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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 Results

New Japan Rumble

Can be eliminated by over the top rope, pinfall or submission.

Entrant #1: Michael Elgin, making his NJPW return from injury.

Entrant #2: Billy Gunn

Entrant #3: BONE SOLDIER

Entrant #4: CHEESEBURGER (BONE SOLDIER eliminated)

Entrant #5: Jushin Liger (Billy Gunn eliminated)

Entrant #6: Kobayashi

Entrant #7: Tiger Mask IV (Kobayashi eliminated)

Entrant #8: Manabu Nakanishi

Entrant #9: Ryusuke Taguchi (Nakanishi, Liger and Tiger Mask IV eliminated)

Entrant #10: Yoshitatsu

Entrant #11: Yuji Nagata

Entrant #12: Hiroyoshi Tenzan (Yoshitatsu eliminated)

Entrant #13: Hiro Saito (Nagata eliminated)

Entrant #14: Former WCW star and former IWGP Champion Scott Norton (Taguchi, Saito eliminated)

Norton and Tenzan eliminated. Down to Elgin and CHEESEBURGER – Winner: Michael Elgin

 

Tiger Mask W (Kota Ibushi) vs. Tiger the Dark (ACH) – Winner: Tiger Mask W

IWGP Jr. Tag Team Titles: (C) The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. RPG Vice (Rocky Romero and Baretta) –  Winners and new IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champions: RPG Vice

NEVER 6-Man Tag Titles, Gauntlet Match: (C) Satoshi Kojima, Ricochet & David Finlay Jr. vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL, BUSHI and SANADA) vs. CHAOS (Jado, YOSHI-HASHI and Will Ospreay) vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi and Hangman Page) – Winners and new NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions: Los Ingobernables de Japon

“The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes vs. Juice Robinson – Winner: Cody Rhodes

ROH Title, Final Battle Rematch: (C) Kyle O’Reilly vs. Adam Cole – Winner and NEW ROH Champion: Adam Cole

IWGP Tag Team Titles: (C) The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) vs. Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) vs. CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) – Winners and NEW IWGP Tag Team Champions: CHAOS

IWGP Jr. Title: (C) KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi (Kamaitachi) – Winner and new IWGP Jr. Champion: Hiromu Takahashi

NEVER Title: (C) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto – Winner and new NEVER Champion: Hirooki Goto

IWGP Intercontinental Title: (C) Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi – Winner: Tetsuya Naito

IWGP Title:  (C) Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega – Winner: Kazuchika Okada

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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 takes place tomorrow morning beginning at 2:30 AM ET live from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on New Japan World featuring English and Japanese commentary tracks, with the English commentary team to be ROH announcers Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino.

IWGP Title:  (C) Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega

IWGP Intercontinental Title: (C) Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

NEVER Title: (C) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto

IWGP Jr. Title: (C) KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi (Kamaitachi)

IWGP Tag Team Titles: (C) The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) vs. Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma) vs. CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano)

IWGP Jr. Tag Team Titles: (C) The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs. RPG Vice (Rocky Romero and Baretta)

ROH Title, Final Battle Rematch: (C) Kyle O’Reilly vs. Adam Cole

NEVER 6-Man Tag Titles, Gauntlet Match: (C) Satoshi Kojima, Ricochet & David Finlay Jr. vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL, BUSHI and SANADA) vs. CHAOS (Jado, YOSHI-HASHI and Will Ospreay) vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi and Hangman Page)

Cody Rhodes’ NJPW Debut: Cody Rhodes vs. Juice Robinson

Tiger Mask W (possibly Kota Ibushi) vs. Tiger the Dark (said to be ACH)

New Japan Rumble during the pre-show. Announced entrants: Jushin Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tiger Mask IV, Yuji Nagata, plus many others.

ROH Champion Kyle O’Reilly Is A Free Agent

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Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that ROH World Champion Kyle O’Reilly is not under contract with ROH. O’Reilly is scheduled to defend his title against Adam Cole at WrestleKingdom 11 this Wednesday.

Source: WrestlingINC

ACH Signs With EVOLVE

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Gabe Sapolksy announced on his Twitter account that ACH has signed with Evolve. ACH had parted ways with Ring of Honor in 2016 and has been advertised for multiple Evolve shows, as you can see below.

Source: WrestlingINC

Kurt Angle To Face Cody Rhodes In A Steel Cage Match

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Northeast Wrestling recently announced that Kurt Angle will take on Cody Rhodes in a Steel Cage Match on March 3rd, in Waterbury, CT. The two have faced each other twice before with the series tied at 1-1.

The Young Bucks Offered New Multi-Year Contracts With Ring Of Honor

The Young Bucks have been offered new Ring of Honor contracts … and this time, the company wants to lock them down for a few years.

Sources close to the situation tell us Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson were recently presented with awesome new contracts to stay with ROH and they’re currently mulling it over.

The Young Bucks signed a deal with the company last year that also allowed them to work for NJPW, PWG and overseas companies that didn’t interfere with ROH.

