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  • Brazilian judge bans kids from UFC 190

    By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com

    Rio de Janeiro judge Pedro Henrique Alves issued a ruling Friday that would ban anyone under the age of 14 from attending tonight’s UFC 190 event at the HSBC Arena.

    The UFC announced today that the promotion regrets the decision and will refund the ticket amount to those who are not allowed to attend.

    The amazing part of this story is that the event will be airing live on Globo in Brazil, meaning probably 10 million or more people of all ages in Brazil will be watching on television.

    There is a pro wrestling precedent from 1957, and for roughly the next 20 years, there was a ban on attending pro wrestling by anyone under the age of 14, which kind of puts all those MSG sellouts into perspective. This stemmed from the famous riot in the Dr. Jerry Graham & Dick the Bruiser vs. Argentina Rocca & Edouard Carpentier match.

  • WWE News: Notes on Raw tickets in San Diego

    There is a presale going on right now for the 10/26 Raw show in San Diego at the Valley View Casino Center.

    The code is wwefan

    Tickets go on sale to the public on 9/11.

  • WWE San Diego July 31 house show results: Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens, Roddy Piper tribute, pre-sale code for October RAW

    Submitted by Sean Hummel

    – Chris Jericho b Kevin Owens via code breaker in a hot opener. An Owens promo opened the show.

    – Neville b Bo Dallas with the Red Arrow.

    – Rusev b R Truth with the Accolade

    – WWE Tag Team Champions Prime Time Players b New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) w/Kofi via spine buster bomb

    – Bellas b Naomi and Sasha Banks with Rack Attack. Naomi took the finish. 

    – Cesaro b King Barrett via giant swing into Sharpshooter

    – WWE Champion Seth Rollins b Dean Ambrose in a cage match after escaping following hitting the Pedigree.

    Notes:

    – RAW is coming to San Diego in October 26th at the Valley View Casino Center. Tickets go onsale to the general public on September 11th, but the pre-sale code to buy now is ‘wwefan’.

    – They had a 10 bell tribute for Rowdy Roddy Piper at the onset of the show. They put a graphic on the mini Titantron, and there were a couple of Roddy chants. It was well done given the timing. 

    – Byron Saxton did a nice job as ring announcer for the evening.

    – Refunds were offered since John Cena couldn’t appear.

  • On this day in pro wrestling history (August 1): Harley Race downs Jumbo Tsuruta, Nick Bockwinkel battles Curt Hennig

    By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com

    1934 – In St. Louis, Missouri at the West Side Softball Park, Orville Brown beat Charley Strack and George Tragos beat Al Sparks by dq.

    1963 – Eddie Graham defeated Hiro Matsuda for the (Florida) Southern Heavyweight Title in Jacksonville, Florida; In Amarillo, Texas; in a Non Title Match, Dory Funk Jr. beat AWA Champion Fritz Von Erich

    1964 – In Omaha, Nebraska; AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Reggie Parks and Nebraska Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Art Thomas

    1972 – In Tampa, Florida at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory; Florida Champion Paul Jones beat Jack Brisco by dq, Florida tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens no contest with Mr Wrestling Tim Woods & Ron Fuller, Zodiac beat Dale Lewis, Buddy Colt beat Johnny Walker and Hiro Matsuda beat Jim Dillon

    1974 – Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Harley Race in Kansas City, Kansas for the Central States Heavyweight Title.

    1980 – In Omaha, Nebraska; Nick Bockwinkel beat Canadian Champion Dino Bravo dq, Mad Dog Vachon & Greg Gagne beat Jerry Blackwell & John Studd and Tito Santana beat Super Destroyer Mark II

    1982 – Harley Race defeated Jumbo Tsuruta for the NWA United National Heavyweight Title (now part of the All Japan Triple Crown) in Tokyo, Japan.

    1987 – In Minneapolis; Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Curt Hennig dq, Wahoo McDaniel & DJ Peterson beat AWA Tag Team Champions Boris Zhukov & Soldat Ustinov in a non title match, Greg Gagne double countout with Larry Zbyszko and Original Midnight Express beat Steve O & Jerry Blackwell. Attendance was 850.

