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AJ Styles Talks Possible Future With WWE & Retirement Plans

Former IWGP and TNA Champion AJ Styles has quickly become one of the most sought-after talents in wrestling. His New Japan Pro Wrestling run is arguably the greatest of his career, and has caused many to speculate a possible WWE offer.

In a interview with Wrestling Observer Radio, Styles said he really enjoys being with NJPW, but if WWE made him an offer he couldn’t refuse, he’d have to listen.

It also appears that Styles has about five more years in wrestling, as he said during the interview that he currently plans to retire by 42.

“At 42, that’ll be 20 years for me. I think that’s a good stopping point, if I make it. You never know what will happen next. Blowing out my knee at this point in my career could be career-ending. I was planning on retiring early, but apparently IUDs don’t work for my wife,” Styles joked.

Styles also opened up about his hopes for life after wrestling as an active performer.

“I really think I have a lot to offer, so I’d really like to open my own dojo and still be able to work with New Japan. Their guys could come stay with me and get some experience in states. If New Japan needed some more gaijin, then I would be able to supply that. That’s what I’d like to do when all this is said and done, but liking and doing are two different things,” said Styles.

Source: F4WOnline via WrestlingINC.com

Tough Enough finale  Results 

  After a month long competition the two winners of this seasons Tough Enough were crowned tonight. Their reward? A half a million dollar WWE contract. One man and woman would be chosen. 

The final four Amanda Saccomanno, Zamariah “ZZ” Loupe, Sarah Lee, and Joshua Bredl all had their first televised match up live and center stage in front of a live crowd at the preformance center in Orlando Florida.

It was also reviled that the final four would be not only having a match but also revealing their Personas AND cutting a promo. To no surprise Joshs’ alter ego was the yeti, Amanda’s was Mandy Rose, ZZs’ was King of the bayou and Sara Lee was Hope.



So who would the finalist be facing in their first match? They thought it would be each other but that wasn’t the case. Cesaro and Alicia Fox were brought in to face the young prospects. All four matches were decent for newbies despite the fact that all four finalist lost their matches. The general consences between the judges was that Josh put on a better match than ZZ and as far as the women’s match both of them got mixed reviews.

In the end the WWE universe decided to reward Josh and Sara with the contracts. There you have it folks, Josh Bredl & Sara Lee are the newest members of the WWE roster.

  
What do you guys think of the results? Is it what you guys wanted? Let us know in the comments. Until then here’s wishing the best of luck to both Josh and Sara in their respective WWE careers. Hop along for their journey by following them on Twitter @ToughJoshua & @ToughSara

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91) 


Women’s wrestling is Back 

  Tonight was one of those nights where I’m proud to call myself a wrestling fan. It was one of those nights that assured me “this is why I can’t walk away from wrestling”.

Two years ago before the Divas Revalution was a thing and before Bayley was the mega star of NXT she is today but rather still climbing that mountian I was there because in truth I’ve always been a hugger.

In the spring of 2013 my best friend Aranya sent me a video. That video was a match of Davina Rose (Bayley) vs Amber O’Niel for a wrestling promotion called BTW. Now I want to make this clear by this time I was already a Bayley fan but my best friend simply wanted me to know the history. This match won me over even more and cemented the fact that I was a Bayley fan. 
You can view that match here http://youtu.be/AuxzkI4D-QM

I’m not sure if it was the fact that Bayley came out to a song by my favorite band Paramore, or if it was her look, or her wrestling style. In fact it was probably a combination of all 3 but watching that video I felt myself becoming a Bayley mark and till this day I carry that title with pride 

Since that day I’ve seen Bayley’s fan base grow and it has been an absolute pleasure to watch. I’ve seen her loose, I’ve seen her win. I’ve seen her cry and I’ve seen her jump up for joy! I’ve seen her come back from injury and I’ve seen her inspire countless people.
Bayley is a true underdog! Someone who has had passion for this business ever since she was 11 years old. Tonight on NXT TAKEOVER BROOKLYN the hugger from San Jose California had her crowning moment as she defeated Sasha Banks to become the NXT women’s champion.

The match itself was in my opinion  match of the night. Both Sasha and Bayley tore the house down. Putting their bodies on the line for the sake of our entertainment. It seems with every takeover special the women step up their game. Proving that the can shine in a male dominated business.

Stephanie McMahon said it before the match. Triple H says to these women “not only CAN they be the main event, they ARE the main event. Tonight Bayley and Sasha proved that women’s wrestling matters 

After the match was over Bayley was joined in celebration by Charlotte and Becky Lynch. The 3 of them embraced in a hug, even Sasha Banks got in on the love fest. The truth is that those 4 women are at the forefront of the divas Revalution. THEY are the game changers.

  This moment right here had me in tears because it showed that no matter where you come from in life, no matter how many times you are knocked down, YOU CAN RISE ABOVE.

