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  • Charlotte vs. Natalya added to WWE Roadblock

    Another match has been added to Saturday’s WWE Roadblock Network special with Charlotte defending the Divas title against Natalya.

    The two reportedly had a strong match in Montreal last night.

    The two turned a lot of people around on the prospect of women’s wrestling on the main roster with their May 2014 match at TakeOver in Orlando. However, the two have not been put together for a high profile long match since Charlotte won the championship.

    Nattie posted the following on her Instagram page:  “As I make my way to Toronto for #WWERoadBlock, I’m dedicating my match to Bret Hart. His fight against cancer has inspired me to fight even harder in my own life. @Charlottewwe is going to have her hands full AND I can’t wait.#RoadtoWrestleMania#WWENetwork“.

    Here’s the full card for tonight’s show (at least everything that’s been announced for TV):

    • WWE Champion HHH vs. Dean Ambrose
    • Brock Lesnar vs. Bray Wyatt
    • Divas Champion Charlotte vs. Natalya
    • WWE Tag Team Champions New Day vs Sheamus & King Barrett
    • NXT Champions Dash Wilder & Scott  Dawson vs. Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady

    Also scheduled for the show are Sheamus, Chris Jericho and Sami Zayn. The show will air at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST. Our Bryan Rose will have your coverage tonight.

  • NJPW on AXS results: Kenny Omega vs. Alex Shelley

    This week, it’s part 2 of our look at Wrestling Dontaku 2015 (which took place on May 3, 2015) is again the theme of tonight’s show. We have a look at the IWGP title match, as well as some multi-man tags.

    Interesting to note the title match isn’t the main event of this show, as Karl Anderson welcomes us to the program.

    IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega vs. Alex Shelley

    This was fine, but didn’t feel it was anything too special. Omega camped it up big time during this match, using weapons and the like. It was also edited for time. There was some cool stuff towards the end, but it felt like just another title defense. Omega retained the title, pinning Shelley after the One Winged Angel.

    Omega cut a hammy promo after the match, saying he won’t be in the Super Juniors tournament but will be ready to face whoever wins the Best of the Super Garbage tournament.

    Maria vs. Amber Gallows

    Karl Anderson started to speak. He didn’t care that he lost the tag titles to the Kingdom several episodes ago, he only cared about Maria. Usually he wants the championship, but the only thing he could think about in Ryogoku was Maria. He started saying all these nice things about Maria as beautiful music played. He wasn’t happy that Amber Gallows was coming to beat up Maria and was mad at Doc for instigating it. He hoped he could protect Maria in the match. 

    So the match aired. It was pretty much angle oriented around Maria and Anderson, and little else. It was a fine mid card type of program, but it’s really didn’t rejuvinate a divison that sorely needed jumpstart after being stagnant for so many years. Anderson and Gallows argued a lot about Maria during the match. Maria did a few spots with Amber Gallows and got a near fall after a crossbody. Anderson and Maria ended up in the ring together. They danced for a bit before Maria low blowed him, then Maria got the big win with a inside cradle on Amber. 

    Anderson in the post match seemed to have snapped out of his Maria infatuation. He said the Bullet Club is the strongest group in the last twenty years. He says Maria won’t get in the way. Everything they do is because they planned it.

    Anderson, who in reflection has snapped back into the infatuation. puts over the Kingdom as good wrestlers, but they didn’t care about them. He only cared about Maria. The only thing he thought about, the only thing he thinks about during the day and night is for Maria to come to Bullet Club. He can win the G1, Intercontinental or World titles, but the tag team scene is his focus right now.

    Makabe, Tanahashi and Shibata vs. Ishii, Yano and Sakuraba

    Shibata and Sakuraba grappled, Makabe and Ishii beat each other up with stiff attacks and Yano pretty much avoided Tanahashi’s offense by doing his usual routine. This was a nice, quick six man bout with plenty of action and set the tone for future bouts. Tanahashi got the win for his team, gaining a measure of revenge by grabbing Yano’s hair and getting a flash pin over him while holding the hair.

    Tanahashi was happy he finally got one over Yano now. All he has to do is wait, as he bets he’ll walk right into the mouse trap. 

    Not a great week for match quality, but a nice show that highlighted some of the midcard antics that went on last summer.

  • NXT Jacksonville, FL, live results: Finn Balor teams up with American Alpha

    Submitted by Ross Blair, live from the Maxwell Snyder Armory Thursday

    – Mojo Rawley def. Alex Riley

    Crowd favorite Rawley got the fans “hyped” in a decent opener against Riley. Both men had equal offense, and Mojo got the pin after he spun around and clocked Riley with a big right hand.

    – Liv Morgan defeated Daria the Jersey Devil

    Daria had MMA attire and the slugfest match came off more like an MMA match than a pro wrestling contest. It worked here. This was Morgan’s third consecutive appearance at this venue and, judging from the ovation she got, I’m probably not alone in saying she’s my favorite newbie in the NXT women’s division. Morgan pinned Daria after a standing moonsault…a deviation from her last two appearances, which ended with moonsaults of the top rope.

