UFC
history(a whole foot in height advantage for Struve, with Barry at 5'11
Vs. Struve at 6'11). And in the main event, Bantamweight Champion
Dominick Cruz(19-1) got the unanimous decision nod over Demetrious
Johnson(9-2) in the first - and last - ever title fight on the
channel(Credit : Sherdog).
-Also on Sat. Oct. 1st, SBG held ROH tapings in Louisville, KY's Danny
Davis arena, seeing many OVW wrestlers make their Ring Of Honor debuts.
OVW Souther Tag Team Champions The Elite defeated the debuting Rocco
Bellagio & James Thomas in a dark match. Also debuting in a dark
match were Michael Hayes and Mohmad Ali Vaez(Hayes, a one-legged Iraq
war veteran, defeated Vaez by disqualification when Vaez' partner Omar
Akbar attached Hayes). T.J. Perkins defeated Mike Mondo, both men also
signing ROH contracts that weekend. Alex Silva lost his debut to Tommaso
Ciampa via pinfall after Ciampa used a powerbomb/back cracker. Also
losing his debut was Shiloh Jonze, falling to Michael Elgin when Elgin
pinned Jonze following a spinning Liger Bomb(Credit : wrestleview).
-Continuing on Sat. Oct. 1st, Northeast Wrestling presents Autumn Ambush
from Poughkeepsie, NY's Mid-Hudson Civic Center. WWE Legend Kevin Nash
pulled out of his appearance due to shooting a film in Los Angeles,
CA(He was replaced by Vladimir Kozlov & Sunny). Tommy Dreamer
defeated Luke Robinson in the impromptu opening match, pinning Robinson
following a DDT on a chair. TNA's Mickie James defeated Alexxis via
pinfall following a DDT around the 10 minute mark. Vladimir Kozlov
defeated Jake Manning, pinning the Man Scout following a headbutt. Fit
Finlay defeated Caleb Konley following a Tombstone. Jerry "The King"
Lawler defeated Terry Funk by pinfall following a fist drop. And in the
main event, Hale Collions defeated Vik Dalishus via pinfall following a
flying elbow drop from the top rope, the count made by special referee
Bret "Hitman" Hart in what was advertised as his "last" appearance in
Poughkeepsie(Credit : Mickie-Mania, pwinsider).
-Lastly on Sat. Oct. 1st, the second Yokozuna Memorial Show was held at
Harrah's Chester Casino in Pennsylvania, featuring Rikishi, Samu &
Lance Anoa'i(Samu's son) defeating The New Jersey Kliq(Judas Young,
Danny Inferno & Tommy Fierro) in the main event. Also, special
referee Gillberg disqualified both Gene Snitsky & Big Daddy V in
their match up, and WXW C4 Champion Manu defeated Homicide(Credit :
pwinsider).
-Cheerleader Melissa won the SHIMMER title at the DVD tapings in Berwyn,
IL's Eagles Club, Sunday October 2nd, when she defeated Madison
Eagles(Credit : diva dirt).
-Also on Sun. Oct. 2nd, WWE's Hell In A Cell 2011 took place at
Louisiana's New Orleans Arena. The original Sin Cara(Mistico) defeated
the heel Sin Cara(Hunico) in 10:26 via pinfall after countering a sunset
flip. WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom successfully defend their belts
against Vickie Guerrero's team of US Champion Dolph Ziggler & Jack
Swagger when Evan Bourne pinned Swagger following a super hurricanrana
in 11:59. World Heavyweight champion Mark Henry also defended his title
against Randy Orton, pinning Orton in 15:54 following a World's
Strongest Slam in the first Hell In A Cell match of the night. After
unveiling the new look for the Intercontinental title(a new version of
the 80s/90s design), Champion Cody Rhodes was forced to defend against
John Morrison in an impromptu match made by John Laurinaitis. Rhodes
pinned Morrison with a roll up in 12:19. Beth Phoenix won her first
Divas title, defeating Champion Kelly Kelly in 8:29 by pinfall after a
Glam Slam(Phoenix has now won WWE's Divas & Women's titles, along
with the OVW Women's title). And in the main event triple threat HIAC
title match, Alberto Del Rio reclaimed the WWE title from Champion John
Cena when he pinned CM Punk in 24:07 after using a lead pipe to knock
out Punk while Cena was locked outside the cage. Alberto is now a 2-time
WWE Champion, his second World title(Credit : 411mania).
-Finally on Sun. Oct. 2nd, ZERO-1 presented 'Fall Dedication Pro
Wrestling' at Tokyo, Japan's Yasukuni Shrine. NWA World Junior
Heavyweight Champion Craig Classic successfully defend the title against
BattlARTS' Munenori Sawa, beating Sawa in 17:27 due to ref stoppage.
NWA Australia's Robbie Heart & Takuya Sugawara defeated Nick Primo
& Versailles in 14:52. Osaka Pro's Zeus teamed with Mark Hussein in a
losing effort to Kohei Sato & KAMIKAZE, losing in 17:25 when Sato
used a German Suplex Hold on Hussein. New Japan's Hiroyoshi Tenzan used
an Anaconda Vice on Daichi Hashimoto to score the victory in 12:29, and
in the main event, Akebono, Ikuto Hidaka & Shinjiro Otani beat Super
Crazy, Masato Tanaka & Ryouji Sai in 24:18 when Otani used a Spiral
Bomb to pin Super Crazy. Also, Bull Nakano(who had only a couple
matches in 2001 after informally retiring in 1997) made a surprise
appearance, announcing she will be returning to the ring one more time
for an official retirement match on January 8th(Credit : Puroresu
Spirit).
-New Japan presented the Hiroyoshi Tenzan 20th Anniversary Show on
Monday October 3rd from Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall. In the main event,
Masahiro Chono & Hiro Saito(Tenzan's former Ookami Gundan partners)
both returned to NJPW, teaming with Tenzan to defeat Koji Kanemoto,
Osamu Nishimura & Shinjiro Otani(Nishimura & Otani also
returning to New Japan for the match) in 22:53 via pinfall when Tenzan
pinned Nishimura following a moonsault press(Credit : Puroresu Fan).
-Also on Mon. Oct. 3rd, WWE RAW emanated from Lafayette, LA's Cajundome,
seeing the majority of the roster(and everyone on camera, including
camera men) walk out on COO Triple in the last segment of the night in
their 'vote of no confidence'(Credit : wrestling101).
-WWE Smackdown that aired this past Friday October 7th from Biloxi, MO's
Mississippi Coast Coliseum saw The Big Show return to the promotion to
be programmed with World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry.
-Also on Fri. Oct. 7th, NWA Revival hosted a World Junior Heavyweight
Title Tournament in Charlotte, NC's Metrolina Expo. Alex Payne lost
Kevin Douglas in the first round, and Kevin Douglas went on to defeat
Chase Owens later that night in the finals to become the NWA World Jr.
Heavyweight Champion(Credit : pwponderings).
-UFC 136 took place from Houston, TX's Toyota Center this past Saturday
October 8th. Lightweight Joe Lauzon(21-6) scored a quick submission
victory over Melvin Guillard(29-9-2, 1 NC), tapping Guillard out to a
read naked choke in 0:47 of round 1. Featherweight Nam Phan(17-9) won a
unanimous decision over Leonard Garcia(15-8-1) in the match that won
Fight Of The Night. In his first fight since his suspension last year,
middleweight Chael Sonnen(26-11-1) defeated Brian Stann(11-4) via
submission with an arm triangle 3:51 in to round 2. After the fight,
Sonnen challenged Champion Anderson Silva(31-4) to a fight on SuperBowl
weekend where if Silva loses, he'd have to leave the division, but if
Sonnen loses, he'd quit the UFC. Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo(20-1)
won a unanimous decision over Kenny Florian(15-6), who is currently
re-evaluating his career. And in the main event, Lightweight Champion
Frankie Edgar(14-1-1) gave Gray Maynard(10-1-1, 1 NC) his first career
loss with a TKO victory via punches 3:54 in to round 4. Heavyweight Dave
Herman(21-2) was originally scheduled to face Mike Russow(14-1) but the
bout was scrapped when Herman failed a pre-fight drug test due to
marijuana(Herman denies usage). The test was administered by the Texas
Department Of Licensing & Regulation on Wednesday September 28th and
is the first time Herman has failed a test at any time(Credit :
MMAJunkie).
-Also on Sat. Oct. 8th, Remix Pro Wrestling(RPW) held a fundraising
event for the Ohio Valley Humane Society, '4 Warned : Throwdown For The
Pound 4', in Marietta, OH's Middle School Gym. Jason Kincaid defeated
Jimmy Jacobs, "Omega" Aaron Draven beat Shiima Xion, TJ Phillips was
victorious over Zach Gowen, NWA National Heavyweight Champion Chance
Prophet retained the title over Tommy Dreamer, TNA Knockouts Tag Team
Champion Tara lost to Sojo Bolt by pinfall when Bolt had both feet on
the ropes, and in the main event, Facade became the first Remix Pro
Heavyweight Champion when he beat Vance Desmond in a TLC Match, using a
hurricanrana to the outside through table(Credit : Freakin' Awesome
Network Forums, wrestle ohio, wrestlingnewscenter).
-Last but not least on Sat. Oct. 8th, Italy's Adriatic League Wrestling
presented "Through The Eyes Of The Legend", a wrestling card in honor of
Bruno Sammartino featuring their wrestlers that was followed by a
celebration of Sammartino's 76th birthday(Credit : pwinsider).
-Sunday October 9th saw AAA's Heroes Inmortales 2011 PPV air from
Mexico's Arena Monterrey. Cinthia Moreno teamed with Fabi y Mari Apache
to defeat Sexy Star, Jennifer Blake & Velvet Sky in the
glow-in-the-dark Lucha De Oscuras match. Jack Evans & Extreme Tiger
lost the AAA Tag Team titles to Chessman & Abyss in a TLC match.
Electroshock last eliminated L.A. Par-K in the Antonio Pena memorial
gauntlet match that also included Brutus Magnus, La Parka, Jr.,
Cibernetico, Joe Lider, Silver Kain, Zorro & Jeff Jarrett. El Mesias
and Sting's match went to a no contest after both men fought off TNA
wrestlers who interfered. Latin American Champion Dr. Wagner, Jr.
defeated Perro Aguayo, Jr. to keep his title in a Bull Terrier Match,
but afterwards, Octagon turned heel on Wagner by attacking him, and -
along with La Parka, Jr. - joined Konnan's La Sociedad faction. And in
the main event Steel Cage match, The Pyscho Circus(Murder Clown, Monster
Clown & Psycho Clown) defeated Los Perros Del Mal(Damian 666, Nicho
El Millionario & Halloween) when Psycho jumped off the cage onto
Nicho, who was on a table. Nicho left on a stretcher after his team's
heads were shaved(Credit : pwinsider).
-Also on Sunday October 9th, CZW taped "Wired TV" in honor of J.T.
Roberts from Philadelphia, PA's Parkwood Youth Organization building.
Junior Heavyweight Champion Adam Cole successfully defended the title
against AJ Curcio, and Alex Payne defeated Latin Dragon.
-All Japan's Anniversary Tour 2011 came to Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall
on Monday October 10th. KENSO defeated Kaz Hayasgi in 9:54, pinning
Hayashi after a Double Knee Drop. Masayuki Kono returned following a
4-month layoff due to right elbow surgery, teaming with Joe Doering
& Osamu Nishimura in a losing effort to Akebono, Masakatsu Funaki
& Rota Hama, the defeat coming in 11:02 when Akebono used a Body
Press on Nishimura. Big Japan's Yuji Okabayashi & Daisuke Sekimoto
teamed with Takao Omori to lose to Taiyo Keo, Manabu Soya & Seiya
Sanada in 16:58 when Soya pinned Okabayashi following a lariat. MAZADA
teamed with AAA's Dark Ozz & Dark Cuervo to lose to The Great Muta,
KENSO & Kaz Hayashi in 12:16 when KENSO once against used a Double
Knee Drop, this time on MAZADA. And in the main event, NOAH's Ricky
Marvin & Jun Akiyama lost to Suwama & KAI when Suwama pinned
Marvin in 19:13 following a Backdrop Suplex Hold(Credit : Puroresu
Spirit).
-Also on Mon. Oct. 10th, New Japan's Destruction '11 PPV took place in
Tokyo, Japan's Ryogoku Kokugikan. CMLL's Ultimo Guerrero teamed with
Shinsuke Nakamura to lose to Tama Tonga & Hirooki Goto when Goto
used a Shouten Kai on Guerrero in 11:03. IWGP Junior Heavyweight
Champions Apollo 55(Ryusuke Taguchi & IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion
Prince Devitt) lost the belts to ROH World Champion Davey Richards &
Rocky Romero in 13:29 when Richards used a Contract Killer on Devitt.
After the match, TAKA Michinoku challenged Devitt for the IWGP Jr.
title. Satoshi Kojima had a successful return to NJPW, defeating
Hiroyoshi Tenzan in 10:08 via pinfall following a lariat. ZERO-1's
Masato Tanaka became the second ever IWGP Intercontinental Champion when
he defeated the title holder MVP in 12:30 following a Sliding D. And in
the main event, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi
successfully defended his title against Tetsuya Naito in 29:19, pinning
Naito after a High Fly Flow, though he was attacked by Toru Yano after
the match, with Yano leaving with the belt over his shoulder(Credit :
Puroresu Spirit).
-Lastly on Mon. Oct. 10th, WWE RAW Supershow from Oklahoma City, OK's
Chesapeake Energy Arena saw Vince McMahon return to TV, telling Triple H
that the Board Of Directors sympathized with 55 of the protesting
Superstars, and as such, HHH was removed as COO of WWE, installing an
interim General Manager in John Laurinitis, who proceeded to fire Jim
Ross(Jerry Lawler left with Ross), and reinstate the Awesome
Truth(Credit : 411mania).
SHAKE UPS :
-Kenta Kobashi resigned as Vice President of Pro Wrestling NOAH last
week. Noamichi Marufuji remains as acting Vice President(Credit :
Puroresu Spirit).
-Vince Russo was replaced as head of TNA's creative team by Bruce
Pritchard(who will also remain the company's head of talent relations)
last week. Russo is now senior writer on the team. Pritchard is now the
Senior VP of Programming & Talent Relations. TNA also laid off
Licensing Manager Ashley Rigby on Tuesday September 27th, but are in
negotiations with Ronnie Ortiz-Magro of The Jersey Shore for appearances
on Impact Wrestling. Unconfirmed reports abound that Hulk Hogan renewed
a contract with TNA for 2 years, though no further details are
known(Credit : prowrestling.net, pwinsider).
-WWE suspended Darren Young for 30 days on Wednesday, October 5th, due
to his first Wellness Policy violation. WWE also recently released
referee James Maritato, who will be appearing as Little Guido for the
Bodyslam Wrestling Organization(BWO) in Elmwood Park, NJ's American
Legion, Saturday October 15th. Alex Payne also appears on the
card(Credit : pwinsider).
-Light Heavyweight Rashad Evans(16-1-1) has been forced out of his title
shot against Champion Jon "Bones" Jones(14-1) after discovering that
his dislocated right thumb would require three more weeks of
rehabilitation after pins were removed on Sunday October 9th. Lyoto "The
Dragon" Machida(17-2) replaces Evans and will face Jones for the title
on Saturday December 10th from Toronto, ON, Canada's Air Canada Centre
at UFC 140, the first live pay-per-view available for purchase on UFC's
new XBox Live channel(which launches Thursday December 1st). Also on the
card, the rematch between heavyweights Frank Mir(15-5) and Antonio
Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira(33-6-1, 1 NC) takes place, while Big Nog's
little brother, light heavyweight Antonio Rogerio "Little Nog"
Nogueira(19-5) faces Tito Ortiz(16-9-1), and featherweight Mark
Hominick(20-9) takes on "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung(11-3, Credit :
411mania)
-UFC President Dana White recently stated that the 125 lbs. flyweight
division would premiere "at the first of next year" if not by the end of
this year.
-Bellator FC released welterweight Dan Hornbuckle(22-5) and bantamweight
Wilson Reis(12-4) the first week of October(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-After a user posted a nude photo of former Diva Tiffany and many others
spammed the page with other images, WWE.com shut down their ticket
section and removed the option to upload photos, redirecting the page to
the website's homepage. The site is now functional again(Credit :
411mania).
-ROH has signed or is about to sign two tag teams and is looking to have a former UFC Champion appear on their TV show soon.
HEALTH :
-NOAH's GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima has been
forced to vacate his title due to emergency surgery on Thursday
September 29th for an acute appendicitis(inflammation of the inner
lining of the vermiform appendix). He is recovering after a successful
operation but no timetable for a return has been announced(Credit:
Puroresu Spirit).
-Rey Mysterio, Jr. recently had a follow-up knee surgery to reinforce
his PCL. Currently in physical therapy, Mysterio still hopes to be back
in time for WrestleMania(Credit : pwinsider).
-Ric Flair has postponed surgery to repair his torn left triceps, and
claims he might not even require it(Credit : The Post & Courier).
LEGAL :
-Mexican indy wrestler Voltaje Negro(Jose Alberto Loera Rodriguez) was
arrested(along with two assistants - munitions expert Hector Javier
Montoya Chavez & informant Juan Antonio Melendez Suarez) by Los
Federales on Tuesday October 4th for leading a grenade attack(with Nuevo
Leon drug cartel The Zetas) on Monterrey, Mexico's Casino Royale in
August. The frontman for the casino attack, Zeta leader Rodriguez and
the other two men were arrested in a northern Monterrey safehouse(which
was holding 15 assault rifles, 2 grenade launchers and numerous
vehicles) by a communication team lead by officer Luis Cardenas Palomino
that had been gathering intelligence to find the suspects. The day of
the attack, Rodriguez(who coordinated armed people in downtown
Monterrey) distracted security outside the casino, allowing others to
launch their attack. Rodriguez also ordered extortions, kidnappings and
homicides of Zeta rivals over the course of his 6 months with the
cartel, in which he lead a team of around 40 men that observed movements
of the police & their enemies. The men arrested were sent to a
Iztapalapa command center before being transferred by helicopter to a
Mexico City maximum security facility(Credit : Lucha World).
-The trial of former 80s Canadian pro wrestler Ivan Radocaj's widow,
Melody Sanford, started on Monday September 26th in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada, with Sanford accused of conspiracy to commit murder and
first-degree murder in allegedly hiring friends Rita Cushnie, Donald
Richard(Cushnie's son), Chirstopher Houle & Daniel Richard to beat
Radocaj to death in her Interlake home in September 2007(all four face
the same charges as Sanford, with Sanford, Cushnie & Richard
pleading not guilty before Queen's Bench in Winnipeg). Supposedly,
Sanford(who begrudgingly married Radocaj in June 2007) claimed he was
"mistreating" her shortly after the ceremony and openly discussed a
desire to "hire a hit man" to kill him. She took Radocaj out to dinner
at a Teulon-area restaurant the night of September 12, 2007 while Houle
and Daniel & Donald Richard broke in to his residence, waiting for
him to return, armed with crowbars and metal pipes. Attacking him when
he came in, Radocaj suffered extensive trauma throughout his body, with
his attackers stealing items to make it look like a robbery. The trail
is scheduled to last three weeks(Credit : Winnipeg Free Press).
