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NJPW G1 Special 7/7/18

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NJPW G1 Special will take place from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California at 8pm ET/5pm PT airing live  on AXS TV in the United States.

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: (C) Kenny Omega vs. Cody

IWGP United States Championship: (C) Jay White vs. Juice Robinson

IWGP Tag Team Championship: (C) The Young Bucks vs. EVIL and SANADA

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: (C) Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee

Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI

NEVER Openweight Championship: (C) Hirooki Goto vs. Jeff Cobb

KUSHIDA & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Marty Scurll & Hangman Page

Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki

SHO, YOH, Rocky Romero, Gedo & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Chase Owens, Yurijo Takahashi, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga & King Haku

US residents can watch the show live on AXS TV. Those outside of the US can watch live on NJPW World (about $9 to sign-up).

UFC 226 Miocic vs. Cormier Fight Card 7/7/18

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MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • (C) Stipe Miocic (242.5) vs. Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier (246) – Heavyweight Title Fight
  • Derrick Lewis (264.5) vs. Francis Ngannou (253)
  • Paul Felder (170) vs. Mike Perry (170.5)
  • Michael Chiesa (157.5)* vs. Anthony Pettis ()
  • Khalil Rountree (205) vs. Gokhan Saki (206)

PRELIMINARY CARD (8 p.m. ET)

  • Paulo Costa (185.5) vs. Uriah Hall ()
  • Raphael Assuncao (136) vs. Rob Font (135.5)
  • Drakkar Klose (156) vs. Lando Vannata (156)
  • Max Griffin (170.5) vs. Curtis Millender (170.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Gilbert Burns (155.5) vs. Dan Hooker (155.5)
  • Jamie Moyle (116) vs. Emily Whitmire (116)

*Chiesa missed the lightweight limit by 1.5 pounds

MLW: Fusion Preview 7/6/18

Kick off your weekend with Major League Wrestling: FUSION tonight on beIN SPORTS at 8pm ET / 5pm PT.  Learn more how you can watch FUSION here.

BoilerRoom

For the first time in almost 20 years see a BOILER ROOM BRAWL tonight only on MLW FUSION as MVP and Sami Callihan’s feud reaches the point of no return. See this wild encounter on beIN SPORTS tonight!

After Tom Lawlor’s comments during the ACH vs. Swann match, ACH & Rich Swann vs Team Filthy’s Tom Lawlor and Simon Gotch has been signed for tonight.  Will Team Filthy ground and pound the high energy and high flying ACH and Swann?  Or will aerial combat overwhelm Team Filthy?

Is the reigning World Heavyweight Champion Shane “Swerve” Strickland feeling the pressure? The champ will speak exclusively about Low Ki challenging him for the belt and Salina de la Renta’s $60,000 bounty.

Speaking of Low Ki, the man challenging Strickland for the coveted championship will have a tune-up match TONIGHT!

BATTLE RIOT CONTROL CENTER WITH EXCLUSIVE!
Will your favorite wrestlers join the 40-man first-ever Battle Riot? Find out!  [Buy tickets to see it live]

Join Tony Schiavone and Rich Bocchini as they call the action for an action packed 60 minute shot of Major League Wrestling: FUSION!

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The Miz Participating In The MLB All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game

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The Miz will be missing the July 15th WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view as he will be participating in the MLB All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball game that day at Nationals Park in Washington, DC. The game will air the next day, Monday, on ESPN after the T-Mobile Home Run Derby. Miz made the announcement in the video below:

https://twitter.com/mikethemiz/status/1015244765175205888

Kane Receives Criticism For Still Wrestling While Running For Mayor

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In March of 2017, Glenn “Kane” Jacobs announced that he was running for Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. For the past two years, the 51-year-old Kane has been transitioning out of his near 25-year wrestling career into a career in politics.

During his campaign, Kane has made sporadic appearances for WWE, including attacking Roman Reigns during his steel cage match against Braun Strowman last October, commencing feuds against Braun Strowman and Finn Balor, and competing against Strowman and Brock Lesnar at this year’s Royal Rumble for the Universal Championship. He was also a part of the Andre the Giant Battle Royal on the Kickoff Show of WrestleMania 34 in April.

In May, Kane’s campaign led him to successfully winning (by a margin of just 17 votes) the Republican primary for mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. En route to the election in August, Kane made another WWE return by moving to SmackDown Live and reforming his Team Hell No partnership with Daniel Bryan.

While WWE fans were very receptive of Kane returning, his political opposition, Democratic candidate Linda Haney, felt that it was not a good strategy in hopes to become mayor.

“I was really stunned to find out he was still pursuing it,” Haney stated, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. “I thought it was in the past. I thought in this crucial time he’d want to be here and be with the people. Being an entertainer doesn’t make you a political figure. It may get you some votes, but I believe people want someone with common sense and who is [ready to lead].”

Speaking to Newsweek, Kane defended his decision to resume his career as a professional wrestler.

“After I am elected mayor, I’ll be mayor,” said Jacobs. “I’m sure some people will say that (I’m not focused) and some others will say that’s the coolest thing ever. Again, you can’t make everyone happy. You just do what you can and that’s it… you’re always going to catch criticism no matter what you do.

“I may still do a few special things [in wrestling, if elected]. I’ve done it for 23 years now and have quite a history, it’ll always be part of my life. I think the question is if I am taking [running] seriously, and of course I am. I wouldn’t [be running] if not.”

