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  • UFC News: Antonio “Big Nog” Nogueira retires, joins front office

    The UFC announced Tuesday at a press conference in Brazil that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has retired as a fighter and has taken an Athlete Relations Ambassador position in UFC Brazil.

    Nogueira, the first holder of the Pride world heavyweight championship and who also held the UFC interim heavyweight title, will serve as a liaison for the promotion between athletes, sponsors, media and governing bodies, as well as act as a mentor in developing young athletes. He will also serve as a scout for UFC in looking for new fighters in Brazil.

    Nogueira and his brother, current UFC fighter Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, own a chain of Team Nogueira gyms that have 33 locations worldwide with more than 10,000 total students.

  • WWE RAW: Superstars results, what happened after RAW went off the air

    Submitted anonymously

    WWE Superstars:

    – R-Truth def. Adam Rose. Rose did the party pooper gimmick he was doing at the weekend house shows.

    – Neville and the Lucha Dragons def. Stardust and The Ascension when Neville hit the Red Arrow for the pin and win.

    Post Raw:

    After Cena and Sting left, Cena came right back out to his music. This led to…

    – John Cena & Randy Orton def. Seth Rollins & Sheamus when Orton pinned Sheamus in 10 minutes after a lot of AA’s and RKOs.

    Notes:

    – The crowd was into Sting in the opening segment.

    – The women’s beat the clock series was very disappointing. PCB and Sasha Banks got big reactions for their entrances, but it was quiet during the first two matches. Lots of Sasha and Paige chants for the short amount of time that lasted.

    – Big reaction for Kevin Owens. Ambrose and Reigns were also over. No boos at all for Reigns.

    – Dudleys and New Day got big reactions when they came out, but crowd got tired during this match.

    – Cena reaction was about 75 percent favorable.

    – Interesting that Rollins’ line about Sting killing WCW got a lot of boos. WCW did big business in Florida, but we’re talking 15-20 years ago and even further beyond that.

  • District Attorney expected to announce Snuka Grand Jury findings today

    Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin is expected to announce developments this afternoon in the Grand Jury investigation of Jimmy Snuka regarding the 1983 death of Nancy Argentino, his mistress at the time, who died in Allentown. 

    A series of articles on the 30th anniversary of her death caused the case to be reopened.

    –Thanks to Richard Orloski

  • ROH News: Jay Lethal vs. Stevie Richards set for NY show

    On Tuesday, ROH announced that the ROH World Champion/TV Champion Jay Lethal vs. Stevie Richards match that was set up at this past Saturday’s Atlanta, GA, house show will happen on 9/26 in Lockport, NY at the Kenan Center.

    At this point, it has not been announced if either of Lethal’s titles are on the line as he defends both the TV and ROH titles on the 9/18 PPV show in San Antonio, facing Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly, respectively, in the same angle predating what WWE is doing for its show two nights later at WWE Night Of Champions.

  • On this day in pro wrestling history (9/1): Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger time limit draw, Pat Patterson awarded WWF I-C title

    By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com

    1868 – Homer Lane defeated James H. McLaughlin for the American Collar-and-Elbow Title in Utica, New York.

    1923 – Clarence Weber defeated Billy Meeske in Melbourne, Australia to win the Australian Heavyweight Title

    1941 – Wild Red Berry defeated Danny McShain for the World Light Heavyweight Title in Hollywood, California

    1946 – George Becker defeated Babe Sharkey in Portland, Oregon to win the Pacific Northwest (later Los Angeles) World Heavyweight Title.

    1958 – Eddie and Jerry Graham defeated Don Curtis and Mark Lewin in Washington, DC to win the Northeast NWA United States Tag Team Title.

    1967 – Killer Kowalski defeated Bearcat Wright in Melbourne, Australia for the International Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title.