-Jeff Hardy is scheduled to finish his 10-day jail sentence on drug
charges at a North Carolina jail on Wednesday October 12th(Credit :
wrestling observer).
-Jimmy Uso was arrested at 3:14 AM ET on Thursday September 29th for
driving under the influence in Tampa, FL after driving down the wrong
way of Howard Avenue in a silver Mustang and being pulled over at the
corner of Howard Ave. & Platt Street. A blood alcohol test revealed a
levee of 0.18, more than double the legal limit of 0.08. , Booked at
4:30 AM, he was released on $500 bond(Credit : ABC, TMZ, wrestling
inc.).
-Pending DUI charges against Kurt Angle stemming from his Saturday
September 3rd arrest were dropped Tuesday October 4th at a hearing in
Warren County, VA, amended to reckless driving. Angle will appear in
court on Friday November 4th(Credit : pwinsider).
-Musical group Nada Surf's new album has been delayed due to legal
action from WWE for copyright infringement, as the group used audio
clips from Jim Crockett Promotions of Harley Race in 1983 for their song
'Somebody Take The Damn Money', which is based on the angle Race did
with Ric Flair where he put a $25,000 bounty on Flair's head for anyone
to take Flair out of wrestling. As WWE now owns the WCW/NWA/JCP library,
the band is "changing the song" according to the Wrestling Observer.
BUSINESS :
-Folha De Sao Paulo reports that UFC officials met with Mayor Gilberto
Kassab on Thursday afternoon September 22nd and with Governor Geraldo
Alckmin the following day(Friday September 23rd) in regards to planning
an edition of The Ultimate Fighter next year based in Sao Paulo, as well
as live events in 2012 and specific venues that could house said
shows(Credit : Tatame).
-TNA recently renewed television deals in France(Ma Chaine Sport),
Israel(Ananey's Ego Total) & Turkey(Cine5), and signed new deals in
Europe(Extreme Sports Channel, also in Africa & The Middle East),
Africa(Supersport network) & The Middle East(FX Middle East).
-AAA Trios & IWRG Trios Champion Damian 666 & former XPW
writer/producer Mike Hartsfield are starting MEXPW, a new group that
will launch in January with live events in Southern California first,
followed by Mexico afterwards featuring Damian Vs. Supreme as the top
feud. The seeds were planted for the promotion in Mexico's Perros Del
Mal when Damian challenged four former XPW wrestlers("White Trash"
Johnny Webb, Carnage, Supreme & Kaos answered the challenge) to a
junkyard brawl against himself, X-Fly, Halloween & Bestia
666(Damian's son) in downtown Mexico City this past summer.
-Sinclair Broadcasting's purchase of two Salt Lake City, UT television
stations, three West Palm Beach, FL stations, one Austin, TX station and
one Providence, RI station has been approved by the FCC(Credit :
pwinsider).
-Art Davie(original co-founder of UFC in 1993), along with partners
Wyndham Chow & Alan Winters with the support of Endemol USA, is
relaunching XARM, a combination of arm wrestling & martial arts
where combatants are tethered to an arm wrestling and bound together at
the hand via duct tape. Over the course of three 1 minute rounds,
competitors may punch, kick or attempt submission holds "while also
using traditional arm-wrestling as a means of scoring points", with
winners being determined by knockout, submission or judges' decision.
Initially launched in 2008, the first events are scheduled to start in
the first quarter of the new year("created for digital media", says
Winters), with a mobile game preceding it this year. Yes, it looks as
stupid as it sounds(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Janes Geddes, Senior VP/Tournament Operations & Player Services of
the LGPA, is reportedly leaving her position to take over as WWE's Vice
President of Talent Relations(Credit : Sports Business Daily).
-Joel Maximo of the SAT opened the Ludus Wrestling Center in Brooklyn,
NY on Monday October 10th, and plans on running live events under the
name Fighting Spirit Wrestling, with Homicide, Shane Douglas, DRS,
Prince Nana, Sami Callihan and more(including WWC wrestlers, Credit :
pwinsider).
-The Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer incorrectly reported that Ring Of
Honor's last iPPV in September, Death Before Dishonor IX, did 972 buys
on GoFightLive, at least 200 buys less than the actual number.
INTERNATIONAL :
-Chavo Guerrero Sr. & Jr. were both suspended for a year by the Box Y
Lucha Commission when they refused to submit to a drug test by
commissioner Rey Misterio Sr. before a scheduled match for Low Stars
Wrestling against Villanos IV & V in Mexico's Fausto Gutierrez
Moreno Auditorio De Tijuana on Friday September 16th. Both Chavos
appeared during the main event(Super Astro & Arandu subbed for the
father/son team against The Villanos) in the crowd, saying they'd take
pictures and sign autographs after the show to make it up to the fans.
(Credit: Lucha World, Super Luchas).
-England's Pro Wrestling: EVE women's promotion ran a double shot this
past weekend in Nottingham's Gym Combat that featured wrestlers from
Japan's Ice Ribbon in interpromotional match ups(Credit : diva dirt).
-WWE tours Mexico next week, Japan November 30-December 1 and plans to tour Asia in January(Credit: wrestling observer).
-TNA plans to tour Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina in
November, and will make a 7-stop tour of the UK, Germany & Belgium
in early 2012.
-New Japan's Hirooki Goto claims he will be touring Mexico again soon(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Jazz & Serena Deeb debut for NCW Femmes Fatales in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada on Saturday March 10, 2012(Credit : diva dirt).
-Bestia 666 & X-Fly were stripped of their IWL Tag Team titles for
defending them without permission. New champions for the vacant belts
will be crowned on Saturday October 22nd in a 4-way tag match featuring
Balls Mahoney & Low Rider Vs. Super Crazy & Dr. X-Treme Vs. Daga
& Mickie Segura Vs. Aero Star & Electroshock(Credit : Lucha
World).
UPCOMING :
-Tonight, in Dallas, TX's American Airlines Center, WWE Smackdown is
advertised as having "the largest battle royal in WWE history" with 41
men from both RAW & Smackdown entering, along with a "special
appearance by DX"(Credit : pwinsider).
-Wrestling Revolution tapes in Hollywood, CA this week at Jim Henson
Studios, with Tommy Dreamer & Lance Storm serving as producers and
all wrestlers appearing as new identities over the course of the
13-episode self-contained season(Credit : pwinsider).
-On Friday October 21st, fighters from Team Shotai Kai & Norther
Free Fighters compete in a cage fighting card to raise money for Help
For Heroes at Alnwick Castle's Gardens, sponsored by Jane Richard, the
Duchess Of Northumberland in England(Credit : The Telegraph UK).
-The 2011 Harley Race Wrestling Camp in Missouri's Eldon High School
gymnasium on Saturday October 22nd features William Regal, Kevin Von
Erich, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat & Harley Race as trainers, with
Pro Wrestling NOAH officials Ryu Nakata & Ken Hirayama along with
WLW wrestlers attending as well. After the camp, World League Wrestling
presents Night Of The Superstars in the same venue(Credit :
Gerweck.net).
-Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on Friday October 28th
features Bobby Lashley, The Briscoes, Harry Smith, Teddy Hart &
more(Credit : pwinsider).
-Eddie Edwards debuts for Chikara on Saturday October 29th at Reading,
PA's Goodwill Beneficial Assoc. Hall, against Jigaws(the two first
wrestled in Ring Of Honor at Bedlam In Beantown, April 11th, 2008 in
Boston, MA).
-Lucha De Gladiadores: La Venganza Del Alamo takes place at Mexico's
Arena Monterrey on Sunday October 30th, featuring L.A. Park, El Hijo Del
Santo & Rayo De Jalisco Vs. Carlito, Rikishi & Colt Cavana(yes,
the poster says "Cavana") in a "MEX vs. USA(EX WWE)" match(Credit :
Super Luchas).
-MMA heavyweight Bobby Lashley(6-1) will fight Darrill Schoonover(11-5)
on Friday November 11th in Lubbock, TX at Shark Fights 21(Credit : The
MMA Hour).
-Pro Wrestling Syndicate presents the first ever match up of Bob
Backlund facing Jerry Lynn on Saturday November 12th at The Elks Lodge
in Queens, NY. Also, Teddy Hart takes on Dan Maff, Amazing Red will
battle Shiima Xion, TNA's Christy Hemme will serve as guest referee for
Becky Bayless Vs. Brittney Savage Vs. Madison Rayne, The Necro Butcher
does battle with The Sheik, and Sonjay Dutt faces Kevin Matthews. Also
on tap is Hacksaw Jim Dugga, Brutus Beefcake, Virgil & "Black
Machismo" Jay Lethal Vs. Justin Corino, Smith James & The Lone
Rangers.
-Ring Of Honor hosts their first two-day tryout camp at their Bristol,
PA 'distribution center' November 12-13th, with Jim Cornette, Kevin
Kelly, Delirious, ROH World Tag Team Champion Charlie Haas & Rhett
Titus attending.
-Chikara(along with Worldwide Media Development Corp., Smart Mark Video
& Pancoast Productions) presents High Noon, their first iPPV, on
Sunday November 13th live on GoFightLive from Philadelphia, PA's Asylum
Arena, featuring Eddie Kingston Vs. Mike Quackenbush to crown the first
ever Grand Champion. Tommy Dreamer and Sara Del Rey also appear(Credit :
411mania).
-A double header comes to Philadelphia, PA's Asylum Arena on Saturday
December 3rd. First, the International Wrestling Summit presents a card
featuring Big Japan's Jaki Numazawa & FREEDOM's Jun "The Crazy
Monkey" Kasi Vs. CZW's Danny havoc & BJW's Ryuji Ito, Philly's Most
Wanted(Joker & BLK-JEEZ) from CZW Vs. FREEDOM's KAMUI & CZW's
Devon Moore, Yoshihito Saski Vs. Sami Callihan, K-Dojo's Kengo Mashimo
& FREEDOM's Takashi Saski Vs. CZW's Drake Younger & MASADA,
DDT's Danshoku Dieno Vs. CZW's D.J. Hyde, and the last U.S. appearance
of Dick Togo, as he faces DDT's KUDO. Then, CZW's Cage Of Death XIII
follows, featuring all of the aforementioned foreign wrestlers along
with CZW wrestlers(Credit : pwinsider).
-New Japan presents the Satoshi Kojima 20th Anniversary Show - RUSH!
from Japan's Tokyo Korakuen Hall, live on SAMURAI! TV on Wednesday
December 14th. Then, on live on WPW PPV Wednesday January 4th, NJPW's
40th Anniversary Tour - Wrestle Kingdom VI takes place in Japan's Tokyo
Dome(Credit : Puroresu Fan).
-UWF's planned Miami taping has been postponed to January, but a shoot
is planned for New York shortly for PPV and a possible reality project,
which is currently in negotiations(Credit: pwinsider)
-Ring Of Honor will return to the Philadelphia next year in their return
state, but it will not be in South Philly's Asylum Arena.
MEDIA :
-Demolition, Kevin Nash, Booker T, Arn Anderson & Brock Lesnar(from
his WWE years) will be featured as Legends in the WWE 12 video game this
November, along with "several WCW Legends"(Credit : pwinsider).
-Hulk Hogan(who recently signed a deal with Sports Nutritional
Innovations, Inc. to make a Hogan Nutrition line of nutritional products
& supplements, launching this month) appears on ESPN's television,
website & radio, The Howard Stern Show on Sirius/XM, NBC's "Today"
and Fox News' "Fox & Friends" October 12th-13th to promote his
appearance on Sunday's Bound For Glory PPV against Sting.
-'Wrestling Reality: The Life & Mind Of Chris Kanyon, Wrestling's
Gay Superstar'(written by Chris Kanyon but finished by his friends after
his death) will be released Tuesday November 1st(Credit : pwinsider).
-Kevin Von Erich is writing a book, 'World Class - The Story Of The Von
Erichs', with spring 2012 as the targeted release time(Credit :
pwinsider).
-Fancypants, a film starring Rowdy Roddy Piper, premiered on Thursday September 29th in Chicago, IL's AMC River East 21 theater.
-The Miz appeared on The CW's H8R reality show this past Wednesday
October 5th, the same day The Big Show participated in Nickelodeon's 8th
Annual Worldwide Day Of Play Celebration in Washington, D.C. Former FCW
wrestler Jenna Palmer joined the 'Big Brother UK' reality show on
Saturday October 8th, and Jimmy Hart had a cameo on ABC's Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition this past weekend. (Credit : pwinsider).
-WWE is working on an Edge DVD.
-'Inside Out', starring Triple H, was released on DVD Tuesday September
27th, while 'The Reunion' starring John Cena is released in theaters
Friday October 21st, a day before 'Fred 2: Night Of The Living Fred',
also starring Cena, premieres on Nickelodeon(Credit : pwinsider).
-AAA will be having a reality show where luchadors will be competing
against one another, with the winner being given the Abismo Negro
name/gimmick(Credit : Lucha World).
-Tito Santana was honored this past weekend at The Morris County
Organization For Hispanic Affairs' annual gala in New Jersey, while
TNA's Rosita & Tag Team Champion Hernandez appeared in the
Time-Warner cable float in New York City, NY's Hispanic Day Parade this
past Sunday October 9th(Credit : pwinsider).
-Mick Foley's comedy show from this past Saturday October 8th in
Levittown, NY's Governor's Comedy Club was filmed to be included in an
upcoming PBS special(Credit : pwinsider).
-Serious Parody is developing a wrestling booking simulation game for
Apple's iOS on the iPhone called Wrestling Manager(Credit : 411mania).
-Plans are for Brian Shields & Kevin Sullivan to write a sequel to
the WWE Encyclopedia at some point in the future, while Shawn Michaels
has an ebook, 'Diary Of A Heartbreak Kid', co-authored by Craig Tello
coming out in December (Credit : pwinsider).
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 :
-The Wrestling Roundtable attended TNA's Bound For Glory this past Sunday and we shot two new videos before & after the event - first, our latest BLOG
where the Wills interview fans on their way in to the building on what
they're looking forward to most, and afterwards, we get the results in Battle Of Wills as they also preview this Sunday's WWE Vengeance.
-The first two segments from Show #54(on Wrestling's Boom Period) are online now. Look for the last half on the nWo later this week!
-Roundtable Radio returns tonight on BlogTalkRadio
as we discuss the last UFC On Versus, UFC 136, TNA Bound For Glory 2011
& more. Call 347-857-4647 to share your thoughts, questions &
opinions with the panel.
-Will Vafides' documentary, B4W : The Time Of Our Lives, is scheduled to be released in March 2012.
DEATHS :
-Dr. X-Treme(Clemente Marcelino Valencia Najera), 43, Mexican
independent/former CMLL wrestler, was shot dead at a party with his
friends & family the morning of Tuesday October 11th, accidentally
shot when an altercation broke out. He died before reaching the
hospital(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Panchito Villalobos(Cutberto Garcia Medina), 75, 1930s luchador and
trainer, also died on Tues. Oct. 11th due to complications from prostate
cancer.
RESULTS :
-On WWE Smackdown that aired this past Friday October 14th from Dallas,
TX's American Airlines Center, Randy Orton won the first ever 41-Man
Battle Royal in WWE history to become the #1 contender for Mark Henry's
World Heavyweight Championship later in the main event, which saw Henry
get disqualified in 7:05(Credit : 411mania).
-NJPW presented a special charity wrestling show at Japan's Miyako Fish
Market on Saturday October 15th featuring three matches : Tetsuya Naito
defeated King Fale in 11:35 by pinfall after using a Stardust Press.
Minoru Suzuki & Taichi teamed TAKA Michinoku of the Kaientai Dojo to
beat Ryusuke Taguchi, Tgi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma in 18:27 when
Taichi pinned Taguchi with a hurricanrana. And in the main event, Tiger
Mask, Hirooki Goto, KUSHIDA & IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi
Tanahashi got the win over Shinsuke Nakamura, Gedo, Jado & Toru Yano
in 18:55 by pinfall when Tanahashi pinned Gedo after a High Fly
Flow(Credit : Puroresu Fan).
-Also on Sat. Oct. 15th, 'W-1 MMA 7 - Reloaded' took place on Coral
Gables, FL's BankUnited Center and saw the debuting Suzie Montero(1-0)
defeat Kim Couture(3-6) via unanimous decision. In the main event, Chuck
O'Neil(9-4) beat Marcus Davis(20-9) by split decision(Credit :
Sherdog).
-Continuing on Sat. Oct. 15th, EAW International held show in Toluca,
Mexico State's Agustin Millan Gym, seeing Jimmy "Wang" Yang & El
Hijo De Rey Misterio win the main event over Mr. Aguila El Fauno. Also,
Juventud Guerrea & Pepe "Doberman" Aguayo defeated Zach Gowen &
Marco Corleone when Juvy submitted Gowen(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Even more on Sat. Oct. 15th, IWL presented a card at Unidad Deportiva
Javier Rojo Gomez in Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico. Scorpio, Jr. replaced
Tony Rivera in teaming with Konami & Genesis(yes, really) in a
losing effort to Mad Man Pondo, 2 Tuff Tony & Gigante Warrior. ROH
World Champion Davey Richards successfully defended the title against
Daga(who vacated their Jr. Heavyweight Championship afterwards due to
the loss), and Super Crazy beat The Necro Butcher in the main
event(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Lastly on Sat. Oct. 15th, AWE presented the Awesome Night Of Legends
PPV from Fisherville, VA's Augusta Expo. Tommy Dreamer defeated Terry
Funk in the opening match via pinfall with a schoolboy. Jamin Olivencia
beat Sonjay Dutt, winning by pinfall with a rollup. Perry Saturn's
return to the ring was successful as he won over CW Anderson. Hacksaw
Jim Duggan beat Mohammad Akbar, Alex Silva(with Tammy Sytch) pulled Fit
Finlay's tights to get the pinfall win, Micro Championship Wrestling's
Short Sleeve Sampson beat Abo Shongo with a pinfall following a top-rope
frog splash, and in the main event, Diamond Dallas Page was revealed as
Kevin Nash's mystery partner Vs. The Rock 'N Roll Express, but before
The Insiders reunion could truly get rolling, CEO Marvin Ward stopped
the match at the 2:00 mark and re-booked it as Nash Vs. Ricky Morton
with Ron Garwin as the special ref., seeing Nash lose by count out as he
walked out of the ring after Jackkniffing Morton. Lita, Tommy Rich,
Shane Douglas & Rhino did not appear as advertised(Credit : lords of
pain).
-On Sunday October 16th, IWRG presented the Dr. Wagner Sr. Passing 7th
Anniversary show in Mexico's Arena Naucalapn. Jennifer Blake & Sexy
Star defeated Ludark Shaitan & Sexy Lady after the match was turned
in to a hardcore match. And in the main event, Heavyweight Champion
Silver King lost the title to Taboo in a 4-way steel cage match that
lasted nearly an hour also with La Parka & Dr. Wagner, Jr. when
Taboo escaped the cage(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Also on Sun. Oct. 16th, CMLL's event in Arena Mexico saw Hector Garza,
Shocker & Jushin "Thunder" Liger defeat Texano, Rey Bucanero &
Terrible by DQ when Bucanero fouled Garza. And in the main event,
Volador, Jr. defeated Atlantis via pinfall with a cradle after pulling
on Atlantis' mask(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Continuing on Sun. Oct. 16th, Dragon Gate's 'Gate Of Destiny' event
took place from Japan's Osaka Prefectural Gym #1 and saw a Mask Vs. Hair
6-way Steel Cage Survival Escape Match, won by KAGETORA, Shingo Takagi,
BxB Hulk, Akira Tozawa and Cyber Kong, all of whom escaped the cage,
making YAMATO the loser, as he was forced to have his head shaved(Credit
: Puroresu Spirit).
