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  • WWE SummerSlam NXT weekend show is still on

    According to WWE officials, there is nothing to read into the sudden disappearance of the NXT show over SummerSlam weekend from the WWE and Ticketmaster schedule.

    The show was scheduled for 8/20 at the Barclays Center, the first of three straight nights WWE was running the building with NXT, SummerSlam and Raw. All three nights sold out last year, and last year’s NXT show drew easily the biggest crowd in NXT history with more than 13,000 fans.

    On Tuesday, WWE officials said that Ticketmaster would be updating the page with new logos and information and that the show is still on.

    When it appeared that the next major show had disappeared, there were performers in NXT concerned yesterday because they haven’t been told anything, and the 6/8 TakeOver show is billed as “The End”.

    Obviously, it would make no sense to drop NXT as the training facility is the key to the future of the company and they need to run live events to give the upcoming wrestlers ring experience before they start in televised matches or move to the main roster. 

  • Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/31): Kowalski vs. Bruno Death Match; Andersons win Georgia Tag Titles; Ryback wins IC Title

    1937

    Tulsa, Oklahoma:
    – Red Berry defeated Hugh Nichols to win the World Light Heavyweight Title 

    1940

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Jules Larance defeated Gil Knutsen for the Midwest Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Title

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Bruns beat Steve Brody (Brody was the World Junior Heavyweight Champion)
    – Orville Brown beat Karol Zbyszko (Zbyszko was billed as a nephew of Stanislaus and Wladek)
    – Ray Schwartz defeated Fritz Schnabel 
    – Ronnie Etchison and Angelo Martini went to a time limit draw

    1944 

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – El Santo won the Mexican National Middleweight Title from Tuffy Truesdale in a tournament final

    1951 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Jerry Meeker defeated Hal Keen
    – Ray Eckert beat Bob Orton Sr
    – Dennis Clary beat Emil Dusek
    – The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) defeated Ronnie Etchison and Ralph Garibaldi in 2 out of 3 falls

    1965 

    – Pepper Martin defeated The Mad Russian for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

    1967

    Denver, Colorado;
    – Verne Gagne (sub Danny Hodge) & Ernie Ladd beat Johnny Powers & Johnny Valentine on a 3rd fall dq
    – Lou Thesz beat Larry Hennig 
    – Alberto Torres beat Bobby Duncum

    1968

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Alberto and Enrique Torres defeated El Mongol and Hans Schmidt to win the Georgia NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1969 

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – Wilbur Snyder defeated Dr. X on a 3rd fall dq
    – in a Handicap Match, Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat The Crusher
    – Luis Martinez beat Kenny Jay
    – Rene Goulet beat Johnny Kace 
    – Pampero Firpo beat Angelo Poffo

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Lars Anderson
    – Flying Redheads, Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race on a 3rd fall dq
    – Bill Watts beat Bob Geigel
    – Joe Scarpello drew Big K 
    – Bob Kappel beat Kenny Yates

    1969 

    Boston, Massachusetts: 
    – Killer Kowalski defeated WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino in a Texas death match

    1971 

    Shreveport, Louisiana:
    – Tom Jones and Billy Red Lyons defeated The Spoilers for the Tri-State NWA United States Tag Team Titles

    1972 

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Karl and Kurt Von Brauner defeated Robert Fuller and Kevin Sullivan for the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Titles 

    Miami, Florida:
    – The Professional (Doug Gilbert) and Mike Webster won the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles from Boris Malenko and Bob Roop 

    1974

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Gene and Ole Anderson defeated Bob Armstrong and Robert Fuller to win the NWA Georgia Tag Team Titles

    1975

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Ed Wiskoski (Col. DeBeers) defeated Jerry Oates for the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title 

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dusty Rhodes & Larry Hennig 
    – Billy Robinson no contest Baron Von Raschke
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Rock Riddle & Frankie Hill 
    – Khosrow Vaziri (Iron Shiek) drew Buddy Wolff

    1979 

    Noshiro, Japan:
    – Great Kojika and Motoshi Okuma won the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Titles from The Kiwis (Butch Miller and Sweet William)

    1980

    Indianapolis, Indiana:
    – Dick the Bruiser defeated King Kong (Bruiser) Brody for the World Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title

    1981 

    Shreveport, Louisiana
    – Jake Roberts defeated The Grappler to win the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Title

    1982 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Ron Bass defeated Pat Hutchinson and Tom Maley in a handicap match
    – The Iron Sheik defeated Bobby Fulton
    – Koko Ware defeated Bill Dundee by disqualification
    – King Cobra defeated NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Champion Bobby Eaton to win the title
    – AWA Southern Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express (Norvell Austin and Dennis Condrey) defeated The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) by disqualification to retain the title
    – AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lawler defeated Kamala by disqualification to retain the title

    1986

    Nassau, Bahamas:
    – Ron Bass defeated Tyree Pride to win the NWA Bahamas Heavyweight Title

    Bayamon, Puerto Rico:
    – Eric Embry won the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title by defeating Super Medico I

    1991

    Naucalpan, Mexico:
    – Los Villanos (I, IV and V) defeated The Hawaiian Beasts (Kokina (Yokozuna), Fatu and the Samoan Savage) for the UWA World Trios Titles

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Bill Dundee defeated Tom Prichard (subbing for Eric Embry) for the USWA Texas Heavyweight Title 

    1992 

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Chi Chi Cruz (Corey Peloquin) defeated Gerry Morrow to win the West Four Wrestling Alliance Canadian Heavyweight Title