    1972 – At Soldier Field (Home of the Bears) in Chicago, Illinois; AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Ivan Koloff, Steel Cage Match, Special Ref Jersey Joe Walcott, Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan, AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Wilbur Snyder, Dusty Rhodes beat Wahoo McDaniel Handicap Match: Andre Rousimoff beat Larry Hennig & Butcher Vachon, Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Red Cloud, Sailor Art Thomas beat Hans Hermann, Ramon Torres beat Angelo Poffo and Rene Goulet beat Don Muraco. Attendance was 12,000: Johnny Valentine defeated Johnny Powers to win the National Wrestling Federation North American Heavyweight Title in Cleveland, Ohio

    1977 – Don Leo Jonathan defeated Otto Wanz for the Catch Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title in Johannesburg, South Africa; Dory Funk, Jr. defeated Ciclón Negro in Amarillo, Texas to win the Amarillo NWA International Heavyweight Title

    1978 – Pak Choo and Roddy Piper defeated Ryuma Go and Black Gordman to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title; Paddy Ryan defeated Mr. Sakurada for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title in Calgary, Alberta.

    1979 – Pat Patterson was introduced as the first WWF Intercontinental Champion.

    1979 – Jimmy Snuka defeated Ricky Steamboat to win vacant Mid-Atlantic NWA United States Heavyweight Title during a one night tournament held in Charlotte, NC.

    1980 – Tommy Rich defeated Jimmy Valiant for the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee.

    1982 – Paul Jones defeated Jack Brisco to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title in Charlotte, North Carolina

    1985 – American Force (Paul Diamond and Shawn Michaels) are awarded the TASW Texas Tag Team TItle in San Antonio, Texas.

    1985 – In Orlando, Florida; Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Jack Haynes beat AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors dq, Rick Rude beat Frank Lane, Rip Oliver & Grappler beat Coco Samoa & Kendall Windham and Hector Guerrero drew Jack Hart

    1986

    Championship Wrestling from Florida hosted the Battle of the Belts III card at Daytona Beach, Florida. The White Ninja (Keiji Muto) defeated NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Champion Tim Horner to win the title and Barry Windham defeated NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Ron Bass to win the title. Also, NWA World Champion Ric Flair wrestled Lex Luger to a time limit draw. Attendance was 8,000.

    Matt Borne and WCWA Texas Heavyweight Champion Buzz Sawyer defeated WCWA World Heavyweight Champion Chris Adams and WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Champion Lance Von Erich to become the first WCWA World Tag Team Champions during the Labor Day Star Wars event in Fort Worth, Texas. Also, WCWA World Heavyweight Champion Chris Adams defeated Rick Rude by disqualification to retain the title and Abdullah the Butcher defeated Bruiser Brody by disqualification.

    Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato defeated Jeff Jarrett and Pat Tanaka for the CWA International Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee. At the same show, Don Bass and Dirty Rhodes (Roger Smith) defeat Cousin Junior and Giant Hillbilly Elmer to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title; Denny Brown defeated Steve Regal to win the NWA World Junior
    Heavyweight Title in Greenville, South Carolina

    1990 – Fit Finlay defeated Steve Wright in Vienna, Austria to win the CWA World Middleweight Title.

    1991 – The Grappler and Don Harris defeated Demolition Crush and Steve Doll for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title in Seaside, Oregon.

    1993 – Los Cowboys (Silver King and El Texano) won the WWA World Tag Team Championship in Tlanepantla, Mexico, by defeating Corazón de León (Chris Jericho) and El Dandy.

    1994 – Hiromichi Fuyuki, Gedo and Jado defeated Bob Backlund, Scott Putski and Warlord to win the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Title in Saku, Japan.

    2004 – In Nashville, Tennessee; NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated America’s Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) and Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) in a three-way match to retain the title and TNA X Division Champion Petey Williams (with Coach D’Amore) defeated Sonjay Dutt to retain the title.

    2011 – Mickie James defeated Winter to become TNA Knockout Champion in Huntsville, Alabama. Also, TNA World Champion Kurt Angle retained the title over Sting and Christopher Daniels defeated AJ Styles.

  • 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.