Some people may say “but it’s just wrestling” but that couldn’t be any further from the truth. Wrestling inspires. It changes lives, it’s a movement in itself. I know this to be true because that is exactly what Bayley has done for me.

In conclusion a huge congrats to Bayley is in order and let’s not forget Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, thank you for making people believe Women wrestling is back!

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91

Wrestling News blogs’ Summerslam predictions 

 Summerslam is one of the biggest PPV’s of the year and we thought would be fitting if we gave you all our predictions for this years card.

But first here is the official and final card for tomorrow’s PPV “Winner Take All” WWE World and United States Championship Match:
-Seth Rollins vs. John Cena
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match:
-Ryback (c) vs. The Miz vs. The Big Show
WWE Tag Team Championship Match:
-The Prime Time Players (c’s) vs. Los Matadores vs. The New Day vs. Lucha Dragons
-Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
-Sheamus vs. Randy Orton
-Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose vs. The Wyatt Family

-Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro
9-Diva Elimination Tag Team Match:
-Team PCB vs. Team Bella vs. Team B.A.D
-Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev
-Steven Amell and Neville vs. King Barrett and Stardust


Trevor’s picks: John Cena, Ryback, PTP, undertaker, Wyatt family, Orton,  Owens, PCB, Ziggler, and Neville and Amell

Johns picks: Orton ~ Rusev ~ Owens ~ Stardust & Barrett ~ PTP but hopes Lucha Dragons ~ Ryback ~ PCB ~ Wyatt Family ~ Cena by DQ Sheamus cash in MITB ~ The Undertaker

Vanessa’s picks: Ryback, Sheamus, PTP, Wyatt family, Owens, Nevelle & Amell, PCB, Ziggler,Undertaker, and as for the main event I’m thinking there will be no clear winner.

Ed’s picks: Cena over Rollins, Wyatt and Harper over Reigns and Ambrose (please Dean no heel turn), Neville and Amell over Stardust and Barrett, Team PCB over Team Bella and Team B.A.D, Undertaker gets his revenge over Lesnar, Owens over Cesaro, Ryback retains over Big Show and The Miz, Rusev over Ziggler, Prime Time Players retain in the 4 way match, Orton over Sheamus but might Sheamus cash in his MITB Briefcase like Rollins did at Wrestlemania and leave Sheamus with the World Title and Cena with the U.S. Title?

What about you guys? What are your picks? Let us know in the comments below

Conference Call With Triple H Regarding NXT 

It’s Thursday which means we are halfway through the week., and that means we are just THREE days away from NXT TAKEOVER IN BROOKLYN. What better way to get hyped for such an historic event then by listening to the conference call about that very event
http://wrestlingnews.co/audio-paul-triple-h-levesque-nxt-takeover-brooklyn-conference-call/

You can do so by clicking the link above. In this conference call HHH discussed numerous things. One of the things that stood out to me and even came as a surprise is that at first HHH was hesitant to hold the upcoming takeover event at the Barclays center. He was hesitant  because he knew the venue was bigger then any other venue NXT had ever  hosted however he decided to just roll with the punches and let things fall into place.

To his delight all 13,000 tickets sold without any problems. That’s right folks, the Barcly center will be jammed packed with 13,000 devoted members of the WWE universe this Saturday.

One of my favorite parts of the conference call was when he discussed the divas of NXT and the divas in general. He even got chocked up at one point saying he feels like a proud father to see how much the women of NXT have accomplished. He went on to say that yes him and Stephanie have given the women the opportunity but what they’ve done with it has been all them. He also says that he truly believes that one day we will see the women in the WWE main event a Wrestlemania. He said that every day he makes sure the girls are aware of that and continues to push them.

He also discussed the concern that has been brought up of “what happens when all the stars of NXT are called up to the main roster”? He is confident that when the time comes there will be no need to worry because he will continue to bring in talented men and women from all over the world, whether they’re from the indies or not. He says what he looks for is talent.

He also noted that this is indeed the largest card NXT has put on however the special will remain two hours. Not all matches will be shown this Saturday but will be shown in the upcoming week.

The full card can be seen here 

NXT Championship (Ladder Match)-Kevin Owens vs Finn Balor

NXT Tag Team Title Match-The Vaudevillians vs Blake and Murphy

NXT Women’s Title Match-Bayley vs Sasha Banks

-Jushin “Thunder” Liger vs Tyler Breeze

-Samoa Joe vs Baron Corbin

-Bull Dempsey vs Elias Samson

-Apollo Crews vs Tye Dillinger(Crews’ NXT Televised Debut)

-Eva Marie vs Carmella

-Enzo Amore, Big Cass & Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley) vs Jason Jordan, Chad Gable, Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson

-Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Emma vs Dana Brooke

If you haven’t heard this conference call it’s definitely worth 35 mins of your time, aside from the points I mentioned above there are some other really awesome points brought up.

