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  • Daily Update: Alberto Del Rio injured, WWE Network special matches

    We’re looking for reports on tonight’s TNA TV tapings from Manchester, England as well as tonight’s NXT shows in Pittsburgh and Largo, FL to Dave Meltzer

    Our only weekend poll will be for the UFC show tomorrow night on FOX, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to Dave Meltzer

    Tons of stuff for your viewing pleasure tonight. 

    BELLATOR TONIGHT ON SPIKE AT 9 P.M. EASTERN TIME FROM FRESNO

    Raphael Butler (263) vs. Tony Johnson (264.4)

    Ryan Couture (155) vs. Patricky Pitbull Freire (155.4)

    Chris Honeycutt (171) vs. Paul Bradley (171)

    Paul Daley (170.2) vs. Andy Uhrich (169.8)  

    NEW JAPAN WORLD PRO WRESTLING RETURNS AT 9 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON AXS TV

    Young Bucks vs. Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta for IWGP jr. tag titles

    Kenny Omega vs. Mascara Dorada for IWGP jr. title

    Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano

    These matches are from last year’s Invasion Attack show, which means A.J. Styles vs. Kota Ibushi should be coming up soon.

    SHINE IPPV AT 9 P.M. FROM YBOR CITY, FL AT WWW.WWNLIVE.COM

    Renee Michelle vs. Barbi Hayden

    Malia Hosaka vs. Thunderkitty

    Jayme Jameson vs. Kimber Lee

    Allysin Kay vs. Su Yung

    Amber Gallows vs. Leva (Blue Pants) for NWA women’s title

    Taylor Made vs. Santana Garrett for Shine championship

    CMLL LIVE FROM ARENA MEXICO AT WWW.CLAROSPORTS.COM AT 9:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME

    Hombre Bala Jr. & Super Halcon Jr. vs. Arkangel de la Muerte & Cancerbero

    Fuego & The Panther & Triton vs. Puma King & Tiger & Virus

    Guerrero Maya Jr. & Titan & Valiente vs. Ephesto & Luciferno & Pierroth

    Gran Guerrero & Mephisto & Niebla Roja vs. Dragon Rojo Jr. & Kraneo & Polvora

    Thunder vs. Euforia

    Dragon Lee & Mistico & Volador Jr. vs. Barbaro Cavernario & Negro Casas & Ultimo Guerrero

    LION FIGHTS TONIGHT FROM TEMECULA, CA AT 10 P.M. ON AXS TV

    Jared Papazian (133) vs. Travis Clay (131.2)

    Coke Chunhawatr (137.4) vs. Anmvar Boynazarov (140.4)

    Chris Culley (150.2) vs. Brian Del Rosario (146.6)

    Kronphet Phetrachapat (143.6) vs. Gaston Bolanos (142.4)

    Ashley Nichos (119.2) vs. Tiffany Van Soest (119) for Womens’ super bantamweight title

    Charlie Peters (146.4) vs. Fabio Pinca (145.2)

    VICTORY FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS ON UFC FIGHT PASS AT 10 P.M.

    Josh Neer vs. Anthony Smith for the middleweight title

    Jake Lindsey vs. Yuri Villefort

    NEW JAPAN FROM KORAKUEN HALL FOR SHINSUKE NAKAMURA’S FAREWELL MATCH AT 4:30 A.M. TONIGHT EASTERN AND 1:30 A.M. PACIFIC ON NEW JAPAN WORLD

    David Finlay vs. Kawato Hirai

    Jay White vs. Yoshi-Hashi

    Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & Jushin Liger vs. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask

    Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale

    Kushida & Ryusuke Taguchi & Captain New Japan vs. Tetsuya Naito & Evil & Bushi

    Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma & Michael Elgin & Juice Robinson vs. Kenny Omega & Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows & Cody Hall

    Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii in the All-Star trios match

    We’ll be looking for reports on Saturday from the TNA tapings in London, WWE in Macon, GA (Roman Reigns vs. Rusev for WWE title, Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens for IC title, New Day vs. Usos for tag titles) and Chattanooga (Kane vs. Bray Wyatt plus Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman, Luke Harper, Big Show and Kalisto) as well as NXT shows in Royal Oak, MI and Venice, FL.