    1988 – In Memphis; AWA Champion Jerry Lawler beat Buddy Landel, Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden no contest Jeff Jarrett & Bam Bam Bigelow, CWA Champion Phil Hickerson beat Scott Steiner and Brickhouse Brown beat Max Pain. Attendance was 6,000.

  • Roddy Piper: tell us what your favorite matches & moments are

    By Josh Nason, WrestlingObserver.com

    Just six weeks ago, wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes passed away, setting off a social media family gathering of sorts with people sharing clips, favorite matches, and favorite moments. I noticed this and wanted to help gather a lot of those in one spot. I asked, you answered, and this post was created.

    On Friday, the wrestling world learned of the passing of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. Unfortunately, it’s time to do this again, but hopefully it will give fans a chance to check out material that they’ve never seen or haven’t seen in a long time.

    So, I want to hear from you. What’s your favorite Piper match (singles or tag), promo, or Piper’s Pit segment that’s either available on the WWE Network or on YouTube/DailyMotion that fans could check out today? Email me (josh-at-wrestling-observer-dot-com) and put ‘Favorite Piper Match’ in the subject line. Give me who’s in the match, where it was, and why it meant something to you. If you want to include your name, awesome. If not, just say ‘Name witheld’. 

    Even if you assume that people are going to send in the same match, do it anyway. It’ll be a great litmus test for ones that really stand out.

    Email me by Sunday at midnight EST, and I’ll put together a list to post early next week. Thanks for taking part! 

  • NJPW G1 Climax 25 (day 8) August 1 live results: Okada vs. Goto, Nakamura vs. Ishii

    By Bryan Rose, WrestlingObserver.com

    Welcome to tonight’s G1 Climax show (we’re on day 8) in Osaka. This is a full camera show, complete with commentary for the first time in what seems like ages.

    It was announced a few hours before showtime that Shinsuke Nakamura has been cleared of his elbow injury, and will compete on tonight’s card.

    Jay White & David Finlay vs. Cody Hall & Doc Gallows

    Solid tag. White is really improving and is probably going to be a great worker someday, though already he shows a lot of fire. Hall isolated Finlay on the outside as Gallows pinned White with the Gallows poll.

    Togi Makabe & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yohei Komatsu vs. Tetsuya Naito & Kota Ibushi & Mascara Dorada

    Naito teased at the start of the match like he and Tenzan were gonna go at it, but he immediately bailed. Dorada and Komatsu were in for a few minutes and looked good. Naito tagged himself in and continued the heel tactics. He teased like he was going to do a brainbuster but then just stopped and posed to boos. Tenzan at one point was stomping at him while having Makabe in a figure four. Boiled down to Dorada and Komatsu who had another good exchange before Dorada won with his screwdriver finish.

    Katsuyori Shibata & Tiger Mask & Captain New Japan vs. A.J. Styles & Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga

    Shibata and Fale had a staredown before the match. AJ worked for a long time on Tiger Mask’s leg until he tagged in Shibata, and that’s when the crowd woke up. Both tagged out rather quickly, leaving Captain New Japan and Tonga alone. They went at it briefly before Tonga pinned him with the waistlock DDT. 

    Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kushida & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Toru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi & Gedo

    Another fun tag team match. Of course, a lot of this was Yano avoiding Tanahashi. Gedo and Kushida had some good back and forth as well. Tanahashi and Taguchi did a double crossbody to the floor that left Kushida and Gedo by themselves. Kushida laid out Gedo and submitted him with the hoverboard lock.

    Satoshi Kojima vs. Yujiro Takahashi

    This was ok, but nothing special. Yujiro just lacks in the in-ring finesse others have in spades here. Crowd was really not into this at all until Kojima started making his comeback. He laid out Yujiro at one point with a DDT on the apron. Yujiro fired back with a buckle bomb. Kojima had the win with the lariat but Hall broke up the count. He took care of Hall then went back to Yujiro. He went for another lariat but Yujiro blocked it, gave him a low blow then pinned him with the Miami Shine. This was fine, and since Yujiro’s on the lower end of the totem pole right now it’s the right finish to do based on where they’re going in this tournament.  

    Karl Anderson vs. Yuji Nagata

    Pretty good, but nothing too special. Anderson worked a lot on Nagata’s ribs. He made a comeback and got the white eyes armbar in but Anderson escaped. Anderson tried for the gun stun but Nagata avoided it. Nagata grabbed him for the backdrop suplex but Anderson dropped him with a gun stun in mid motion and pinned him. 