-And lastly on Sun. Oct. 16th, TNA presented Bound For Glory 2011 from
Philadelphia, PA's Liacourus Center at Temple University. Tag Team
Champions Mexican America(Hernandez & Anarquia) defended their belts
against Ink, Inc.(Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore) on the pre-show,
Hernandez rolling up Neal in 8:02 for the pin. X Champion Austin Aries
also defended his belt, pinning Brian Kendrick in the opener in 10:28
after a brainbuster. Rob Van Dam defeated Jerry Lynn in a Full Metal
Mayhem match, pinning Lynn underneath a ladder following a Van
Terminator in 13:15. Velvet Sky won her first Knockouts Championship in a
four-way with Champion Winter, Mickie James & Madison Rayne, as
Traci Brooks made the count in 8:40 for the pinfall following an
X-Factor on Rayne. AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels an in "I Quit"
match when Daniels quit at the 13:42 mark before AJ could even use a
screwdriver on the cornered heel(AJ had missed the previous day's Fan
Interaction due to his father's death). Hulk Hogan's first match since
2010 and after numerous back surgeries saw him tap out cleanly to
Sting's Scorpion Deathlock in 9:43. After the match, Eric Bischoff
turned on referee Jackson James(revealed earlier in the night as his
son) by hitting him with a chair and leading a beatdown with Immortal,
which led to a Hogan face turn on the faction as he fended off the group
and left with Sting. And in the main event, World Heavyweight Champion
Kurt Angle retained his title over Bobby Roode in 14:15 via pinfall
despite Roode's arms being under the ropes and Angle grabbing the second
rope for leverage. Angle, whose hamstring is injured(causing him to
pull out of media appearances and an autograph signing in Willow Grove,
PA last week), will be taking off one or several weeks to heal up(Credit
: 411mania, pwinsider).
-On the first ever WWE RAW SuperShow from Mexico City, MX's Palacio De
Los Deportes, GM John Laurinitis brought Jim Ross back to WWE(after a
week), but it was to tag with John Cena Vs. Michael Cole & WWE
Champion Alberto Del Rio, which JR won for his team by making Cole tap
to an Ankle Lock(Credit : 411mania).
-On WWE Smackdown to air this Friday, also the first from Mexico's
Palacio De Los Deportes Arena, Mil Mascaras was announced for WWE's 2012
Hall Of Fame, and Sin Cara(Mistico) defeated Sin Cara(Hunico) in a mask
vs. mask match, forcing Hunico to expose his face on camera after the
match.
SHAKE UPS :
-Former WWE creative writer & ROH freelancer/PPV director Dave
Lagana has signed with TNA to write a weekly series with Dutch Mantell
& Jeff Jarrett for the India market that will not use the TNA name
itself, set to tape in December and involve Sonjay Dutt. With 10 Indian
wrestlers recruited by former referee Rudy Charles set to be brought to
the US to train, the show will air on The Colors Network(Credit :
pwinsider).
-UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St.-Pierre(22-2) has pulled out of
his scheduled defense against Carlos Condit(27-5) at UFC 137 on Saturday
October 29 from Las Vegas, NV's Mandalay Bay Events Center due to knee
injury that will cause him to be out 4-6 weeks; the bout has been
delayed while the welterweight showdown between Nick Diaz(25-7, 1 NC)
Vs. BJ Penn(16-7-2) will now headline the card.
-WWE suspended Heath Slater for 30 days on Monday October 17th due to
his first Wellness Policy violation. WWE has also added Jake Carter(Big
Van Vader's son) to the FCW roster.
-PWInsider reports that Gail Kim is set to return to TNA tonight the
Impact Wreslting tapings in Orlando, FL's Impact Wrestling Zone.
-Bellator FC signed former UFC middleweight Maiquel Falcao(28-4) on Saturday October 15th(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-MMA heavyweight Pedor Rizzo(19-9) has pulled out of his scheduled fight
against Tim Sylvia(29-7) at ProElite 2 on Saturday November 5th from
Moline, IL's iWireless Center due to a partial tear of his left triceps
tendon. Being replaced by German fighter Andreas Kraniotakes(12-4), the
main event headlines the promotion's premiere on HDNet, as it airs live
on the network(Credit : Sherdog, MMAJunkie).
-David Hart Smith has claimed he is training under Billy Robinson &
Strikeforce heavyweight Josh Barnett(31-5) for an MMA debut some time
next year(Credit : 411mania).
-A riot broke out in the main event of Flint Fight Fest on Saturday
October 15th. In the last match during the unregulated amateur MMA card
in Michigan, spectators(including members of local AMMA gym Team Savage)
stormed the cage after a brawl broke out in the cage itself. The
announcer & a referee were jumped, while ring girls had beer thrown
on them. Order was eventually restored by the Flint Police Department
using pepper spray. Allegedly some local AMMA promotions have
temporarily suspended any Team Savage fighters from competing(Credit :
MMA Underground).
-Kurt Angle & Don Curtis will be inducted in the George Tragos/Lou
Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall Of Fame, located inside the National
Wrestling Hall Of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, IA this coming July
13-14.
HEALTH :
-UFC heavyweight Shane Carwin(12-2) will be undergoing surgery after an
MRI revealed a disc in his lower back was "into the nerves", meaning
he'll be out of action until "the spring or summer", while middleweight
Rich Franklin(28-6-1) had surgery to repair a torn labrum on Wednesday
October 12th, a successful surgery he hopes to return to the Octagon
from in the later summer. Lastly, Bantamweight Champion Dominick
Cruz(19-1) had surgery for a torn tendon on his right hand(an injury
suffered in his title defense against Demetrious Johnson(9-2) Sat. Oct.
1st at the last UFC On Versus. Being completely ripped off the bone, an
extra piece of tendon was placed over the top of the knuckle and
recovery places Cruz unable to fight until early 2012(Credit :
MMAJunkie, SB Nation).
-UK-based MMA promotion Cage Warriors have implemented it's own
mandatory blood testing used to identify infections such as HIV and
hepatitis B & C for all it's fighters. Additional testing, including
for steroids & other performance-enhancing drugs, could be
forthcoming(Credit : MMAJunkie).
LEGAL :
-Melody Sanford, Rita Cushnie & Cushnie's son Donald Richard were
all given a mandatory sentence - ineligible for parole for at least 25
years - for the September 2007 murder of Ivan (John) Radocaj(three weeks
after his marriage to Sanford) in his Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada home
by a band Sanford organized to beat Radocaj to death. Radocaj's family
believes he was tricked in to marrying Sanford so she could get an
insurance settlement from a car accident that left him with a broken
neck, and while Sanford claimed she & her husband made up before his
death, she later said the murder was revenge for his abuse of her
daughter(Her daughter testified the abuse never happened). Another
suspect, Christopher Houle, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder but
has yet to be sentenced. Daniel Richard, another accomplice, will be
tried on first degree murder. Yet another suspect, Timothy Richard, had
charges dropped after he turned in evidence in a plea bargain(Credit :
Vancouver Sun).
-Thomas Graham, 50, a convicted child molester, was murdered by his
cellmate, former UFC fighter and co-star of Austin Powers as the
character Random Task, Joe Son(0-4, himself serving a life sentence
after being charged in 2008 of participating in a 1990 gang rape of a
woman), on Monday October 10th in their cell. Graham had been serving a
two-year sentence in Wasco State prison for failing to properly register
as a sex offender after being once convicted for committing lewd and
lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14(Credit : TMZ).
-Tyson Tomko was arrested on Monday October 11 in St. Augustine, FL,
charged with robbery. Currently being held in jail on $7,500 bond
listed, Tomko allegedly stole 210 oxycodone tablets from a CVS pharmacy
after threatening a pharmacist after asking for 15 & 30 milligram
pills(he denies threatening anyone or implying he had any kind of
weapon, as alleged), went to a Chili's restaurant, asked for a spoon,
entered the restroom and injected what he stole over the course of the
30-40 minutes he remained in the handicap stall "crushing up &
melting down" pills for injection until police arrived. When police made
contact with him, he flushed something down the toilet and denied being
on anything. When asked to roll up his sleeves, needle marks and "blood
running down his arm" was visible. A syringe was found in the garbage
can next t to the restroom and Tomko claimed he left the rest of the
pills in a restroom garbage can at Carraba's. He had been to the CVS on
Saturday October 8th claiming he lost his prescription and asking if
anyone had found it. He left when he was told by the pharmacist that no
one had it, returning the next day asking if he could be advanced pills
but left when he was refused. After he was apprehended in Chili's the
following Wednesday, it was discovered he had injected 178
pills(equivalent to 2,670 mg) and he was taken to Flagler Hospital for
evaluation, after which he was discharged in to police custody and
transported to a county jail(Credit : The Bleacher Report, TMZ).
-Despite finding that WWE violated a law by Linda McMahon appearing on a
Make-A-Wish commercial for 2 seconds(which was dismissed as a "matter
of prosecutional discretion"), the Federal Election Commission ruled by a
6-0 vote in August that there was no wrong doing on WWE's behalf in
regards to illegally helping Linda McMahon win her senate race last
year(State Democratic Chairperson Nancy DiNardo made accusations of
propaganda from WWE along with illegal campaign contributions, Credit :
CT Post)
-Daniel Aceves led a press conference in Mexico on Wednesday October
12th attended by many luchadors, politicians & athletes from other
second tier sports, asking for more support from the government in the
form of tax deductions, more facilities, help with medical expenses, and
"more money spent into helping improve sports at a grass roots level to
keep Mexican sports strong"(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
BUSINESS :
-Spike TV's Senior VP Of Sports & Special Programming Brian Diamond
was fired, replacing him with Jon Slusser as Senior VP Of Sports &
Multi-Platform Programming to pursue "non-traditional events" including
MMA(Credit : The Sports Business Journal Daily).
-Showtime's executive VP and GM of sports & events programming, Ken
Hershman, has stepped down from his position at the company to take over
for Ross Greenburg as HBO Sports president(Greenburg left HBO in July)
starting Monday January 9th(Credit : MMAJunkie).
INTERNATIONAL :
-AAA wants to bring Sting back in the future. Meanwhile, Ozz &
Cuervo continue their tour of All Japan through to this Sunday, October
23rd, while Arkangel also tours the country(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
UPCOMING :
-Dragon Gate's "UK Invasion III" tour takes place in England from October 21-22nd.
-NJPW's G1 Tag League starts on Saturday October 22nd from Japan's Tokyp
Korakuen Hall, featuring Takashi Iizuka & Hideo Saito facing
Tomohiro Ishii & Dragon Gate's Don Fuji(Credit : Puroresu Fan).
-Family Wrestling Entertainment(FWE) presents Fallout on Saturday
November 5th from New York, NY's 'Hall at St. Paul', featuring Bobby
Lashley. Also, TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Tara faces Madison Rayne
with Christy Hemme as the guest referee, and Eric Young takes on Rob
Terry.
-NJPW's 'Power Struggle' PPV airs on Saturday November 12th from Japan's
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. Hiroyoshi Tenzan faces Satoshi Kojima,
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Rocky Romero & ROH World
Champion Davey Richards face KUSHIDA & Tiger Mask, IWGP Jr.
Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt defends against Kaientai Dojo's TAKA
Michinoku, ZERO-1's Masato Tanaka defends his IWGP Intercontinental
Championship against Hirooki Goto, and in the main event, IWGP
Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi takes on Toru Yano(Credit :
Puroresu Fan).
-ROH's Survival Of The Fittest 2011, Friday November 18th in Dayton,
OH's Montgomery County Fairgrounds features not just the SOTF
tournament, but the Champions' Challenge match of World Champion Davey
Richards & TV Champion Jay Lethal Vs. World Tag Team Champions
Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team. The next night, Saturday November 19th,
Glory By Honor takes place in Chicago Ridge, IL's Frontier Fieldhouse.
-Also on Sat. Nov. 19th, Bellator 58 will emanate from Hollywood, FL's
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, featuring Lightweight Champion
Eddie Alvarez(22-2) defends against Michael Chandler(8-0, Credit :
MMAJunkie).
-Billy Corgan's Resistance Pro holds their first event, 'Black Friday',
on November 25th from Chicago, IL's Excaliber. Corgan has claimed the
promotion will be using Russian doctors to test for concussions(Credit :
WGN).
-Ring Of Honor debuts in Spartanburg, NC at the Memorial Auditorium on
Saturday December 3rd, in Greensboro, NC at the Colisuem(Special Events
Center) on Sunday December 4th, in Baltimore, MD in the Du Burns Arena
on Saturday January 7th for a TV taping, in Norfolk, VA at The Scope
Arena on Saturday January 21st, and in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at the War
Memorial Auditorium on Friday March 30th for an iPPV.
-WWE tapes Tribute To The Troops 2011 at Fayetteville, NC's Crown
Coliseum on Sunday December 11th to air the following Saturday, December
27th, on NBC(Credit : pwinsider).
-Pro Wrestling Xtreme(PWX) runs at Orlando, FL's National Guard Armory
on Saturday January 28th, featuring Champion Balls Mahoney Vs. New Jack
in a dog collar match, and Tag Team Champions The Nigerian Nightmares
defend against The Heartbreak Express. The card also features Steve
Corino, Tommy Dreamer, Carlito, Kory Chavis, NWA Jr. Heavyweight
Champion Craig Classic, Jillian Hall, Bill Demott, Homicide, Terri
Runnels & Leory Jenkins.
MEDIA :
-Shawn Spears & Prince Devitt pulled out of last week's Wrestling
Revolution tapings in Hollywood, CA due to VISA issues and were replaced
by Chris Hero & Brian Cage. The ring announcing was done by actor
Keith David(Credit : pwinsider).
-TNA's 'Jeff Hardy Volume 2 : Enigma' DVD was released today(Credit : 411mania).
-Hulk Hogan's Main Event was released exclusively for Xbox 360 Kinect on
Tuesday October 11th, while the documentary 'Sadermana' on Chris Sader,
Hogan's biggest fan, premiered at Chicago, IL's AMC River East theater
this past Saturday October 15th(Credit : pwinsider).
-Lemon Films' Fernando & Billy Rovzar are in talks with AAA on
creating a movie and TV properties in Spanish based on it's roster.
Lemon's first wrestling movie, 'Rally Pro Camara Vs. Caballera'(produced
by Mantarraya Films, Jaibol & Filmadora Nacional), a compilation of
four shorts featuring AA wrestlers, was screened at July's Guanajuato
Festival. Lemon also made a short film, 'Girl Dynamite', on Jennifer
Blake(Credit : Variety).
-UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar, Dan Severn, Rocky Johnson, Mick
Foley and athletes will appear with Rocky Marciano, Jr. at the Rocky
Marciano/BULLYING…We're Kickin' It National Campaign events presented by
The Rocky Marciano World Foundation with MarblePlay TV & Mpower
Pictures in New York October 20-21st.
-Former XPW wrestler GQ Money opens for KRS-One at Los Angeles, CA's Key
Club on the Sunset Strip, Friday October 28th, while The Ultimate
Warrior introduces the Winds Of Plague band on stage at Los Angeles,
CA's The Wiltern on Halloween night, Monday October 31st(Credit :
pwinsider).
-DK Publishing has released the UFC Encyclopedia by Thomas Gerbasi(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Vader appears in the WWE '12 video game from THQ as a Legend.
-Dave Batista & Kimbo Slice star in The Scorpion King 3: Battle For
Redemption, to be released on DVD Saturday November 12th.
-UFC ring announcer Bruce Buffer will release his autobiography, 'It's
Time!', around Christmas 2012 through Random House(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-WWE is planning a reality show for their upcoming Network featuring
Legends living together in a house, 'House Of Fame'(Credit : pwinsider).
-'Hacksaw: The Jim Duggan Story', Duggan's autobiography written with
Scott Williams, will be released by Triumph Books Sunday April
1st(Credit : pwinsider).
-Bob Holly with Ross Williams is planning on writing 'The Hardcore Truth', his autobiography(Credit : lords of pain).
-Axeva, Inc. will launch a CHIKARA mobile app in November.
DEAD LUCHADOR TALLY FOR THE WEEK : 2
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 :
-Wrestling Roundtable Show #54, featuring discussion on Wrestling's Next Boom Period & the nWo, is now available on YouTube, iTunes, BlogTalkRadio & GoFightLive.
-Wrestling Roundtable Radio returns to BlogTalkRadio
live this Tuesday November 1st at 11pm EST/8pm PST with discussion on
UFC 137, WWE Vengeance 2011 and much more! Call 347-857-4647 to ask
questions or comment!
RESULTS :
-The latest stop in Pro Wrestling NOAH's 'The Navig." tour took place
Sunday October 16th from Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall and saw GHC Junior
Heavyweight Tag Team Champions KENTA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru lose the
belts to Atsushi Aoki & Kotaro Suzuki in 28:30 via pinfall when
Kotaro used a Tiger Driver on Kanemaru. Kotaro & Aoki's first
defense of their new belts will be Saturday October 29th against
Michinoku Pro's Kenbai & Kenou in a 'Charity Event' from Japan's
Niigata City Gymnasium(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Also on Sunday Oct. 16th, IWL held an event from Mexico's Auditorio De
San Francisco Chilpan. ROH World Champion Davey Richards & Juventud
Guerrera defeated Super Crazy & Mike Segura, and in the main event,
The Necro Butcher, 2 Tuff Tony & Mad Man Pondo defeated both teams
of Angel O Demonio, Ovett & Leon Rojo and Sepulturero I, Cebero
Negro & Fantasma De La Opera(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-On Tuesday October 18th from Arena Mexico, CMLL's event saw Guadalajara
Silueta win the REINA International Juniors title from Ray via pinfall
following a superplex. Also, Dragon Lee was was stretchered out of his
tag match(teaming with Pegasso & Angel De Plata) against Arkangel De
La Muerte, Loco Max & Skandolo when he was injured attempting a
dive, though he team won by disqualification when the rudos ripped off
the masks of his remaining tag partners(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-On the TNA Impact Wrestling that aired on Thursday October 20th taped
from Orlando, FL's Impact Wrestling Zone, James Storm won his first
World title when he defeated World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle in
the main event, pinning Angle following a superkick in 1:19(Credit : PW
Torch).
-IWL presented a card in Mexico's Rodeo Santa Fe on Saturday October
22nd. Conde Bartok, Violento & Rey Krimen defeated Emo Extreme,
Punker & Soldado Del La Muerte, leading to Punker & Emo Extreme
turning on Soldado and announcing they'd be forming a faction named
Bizarros ATM. Super Crazy & Scorpio, Jr.(subbing for the late Dr.