    UFC ON FOX ON SATURDAY FROM THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER IN NEWARK, NJ

    Fight Pass at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time

    Randy Brown vs. Matt Dwyer

    Tony Martin vs. Felipe Olivieri

    Damon Jackson vs. Levan Makashvili

    FS 1 at 5 p.m.

    Alex Bruce Leroy Caceres vs. Masio Fullen

    George Sullivan vs. Alexander Yakovlev

    Wilson Reis vs. Dustin Ortiz

    Kevin Casey vs. Rafael Natal

    Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Diego Ferreira

    Jake Ellenberger vs. Tarec Saffiedine

    FOX at 10 p.m.

    Sage Northcutt vs. Bryan Barbarena

    Iuri Alcantara vs. Jimmie Rivera

    Ben Rothwell vs. Josh Barnett

    Anthony Rumble Johnson vs. Ryan Bader

    PRO WRESTLING NOAH SUNDAY FROM YOKOHAMA BUNKA GYM

    Yoshihiro Takayama & Quiet Storm & Hajime Ohara & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Akitoshi Saito & Hitoshi Kumano & Kaito Kiyomiya

    Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

    Shelton Benjamin vs. Mitsuhiro Kitamiya

    Maybach Taniguchi vs. Takashi Iizuka

    Daisuke Harada & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Taka Michinoku & Taichi for GHC jr. tag titles

    Taiji Ishimori vs. Kenou for GHC jr. title 

    Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Mohammed Yone & Katsuhiko Nakajima for GHC tag titles

    Minoru Suzuki vs. Go Shiozaki

    Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takashi Sugiura for GHC heavyweight title

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    Figure Four Weekly

    Figure Four Weekly 1/18/2016: Gawker’s motion to dismiss Hulk Hogan lawsuit denied
    Gawker’s motion to dismiss the Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit is denied, plus news and notes

    Wrestling Observer Newsletter

    The Latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter: February 1, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2016 Royal Rumble, Road to Wrestlemania, more

    Coverage of the Royal Rumble and where things lead to WrestleMania is the lead story in a jam-packed news issue of the Wrestling Observer.  TNA’s statements regarding A.J. Styles, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson, the timing, what is accurate, and a lot that wasn’t in those statements as to why the deal didn’t happen. The process that led the stars from New Japan and more. The Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum injuries and title match cancellation and what directions UFC took to try and save it.  More on the injury to Hiroshi Tanahashi, the death of Archie “Mongolian Stomper” Gouldie, some stories about his life and career.  WWE Hall of Fame class of 2016, New Japan Fantatstica Mania tour with full rundowns and stories behind it, Nikki Bella injury and what led to the increase in ratings for Raw and Smackdown.

    The story behind why HHH won the title, why it was the right booking decision given the destination, questions about the execution, the confusing Fast Lane main event, what the original booking plan was behind Roman Reigns ascension to the top and why it was so hard for Vince McMahon to decide against his winning at last year’s WrestleMania, and questions about the crowds at Fast Lane and Mania for the main events. Update WrestleMania, chart out the Royal Rumble with how long everyone was in, eliminations, and news, Rumble business, poll results and match-by-match results with star ratings. 

    The situation with New Japan losing talent, and how the CMLL stars did on the tour.

    The arrival of Shinsuke Nakamura to WWE and why he’s in NXT, an update on Daniel Bryan, NXT finances for talent, another endorsement deal for Dwayne Johnson, notes on the next WWE network live special, updates on NXT talent coming to the main roster, lots of WWE injury notes, WWE plans for post-Mania and the European tour, Lesnar dates, details on NXT tapings as well as details on all the weekend WWE events.