    1998 

    WWF Over the Edge: Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – LOD 2000 (Animal and Hawk (with Sunny and Droz)) defeated The Disciples of Apocalypse (8-Ball and Skull (with Chainz))
    – Jeff Jarrett (with Tennessee Lee) pinned Steve Blackman 
    – Marc Mero pinned Sable with a cradle
    – Kaientai (Funaki, Teioh and Togo) defeated Bradshaw and Taka Michinoku in a handicap match
    – WWF Intercontinental Champion The Rock pinned Faarooq to retain the title
    – Kane (with Paul Bearer) pinned Vader in a mask vs. mask match 
    – The Nation (D’Lo Brown, Owen Hart and Kama Mustafa (with Mark Henry)) defeated D-Generation X (Billy Gunn, Road Dogg and Triple H (with Chyna and X-Pac))
    – WWF Champion Steve Austin defeated Dude Love in a no disqualification, falls count anywhere match to retain the title

    1999 

    Houston, Texas:
    – Bam Bam Bigelow and Diamond Dallas Page defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Kanyon and Saturn (subbing for Raven) to win the title 

    Moline, Illinois:
    – Jeff Jarrett (with Debra) defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion The Godfather to win the title 
    – The Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Kane and X-Pac to win the titles

    2002

    OVW Summer Sizzler Series: Louisville, Kentucky:
    – Flash Flanagan and Trailer Park Trash defeated OVW Southern Tag Team Champions The Lords of the Ring (Rob Conway and Nick Dinsmore) to win the titles
    – Redd Dogg (Rodney Mack) defeated Sean O’Haire
    – Shelton Benjamin defeated Chris Kanyon
    – David Flair defeated Bull Buchanan
    – Seven (Kevin Thorn) defeated Leviathan (Batista)
    – OVW Heavyweight Champion Nova defeated The Prototype (John Cena) to retain the title (Mick Foley was the guest referee)

    2003 

    Carolina, Puerto Rico:
    – Carly Colón won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title by defeating Sabu
    – Alex Montalvo defeats Pablo Marquez for the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title
    – Eddie Colón won the vacant WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title by defeating Dominican Boy in a tournament final

    2004 

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
    – La Résistance (Robért Conway and Sylvain Grenier) defeated WWE World Tag Team Champions Edge and World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit to win the titles

    2015

    WWE Elimination Chamber: Corpus Christie, Texas:
    – Stardust defeated Zack Ryder    
    – The New Day (Big E Langston, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) defeated The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara), Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (with Natalya), The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O’Neil), The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) and Los Matadores (Primo and Epico) (with El Torito)    in an Elimination Chamber tag team match to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
    – Nikki Bella defeated Paige and Naomi to retain the WWE Divas Championship
    – Kevin Owens defeated John Cena    
    – Neville defeated Bo Dallas
    – Ryback defeated Sheamus, R-Truth, King Barrett, Dolph Ziggler and Mark Henry in an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship
    – Dean Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins (with Jamie Noble, Joey Mercury and Kane) by disqualification, Rollins retained the title

  • VIDEO: Goldberg returns to WWE TV in new 2K17 spot

    There’s nothing like a new 2K trailer on Raw to get the blood pumping, is there? 

    On an otherwise lackluster episode of the flagship show Memorial Day evening, the eyes had to widen a bit when 2K aired a spot for the upcoming WWE 2K17 video game featuring none other than Bill Goldberg.

    Video game chatter aside, this is notable for a few reasons. One is that Goldberg is going to be in a WWE video game for the first time since WWE 2K14, and was on their airwaves in a new capacity for the first time in over a decade. Two is that in recent memory, two past stars that did similar spots — Ultimate Warrior and Sting — later found their way in the McMahon fold in memorable ways.

    As noted on last night’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Brock Lesnar was a character in 2K12 which opened up talks for him to eventually return to WWE.

    At 49 years old and with a long list of projects, the prospect of Goldberg returning to the ring for a regular schedule is obviously slim to none. But after years of saying there was no interest in going back, perhaps there’s a chance of at least one more match on a major event? 

    Dave & Bryan will have more on this tonight on Wrestling Observer Radio.

  • WWE Madison, WI, live results (Sun): Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles

    Submitted by Heather Kastenson

    – Enzo & Big Cass def. Dudley Boyz

    Huge pop for Enzo and Cass when the music hit.  They were one of the most over acts of the night.  Lots of crowd interaction with the Dudleys and fans as well as with Enzo & Cass and the fans.  Several hot tags with Enzo & Cass.  Lots of “Oh Enzo Amore,” “How You Doin” chants.  Enzo was in really good form, excellent selling. Big Cass was also really over with the crowd. Enzo’s charisma is magnified in person, easily one of the most charismatic people on the roster.

    – Titus O Neil def. Viktor

    A pop for Titus when he came out. Viktor was also interacting with the crowd at ringside, which was something I did not expect. It was a good match, seemed to be shorter than the others.

    – Goldust def. Tyler Breeze

    Big pop for Goldust when he came out. Tyler was booed. It was a solid match. Fandango attempted to interfere which led to R-Truth coming out as well. Huge pop for R-Truth. Following the match, R-Truth did his rap, and several tried to throw Truth off by saying he was in Milwaukee or Green Bay. It was a really fun segment.

    – Anderson & Gallows def. The Hype Bros

    Good match. Mojo got a big pop from the crowd and there was a “Let’s Go Packers” chant that started. (Mojo was with the Packers pre-WWE for a short time). Anderson & Gallows were booed, but also got a good mix of cheering for them as well.

    – Sami Zayn def. Kevin Owens

    This was an excellent match match. Great promo by Owens who played off of the crowd and how he wanted to “get out of this town”  Zayn and Owens both had some incredible selling during the match and kept the crowd engaged and going for the match.