X-Treme) won the IWL Tag titles in a three-way against Balls Mahoney
& Low Rider and Aerostar & Electroshock when Crazy pinned
Aerostar after a Michinoku Driver to claim the vacant belts for his
team. Suicide won the IWL Junior title vacated moments earlier by Daga
when he pinned Joe Lider in a three-way with Low Rider. And in the main
event, Leon Rojo defeated Giant Warrior, 2 Tuff Tony, Angel O Demonio,
Ovett & Mad Man Pondo in a 6-way hair match. Rojo, however, suffered
shoulder & neck injuries attempting a middle rope hurricanrana on
Pondo when Pondo fell on him(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Also on Sat. Oct. 22nd, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's "Steen Wolf" emanated
from Reseda, CA's American Legion Post. T.J. Perkins defeated Rocky
Romero via submission in a Texas Cloverleaf, ROH World Champion Davey
Richards beat Willie Mack with roundhouse kicks, and PWG Tag Team
Champions The Young Bucks retained in their defense against Future Shock
via pinfall following More Bang For Your Buck. And in the main event,
PWG Champion Kevin Steen lost the belt to El Generico in a ladder match
when The Young Bucks interfered. After the match, The Young Bucks
challenged Steen to a Guerrilla Warfare match on Saturday December 10th
when Super Dragon returned to the promotion and will team with Steen in
the match(Credit : PWTorch, pwinsider).
-Lastly on Sat. Oct. 22nd, Lucha Libre USA aired on MTV2 taped from
Albuquerque, NM's Hard Rock Hotel & Casino this past January was not
the 'season finale' as LLUSA claimed was incorrectly stated on the
DirectTV listing. Petey Williams defeated Charly Malice via pinfall
following a Canadian Destroyer. And in the main event,
Dinastia(Tinieblas, Jr. & Oriental) won a three-way with
Treachery(Relik & Sydistiko) & PR Powers(PR Flyer & San Juan
Kid) to become the first LLUSA Tag Team Champions when Tinieblas
submitted Kid(Credit : wrestleview, wrestling news world).
-WWE Vengeance 2011 took place from San Antonio, TX's AT&T Center
this past Sunday October 23rd. WWE Tag Team Champions Air Boom(Evan
Bourne & Kofi Kingston) successfully defended their belts in the
opener, defeating United States Champion Dolph Ziggler & Jack
Swagger in 13:23 via pinfall after Bourne nailed Ziggler with an Air
Bourne. Ziggler then had to defend his US Championship immediately
afterwards against Zack Ryder, beating Ryder in 6:04 by pinfall
following a superkick. Divas Champion Beth Phoenix retained over Eve
Torres in 7:18, pinning Torres after a Glam Slam. WWE Legend Kevin Nash
made an on-air return during Triple H & CM Punk's tag match against
The Awesome Truth(The Miz & R-Truth), attacking HHH(Jackknifing HHH,
which "fractured his vertebrae", leading to the storyline injury
forcing HHH to be out "at least 6 weeks"), followed by Awesome Truth
getting the win in 15:37 when Miz pinned Punk after LIttle Jimmy's
Finale. Randy Orton beat Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes in 12:13
of their non-title match by pinfall following an RKO. World Heavyweight
Champion Mark Henry's title defense against The Big Show was ruled a No
Contest in 13:00 when ring ring collapsed from the impact of Henry's
second rope suplex on Show. WWE.com claimed both men suffered muscle
& ligament strains in their necks & upper backs in the spot, but
they are storyline injuries. And in the main event, the lack of title
changes continued as WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio retained over John
Cena 26:59 in to their Last Man Standing match when Cena could not
answer a 10 count following a belt shot from Del Rio(Credit : 411mania,
wrestling101).
-Also on Sun. Oct. 23rd, CMLL presented a card from Mexico's Arena
Coliseo. Middleweight Champion Jushin "Thunder" Liger & Hijo Del
Fantasma defeated Misterioso, Jr.& Mr. Niebla in the finals of a
Couples Tournament, and in the main event, Hector Garza got a victory
over Rey Bucanero via disqualification when Bucaenero fouled
Garza(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Continuing on Sun. Oct. 23, Colt Cabana won the Absolute Championship
in a three-way with Coyote & El Perro Ramces when he pinned Ramces
following a Superfly Splash to cap off the main event of Revolution
Lucha Libre's "El Dia De Los Elegidos 2011" card in Chile(Credit : Super
Luchas).
-Last but certainly not least for Sun. Oct. 23rd, All Japan's "Pro
Wrestling LOVE in Ryogoku Vol.13" saw outsiders win every title on the
line. Team Dai Nippon(Yuji Okabyashi & Daisuke Sekimoto) won the All
Asia Team Championship from "es"(Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya) in
24:18 when Okabayashi pinned Soya after a Diving Body Press. DDT's Kenny
Omega won the World Junior Heavyweight Championship from KAI in 20:43
when he pinned Kai with a Croyt's Wrath, being challenged by Minoru
after the match. AAA's Ozz & Dark Cuervo defeated World Tag Team
Champions The Great Muta & KENSO, taking the belts in 14:44 when Ozz
pinned KENSO following an Ozz Driver after Muta & KENSO turned on
one another. And in the main event, NOAH's Jun Akiyama defeated Triple
Crown Champion Suwama in 30:35 via pinfall following the Sternnes Dust
Alpha.
SHAKE UPS :
-The Rock 'N Sock Connection could return to WWE, as Boston's TD Garden
originally announced Mick Foley will make a "special appearance" on the
3-hour RAW SuperShow(dubbed 'Rock Reunion RAW') on Monday November 14th
before taking down that statement(The Wrestling Observer claims Foley
was never contacted to appear on the show). Also on the pre-Survivor
Series RAW, The Rock will 'meet' John Cena in Cena's hometown. The Rock
is now being billed as Cena's partner not in a Survivor Series
elimination tag match, but as was announced on this past RAW from the
University Of Texas' Frank Erwin Center, Cena picked Rock to be his tag
partner against Awesome Truth at the Madison Square Garden PPV, Sunday
November 20th in New York City. Also on RAW last night, Michael Cole
challenged Jim Ross to a match next week on the show, and Kevin Nash
attacked COO HHH with a sledgehammer.
-Nigel McGuinness is returning to wrestling after an over year-long
layoff for Squared Circle Wrestling(2CW) in what they're promoting as
his "retirement tour", wrestling Eddie Edwards on Friday November 11th
at 'Eleventh Hour' in Watertown, NY's Exhibition Hall. From there, he
wrestles Chad Collyer on Saturday November 12th in Hamilton, OH's Great
Miami Event Event for Heartland Wrestling Association(HWA), the
promotion he started his career & training in. He will also be
holding a training camp that day for HWA, but he will not wrestle for
Ring Of Honor until 2012(Credit : pwinsider, force of wrestling).
-Marty Jannetty will become a trainer & wrestler for CHIKARA, making
his debut with the promotion at 'No Safety In Numbers' on Saturday
October 29th in Reading, PA's Goodwill Beneficial Association
Hall(Credit : wrestling observer).
-WWE's recently RAW & Smackdown tapings at Mexico's Palacio De Los
Deportes Arena saw tryouts from several CMLL luchadors(including Hijo
Del L.A. Park, La Sombra, Hijo Del Fantasma, Volador, Jr., Magnus, Hijo
Del Dr. Wagner, Zumbi, Averno, Mascarita Dorada & Bestia 666), most
of whom were offered (likely developmental) deals. Speaking of FCW,
Tough Enough winner Andy Leavine has been renamed Kevin Hackman, while
DGUSA commentator Rob Naylor has quit the promotion to work for
FCW(Credit : pwinsider, Dr. Lucha, 411mania, wrestling observer).
-WWE decided not to renew Spanish commentator Hugo Savinovich's contract. Savinovich now plans on writing a religious book.
-UFC middleweight Alan Belcher(17-6) was recently granted a black belt
rank in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Helio Soneca in Mississippi(Credit :
MMAJunkie).
-UFC featherweight Kenny Florian(15-6) has not retired but will return to the lightweight division(Credit : Boston Herald).
-After issues with the 10-second warning in the last two fights the
night of fights at M-1 Challenge 27: Magalhaes Vs. Zayats in Phoenix,
AZ's Grand Canyon University Arena on Friday October 14th, the Arizona
Boxing & MMA Commission has decided against using whistles to mark
the 10-second warning before the end of rounds, as fighters mistook the
whistle to mean the end of the round rather than time warning and
referees had to instruct the athletes to keep fighting. The whistle will
still be used for the "seconds-out" warning to clear the cage before
rounds commence, but a wooden clapper or cowbell will now be used for
the 10-second warning(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Ring Of Honor has instituted a new policy where non-title matches will
now be called a "Proving Ground" match where in if the champion loses or
the bout ends in a draw, the challenger will be granted a title shot
within 60 days.
HEALTH :
-Gerald Brisco suffered a 'mild' stroke on Wednesday October 19th. After
being hospitalized in Tampa, FL, Brisco was shortly released to
convalesce at home but more tests are forthcoming.
-Serene Deeb recently suffered a "rather serious concussion" during a
match against Yumi Ohka(Deeb won via pinfall following a Spear but got
kicked in the head during the match) at the Shimmer tapings(Sunday
October 2nd in Berwyn, IL's Eagles Club)and will be taking an
'indefinite' amount of time out from wrestling to recover, as she will
not return until medically cleared.
-Gangrel suffered a left elbow injury in a motorcycle accident last week
in Burbank, CA when an oncoming car struck his vehicle when he turned a
corner. He was diagnosed with a fractured elbow when he was brought to
the hospital(Credit : TMZ).
-EMLL's Angel De Plata suffered a torn rectus muscle during his Monday
October 17th tag match in Mexico's Arena Puebla with Fuego & Stuka,
Jr. against Cancerbero, Raziel & Centauro De Fuego(substituting for
Euforia). Though his team won the match, doctors advised Plata to stay
out of actions for at least two weeks(Credit : Lucha World).
LEGAL :
-Nick Phillip Rogers, 23, was arrested Thursday October 13th in
connection to the death of Todd Mike Whitzel, 27, a former Rage In The
Cage MMA fighter(1-1-0),
whose remains were believed to have been located in an area near the
8000 block of North Razorback Road in Avra Valley, AZ on Wednesday
October 12th. Detectives recently received information leading them to
believe Whitzel was shot by Rogers and burned in the desert(Whitzel's
family reported him missing to the Marana Police Department on Sunday
May 15th. Whitznel was last seen at "The Wagon Wheel" bar in Picture
Rocks, AZ between May 12 & 13th when he was involved in an
altercation outside the bar when he was on his way out after being asked
to leave due to an altercation inside the bar itself between himself,
his friend Nick - unknown whether this friend Nick is Rogers - and other
men. A group of men from inside the bar joined in on the outside
altercation, ending when a friend of Whitznel's pulled a gun to fend off
the crowd while they escaped on Whitznel's 2007 Harley Davidson Dyna
low Rider motorcycle. After dropping Nick off at Nick's house, Whitznel
went missing for two weeks before his motorcycle was discovered by two
men out in the desert turned on it's side & completely burned).
Rogers was booked in to the Pima County jail on suspicion of
first-degree murder while an investigation is ongoing(Credit :
mixedmartialarts.com, Arizona Daily Star).
-MMA heavyweight Brett Rogers(11-3) was arrested early Monday morning
October 24th in Apple Valley, MN on an outstanding warrant from his June
domestic violence arrest. Though this week's arrest was for failing to
comply with certain conditions of his pre-sentencing release(he plead
guilty in September, the same month he also lost his first
post-Strikeforce bout, losing to Eddie Sanchez, 13-5, via split decision
at Titan FC 20 on Fri. Sep. 23rd from Kansas City, KS's Memorial Hall),
he was also arrested in late Sep. for violating an order of protection
issued. His sentencing will take place Wednesday November 30th(Credit :
Bloody Elbow, MMA Playground).
-After being arrested for stealing drugs on Monday October 10th, Travis
"Tyson" Tomko posted bail on Thursday October 20th and was released from
jail. He left for WWE-sponsored drug rehabilitation at an undisclosed
treatment facility(Credit : pwinsider).
BUSINESS :
-UFC is partnering with Cinedigm Digital Cinema to present four annual
UFC events live in 120 3D theaters starting with UFC's Saturday February
4th show.
-AAA's Dorian Roldan attended TNA's Impact Wrestling tapings in Orlando,
FL last week and had "successful meetings" with Jeff Jarrett regarding
the two promotions' plans working together going forward. Also, TNA has
hired Jules Werton to replace Steven Godfrey as the new head of
PR(Credit : Lucha World, wrestling observer).
-Scotland's Insane Championship Wrestling has signed a TV deal with MyChannel UK Sky 219(Credit : pwinsider).
-IWRG of Mexico claims they're in negotiations with TV Azteca to air a
show on both TV Azteca & Azteca America on Sundays(Credit : The Cubs
Fan).
-Jim Ross has signed a deal to work on a WWE/Mattel project.
-Lucha Libre USA launched a Facebook series on Thursday October 20th,
the first edition featuring Rocky Romero talking and answering fan
questions(Credit : pwinsider).
-PWS' show set for the Elks Lodge in Queens, New York City on Saturday
November 12th has been canceled. They also claim Teddy Hart was arrested
and cannot leave Canada.
UPCOMING :
-UFC"s official debut on FOX takes place Sunday October 30th when a one
hour Primetime(previewing the Heavyweight title fight between Champion
Cain Velasquez & Junior Dos Santos on Saturday November 12th) airs
after the NFL(Credit : 411mania).
-ProElite 2 airs live on HDNet Saturday November 5th from Moline, IL's
iWireless Center, featuring welterweight Reagan Penn(1-0) against also
undefeated Evan Cutts(2-0, Credit : MMAPlayground).
-Heavyweight Bobby Lashley(6-1) has agreed to face Dave Huckaba(16-4) at
Shark Fights 21, as his original opponent, Heavyweight Champion Darrill
Schoonover(11-5) withdrew from the fight after suffering a shoulder
injury and being stripped of the title. The bout to crown a new champion
will headline Shark Fights 21, Friday November 11th from Lubbock, TX's
Fair Park Coliseum, airing on FUEL TV Friday December 23rd(Credit :
MMAJunkie).
-FULL along with AAA presents Titanes Del Ring, presented by takes place
Saturday November 12th at Mexico's Palacio De Los Deportes, featuring
Chavo Guerrero, Jr., Electroshock, Cibernetico & L.A. PARK Vs. La
Parka, Dr. Wagner, Jr., Tinieblas, Jr. & Mesias in the main event.
The show also features a tournament for the vacant FULL heavyweight
title, participants including Octagon, The Pyscho Circus, Pirata Morgan,
Huracan Ramirez, Chessman, Solar, Lizmark, Jr., Scorpio, Jr., Super
Calo & Dos Caras. Also on the card, Faby Apache, Cinthia Moreno
& Lolita face Sexy Star, Jennifer Blake & La Diabolica.
-Ring Of Honor returns to Philadelphia, PA's National Guard Armory on
Friday January 20th, and have plans to run in Cincinnati, OH next year
as well(Credit : pwinsider).
-Mexico's Lucha POP runs a card in Chicago, IL on Saturday January 21st.
MEDIA :
-'Foxcatcher', a film by director Bennett Miller on the murder of 7-time
world amateur wrestling champion, Olympic champion and former mentor to
Kurt Angle, David Schultz(whom Angle dedicated his 1996 Olypmic gold
medal victory to), is being developed. With the movie currently in the
talks, Channing Tatum is set to play Schultz' murderer John du Pont(du
Pont killed Schultz, 36, in 1996 at a Pennsylvania facility du Pont's
family built named Foxcatcher in an apparent bout of paranoid
schizophrenia. He died in prison in 2010) and star alongside Steve
Carell. No deal is in place yet for the independently financially &
produced film but Miller hopes to being shooting the film he's been
developing "for several years" in early 2012(Credit : Los Angeles
Times).
-UFC Hall Of Famer Chuck Liddell appeared as a ProElite 2.0 MMA fighter
on an episode of CBS' Hawaii Five-0 titled 'Ka Hakaka Maika'i" based on
the sport that aired last night, Monday October 24th(Credit :
mixedmartialarts.com)
-Zuffa releases 'UFC: Ultimate Fight Collection 2011 Edition', a total
of 50 hours on a 20-disc DVD set of 170 fights from July 2010-June 2011,
initially at Best Buy Tuesday November 8th, then an official release
Tuesday December 6th.
-Storylines in THQ's upcoming WWE '12 video game(featuring voice overs
from Austin Aries as Jacob Cass) include Sheamus forming a stable with
Drew McIntyre, William Regal & Wade Barrett called The United
Kingdom that brings back the European Championship and a possible
re-formation of WCW(Credit : lords of pain).
-Mick Foley performed at a pro wrestling comedy show Thursday October
20th from New York City, NY's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater(Credit :
wrestling observer).
-Eric Bischoff & Jason Hervey, through Bischoff Hervey
Entertainment(BHE), along with Scott Baio act as executive producers for
Daddy's Home,a new sitcom starring Baio to air on Nickelodeon's Nick At
Night(Credit : pwinsider).
-On Jeff Katz' series with the "Wrestling Revolution" working title that
recently taped in Hollywood, CA, NWA World Heavyweight Champion Adam
Pearce plays a character named Ridgeway, Mike Rollins plays Murder, Colt
Cabana plays Punchline, Joey Ryan plays gay wrestler Chase Walker with
actress Trish LaFache as his valet, Shawn Daivari plays Ferris Gotch,
Sami Callihan & Alex Ziikos play the tag team Satanic &
Profitable, Brian Cage & Shaun Ricker also play a tag team(named
John-tourage) with a bodyguard named Brick Shithouse, Chris Masters
played Concrete, Karl Anderson played Killshot, Kenny Omega plays Scott
Carpenter, and MVP plays The Lord Of War(Credit : pwinsider).
-'El Luchador', a new reality series on A&E in Mexico featuring
CMLL, started airing this past Saturday October 22(The Cubs Fan).
-Handicapped Heroes, a documentary on AAW/PWO/IWA Unlimited pro wrestler Greg Irons, who has cerebral palsy, is forthcoming.
-Zuffa fighters(including Cung Le, UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain
Velasquez, King Mo, Josh Thompson, Mike Swick, Scott Smith, Strikeforce
Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez and more) will attend the
"TurningWheels For Kids" charity golf tournament, Friday October 28th in
San Jose, CA's Cinnabar Hills Golf Club(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-El Hijo Del Santo opened an art exhibit in Mexico last week(including
his own paintings) to celebrate his 29th year in lucha libre, while
WWC's Maya Guerrero, Jr., Dragon Lee, Horuz & Delta visited The
Mexican Social Security Institute clinic on Friday October 21st as part
of a the "Active Aging" workshop(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
Monday, October 31, 2011 :
-Wrestling Roundtable Radio returns to BlogTalkRadio tomorrow, Tuesday November 1st at 11pm EST/8pm PST with discussion on
UFC 137, WWE Vengeance 2011, RAW Supershow and much more! Call 347-857-4647 to ask
questions or comment!
DEATHS :
-"Mighty" Mia Hayes-Camara(3-0 amateur), 35, female MMA Fighter and
grappler, died Sunday October 23rd after a 4-year bout with stage 4
breast cancer.
RESULTS :
-Strikeforce lightweight Ryan Couture(3-1) defeated Maka Watson(4-2) by
majority decision at Strikeforce Challengers 19, Friday September 23
from The Pearl at Las Vegas, NV's Palms Casino Resort(Credit : Sherdog).