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    Check out the latest Online Wrestling Observer BACK ISSUE: December 28, 1998 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Bischoff gets historic NBC deal, WCW files lawsuit against WWF over Wrestling With Shadows, more

    Eric Bischoff and NBC work out a historic deal to air WCW on NBC, WCW files a lawsuit against WWF over Wrestling With Shadows, plus tons of news.

    THURSDAY NEWS UPDATE

    Dana White said today that Cain Velasquez will be undergoing back surgery but is expected to make a full recovery in four weeks.

    Gypsy Joe has been on a ventilator since last Thursday.  Joe had one of the longest wrestling careers in history.  He’ll be having a procedure done and try to get him off the ventilator.  If that doesn’t work he will be released to hospice care.  He was something of a legend in Japan for his willingness to take punishment and for his conditioning into his 60s.

    Alberto Del Rio is out of action with a back injury.  He was scheduled on WWE’s weekend shows to face Kalisto.  The injury came from taking a vertical suplex from Brock Lesnar in the Royal Rumble.  He will be reevaluated on Monday in Birmingham.  

    Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus and Brock Lesnar vs. Luke Harper are now confirmed for the next WWE Network live special on 3/12 from Toronto’s Ricoh Coliseum.  There will also be a Highlight Reel with Chris Jericho.  A.J. Styles, Paige and New Day will also be on the show.

    Abel “Juan” Reynosa passed away this past week at the age of 59.  Reynosa wrestled most of his career in his hometown of San Antonio.  He got his main career pushes as Taras Bulba working in Tennessee and had a run as a headliner in the latter days of World Class Championship Wrestling, feuding with Jerry Lawler and Kerry Von Erich.

    Lucha Underground did 109,000 viewers on Tuesday night on El Rey for the live show and an impressive 85,000 for the immediate replay.  Those were the best numbers the show has ever done, which makes sense, because they had more publicity going in than any episode to date, particularly the ESPN hit.

    WWE

    • With Sheamus injured, the scheduled Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus house show main events are now Reigns vs. Rusev (who is now the one man League of Nation) for the WWE title.
    • Adrian Jaoude, who is a WWE developmental performer from Brazil, who they are grooming to be a major Brazilian star, will be competing in the 2016 Olympics.  The WWE web site has a story on him.
    • Advertised for 2/17 in Fresno is Chris Jericho vs. Bray Wyatt and Ryback & The Dudleys vs. Erick Rowan & Luke Harper & Braun Strowman (thanks to Bryan White)
    • The March NXT show in Columbus, OH sold out immediately today.  That was expected given it’s a small building and it’s the Arnold Fitness Expo weekend.
    • The stock was up 8 cents today to close at $17.90.
    • An article on Big E learning the entertainment side of wrestling
    • A story on Carmella from the Staten Island Advance, noting she’s really not from Staten Island
    • T-Mobile adds WWE to Binge On
    • A.J. Styles entrance music

