Category: Announcments

Rousey VS Correia headlines UFC190

Just yesterday we posted a story of a possible match up between women’s Batemweight champion Ronda Rousey and undefeated challenger Bethe Corriea.

Now after the announcement made today  by UFC president Dana White at the UFC189 world tour press conference that bout is now official! and by the looks of the state down from these two this fight is going to be good.

You can check out the staredown here http://instagram.com/p/0dYvQ1LDOs/

Also announced for the card will be a rematch of one of the greatest fights in PRIDE history, as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua battles Rogerio Nogueira in a light heavyweight bout fans have demanded.

So who’s excited for Aug 1st? I know I am

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Japanese Wrestling Legend Tatsumi Fujinami Announced For WWE HOF 2015

Japanese wrestling legend Tatsumi Fujinami will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015. Fujinami became the first person to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Heavyweight Champion simultaneously when he defeated NWA Champion Ric Flair for the title on March 21, 1991 in front of over 50,000 fans at the Tokyo Dome.

Alicia Fox To Appear On Syfy Series

WWE Diva Alicia Fox will appear on an upcoming episode of the new Syfy series Dominion.

The Rock To Host SNL On March 28

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be the host of Saturday Night Live on March 28th with musical guest George Ezra.

WWE Signs 2 New Wrestlers

Squared Circle Sirens reports that WWE has signed Canadian female wrestler Jasmin Areebi.

 

News.com.au reports that WWE has signed Australian bodybuilder Chris Atkins.

 

 

“The Living Legend” Larry Zbyszko In WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2015

“The Living Legend” Larry Zbyszko was announced as an inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015. Zbyszko is a former 2-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion. Zbyszko will be inducted by his hero, WWE Hall of Famer Bruno Sammartino.

Zbyszko commented on his WWE Hall of Fame induction:

“My gut feeling over the years was probably someday, sooner or later, I’d be getting in – and nit just because of the long career I had. I’m a fan at heart; I love this business, and the Hall of Fame is an awesome part of the business. This has been my life, and if I had to do it again, I’d do it all the same – except maybe not get married so many times.”

“I already have a speech in my head; it kind of just popped in there, because it’s the story of my dream – to become like my hero Bruno Sammartino. And I’ll also thank the people who helped me along the way. I’ve always considered myself one of the boys – everyone calls me ‘Sir’ these days, but I’m not that old!”

Kevin Owens injury 

it was reported at wrestlinginc.com and various news sites that NXT champion Kevin Owens underwent surgery late last week to prepare a knee injury. The champion tweeted the following regarding his current situation

http://t.co/JH0WB7K5hE Yes, I had knee surgery. No, it won’t slow me down. Why? Because I’m Kevin Owens, silly! #SoonToBeBetterThanEver

— Kevin Owens (@FightOwensFight) March 16, 2015

It was also reported that Owens has already began rehab but there is yet to be a time table for his return.

All of us here wish Owens a speedy recovery.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Spoiler: Big Name On RAW Tonight

There are a lot of reports by other wrestling news sites that Sting is in Des Moines, Iowa the site for tonight’s RAW and he will be appearing live on RAW to hype the WrestleMania 31 match with Triple H.

New talent in NXT 

Australian female wrestler KC Cassidy has signed a developmental deal with WWE and will report to the WWE performance center in April.

Lance Storm said a student of his was signed to a contract on MLW radio a few weeks back and since has been confirmed it was KC Cassidy. She had a tryout with WWE back in August and was awaiting a visa clearance to be able to move to the states.

Cassidy has recently competed in “PWA” She began wrestling in 2009 and is a firmer champion in her own right. I’m sure her presence in NXT will be a greet one thus adding that much more diversity to an already established talented roster.

Follow Cassidy @KCCassidy_ on Twitter

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91

TNA to air knockout special 

On the April 17th editon of ImpactWrestling the show will be dedicated to the knockouts divison. The title of the show will be TKO: Total Knockouts.

Let me tell you something folks, news like this makes me feel like it’s Christmas morning. The women in the knockouts divisions are something special. They’re superior athletes and some of them are the best women to ever lace up a pair of boots. If you haven’t watched anything knockout related or TNA related in general this event is the perfect day to start.

It was announced that new knockouts will debut at TKO (although no one in particular has been named in sure this will shake up the already star studded divison. Also announced we’re two matches. One of those matches being for the Knockouts title where the champion Taryn Terrell defending her title against Awesome Kong. The second match that was announced was a fatal 4 way Number 1 contenders match between Brooke Tessmatcher, Gail Kim, Angelina Love and Madison Rayne.

Based on those two matches alone I know I’m not going to want to miss this and I can tell you that if you’re a professional wrestling fan who respects women in the business just as much as the men neither are you.

Are you guys excited for this event? I know I am. What other knockout would you like to see compete? For me it would be Jessika Havok.

Remember you can catch impactwrestling on destination America every Friday at 7PT/10ET

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)