-Depomart's 10th Anniversary & Mil Mascaras' 40th Anniversary(in pro
wrestling) were celebrated Friday October 7th at "Mask Nobility Fiesta
2011 - All Star Game" from Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall. AkiPro's
Kikutaro lost to Terrorist "F" in the "Ultra Different Dimension Mask
Man Battle" opener when F used a Waki Gatame in 5:51. X-LAW Women's
Champion Ayumi defeated S-Ovation's Misaki Ohata in 9:37 with a Modified
Back Throw Suplex. K-Dojo's TAKA Michinoku teamed with Gran Hamada
& Tokyo GURENTAI's NOSAWA Rongai to beat Black Tiger, Yuu Yamagata
& Michinoku Pro's Sasuke The Great in 4:33 when Tiger pinned NOSAWA
after a Death Valley Bomb. El Samurai teamed with Kensuke Office's
Kensuke Saski & New Japan's IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Prince
Devitt lost to Tenryu's Big Hayabusa, Michinoku Pro's Jinsei Shinzaki
& The Great Sasuke in 19:35 when Hayabusa submitted Samurai with a
Texas Clover Hold. And in the main event, The Original Tiger Mask(RJPW's
Satuoru Sayama) teamed with Dos Caras & Mil Mascaras to defeat
CMLL's Ultimo Guerrero, Dragon Gate's CIMA & New Japan's Tiger Mask
IV in 17:13 when Mascaras pinned Guerrero following a Flying Body
Attack(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Female MMA fighter Andria Caplan(1-0) won her professional fighting
debut at Bellator 54 on Saturday October 15th from Atlantic City, NJ's
Boardwalk Hall, nabbing a unanimous decision over Adrienne "Aggravated
Battery" Seiber(1-2) in a preliminary fight(Credit : Ultimate
Apocalypse).
-CMLL's Middleweight Champion, NJPW's Jushin "Thunder Liger defended his
title against Texano at their card Monday October 24th from Mexico's
Arena Puebla Meinebento.
-TNA taped Impact Wrestling from Macon, GA's Macon Coliseum on Wednesday
October 26th, featuring Gail Kim & Madison Rayne winning the
Knockouts Tag Team titles from Tara & Miss Tessmacher after Karen
Jarrett interfered. Jesse Sorensen beat X Champion Austin Aries in a
non-title match via rollup pinfall. And in the main event, Robert Roode
(finally) won the World Heavyweight title from James Storm when in 16:00
via pinfall when he smashed a beer bottle over Storm's head, turning
heel and winning his first World title. Also, Jimmy Rave defeated Kyle
Matthews in a dark match(Credit : wrestling news arena).
-On TNA Impact Wrestling that aired this past Thursday October 27th on
Spike TV taped from Orlando, FL's Impact Wrestling Zone, Gail Kim made
her in-ring return, defeating Knockouts Tag Team Champion Tara with Eat
Defeat in 4:00. TV Champion Eric Young defended his title successfully
against Robbie E, pinning E in 1:00 with a crucifix. Jeff Hardy also
made his in-ring return, pinning Bully Ray in 6:00 following a Swanton
Bomb(Credit : 411mania).
-CMLL presented a card Friday October 28th from Arena Mexico, featuring
Marcela winning the Womens title from Amapola by pinning Amapola in the
third fall with a Michinoku Driver. Also, Middleweight Champion Jushin
"Thunder" Liger, Rush & Blue Panther beat Felino, Nego Casas &
Mr. Niebla by disqualification when Casas had Panther in an armbar he
would not release. Shigeo Okumura, Yoshihashi & Virus defeated
Valiente, Dragon Lee & Sangre Azteca when Virus pinned Lee. And in
the main event, Averno, Mephisto & Ephesto beat Hector Garza,
Mascara Dorada & La Sombra when Mephisto pinned Dorada following a
super Devil's Wings(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-New Japan presented Camp Zama Superfest V on Saturday October 29th from
the US military base of Kanagawa Camp Zawa in Japan. In an "OZ Academy
Offer Match", Aja Kong & Carlos Amano defeated Mayumi Ozaki &
Chikayo Nagashima in 11:40 when Kong pinned Ozaki following a diving
elbow drop. Lance Archer beat Tomoaki Honma in 8:14 with the Dark Days.
And in the main event, All Japan's Akebono teamed with Hiroshi Tanahashi
& CMLL's Strong Man to defeat Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii &
Shinsuke Nakamura in 12:54 when Tanahashi pinned Ishii following a High
Fly Flow(Credit : Puroresu Fan).
-Continuing on Sat. Oct. 29th, DEEP presented Cage Impact 2011 in Tokyo,
Japan's Differe Ariake. Amanda Lucas(3-1) submitted Mike
Harigai(6-25-1) via rear naked choke 4:32 in to round 1(Credit :
Sherdog).
-Even more on Sat. Oct. 29th, Bellator 56 took place from Kansas City,
KS' Memorial Hall, airing live on MTV2 & EPIX. Both heavyweight
tournament semi-final fights ended in round 1, as Thiago Santos(10-1)
submitted Neil Grove(11-5-1) with a rear-naked choke in 0:38, while Eric
Prinde(9-1) knocked out Ron Sparks(8-1) via punches in 0:40. And in the
main event, Welterweight Champion Ben Askren(9-0) defeated Jay
Hieron(22-5) via split decision(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-A busy Sat. Oct. 29th continues with WWC presenting the first night of
their Halloween Wrestling Xtravaganza 2011 tour from Cabo Rojo, Puerto
Rico's Rebekah Colberg Coliseum. Primo Colon defeated Bison Smith with a
small package. Blue Demon, Jr. beat Orlando Colon by disqualification
when Colon low blowed Demon. After the match, Demon challenged Colon to a
mask vs. hair match, which Colon didn't accept. And in the main event,
Carlito Colon defended the Universal title against Chris Masters,
pinning Masters following a backstabber(Credit : FOROWWC, wrestleview).
-Lastly on Sat. Oct. 29th, UFC 137 took place from Las Vegas, NV's
Mandalay Bay Events Center. Lightweight Donald Cerrone(17-3, 1 NC) beat
Dennis Siver(19-8) in 2:22 of round 1, submitting Siver to a rear-naked
choke & winning Submission Of The Night(Cerrone goes on to face Nate
Diaz, 14-7, at UFC 141 on Saturday December 30th from Las Vegas' MGM
Grand Garden Arena, Cerrone's 5th fight this year). Former Sengoku
Featherweight Champion Hatsu Hioki(25-4-2) won his UFC debut over George
Roop(12-8-1), getting a split decision win. Heavyweight Mirko "Cro Cop"
Filipovic(27-10-2, 1 NC) announced his retirement after his third round
RKO loss to Roy Nelson(16-6) in 1:30. Heavyweight Matt Mitrione(5-1)
had his first professional loss in MMA, as Cheick Kongo(17-6-2) got a
unanimous decision victory. And welterweight BJ Penn(16-8-2) also
retired after his main event loss to the returning Nick Diaz(26-7,1 NC),
as Diaz got the unanimous decision and challenged Champion Georges
St.-Pierre(22-2) after the bout. Originally set to face Carlos
Condit(27-5) once he healed from his recent knee injury, Dana White
stated that Condit was asked to step aside from Diaz/St.-Pierre will
take place in February 4, 2012. Condit will fight on the card as well
against Josh Koscheck(16-5), with the winner getting a title shot.
-On Sunday October 30th, WWC presented the second night of the HWX 2011
tour from Caguas, Puerto Rico's Coliseo Edwin 'Puruco' Nolasco De Coamo.
Primo Colon defeated Chris Masters via pinfall after a Rock Bottom,
though Masters went on to win the Caribbean Halloween Cage Match
immediately following his singles match(Bison Smith, Mad Man Manson, Jay
Velez, Mr. Big and more were also in the hardcore-rules match). El Gran
Artacho beat fellow referee Pelayito Vasquez in a boxing match, winning
in the third round when Pelayo could not answer the 10 count. "The
Sensational" Carlitos defeated Orlando Colon for the Caribbean title.
Chicky Starr beat The Invader #1 in a hair match via pinfall after using
a loaded glove on Invader(Invader had his head shaved after the match,
Credit : FOROWWC, prwrestling).
SHAKE UPS :
-WWE released Maryse on Friday October 28th.
-Recently retired Canadian indy wrestler Devon Nicholson(who is
currently suing WWE & Abdullah The Butcher regarding his contracting
the Hepatitis C virus) is training with the National Capital Wrestling
Club in Ottawa for the Olympic Trials in Freestyle Wrestling, taking
place Thursday December 15th in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. A former
OFSAA Champion, Junior National Champion & 2001 National Team Trial
winner in Freestyle wrestling as well as grappling tournaments in
2008(Canadian Open) and 2010(Ontario's Open in both Heavyweight &
Absolute divisions, Nicholson was cleared by the Canadian Amateur
Wrestling Association(Credit : Net News Ledger).
-WWE's Sin Cara Negra has officially changed his name to Hunico.
-Retired UFC welterweight Chris Lytle is running for District 28 in the 2012 Indiana State Senate(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Hornswaggle got (more) tattoos of The Muppets (Gonzo, Fozzie Bear,
Statler & Waldorf join previous ink of Kermit The Frog, Ms. Piggy
& Beaker) in celebration of the Halloween edition of WWE RAW
Supershow, live tonight from Atlanta, GA's Philips Arena and featuring
Muppet performers Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson & Bill Barretta
along with more performing as 9 characters in skits throughout the
night. Also, The Rock will be featured on a taped promo and a Divas
battle royal is planned(Credit : TMZ, Variety, pwinsider).
HEALTH :
-Barry Windham suffered a massive heart attack last week and was
hospitalized in a Florida Intensive Care Unit. Found by brother-in-law
Mike Rotunda, Windham is currently being seen by numerous
specialists(Credit : pwinsider).
-Killer Karl Kox also suffered a massive heart attack last week, but is
doing better though still groggy. His son Cody reports "his heart has
reacted well to the pacemaker and is getting stronger"(Credit :
wrestling observer).
-Though further tests are needed to confirm the diagnosis, Jacques
Rougeau was been diagnosed with prostate cancer the morning of Tuesday
October 25th after a preliminary analysis showed his prostate was the
size of a grapefruit(Credit : Quebec Hebdo).
-Bellator 115-lbs. Women's Champion Zolia "The Warrior Princess"
Gurgel(11-1) tore the ACL in her right knee during wrestling practice
the other week, which may require surgery that will keep her out of
action until mid-next year. She has been forced to pull out of her
non-title fight against Carina Damm(17-6) at Bellator 57 on Saturday
November 12th at Rama, Ontario, Canada's Casino Rama(Credit : Ultimate
Apocalypse).
BUSINESS :
-Viacom has bought a majority stake in Bellator Fighting Championship,
with plans to start airing Bellator FC on Spike TV in 2013 when Spike's
exclusive cable broadcasting rights for UFC content(that aired over the
course of their deal, starting in 2005) expire. Spike plans on running
additional programming online & on television to complement
Bellator's live events, such as highlight shows and "related content".
Bellator currently airs on MTV2, Spike.com and EPIX2(Credit : USA
Today).
-WWE will receive a maximum of $5 million as part of a new YouTube
initiative to feature 100 different channels featuring
professionally-produced shows created exclusively for YT. Spending $150
million on advances, YT will receive up to 55% of ad revenue from the
entities(Credit : Hollywood Reporter).
-CT News Junkie reports that Linda McMahon contributed over $600,000 of
her own money to start her 2012 Senate campaign, mainly going towards
consulting firms, campaign consultants, and a research & polling
company.
-Dana White met with Showtime executives on Wednesday October 26th in
New York City, NY to discuss the future of Showtime, saying afterwards
that the network wants "to stay in the MMA business". In the meantime,
Zuffa executive Lorenzo Fertitta has been "working on France" for future
UFC shows, as the company is also still targeting China &
India(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-TNA has appointed Jules Wortman(president/owner of Wortman Works Media & Marketing) as VP of PR.
-ESPN's Jon Anick will be starting with UFC in January doing
play-by-play for their live events on F/X & FUEL TV(with a "past or
present" fighter), as well as hosting The Ultimate Fighter and being
involved in "lots of other programming".
-An outside party is interested in buying south Philadelphia, PA's
Asylum Arena(formerly the ECW Arena/New Alhambra), with the intent on
turning the building in to a concert venue.
-Lucha Libre USA has stated they will be going on hiatus from television
"until a more convenient viewing experience becomes available" while
continuing to air the World Wide Warriors Webcast and matches on their
Facebook, starting with Shane Helms Vs. Lizmark, Jr. They also stated
they are "working to resume (TV) programming as quickly as possible" and
have "many other exciting projects in the works".
INTERNATIONAL :
-Mascarita Dorada has once again quit CMLL, now wrestling as Mascarita
Plateada for Todo X El Todo(Credit : wrestling observer).
-Tinieblas, Jr. claims OCESA will be organizing FULL events moving
forward every month to two months throughout Mexico, and that he will be
wrestling on 30 shows through the country as part of the "Tinieblas Sr.
Retirement Tour"(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-DGUSA's Uhaa Nation will tour Japan "soon".
UPCOMING :
-Combat Zone Wrestling(CZW) runs two double headers coming up. First,
they team with IPW in Indianapolis, IN's Fountain Square Army Salvation
Gym, as they run 'Deja Vu' after IPW's 'Insane Intentions'. Then, CZW
& Dragon Gate run shows on Saturday November 12th from Philadephia,
PA's Asylum Arena. First, DGUSA Bushido 2011: Code Of The Warrior airs
on iPPV. Then, CZW presents 'Night Of Infamy: Ultimatum'.
-NOAH's 2011 Global League tournament starts Thursday November 3rd from
the Aztec Museum in Japan's Sendai Industrial Expo Hall, with the finals
culminating from Japan's Sapporo Teisen Hall on Sunday November 20th.
Featured in the tournament are GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki,
KENTA, Takeshi Morishima, All Japan's Triple Crown Champion Jun Akiyama,
Bison Smith and more from NOAH, WLW's Trevor Murdoch, Kensuke Office's
Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara, and indy wrestlers Bobby Fish &
yutaka Yoshie(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Michinoku Pro presents a card Saturday November 5th from Yahada City
Cultural Gymnasium in Japan's Iwate Prefecture, featuring 9 matches
pitting the Seik-fun and Kowloon factions against one another,
culminating in the main event of Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion Rui
Hiugaji Vs. Kenou. The next day, Sunday November 6th, they present the
Kinya Oyanagi 10th Anniversary Event from Japan's Aomori City Hamanasu
Kaikan, featuring Oyanagi against The Great Sasuke in the main
event(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Also Sat. Nov. 5th, Crossfire Entertainment presents the first Dave
"Fit" Finlay Vs. Al Snow match at the Nashville Fairgrounds in
Tennessee. Stevie Richards faces Kid Kash on the card also featuring The
New Age Outlaws, Maria Kanellis, Shane Douglas, Brian Christopher &
David Young(Credit : 411mania).
-Lastly on Sat. Nov. 5th, All Japan Pro Wrestling presents "Love In
Taiwan 2011" from the National Taiwan University Gymnasium. Joe Doering
faces Masayuki Kono, The Great Muta & TAJIRI take on KAI &
Suwama, Tag Team Champions Ozz & Cuervo of AAA defend against Kaz
Hayashi & Shuji Kondo, Bambi Killer & Big Daddy face Ryota Hama
& Akebono, and Ultimo Dragon, BUSHI & Makoto go against Dark
Dragon, BLACK BUSHI & Cheerleader Melissa(Credit : Puroresu Spirit,
SuperLuchas).
-The NYWC Fusion Championship is on the line in a three-way between
Stockade, Tony Nese & MC Kenny Royal on the New York Wrestling
Connection "Bonus Card" pre-show, Sunday November 13th at DGUSA's card
in Manhattan, New York City, NY's BB King Blues Club & Grill on a
card featuring Sabu, AR Fox & Jon Davis Vs. D.U.F.(Sami Callihan,
Arik Cannon & Pinkie Sanchez) in an Extreme Warfare match, and BJ
Whitmer Vs. Brodie Lee.
-All Japan's 2011 World Strongest Tag League starts November 19th from
Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall, and ends December 4th in Kanagawa, JP's
Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium. Participating in the tournament are Akebono
& Ryota Hama, KENSO & Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka teaming with
New Japan's Koji Kanemoto, Big Daddy & Joe Doering, Big Japan's All
Asia Tag Champions Yuji Okabayashi & Daisuke Sekimoto, plus
more(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Premiere Wrestling Xperience(PWX) presents "It's Good To Be King!!!"
Nights 1 & 2. Night One stakes place Friday December 9th from
Charlotte, NC's Naomi Drenan Recreation Center and features Jerry "The
King" Lawler & The Great Outdoors-Men(Grizzly Redwood & Jake
Manning) Vs. Jimmy Jack Funk, Jr., Zane Riley & Mr. Elite, Champion
Rhett Titus defending against Cedric Alexander, Ultra J Champion Caleb
Konley defending against Corey Havoc, and Colt Cabana Vs. Marcellous
King. On Night 2, Saturday December 10th from York, SC's YMCA, Champion
Rhett Titus & Corey Havoc face. 70K4(Cedric Alexander & Ultra J
Champion Caleb Konley) with special referee Shane Benfield, Colt Cabana
& The Great Outdoors-Men take on Jimmy Jack Funk, Jr., Zane Riley
& Mr. Elite, and Jerry "The King" Lawler goes against Matt Classic.
-NWA Ring Warriors presents "The Inaugural Brawl" on Wednesday December
14th from Fort Lauderdale, FL's National Guard Armory. NWA Tag Team
Champions The Dark City Fight Club defend the belts against Billy Gunn
& Sean Waltman in the main event of a card also featuring the Ring
Warriors Grand Championship Tournament(matches include Wes Brisco Vs.
Steve "Moose" Madison, Vordell Walker Vs. The Giant Titan & more)
and NWA National Heavyweight Champion Chance Prophet defending against
"The Tokyo Monster" Kahagas.
MEDIA :
-The Macho Man Randy Savage, Dave Batista(who was recently offered a
role in the third 'Riddick' movie), The Road Warriors(Hawk & Animal,
NWA), Edge & Christian, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Michael Cole, Jim
Ross, D-Generation X(Shawn Michaels & Tripler H), and Mick Foley
will all be featured in WWE '12 as downloadable characters, while Ricky
"The Dragon" Steamboat appears as a Legend in the game. Also, a Divas
DLC pack of Kharma, Alicia Fox, The Bellas & Vickie Guerrero will
also become available for the game that also features WWE Universe mode
with 23 championship belts/designs included(Credit : pwinsider).
-UFC Champions Roundtable(yup, "UFC Champions Roundtable"), a special on
FUEL TV hosted by Jay Glazer and featuring Light Heavyweight Champion
Jon Jones, Hall Of Famer Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin & Frank Mir,
airs Tuesday November 8th, with replays leading up to UFC on FOX
1(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Dana White has stated that a Brazilian edition of The Ultimate Fighter
is "a done deal", will be the first international season of the
show(with Canada or the Philippines to follow) and will debut in first
quarter of 2012, with contracts still in the works for the host city.
International editions of the show will also "likely" air in the US on
FUEL TV(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-WWE's upcoming TV shows to be filmed in The UK in November will be
released exclusively in Europe on DVD, while a "Divas: Heels On Wheels!"
reality show is being planned for the Network next year(Credit :
pwinsider, wrestling observer).
