SEGMENT 1: RONDA ROUSEY VS. BETHE CORREIA
SEGMENT 2: MAURICIO RUA VS. ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA
SEGMENT 3: STEFAN STRUVE VS. ANTONIO RODRIGO NOGUEIRA
Category: News
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On this day in pro wrestling history (July 28): Lou Thesz wrestles the husband of world’s greatest all-time female athlete
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com
1937 – In Kansas City; George Zaharias beat Lou Thesz.
1961 – In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; with Larry Hennig as special referee; Verne Gagne beat AWA Champion Gene Kiniski on a 3rd fall dq. Also, Wilbur Snyder double count out with Hard Boiled Haggerty.
1967 – In Chicago; AWA Champion Verne Gagne no contest Lou Thesz, Devils Duo Angelo Poffo & Chris Markoff beat Dick The Bruiser & The Crusher via dq, Wilbur Snyder ddq The Destroyer and Johnny Valentine beat Rene Goulet
1976 – In Davenport, Iowa; AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Mad Dog Vachon, The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke by dq and Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan beat Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc.
1977 – Seji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi defeated Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda for the NWF North American Tag Team Title in Fukuoka, Japan.
1978 – In Denver, Colorado; In a Texas Death Match, AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bob Orton Jr, Wahoo McDaniel beat Blackjack Lanza, Mighty Igor Vodik beat Roger Kirby and Bobby Heenan beat Steve Olsonoski via dq.
1980 – Killer Karl Krupp & El Mongol defeated Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee.
1983 – Satanico defeated Ringo Mendoza for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.
1985 – The Cobra defeated Hiro Saito for the WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title in Osaka, Japan.
1987 – Wendi Richter defeated Monster Ripper (Bertha Faye) for the WWC Women’s Title in Trinidad.
1995 – Eddie Guerrero defeated Dean Malenko in Middletown, New York to win the ECW World Television Title
1997 – Alex Wright defeated Chris Jericho for the WCW Cruiserweight Title in Charleston, West Virginia.
2011 – In Austin, Texas; James Storm & Bobby Roode defeated Bully Ray & Gunner in a Bound For Glory Series match to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles, Crimson defeated Jeff Jarrett and A.J. Styles pinned Mr. Anderson.
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AAA PPV broadcast team announced
By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com
On Tuesday, AAA announced that Hugo Savinovich and Matt Striker will be the English language broadcast team for its TripleMania PPV show on 8/9 from Arena Ciudad in Mexico City.
Savinovich had already been official as one of the two broadcasters. Striker had been in the lead for the second spot, which was finalized a few days ago.
The show is the company’s first-ever TripleMania show on traditional PPV in the U.S. and its first PPV show in nearly 21 years. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Myzteziz is the main event, in addition to Alberto El Patron vs. Brian Cage in a hair vs. hair match.
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ROH announces the signing of Roderick Strong
The following is a press release:
(BALTIMORE, MD) – Ring of Honor announced Tuesday that Roderick Strong, aka Mr. ROH, has re-signed with the company. The “Triple Crown Champion” was most recently featured as a challenger for the Ring of Honor World Championship against Jay Lethal at Death Before Dishonor XIII in Baltimore. The spectacular match ended in a draw as the wrestlers battled through the 60-minutes of regulation time allotted for World Championship matches.
“I’ve set the bar really high for myself and anyone who comes after me,” Strong said. “I’ve got unfinished business in Ring of Honor and winning that ROH World Championship for a second time is of the utmost importance!”
Strong will once again find himself battling with champions as he takes on IWGP Champion “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada at Field of Honor in Brooklyn, NY on August 22nd.
September 30, 2015 will begin Strong’s 13th year with Ring of Honor, as he continues to exemplify Ring of Honor’s pride for having the best wrestling on the planet. More information about Roderick Strong, including upcoming appearances and featured products, can be found on http://www.rohwrestling.com.
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VIDEO: UFC 190 Embedded, Episode 1
It is fight week once again and the build-up to Saturday’s UFC 190 begins with this week’s edition of UFC Embedded as the final preparations for the event on Saturday begin. In this episode, UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey meets with some media in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, site of UFC 190. We then head to Natal, Brazil, home of challenger Bethe Correia, who enjoys some training on the beach and then gets her hair done before doing one final night training session. The camers then go back to Rio as Rousey also enjoys a late-night training session. Check out episode one of UFC 190 Embedded above as we get fight week underway.
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New Japan 2015 G1 Climax July 28 results: Okada vs. Kojima; Ishii vs. Anderson
by Bryan Rose, WrestlingObserver.com
Today is day 6 of the G1 Climax tournament, and tonight we’re in Beppu as the main event is set to be Kazuchika Okada taking on Satoshi Kojima.
An hour before the show started news broke out that Shinsuke Nakamura would not be competing in tonight’s undercard as the doctors have not cleared him, however he looks to make a return as soon as possible in the tournament. In the meantime, Nakamura has forfieited his match tonight, giving Elgin two points as a result.
Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger and Captain New Japan vs. Jay White, David Finlay and Ryusuke Taguchi
Short, basic tag match. When Captain New Japan was tagged he and Taguchi did a lot of comedy. Tiger Mask pinned White after a tiger driver. Nothing worth noting.