    – Apollo Crews def. Sheamus

    Sheamus got a big pop, and cut a really good promo before the match. Apollo is super agile, had a near fall on Sheamus with a standing moonsault that got a huge pop. There was a CM Punk chant that started to which Sheamus responded with the “go to sleep” gesture which was funny.

    – WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte def. Natalya

    Charlotte is really good at interacting with the crowd. There was a “Charlotte sucks” chant again, which she played off of perfectly. Lots of submission work by both, which got huge pops.  atalya had excellent selling, really great technical work.  Charlotte won by pinfall by putting her foot on the ropes for stability

    – WWE Champion Roman Reigns def. AJ Styles

    Odd thing is that Reigns and Styles both had a mixture of being booed and cheered for. The match spilled out to ringside where Roman was thrown into the steel steps by AJ. This match kept the crowd really engaged, great selling by Reigns and Styles. 

  • Daily Update: Raw ratings competition, NXT changes, NJPW Super J results

    While there is a lot of talk about Raw ratings, which, unless John Cena’s drawing power is really strong for his return, they would hit seasonal record lows going against both the Warriors vs. Thunder game seven and the Sharks vs. Penguins game one in the NHL finals, another story has started to surface: TicketMaster and the WWE’s web site have pulled the planned SummerSlam weekend NXT show off their schedule. 

    Decisions and schedule changes happen all the time though. If you remember, last year’s show in Brooklyn was NXT’s biggest success in history, drawing a legit sellout with the Bayley vs. Sasha Banks match that may have been the best women’s match in company history. Even internally, people have been asking questions and right now there are no answers other than the show is no longer on the schedule. At least some in NXT are very concerned about that and the billing of the 6/8 show as “The End.” 

    We’re looking for live reports from Raw tonight in Green Bay, featuring the return of John Cena to Dave@WrestlingObserver.com.

    NEW JAPAN BEST OF THE SUPER JUNIORS FROM HIROSHIMA ON TUESDAY (taped for New Japan World available later in the day)

    • Bushi vs. David Finlay
    • Matt Sydal vs. Rocky Romero
    • Kushida vs. Gedo
    • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kyle O’Reilly

    Smackdown and Main Event will be taped on Tuesday in Rockford, IL  We’re also looking for reports on this show.

    NEW JAPAN BEST OF THE SUPER JUNIORS FROM NAGOYA ON THURSDAY (taped for New Japan World, available later in the day)

    • Volador Jr. vs. Chase Owens
    • Jushin Liger vs. Tiger Mask
    • Bobby Fish vs. Will Ospreay
    • Ricochet vs. Trent Baretta

    THE ROUND-UP

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    Figure Four Weekly 5/23/2016: More strange developments in WWE’s concussion lawsuit deposition – Last week we talked a bit about both Evan Singleton’s deposition in the WWE concussion lawsuit as well as a video of a concussion presentation held in developmental during Singleton’s time under contact. Among other topics, there’s been a bit more movement on that front.

    Wrestling Observer Newsletter

    READ IT HERE: May 30, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Return of Seth Rollins and the WWE brand split, plus tons of news

    With two of the biggest news stories of the year, the WWE brand split and the UFC sale both in play, we’ve got a new issue of the Observer packed with news.

    Our lead story looks at the brand split, with what we do know, what has and hasn’t been decided and the background of how it went down. There’s also more info on the UFC sale talks.  Plus there is coverage of the return of Seth Rollins, the build to Money in the Bank and have coverage of Extreme Rules, the negotiations for a Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz fight and look more at the Floyd Mayweather vs. McGregor rumors. Take an in-depth look at the departure of Cody Runnels (Rhodes) from WWE and his future prospects, plus look at his complaints regarding people in the company. All this plus a look at the New Japan Super Juniors tournament, the funding of the Hulk Hogan lawsuit, the World Cup trios tournament coming up and a feature on the last PWG show.

    The lead story looks at every aspect of the brand split.  It looks at the original goals and reasons for it and what did and didn’t work, plus how it’ll be different this time, how the touring will work, and an examination of what talent knows and tentative plans in place.  Vince McMahon’ reaction is a big part of this, and this issue explains how the deal went down, the story behind the story and other aspects to be considered. There’s also a look at Smackdown going live, the affect on the fan base, the affect on TNA and why it was important to get Smackdown away from Thursday.

    Another big story in this issues is Extreme Rules, the decision to make Seth Rollins a heel and current plans for Money in the Bank, and also match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.

    Details about what’s going on with Conor McGregor, including Colin Cowherd’s claim that Mayweather vs. McGregor is happening, as well as a look at the Nate Diaz negotiations last week and what McGregor has said publicly.

    Finally, this issue looks at Cody Runnels leaving WWE, what he said was the reason why, and a look into those reasons, and a look at the realities of WWE business decisions and his background.

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    Check out the latest online Wrestling Observer BACK ISSUE: April 19, 1999 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Davey Boy Smith hospitalized with spinal infection, WCW Spring Stampede. The health situations involving both Davey Boy Smith and Japanese woman wrestler Emiko Kado took turns for the worst this past week.

    MONDAY’S NEWS UPDATE

    Before starting, I just want everyone to spend a moment thinking of & honoring those who Memorial Day was named for: people who lost their lives in service to this country. That is the supreme sacrifice, and hopefully we all recognize that because of their efforts, we are able to live the type of lives we are able to right now. 

    NXT is booking shows outside Florida going forward. In fact, they just announced a tour in July with shows on 7/14 in Indianapolis, 7/15 in Cincinnati and 7/16 in Louisville. 

    The record low Raw number for non-football season would be 3,116,000 viewers on April 25. Without Cena’s return, I don’t think there’s a chance they get that number. 