    UFC

    MISCELLANEOUS

    • Hiroshi Tanahashi did worktoday’s New Japan show in Tokorozawa.  He dislocated his shoulder last week but is refusing to take any time off.
    • WaleMania II was officially announced for 3/31 at Winston’s Supper club in Dallas.  Tickets go on sale Monday at www.MLW.com andwww.WaleMania.EventBrite.com  There will be a live podcast with Konnan, Court Bauer and Mister Saint Laurent.  From 8-9 p.m. for VIP ticket holders only there will be a meet and greet cocktail party with a special guest to be announced (may be a big one), red carpet arrival and first access to the venue for a seat for the podcast.  The podcast for VIP & GA ticket holders will be 9-11 p.m. with a live Q&A with fans.  11 p.m. to 2 a.m. will be an after party featuring a Wale concert.  Many major names from pro wrestling will be there.  VIP tickets are $50 and GA are $15.  You must be 21 or older to attend and you will be ID’d.
    • Lucha Underground debuts in Canada.  It will be on TLN  Sunday at 10 p.m. Eastern., with the episode that aired in the U.S. on Wednesday 
    • Kurt Angle is publicly campaigning for Marco Rubio for president.
    • A story on the top matches of 2015
    • A photo feature on legends from Wrestling at the Chase TV in St. Louis
    • An interview with Bobby Roode & James Storm from England’s Sky News Radio
    • Raquel of TNA, real name Gabi Castrovinci from Tough Enough, is now training in Orlando at the Team Vision Dojo.  They’ve been filming her for a possible TV show. 
    • Tuesday night CMLL results from Guadalanjar:  Furia Roja & Carlos Roggi  b Explosivo & Star Black, Canelo Casas & Metalico & Rafaga b Magnum & Magnus & Oro Jr., Fuego & Guerrero Maya Jr. & The Panther b Cuatrero & Forastero & Sanson, Dragon Lee & Mistico & Volador Jr. b Mephisto & Ephesto & Luciferno, Marco Corleone & La Mascara & Rush b Dragon Rojo Jr. & Kraneo & Thunder (thanks to Kris Zellner)
    • Sean Wheelock, a regular guest of our show, will be announcing the Victory Fighting Championships tonight on UFC Fight Pass at 10 p.m.

    ON THIS DAY IN WORLD PRO WRESTLING HISTORY: Daily pro wrestling history (1/29): Junkyard Dog & Killer Karl Kox win Mid South Tag Team Titles

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  • WOL: More WWE injuries, NXT vs. main roster, Dasher Hatfield interview, more!

    Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including more injuries to WWE stars, big names going to NXT before the main roster, an interview with DASHER HATFIELD of Chikara, and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • B&V: Raw, NXT, LUCHA UNDERGROUND, Granny, more!

    The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with a PACKED show! We’ve got our usual Granny Q&A to open up the show, then full reviews of Raw from Monday with Vinny, NXT from Full Sail with a three-way main event to determine a number-one contender to the title, and THE DEBUT OF SEASON TWO OF LUCHA UNDERGROUND! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • Josh Nason’s Punch-Out: Jim Genia on MMA in New York, UFC on Fox, Ronda on SNL, more

    With MMA’s legalization in New York delayed a bit longer this past week and with UFC touching down in New Jersey, who better to talk to about the MMA scene in the Empire State than New York-based MMA journalist and author Jim Genia?

    Jim dropped by the 31st edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out with the following items on the menu:

    – How Jim got into MMA writing

    – His thoughts on Ronda Rousey’s debut on Saturday Night Live and the subsequent vitriol that erupted online

    – The mess that was the former UFC 196 and thoughts on the roles of both Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez

    – Whether Jim thinks Velasquez is past his “expiration date” as a fighter

    – A detailed look at what this past week meant for MMA being legalized in New York, and what he’s learned in over 10 years of covering the case.

    – His memories of seeing Frankie Edgar, Jon Jones, Chris Weidman and Aljamain Sterling on the regional scene and their current plight today

    – Our thoughts on some of the action coming up on Fox in Newark, NJ….and more!

    Take a look at Jim’s coverage here, here, and here, buy his book, and then click below to listen to the show:

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  • Daily Update: Tanahashi will work through injury; Early CTE detection close?

    There’s a big weekend coming up of events, including TNA tapings in the U.K., New Japan having Shinsuke Nakamura’s last match which airs late tomorrow/early Saturday our time live on New Japan World, Pro Wrestling NOAH has a big show, UFC has a show on FOX and Lucha Underground will be taping Ultima Lucha season two.

    SMACKDOWN TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. ON USA NETWORK

    Dolph Ziggler & Titus O’Neil & Usos vs. New Day & The Miz

    Kalisto vs. Neville for the U.S. title

    A.J. Styles vs. Curtis Axel

    Charlotte vs. Natalya non-title

    Chris Jericho & Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt & Erick Rowan & Luke Harper

    If you’ve ever wanted to WATCH our radio shows here on the site, check out our new Youtube page! No full video shows, but lots of video clips, full free audio shows that you can tell your friends about, and much more to come! Make sure you subscribe today!  The latest video is “Kill that Mole”.  A silent film we created a few years ago starring Bryan and Vince.