Yoshi Hashi and Toru Yano vs. Doc Gallows and Cody Hall
Another decent tag match. Some brawling around the ring early. Yano’s eye was completely swollen shut due to the headbutt from Tenzan on the last show. Heels worked over Yoshi Hashi some, then he made a comeback and pinned Hall after a swanton bomb.
Kota Ibushi, Togi Makabe and Mascara Dorada vs. Yohei Komatsu, Katsuyori Shibata and Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Tenzan’s eye was completely swollen shut as well. That must have been one hell of a headbutt. Another fine tag match. Ibushi mostly squared off with Shibata and Tenzan and Makabe went at it as well. Crowd was very into Ibushi’s offense. He nailed Shibata with a pele kick as Dorada pinned Komatsu with the Dorada Screwdriver.
Michael Elgin, Tetsuya Naito and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga, Bad Luck Fale and AJ Styles
Another solid tag team match. Crowd seems pretty dead tonight, so while these guys had a perfectly fine tag team match, it just lacked something overall, though they did pop when Tanahashi came out and Elgin did his delayed vertical suplex spot. Naito pinned Tonga after his new finisher, which looked more like a standing sliced bread #2 into a inverted DDT.
Yujiro Takahashi vs. Yuji Nagata
This started out really slow. Back and forth offense mostly, though some of the time was spent on Yujiro cheating to get heat. Crowd was also really dead for this until the ending where Nagata kept kicking out of Yujiro’s nearfalls. He blocked a Miami Shine attempt and went to do something, but Yujiro dropkicked him then gave him the Miami Shine to pin him. Overall, just a match.
Tomoaki Honma vs. Hirooki Goto
Great match with the final few minutes of the match being really awesome. They wailed on each other for a super long time at the start of the match that got the crowd into the match. Honma at one point hit two kokeshis and a rolling neckbreaker for a pinfall. Goto mounted a comeback but Honma started no selling and kicking out at one. Goto however came back with a huge lariat then pinned him with the shouten kai. Crowd chanted Honma’s name after the match.
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Karl Anderson
Good match. Again this was a situation where the crowd was just kind of dead. They picked up towards the end but Ishii and Anderson had to work hard to do it. Anderson got the heat on Ishii after hitting a backbreaker that supposedly injured Ishii’s bad shoulder. They traded a lot of near falls, including Ishii kicking out of a Gun Stun and Anderson kicking out of the sliding D. Ishii finally laid him out with a big time brainbuster for the win.
Satoshi Kojima vs. Kazuchika Okada
Good match. Both guys did a great job of selling, which was one of the key points in the match. Crowd felt dead for this as well at the start. The environment tonight makes this feel like a flat show even though most of the action has been solid to great. Okada was doing his comeback when Kojima stopped him and hit a lariat. He was set to do another when Okada back with a dropkick and went for the rainmaker. Kojima dodged the first time, but Okada immediately transitioned and hit it with his other arm for the win. Overall a very good, but not great match.
Current Standings
Block A
AJ Styles- 4
Hiroshi Tanhashi- 4
Tetsuya Natio- 4
Katsuyori Shibata- 4
Kota Ibushi- 4
Bad Luck Fale- 4
Togi Makabe- 2
Hiroyoshi Tenzan- 2
Toru Yano- 2
Doc Gallows- 0
Block B
Tomohiro Ishii- 6
Kazuchika Okada- 6
Karl Anderson- 4
Hirooki Goto- 4
Yuji Nagata- 2
Shinsuke Nakamura- 2
Satoshi Kojima- 2
Michael Elgin- 2
Yujiro Takahashi- 2
Tomoaki Honma- 0
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Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman correction from Monday’s WOR
On last night’s Wrestling Observer Radio, I brought up that WWE was promoting Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman returning for Raw next week in San Jose on Twitter, but had not promoted it during the show. It was actually mentioned during the show as well.
–Dave Meltzer
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Non-Raw notes from Oklahoma City tonight, Superstars results
By Kevin Ely
Superstars:
– Bo Dallas beat R Truth
– King Barrett beat Jack SwaggerThere was no post-show dark match or angle.
Crowd seemed pretty flat through most of the show. Cena was really the only superstar, with Orton not too far behind. I never really noticed this at past tapings, but this crowd seemed really confused by a lot of the hijinks, like New Day distracting the PTP, who weren’t even in the match, and the Owens finish. Instead of riling the crowd up, they just lost energy.
Crowd was way into the main event though and really bought some of the near falls. Cena seemed really rattled by what looked to be a broken nose, and didn’t speak to the crowd after the show went off the air. All in all, the crowd seemed deflated by the lack of Reigns, Heyman, Brock, & Taker.
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WWE Notes: John Cena suffers broken nose
On Monday’s WWE RAW, U.S. Champion John Cena suffered a broken nose from a hard knee square on the nose during his match with Seth Rollins in the main event in Oklahoma City, OK. No word yet on how much time Cena will have to be off, although he was scheduled to face Rollins at SummerSlam on 8/23 for the WWE title.
Check out Jeff Hamlin’s RAW recap for the entire breakdown of the show, and listen to Wrestling Observer Radio for more details.