ROH announced the Louisiana Wrestling/Boxing Commission confirmed that Cody will be receiving a police escort to the ring on Saturday for his entrance. Cody will be taking on Kenny Omega in a much anticipated match that should settle who is the leader of the Bullet Club. This event will be in front of a record ROH crowd of just under 6,000 fans.
Source: WrestlingINC
ROH Supercard of Honor XII will take place Saturday night from UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The show will air on Fite TV on iPPV, or on the ROH website via Honor Club.
* Cody vs. Kenny Omega
* ROH World Championship: (C) Dalton Castle vs. Marty Scurll
* ROH Tag Team Championship: (C) The Briscoes vs. Jay Lethal & Hiroshi Tanahashi
* ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championship – Ladder Match: (C) So Cal Uncensored vs. Flip Gordon & The Young Bucks
* ROH TV Championship – Last Man Standing Match: (C) Kenny King vs. Silas Young
* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Punishment Martinez
* Kota Ibushi vs. Adam Page
* Women of Honor championship Tournament Finals
* Women of Honor championship Tournament Semifinal: Tenille Dashwood vs. Sumie Sakai
* Women of Honor championship Tournament Semifinal: Mayu Iwatani vs. Kelly Klein
* Chuckie T vs. Jonathan Gresham
WWE Championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Universal Championship: (C) Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns
SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka
RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax
Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle vs. Stephanie McMahon & Triple H
Intercontinental Championship: (C) The Miz vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor
United States Championship: (C) Randy Orton vs. Bobby Roode vs. Jinder Mahal vs. Rusev
Daniel Bryan & Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (If Owens/Zayn win they return to SmackDown, if they lose they remain fired)
RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro) vs. Braun Strowman & TBD
SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The Usos vs. The New Day vs. The Bludgeon Brothers
Will The Undertaker answer John Cena’s challenge?
(Kickoff) The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal: featuring special guest commentators WWE Hall of Famers Jim Ross and Jerry “The King” Lawler
(Kickoff) Women’s Battle Royal: featuring WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix as a special guest commentator
(Kickoff) WWE Cruiserweight Championship Finals: Cedric Alexander vs. Mustafa Ali
NXT Championship: (C) Andrade “Cien” Almas vs. Aleister Black
NXT Women’s Championship: (C) Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler
NXT North American Championship – Ladder Match: Adam Cole vs. EC3 vs. Killian Dain vs. Lars Sullivan vs. Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream
NXT Tag Team Championship: (C) Undisputed ERA Kyle O’Reilly & Adam Cole? vs. The Authors of Pain vs. Roderick Strong & Pete Dunne
Winning team also wins the Dusty Rhodes Classic
Unsanctioned Match: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Ronda Rousey is looking to have Paul Heyman represent her in the WWE storylines, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
It was noted that Rousey will likely not become a Paul Heyman Girl due to internal company politics as the pairing would not fit the big picture narrative on why Rousey was signed. The idea is for Rousey to be the babyface antagonist to Stephanie McMahon and Heyman’s role is seen as more of a heel, even though WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar ended up being a babyface with Heyman representing him, which was not how they intended for things to turn out. Some do feel that the WWE fan base will eventually turn on Rousey.
Rousey is also in WWE because the outside world will see her as the biggest star in the company, and because she’s had strong drawing power with female fans. The Observer noted that the limited data they have shows RAW viewership with men is way up when Rousey is on but female viewership is not.
Source: WrestlingINC
UFC 223 is having a rough week.
Featherweight champion Max Holloway has been pulled from Saturday’s main event fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov after being deemed medically unfit to compete. MMA Fighting confirmed the news Friday morning during UFC 223’s official weigh-ins following an initial report by ESPN.
MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani reported that commission doctors put a halt to Holloway’s weight cut in fear of his safety, however Holloway wished to continue. At the time of the decision, Holloway wanted to “keep pushing” and was “close,” a member of Holloway’s team told Helwani.