    – Tucker Knight pinned Angelo Dawkins

    Knight won with a Thesz press. Knight has new attire, a singlet, which greatly improves his look as it hides his gut.

    – Enzo Amore & Colin Cassidy (with Carmella) defeated Blake & Murphy (without Alexa Bliss)

    Enzo got double teamed for the majority of the match, followed by a hot tag to Big Cass and a pinfall victory after the popular duo’s rocket launcher finisher.

    – Levis Valenzuela Jr. pinned Riddick Moss after a wind-up knockout punch

    Moss was greeted with chants of “You’re OK” and “Welcome Back” as he made his entrance. The final image of the previous Jacksonville show was Moss receiving medical attention after the 6-man main event he was in ended prematurely when he had his bell rung after a suplex-gone-wrong. Moss did some mic work to turn around the sympathy he got from the fans & regain his role as a heel: “The last few weeks haven’t been easy, but all your support has been the only thing…that has completely annoyed me! I don’t need any of you!”

    – Six-foot-seven former collegiate football player Dan Matha debuted in an interview segment. He touted to announcer Tom Phillips that he is an “A+ player” and an apparent heel: “If you’re not a girl or a dumbbell, I don’t have time for you!”

    – Nia Jax def. Aliyah

    Jax got a big pop as she entered the ring to face the ridiculously smaller Aliyah in actually a very entertaining David & Goliath matchup. The crowd moaned in unison after Jax menacingly said “say hi to Aliyah”, followed by grabbing her by the hair & spinning her halfway across the ring. Aliyah did a good job appearing nervous during her brief moments of offense. Jax playfully said “bye bye” before finishing her with a Samoan drop.

    – NXT Champion Finn Balor & American Alpha (Jason Jordan/Chad Gable) def. NXT Tag Champions The Revival (Dash & Dawson) & Baron Corbin

    Balor got a huge pop in his long awaited return to Jacksonville. Excellent match. Gable got triple teamed for much of the contest. The finish came when Gable & Jordan had both Dawson & Wilder in ankle locks as Balor came off the top rope with his foot stomp to pin Corbin.

    Notes:

    – A return date to Jacksonville of April 23rd was announced.​

    – Manny “La Sombra” Andrade (joined by Mandy Rose & Steve Cutler) made his meet & greet debut. He is apparently conquering the English language as he fit right in during the NXT pre-show ritual of autographs and pictures with fans. Unfortunately, he was not on the actual card.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (03/11): Jerry Lawler wins the USWA Unified Title

    1941 

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Bronko Nagurski won the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title from Ray Steele

    1952 

    San Francisco, California: 
    – Hombre Montana defeated Mike Sharpe to win the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title

    1963

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    – Mitsu Arakawa and Kinji Shibuya defeated Gene Kiniski and Mr. X for the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles 

    1967

    San Francisco, California:
    – Ray Stevens won the San Francisco NWA United States Heavyweight Title by defeating Bill Watts 

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race no contest Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Pat O’Connor
    – Lou Thesz beat Bob Geigel
    – Reggie Parks drew Killer Kowalski
    – Johnny Valentine beat Eddie Graham
    – Dory Funk Sr drew Joe Blanchard

    1968 

    West Palm Beach, Florida:
    – Aldo Bogni and Bronko Lubich defeated Eddie Graham and Lester Welch to win the Florida NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1971 

    Hattiesburg, Mississippi:
    – Ken Lucas and Johnny West defeated Jack Morrell and Eddie Sullivan for the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Titles

    1972 

    Los Angeles, California:
    – Masa Saito defeated Dory Dixon for the NWA Beat the Champ Television Title

    Wichita, Kansas:
    – Yasu Fuji and Chati Yokouchi won the Central States NWA North American Tag Team Titles from Omar Atlas and Daniel
    Little Bear

    1976

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Omar Atlas defeated Tank Patton via DQ
    – Mike George defeated Lord Alfred Hayes
    – Texas Death Match: Harley Race defeated Ed Wiskoswki (Colonel DeBeers)
    – Bob Geigel & Akio Sato defeated Otto Von Heller & Bob Brown

    1977 

    Dothan, Alabama:
    – Sonny King defeated Rip Tyler for the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title 

    1978

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Texas Death Match: Dick The Bruiser beat Ernie Ladd
    – The Crusher beat Super Destroyer COR
    – Billy Robinson & Rufus R Jones beat Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens dq
    – Angelo Mosca beat Wilbur Snyder COR
    – Greg Gagne drew Bob Orton Jr
    – Jimmy Valiant beat Spike Huber

    1980 

    Louisville, Kentucky:
    – Paul Ellering and Sheik Ali Hassan defeated Ken Lucas and Billy Robinson to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1983

    Houston, Texas:
    – Chavo Guerrero beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
    – Tiger Conway Jr & Mr Wrestling II beat Ted Dibiase & Matt Borne to win the Mid-South tag team title
    – Junkyard Dog beat Kamala
    – Mil Mascaras no contest Black Gordman
    – Hacksaw Duggan beat Tony Atlas
    – Kendo Nagasaki beat Mike Sharpe
    – Tim Horner drew Art Crews

