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  • Ring Of Honor 8/29 Atlanta, GA, house show results: Jay Briscoe & Moose vs. Cedric Alexander and Adam Page

    Submitted by Bryce Gaskin

    – Cedric Alexander defeated Corey Hollis

    – The Kingdom (Michael Bennett & Matt Taven) (w/ Maria Kanellis) defeated Will Ferrara & Watanabe

    – Michael Elgin defeated Adam Page (w/ BJ Whitmer). Whitmer had 4 security guards with him during the match. After the match, Elgin laid out Whitmer’s security.

    – War Machine (Hanson & Raymond Rowe) defeated ACH & Matt Sydal

    – Mark Briscoe defeated Romantic Touch (Romantic Touch replaced Cliff Compton, because Compton was rushed from the venue with a medical emergency that turned out to be a seizure.

    – Roderick Strong defeated Caprice Coleman

    – Jay Briscoe defeated Moose (w/ Stokely Hathaway) by DQ. Adam Page attacked Briscoe, which caused the DQ, and Cedric Alexander came out to attack Moose then a tag team match was set.

    – Jay Briscoe & Moose (w/ Stokely Hathaway) defeated Cedric Alexander & Adam Page (w/ BJ Whitmer)

    – Adam Cole & reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) defeated Jay Lethal (w/ Taeler Hendrix) & ROH Tag Team Champions The Addiction (w/ Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian)

  • Global Force Wrestling 8/29 Richmond, VA, house show results: Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash, Doc, Gallows

    From The Diamond in Richmond, VA

    Pat Buck def Dirty Money via piledriver

    Buck was announced as being from Richmond. Match was short and nothing you couldn’t see at a local indy show

    Pepper Parks def Kevin Matthews

    Matthews cut a promo about how he was from New York. Amazingly, this successfully gets heel heat.

    Ring announcer Brandon Baxter introduces Jeff Jarrett. Double J thanks various people who helped promote the show. He thanks the fans. He mentions that Karl Anderson can’t be on the show due to travel issues. Ali Akbar (dressed like Skandor Akbar) and Seiya Sanada (with a Japanese flag) walk to the ring. They say we don’t know travel issues until we’ve seen what it is like for them to try to travel through an airport. Main event is a handicap match since Anderson no showed.

    Kimber Lee def Cherry Bomb

    Sonjay Dutt pinned BLK Jeez

    Good athletic style match.

    Chris Mordetzky def Brian Myers with the Masterlock

    Mordetzky was the only heel to go over all evening. Fans cheered both guys.

    Kevin Nash cut a promo in the ring and said the Bullet Club was continuing the tradition started by the nWo, and would be watching the main event.

    Doc Gallows with Bullet Babe Amber Gallows def Ali Akbar and Seiya Sanada in a handicap match after both Jeff Jarrett and Kevin Nash interfered.

    Match was much too short to be a main event.

    Notes: 

    – Card lasted exactly two hours including intermission which seems a bit short for a house show. Show took place in a 6 sided ring. There were approximately 250 fans in attendance. This would have looked like a reasonable crowd in a high school gym or national guard armory. It looked embarrassing in a baseball stadium. All fans were seated in four sections on the ground level right around the home plate area leaving 80% of the stadium empty.

    – A meet and greet took place two hours before the show for fans who bought VIP tickets. The rest of us were allowed in an hour before bell time. We bought a Global Force Wrestling program specifically asking if the wrestlers who were still sitting at the autograph table (most everyone but Nash and Jarrett) would sign the book for free if we bought the book. The guy selling the program assured us they would. And some of them did. But about half of them charged me ten dollars to get a signature in a book I only bought because it would be cheaper than buying 8x10s of each wrestler individually. 

    – Guitars with a picture of Jeff Jarrett were being sold for $200. Fans who bought them also got to spend intermission with Jeff Jarrett and get their pictures taken with him.

    – After the show Jarrett and Nash posed for photos in the ring for $20 a pop.