    Tomoaki Honma vs. Michael Elgin

    Crowd was super into this from the start, of course behind Honma. Elgin continued to look good, showing impressive work including a deadlift suplex into a falcon arrow off the top rope and a Oklahoma stampede. He went for the buckle bomb but Honma landed on his feet and surprised him with a kokeshi. He went for the top rope variation but missed. Amazing finish as Elgin hit him with the pop up powerbomb, a buckle bomb then a spinning powerbomb for the pinfall. Really good stuff towards the end. 

    Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomohiro Ishii
    Nakamura’s elbow looked very swollen, even in bandages. This was really just a match until towards the later stages of the game, just back and forth stuff that wasn’t at all that interesting. It picked up when Nakamura hit a boma ye and Ishii laid out Nakamura at one point with the sliding D. Nakamura hit another boma ye for a surprise nearfall. Ishii fought back but Nakamura put him in the armbar, then hit a falcon arrow then landed one more boma ye for the win.

    Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto

    Okada did a big leap over the guardrail and onto Goto at one point that sent them clear into the audience. They had a really good sequence of back and forth roll ups as well. Okada went for the Rainmaker but Goto countered with his knee neckbreaker. Shouten kai attempt but Okada blocks it and escapes. He deadlifted him with a German suplex but Goto came back and laid him out with a lariat. Another rainmaker attempt but Goto dodged, headbutted him twice then finished him off with the shouten kai to win. 

    Current Standings


    Block A

    Katsuyori Shibata- 6

    Bad Luck Fale- 6

    Tetsuya Natio- 6

    AJ Styles- 4

    Hiroshi Tanhashi- 4

    Kota Ibushi- 4

    Togi Makabe- 2

    Hiroyoshi Tenzan- 2

    Toru Yano- 2

    Doc Gallows- 2

    Block B

    Tomohiro Ishii- 6

    Kazuchika Okada- 6

    Karl Anderson- 6

    Hirooki Goto- 6

    Shinsuke Nakamura- 4

    Michael Elgin- 4

    Yujiro Takahashi- 4

    Satoshi Kojima- 2

    Yuji Nagata- 2 

    Tomoaki Honma- 0

  • New Japan on AXS report 7-31-15: Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki

    by Bryan Rose, WrestlingObserver.com

    Today’s show is from August 8, 2014 at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium, continuing our look at the 2014 G1 Climax tournament.

    First up tonight is Bad Luck Fale taking on Shinsuke Nakamura. This was a good, heated match. With Fale, it’s always a matter of who he’s facing. If it’s someone like Tanahashi or Nakamura, as it is here, he can have a good match. With other, less talented guys, it’s not going to be pretty. But for the most part, Fale’s booking in New Japan has been strong and they had a good match here. Interesting to note that at one point Nakamura kicked out of the grenade, a chokeslam/asiatic spike combo. Both that move and the Bad Luck Fall are usually protected big time, so it was something big for Nakamura to kick out of that. Nakamura wins the match with the boma ye.

    AJ Styles against Togi Makabe was next. This was really good, at least from the highlights shown. Makabe is usually in brawls, while AJ is not, so it was interesting to see the different dynamics here in terms of in ring style in play. Ranallo mentions during commentary that AJ injured his neck after a spider German suplex by Makabe and that played into the match in terms of drama. This was mostly highlights but the action here was good.

    Next up is Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Hiroshi Tanahashi. This was another good back and forth match. Smith’s style is perfectly suited for Japan and that showed in this match. It also helps he and Tanahashi have great chemistry. Smith is such an exceptional talent I’m truly astounded the way that his WWE run went, it really makes you think what a missed opportunity they had with him. They had a nice series of back and forth near falls. Tanahashi was going for a pin but Smith countered with a bulldog bomb and got the win.

    Tanahashi was upset after the match, on the floor screaming in disappointment. People know how to sell wins and losses here in New Japan, that’s for sure.

    Okada is interviewed. He was surprised at how many people were in the 2014 tournament. He knew he had to win after Nakamura won his match, so he dreaded the fact he had to face Minoru Suzuki. He knew the match would be a tiresome affair.