The loss of Holloway vs. Nurmagomedov marks the fourth fight to be scratched from UFC 223 over a 24-hour span, adding to the trio of fights lost on Thursday because of Conor McGregor’s attack on a fighter bus.
Holloway, 26, accepted the bout against Nurmagomedov on Sunday after an injury to Tony Ferguson derailed UFC 223’s main event six days out from fight night. Holloway’s nutritionist George Lockhart told MMA Fighting that Holloway’s impromptu weight cut was expected to be “tied for the largest weight cut” Lockhart had ever managed.
With Holloway out, the UFC is currently attempting to put together a replacement main event between Nurmagomedov and former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis.
Pettis’ original UFC 223 fight against Michael Chiesa was cancelled on Thursday after Chiesa was injured in McGregor’s bus attack. Pettis has yet to weigh-in.
Update: Holloway tweeted out this statement Friday morning.
Source: MMAFighting
The following card will air on tonight’s Impact vs. Lucha Underground live special on Twitch from WrestleCon in New Orleans, beginning at 10:00 PM ET:
* Impact World Champion Austin Aries & Fenix vs. Alberto El Patron & Lucha Underground Champion Pentagon Jr.
* Impact Tag Team Championship: LAX (c’s) vs. Killshot and Da Mack
* Impact Knockouts Championship: Allie (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie
* I Quit Match: Eddie Edwards vs. Jeremiah Crane (Sami Callihan)
* Scott Steiner & Teddy Hart vs. oVe
* Eli Drake vs. Brian Cage
* Trevor Lee vs. Famous B
* Impact X-Division Champion Matt Sydal vs. MOOSE vs. Caleb Konley vs. Matanza Cueto vs. Jack Evans vs. Chavo Guerrero
* Drago, Aerostar & King Cuerno vs. Andrew Everett, DJZ & Desmond Xavier
2018 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony from the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans 8 ET/5 PT Coverage will begin with the one-hour Red Carpet special 7 ET/4 PT. The ceremony is currently scheduled to run until 11pm ET.
* Bill Goldberg, inducted by Paul Heyman
* Mark Henry, inducted by Big Show
* Jeff Jarrett, inducted by “Road Dogg” BG James
* The Dudley Boyz, inducted by Christian & WWE Hall of Famer Edge
* Ivory, inducted by Molly Holly
* Hillbilly Jim, inducted by WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart
* Kid Rock goes into the Celebrity Wing
* Jarrius “JJ” Robertson receives the Warrior Award, presented by Dana Warrior
* Legacy Wing inductees: Lord Alfred Hayes, Stan Stasiak, Boris Malenko, Dara Singh, El Santo, Cora Combs, Jim Londos, Rufus R. Jones, Sputnik Monroe
UFC Fighter Conor McGregor crashed the UFC 223 Media Day at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY with a group of people. McGregor was seen on video throwing a hand dolly through a window of a bus carrying UFC fighters.
UFC fighters Michael Chiesa and Ray Borg was injured. Chiesa had facial lacerations and Borg experienced problems with his eye from particles of glass.
McGregor turned himself into the New York Police Department. McGregor was charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault and one count of criminal mischief.
MMA fighter Cian Cowley, who was part of McGregor’s group has been charged with assaualt and criminal mischief.
UFC fighter Artom Lobov, who was with McGregor, has been pulled from Saturday’s UFC 223 card.
Three fights had to be cancelled due to the incident – Michael Chiesa vs. Anthony Pettis, Ray Borg vs. Brandon Moreno and Artom Lobov vs. Alex Caceres.
UFC president Dana White calls McGregor’s behavior “the most disgusting thing that has happened” in UFC history. White also said that it was a “bad career move” for McGregor.
WWE has posted a video showing WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan training for his return to the ring this Sunday at WrestleMania. In the video above Bryan can be seen attempting a backflip for the first time in three years!
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