  • UFC News: Cast announced for next season of Ultimate Fighter

    Las Vegas – Competitors from 11 different countries have been cast for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter® led by UFC® interim featherweight champion and proud Irishman Conor McGregor, opposite former WEC® featherweight champion Urijah “The California Kid” Faber. The premiere episode, debuting on September 9 at 10 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1, will showcase 32 fighters competing for one of 16 spots featuring eight Europeans and eight Americans and the opportunity to be coached by two of the sport’s best athletes.

    The Europeans will be led by Dublin’s own McGregor (18-2, fighting out of Dublin, Ireland), while the American squad will be under the tutelage of Faber (32-8, fighting out of Sacramento, Calif.). The  fighters from around the globe will descend upon the Las Vegas desert for a chance at a UFC contract and the ability to be coached by two of the sports’ best. Given the history between McGregor and Faber’s Team Alpha Male gym, paired with national pride on the line, the teams’ rivalry will be fierce and competition intense.

    McGregor took the MMA world by storm when he burst onto the UFC scene in 2013, quickly amassing a 6-0 record inside the Octagon® en route to becoming the interim featherweight champion. Currently riding a 14-fight winning streak, “The Notorious” is set to unify his title with pound-for-pound king Jose Aldo at UFC 194 on December 12 in Las Vegas.

    This will be Faber’s second stint as coach, having served as head coach for season 15 against rival Dominick Cruz in 2012. Widely considered a pioneer amongst fighters in the lighter weight classes, Faber is one of the most recognized and respected competitors in mixed martial arts history.

    Below is a full list of competitors by team and in alphabetical order (name, professional record, age, hometown):

    United States

    Europe

    Andreas Quintana, 8-1, 24, Albuquerque, N.M.

    Artem Lobov, 11-10-1-1, 28, Dublin, Ireland

    Austin Springer, 8-0, 27, Portland, Ore.

    Abner Lloveras, 19-7-1, 32, Barcelona, Spain

    Billy Quarantillo, 6-1, 26, Tampa, Fla.

    David Teymur, 3-1, 25, Stockholm, Sweden

    Brandon Ricetti, 7-1, 28, Chico, Calif.

    Djamil Chan, 19-2, 24, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Brennan Sevin, 7-1, 29, Chauvin, La.

    Frantz Frank Slioa, 4-0, 24, Stockholm, Sweden

    Chris Gruetzemacher, 12-1, 29, Peoria, Ariz.

    Marcin Wrzosek, 10-2, 27, Bydgoszcz, Poland

    Jason Soares, 8-0, 25, Miami, Fla.

    Martin Delaney, 10-1, 36, Bathgate, Scotland

    Johnny Nunez, 5-1, 29, Las Vegas, Nev.

    Martin Svensson, 14-5, 30, Malmo, Sweden

    James Jenkins, 8-1, 29, Long Island, N.Y.

    Mehdi Baghdad, 11-3, 29, Toulon, France

    Jason Gonzalez, 9-2, 25, Colton, Calif.

    Mohamed Grabinski, 10-1, 23, Dusseldorf, Germany

    Julian Erosa, 14-2, 25, Yakima, Wash.

    Paulo Boer, 10-1-1, 29, Holland

    Mike Flach, 7-1, 27, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

    Sascha Sharma, 8-2, 27, Stuttgart, Germany

    Ryan Hall, 4-1, 30, Falls Church, Va.

    Saul Rogers, 10-1, 25, Bolton, England

    Thanh Le, 4-1, 29, New Orleans, La.

    Sean Carter, 10-1, 30, Essex, England

    Tim Welch, 12-5, 25, Glendale, Ariz.

    Thibault Gouti, 10-0, 28, Avignon, France

    Tom Gallicchio, 19-8, 28, Perth Amboy, N.J.

    Vladimir Sikic, 10-0, 25, Frankfurt, Germany

    The show will feature 12 episodes airing Wednesdays on FOX Sports 1. Each episode’s winner will advance in the single-elimination tournament, leading to the season finale card on December 11 in Las Vegas. The finale will be headlined by former lightweight champion and current second-ranked featherweight Frankie Edgar taking on Faber teammate, No. 3 Chad Mendes.