-Mick Foley performs a comedy show at New York City, NY's Upright
Citizens Brigade(UCB) Theatre, starting at 11:59pm on Sunday November
20th, the night of WWE Survivor Series in Madison Square Garden(Credit :
wrestling observer, pwinsider).
-Sheamus will be a presented at the upcoming MTV European Music Awards(Credit : pwinsider).
-The CMLL bodybuilding contest hosted bu Ras De Lona takes place Thursday November 24th(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-The UFC: Undisputed 3 video game will be released February 14, 2012.
Among the new features this year include Pridce FC rules, plus the
bantamweight(135 lbs.) and featherweight(145 lbs.) divisions.
-Kelly Kelly will be featured on the cover of the December issue of Maxim Magazine(Credit : pwinsider).
-A revised and augmented version of "Eternal Champion", a documentary on
female luchador Lola "Dynamite Gonzalez", premiered in Mexico Monday
October 25th(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-G4 aired a WWE Tough Enough marathon on Saturday October 29th(Credit : pwinsider).
-A short film documentary, 'They Came For Stiff', on Sami Callihan
preparing for his recent EVOLVE match with Fit Finlay is forthcoming.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 :
-Wrestling Roundtable Radio returns to BlogTalkRadio Tuesday November 15th at 11pm EST/8pm PST with discussion on
UFC On FOX 1, UFC 138, TNA Turning Point 2011 and much more! Call 347-857-4647 to ask
questions or comment!
-There is still time to submit a video question for our upcoming
Submission Round 5 Q&A. The deadline is Dec. 1st, and you can make a
video response on YouTube, or email the video to wrestlingroundtable@gmail.com!
DEATHS :
-The original Septiembre Negro(Virgilio Aristeo Amezcua Sanchez), 73,
70s luchador/tag partner of Dr. Wagner, Sr. and official with
Guadalajara, MX's Box Y Lucha Commission who toured Panama & Central
America in his wrestling days,
died Friday November 4th(Credit : Lucha World, The Cubs Fan).
-"Smokin" Joe Frazier, 67, former undisputed unified heavyweight boxing
champion & 1964 Olympic boxing gold medalist who made pro wrestling
appearances for the NWA & WWF as a special referee/trainer, died on
Monday evening November 7th at a Philadelphia, PA hospice due liver
cancer(Credit : RTE Sport).
RESULTS :
-FULL's card at Mexico's Arena Monterrey on Sunday October 30th saw El
Hijo Del Santo, L.A. Park & Blue Demon, Jr. defeat Carlito, Rikishi
& Colt Cabana(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Thursday November 4th saw Todo X El Todo present a card from Mexico's
Gimnasio Juan De La Barrera. The original Octagoncito lost the WWA Mini
title to Mascarita Palteada, while in the main event, El Hijo Del Santo
beat El Hijo Del Solitario by disqualification when Solitario pulled
Santo's mask, leading to challenge of a mask/mask match next year(Credit
: The Cubs Fan).
-CMLL presented a card from Arena Mexico on Friday November 4th seeing
Welterweight Champion Mascara Dorada successfully defend his title
against Mephisto, tapping Memphisto with an armbar for the win. Also,
Ultimo Guerrero, Dragon Rojo, Jr. & Mr. Niebla defeated Middleweight
Champion Jushin "Thunder" Liger, Atlantis & Shocker when Rojo
submitted Liger with a cavernaria(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-UFC 138 took place Saturday November 5th from Birmingham, England's LG
Arena, seeing the first non-title main event scheduled for five rounds
in UFC not make it past the second round, as the corner of middleweight
Chris Leben(22-8) stopped the bout before round 3 could begin due Leben
saying he couldn't see due to a cut, awarding Mark Munoz(12-2) the TKO
victory(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-More MMA on Sat. Nov. 5th, as ProElite 2: Big Guns live on HDNet
emanated from Moline, IL's iWireless Center. Heavyweight Tim
Sylvia(30-7) got a unanimous decision win over Andreas
Kraniotakes(12-5), and Andrei Arlovski(17-9) got a much-needed win,
knocking out Travis Fulton(247-49-10, 1 NC) in 4:59 with a high kick to
the head(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-For pro wrestling on Sat. Nov. 5th, Dragon Gate held an event in
Japan's Gifu Chambers Of Commerce, seeing Rich Swann Hansen defeated
Hollywood Stalker ichikawa for the Open The Owarai Gate Championship in
8:01 when Swann pinned Ichikawa after a Western Lariat(Credit :
Puroresu Spirit).
-RIng Of Honor held tapings for Sinclair Broadcasting once again at
Louisville, KY's Davis Arena also on Sat. Nov. 5th. As per usual, many
OVW wrestlers made their ROH debuts - Randy Terrez & Adam Revolver
defeated OVW Heavyweight Champion Rudy Switchblade & Mohamad Ali
Vaez in a dark match(all but Vaez debuting) when Terrez pinned Vaez.
Mike Bennett beat the debuting Jamin Olivencia, Michael Elgin defeated
Raphael Constantine & Sean Casey(both debuting) in a handicap match
when he pinned both men following a simultaneous spinebuster, and TJ
Perkins beat debuting Chris Silvio(Credit : pwinsider).
-In Mexico's Centro Civico De Ecatepec on Sat. Nov. 5th, AAA taped TV
which saw Daga replace Atomic Boy in teaming with Argenis &
Replampago to defeat Tito Santana, Tigre Cota(replacing Mortiz) &
Decnnis when Argenis pinned Cota. And Konnan threw Super Fly out of the
Milicia faction, replacing him with Octagon as the new leader who led a
beat down on Super Fly(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Moving over to Taiwan, All Japan had the first night of their "2011
Pro-Wrestling LOVE In TAIWAN" shows on Sat. Nov. 5th from the National
Taiwan University Gymnasium. Ultimo Dragon, Makoto & BUSHI beat
Cheerleader Melissa, BLACK BUSHI & Dark Dragon in 17:18 when Ultimo
pinned Dark Dragon following an Asai DDT. The Great Muta & TAJIRI
beat Suwama & KAI in 18:40 when Muta pinned KAI after a Shining
Wizard, and in the main event, World Tag Team Champions Dark Ozz &
Dark Cuervo beat Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo in 14:51 when Ozz pinned
Hayashi after an Ozz Driver. AJPW returned the next day to the same
building for the second night of the tour. Cheerleader Melissa defeated
Makoto by pinfall following a Vertibreaker in 4:51. Tag Team Champions
Dark Ozz & Dark Cuervo defended their belts against KAI &
Yasufumi Nakanoueno in 10:25 when Ozz used an OZz Driver on Nakanoueno.
Akebono beat Big Daddy in 3:28 after using a Running Body Press, and in
the main event, Keiji Mutoh, Ultimo Dragon & Masakatsu Funaki
defeated TAJIRI, Joe Doering & Dark Dragon in 15:56 when Mutoh
pinned Dragon after a Shining Wizard(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-New Japan presented the finals of their G1 Tag League on Sunday
November 6 from Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall. ZERO-1's Masato Tanaka(who
wrestled in another multi-man tag match on the ZERO1 show earlier in
the day) teamed with Gedo, Jado & Yujiro Takashi against Tifger Mask
IV, KUSHIDA, Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma, scoring a victory in
11:12 for his team when Tanaka used a Sliding D on Honma. Lance Archer
& Minoru Suzuki won the tournament by defeating GHC & IWGP Tag
Team Champions Bad Intentions(Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson) in
17:42 when Archer used a Dark Days on Anderson. At the show, it was
announced that CMLL Fantastica Mania will take place January 21-22 at
the same building, where earlier in the day, K-Dojo ran 'CLUB-K SUPER
Joke', seeing World Independent Junior Heavyweight Champion Daigoro
Kashiwa lose the belt to HIROKI in 13:42 when HIROKI used a WAR SPECIAL
on Kashiwa. WEW Hardcore Tag Team Champions Mammoth Sasaki & Kamui
defended their belts against YOSHIYA & MIYAWAKI in 10:55 when Sasaki
used a 29 Years with a chair, chain & barbwire bat. UWA World
Middleweight Champion Kaji Tomato lost the belt in a thruway with
Marines Mask & Shiori Asahi in 14:28 when Asahi used the Aun on
Tomato. Strongest-K Tag Team Champions Ryuichi Sekine & Saburo
Inematsu successfully defended their belts against TAKA Michinoku(who
also wrestled on the NJPW show later that day) & Quiet Storm in
14:52 when Inematsu pinned Storm after a Death Valley Driver. And in the
main event, Champion Of Strongest-K Kengo Mashimo defended his belt
against Hiro Tonai in 24:36 via pinfall following a Vertical Drop
Brainbuster(Credit : Puroresu Spirit, The Cubs Fan).
-Even more action on Sun. Nov. 6th as ZERO-1 held "Yurisugi Forever" at
Japan's Bellselle Roppangi. Lingerie Mutoh lost his retirement match to
World IV Tiger in 8:14 when Tiger pinned Mutoh following a Diving
Senton. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Craig Classic successfully
defended his belt against Pancrase-ism's Takafumi Ito when Classic used
a Rolling Clutch Hold in 13:52. NWA UN Heavyweight Champion Hartley
Jackson also defended his belt against Kenta Kakinuma in the 5th match
of their 7-match series, beating kakinuma in 17:41 via pinfall after a
pilediver. Heavyweight Champion The Sheik lost the belt to Kohei Sato in
18:10 when Sato used a German Suplex Hold on Sheik. And in the main
event's "Yarisugi Foever SP Match - Aibou FOREVER" tribute match, Ikuto
Hidaka & Munenori Sawa beat Shinjiro Otani & Daichi Hashimoto in
20:59 when Sawa used an Octopus Hold on Daichi(Credit : Puroresu
Spirit).
-Moving on pro wrestling on Sun. Nov. 6th, NWA Top Rope presented
'Wrestle World' from Lebanon, TN's Corsica Joe Sportatorium, Tiffany
Roxx defeated NWA World Women's Champion Tasha Simone via pinfall
following a suplex(Credit : pro-wrestling.com).
SHAKE UPS :
-WWE Tag Team Champion Evan Bourne was suspended for his first Wellness Policy violation on Tuesday November 1st.
-ROH booker Delirious was pulled from his scheduled match against
Tommaso Ciampa this past Sunday November 6th in Collinsville, IL's
Gateway Center by Sinclair Broadcasting(he was replaced by Andy "Right
Leg" Ridge, he went on to lose to Ciampa via pinfall following Project
Ciampa) and will likely not be allowed to wrestle for the promotion at
all going forward due to his status as an employee.
-Bellator FC has signed welterweight Brian Foster(18-5, Credit : MMAJunkie).
HEALTH :
-Henry Godwinn(Mark Canterbury) is currently in a West Virginia ICU in
'extremely serious condition' after suffering two punctured lungs, a
broken leg in three places, a broken femur, & as many as a dozen
broken ribs in a Kentucky car accident wherein his car ran off the road.
Discovered after being trapped in his car for at least an hour,
authorities used the Jaws Of Life to get him out of the car. He was then
airlifted to a hospital where he underwent the first of several
surgeries. His spleen & appendix were both removed (Credit :
pwinsider).
-WWE is paying for Barry Windham's medical costs, as he has been sent to
a rehabilitation facility to re-learn how to walk, talk & feed
himself(Credit : pwinsider).
-Superstar Billy Graham was hospitalized recently with pneumonia.
-AJ Styles suffered a high ankle sprain in his match with Gunner, Friday
November 4th in Battle Creek, MI's Kellog Arena. Victorious in the
match, AJ is still scheduled to face Heavyweight champion Robert Roode
in the main event of this Sunday November 13th's Turning Point
PPV(Credit : PWTorch).
-Villano V(Ray Mendoza, Jr.) was released from a Mexico City hospital
Tuesday November 1st after being there for a four days, having suffered
damage in a match and urinating blood afterwards along with severe pain.
The doctors found an infection and solved the problem, and though
Mendoza was released, was also recovering from pneumonia and renal
damage(Credit : Lucha World, The Cubs Fan).
-Alex Riley returned to WWE last week after taking time off for a hip injury(Credit : pwinsider).
LEGAL :
-32 people in a steroid ring uncovered Tuesday November 1st have been
indicted by a grand guy in Warren County, Cincinnati, OH on charges of
engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, trafficking drugs and drug
possession. Seizing more than $600,000 insteroids, about $300,000 in
cash & vehicles, and a number of assault rifles & other
firearms, authorities accuse the group of using drugs imported from
China and processed at a secret lab in Tennessee to peddle drugs to high
school athletes & others. Indy pro wrestler Chris Carnage(Kris
Shield) is one of accused(Credit : AP).
-Ohio independent wrestler Andre P. Davis will be going to trial next
week on accusations of knowingly spreading HIV to 12 women in Hamilton
County, OH and four individuals in Deerfield Township, OH who he did not
inform of his disease before having unprotected sex with them(Credit :
pwinsider).
-Around 11:30pm Wednesday night November 2nd in the Comfort Inn on the
300 block of North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, 31-year-old Luis
Rosales approached the hotel clerk wielding a 9 mm handgun, pointed the
gun at the clerk and demanded money. The clerk opened a register and
gave Rosales money when Rosales walked around the counter. Two hotel
guests, Brent Alvarez(owner of Twisted Web MMA in Eugene, OR with a 2-2
AMMA record) & his student, Rumble At The Roseland Welterweight
Champion Billy Denney(7-2), who were staying in the hotel to compete in
an IBJJ grappling tournament, then walked out from the elevator with
their bags, heard the clerk's cry for help, disarmed Rosales and held
him until officers arrived. Booked for armed robbery, Rosales' bail was
set at $101,250, while Denney placed third in no-gi competition at the
tournament(Credit : ABC, Yahoo!, mixedmartialarts.com).
-Jesse Ventura's lawsuit against the US Department Of Homeland Security
& the Transportation Security Administration(TSA) over body scan
& patdown policy was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Susan Richard
Nelson on Thursday November 3rd, as Nelson ruled the court lacked
jurisdiction and the suit should have been filed in the Circuit Court Of
Appeals(Credit : The Washington Post, 411mania).
-A personal injury lawsuit filed against TNA last year by former
crewmember Paul Martin(who lost his thumb when scaffolding he was on
collapsed due to a gust of wind entering Southhaven, MS's DeSoto Civic
Center for Slammiversary 2008) was dismissed with prejudice on Wednesday
October 26th by The U.S. District Court Northern District Of
Mississippi. Martin had originally also sued lighting & staging
contractor company Christie Lites(who was contracted for the event) and
the Estate of Kevin A. Sinex(Martin's superior who died in the
accident), but the two parties had been terminated as defendants over
the last year(Credit : pwinsider).
-Kurt Angle's attorney pleaded No Contest Tuesday November 8th in Warren
County, VA court to a charge of reckless driving stemming from his
September 3rd arrest after an appearance at Shenandoah County Fair.
Angle was fined $1,500(Credit : pwinsider).
BUSINESS :
-TNA has entered an exclusive agreement with Ohio Valley Wrestling(OVW)
where TNA will use OVW as a developmental promotion through extensive
training, live events & weekly television production. Paying OVW
owner Danny Davis weekly, TNA officials will monitor wrestlers' progress
through camps & shows.
-FUEL TV GM George Greenberg stated today that beginning next year, 25%
of the channel's programming will be devoted to UFC, including airing
all preliminary fights(which will no longer be shown on Facebook once
FUEL starts airing them), 'Countdown' shows, 'Primetime' shows, past
fights, weigh-in specials and other 'specialty' programming, such as the
planned international editions of The Ultimate Fighter.
-ROH parent company, Sinclair Broadcasting Group(SBG), has an agreement
to purchase the broadcast assets of Freedom Communications for $380
million, awaiting shareholders' and FCC approval, along with antitrust
clearance expected in 2012, giving Sinclair stations in West Palm Beach,
FL, Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek and Lansing, MI, two Albany, NY
channels, Chattanooga, TN, Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange, TX, and
Medford/Klamath Falls, OR. Also, ROH plans on running in Indiana next
year.
-Bellator FC has signed a deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises to handle
Bellator's licensing and digital & ancillary rights for U.S. &
international markets(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Apolo Dantes recently replaced Pato Soria as manager of Mexico's Arena
Coliseo Guadalajara, who is looking to include more independent
luchadors on Sunday cards(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Former WWF wrestler Rusty Brooks has re-located his Pro-Wrestling Academy to his backyard in West Park, FL(Credit : UPI).
INTERNATIONAL :
-WWE's European tour, featuring RAW & Smackdown taped in England,
saw the roster go through Dublin, Ireland's O2(featuring Mick Foley's
return to WWE, cutting a promo & being special referee for the main
event of John Cena & John Morrison Vs. The Awesome Truth) on
Wednesday November 2nd, moving on to hold simultaneous RAW &
Smackdown events in different countries(Spain & France on Nov. 3rd,
France & Austria, England & Austria, England & Wales,
Belgium & England, Scotland & Switzerland, England & Poland,
and ending in England & Germany). Foley went on to appear at three
more British cards, while WWE goes on to tour Spain in June for four
events(Credit : wrestling observer, pwinsider).
UPCOMING :
-MMA heavyweight Bobby Lashley(6-1) will now face Karl Knothe(20-6) at
Shark Fights 21 this Friday November 11th at Lubbock, TX's Fair Park
Coliseum, to air on FUEL TV Fri. December 23rd, the same day as ROH
Final Battle 2011 on GFL iPPV, which could feature the ROH debut of a
former WWE Diva(Credit : Sherdog). '
-FOX Deportes, Foxsports.com & Facebook will air two preliminary
fights of lightweights Clay Guida(29-11) Vs. Ben Henderson(14-2) and
featherweights Dustin Poirer(10-1) Vs. Pablo Garza(11-1) before UFC On
FOX 1 airs this Saturday November 12th.
-New Japan presents the "Power Struggle" pay-per-view on Saturday
Nomember 12th from Japan's Osaka Prefectual Gymnasium, featuring IWGP
Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Rocky Romero & ROH World Champion
Davey Richards defending the belts against Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA,
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt defends against K-Dojo's
TAKA Michinoku, Satoshi Kojima takes on Hiroyoshi Tenzan, MVP teams with
Tetsuya Naito against Shinsuke Nakamura & Yujiro Takahashi,
ZERO-1's Masato Tanaka defends the IWGP Intercontinental title against
hirooki Goto, GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Bad Intentions defend
the IWGP Tag Team titles against Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki, and
in the main event, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi defends
against Toru Yano(Credit : Puroresu Fan).
-Friday November 18th, National Wrestling Superstars (NWS) presents a
card from New Jersey's Kearny High School featuring The Zombie Vs. The
Boogeyman.
-Osaka Pro-Wrestling starts their 2011 Tennozan tournament Sunday
November 27th at Japan's Matsushita IMP Hall, culminating December 18th
in the same Osaka building. Participants include Tigers Mask, Ultimate
Spider, Jr., Billyken Kid, and Chikara's Jigsaw,(Credit : Puroresu
Spirit).
-USA Network airs a 3-hour WWE RAW Supershow on Monday December 12th from The Scope in Norfolk, VA.
-UFC returns to Brazil for UFC 142 from Rio De Janeiro's HSBC Arena
Saturday January 14th, featuring Anthony "Rumble" Johnson(10-3) moving
up to the middleweight division to face Vitor Belfort(20-9), while
Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo, Jr.(20-1) defends against Chad
Mendes(11-0).
