Category: Announcments

Holly Holm ends Ronda Rousey’s undefeated streak via KO 

On November 14th 2015 at UFC193 Holly Holm signal handedly did the unthinkable. She did the one thing that 12 other women (15 if you count amateur career) couldn’t do and that was dethrone  the undefeated Ronda Rousey
In what some are calling the biggest upset in UFC history Holy Holm stopped Ronda Rousey with a vicious TKO in the second round.

This left the 78,000 fans in attendance at Melbourne Australia in complete shock. Some cheered while others cried. One thing is forsure though, November 14th will be a day many won’t forget. It’s proof that anything can happen in MMA.

In the post fight press conference Dana White said Rousey was transported to the nearest hospital, as far as the newly crowned champion Holly Holm a rematch with Ronda Rousey seems to be the only thing that makes sense and Dana White agrees.

Rousey who is now (12-1) previously said that she wanted to disappear after this fight so it’ll be interesting to see what happens next. As far as Holm goes she is now (10-0) and now has the biggest target on her back.

Regardless of what side you were on the landscape of the bantamweight division has changed forever.

GFW’s Lei’D Tapa To Make Her MMA Debut On New Year’s Eve

Global Force Wrestling’s Lei’D Tapa appeared Friday night at Bellator 145 and it was announced that she will make her MMA debut at the Rizin Fighting Federation event on New Year’s Eve.

GFW posted the following on their website:

“Queen of Rings” Lei’D Tapa to make her MMA debut on New Year’s Eve

As announced during Friday night’s Bellator 145 broadcast on Spike TV, “Queen of Rings” Lei’D Tapa will be making her professional MMA debut at the Rizin Fighting Federation New Year’s Eve event. She will face Gabi Garcia and the event will air live on Spike TV.

Rizin Fighting Federation’s debut show will take place during the Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2015. Tapa will be on a card headlined by MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko. the event will take place in Saitama Super Arena, the former home of Pride Fighting Championships.

The Queen of Rings has been dominant in the rings of Global Force Wrestling and now she is looking to become a dominant force in the world of MMA.

 

Breaking News:Seth Rollins injured new champion to be crowned at Survivor Series 

  WWE.com has reported WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins has torn his right ACL, MCL and medial meniscus, and will not be able to defend the title against Roman Reigns at Survivor Series. A tournament to determine a new champion will instead take place at the event.

As first reported on Twitter by ESPN, Rollins suffered the injury last night at a WWE Live Event in Dublin, Ireland, and is expected to miss six to nine months of action.

Details surrounding the Survivor Series tournament have not been finalized. The event takes place Sunday, Nov. 22, and will air live only on WWE Network.

HBO To Release Documentary On Andre The Giant

Vanity Fair is reporting that former ESPN personality will be releasing a documentary on WWE Hall of Fame Andre the Giant for HBO. There is no word as of yet on when it will be available.

 

Pro Wrestling Drama Coming To FOX

Deadline.com reports that FOX has recently purchased a new pro wrestling drama titled, The Work.

The Work takes place in the world of pro wrestling and was written by Scott O’Connor, who wrote the novels Half World and Untouchable. The script was shopped around to various cable networks, but it was FOX who picked it up.

O’Connor has been a pro wrestling fan and wrote a article on Brock Lesnar this past August for New York Times Magazine.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

USA Network Officially Announces WWE SmackDown Premiere

The USA Network officially announced today that WWE SmackDown will premiere on USA Network Thursday, January 7th, 2016 at 8/7c. The SmackDown debut on USA on January 7th will be the 855th episode and will take place in Laredo, Texas.

There was rumors and speculation that when SmackDown moved from Syfy to USA that it would change to Tuesday nights and would air as a live 3-hour show, but after today’s announcement by USA Network it appears that for a least awhile SmackDown will air as the usual 2-hour taped show on Thursday nights.

First 4 TV Taping Dates For Lucha Underground Season 2 Announced, Tickets Available Now

Lucha Underground has announced the first 4 TV taping dates for Season 2. Filming will take place in Los Angeles on November 14th & 15th and on November 21st & 22nd. Tickets are available now.

To reserve your spot email your Full Name & Age of each person in Group plus Phone Number/Email Address/Date of Filming to LuchaTickets@gmail.com 

All audience members must be age 12 or older, anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Kurt Angle To Appear At Bellator 145 Fan Fest

Kurt Angle teased a huge announcement regarding Bellator 145. It was announced that Angle will be appearing at the Bellator 145 Fan Fest at Dave & Busters in Maryland Heights, Missouri on Thursday, November 5th and he will will also be at the Bellator 145 fight event on Friday, November 6th in St. Louis, Missouri.

Angle will be joined at the Fan Fest by Royce Gracie, Ken shamrock, Tito Ortiz, Kimbo Slice and Liam McGeary.

Kurt Angle Teases Huge MMA Announcement

Current TNA Star Kurt Angle is teasing a “huge announcement” regarding Bellator 145. Bellator 145 takes place Friday, November 6th from St. Louis, Missouri. Fellow TNA star Bobby Lashley is scheduled to fight at the event.

Angle tweeted:

The Young Bucks Announce Which Wrestling Promotion They Signed With

Yesterday, The Young Bucks stated that they have signed with a major wrestling promotion, but left it to speculation on which one it was. Today they made the announcement that they have signed with Ring of Honor. Below is their video announcement followed by a press release:

Matt & Nick Jackson “The young Bucks” sign with Ring of Honor                    #SUPERKICKPARTY!!!!

(BALTIMORE,MD) – After years of touring the globe as one of the most popular free-agent tag-team, Matt and Nick Jackson, a.k.a The Young Bucks, have signed exclusive contracts with Ring of Honor.

“We evaluate the landscape right now, we look around professional wrestling, and everything is evolving. Tag team wrestling is what we do, and this place [Ring of Honor] has the best tag team division in the world, and we want the best competition,” said Matt Jackson. “We want the best matches. It’s all about quality for us. We call Ring of Honor home; you’ll be seeing a lot of us.”

Since 2009, The Young Bucks have regularly fought in Ring of Honor’s tag team division and have proved to be one of the most entertaining tag teams in history, continuing to push their popularity with signature taunts and world-famous SUPERKICK parties. Ring of Honor is excited to officially be the home of the Young Bucks.

The Young Bucks will also continue to compete for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where they are part of the Bullet Club through ROH’s continued partnership. They are also 3-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and have won the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship once before, but are hungry to get the gold back again.