At Extreme Rules, Kane will have an opportunity to add the SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships to his long list of WWE titles, as he and Daniel Bryan will be competing against The Bludgeon Brothers.

Source: WrestlingINC

ROH Releases Statement About Taeler Hendrix’s Allegations Against Jay Lethal

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It was reported the other day that former ROH performer Taeler Hendrix stated that she was taken off of ROH TV for not sleeping with Lethal. Ring Of Honor released a statement to Sean Radican of PWTorch regarding the allegations…

We were troubled to hear the allegations that surfaced last night on Twitter. We take these matters very seriously and will be investigating this situation thoroughly, reviewing all evidence related to the matter. Ring of Honor strives to provide an environment and workplace where male and female wrestlers are free from any misconduct or abuse. We will take appropriate action upon the conclusion of our findings.

Source: 411Mania

Ronda Rousey Inducted Into UFC Hall Of Fame Last Night

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UFC has posted a highlight of last night’s Hall of Fame ceremony in Las Vegas, which featured the induction of former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion and current WWE star “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey to close the ceremony last night.

UFC President Dana White inducted Rousey into the Hall of Fame on Thursday, talking about her contribution to the sport of MMA and breaking barriers.

“She proved that women could headline big Pay Per View events, sell out the biggest arenas. She broke barriers, smashed records and put together the most dominant run by any athlete that anybody had ever seen in combat sports at the time.”

MMAFightingonSBN posted highlights from the 2018 UFC Hall of Fame ceremony, including highlights of Ronda’s acceptance speech.

WWE posted a quick clip of Rousey after her induction speech, noting she was getting ready to leave Las Vegas to head to a WWE live event in Philadelphia this weekend.

Impact Wrestling Preview 7/5/18

Tonight IMPACT Wrestling on Pop TV once again calls St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada home as the road to Slammiversary continues to blaze a trail through Canada. The night after America celebrates it’s Independence Day, the Stars and Knockouts of IMPACT Wrestling will be ready for action:

* Rich Swann vs. Fenix

* Killer Kross makes his Impact in-ring debut vs. Fallah Bahh

* Su Yung & The Undead Maid of Honor vs. Madison Rayne & Allie

* Konnan says he knows who took him out at Redemption and plans on telling the world who that person is tonight.

* Tommy Dreamer will speak about what happened last week when he was attacked by Eddie Edwards in Philadelphia.

* Kongo Kong vs. Brian Cage

Kenny Omega On WWE: I Would Feel Like It’s A Missed Opportunity If I Couldn’t Work With Them

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Kenny Omega completed a long journey when he defeated Kacuchika Okada at NJPW’s Dominion show to become IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Now Omega is the top name in New Japan Pro Wrestling and is set to defend his new title at the Cow Palace this Saturday. Omega’s match at the G1 USA Special will not only be for his championship, but the leadership role in The Bullet Club is up for grabs as well.

WWE had Kenny Omega in their developmental territory for a short time when he performed in Deep South Wrestling, but he left in 2016 after only a year.

Omega previously told WrestlingINC’s Aaron Varble he feels he would do well in adapting to WWE’s environment. He was recently a guest on The Ross Report where The Cleaner was asked about the possibility of WWE and Omega joining forces down the line.

“I’ve been keeping up to date on kind of the goings on and I always at the very least look at the highlights of every show, both brands, 205 Live, and even the NXT stuff. I’m really happy for everyone that’s doing well there.

“I was able to work in a fantastic program with The New Day [at E3] and they really brought something special to that sort of feud because all three of those guys are very special athletes, they’re very special performers. They have a special kind of charisma. They know how to work the people, work for cameras, work for the TV. When I think about the possibilities of what it would be like if I could ever mix it up with some of those guys it gets me excited. because they are a lot of great performers.”

Omega continued discussing Superstars in WWE, but also stated how good the talent is in so many other promotions as well. He said it would be impossible to have a bad match at this point due to the rich talent available. It would also be a missed opportunity if he wasn’t able to eventually mix it up with some of the top names on WWE’s roster

“A lot of the guys that even though they came up through the indies you know we were in different stages of our lives and we never mixed it up together. I could say you know if I could work with Seth Rollins at some point in time that would be a lot of fun.

“So when I think about the possibilities of stuff like that it does get me excited. Now every promotion has so many good guys. There’s really no way I would have a bad time going almost anywhere because the depth of the talent is just so deep. WWE right now has a very great collection of talent with guys and I would feel like it’s a missed opportunity if I couldn’t work with them at some point.”

Sources: The Ross Report and WrestlingINC

Taeler Hendrix Claims Her ROH Career Was Sabotaged For Not Sleeping With Top Star

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Taeler Hendrix worked for ROH in 2011 and once again from 2015-2017. Hendrix announced her ROH departure on April 4, 2017, and the 29-year-old has been working elsewhere since.

Hendrix made claims yesterday that she wasn’t pushed in ROH or featured on television after turning down a sexual request from now-ROH Champion Jay Lethal. At this time there is no official word on the situation, but Hendrix wrote on Instagram that her attorneys are in an on-going investigation.

She took to social media today and made these accusations while writing, “Threatening my job, the Mae Young Classic, and my career will not deter me any longer.” You can check out her posts below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk08ZuFn8Xf/?utm_source=ig_embed

Source: WrestlingINC