    Tonight’s Raw show should not only introduce the seventh person in the Money in the Bank match but also start some build for the key matches on the undercard. Enzo & Cass vs. The Dudleys and a technical match with Dolph Ziggler vs Baron Corbin were scheduled as of earlier today. Another tease is The Hatch happens tonight and lots more social media activity from Bray Wyatt, who should be back any week now if not tonight.

    Bryan and I will be back tonight with Wrestling Observer radio covering all the news on the brand split, Raw and take email questions that can be sent to mailbag@wrestlingobserver.com.

    Today’s Super Juniors results from Yonago:

    • Chase Owens (2-2) beat Trent Baretta (2-2)
    • Tiger Mask (2-2) beat Will Ospreay (1-3)
    • Bobby Fish (2-2) beat Volador Jr. (2-2)
    • Ricochet (3-1) beat Jushin Liger (2-2) 

    WWE

    • John Cena said he would be wearing shorts that were given to him by Ellen Degeneres.
    • Seth Rollins will be headlining “the Reigns tour” this coming weekend with multiple person title matches, usually with A.J. Styles, on dates in Odessa, Lubbock and Amarillo.
    • The Marine 5 starts production tomorrow in Vancouver and will include The Miz, Maryse, Naomi, Heath Slater, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel. In theory, some or all of those names should be out for several weeks. If Miz loses the title tonight, that would be why. If he doesn’t, the title may be on ice for a little while.  
    • Dwayne Johnson officially announced he was going to star in the Sony Pictures adaption of “Doc Savage” as well as produce the movie through his Seven Bucks Entertainment company. Savage is a DC superhero comic book character with super strength and intelligence.   
    • The Seth Rollins documentary starts right after Raw on the WWE Network. 
    • The TakeOver go-home show featuring the contract signing for Asuka vs. Nia Jax will be on NXT on Wednesday night. The big show featuring Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe in a cage match and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Austin Aries will be a week from Wednesday from Full Sail University.
    • Summer Rae threw out the first pitch at the Chicago Cubs game on Friday.

    UFC

    • Lots of surprises last night so this is how the picks went

    3-2 – Mike Sawyer, John Pollock, Paul Fontaine

    2-3 – Josh Nason, David Bixenspan, Front Row Brian

    1-4 – Steve Juon, me, Ryan Frederick

    0-5 – Mike Sempervive

    • UFC Bad Blood TV special at 9 p.m. Eastern tomorrow night on FS 1 runs down the nine year long feud between Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz which comes to a head on Saturday night.

    MISCELLANEOUS

    • Lineup for tomorrow night’s Impact is:

    Mike Bennett vs. James Storm

    Gail Kim & Jade vs. Sienna & Allie

    Robbie E & Jessie Godderz vs. Rockstar Spud & Tyrus with Mike Bennett as referee

    Bram vs. Bobby Lashley for the King of the Mountain title

    Drew Galloway vs. Abyss & Crazzy Steve in a handicap match.

            This is also the next to last episode of Impact before the 6/12 Slammiversary PPV show.

    • TNA announced a VIP experience for Slammiversary for $129 with priority seating at the show and the tapings over the next few days, as well as a post-show party with the wrestlers a poster, and nighty meet and greets and autograph sessions.
    • A.J. Brooks, the former A.J. Lee, on Twitter wrote, “Just finished my book.  No co-writer.  No ghost writer.  Just me, lots of carbs and an adorably evil mind.”
    • Progress Wrestling from yesterday in London, England at the Electric Ballroom for the Strong Style 16 tournament:  Mark Haskins b Pete Dunne, Mikey Whiplash b Damon Moser, Zack Gibson b Kenny Williams, Jack Gallagher b TK Cooper, Big Daddy Walter b Dave Mastiff, Chris Hero b Mark Andrews, Sami Callihan b Matt Cross (Son of Havoc in Lucha Underground), Tommy End b Rampage Brown, James Davis & Rob Lynch b Nathan Cruz & El Ligero  
    • Smash Wrestling vs. Progress Wrestling takes place in Toronto on 9/17 and 9/18 at the  Franklin Horner Community Centre.  Nothing has been announced but the push is the stars of Progress like Zack Sabre Jr., Will Ospreay, Mark Andrews, Jimmy Havoc and Marty Scurll and the stars of Smash like Courtney Rush (Rosemary in TNA), Pepper Parks (TNA), Cherry Bomb (TNA), Matt Cross and Johnny Gargano.
    • A story on Cowboy Frankie Laine, who passed way last week, can be read here, from his hometown newspaper.
    • A story on a book about Manitoba pro wrestling history is here.
    • World Series of Fighting on NBC Sports has this show scheduled for 7/30 in Everett, WA at the Xfinity Arena:

