Category: Wrestling News

NJPW New Beginning iPPV In Osaka 2/11/17

NJPW New Beginning (Osaka) will be taking place on February 11th, which will air live (3am EST) on NJPW World with English commentary by Kevin Kelly and Don Callis. Here is the final card:

* Henare and Tomoyuki Oka vs. Hirai Kawato and Yos–tatsu
* Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Kushida vs. Taka Michinoku and Takashi Iizuka
* Gedo, Hirooki Goto, Jado and Yoshi-Hashi vs. Juice Robinson, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata
* Beretta, Kazuchika Okada and Rocky Romero vs. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi and Ryusuke Taguchi (c) vs. Bushi, Evil and Sanada (NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship)
* Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Will Ospreay (British Heavyweight Championship)
* Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano (c) vs. Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer (IWGP Tag Team Championship)
* Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Dragon Lee (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship)
* Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Michael Elgin (IWGP Intercontinental Championship)

Impact Wrestling Preview 2/9/17

DCC will kick off Impact

World Championship: (C) Lashley vs Eddie Edwards

Broken brilliance of the Hardy’s

Brandi Rhodes will not Decay

Trevor Lee and the The Helms Dynasty will celebrate X-Division Title victory

Impact Grand Championship: (C) Drew Galloway vs Mahabali Shera

Robbie E vs Aron Rex

 

TNA Impact Wrestling Announces Partnership With Japan’s Pro Wrestling NOAH

TNA Impact Wrestling issued the following today:

As announced earlier today in Tokyo, Japan, IMPACT Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH have come to terms on a working relationship. This is an exciting time for both companies with a more formal announcement coming soon.

In a Press Conference held earlier today, NOAH President Masayuki Uchida made the official announcement.

We look forward to making a formal announcement soon in Tokyo and seeing IMPACT Stars compete at NOAH’s Yokohama event on March 12. We are thrilled to build this relationship even further with more details to come.

Stay close to impactWrestling.Com and all of our social media channels for more on this exciting partnership.

Scott D’Amore Returning To Behind The Scenes Position At Impact Wrestling

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Scott D’Amore is returning to Impact Wrestling … and we’re told the former head of creative will once again fill many roles behind the scenes.

Sources say D’Amore’s main duties within the company will be international relations and creative, but he’ll still be wearing many hats backstage.

Supposedly Scott recently began his new gig by assisting Jeff Jarrett and Anthem with the Pro Wrestling NOAH partnership that was made official yesterday.

NOAH announced the business alliance during a press conference, but so far the details are unclear.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Goldberg Booked For Non-WWE Events After WrestleMania

Bill Goldberg has been announced for non-WWE events to take place in the UK after WrestleMania 33, where he will face Brock Lesnar.

Three events titled “You’re Next! An Evening with Goldberg” will take place on June 25th in Glasgow, June 27th in Manchester and July 2nd in London.

Tickets for the one-man shows go on sale February 10th. Below is a graphic promoting the events:

Source: WrestlingINC

NJPW New Beginning iPPV in Sapporo 2/5/17

* KUSHIDA & Hirai Kawato vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado (Suzuki-Gun)

* Yuji Nagata & TenCozy vs. Yoshitatsu, David Finlay Jr. & Henare.

* Katsuyori Shibata, Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask IV vs. Will Ospreay, Gedo & Jado (CHAOS)

* YOSHI-HASHI (CHAOS) vs. Takashi Iizuka (Suzuki-Gun)

* Michael Elgin & NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Champions Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi and Dragon Lee vs. IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, BUSHI & IWGP Jr. Champion Hiromu Takahashi (Los Ingobernables de Japon)

* IWGP Jr. Tag Team Titles: RPG Vice (c’s) (CHAOS) vs. TAKA and Taichi (Suzuki-Gun)

* NEVER Title: Hirooki Goto (c) (CHAOS) vs. Juice Robinson

* Triple Threat Match for the IWGP Tag Team Titles: Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano (c’s) (CHAOS) vs. Great Bash Heel vs. The Killer Elite Squad (Suzuki-Gun)

* Main Event for the IWGP Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) (CHAOS) vs. Minoru Suzuki (Suzuki-Gun)

Pentagon Jr.’s Ex-Employer Files Trademark On His New Name One-Week After It Was Announced

Lucha Underground star Pentagon Jr. may not be able to wrestle using the new name he announced after leaving AAA … because it’s been trademarked by his former employer.

Lucha Libre FMV — the company who owns AAA and Lucha Underground — filed the documents one week after the wrestler announced he left their company and would now be known as Penta OM.

The document says the trademark is now live … but, with the filing date being so recent, the wrestler still has time to file an opposition to fight their attempt to own his name.

According to Lucha Blog, the company also filed for the same trademark in Mexico.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Impact Wrestling ‘Open Fight Night’ Preview 2/2/17

The following is set for tonight’s 2/2 IMPACT Wrestling on POP TV:

Special “Open Fight Night” episode of the show featuring Jeff Hardy, The DCC, Trevor Lee and Eli Drake getting to pick their matches and stipulations.

Jeff Hardy will kick off the show with his case.

Sienna vs. Brooke Tessmacher

Tommy Dreamer Nearly Loses Eye (Photo)

Tommy Dreamer had a close call with his dogs as one of them pawed him in the eye, Dreamer tells the story below:

“Scary day, I almost lost my eye. Was in bed in am petting my dog. Switched to pet the other & he lunged forward to get more scratching & he put his paw right in my eye. I’ve never felt so much pain & I’ve been on fire, in barbed wire tacks & hit in balls w/a cane that knocked me out. Went to Dr, scratched cornea, it ripped my contact in half, we can’t find other half. Dr said contact probably saved my eye. Pain is pretty intense Can’t open it. Hopefully tomorrow is a better day.”

Source: WrestlingINC

Netflix Confirms Lucha Underground Reports, Lucha Underground El Rey Return Update

MLW Radio first tweeted earlier this week that the first two seasons of Lucha Underground will air on Netflix. They added that the promotion will NOT be leaving the El Rey Network and is not for sale, as seen below:

On MLW Radio yesterday, via @luchablog, it was noted that the show would premiere on Netflix on February 15th for the U.S. and other parts of North America. Netflix Canada confirmed that the series will be airing in Canada on Twitter:

As for the current third season of Lucha Underground, the mid-season finale aired on January 11th. As seen below, the second half of the third season will return to the El Rey Network on May 31st:

Source: WrestlingINC