  • MON UPDATE: Shooting at Performance Center, NWA title change, New UFC fight

    By Dave Meltzer

    We’re looking for reports from Raw in Tampa tonight with dark matches, Superstars matches and anything else not evident from the live show to Dave Meltzerdave@wrestlingobserver.com”>  Announced for tonight’s show includes Sting opening the show talking about his upcoming title match with Seth Rollins, a Beat the Clock challenge with Charlotte, Paige and Becky Lynch where the winner gets a shot at Nikki Bella’s Divas title, as well as a Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev match.

    We’re also looking for reports on these weekend shows:

    *Sunday WWE in Daytona Beach
    *Saturday Global Force Wrestling in Richmond, VA
    *Saturday NXT in Fort Pierce, FL
    *Thursday NXT in Tampa, FL.

    Smackdown and Main Event will be taped on Tuesday in Miami.

    Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

    A complete rundown of the WWE’s weekend in Brooklyn, with all the business notes, surprises and what is known about the future direction is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.  We also cover the decision to have Holly Holm replace Miesha Tate as Ronda Rousey’s opponent next, a UFC business year-in-review story, ROH big weekend, New Japan next tour, 2017 Mania and Daniel Bryan future note. 

    The latest Wrestling Observer: Wrestling Observer Newsletter August 31, 2015: SummerSlam weekend wrap-up, UFC business

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    MONDAY’S NEWS UPDATE

    • Bryan and I will be back tonight talking all of the craziness that has taken place today, as well as Raw.  You can ask questions for tonight’s show to mailbag@wrestlingobserver.com
    • Some more notes on the shooting in front of the Performance Center.  The guy who was shot, 29-year-old Armando Montalvo, was a real weirdo that area officers knew well as did WWE staffers.  This was the third time he had come to the Performance Center this month.  Before that, he urinated on the building.  He even posted a video of him mixing his own feces with low fat milk to put in a bucket to pour it on he building.  He had posted videos where he was obsessed with A.J. Lee (Lee was not the person he was fixated on during the past month).  On more than one occasion he dressed up like a wrestler, banged on windows, and said he would kick everyone’s ass because they wouldn’t hire him.  At one point, he carried a chain to the Performance Center and police had to draw their guns to subdue him.  Five days ago, he did another video of himself outside the building saying he was going to ask for a job.  There were two deputies in the area when someone from the Performance Center called police and everyone involved was well aware of Montalvo, who has a long record for various crimes including assault on an officer and violation of a restraining order.  He looked like he was going to attack Cpl. Steve Wahl and there was fear he had a knife, and Wahl backed off 75 to 100 feet before shooting the man in the stomach.  He underwent emergency surgery and his injuries may be life threatening.
      Man shot at WWE Performance Center (updated) 
      Police Press conference
      WFTV Report
      ClickOrlando.com Article
    • Jax Dane beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan on Saturday night in San Antonio to win the NWA heavyweight title.
    • Trainwreck was No. 4 at the box office in Australia this past week. (thanks to James Stanios)
    • This comes from someone in WWE and is good advice:  To all indy talent wanting to get into WWE, delete your social media profiles now if you have any questionable comments.  For women, delete all sexually themed photos as soon as possible.
    • Michelle Waterson vs Tecia Torres was added to the loaded 12/12 UFC show in Las Vegas.
    • WWE stock closed today at $20.06 per share, up 57 cents per share from Friday. 
    • ROH announced that in upgrading its web site, some television shows have been temporarily been taken down.  Because of those problems, all Ringside Members are getting 25 percent off all merchandise starting today. 
    • Pro Wrestling Phoenix from Saturday night in Council Bluffs, IA:  Hype Gotti & Tony Cortez b Killer City Kings, Michael Ray b Adrian Alexander, Mark Sterling b Bodie Van Zandt, Dalton Lee Roth b Pat Powers, Marek Brave b  Ryan Slade, Darren Russell b Connor Braxton, Joey Daniels b Zicky Dice, Paul Daniels b Zac James, Mark Sterling won gauntlet Battle Royal.  Next show is 9/16 in Omaha at The Waiting Room Lounge.
    • NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling on 9/5 in Kingsport, TN headlined by Steve Anthony defending his NWA jr. title against Vince Brent.  Anthony is scheduled to go to New Japan later this month to defend the title against Tiger Mask.  Also Jason Kincaid faces Shawn Schultz for the Southeastern title.
    • The CHIKARA King of Trios tournament starts on Friday night and goes through Sunday in Easton PA at the Palmer Center.  Among the first round matches include Drago & Fenix & Aero Star vs,. Chuck Taylor & Drew Gulak & Swamp Monster and Hallowicked & Frightmare & Silver Ant vs. Eddie Kingston & Ophidian & Shynron.
    • The season finale of Swerved will be airing tonight after Raw on the WWE Network.
    • CWE on Saturday night in Calgary:  Shane Sabre b Chase Owens, Carter Mason b Bobby Collins Anderson Tyson Moore won three-way over Jason Kincaid and Shelton Benjamin, Silas Young b Travis Cole, Dynamite Dan & Pistol Pete b Johnny Devine & Danny Duggan.  Next tour is 9/25 to 10/3.
    • CWE on Friday night in Red Deer, Alberta:  Silas Young b Shane Sabre, Bobby Collins b Carter Mason, Shelton Benjamin b Tommy Lee Curtis, Anderson Tyson Moore b Travis Cole, Johnny Devine & Danny Duggan b Chase Owens & Jason Kincaid.
    • Some new 2K 16 names revealed for the video game this year include Undertaker, The Vaudevillains, Ryback, Andre the Giant, Batista, Chris Jericho, Curtis Axel, Dean Ambrose, Edge, Erick Rowan, Fandango, John Bradshaw Layfield, Luke Harper, Randy Savage, Natalya, Rick Rude, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Sgt. Slaughter, Stephanie McMahon,  and The Rock.
    • A New York Times magazine story on Brock Lesnar
    • A Hustler Rip Rogers interview with Jim Cornette



    ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY INTERNATIONAL (thanks to Graeme Cameron)

    1985 – Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) beat Kuniaki Kobayashi in Tokyo to win the NWA Int. jr. title in one of the best matches of that decade
    1991 – Kyoko Inoue beat Debbie Malenko in Mita to win the IWA title
    1993 – Crypt Keeper (Jose Estrada Jr.) beat Crash the Terminator (Bill DeMott) in Akita to win the WING title
    1997 – Kensuke Sasaki beat Shinya Hashimoto in Yokohama to win the IWGP title
    1997 – Hayabusa & Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa beat The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) & Hisakatsu Oya & Mr. Gannosuke in Yokohama to with he FMW Street fight trios title
    2002 – Dandy beat Perro Aguayo Jr. in Tamaulipas to win the Mexican national light heavyweight title
    2005 – Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Osamu Namiguchi in Hiroshima to win the Zero-One light heavyweight title

  • WWE News: WWE not changing its policy on Hogan

    Hulk Hogan’s attempt to get back into the WWE going on Good Morning America today at this point hasn’t resulted in a change in comapny deicision making.

    “At this time the WWE remains steadfast in its decision,” was the company’s response to Hogan’s appearance today.

  • WWE Raw 8/31 live TV results: Sting returns, Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev

    courtesy WWE.com

    By Jeff Hamlin, WrestlingObserver.com  

    The Big Takeaway: 

    Seth Rollins will wrestle twice at Night of Champions. He will face Sting for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, and also take on John Cena for the U.S. Championship. Funny how a champion with two title matches on the next PPV really spent most of the show building up a match with HHH, who didn’t even appear. 

    Show Recap: 

    Sting came out wigh JBL calling him “The man who put Starcade on the map.” That’s as bad as Charlotte calling the Four Horseman one of the greatest factions in WWE history. Sting said he would always have respect for HHH, but Seth Rollins was no HHH. He said it’s an injustice to think that Rollins thinks he can compare himself to legends like Andre the Giant, Bruno Sammartino and the Ultimate Warrior. Sting said the last chapter of his career would be written at Night of Champions when he wins the WWE World Heavyweight Title. Sting put over HHH more than himself, making Sting seem like a set up guy towards the inevitable HHH-Rollins program. 