    Marlon Morales vs. Josh Hill for the bantamweight title

    Alexandre Almeida vs. Lance Palmer for the featherweight title

    Phoenix Jones vs. Caros Fodor in the battle of adopted brothers from Seattle

    • In Your Face Wrestling on 6/11 in Delanson, NY at the Duanesburg YMCA features Brutal Bob Evans and HC Loc.
    • I Believe in Wrestling from Saturday night in Orlando for the Florida J Cup:  Jonny Vandal b Jay Rios, Kota Sekifuda b CT Brown, Aaron Epic b Slade Porter, Jon Cruz b Xander Vargas, JD Amazing & Brandon Scherer & Chico Adams b Braydon Knight & Tyranus & Josh Parker, Jonny Vandal b Kota Sekifuda, Aaron Epic b Jon Cruz, Santana Garrett & MJ Knight & Nova Girl b Queen Raquel (TNA) & Dominique Fabiano & Jenson Fratelli, Jonny Vandal b Aaron Epic to win tournament.  Next show is 6/18 with Rhett Giddins vs. JD Amazing and Santana Garrett vs. Thea Trinidad (Rosita in TNA). 
    • CWF presents a free wrestling show at Tim Horton’s on 145 Hazel Rd. in St. Catherines, ONT on Wednesday at 6 p.m. to support Tim Horton’s Camp Day 2016. 
    • Another free event takes place tonight in the parking lot of Tim Horton’s at 1495 Regent Ave. in Winnipeg with donations accepted for Tim Horton’s Children Foundation to send underprivileged children to camp put on by Canadian Wrestling Elite..
    • Conflict Wrestling on 6/12 in Kitchener, ONT features a tribute show for Edith Marie Marsh, headlined by Will White vs. John Atlas and Kaitlin Diemond vs. Jennifer Blake.
    • CZW Tournament of Death on 6/11 in Townsend, DE at 2 p.m. at 179 Ebenzer Church Rd. features these tournament matches

    Alex Colon vs. Danny Havoc in a light tube death match

    Masada vs. Conor Claxton in a barbed wire madness match

    Tim Donst vs. Rickey Shane Page in a stipulation of Donst’s choice match

    Jeff Cannonball vs. Matt Tremont in a Home Run Derby match.

            There will also be non-tournament matches including:

    Devon Moore vs. Dale Patricks in a scaffold match

    DJ Hyde vs. Josh Crane in a panes of glass match

    • Maryland Championship Wrestling on 6/10 in Joppa, MD at the MCW Arena feature Jimmy’s Seafood Slamboree with Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Damien Sandow appearing at 6 p.m. for a meet and greet.  Sandow will also wrestle on the show.
    • CWE from last night in Fort William, ONT:  Jason Kincaid b Joe Keys, Silas Young b Robby Royce, Anderson Tyson Moore b Travis Cole to keep the CWE title, Lio Rush b Tyler Colton-DQ so Colton keeps the TV title, Danny Duggan b Wildman Firpo, Lio Rush & Jason Kincaid & Anderson Tyson Moore b Silas Young & Tyler Colton & Travis Cole.  Next tour is 9/22 to 10/2 featuring Ethan Carter III.

    Today in Professional Wrestling History: Joe Stecher wins World Title; Inoki vs. Andre; Gordy wins UWF Title

  • Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/30): Joe Stecher wins World Title; Inoki vs. Andre; Gordy wins UWF Title

    1925 

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – Joe Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko for the World’s Heavyweight Wrestling Title 

    1943
    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Joe Silva defeated Adolfo Bonales to win the Mexico National Lightweight Title  

    1945
    Toronto, Iowa:
    – Marshall Estep defeated Ken Fenelon for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1956
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
    – Killer Kowalski defeated Yvon Robert for the Montreal World Heavyweight Title

    1963
    Amarillo, Texas:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew with Amarillo World Champion Dory Funk Jr when the 60 minute time limit expired in the 3rd fall
    – Tokyo Tom beat Dory Funk Sr in 2 out of 3 falls 
    – Bob Ellis & Wahoo McDaniel & Ricky Romero beat Killer Karl Kox & Mike DiBiase & Sputnik Monroe

    Kansas City; Kansas:
    – In a Lumberjack match, Masked Medic #1 and Masked Medic #2 beat Steve Bolus and Steve Kovacs
    – Bob Geigel beat Sonny Myers
    – Larry Hamilton beat Roy Collins 
    – Joe Scarpello beat Rock Hunter via dq

    1964
    Manchester, England:
    – Bobby Steele defeated Chick Purvey to win the European Middleweight Title 

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Benny Galant defeated El Rayo de Jalisco to win the NWA World Middleweight Title 

    1966
    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Herb Welch and Al Costello defeated Karl and Eric von Brauner in a tournament final to win the vacant Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Titles

    1970
    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dr. X on a reverse decision 3rd fall dq 
    – Blackjack Lanza & Lars Anderson beat Red Bastien & Pepper Gomez

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Bobby Hart defeated Johnny Valentine for the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1973
    Hamburg, Pennsylvania:
    – Tony Garea & Haystacks Calhoun defeated Professor Tanaka & Mr. Fuji for the WWWF World Tag Team Titles 

    1974
    Kansas City; Kansas:
    – The Interns (w/ Dr. Ken Ramey) defeated Omar Atlas & The Viking
    – Bob Geigel & Rufus R. Jones defeated Bob Brown & Lord Alfred Hayes 
    – Don Fargo defeated Mike George

    1978
    Osaka, Japan:
    – Antonio Inoki defeated Andre the Giant by countout to win the first-annual New Japan Pro Wrestling MSG League

    1980
    Denver, Colorado:
    – The Crusher beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel in a non Title Cage Match
    – Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat Greg Gagne & Wahoo McDaniel
    – Jerry Blackwell went to a no contest with Dino Bravo

    1981 
    San Juan, Puerto Rico:
    – Jack Brisco defeated Kim Song for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title

    Charlotte, North Carolina
    – Sweet Ebony Diamond defeated Greg Valentine to win the NWA Television Title 

    1983
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    – Little Tokyo defeated Cowboy Lang for the NWA World Midgets Title

    1984 
    Tampa, Florida:
    – Angelo Mosca defeated Mike Rotundo to win the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    1986 
    Houston, Texas:
    – Terry Gordy defeated Hacksaw Duggan in a tournament final to win the UWF title

    1986
    Des Moines, Iowa:
    – The Shadow (Jaymie Knight) won a 13-man battle royal to win the vacant NWA Central States Heavyweight Title 

    Oakland, California:
    – Jerry Blackwell won a battle royal
    – Nick Bockwinkel beat Larry Zbyszko
    – in a non title match, Midnight Rockers beat AWA Tag Team Champions Buddy Rose & Doug Somers

    1996
    Caguas, Puerto Rico:
    – Sean Morley (Val Venis) defeated El Bronco for the WWC Television Title 

    1998
    – Hysteria defeated Vance Nevada to win the Canadian Wrestling Federation Junior Heavyweight Title

    2000 
    Nampa, Idaho:
    – Sean Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo defeated Kronik (Brian Adams and Brian Clark) for the WCW World Tag Team Titles 

    2001 
    Santa Ana, California:
    – Evolution (Nova and Frankie Kazarian) won a tournament for the vacant UPW Tag Team Title

  • Andrei Arlovski vs. Josh Barnett signed for UFC Germany return

    A battle of former UFC heavyweight champions was announced as the main event for UFC’s return to Germany.

