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On Twitter Thursday, former WWE Champion Sheamus released a photo of himself with a cast on his left arm.
We’ve confirmed that the injury is legitimate, but we don’t have much in the way of details other than he has tendonitis in the arm. He isn’t expected to be out of the ring for too long, but the timing of when he’ll be able to wrestle again has not been determined.
As of today, the feeling is that he will likely remain on television in storylines but won’t be working matches, similar to the role Wade Barrett has been doing in the League of Nations in recent weeks. Sheamus last worked on Raw Monday night in a tag team match with Rusev as his partner against Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose. He missed considerable time in late-2014/early 2015 due to injuries, returning on the March 30th, 2015, edition of RAW.
We are also awaiting confirmation on another upper level WWE wrestler that might be hurt.
Ring of Honor announced today that three of its top stars — ROH champion Jay Lethal, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly — have signed new contracts with the organization and there are major booking plans in place for all three men in the year ahead.
Lethal signed several weeks ago, while Fish and O’Reilly inked deals about a week ago.
All had been expected to re-sign since Lethal had not lost the championship in any of his recent title defenses. Additionally, Fish & O’Reilly staying on also included the provision they’ll continue to keep their jobs with New Japan Pro Wrestling, something the Young Bucks got in their deal when they re-signed in October 2015.
The new deals were similar to the old deals in that ROH will have exclusivity on the wrestlers in North America, but they are free to take overseas bookings. The lone exception to the stateside exclusivity are PWG shows.
Lethal vs. O’Reilly vs. Adam Cole for the ROH title will headline the 2/26 ROH PPV show from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Chael Sonnen has been announced for the cast of the new season of NBC’s “The Apprentice” television show.
The show, which will be hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger and filmed in Southern California.
Its debut on the network has not been announced.
Sonnen currently works for ESPN doing analysis of major UFC shows. He is under suspension from fighting for failing two different drug tests for a number of banned substances and has announced his retirement.
Besides Sonnen, competing for the $250,000 first prize earmarked for a charity of the celebrity’s choice will be Laila Ali, actress and fitness guru Brooke Burke-Charvet, NFL legend Eric Dickerson, legendary singer Boy George American Ninja Warrior host Matt Iseman, actress and former VH-1 host Carrie Keagan, TV star Carson Kressley, women’s basketball legend Lisa Leslie, actor/comedian Jon Lovitz, Motley Crue’s Vince Neil, TV reality show star Nicole Polizzi (“Snooki”), Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams, former college and NFL star Ricky Williams and singer Carrie Wilson of Wilson Phillips.
1924
St. Louis, Missouri:
– World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Ali Hassan 2 falls to 0 to retain the title
1949
Houston, Texas:
– Wild Red Berry defeated Dizzy Davis to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
1954
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Bob Orton defeated Dave Sims to win the Central States Title
1964
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Death match: The Crusher beat Bill Miller
– Mad Dog Vachon beat Maurice LaPointe
– Mitsu Arakawa beat Rene Goulet
– Doug Gilbert beat Gene Anderson
1965
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Ron Reed beat Dick the Bruiser 2 falls to 1 on a dq
– Steve Bolus beat Bob Brown
– Iron Mike drew Moose Evans
– Doug Gilbert beat Joe Tomasso
1968
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Whipper Billy Watson (sub Bruno Sammartino) beat Baron Mikel Scicluna
– United States heavyweight champion Tiger Jeet Singh beat Dan Miller (sub Edouard Carpentier)
Dewey Robertson and Whipper Billy Watson took 2 of 3 falls from the Assassin and Dan Miller
1975
Tampa, Florida:
– Lights Out Match: Jos LeDuc defeated Dick Slater
– Special Challenge Match: Bob Roop & Dick Murdoch defeated Terry Funk & “Cowboy” Bill Watts
– Southern Title: Mongolian Stomper defeated Bob Armstrong by dq
– Mike Graham defeated Ron Garvin
– Iron Mike McCord & Baron Scicluna defeated Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci
– Johnny Weaver defeated Sonny Rogers
1976
Miami Beach, Florida:
– Grudge Match: Dusty Rhodes & Eddie Graham defeated Karl Von Steiger & Bob Orton, Jr.