    As if that point couldn’t be hammered home more, Rollins and Stephanie McMahon watched the promo from the back. Rollins called Sting a relic, but Stephanie said a victory over Sting would further cement Rollins’ legacy. Rollins said when he was in the ring, he was better than anyone. Stephanie said Sting said Rollins wasn’t half the man that HHH is, and Stephanie agreed with him. Stephanie said legends are built over time, not over a week or a month. Rollins said, with all due respect, they build statues for legends, then asked where was his statue? Stephanie told him to go ask Sting.   

    Dolph Ziggler defeated Rusev by DQ (14:16) 

    Rusev hit a thrust kick and went for the Accolade, but Dolph Ziggler escaped and caught the Zig Zag. As he covered Rusev, Summer Rae ran in. Lana, showing off an outfit that should get her a feature apperance in the next Slaughter video, started fighting with Rae. Ziggler pulled Lana off of her, but Rae charged at Lana again. Lana rose up to kick her. It was a big man vs. smaller man match with Ziggler doing his Ricky Morton babyface selling routine. Crowd was in it in doses. Ziggler and Lana kissed again while Rusev screamed in rage.   

    Renee Young talked with Ziggler. Lana left during the interview. Ziggler left to take a shower. As Young ran down the lineup for tonight, Rae snuck into Ziggler’s locker room. 

    The Beat the Clock gimmick is back tonight in the Divas division. The winner of the Beat the Clock challenge tonight gets a title shot at Nikki Bella at Night of Champions. 

    Nikki Bella was in the ring with the rest of the Bella Army.There’s now a countdown running backwards counting down the moments until Nikki becomes the longest reigning Divas champion in history. Usually in that regard, it would lead to Bella falling a day short since she’s a heel. Well, I think she is. She did a heel promo here, but got cheered. 

    Becky Lynch did your typical awful scripted inset promo saying “The B in Team PCB can be a real B when she has to.” She also said she and Alicia Fox would tear the house down tonight. No. 

    Becky Lynch defeated Alicia Fox via submission in a Beat the Clock match (3:21)

    Lynch made Fox tap out with Disarm-Her. Crowd was dead. You can see from Charlotte’s face how far the Divas division has fallen in terms of fan reactiion compared to NXT. 

    Ryback did a promo about his match against the Big Show saying it would be his biggest obstacle. In the middle of the interview, Rae was shown running out of Ziggler’s dressing room screaming. They cut back to Ziggler, wearing only a towel around his waist as he slammed the door looking flustered. 

    Ryback (C) defeated The Big Show (7:17) to retain the Intercontiental Championship. 

    The Miz was on commentary wearing, as Michael Cole described, an outfit similar to Miley Cyrus at the MTV Video Music Awards. I was stunned. Not that the Miz was wearing something outrageous. That MTV was still showing videos. Ryback got the pin after Miz distracted Big Show, allowing Ryback to hit the Shell Shock. As fans chanted for Big Show to retire, he cut a promo on them over the PA. Ryback kicked out of a choke slam and the Final Cut. 

    Charlotte defeated Brie Bella (1:40) in a Beat the Clock match

    Brie Bella ran around the ring tying to stall and keep Charlotte from beating Lynch’s time, which sort of buried Lynch. Charlotte beat Brie with a rolling neck snap. Lynch had a look of resignation on her face after Charlotte won. 

    The Dudley Boyz did a promo with Bubba Ray saying they were Straight Outta Dudleyville to put everyboy through a table. Bubba said they want to be the WWE Tag Team Champions for the 10th time and vowed to put the New Day through tables. 

    Kevin Owens defeated Cesaro (16:05)

    Very good match where Kevin Owens got the pin after a pop-up power bomb. Cesaro teased a suplex off the apron to the floor, but Owens escaped and knocked Cesaro into the announcer’s table. Cesaro started selling his ribs. Owens got as many cheers as Cesaro, partly because Owens was in NXT, which made him more over to the Florida fans. Plus, the fans seemed to realize that Cesaro isn’t getting the push they’ve begged for. 

    Ziggler tried to explain to an upset Lana what happened earlier. Ziggler said he was taking a shower when Rae stood outside with a smile on her face. He went to chase her out, put a towel around his waist and she ran out. He swore Rae saw him naked for two seconds maximum. Lana looked upset and asked how that was supposed to make her feel and walked off. 

    Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Braun Stowman came out. Bray thanked Sister Abigail (there’s that name again) for Stowman, who he called the Black Sheep. Wyatt told Stowman to show the face of destruction, and Stowman took off his black sheep mask and said this wasn’t the beginning, but the end. 

    Braun Stowman defeated Dean Ambrose by DQ (3:09) 

    This was an attempt to create a new monster heel. Stowman sold nothing for Dean Ambrose, who was thrown everywhere. Roman Reigns came down to watch from ringside. Stowman slapped Reigns, leading to Reigns going after Stowman outside the ring. Again, Stowman no sold a chair shot and clamped on the head-and-arm choke finisher on Ambrose and Reigns. Announcers had tomake Stowman out to be the next Undertaker or heel Andre the Giant, talking in hushed tones. 

    Rollins did an interview with Young. Rollins said he would call out Sting later in the show and demand answers about his statue. He also said no offense to HHH, but he never held the WWE World Heavyweight and U.S. Championship at the same time. He said, during his time, HHH was the King of Kings, but he’s the man now. 

    Sasha Banks and Paige went to a draw in 1:40 as time ran out in the Beat the Clock challenge, so Charlotte earned the title match against Nikki Bella at Night of Champions. 

    Paige hit the Rampage, but Tamina and Naomi pulled Banks out of the ring. Paige tried to clamp on the PTO, but time ran out. Paige didn’t look happy, but Charlotte couldn’t contain her happiness. Paige and Charlotte had a brief hug afterwards. 

    Rae did a taped interview with Ziggler, claiming he went into Ziggler’s locker room trying to smooth things over between those two, Lana and Rusev. She basically said Ziggler tried to seduce her, and she would never forget the image of Ziggler trying to seduce her. Lana saw the tape of this interview and walked away from Young with a tear in her eye. Rae’s acting wasn’t very good. 

    The New Day came out. Xavier Woods said the Dudleys were a menace to society and a menance to furniture across the world. Kofi Kingston said supporting the New Day could help save a table’s life. Big E. brought up various uses of the table, periodic tables, Thanksgiving tables, multiplication tables, etc. This was a rare New Day skit that died. 

    Woods brought out a table that he claimed was the last table in the company and they would do everything they could to protect it. They got the fans to chant “Save the tabes.” 

    The Dudley Boyz defeated The New Day (C) in a nontitle match (12:36)

    Devon Dudley pinned Kingston after a 3-D. Crowd wasn’t into it. The Prime Time Players were on commentary talking about a potential program with the Dudleys. Postmatch, Team 3-D teased putting Big E. through the final table in the WWE, but Big E. was pulled to safety. 

    Rollins came out and demanded that Sting come out, saying he once had respect for Sting. But now, he can understand that Sting was the reason why WCW folded. Did Sting book the One-Finger title change? Or Goldberg jobbing to Nash at Starcade? Rollins said he wanted Sting to come out and do two things. The first was to apologize for saying HHH was better than him. Rollins said he was just as good as HHH, and someday may be better. The second was he wanted his statue. 

    Stephanie came out and told Rollins she strongly advised him to stop talking about HHH. Rollins reasoned that HHH was the man in Evolution, if anyone compared him to Ric Flair, HHH would have flipped a lid because he was the leader of Evolution. That time has passed and Rollins said he was the man. Stephanie interrupted him and turned his attention back to Sting. Rollins called out Sting. 

    This time, John Cena came out. Cena said Rollins was the biggest idiot he’s ever met because Rollins thinks the Authority actually likes him. Cena said the Authority chose Rollins because he was the only one who would stab his friends in the back and do what’s best for business. Cena said the Authority always does what’s best for business just looking for the next flavor of the month, take everything they can from them and send them to the garbage heap. 

    Cena reminded Rollins that the Authority dictated that every championship would be on the line at Night of Champions. So Cena was going to cash in his rematch clause and get a rematch for the U.S. Championship at Night of Champions. Cena asked Stephanie for the rematch and she reluctantly agreed. So Rollins is now Jay Lethal in the latest idea WWE has ripped off from Ring of Honor. 

    As Cena left, Sting came out and stood beside Cena as they stared at Rollins. 