Be sure to tune into NXT TAKEOVER BROOKLYN LIVE AND EXCLUSIVELY ON THE WWE NETWORK this Saturday beginning at 5pmPT/8pmET

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

WWE Hall Of Famers Wrestling At Indy Show In Tennessee

WWE Hall of Famers Jerry “The King” Lawler and Terry Funk will square off in the main event at the USA Championship Wrestling show in Jackson, TN on October 24th. The event will also feature the legendary Voice of Memphis Wrestling Lance Russell and legendary tag team The Rock N’ Roll Express.

Below are some videos of Lawler VS Funk from the Memphis Wrestling days:

 

Jeff Jarrett & GFW To Help Promote Final Roddy Piper Film

Global Force Wrestling issued the following today:

RIDGEROCK ENTERTAINMENT, GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING TEAM UP TO PROMOTE THE MASKED SAINT THE MOVIE’S STAR BRETT GRANSTAFF AND JEFF JARRETT WILL LEAD A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 12, 2015) – Ridgerock Entertainment Group and Global Force Wrestling have teamed up for events to promote the Jan. 8, 2016, theatrical release of The Masked Saint (Freestyle Releasing). The joint agreement will showcase the film’s commitment to the integrity of professional wrestling and focus on family entertainment. This coincides with the mission of GFW, which has brought new excitement and true family entertainment to the world of professional wrestling. This exciting partnership will be kicked off during GFW’s second TV taping at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug.21.

“We are honored to be working with the filmmakers of The Masked Saint,” said Jeff Jarrett, GFW founder and CEO. “Wrestling fans around the nation will enjoy this movie not only for its action-packed content, but also for the ‘fighting for justice’ message it portrays. We can’t wait to introduce them to this great movie.

“Roddy was scheduled to join us for the August show at the Orleans. In fact, I had spoken with him the day before he passed. He was a great friend and a great entertainer, and I was deeply saddened by the shocking news.”

A family-oriented action biopic inspired by true event, The Masked Saint is written by Scott Crowell and Brett Granstaff, directed by Warren P. Sonoda, produced by Cliff McDowell, co-produced by David Anselmo and executive produced by Gary Granstaff and Joe Sisto. The movie stars Brett Granstaff (Vice) as Christopher ‘The Saint’ Samuels, Lara Jean Chorostecki (Hannibal) Oscar and Emmy nominee Diahann Carroll (“Grey’s Anatomy,” White Collar) who won a Golden Globe for her performance in “Julia,” Patrick McKenna (“The Red Green Show”), James Preston Rogers (Pixels) and features the late Pro Wrestling Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper in his last confirmed theatrical release.

“We are thrilled to partner with the high-energy, fan-friendly brand of GFW,” says Gary Granstaff, vice president at Ridgerock Entertainment Group. “We couldn’t think of a better way to debut our movie to the millions of wrestling fans than with the help of Jeff Jarrett, a true wrestling legend and his organization.”

For ticket information to the Aug. 21 show, go to: http://www.orleansarena.com/event-calender/global-force-wrestling

Below is The Masked Saint trailer and a video of Roddy Piper on what he hopes people get from the film.

Hulk Hogan Still Aiming For WrestleMania Match

Hulk Hogan, who turns 62 years old today and who was recently fired by WWE after learning about some racial comments he made several years ago, tweeted that he is aiming for a match at WrestleMania 32. Hogan later tweeted that he was aiming for WrestleMania but is training like there is still something big ahead in his future.

https://twitter.com/HulkHogan/status/631081829366374400

 

AAA Lucha Libre: TripleMania XXIII Results

Hector Garza and Perro Aguayo Jr. were inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame.

Dinastia, Drago, Goya Kong & Pimpinela Escarlata def. Daga, Mamba, Mini Psycho Clown & Sexy Star – by Submission

Villano III’s Farewell Match: Los Villanos def. Los Psycho Circus

AAA World Trios Championship – Cage Ladder Match: (C) Los Hell Brothers def. Jack Evans, Angelico & Fenix and Pentagon Jr., El Hijo del Fantasma & El Texano Jr.

Blue Demon Jr. & La Parka (Not original La Park from WCW) def. El Mesias (Mil Muertes from Lucha Underground) & Electro Shock

Hair VS Hair Match: Alberto El Patron w/Fenix def. Brian Cage w/ El Hijo del Fantasma: Cage got head shaved.

Rey Mystero Jr. def. Myzteziz – by Submission: After the match, Pentagon Jr., Averno & Joe Lider attacked Myzteziz & Mysterio with a staple gun. Myzteziz & Mysterio fought back and Myzteziz stapled Lider. Myzteziz turned on Mysterio and challenged him to a mask vs mask match. Myzteziz powerbombed Mysterio through a table and then hit him with a military press gutbuster. Konnan was in the ring but the PPV feed got cut off.

Source: WrestlingINC.com