    Figure Four Weekly

    Figure Four Weekly 1/18/2016: Gawker’s motion to dismiss Hulk Hogan lawsuit denied
    Gawker’s motion to dismiss the Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit is denied, plus news and notes

    Wrestling Observer Newsletter

    The Latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter: February 1, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2016 Royal Rumble, Road to Wrestlemania, more

    Coverage of the Royal Rumble and where things lead to WrestleMania is the lead story in a jam-packed news issue of the Wrestling Observer.  TNA’s statements regarding A.J. Styles, Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson, the timing, what is accurate, and a lot that wasn’t in those statements as to why the deal didn’t happen. The process that led the stars from New Japan and more. The Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum injuries and title match cancellation and what directions UFC took to try and save it.  More on the injury to Hiroshi Tanahashi, the death of Archie “Mongolian Stomper” Gouldie, some stories about his life and career.  WWE Hall of Fame class of 2016, New Japan Fantatstica Mania tour with full rundowns and stories behind it, Nikki Bella injury and what led to the increase in ratings for Raw and Smackdown.

    The story behind why HHH won the title, why it was the right booking decision given the destination, questions about the execution, the confusing Fast Lane main event, what the original booking plan was behind Roman Reigns ascension to the top and why it was so hard for Vince McMahon to decide against his winning at last year’s WrestleMania, and questions about the crowds at Fast Lane and Mania for the main events. Update WrestleMania, chart out the Royal Rumble with how long everyone was in, eliminations, and news, Rumble business, poll results and match-by-match results with star ratings. 

    The situation with New Japan losing talent, and how the CMLL stars did on the tour.

    The arrival of Shinsuke Nakamura to WWE and why he’s in NXT, an update on Daniel Bryan, NXT finances for talent, another endorsement deal for Dwayne Johnson, notes on the next WWE network live special, updates on NXT talent coming to the main roster, lots of WWE injury notes, WWE plans for post-Mania and the European tour, Lesnar dates, details on NXT tapings as well as details on all the weekend WWE events.

    PLUS MUCH MORE! CLICK HERE FOR A FULL WRESTLING OBSERVER PREVIEW

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    Check out the latest Online Wrestling Observer BACK ISSUE: December 28, 1998 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Bischoff gets historic NBC deal, WCW files lawsuit against WWF over Wrestling With Shadows, more

    Eric Bischoff and NBC work out a historic deal to air WCW on NBC, WCW files a lawsuit against WWF over Wrestling With Shadows, plus tons of news.

    THURSDAY NEWS UPDATE

    A story with Dr. Robert Cantu in the Boston Herald talking about how close they are to being able to detect CTE in living people and what that will mean for sports

    Hiroshi Tanahashi is planning on working the upcoming New Japan tour.  It used to be considered a sign of toughness in another era to do that.  Today, the sign of toughness is the ability to admit when you’re hurt and make the tough decision to take time off.  He’s in a lot of pain, and will be working lots of tags and trying to get through it.   

    TNA announced that Will Ospreay vs. Mark Andrews would take place on tomorrow’s TV tapings in Manchester, England.  I hope they give them time because they’ll put on a fantastic TV match.

    The University of Michigan announced today that they were bringing in Ric Flair on 2/3 to meet with their 2016 recruiting class.  He’ll join a number of other celebrities that include Desmond Howard, pitcher Derek Holland, famous football coach Lou Holtz and former NFL coach Mike Shanahan. 

    Josh Barnett’s open workout today was a pro wrestling match, that’s not the first time he’s done that.