MEDIA :
-Former WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette was eliminated from ABC's Dancing With The Stars on Tuesday November 1st.
-This Thursday November 10th, Chyna hosts a party at Rick's Cabaret in
New York City, NY, then goes on to accept the 'Mainstream To Porn
Crossover Award' at the Fleshbot Awards Friday November 11th at NYC's
Highline Ballroom. Chyna appeared at the Exxxotica porn convention in
Edison, NJ's Convention Center this past weekend.
-Hulk Hogan & DDP star in 'Black River' from Corn Bread films, now in pre-production.
-The Ultimate Warrior & Sumerian Records are working together to
create a new reality show to be distributed online(Credit : 411mania).
-The season finale of Shawn Michaels' MacMillan River Adventures aired
Saturday November 5th on The Outdoor Channel, with a second season
planned for next year(Credit : pwinsider).
-Jacques Rougeau is in the "final stages" of writing his autobiography(Credit : pwinsider).
-Daniel Puder hosted an anti-bullying concert at the Good Hurt Nightclub
in west Los Angeles, CA on Thursday November 3rd(Credit : wrestling
observer).
-Al Snow has withdrawn from this Saturday November 12th's Dinner With
The Legends in Arnold, MO's St. Louis Sports Zone featuring The Iron
Sheik, Harley Race & Tony Atlas, with Sheik doing stand up comedy
after the dinner(Credit : pwinsider).
-Blue Demon, Jr. Vs. Tatanka was made available by Lucha Libre USA on
their Facebook page. THQ will be creating a Facebook-based WWE
game(Credit : 411mania).
-Former WWE Diva Savannah(Angela Fong) was a contestant on CBS' Let's Make A Deal on Tuesday November 1st(Credit : pwinsider).
-The wrestling documentary 'Fake it So Real' will screen at the
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival in Denmark and
appeared at the Indie Memphis Film Festival in Tennessee last
week(Credit: 411mania).
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 :
-Wrestling Roundtable Radio returns tonight at 11pm EST/8pm PST on BlogTalkRadio
for our fortieth show! We'll be discussing UFC 139, ROH Glory By Honor
X, WWE Survivor Series 2011, and much more! Call 347-857-4647 to share
your thoughts & opinions.
-Wrestling Roundtable holds our last taping of 2011 when we tape on
Saturday December 17th, including our Season 4 finale! There is still
time to submit your video question for the Submission Round 5 Q&A.
You can either make your video question a response on YouTube or email
the file to wrestlingroundtable@gmail.com. Be sure to include your first name & location!
DEATHS :
-Killer Karl Kox, 80, 60s/70s NWA/IWA/AJPW/WCW(Australia) wrestler, died
Thursday November 10th due to complications from a heart attack &
stroke suffered weeks earlier(Credit : SLAM! Wrestling).
-Mark 'Bison' Smith, 38, IWA/ROH/NOAH wrestler, died Tuesday November
22nd in San Juan, Puerto Rico due to cardiac arrest(Credit : SLAM!
Wrestling). The Roundtable sends it's condolences to Smith's family
& friends.
-Patrice O'Neal, 41, comedian/former WWE writer, died today due to
complications from a stroke he suffered last month(Credit : Reuters).
RESULTS :
-UFC On FOX 1 : Velasquez Vs. Dos Santos saw UFC set the record for the
most-watched MMA fight in history, as 8.8 million people watched the
Heavyweight title fight on FOX. Junior Dos Santos(14-1) handed Champion
Cain Velasquez(9-1) his first loss, scoring a TKO win in 1:04 of round 1
due to strikes(punches). Also, lightweight Ben Henderson(15-2) became
the #1 contender for the division's championship when he won a unanimous
decision over Clay Guida(29-12).
-New Japan's Power Struggle PPV took place Saturday November 12th live
on WPW from Japan's Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. IWGP Junior Heavyweight
Tag Team Champions Rocky Romero & ROH World Champion Davey Richards
defending their belts successfully against Tiger mask & KUSHIDA in
12:43 when Richards used a Contract Killer on KUSHIDA. IWGP Jr.
Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt also defended his belt against
K-Dojo's TAKA Michinoku in 12:13, pinning TAKA after a Bloody Sunday.
MVP & Tetsuya Naito beat Yujiro Takahashi & Shinsuke Nakamura in
12:18 when MVP used the Irreversible Crisis on Takahashi. Yuji Nagata
beat Tomohiro Ishii in 9:53 with a backdrop hold. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
defeated Satoshi Kojima in 15:49 via pinfall following a moonsault
press. Hirooki Goto could not take the IWGP Intercontinental title from
the champion, ZERO-1's Masato Tanaka, as Tanaka beat Goto in 9:51 with a
Sliding D to retain the belt in his first defense. IWGP Tag Team
Champions Bad Intentions(GHC Tag Team Champions Karl Anderson &
Giant Bernard) defended their belts against Lance Archer & Minoru
Suzuki in 17:15 when Anderson pinned Archer after the Giant Gun Stun.
And in the main event, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi beat
Toru Yano in 22:01 with a Texas Cloverleaf(Credit : Puroresu Fan).
-Also on Sat. Nov. 12th, AAA's FULL event took place from Mexico's
Palacio De Los Deportes. The first FULL Champion was crowned in the main
event, as Scorpio, Jr. beat Octagon, Solar 1, Silver Kain, Oriental,
Axxel, Zorro, Chessman, El Hijo Del Animbal & Dos Caras, Sr. when
Scorpio fouled Zorro for the win(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Continuing on Sat. Nov. 12th, CZW's Night Of Infamy X took place form
Philadelphia, PA's Asylum Arena. Mia Yim lost to Greg Excellent via
pinfall following a Tiger Driver. Azrieal & Bandido, Jr. defeated
Tag Team Champions Philly's Most Wanted(BLK JEEZ & Joker) for the
title via pinfall when Azrieal pinned JEEZ, who was distracted by
Homicide ringside. BLK OUT(Ruckus, Alex Colon & Rich Swann) Vs. Alex
Payne & The Runaways(Joe Gacy & Ryan Slater) went to a No
Contest. CZW Ultraviolent Underground Champion MASADA Vs. Champion Devon
Moore also went to a No Contest when "The Ego" Robert Anthony returned
and the match stopped. And in the main event, Sami Callihan defeated Jr.
Heavyweight Champion Adam Cole via submission with a Stretch Muffler to
win the title(Credit : burning hammer).
-Also on Sat. Nov. 12th from Philadelphia's Asylum Arena, DGUSA's
Bushido: Code Of The Warrior 2011 iPPV saw BJ Whitmer team with Uhaa
Nation to defeat The Scene on the pre-show using a Peruvian Necktie on
Scott Reed for the submission win. Masato Yoshino beat AR Fox in 10:33
with Sol Naciente. PAC defeated Brodie Lee in 10:22 via pinfall
following a shooting star press. Johnny Gargano beat BxB Bulk in 12:10
by submission with the Gargano Escape. Sabu beat Pinkie Sanchez in 9:02
of a South Philly Street Fight via submission with a Modified
Sabumission. Open The Freedom Gate Champion YAMATO defended the belt
against Chuck Taylor in 17:47, using a CBV for the victory in YAMATO's
first title defense. And in the main event, Open The United Gate
Chamopions CIMA & Ricochet beat Sami Callihan & Arik Cannon in
17L56 after Ricochet used a 630 splash to pin cannon in their first
title defense(Credit : pwponderings, wrestle world).
-Los Perros Del Mal presented 'Estrellas Del Ring, The Gladiatores' in
Mexico's Plan Sexenal De Cuernavaca on Sunday November 13th. PdM(Damian
666, Halloween, X-Fly & El Hijo Del Perro Aguayo) beat Zumbi &
The Psycho Circus(Monster Clown, Pyscho Clown & Murder Clown), but
after the match, Hector Garza made his surprise debut in the promotion,
joining the faction in saving the Perros from a beatdown from the
Circus, Zumbi & NOSAWA(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Also on Sun. Nov. 13th, DGUSA's Freedom Fight 2011 iPPV took place from
New York City, Ny's B.B. King Blues Club & Grille in Manhattan. BJ
Whitmer pinned Brodie Lee in 7:37 of a grudge match after a powerbomb.
Open The Freedom Gate Champion YAMATO lost the belt to Johnny Gargano
via submission in a Gargano Escape. And in the main event, D.U.F.(Sami
Callihan, Arik Cannon & Pinkie Sanchez) defeated Sabu, AR Fox &
Jon Davs in an Extreme Warfare match via pinfall when Fox was hit in the
head with a beer bottle by Callihan(Credit : pwtorch). Colt Cabana beat
Archibald Peck via pinfall in 12:00. Gregory Iron lost to Icarus in
12:00 via pinfall after a low blow & Blu-Ray. And in the main event,
Eddie Kingston(with Tommy Dreamer in his corner) defeated Mike
Quackenbush to become the first Grand Champion in 20:00 via pinfall
following two spinning backfists(Credit : 411mania).
-Lastly on Sun. Nov. 13th, Chikara presented their first iPPV, High
Noon, on GoFightLive from Philadelphia, PA's Asylum Arena. Jigsaw
defeated El Generico in the U-Stream pre-show match in 9:00 via pinfall
following a super double foot stomp. The Colony(Fire Ant & Soldier
Ant) beat The Young Bucks via pinfall when Soldier Ant rolled up Matt
Jackson. Sara Del Rey defeated Jakob Hammermeier via pinfall in 5:00
with the Royal Butterfly.
-WWE RAW SuperShow from Boston, MA's TD Garden on Monday November 14th
saw Mick Foley AND Bull Buchanan return to WWE, as Foley presented John
Cena with "This Is Your Life!", re-introducing B2 before The Rock walked
out to the ring & Rock Bottomed his former Rock 'N Sock partner
Foley.
-Wednesday November 16th saw U-SPIRITS present the 'Hiromitsu Kanehara
20th Anniversary Show at Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall. In the main
event, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Osamu Nishimura beat The Great Sasuke
& Daisuke Ikeda in 15:42 when Tenzan used the TTD on Sasuke(Credit :
Puroresu Spirit).
-On TNA Impact Wrestling taped from Orlando, FL's Impact Wrestling Zone
that aired on Thursday November 17th, Tag Team Champions Mexican
America(Hernandez & Anarquia) lost the belts to Crimson & Matt
Morgan in 5:20 via pinfall when Anarquia was pinned by Morgan following a
Carbon Footprint. Though this is Morgan's 2nd Tag title reign, this is
Crimson's first(Credit : 411mania).
-Friday November 18th saw Lucha Libre Live in El Paso, TX's County
Coliseum, featuring Blue Demon, Jr. & Tiger Man beating Magno &
La Migra, Nacho Libre & Imposter defeating Fussion & Firebird,
and in the main event, the original Hijo Del Rey Misterio team with Hijo
Del Santo to beat Las Bestias(Credit : Lucha World, El Paso, Inc.).
-Also on Fri. Nov. 18th, CMLL's event in Arena Mexico saw Dragon Rojo
beat Middleweight Champion Jushin Liger for the title when Ultimo
Guerrero low-blowed Liger(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Strikeforce Challengers 20 also took place Fri. Nov. 18th from The
Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Ronda Rousey(4-0)
defeated Julia Budd(2-2) in 0:39 of round 1 via submission in an armbar.
Currently fighting at 145 lbs., Rousey said after the fight she would
drop to 135 lbs. to eventually challenge Bantamweight Champion Miesha
Tate(12-2) for her title.
-Lastly on Fri. Nov. 18th, Ring Of Honor's Survival Of The Fittest 2011
took place in Dayton, OH's Montgomery County Fairgrounds coliseum in
likely the last ROH event in the building. World Tag Team Champions
Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team(Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin)
defeated World & IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champion Davey Richards & TV
Champion Jay Lethal in a Champion's Challenge non-title match via
submission when Haas used a Haas Of Pain on Lethal. And in the main
event, Michael Elgin won the 2011 SOTF tournament when he defeated Kyle
O'Reilly via pinfall after a spinning Liger Bomb in a match that also
featured The Briscoes, Eddie Edwards & Roderick Strong.
-UFC 139 took place Saturday November 19th from San Jose, CA's HP
Pavilion Bantamweight Urijah Faber(26-5) became #1 contender for the
division's belt when he submitted Brian Bowles(10-2) in 1:27 of round 2
with a guillotine choke. Middleweight Wanderlai Silva(34-11-1, 1 NC)
defeating the debuting Cung Le(7-2) with a 2nd round TKO(knee &
punches). And in the main event, the first non-title 5-round main event
to go the distance in UFC, the returning Dan Henderson(29-8) scored a
unanimous decision over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua(20-6).
-Also on Sat. Nov. 19th, Bellator 58 took place from Hollywood, FL's
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel live on MTV, which saw undefeated lightweight
Michael Chandler(9-0) defeat Champion Eddie Alvarez(22-3) in 3:06 of
round 4 via submission to a rear naked choke to win the title.
-Lastly on Sat. Nov. 19th, ROH presented Glory By Honor X from Chicago
Ridge, IL's Frontier Fieldhouse. World Tag Team Champions Wrestling's
Greatest Tag Team(Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) successfully
defended the belts against The All Night Express(Kenny King & Rhett
Titus) when Haas pinned King following a double powerbomb. And in the
main event, World & IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champion Davey Richards also
defended his title against El Generico successfully, pinning Generico
after a kick to the head. Kevin Steen attacked Richards after the match.
-WWE Survivor Series 2011 emanated from New York City, NY's Madison
Square Garden on Sunday November 20th. U.S. Champion Dolph Ziggler
defended the title against John Morrison, pinning Morrison in 10:42
after a Zig Zag. Divas Champion Beth Phoenix also defended her title
against Eve Torres, pinning Eve in 4:33 after a Glam Slam off the
second rope. Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes & Wade
Barrett(who replaced Christian, as Christian suffered a severe high
ankle sprain on the recent European tour in a match against Sheamus)
were the sole survivors of the elimination tag team match(featuring them
teaming with Jack Swagger, US Champion Dolph Ziggler & Huncio Vs.
Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Mason Ryan, Sheamus &
Sin Cara, who suffered a ruptured patella tendon in his left knee when
he jumped for a plancha. He had surgery in Houston, TX on Thursday
November 22nd, which will keep him out of action for 6-9 months) when
Barrett pinned Orton following a Wasteland in 21:56. The Big Show
defeated World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry by disqualification in
13:04 when Henry low blowed Big Show. CM Punk won his third WWE
Championship from Alberto Del Rio in 17:17 via submission with an
Anaconda Vice, making Punk a 7-time World Champion. And in the main
event, The Rock & John Cena won their tag team match against Awesome
Truth when The Rock pinned The Miz in 21:32 following a People's Elbow
in Rock's first match in over 7 1/2 years. The Rock Rock Bottomed Cena
after the match(Credit : 411mania, SuperLuchas).
-Also on Sun. Nov. 20th, CMLL's card in Arena Mexico saw Shocker win the
Copa Revolucion Mexicana Cup in a match also involving Felino, Volador,
Jr., La Mascara, Negro Casas, rye Bucanero, Atlantis, Ultimo Guerrero,
Metro, Super Porky, Terrible, Averno, Maximo, Texano, Delta & Jushin
Liger. The last two participants, Shocker beat Atlantis via foul with a
heel kick for the win(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Lastly on Sunday November 20th, M-1 Global held an event on PPV from
Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko(32-4, 1
NC) defeated Jeff Monson(43-13) via unanimous decision. Claiming Fedor
broke his femur & that he suffered a patella tendon rupture in the
fight, Monson intervened on two policemen in Moscow subway station who
were in a scuffle with a poor, drunk man just hours before his
fight(Credit : Cage Potato).
-WWE RAW SuperShow from Hershey, PA's Giant Center on Monday November
21st saw The Miz turned on his partner R-Truth, hitting a Skull Crushing
Finale as an explanation for R-Truth being off TV while serving a
suspension for his first Wellness Policy violation, his first, which was
officially announced on Tuesday November 22nd. Also on RAW, the first
of the 'it begins' vignettes aired, which are likely for the Monday
January 2nd return of Chris Jericho.
-WWE Friday Night Smackdown was taped from Wilkes Barre, PA's Mohegan
Sun Arena at Casey Plaza on Tuesday November 22nd, airing this past
Friday November 25th on SyFy. After The Big Show chokeslammed World
Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry, Daniel Bryan cashed in his Money In The
Bank briefcase, pinning Henry in 0:14 to win the title, but SD GM Teddy
Long overturned the match due to Henry 'not being medically cleared',
giving Bryan his MITB briefcase back(Credit : 411mania).
-Thursday November 24th saw SMASH.23 in Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall.
Kouji Doi lost his debut match against AKIRA in 6:24 when AKIRA beat Doi
with the Old Boy. Divas Champion Kana lost the title to Tomoka Nakagawa
in 8:53 when Nakagawa used the 120% School Boy. Hajime Ohara &
Jessica Love beat TAJIRI & Ultimo Dragon in 12:56 when Ohara used a
Finnish Forearm on TAJIRI. And in the main event, Dave 'Fit' Finlay won
the SMASH title from Champion Starbuck in 15:58 via pinfall following a
Tombstone Piledriver(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Billy Corgan's Resistance Pro Wrestling debuted on Friday November 25th
from Chicago, IL's Excalibur nightclub. The Sheik defeated El Generico
after using a spike. Kyle O'Reilly & Tony Kozina defeated
Hallowicked & Matt Classic(replacing Frightmare, who bowed out due
to injury) via submission. The Briscoe Brothers beat Teddy Hart &
Gran Akuma via pinfall following a Doomsday Device. Melanie Cruise was
crowned the first Women's Champion when she won a 'gauntlet' match via
pinfall after using a spinebuster on Serenity. The Canadian
Destroyer(Petey Williams' masked character) beat Colt Cabana & The
Necro Butcher after using a Canadian Destroyer for the pinfall. Kevin
Steen Vs. Harry Smith in the main event ended in a time-limit draw.
-Ayumi Kurihara presented the 'Never Give up! 6th Anniversary' show on
Saturday November 26th from Japan's Shinjuku FACE. Featuring womens
wrestlers from JWP, CMLL and many more organizations, results saw the
'Fat Sisters Revival' match, where Aja Kong, GAMI & Sawako Shimono
beat Aya Yuki, Yutaka Yoshie & Ryo Mizunami in 13:31 when Kong
pinned Yuki following a diving elbow drop. And in the main event,
Kurihara beat CMLL World Women's Champion Marcela in 15:38 for the title
in a 2/3 falls bout, using a Never Give Up to score the last
fall(Credit : Lucha World, Puro Love).
-Also on Sat. Nov. 26th, Bellator 59, live on MTV2, took place in
Atlantic City, NJ's Caesars Atlantic City, seeing lightweight Kurt
Pellegrino(16-7) lose his comeback fight via TKO(punches) in 0:50 of the
first round of his fight against Patricky Freire(10-2). Pellegrino once
again retired after the fight. Also, the finals of the Season Five
Heavyweight Tournament were ruled a No Contest after Thiago Santos(10-1,
1 NC) kicked Eric Prindle(9-1, 1 NC) in the testicles 1:24 through
round 1 and Prindle was unable to continue. A rematch will take place at
a later date.