    1989 

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Al Perez defeated Mike Graham for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jeff Jarrett defeated Dutch Mantel to win the Championship (formerly Continental) Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title 

    Caguas, Puerto Rico:
    – Jason the Terrible and Steve Strong defeated The Batten Twins (Bart and Brad) to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles

    WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event: Hershey, Pennsylvania:
    – Hulk Hogan (with Miss Elizabeth) pinned Bad News Brown 
    – Ted DiBiase (with Virgil) pinned The Blue Blazer
    – The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (with Bobby Heenan)) and The Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) fought to a double-countout

    1991 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Lawler defeated Terry Funk for the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title 

    1993

    London, England:
    – Sting pinned WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader to win the title 

    2006 

    Norton, Virginia:
    – Stan Lee defeated Jerry Lawler for the NWA All-Star Wrestling Heavyweight Title 

    2007 

    TNA Destination X: Orlando, Florida:
    – NWA World Tag Team Champions The Latin American Exchange (Homicide and Hernandez (with Konnan)) defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon (with Johnny Rodz)) in a Ghetto Brawl
    – TNA X Division Champion Chris Sabin defeated Jerry Lynn in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain the title
    – Kurt Angle pinned Scott Steiner
    – Sting defeated Abyss in a Last Rites (casket) match
    – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage pinned Samoa Joe to retain the title

    Nagoya, Japan:
    – Giant Bernard and Travis Tomko defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori to win the IWGP World Tag Team Titles

  • Kimbo Slice & Ken Shamrock fail pre-Bellator 149 drug tests

    As if their presence atop an MMA card in 2016 wasn’t bizarre enough, another footnote will be added onto the Bellator legacy of both Ken Shamrock and Kimbo Slice: busted for a positive drug test.

    MMA Fighting’s Marc Raimondi broke the news Friday afternoon that the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has “adminstratively suspended” both guys pending a full adjudication process due to a non-specified banned substance found in their pre-fight urine tests prior to Bellator 149.

    Raimondi added that typical maximum suspension in Texas for this type of failure go up to 90 days with a $5000 fine. Bellator has yet to make a public comment.

    The 52-year-old Shamrock lost to Royce Gracie in the main event via first round TKO after the referee missed Gracie kneeing Shamrock low, leading to strikes for the win. The 42-year-old Slice downed DADA 5000 in the night’s co-main event by TKO in the third round. It was later learned that 5000 nearly died in the cage after suffering renal failure due to bad weight cutting.

    The event did record numbers for SPIKE TV, crushing previous Bellator shows on their airwaves.

    That night just keeps getting stranger and stranger.

  • WOL: Jeff Hardy talks TNA on POP and more, latest news from around the world

    Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with tons to talk about including an interview with JEFF HARDY~! talking his injury recovery, memories of his wrestling career and TNA’s live event Tuesday, and more! Plus, the latest news from around the world! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • B&V: Empire Primaries, NXT, Lucha Underground, Raw reviews, Granny’s Week in Wrestling

    The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about! It’s time for our annual F4W EMPIRE ELECTION. The Granny segment tonight will be the primaries and the actual election will be next week. Granny has her WEEK IN WRESTLING, then Bryan and Vinny discuss Lucha Underground, NXT and Raw from Monday! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • Wrestling Weekly: McMahon Family Chronicles, Championship Wrestling From Florida 3/10

    Back after a brief absence, Les and Vic will discuss the happenings in WWE and reminisce a bit about a great territory.  We’ll start with a unique experience Vic had earlier this week, then say a few words about the late Lord James Blears (7:17).  From there, Les will get some stuff off his chest (12:00) and we’ll turn our attention to the McMahon family soap opera, (18:54) both in front of and away from the camera.  The show closes with a ton of fun stories about what it was like for Les on his runs through Championship Wrestling from Florida,(44:07) meeting Gordon Solie for the first time, a record set alongside Wahoo McDaniel Les wanted no part of, who dished out some of the hardest chops Les ever took and more~!

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  • WOR: Mick Foley on how you can enter his WrestleMania sweepstakes, career, more!

    Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today with special guest Mick Foley to talk tons of topics including this WrestleMania sweepstakes, which was won a few years ago by an Observer subscriber, memories of his career, WWE today and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: UFC fighter, writer & photographer Mike Jackson

    With such a major weekend and major events behind us and with so many big things to look forward to, this week’s Josh Nason’s Punch-Out features someone who has both covered the sport and fought inside the Octagon to help make sense of it all: UFC welterweight and media memberMike Jackson!

    ***This is a free show for everyone. Please share on your social network of choice!***

    Josh and Mike talked for an hour about the news of the day and his future, including:

    – His thoughts on Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz and where McGregor went wrong

    – Why he enjoyed Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate more than most

    – Who he’d like to see McGregor, Holm, Diaz, and Tate fight next

    – What fight announced during the UFC Unstoppable presser he most wants to see

    – What he learned and took in during his first UFC fight week

    – When it first set in that he had actually competed inside the Octagon

    – Why he wants to fight Artem Lobov

    – Why it bothers both Josh and Mike how much grief Sage Northcutt gets…and more!

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