    WWE

    • WWE and 2K announced a new multi-year exclusive contract giving 2K worldwide rights to develop and publish WWE video game properties across all major platforms.  They will continue to do WWE 2K and WWE Super Card franchises.
    • A pre-sale for WWE Axxess tickets starts Monday at 9 a.m. Central time.
    • A pre-sale for the final Raw and Smackdown prior to WrestleMania, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, is on right now through tomorrownight at 10 p.m.  You need the code BKRAW.  HHH, Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Sheamus, Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio are the listed stars.
    • WWE Studios and Blumhouse Production have bought a new indie movie called “Sleight”, a science fiction thriller about a street magician in New York.  WWE Studio officials saw the movie at Sundance and decided to get involved.
    • WWE stock was up 25 cents per share today to close at $17.82.
    • Battarelli Research yesterday published an analysis saying “WWE is about to get body slammed.” 
    • The upcoming show in Magdeburg Germany is sold out, in a small arena (thanks to Bronco Groen)
    • A 3/15 show in Asbury Park, NJ for the NXT brand is sold out. 
    • Wale attended the WWE show on Monday night in Miami.  He took photos with Vince McMahon, HHH and Dwayne Johnson. 
    • Announced for 3/19 in White Plains, NY at the Westchester County Center

    Big Show vs. Bray Wyatt

    Kalisto vs. Alberto Del Rio for the U.S. title

    Dudleys & Kane vs. Braun Strowman & Erick Rowan & Luke Harper

    Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev (thanks to Mike Omansky)

    UFC/MMA

    • Johny Hendricks’ Bigg Rigg Steak House in Midlothian, TX closed up after one year.
    • Bellator has its first show of the year tomorrow night in Fresno at the Save Mart Center, on Spike, headlined by Paul Daley vs. Andy Uhrich.
    • UFC announced these fights for its 4/10 show in Zagreb, Croatia.  Tickets go on sale 2/12

    Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Ruslan Magomedov

    Igor Pokrajac (from Zagreb) vs. Jan Blachowicz (Poland)

    Francis Ngannou (the Paris heavyweight that has a freaky physique) vs. Bojan Mihajiovic (Serbia)

    Nicholas Dalby (Denmark) vs. Bartosz Fabinski (Poland)