    Andrei Arlovski (25-12) will face Josh Barnett (34-8) in the main event on 9/3 in Hamburg, Germany at the Barclaycard Arena. The event will be broadcast on UFC Fight Pass with a 2 pm eastern main card start time.

    While both are long-term veterans of the sport, they have never faced each other in the past.  Arlovski was back in title contention with a six-fight winning streak until losing his last two fights via knockout, a quick loss to new champion Stipe Miocic, and a knockout loss to next title contender Alistair Overeem.

    Barnett suffered a shocking loss to Ben Rothwell on the January FOX show.  While losing to Rothwell isn’t shocking, Barnett lost via submission, and Barnett was considered one of the best submission heavyweights in the world, having never lost via submission in MMA competition (he submitted once due to shoulder injury against Mirko Cro Cop, but never to an actually submission move), and, when facing some of the best grapplers in the world in grappling matches, he hadn’t lost via submission in more than 15 year, since a 2000 match with Ricardo Almeida, and from a skill standpoint, that wasn’t even the same guy.

    Barnett is also a pro wrestler in Japan, although has not done pro wrestling in 17 months.

  • WWE live event results, La Crosse, WI: Baron Corbin pins Cesaro

    By Lenny Bakken

    Byron Saxon was the host, ring announcer and bell ringer.

    1. Kane & Big Show defeated Eric Rowan & Braun Strowman clean pinfall.

    2. Sasha Banks defeated Summer Rae with the bank statement.

    3. Baron Corbin defeated Cesaro via pinfall.

    4. Rusev w/Lana defeated Sin Cara with the camel clutch.

    5. Paige & Becky Lynch defeated Lana & Dana Brooks.

    6. Vaudevillians vs. Shining Stars vs. New Day in an elimination match:  Vaudevillians first to be eliminated by Shining Stars and then New Day defeated Shining Stars.

    7. Alberto Del Rio vs. Dean Ambrose:  Dean Ambrose won via pinfall.

    Best spots of the night were in the Ambrose match also. (Dean superplexed ADR off the top rope. Also Dean flew threw the middle ropes onto ADR on the floor.)

    Overall a very entertaining show and the crowd seemed very pleased with the talent’s efforts.

  • John Cena dances, discusses if a hot dog is a sandwich on ‘Today’

    WWE is not taking its somewhat perilous competition situation lying down.

    John Cena was on NBC’s The Today Show Monday in New York, a mainstream promo stop before he was to head to Green Bay, WI, to return on Raw later Monday night. The appearance was to promote his return as a special thing.

    But is a hot dog a sandwich?

    Given the second and third hours are going head-to-head with the seventh game of the Golden State Warriors vs. Oklahoma City Thunder NBA playoff semifinal, and the game one of the Stanley Cup finals, this will be the toughest competition Raw will face from other programming in 2016 until the Olympics later this year.

    The question becomes where to place Cena on the show. The first hour is the only one not against the game, but the first hour on Memorial Day weekend is often low. But if Cena is on early and he’s not in the main event segment as well, it could lead to a big falloff late in the show due to the competition.

    The NBA finals, which will affect ratings far more than the Stanley Cup, open on Thursday against Smackdown. Games five and six will be on June 13 and June 16, so if needed, they would go against Raw and Smackdown that week. The expectation is a Golden State vs. Cleveland finals rematch will do monstrous numbers because of the stars involved (LeBron James, Steph Curry, etc).

    If there is a game seven needed, it would go head-to-head with Money in the Bank, but that’s not as big a deal with the network economy as it would be with the PPV economy.

    And now, John Cena dancing:

  • Daily Update: UFC Fight Night 88, plus the returns of John Cena, Sasha Banks, & Eric Bischoff

    Unless John Cena’s drawing power makes a huge difference in ratings for his return, Raw on Monday will be doing an all-time seasonal low number given the competition of game seven of the Warriors vs. Oklahoma City Thunder game and the San Jose Sharks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins game one of the Stanley Cup finals. The Warriors game won’t start until 9 p.m. but traditionally over Memorial Day weekend, because of the holiday, the audience comes late and a lot miss the first hour of Raw. Also, because of the holiday, the ratings will likely be delayed. They should set up the final man in Money in the Bank and start working on the undercard, plus they’ll probably hype to death Smackdown going live and the brand split.