It’s expected that the Young Bucks will make a formal announcement in the near future, but we’re told they do have other offers on the table right now. Their current deals expire December 31st.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Yana Kunitskaya upsets Tonya Evinger at InvictaFC20 but not without controversy

Many MMA fans were left speechless Friday night (November 18th,2016) as a relatively unknown Yana Kunitskaya submitted Tonya Evinger in the first round of the main event of InvictaFC20

Prior to this bout Evinger had been on a 10 fight winning streak, she hadn’t lost in five years and was invicta’s longest reigning Batemweight  champion.

So to say Kunitskaya  win was an upset would be the understatement of the century. 

Kuntitskaya stopped the former champion via standing armbar in the very first round. The win though is laced with controversy and here’s why.

While in the submission Evinger proceeded to step on Kuitskaya’s face in attempt to break free from the submission. Although not an illegal move referee Mike England made Evinger switch positions despite the fact that she was actively defending. 
The feeling is that once  Evinger was forced to switch positions this gave Kunitskaya the leverage she needed to cinch in the submission leaving Evinger no choice but to tap.

Evinger’s manager Jerod David Phillips and head coach Aaron Pena both stated that they will be challenging the referee’s call in hopes that Evinger will get an immediate rematch. It should be noted that Evinger used the very same technique in 2013 against Sarah D’alelio and it was never stopped.

Earlier in the night Mike England was criticized of making a bad call by stopping the fury in the Alexa Conners vs Stephanie Eggers fight to reset the mouthpiece of Eggers. Typically things like that should be done when action is at a stand still. Although Conners walked away with the split decision win, it’s believed she would’ve got the TKO victory had it not been for the mishap.

Regardless of what you feel about the main event though one thing is for sure. We have a new Batemweight champion in invicta and her name is Yana Kunitskaya.

Let us here your thoughts. Was Kunitskaya’s win a fluke? Should Evinger get an  immediate rematch? Was it just a bad call by the referee or was everything justified. Weigh in on the comment section below.

Chikara Parts Way W/ Joey Styles, Announces New Policy On Misogynistic Comments & Hate Speech

Joey Styles has just been fired for the third time in three months, this time by Chikara — and the company says it has now implemented a zero tolerance policy against misogynistic, racist and or homophobic speech moving forward.

Founder Mike Quackenbush posted a blog today saying, “Effective today, we are terminating our relationship with Joey Styles.

As we previously reported, Styles was fired from EVOLVE this weekend for making an on-air sexual assault joke — which was intended to be a Donald Trump-related jab — that failed miserably.

Quackenbush adds, “Effective today, we are instituting a zero tolerance policy for misogynistic, racist, and/or homophobic speech, written or verbal, whether it’s directed toward our cast, our crew, or our patrons. This is the shape of CHIKARA.”

“The events of the last few days have been just cause to take a look at the state of professional wrestling.” Mike explains, “The art form that I love, and have dedicated my entire adult life to, is embarrassingly behind the times. It is beholden to outdated tenets that threaten to render it … obsolete at worst, and a punchline at best.”

The full post is worded with perfection and explains that people in the industry need to focus more on equality/integration in wrestling, so that the fans who enjoy it can feel more accepted.

Read it in full by CLICKING HERE.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Rey Mysterio’s Son Is Starting The Process To Become A Wrestler (AUDIO)

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Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

According to Lucha Underground star Rey Mysterio, his son Dominic will soon begin training to wrestle.

Mysterio appeared with his son on Keepin’ it 100 with Konnan this week and the duo talked about how he’ll start teaching Dominic in January, once the college student’s body is in the right shape.

“Come January, I’m gonna get him in the ring and see how his reflexes are as soon as he steps into the ring.” Mysterio explains, “See what he can do, what he cannot do … and then go from there. And Konnan, I think he’s gonna be a apart of this once I get him in there.”

For those who don’t remember, Dominic appeared on WWE TV in 2005 during a memorable angle that featured Eddie Guerrero claiming he was actually the child’s father.

Make sure to check out THE FULL EPISODE of Keepin’ it 100 this week. The show is a special on Eddie and includes Rey, Konnan and Vickie Guerrero opening up about the deceased wrestler.

For now, listen to the clip on Dominic’s plans below:

Miesha “Cupcake” Tate Announces Retirement 

In what was a historic night at Madison Square Garden UFC205 is an event that people will be talking about for quite sometime.

It was a night where we saw successful title defenses from both Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Tyron Woodley, Conor McGregor made history by becoming the UFC’s very first two division champion.

November 12th, 2016 was also the night we saw one of the greatest in women’s mixed martial arts take her final bow. The former Bantamweight champion Miesha “Cupcake” Tate announced in her post fight interview that she is retiring.

Last night she lost to Raquel Pennington via unanimous decision. When asked if the retirement was brought on by the result she replied with

Yes I tried but I couldn’t pull it out of me. I just don’t have it in me anymore

Tate couched Pennington on The Ultimate Fighter season 18 and after the fight the teacher and student shared a beautiful moment.
Whether or not you’re a fan of Miesha Tate there’s no denying the contributions she brought to the world of WMMA. A former Strikeforce and UFC champion with a record of (18-6) cupcake or as the old school fans know her “Takedown” deserves respect.
Thank you Meisha. The Octagon will miss you.