– Southern Title: Billy Robinson defeated King Curtis by dq
– Collegiate Rules $1,000 Purse: Jerry Brisco defeated Bob Roop
– Missouri Mauler defeated Cyclon Negro
– Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Roger Kirby
1979
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens beat Verne Gagne & Billy Robinson
– Bobby Duncum no contest Jim Brunzell
– Super Destroyer Mark II beat Steve Olsonoski
– Lord Alfred Hayes beat Juan Valez (sub Greg Gagne)
– Frank Hill drew Iron Sheik
1980
West Palm Beach, Florida:
– Bubba Douglas handcuffed to Oliver Humperdink: Dusty Rhodes defeated Leroy Brown
– Florida TV Title: Jim Garvin defeated Bugsy McGraw by dq, Garvin retains title
– Florida Title: Manny Fernandez double countout Super Destroyer, Fernandez retains title
– Florida Tag Team Titles: Bryan St. John & Stan Lane defeated Jack & Jerry Brisco to retain titles
– Nikolai Volkoff defeated Mike Miller
1984
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico:
– The Super Medicos defeated Hercules Ayala & King Tonga (Haku/Meng) to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles
1987
Homestead, Florida:
– Bad News Allen def. Kevin Sullivan
– Florida Tag Titles: The New Breed beat Scott Hall & Steve Armstrong
– Scott Hall defeated Jack “The Stretcher” Hart
– Steve Armstrong defeated Jerry Grey
– Mark Starr defeated Bob Cook
– Black Magic (Norman Smiley) defeated JJ Pallo
1988
Dallas, Texas:
– The World Class Texas Tag Team Title was held up following a match between champions John Tatum & Jack Victory and challengers The Fantastics
1991
Main Event: Macon, Georgia:
– Hulk Hogan & Tugboat defeated Dino Bravo & Earthquake
– Hacksaw Jim Duggan defeated WWF World Heavyweight Champion Sgt. Slaughter by dq
– The Legion Of Doom defeated The Orient Express (Pat Tanaka & Kato)
1995
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Jerry “The King” Lawler defeated Tony Anthony to win the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Heavyweight Title
2010
Coventry, United Kingdom:
– TNA World Title: AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe to retain the title
– Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon) and Beer Money (Robert Roode and James Storm) defeated British Invasion (Rob Terry, Brutus Magnus, and Doug Williams) and Eric Young
– Kurt Angle and Hernandez defeated Rhino and Christopher Daniels
Los Angeles, California:
– ROH TV champion Christopher Daniels defeated Mark Briscoe to retain the title
– In a non title match: Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin defeated ROH Tag Team champions The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli)
– ROH World Title: Roderick Strong defeated El Genericho to retain the title
DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Audio Show: Biography Series – The Mongolian Stomper. I wanted to dedicate an entire biography show to the late Archie “The Mongolian Stomper” Gouldie. He was my first favorite heel character when I started watching wrestling. Normally, I would not expect a lot to be made of the Stomper’s death other than a mention here or there since he was not a giant international star. But to me, here in the deep southern United States and, I am sure, to many in Canada he was a very big deal.
Today I want to talk about the career of the Mongolian Stomper and talk about the angle that made him my favorite. He was well spoken in some areas, while in others he was a grunting brute. Yet, even when he played the brute, his angles were often sophisticated. He was part of a famous, very heavy, angle in Stampede wrestling that lead to the shows announcer quiting. He did a similar angle in Alabama.
On today’s show I will talk in detail about another sophisticated angle he did involving Ric Flair, Austin Idol, Buddy Rogers, and much more. Today, I am going to give the Stomper his due and I hope you enjoy learning about a relatively under rated wrestling star.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts on NXT’s latest tapings, the card for Takeover in Dallas, Smackdown tapings, Raw and TNA ratings, Werdum/Cain fallout, UFC this weekend, questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!