    We’re looking for reports on WWE shows in Madison, WI (Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Kevin Owens, Dudleys, Enzo, Cass, Sami Zayn, Charlotte, Natalya) and LaCrosse, WI (Big Show, Kane, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman, Dean Ambrose, New Day, Rusev, Kalisto, Alberto Del Rio, Paige, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks).  newstips@wrestlingobserver.com

    UFC FROM THE MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER IN LAS VEGAS ON SUNDAY –  CLICK HERE FOR LIVE COVERAGE

    Fight Pass bouts at 6 p.m. Eastern

    • Adam Milstead vs. Chris De La Rosa
    • Bryan Caraway vs. Aljamain Sterling

    FS 1 at 7 p.m. Eastern

    • Shane Campbell vs. Erik Koch
    • Jake Collier vs. Alberto Pereira Uda
    • Abel Trujillo vs. Jordan Rinaldi
    • Sara McMann vs. Jessica Eye
    • Josh Burkman vs. Paul Felder
    • Jorge Masvidal vs. Lorenz Larkin
    • Chris Camozzi vs Vitor Miranda
    • Tarec Saffiedine vs. Rick Story
    • Jeremy Stephens vs. Renan Barao
    • Cody Garbrandt vs. Thomas Almeida

    NEW JAPAN BEST OF THE SUPER JUNIORS FROM TOTTORI ON MONDAY (taped for New Japan World available later in the day)

    • Trent Baretta vs. Chase Owens
    • Tiger Mask vs. Will Ospreay
    • Bobby Fish vs. Volador Jr.
    • Jushin Liger vs. Ricochet

    Raw is Monday from Green Bay featuring the return of John Cena plus a Dolph Ziggler vs. Baron Corbin match.

    NEW JAPAN BEST OF THE SUPER JUNIORS FROM HIROSHIMA ON TUESDAY (taped for New Japan World available later in the day)

    • Bushi vs. David Finlay
    • Matt Sydal vs. Rocky Romero
    • Kushida vs. Gedo
    • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kyle O’Reilly

    Smackdown and Main Event will be taped on Tuesday in Rockford, IL.

      THE ROUND-UP

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      Figure Four Weekly 5/23/2016: More strange developments in WWE’s concussion lawsuit deposition – Last week we talked a bit about both Evan Singleton’s deposition in the WWE concussion lawsuit as well as a video of a concussion presentation held in developmental during Singleton’s time under contact. Among other topics, there’s been a bit more movement on that front.

      Wrestling Observer Newsletter

      READ IT HERE: May 30, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Return of Seth Rollins and the WWE brand split, plus tons of news

      With two of the biggest news stories of the year, the WWE brand split and the UFC sale both in play, we’ve got a new issue of the Observer packed with news.

      Our lead story looks at the brand split, with what we do know, what has and hasn’t been decided and the background of how it went down. There’s also more info on the UFC sale talks.  Plus there is coverage of the return of Seth Rollins, the build to Money in the Bank and have coverage of Extreme Rules, the negotiations for a Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz fight and look more at the Floyd Mayweather vs. McGregor rumors. Take an in-depth look at the departure of Cody Runnels (Rhodes) from WWE and his future prospects, plus look at his complaints regarding people in the company. All this plus a look at the New Japan Super Juniors tournament, the funding of the Hulk Hogan lawsuit, the World Cup trios tournament coming up and a feature on the last PWG show.

      The lead story looks at every aspect of the brand split.  It looks at the original goals and reasons for it and what did and didn’t work, plus how it’ll be different this time, how the touring will work, and an examination of what talent knows and tentative plans in place.  Vince McMahon’ reaction is a big part of this, and this issue explains how the deal went down, the story behind the story and other aspects to be considered. There’s also a look at Smackdown going live, the affect on the fan base, the affect on TNA and why it was important to get Smackdown away from Thursday.

      Another big story in this issues is Extreme Rules, the decision to make Seth Rollins a heel and current plans for Money in the Bank, and also match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.

      Details about what’s going on with Conor McGregor, including Colin Cowherd’s claim that Mayweather vs. McGregor is happening, as well as a look at the Nate Diaz negotiations last week and what McGregor has said publicly.

      Finally, this issue looks at Cody Runnels leaving WWE, what he said was the reason why, and a look into those reasons, and a look at the realities of WWE business decisions and his background.

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      Check out the latest online Wrestling Observer BACK ISSUE: April 19, 1999 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Davey Boy Smith hospitalized with spinal infection, WCW Spring Stampede. The health situations involving both Davey Boy Smith and Japanese woman wrestler Emiko Kado took turns for the worst this past week.

      SUNDAY NEWS

      Bryan and I will be back tonight with Wrestling Observer radio covering the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, today’s UFC, the brand split and taking your questions that you can send to mailbag@wrestlingobserver.com

      Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon and Paul Levesque will all be deposed in the Evan Singleton and Vito LaGrasso concussion lawsuit. Vince was deposed on Friday actually and Levesque on Tuesday. Dr. Joseph Maroon was deposed as well, and the plaintiffs want him deposed again.

      There have been teases of a “Hatch” on Raw tomorrow night. I don’t know if that has to do with the impending return to television of the Wyatt family (aside from Luke Harper, who still has several months before he’ll be able to wrestle).

      Sasha Banks returned to action last night in Winnipeg after her head injury suffered two weeks ago. They had a unique deal last night as Chris Jericho worked as the face and Dean Ambrose as the heel in the main event since Jericho grew up in Winnipeg.    

      Eric Bischoff is now looking for indie books for appearances, seminars, conventions and Q&A’s through Bill Behrens at showbis@aol.com. WWE will be releasing an Eric Bischoff DVD a week from Tuesday and the WWE Network will air a special on that at 5 p.m. on Thursday so his name will be back in the news. Other names available for bookings include Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Sean Waltman, Drew Galloway, Matt Sydal, Al Snow, Tommy Dreamer, Mike Posey, Jimmy Rave, Diamond Dallas Page, Moose, Nunzio, Tony Mamaluke, Kenn Doane, Blue Meanie, Stevie Richards, Shane Helms and more. He is also booking a number of ROH’s top stars including champions Jay Lethal, Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian for dates only outside the U.S. and Ontario.

