Cody Rhodes vs. Kurt Angle for the first time ever has been announced for the Northeast Wrestling “Wrestling Under the Stars” event on August 27th in Wappingers Falls, NY.
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Kurt Angle Returning To The Ring
Source: WrestlingINC
Besides the recent iPPV match against Rey Mysterio, Kurt Angle hasn’t wrestled since the January 31st TNA Impact Wrestling tapings in the UK, a loss to Bobby Lashley.
Angle, who is supposed to be a few months into one year away from the business, has been announced to wrestle on November 20th at ICW’s “Fear and Loathing IX” event in Glasgow, Scotland. The promotion tweeted the following:
Mr. Belding Powerbombs Wrestler Through Table, With Help From ‘Bayside Tigers’ (VIDEO)
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Saved by the Bell star Dennis Haskins pulled off the Shield-like powerbomb on Buster Jackson during a WrestlePro event in Brooklyn and was aided by Pat Buck and Kevin Matthews.
The longtime wrestling fan/actor ran in for the save at the end of the match … and based on the video, everyone in attendance loved seeing Belding get in on the action.
Below is the link to the video:
http://d198p0p9bilzub.cloudfront.net/mp4_360/1739ab3ce590b3832cb8b258b8e46b46.mp4?571e4ca5a326f
WrestleCon Incidents Between Current And Former WWE, GFW, TNA And Lucha Underground Stars
Source: WrestlingINC
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there were two incidents at the WrestleCon indie convention in Dallas during WrestleMania 32 weekend – one involving Karen Jarrett and Lucha Underground’s Melissa Santos, the other involving former WWE talent Stacy “The Kat” Carter and Tessa Blanchard, daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Tully Blanchard.
No word on what caused the incident between Tessa, who recently appeared on WWE NXT TV against Nia Jax, and Carter, Jerry Lawler’s ex-wife but it had something to do with Carter telling Tessa she wasn’t showing respect. Word is that the argument would’ve ended in a fight but Tessa’s boyfriend Ricochet stepped in as the peacemaker.
Santos was complaining about not having a chair to sit in and somehow Karen, who was criticized by many in attendance, spat on her, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This led to an argument and observers thought they were about to come to blows but things calmed down.
There was also a minor incident with Jeff Jarrett and Brian Knobbs. It was said to be a half-hearted incident where Jarrett shoved Knobbs but his balance was so bad that he fell. This led to the hotel putting a security officer in the lobby for the rest of the weekend and a sign about no horseplay.
Jeff Hardy Booked Against Jushin Thunder Liger
Jeff Hardy VS Jushin Thunder Liger has been booked for NEW Wrestling on August 27 in New York. It’s the first time the two have ever competed against each other.
TNA Knockout Raquel Says She Was Assaulted During Match
Source: WrestlingINC
New TNA Knockout Raquel (Gabi Castrovinci), a former WWE Tough Enough competitor, appeared on last night’s episode of TMZ on FS1 and claimed to have been assaulted during a match at a WXW event in Miami over the weekend.
“I really got assaulted, I didn’t expect it,” Raquel said. “Although I was warned that it was going to happen, but I never thought that it would be at that level.”
Raquel noted that she cracked her tooth and had to get a root canal and a crown on her tooth. She also had “a little hairline fracture” on her jaw and multiple bruises.
Raquel noted that she does not intend to file charges out of respect to her coach, and that the person who had warned her does not want to come forward.
She believes that the incident happened because she “became very successful in wrestling and got a huge contract with Impact Wrestling.”
Raquel also stated on Twitter that she would not let the ordeal affect her and that she was already back training. She also posted the following on her Instagram, writing, “I’m fearless, I don’t complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on.”
Sting Appearing With Lex Luger At Indie Shows
Source: WrestlingINC
Big Time Wrestling announced today that Sting will be making three rare indie appearances at their shows on Friday, March 18th in Altoona, PA, Saturday, March 19th in Danbury, CT and Saturday, April 9th in Webster, MA. Sting, Lex Luger and other stars will be meeting fans before each show. More information is available at btwtickets.com.
AJ Styles Addresses Fans About Royal Rumble (video)
AJ Styles addressed fans at a indy show about possibly entering Royal Rumble match:
“I don’t know what the future holds for me. (fans chant Royal Rumble) I’ll tell you what… if I’m not recovering from some weird armbar submission and there’s a spot in the Royal Rumble… (fans chant “you deserve it”) I don’t deserve a thing, I don’t deserve you but I’ll tell you, if you put me in that Royal Rumble I’ll kick some ass for you guys.”
Shayna Baszler vs Cheerleader Melissa set for September 26th
you may recall sometime ago we did a story about MMA veteran Shayna Baszler making her in ring debut as a professional wrestler for a promotion called QPW. Well today we have more news for you about the event.
If you wish to attend this event you can purchase your tickets through PayPal by contacting Alan at danque2@yahoo.com Fromt row tickets are $20 and GA tickets are $15 people who purchase front row tickets will be let into the venue first
There will also be a FREE meet and greet as doors open at 7 where fans will be able to meet Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke. Also on the card are
Thornstowe vs. Mac vs. Spencer vs. Hero
Matthews vs. CVE
Luster vs. Lush
Savoy vs. James
The event will take place at the Evelyn mount community center in Reno Nevada on September 26th. Opening bell will be at 8pm
Not going to lie I’m extremely envious of anyone attending this event but for those of you attending I hope you all have a fantastic time.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
Shayna Baszler set to have first pro wrestling match
You read the headline right folks, The Queen of Spades is set to make her in-ring debut as a professional wrestler. The announcement came last Thursday when Shayna was a guest on the podcast MMA Jam session.
This however won’t be the first time Shayna Baszler has made some noise in the world of professional wrestling, earlier this year she managed ROH tag team reDRagon aiding them in victory against the young Bucks at ROH’s 13th Anniversary show. Then just a few weeks ago she made her presence known at ECCW’s Ballroom Brawl 4 When she laid a beating on goddess Mandy AND cost Nicole Matthews the titles in the main event triple threat ladder match.
This time though the MMA veteran will get to show the world what catch wrestling is all about as she takes on one of the biggest stars in the independent wrestling circuit Chearleader Melissa aka Melissa Anderson. Here is what Baszler had to say about the match:
Chearleader Melissa is a former Shimmer champion and a former TNA knockout where she competed under the names Raisha Saeed and Allisa Flash.
Baszler and Melissa will main event on the night of September 26th 2015 for wrestling promotion QPW at the Evalyn community center in Reno Nevada.
As far as Baszler’s MMA career goes she has went on record to say that she is NOT done fighting and she will return to the cage in the future, but for now the queen of Spades is having some fun and living out one of her dreams.
As a fan and friend of Shayna’s I couldn’t be any happier for her and know that she’s going to take the wrestling world by storm.
I will be sure that I keep you all updated as to when tickets go on sale for this event so be sure to check our Twitter @WrestlingNewsbg regularly to stay in the loop. Now I’m not making it official BUT yours truly may be attending this event and if I do you can bet I’ll be bringing exclusive coverage so STAY TUNED!!!
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
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