Ronda Rousey will make her debut as host of Saturday Night Live on January 23 with musical guest Selena Gomez.
This is sure to be Rousey’s first major television appearance since her crushing defeat to Holly Holm on November 14, 2015 at UFC 193.
Source: Deadline
“Y2J” Chris Jericho made his return to RAW last night, interrupting The New Day. Jericho said he was here to save WWE again and announced that he is entering the 2016 Royal Rumble Match.
After Roman Reigns successfully defended his WWE World Heavyweight Title last night on RAW against Sheamus, Vince McMahon announced that Reigns will defend his title at the royal rumble pay-per-view against 29 other men in the Royal Rumble Match.
TNA announced that for the first time in TNA history Lockdown will take place on the upcoming UK Tour.
Lockdown will take place at the SSE Arena Wmbley on January 30 in London.
TNA also announced for the UK Tour a Monster’s Ball match and a King of the Mountain match.
Monster’s Ball hardcore match is set to take place in Manchester on January 29 at the Manchester Arena.
A King of the Mountain match is booked for Birmingham on January 31 at the Barclaycard Arena.
TNA UK Tour tickets are available now at http://www.gigsandtours.com and http://www.ticket.co.uk or direct from the tour venues.
This past Wednesday was the last episode of TNA Impact Wrestling on Destination America. Fans won’t have to wait until January 5th to watch TNA on their new home of POP TV. Next Tuesday, December 22 at 9 PM ET, POP TV will air Impact Wrestling: Best of 2015, which will be hosted by Jeremy Borash and Christy Hemme. Another episode will air the following week on December 29.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
WWE confirmed that veteran announcer Mauro Ranallo will be the new lead announcer of SmackDown, beginning Thursday January 7 when SmackDown moves to the USA Network.
Ranallo brings nearly 30 years of broadcasting experience and is currently the play-by-play announcer for Championship Boxing on Showtime and former lead announcer for Strikeforce MMA. Ranallo is the only sports broadcaster to call every major combat sport on national television, including boxing, kickboxing and MMA, as well as helping to launch New Jaspan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV.
“Joining WWE has always been a lifelong dream of mine.” said Ranallo. “I am thrilled to add my voice to the SmackDown broadcasts as the show moves to its new home on USA Network.”
During last nights post fight press conference for UFC Fight night 80 president Dana White confirmed that Claudia Gadelha would be the next Challanger for undefeated Strawweight Champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
With the Strawweight division just one year young this fight has been an anticipated rematch amongst the majority of fight fans.
In their first fight back in December of last year many believed that Gadelha won the fight while others believed it was a draw. Further more Gadelha’s only career loss was at the hands of Jedrzejczyk.
The rematch was originally set for UFC193 but due to a thumb injury Gadelha was unable to complete and was replaced by Valerie Letourneau.
It would now seem Gadelha is cleared and ready to go but Jedrzejczyk is on a 6 month medical suspension after suffering a hand injury in her last title defense.
There is no exact timeline as to when this fight will take place but we here at WNB would put our money on UFC 200 during international fight week in July. Another title shot pegged for that monumental event is the rematch between Bantamweight champ Holly Holm and Ronda Rousey, so it’s possible that two women’s bouts could be headlining the card once more.
One things for sure whenever Gadelha vs Jedrzejczyk happens it’ll be one for the ages.
It was revealed today that season 2 of Lucha Underground will premiere on January 27th on the El Rey Network.
WrestlingINC.com reports that Lucha Underground seems close to signing Rey Mysterio.
Global Force Wrestling will break new ground in 2016 as founder and CEO Jeff Jarrett brings GFW to the Northeast for the first time to open the New Year.
GFW will be at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York on Jan. 22.
Co-promotion between GFW and Pro Wrestling Syndicate at the Rahway Rec Center in Rahway, New Jersey on Jan. 23.
Tickets for both events go an sale Friday. For the Poughkeepsie card, you can go to the Mid-Hudson box office or any Ticketmaster location, charge-by-phone 1-800-745-3000, or on-line at ticketmaster.com. Tickets for the Jan. 23 event are available through the PayPal link at prowrestlingsyndicate.com.
For more information visit globalforcewrestling.com.
WWE will be taping there annual Tribute to the Troops show tonight along with SmackDown and Main Event at the Veteran’s Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Superstars advertised include The Wyatt Family, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Kane, Sheamus and Kevin Owens. There will be a live performance by the band Train for the Tribute to the Troops show.
Here is a promo for WWE Tribute to the Troops, which will air Wednesday, December 23 at 8/7c on USA Network:
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