    SUMMARY: 

    Take away those Cena U.S. Challenge matches that usually did 4-stars on an average week and these Raws become quite labrious. Second straight week where there was only one good match on a 3-hour show. As for Rollins, he really won’t branch out and get truly over by being someone subservient  to the Authority. At this point, there’s no good thing that can come from a match with HHH for his character. It’s yet another Attitude-era star that will come in and remind everyone that the company was at its zenith 15 years ago at the expense of a young star. Sting came off like a complete afterthought on this show. 

  • Details of the shooting at the Performance Center today

    The Orlando police held a press conference this afternoon discussing the shooting incident in the parking lot of the WWE Performance Center.

    According to Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings, a 29-year-old Hispanic male, fixated on a unnamed WWE female wrestler, showed up with that Peformance Center staff members believed was a knife.  He had already been arrested days earlier coming to the Performance Center and a restraining order had been failed against him, although he had not yet been served with it.

    Staff members called deputies, who came and drew their weapons on the man.  They were talking with him when he charged at them in a threateing manner.  They backed up 75 to 100 feeet and one deputy filed a single shot, hitting the man in the torso.  The man was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

    The female wrestler was not at the Performance Center at the time of the incident.  Nobody else was injured.

    –Thanks to Jay Reddick

  • Pro wrestling in the early 70s, a look back at the earliest editions of the pre-Wrestling Observer

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    You know him as the author of Tributes I & II. A fascinating book remembering some of the world’s greatest wrestlers presented in true sports journalism fashion.

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    But before all that, Dave was a grade school student publishing
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    Now available for a limited time , 9 issues of Dave’s California Wrestling Report.  Journey back over 30 years to read the early work of today’s most respected wrestling journalist. Your collections won’t be complete without these rare and hard to find editions. All 9 issues (Aug 26, ’72; Sept 9,’72; Sept 30, ’72; Oct 21, ’72; Nov 13, ’72; Dec 9, ’72; Jan 6, ’73; Feb ’73 & March ’73) totalling 130 pages in all, are available to readers for only $85 for Canada; $95 for USA; $120 for International. All payments must be in U.S. funds. (Due to the extreme age of the publications, there are 5 pages that do not reproduce that well)

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  • On this day in pro wrestling history (August 31): Jerry Lawler vs. Don Bass hair vs. title cage match, lots of Memphis history

    By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com

    1944 – Kansas City, Kansas; MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown defeated Les Wolfe in 2 of 3 falls and Jack Hader beat Jack Suzek

    1945 – Ted Cox defeated Buddy Rogers for the Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.

    1950 – Don Eagle defeated Gorgeous George in Columbus, Ohio to win the  Ohio AWA World Heavyweight Title

    1951 – Art Neilson and Jack Steel defeated Farmer Jones and Al Massey to win the Georgia NWA Southern Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia.

    1954 – Al and Tiny Mills defeated George and Sandy Scott for the Calgary NWA Canadian Tag Team Title in Edmonton, Alberta

    1965 – Don Carson defeated Ken Lucas to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title in Pensacola, Florida

    1967 – Len Rossi defeated The Great Yamaha (Kantaro Hoshino) for the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title in Chattanooga, Tennessee

    1968 – Verne Gagne defeated Dr. X (Dick Beyer) to win the AWA World Heavyweight Title in Bloomington, Minnesota on a 3rd fall count out. Also on the card, Harley Race beat the Crusher, The Crusher & Bill Watts beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race by dq, Billy Red Lyons beat Big K and Kenny Jay beat Bob Sabre. Attendance was 6,450; José Lothario and Joe Scarpa (Chief Jay Strongbow) defeated Boris Malenko and Johnny Valentine to win the Florida NWA Southern Tag Team Title in Tampa, Florida.

    1972 – Art Neilson and Johnny Weaver defeated Brute Bernard and Larry Hamilton for the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Title in Greensboro, North Carolina; Gorgeous George, Jr. won a battle royal in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to win the vacant NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title.

    1973 – Mr. Wrestling II defeated Bill Watts for the vacant NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, Georgia.