    MISCELLANEOUS

    • The Saturday night PBC show on FOX ended up doing 2.5 million viewers and peaked at 3.5 million for the Danny Garcia vs. Robert Guerrero main event.  I would suspect the UFC numbers on Saturday will be somewhat similar.  It was the largest PBC audience in several months.
    • ROH sent out a release that Shinsuke Nakamura won’t be appearing on their 2/26 PPV show.  I think that’s been known since 1/5. 
    • Steve and Colby Corino are headed to Zero-One in March. 
    • NJPW Europe noted it’s your last chance to buy Shinsuke Nakamura King of  Strong Style T-shirts 
    • A giveaway of the audio book for Bob Holly’s autobiography, as well as some info about a short film he’s made with Ross Williams, the guy he wrote his book with.
    • A story on what WWE can learn from New Japan
    • A story on TNA’s UK tour
    • Pro Wrestling Phoenix from last night in Omaha:  Branden Juarez DDQ L-Ray, Robert Storm b Mad Dog McDowell, Zac James b Pat Powers, Paul & Joey Daniels b Dalton Lee Roth & Purple, Ariya Daivari b Blue Rocket, Arik Cannon b Mark Sterling to win the PWP title.  Next show is 2/13 in Council Bluffs, IA at the National Guard Armory.
    • Brian Last and David Bixenspan talk to Mongolian Stomper’s friend Beau James, as well as Stampede wrestling author Heath McCoy on the Stomper
    • One of Stardom’s best matches with Io Shirai vs. Kairi Hojo in the 1/17 Korakuen Hall anniversary show main event
    • Marvelous Puroresu on 2/13 in Elmhurst, NY at the Queensbro Elks Lodge at 4 p.m. with Rocky Romero vs. Amazing Red.  Mio Momono make her pro wrestling debut.  She’s a highly touted protege of Chigusa Nagayo (the most popular female wrestler of her time), who will also be wrestling on the show.  Also appearing are Kyoko Kimura, Renee Michelle, Kimber Lee, Heidi Lovelace, Will Ferrara and Cheeseburger
    • NWA Mid South on Saturday night in Dyresburg, TN at the Herb Welch Wrestle Plex with Matt Riviera & Rob Conway vs. Jeremy Moore & ? for the NWA world tag team titles and John Saxon vs. Greg Anthony for the National title.  Gary Cappetta will be attending as guest ring announcer and to be inducted into the Mid South Hall of Fame.
    • ECWA on Saturday night in Woodbury Heights, NJ at the Community Center.
    • Maryland Championship Wrestling on 2/13 in Joppa, MD at the MCW Arena features the Hardy Boys.  The main event is King McBride defending the MCW title against Matt Hardy, who will have Jeff Hardy in his corner.
    • CZW will induct WWE ref and former CZW star Drake Weurtz (Drake Younger) into its Hall of Fame on 2/13 at the show at Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ.  The main event will be a ladder match with Matt Tremont defending his CZW title against Devon Moore in a ladder match.
    • NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling on 2/13 in Kingsport, TN at the Civic Auditorium with Jax Dane vs. Toby Farley for the NWA title.
    • Capital City Championship Combat on 3/19 in Ottawa at the Vanier Columbus Club.
    • CHIKARA Pro on 1/30 in Philadelphia at the Wrestle Factory in their season opener.
    • NWA Parade of Champions on 3/31 in Fort Worth at the Ridglea Theater includes a Jim Cornette Q&A at 3 p.m., A meet and greet from 5-7 p.m. with Sabu, Cornette, Marc Lowrance and Mike McGuirk plus matches with Jax Dane, Ray Rowe, Amber Gallows, Chase Owns, Rob Conway, Matt Riviera and more.
    • Beyond Wrestling on 1/31 in Somerville, MA have a show that is sold out for a month that features Matt Riddle, Zack Sabre Jr., Chris Hero, Chris Dickinson, Tommaso Ciampa and more.
    • Rockstar Pro has an iPPV on 2/5 from Dayton headlined by Armageddon Games.
    • Nova Pro Wrestling on Sunday in Springfield, VA with Sonjay Dutt and the Bravado Brothers at the Annandale Sports Center at 5 pm.
    • Lucha Libre VOZ on 3/19 at the Arizona State Prepatory Academy in Phoenix with El Hijo del Rey Misterio vs. Rush vs. Bestia 666 vs. Niebla Roja.
    • Grand Slam Pro Wrestling on 2/6 in Moosic, PA at the Youth Center.
    • Collector’s Realm at the Dutchess Marketplace in Fishkill, NY has Sami Callihan appearing on Saturday from Noon to 1:30 p.m.; and Jim Duggan on 2/13 from Noon to 2 p.m.
    • The Laugh It Up Comedy Club at Mahoney’s in Poughkeepsie NY has Jim Duggan doing a show at 6:30 p.m. on 2/13 and Jim Cornette doing a show on 3/5 at 11 p.m.     
    • A story on Jim Duggan performing in Buffalo
    • CTV in Montreal did a piece on local wrestler Shayne Hawke (real name Andrew Stott) on his battles with depression
    • A story on Andre the Giant and the end of his career
    • If anyone has video footage from Buffalo Wrestling Federation out of Las Vegas (also known as Buffalo Jim’s Wrestling), from 1999 to 2004, please contact Roy Lucier at roywarrenlucier@yahoo.com
    • Nine Legends, a new wrestling film starring Bill Goldberg, Mike Tyson, Bret Hart, Rob Van Dam, Lita, Randy Couture, Ted DiBiase, Dynamite Kid and Chris Jericho is now available to stream at www.ninelegendsfilm.com for just $5.  Check out this trailer.

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  • WWE injury woes continue with Sheamus arm tendonitis

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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.