Month: July 2020

One year after making history with her RAW Women’s Championship Match against Alexa Bliss, marking The First-Ever Women’s WWE Match in The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sasha Banks visited Zayed Sports City Tennis Stadium and reflected back on her history making performance. “It’s quite humbling to come back,” Banks said. “Right now, it looks completely different because it was at night time and there was no tennis court. It doesn’t even feel or look like…

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As previously reported, Finn Balor didn’t work this week’s WWE Television Tapings because he is dealing with an illness. Balor worked a Live Event in Chile last week, but returned home the next day. He is still expected to face Drew McIntyre at WWE TLC this Sunday. Alexa Bliss noted on an Instagram story that she is sick as well. According to Dave Meltzer in a recent edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Bliss has…

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When you’re diving through the air and hurling your body at others with aerial acrobatics, you need a strong back, and that was the focus of special guest Jeff Hardy’s routine with Sheamus in the latest episode of Celtic Warrior Workouts. Here’s an episode description from Sheamus:  WWE Superstar Sheamus aka The Celtic Warrior here… So many comments asking for a Jeff Hardy on this channel, and to be honest, he was top of my…

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1923 Wichita, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Taro Miyake (Miyake was billed as the Jiu-Jitsu champion) 1966 Kansas City, Kansas: – The Ox defeated Bulldog Plechas – Sonny Myers defeated Ron Reed – Bob Geigel & Bob Brown defeated Mike DiBiase & Jack Donovan in three falls 1977  Tokyo, Japan: – Terry & Dory Funk Jr. defeated Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik to win the first All Japan Pro Wrestling…

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WWE Officials are working on plans to return to The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia in 2019. WWE currently has May 2019 & November 2019 penciled in for events in The Kingdom, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. There is no word yet on if these will be featured WWE Network specials but it is likely. On a related note, The Observer reports that bonuses from The Crown Jewel Event just came in. It was noted…

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Editor’s Note: With more monthly PPV-esque events available to watch than ever, an elite group rises to the top when it comes to total pageviews on our site — a good indication of what moved the meter in terms of general fan interest for both pro wrestling and MMA. The other day, we brought you 6-10 and here’s the top five. Despite the buzz about NJPW this year, WWE is still what moves the needle. 5)…

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1935 St. Louis, Missouri: – Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat George Zaharias  – Everette Marshall and Mehmet Yousoff drew  – Bronko Nagurski beat Dick Raines  1947 Kansas City, Kansas: – MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown defeated Everette Marshall  1963  Lubbock, Texas: – Dory Funk defeated Gene Kiniski for the Amarillo NWA North American Heavyweight Title  Mobile, Alabama: – Al and Don Greene defeated Jack Curtis, Jr. and Jan Madrid to win the Gulf Coast NWA…

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The UFC announced today that Fabricio Werdum will face Alexander Volkov in the main event of the March 17th Fight Night show in London at the O2 Arena. The match was put together after Michael Bisping officially said, on the advice of family and friends, that he won’t be doing a retirement fight on the show. UFC was attempting to put together Bisping vs. Rashad Evans as the main event, and when that fell through, completely switched…

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THE ROUND-UP THE LATEST NEWS WWE Prescott Valley, AZ, live results: Reigns vs. Cena Apollo Crews loses his last name on WWE roster page NJPW Perth Live Results: Chaos vs. EVIL & SANADA Jeff Jarrett to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame ROH officially launches HonorClub streaming service UFC Fight Night 126 live results: Donald Cerrone vs. Yancy Medeiros THE LATEST AUDIO WOL: Raw, Jeff Jarrett, Roman Reigns, Antonio Thomas interview, more! 2/19 WOR:…

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Gunmen kidnapped an Italian volunteer in southeast Kenya and shot five people late on Tuesday, police said, in the first abduction of a foreigner since a series of raids blamed on Somali Islamist militants six years ago. Men armed with AK-47 rifles attacked the town of Chakama and seized the 23-year-old woman who was working for the small Italian charity Africa Milele Onlus, the National Police Service added. The attackers spoke Somali and opened fire…

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