    The match then aired. This was way better than I remember it being. Again though, we have to look back at last year’s G1 tournament and just see how crowded it was in term of excellent matches. This was toward the end of the tournament and the drama of if Okada would make it to the finals or not was there, as the crowd were into everything. But just in terms of a match, it was awesome and different than most other matches in the tournament. While there was some back and forth, and there was some action on the outside this was a very submission oriented match. Suzuki wore down Okada’s arm and went after it for a good part of the match. Okada came back and hit the red ink. The back and forth mat oriented work was awesome, and so was Okada’s selling. He gets the win over Suzuki after coming back with a dropkick and a rainmaker that Suzuki took and landed right on his head with.Overall a fantastic match and another fun hour of television.

    Suzuki dares the interviews to say something following the bout. He says this loss means nothing and he’ll go to the finals. He says what if everyone gets food poisoning. Good point. He says he doesn’t care he wins or not because he’s risking his life. Meanwhile, in the ring, Okada and Gedo say there’s only one person left to face in this tournament, and it’s Shinsuke Nakamura. Gedo says that one thing’s for sure, at the Seibu dome, money will rain.

    Nakamura is interviewed for the upcoming finals. He says that he will “boil with excitement” when he faces Okada. Okay!

    Okada reflective interview time. Says he wanted to beat Suzuki quickly since his matches can be tiresome, but it didn’t happen. He was just relieved his match with Nakamura was set once he won. He wanted to win with his rainmaker pose, and he was excited to wrestle at the Seibu dome for the first time.

    PROGRAMING NOTE: Next week’s New Japan on AXS show will actually be two back to back episodes of the finals from the 2014 G1 Climax finals in the Seibu Dome. We’ll be seeing the third place match between AJ Styles and Hiroshi Tanahashi in the first hour, followed by the full finals match in the second. It will start an hour early at 5 PM PT so set your DVR’s accordingly!

  • WWE releases staement on the death of Roddy Piper

    WWE is deeply saddened that Roderick Toombs, aka “Rowdy” Roddy Piper – WWE Hall of Famer and Intercontinental Champion – passed away today at the age of 61.  WWE extends its sincerest condolences to Toombs’ family, friends and fans.” 

    BELOW PLEASE FIND A STATEMENT FROM WWE CHAIRMAN AND CEO VINCE McMAHON

    “Roddy Piper was one of the most entertaining, controversial and bombastic performers ever in WWE, beloved by millions of fans around the world. I extend my deepest condolences to his family.”

  • Wrestling legend Roddy Piper passes away at 61, WWE & Vince McMahon statement (updated)

    By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com

    TMZ.com reported Friday that “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (born Roderick George Toombs) has passed away at the age of 61. The site reported Piper died of cardiac arrest in his sleep Thursday night in Hollywood, CA.

    Wrestling Observer subscribers can listen to breaking news audio with myself and Bryan Alvarez now, as well as classic audio Piper did with Bryan from 2011.

    WWE made a statement:

    “WWE is deeply saddened that Roderick Toombs, aka “Rowdy” Roddy Piper – WWE Hall of Famer and Intercontinental Champion – passed away today at the age of 61. WWE extends its sincerest condolences to Toombs’ family, friends and fans.” 

    Vince McMahon made a statement as well:

    “Roddy Piper was one of the most entertaining, controversial and bombastic performers ever in WWE, beloved by millions of fans around the world. I extend my deepest condolences to his family.” 

    Piper was one of the key figures in the growth of WWF. In particular, he helped power the success of the first WrestleMania: the most important show in company history beacuse it was such a make-or-break event. He was considered one of the greatest promos in pro wrestling history, competed in all of the major organizations, and while he never won a World title, he held the WWF Intercontinental title and the WWF Tag Team titles (w/Ric Flair).

    He was named to the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 and was an actor in a variety of lead and supporting roles in B-movies and TV series like the infamous They Live, Bodyslam, and Hell Comes To Frogtown. He appeared in the popular FX series ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia‘ as Da Maniac, a pro wrestler.

    Piper leaves behind his wife, Kitty, four children, and one grandchild.

  • More on death of Roddy Piper

    TMZ.com has reported that Roddy Piper, real name Roderick George Toombs, passed away last night from a heart attack at a home he was living in when working in Hollywood, CA.  Piper wasn’t found until today.