-DDT's 'God Bless DDT 2011' took place Sunday November 27th from Tokyo,
Japan's Korakuen Hall. KO-D Tag Team Champions Keisuke Ishii &
Shigehiro Irie defended against Poison Sawada JULIE & Gorgeous
Matsuno in 10:54 when Irie pinned Matsuno following a Vertical Fall
Backdrop. AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega defended
the belt against Minoru Tanaka in 24:26 when Omega beat Tanaka with the
Katayoku No Tenshi. And in the main event, KO-D Openweight Champion KUDO
beat HARASHIMA in 26:01 following a Diving Double Knee Drop to keep the
belt(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Also on Sun. Nov. 27th, NOAH's "Great Voyage in Tokyo vol.4' from
Japan's Ariake Coliseum saw Naomichi Marufuji return to the ring after a
long absence, defeating Takashi Sugiura in 19:22 via pinfall following
an Olympic Qualifying Slam. Also returning from injury, Katsuhiko
Nakajima regained the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, defeating
Ricky Marvin for the vacant tilte(Marvin won the title vacated by
Nakajima on Sunday October 16th by beating Satoshi Kajiwara at
Navigation Sunday 2011 in Tokyo, Japan's Korakuen Hall, but relinquished
the title immediately, saying he wanted to beat Nakajima for the belt)
in 18:07 with a German Suplex Hold to win the belt for the third time.
Jun Akiyama defended All Japan's Triple Crown Championship against
AJPW's Taiyo Kea in 23:08, beating Kea with a Standing Front Neck
Lock.Kenta Kobashi teamed with K-Office's Kensuke Saski to beat Takuma
Sano & Shuhei Taniguchi in 15:30 when Saski pinned Sano following
the Northern Lights Bomb. K-Office's Kento Miyahara teamed with Masao
Inoue to lose to Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste in 8:48 when Nicholls
pinned Inoue. And GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki defeated KENTA in
27:37 with a Modified Reverse DDT(Takeshi Morishima will be Shiozaki's
next challenger). Takeshi Rikio announced his retirement on the show, as
well(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-Last night, Monday November 28th, from Columbia, SC's Colonial Life
Arena, Rowdy Roddy Piper returned to WWE, hosting a Piper's Pit with
guest John Cena. Also, John Morrison lost his last match in WWE under
his current contract when The Miz beat him via ref stoppage after using a
SCF on the stage during a Falls Count Anywhere match.
-Osaka Pro Wrestling's 'Osaka Happy Weekday' took place from Japan's
Osaka Minami Move On Arena earlier today, seeing K-Dojo's Hiro Tonai
beat Naoki Setoguchi in 9:40 when Tonai used a Taki-Otoshi on Setoguchi,
and Jigsaw & Daisuke Harada beat Billyken Kid & Ultimate
Spider, Jr. in 11:34 of the main event when Jigsaw used the implant on
Spider(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
SHAKE UPS :
-Kurt Angle claims he has qualified for the final Olympic trials in June
for amateur wrestling but will enter the Olympic trial qualifying
tournament, which takes place in Iowa this April. Angle is also set to
be inducted in the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall
Of Fame in Waterloo, IA in July 2012, along with Don Crutis,
JBL(receiving the Lou Thesz Award for public service) and Bill Apter(the
Jim Melby Award for journalism).
-Strikeforce Women's Featherweight(formerly Middlweight) Champion
Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos(10-1) claims she's been asked to drop to 135
lbs.(Bantamweight) after her next title defense on Saturday December
17th against Hiroko Yamanaka(12-1) as they plan on disbanding the
division(Credit : TATAME).
-UWF Champion Rasche Brown has split from the Urban Wrestling Federation
after his contract has expired and has been stripped of his title.
Ricky Reyes recently left the promotion as well, but UWF claims to to be
adding wrestlers from the S.A.T.'s Ludus Professional Wrestling School
in Brooklyn, NY(Credit : pwinsider).
-ROH is looking to have local wrestlers on their upcoming events.
-Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney has claimed that 'season six' will feature
featherweight, lightweight, welterweight & middleweight tournaments
to cut down on non-title matches, with another weight division
tournament possibly being added to the line up(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Former pro wrestler, 73-year old Angelo Mosca, who uses a cane to walk,
got in a fight with fellow former CFL(Canadian Football League) veteran
Joe Kapp on Sunday November 27th during an Alumni Dinner prior to the
Grey Cup after Kapp offered him an olive branch to settle their long
hatred(Credit : TMZ).
HEALTH :
-A tumor was found on the spine of TNA employee Bob Ryder.
-MMA middleweight Maiquel Falcao(28-4, 1 NC), who signed with Bellator
FC on October 15th, recently suffered a heart attack in training. He was
hospitalized in the ICU of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil's Santa Casa Da
Misericordia Of Pelotas before going through catheterization(Credit:
TATAME).
-UFC heavyweight Shane Carwin(12-2) had surgery on Tuesday November 15
to fix a lower back problem, wherein a disc in his spine is interfering
with the nerves(a herniated disc was discovered during surgery &
repaired, as well), with plans to get back in to training in early 2012
after 10 weeks of recover(Credit : MMAWeekly).
-The Undertaker recently had a shoulder operation & another hip
surgery. He is expected back in the ring for WrestleMania(Credit :
ewrestlingnews).
-UFC middleweight Chris Leben(22-8) has been suspended for one year
after testing positive for prescription painkillers oxycodone &
oxymorphone following his Saturday November 5th loss to Mark Munoz in
Birmingham, England's LG Arena. This is Leben's second failed drug
test/suspension in UFC(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-AAA's Drago & Argos will both be out for two months due to
injuries(Drago an elbow injury, Argos a shoulder injury). Also, Crazy
Boy is set for a second knee surgery after the first did not go well,
which will keep him out of action until in to 2012. Plus, Relampago will
be out for an undetermined amount of time after hurting his ankle at a
TV taping(Credit: The Cubs Fan).
LEGAL :
-Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, a 21-year old from Idaho Falls who won
an amateur MMA fight(his first) against Zack Morrow at Southeast Idaho
Summer Smackdown in Pocatello, ID this past July via second round TKO,
is accused of driving past The White House in Washington, D.C. on Friday
November 11th in a black Honda Accord and fired a semiautomatic rifle
from the passenger window. Charged with attempting to assassinate
President Obama(who, along with First Lady Michelle Obama, was away on a
trip to California & Hawaii), bullets struck near the residential
quarters, including a bulletproof window. He was later apprehended in
rural Pennsylvania(Credit : The New York Times).
-Ohio indy wrestler Andre Davis was convicted on Wednesday November 23rd
on 14 counts of felonious assault for having unprotected sex with 16
women without informing any of them that he is HIV positive. He will be
sentenced on Wednesday November 21st(Credit : pwinsider).
-Matt Hardy was expelled from his rehab program after he failed a breath
test on Friday November 18th, which led to an arrest the next day. He
was released from Carthage, NC jail in Moore County after District Court
Judge Robert Wilkins reduced Hardy's bond from $1 million to $100,000
on the condition he be released only to complete substance abuse
treatment, which has about a month left. Hardy will appear in court
tomorrow, Wednesday November 30th, Thursday December 1st, Tuesday
December 6th and Wednesday December 21st, all for separate
incidents(Credit : The Pilot).
-Sean O'Haire was arrested in Chatham, GA on Sunday November 13th on
battery charges, with a $1,850 bond set(Credit : pwinsider).
-Shane Hawley, an "employee of the city of Seattle", has filed a lawsuit
against World Wrestling Entertainment, their subcontractors NEP
Broadcasting, Screenworks LLC, Event Services Inc.(ESI), Supershooters
LP and defendant Neil Broome claiming negligence on behalf of Broome,
which caused a metal object to fall 40-50 feet and hit Hawley on
Saturday February 14th, 2009 at Seattle, WA's Key Arena during a WWE
taping. Hawley is claiming to have suffered personal injuries, physical
& mental pain, loss of income & earning capacity, and other
damages, including costs of medical care(Credit : pwinsider).
-Cristina Fierro, the 18-year old former Bronx child prostitute who
claims she was forced by her pimp into her $300 solicitation with
Lawrence Taylor in a Suffern, Rockland County, New York Holiday Inn in
2010 when she was 16, is suing the former WrestleMania main evener under
the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act, seeking compensatory
& punitive damages, saying she was "trafficked across state lines
against her will and through the use of force & coercion"(Credit :
TMZ, ibtimes).
-The UFC and a group of plaintiffs including fighters(including Jon
Jones, Gina Carano, Brian Stann, Matt Hamill & Frankie Edgar), fans,
trainers & others involved with MMA, filed a lawsuit in U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New York against New York
State officials on Tuesday November 15th challenging the
constitutionality of the state law banning live pro MMA events &
associated activities, claiming the "Ban" infringes upon the rights of
the fighters, fans, trainers, and anyone else who wishes to publicize or
otherwise advance MMA in NY.
-UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem(35-11) recently filed a lawsuit in
L.A. County Superior Court for unspecified damages against his former
management team, Netherlands-based Golden Glory, claiming they duped him
in to signing a bad contract, under which they'd give his managers 35%
of his pre-tax income, tried booking him in to high profile fights when
he wasn't healthy enough yet, and refused to pay him more than $151,000
in earnings(including a UFC signing bonus, Credit : TMZ).
-M-1 Global claims that light heavyweight Vyacheslav Vasilevsky(15-1) is
still under exclusive contract to them until February 2013. Bellator FC
had announced on Tuesday November 15th that they had signed Vasilevsky
under the understanding he was a free agent(Credit : MMAJunkie).
BUSINESS :
-DREAM and ONE Fighting Championship announced partnership yesterday,
Monday November 28th, which will see the two organizations co-promote
events and exchange fighters. The first co-promoted show will
tentatively take place Saturday March 31st in Kallang, Singapore's
Indoor Stadium, though ONE FC fighters could fight in DREAM
earlier(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-DGUSA & EVOLVE officially announced their merger on Friday November
25th. Though both will still hold individual events, champions and
wrestlers will compete on both shows(Credit : The Examiner).
-BAMMA(British Association of Mixed Martial Arts) have signed a
multi-year broadcast deal with HDNet, starting Saturday December 10th
with BAMMA 8(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-MMA Clinic/Warrior Promotions, parent company of Cage Warriors Fighting
Championship, also announced on Mon. Nov. 28th that they have acquired
illinois training facility Fiore MMA, which will now be part of MMA
Clinic Gyms. Warrior Promotions Fighter Management(WPFM) now takes over
Fiore MMA's client list, while Cage Warriors plans on a multi-event
8-man middleweight tournament to crown their first champion, starting
Thursday February 2nd in the Middle East, with the tournament then
unfolding in England, Amman & Jordan before culminating in London on
Saturday July 7th(Credit : MMAJunkie).
-Fuerza Guerrera is starting promotion, Lucha Tradicion Real,, featuring
himself, Juventud Guerrera, Durango Kid, Histeria, Mosco De La Merced
II, Los Payasos Tricolor, Emilio Charles, Jr., Super Muneco & Super
Raton(Credit : Lucha World).
-Bobby Lee, Sr. & the entire Box Y Lucha Libre Commission of Leon in
Mexico recently resigned from their posts after being upset people were
running shows in the state without their permission and government
officials are denying power to stop them(Credit : Lucha World).
INTERNATIONAL :
-EMLL's Hijo Del Texano recently quit the promotion, jumping to PdM(Los
Perros Del Mal), just as Hector Garza recently did(Credit : Lucha
World).
-CMLL's Valiente, Atantis & Mascara Dorada will wrestle on NJPW's
WrestleKingdom show on Wednesday January 4th from Japan's Tokyo Dome.
Also touring New Japan in the future will be Maximo, Volador, &
Okumura, along with Misterioso, Rush & Diamante, who will be making
their first tour of the country. CMLL's female luchadores Lady Apache
& Marcela also competed in Japan recently for REINA, where La
Comandante holds the Tag Team title. Dama De Hierro heads to the
promotion on Monday December 12th, with Zeuxis following her in
January(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-UFC is considering a Sydney, Australia return in March. WWE's RAW tours
Australia Aug. 30-Sep. 1(Credit : MMAJunkie, Spotlight Report).
--TNA will tape shows in mid-December in India for their new sister
promotion to be broadcast on The Colors Network. Also, TNA will be
holding an 8-man "UK Title Tournament" on XPlosion(featuring Magnus,
Kazarian, Eric Young & Chris Daniels), the winner of which will get a
World Heavyweight title shot on the upcoming UK tour. However, they
canceled their first South American tour, though, claiming the event
organizers did not fulfill their contractual obligations(Credit :
pwinsider, wrestling observer).
-ROH's Bravado Brothers will tour Japan's Pro Wrestling NOAH in January.
-AAA's Mortiz & Semental will not return until 2012 due to "personal
reasons". Just starting with the promotion, though, is Mascarita
Dorada, who recently jumped from CMLL(Credit : The Cubs Fan, Lucha
World).
UPCOMING :
-Tonight on SyFy, WWE Super Smackdown airs live from Charlotte, NC's
Time Warner Cable Arena, hosted by Mick Foley(who then departs on a tour
of Canada with his stand-up comedy shows) and featuring World
Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry defending against Daniel Bryan in a
steel cage match.
-CZW's Cage Of Death 13 iPPV on Saturday December 3rd from Philadelphia,
PA's Asylum Arena sees Homicide & Eddie Kingston Vs. Philly's Most
Wanted.
-New Japan presents a PPV from Japan's Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on
Sunday December 4th. IWGP & GHC Tag Team Champion Karl Anderson
& Killer Rabbit face Gedo & Jado. Satoshi Kojima, Tama Tonga,
Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask face IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team
Champion Rocky Romero, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Yujiro Takahashi.
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tomoaki Honma face Takashi iizuka & Hideo
Saito. Hirooki Goto & KUSHIA go against Takashi Sugiura &
Atsushi Aoki. Yoshihiro Takayama & Lance Archer face Togi Makabe
& Wataru Inoue. IWGP & GHC Tag Team Champion Giant Bernard takes
on Minoru Suzuki. Tetsuya Naito goes against Shinsuke Nakamura. IWGP
Jr. Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt defends against IWGP Jr.
Heavyweight Tag Team & ROH World Champion Davey Richards. And in the
main event, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi defends against
Yuji Nagata(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-WWE RAW SuperShow from Norfolk, VA's Scope on Monday December 12th will
be a three-hour edition featuring the 2011 Slammy Awards.
-NJPW's Satoshi Kojima 20th Anniversary Show - RUSH! on Friday December
14th from Japan's Tokyo Korakuen Hall live on Samurai! TV sees Michinoku
Pro's The Great Sasuke & The Great Kosuke face Gedo & Jado, and
in the main event, Kojima teams with All Japan's Kaz Hayashi against
Tetsuya Naito & Shoichi FUNAKI(Credit : Puroresu Spirit).
-AAA Latin America Champion Dr. Wagner, Jr. defends against L.A. Park-K
at Guerra Del Titanes on Friday December 16th from Mexico's Estadio
Hermanos Serdan De Pubela(Credit : Lucha World).
-WWE's RAW Supershow comes to Long Island, NY's Nassau Coliseum for a
house show on Saturday December 17th featuring a main event of CM Punk
Vs. John Cena Vs. Alberto Del Rio with Mick Foley as special referee.
Also, World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry defends against The Big
Show(Credit : lords of pain).
-Dan Severn appears in Eddie Edwards' corner for Edwards title challenge
as he faces World Champion Davey Richards in the main event of ROH
Final Battle 2011, live on GFL iPPV on Friday December 23rd from New
York City, NY's Hammerstein Ballroom.
-"DREAM: Fight For Japan. How Are You! New Year! 2011" takes place
Saturday December 31st from Japan's Saitama Super Arena airs live on
HDNet, featuring Lightweight Champion Shinya Aoki(29-5) actually
defending his belt, against Satoru Kitaoka(29-10-9), the bantamweight
grand prix semi-finals, and heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko(32-4, 1 NC) is
expected to compete as well on the card that also features pro
wrestling, K-1, kickboxing and "other competitions".
-UFC 144 takes place from Japan's Saitama Super Arena on Saturday
February 26th, UFC's first show in Japan in over 11 years. Light
heavyweight Quinton "Rampage" Jackson(32-9) faces Ryan Bader(13-2).
Heavyweight Cheick Kongo(17-6-2) takes on Mark Hunt(7-7). Yoshihiro
Akiyama(13-4, 2 NC) makes his welterweight debit against Jake
Shields(26-6-1). Lightweight Anthony "Showtime" Pettis(14-2) faces Joe
Lauzon(21-6). Yushin Okami(26-6) takes on middleweight Tim
Boetsch(14-4). "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi(32-8, 1 NC) faces
lightweight George Sotiropoulos(14-4). Featherweight Hatsu Hioki(25-4-2)
fights Bart Palaszewski(36-14). Norifumi Yamamoto(18-5, 1 NC) fights
bantamweight Vaughan Lee(11-7-1). Middlweight Steven Cantwell(7-5) faces
Riki Fukuda(17-5).
Bantamweight Takeya Mizugaki(15-6-2) takes on Chris Cariaso(12-3).
Featherweight Leonard Garcia(15-8-1) will take on China's Tiequan
Zhang(15-2). And in the main event, Lightweight Champion Frankie
Edgar(14-1-1) defends against Benson "Smooth" Henderson(15-2, Credit :
Sherdog)
MEDIA :
-WWE's Sin Cara shirt, Goteo De Oro, was pulled from the website on
Monday November 28th after a few hours due to his tights/jacket forming a
perceived phallic image. WWE is offering refunds for orders placed for
the shirt while it was on the site & will not be shipping any
product out(Credit : wrestle heat).
-The Rock will star in the film adaption of comic book miniseries by
John Paul Ross, 'The Monster Hunter's Survival Guide'. The Rock is set
to start filming 'Snitch' from early December through mid-January in
Shreveport, LA(Credit : The Spill Movie Community).
-EMLL's annual bodybuilding contest took place Thursday November 24th.
Valiente won the Advanced Class, Eletrico won the Intermediate Class,
Dark Angel won the Femenil(Womens) Class, Soberano won the
Principante(beginners) Class, Pequeno Olimpico from the Minis Class, and
Picudo, Jr. won the Alumnos(students) Class. Hijo Del Texano announced
his return to Los Perros Del Mal promotion & faction after the
contest(Credit : Lucha World).
-Chyna claims she is filming another porn movie for Vivid Entertainment soon.
-Shawn Michaels has signed with Total Gym to star in a workout DVD,
which could be the start of a series if it's successful(Credit :
pwinsider).
-WWE released Stone Cold: The Bottom Line On Wrestling's Most Popular
Superstar on DVD today, but has plans for a CM Punk DVD and a Rock DVD
in 2012(Credit : pwinsider).
-The first season of Lucha Libre USA will be airing in India(Credit : The Cubs Fan).
-Groon XXX(the original Broonda) recently opened a gym in Mexico's
Distrito Federal, providing personalized workouts(Credit : Lucha World).
-WWE video game accessories, including an Undertaker Wii control
charging station, a Rock control, and a CM Punk control for PS3, are
available now from Game On(Credit : pwinsider).
-WWE CFO George A. Barrios will speak at the UBS 39th Annual Global
Media Communications Conference in New York City on Monday December
5th(Credit : pwinsider).
-The Wrestling Manager simulation game is available now for iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad.
-WWE Champion CM Punk is featured at Ian's Pizza Wrigleyville's 'Go To Sleep' pizza in Chicago.