    1974 – Manny Soto defeated Mr. California (Salvador Lothario) for the NWA Beat the Champ Television Title in Hollywood, California. At the same event, Butcher Brannigan and Man Mountain Mike defeated Angel Blanco and Dr. Wagner to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title; Chris Gallagher and Don Kent defeated Ricky Gibson and Steve Kovacs to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title in Chattanooga, Tennessee; In St. Paul, Minnesota, The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham, Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Verne Gagne, Horst Hoffman beat Ivan Putski dq, Baron Von Raschke beat Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Sheik) and Jim Brunzell beat Paul Perschmann (Buddy Rose).

    1977 – Jane O’Brien defeated Maki Ueda to become the first Hawaiian Pacific Champion. This title later became known as the All Pacific Title.

    1978 – Doug Gilbert defeated Bob Sweetan for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title in Kansas City, Kansas

    1979 – Ole Anderson and Ivan Koloff won the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia, by defeating Stan Hansen and Tommy Rich; in Houston, Texas; NWA Champion Harley Race beat El Halcon, Bruiser Brody beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq, Mark Lewin beat Tor Kamata, The Spoiler drew Tiger Conway Jr and Dale Valentine (Buddy Roberts) drew David Von Erich

    1981 – Eddie Gilbert and Ricky Morton defeated Mr. (Masa) Fuchi and Mr. (Atsushi) Onita in Memphis, Tennessee to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title

    1983 – Junbo Tsuruta defeated Bruiser Brody for the NWA International Heavyweight Title in Tokyo, Japan

    1985 – Tiger Mask (Mistuharu Misawa) defeated NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champion Kuniaki Kobayashi to win the title in Tokyo, Japan. Also on the card, PWF World Tag Team Champions Ted DiBiase and PWF Heavyweight Champion Stan Hansen defeated NWA International Tag Team Champions, NWA United National Heavyweight Champion Genichiro Tenryu and NWA International Heavyweight Champion Jumbo Tsuruta to retain the title.

    1986 – Eddie Gilbert and Sting defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) for the UWF World Tag Team Title in Tulsa, Oklahoma

    1987 – In Tokyo, Japan; Nick Bockwinkel, Austin Idol and Dick Slater defeated Masanobu Fuchi, Samson Fuyuki and Akio Sato; PWF Heavyweight Champion Stan Hansen defeated Yoshiaki Yatsu by disqualification to retain the title and NWA United National Heavyweight Champion Genichiro Tenryu defeated NWA International Heavyweight Champion Jumbo Tsuruta by countout; Jerry Lawler defeated Don Bass in a Hair vs. Title Steel Cage match for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee. At the same show, Bill Dundee defeated George Barnes to win the CWA International Heavyweight Title.

    1990 – Steve Gatorwolf defeated The Japan Bomber (Riki Ataki) to win the American Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title in Holbrook, Arizona.

    1992 – In Memphis, Tennessee; The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) defeated Doug Gilbert and USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gilbert, USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Gilbert defeated The Dirty White Boy to retain the title, USWA Tag Team Champions Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Lawler defeated The Orient Express (Kato and Tanaka) to retain the title and Bill Dundee defeated Tommy Rich by disqualification in a Steel Cage match.

    1993 – Crypt Keeper (José Estrada, Jr.) defeated Crash the Terminator (Bill DeMott) in Akita, Japan for the W*ING World Heavyweight Title.

    1996 – Jamie Dundee defeated Wolfie D to win the USWA Television Title in Memphis, Tennessee

    1997 – Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Title in Yokohama, Japan; PG-13 (JC Ice and Wolfie D) defeated Steven Dunn and Flash Flanagan for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee.

    2003 – Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka defeated C.W. Anderson and Steve Corino for the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title in Gifu, Japan.

    2004 – Takao Omori and Shinjiro Otani defeat Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Shinya Hashimoto for the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Title in Morioka, Japan.

  • WWE News: Zahra Schreiber released

    The WWE announced Monday that it has released Zahra Schreiber, who is the girifriend of WWE champion Seth Rollins.

    Schreiber had a swastika in the background during a 2012 social media post, which came out this past week. She defended it by noting it was not Nazi related.

    “WWE released Zahra Schreiber due to inapproporiate and offensive remarks she made that were recently brought to out attention,” said the company in a statement.