      WWE & Pro Wrestling

      • Thanks to Alex Yohkna, Josh Anderson, Allan Albert, Rohan Unrao, Geoff Melnechuk, and Josh Hammerstein for the reports from the WWE shows last night.
      • After Raw tomorrow, they are airing a special called “Seth Rollins: Redesign, Rebuild, Reclaim” about his training to return. Yes, they produced a sympathetic show for a guy who turned back heel last week. I’d have expected that from WCW in 1998 or 1999.   
      • Corey Graves has been teasing a move to Smackdown, which would be a good decision. If that’s the case, he’d take the slot held by Byron Saxton, who would be exclusive to Raw.
      • Rolling Stone did an article on A.J. Styles.
      • An interview with Bayley regarding the UK tour is here.
      • Here is Mike Mooneyham on the WWE brand split.
      • Tons of discussion going around about Friday’s Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet match. We’ll talk more about it tonight. There is a story from Australia on the match. 
      • Today’s New Japan show in Osaka was one of the better shows of the year. No matches of the year, but so much good wrestling up and down the show. 
      • The Lucha Libre World Cup on Friday and Sunday will officially be on iPPV for $19 combined. There is no separate show ordering.  
      • Dixie Carter talks TNA.
      • A note on the Mike Johnson interview with Pop TV’s Brad Schwartz earlier in the week. The interview was set up with Johnson and Pop TV and not through TNA. According to Johnson, TNA was not even aware of the interview being done until after it was completed.

      UFC

      • UFC Fight Pass this past week debuted a “Where Are They Now?” series looking at memorable cast members of the early seasons of The Ultimate Fighter including Bobby Southworth, Luke Cummo, Noah Inhofer, Tait Fletcher, Shonie Carter and Din Thomas. I hope to god that Noah at least is still with that girl he walked off the show for because he missed her so much.
      • UFC Bad Blood airs on Tuesday at 9 p.m. Eastern on FS 1 as a build up for this coming Saturday’s Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber bantamweight title match.
      • Make sure to read this great story on Kevin Randleman.

      MISCELLANEOUS

      • There is a ton of pressure on J Robinson to resign as the University of Minnesota wrestling coach.
      • Jim Ross is doing a Fund Raiser for Headlock for Hunger with a new “Good Gawd Almighty” T-shirt to raise funds.
      • My friend Dave Doyle is raising money for Hire Heroes.
      • So on Friday my daughter asked me how come she sees her friends at school every day but all my friends live so far away. And I asked her what does she mean, and she goes, your friends in the Pink video. That’s when I discovered this.
      • Resurrection Fighting Alliance runs 6/3 at The Hangar at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, Ca with Thiago Moise vs. Jamall Emmers for the lightweight title as the main event. The show will air at 10 p.m. on Friday night after the two hours of New Japan on AXS.
      • It should be noted that this past week’s New Japan show was only one hour because the kickboxing show started at 9 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. There will be both one hour shows and two hour shows depending on the week through 7/10.
      • The death of Tacoma, WA sports personality Stan Naccataro, who passed away at 88 on Wednesday, is notable because he lost his broadcasting job eight years ago for comments made on MMA. While primarily a baseball guy in town, he was also a well-known boxing announcer. “They put on two ounce gloves and exchange punches for a few seconds, then fall onto the mat while one guy tries to put a strangle-hold on the other guy. There’s no art to it, no strategy. Somebody’s gonna get killed one of these days. It ought to be banned. The kids love it through. There’s nothing like a good fight. I love the sport (boxing). It just breaks my heart that the next generation of boxing fans would rather watch this martial arts garbage.”
      • The Venator Fighting championships show from Milan, Italy, that features Mayhem Miller and Rousimar Palhares last week did 105,000 streaming viewers on MMA.TV according to the promotion. It was also on Fox Sports Italy and did 110,000 viewers, which is less than ICW does in the same market.
      • Insane Championship Wrestling has added a Canadian television deal on The Fight Network. It will air on late Thursday nights at 1 a.m.after the CMLL & AAA shows on Thursday nights.
      • NWA Cajun Heat on 7/2 in Morgan City, LA with two cage matches plus an appearance by Kevin Nash. 
      • Netflix will be airing “The Resurrection of Jake Roberts” starting on Wednesday. (thanks to Michael Bargas)
      • ROH tickets went on sale on Friday for a 10/22 show in Lakeland, FL.
      • Evolve on 6/10 in Ybor City, FL on iPPV that night:
      • Timothy Thatcher vs. Chris Hero for the Evolve title
      • Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams vs. Bravado Brothers for the tag titles
      • Johnny Gargano & TJP vs. Drew Galloway & Ethan Carter III
      • Matt Riddle vs. Cedric Alexander
      • Anthony Nese vs Fred Yehi
      • Ethan Page vs. Darby Allin   
      • Dynamo Pro Wrestling from last night in St. Louis: Makaze b Ozzie Gallagher-DQ, Keon Option & Justin D’Air won three-way over Rocket Mapache & Jackal and Danny Adams and Paco Gonzalez, Brandon Aarons won three-way over Kevin Lee Davidson and Evan Morris, Brandon Espinosa b CJ Shine, Outtkast b Ricky Cruz, Jake Dirden b Brandon Aarons (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)
      • Wildkat Sports, which is Luke Hawx’s promotion in Louisiana, starts on the New Orleans affiliate Ch. 54 in September. Teddy Long will be working with the group as the TV General Manager.
      • Victory Commonwealth Wrestling on 6/30 in Toronto at the Super Wonder Gallery
      • Jim Cornette and Danny Davis talk about OVW as a developmental territory for WWE and how it fell apart.

      Today in Professional Wrestling History: Crusher vs. Harley Race; Charlotte wins NXT Women’s Title