Our friend Ed Boston will once again be talking to Jeff Jarrett on The Ed Boston Podcast this Friday, January 9, 2015 at 2:30pm Est/1:30pm C. Ed will talk with Jarrett about what happened at the Wrestle Kingdom 9 pay-per-view & what’s next for him, Global Force Wrestling & etc.
Here is a video of that Vince Russo posted to his YouTube account today January 8th. He talks about his Christian faith, sharing it with others to make the world a better place and asks for prayers before he leaves for England tomorrow. He responds to the most recent episode of the Monday Night Wars on the WWE Network where the WWE pretty much threw him under the bus. He also defends Dixie Carter, saying she’s trying to do the best she can.
Prince Puma became the first ever Lucha Underground World Champion by winning the 20 Luchadore Aztec Warfare Match. Prince Puma survived the other 19 Luchadores in the anything goes elimination style match. Puma pinned Johnny Mundo to earn the win & championship.
Earlier we posted about the report from PWI about TNA Impact Wrestling looking to be more realistic and showing backstage footage as well as wrestlers out of character, to reflect Destination America’s programming style. Raj Giri from wrestlinginc.com believes that the backstage footage could actually be used more to enhance the Saturday morning weekly recap show.
Lucha Underground will crown their first ever champion tonight. 20 Luchadores will compete in a Aztec Warfare Match for the championship.
Nothing makes me happier than seeing talent get pushed in the WWE. From Dolph Ziggler being the sole survivor at Survivor Series to being the Intercontinental Champion soon after, it looked like nothing couls get in his way. After successfully defending his title on RAW shortly after, there was hope that he’d have a long and decent reign without losing the title early. I would think, “If and when he does lose the title, here’s hoping that it will be at a PPV event as opposed to a typical episode of RAW or SmackDown.” With a new year, hopefully there’ll be even more exciting new changes and emphasis on the next generation of wrestlers. Even though Ziggler has been in the company for around 10 years now (prior to his “Dolph Ziggler” days), he has yet to achieve main-event superstar status for an extended amount of time. Could this be the beginning of the dawning of a new era? Unfortunately, Ziggler lost the title Monday on RAW. Not even a PPV. Now what? Let’s hope Ziggler can once again rise again and stay on top as we wait and see what’s next for the Show-Off.
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Dixie Carter is featured on the latest edition of his podcast “The Ross Report”. She discusses the move to Destination America and it’s debut tonight. You can listen to the entire podcast below.
2014 left many memories, from the shocking end of The Undertaker’s streak to the untimely death of the Ultimate Warrior. From the return of the likes of Brock Lesnar, Batista, The Rock, and the WWE debut of Sting to mainstream and increased popularity of the WWE divas, this was a year to never be forgotten. Many new faces were introduced this year, and like previous years, they have already made their mark. United States Champion Rusev remains undefeated as Lana commands an audience with her mic skills. Paige debuted on the main roster winning the WWE Divas Championship after defeating AJ Lee, going on to have another reign later in the year.
Adam Rose brings a party with him everywhere he goes, Emma was welcomed with her dance moves, Bo Dallas was repackaged and some of the NXT talent has had matches on RAW, including Sami Zayn, Adrian Neville, Tyler Breeze, and Charlotte. If 2015 shows as much promise for an amazing future featuring the new talent as 2014 did, it’s going to be an exciting ride.
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IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship – 4-Way Match: (C) reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) def. Forever Holligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero), Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) & The Young Bucks
6-Man Tag: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojimo & Tomoaki Honma def. The Bullet Club (Jeff Jarrett, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
8-Man Tag: Mikey Nicholls, Naomichi Murufuji, Shane Haste & Toru Yano def. Suzukigun (Shelton X Benjamin, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Takashi Iizuka
Match Can Only End By KO or Submission: Minoru Suzuki def. Kazushi Sakuraba by technical submission ( rear naked choke)
NEVER Openweight Championship: Togi Makabe def. (C) Tomohiro Ishii: Makabe is new NEVER Openweight Champion
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Kenny Omega def. (C) Ryusuke Taguchi: Omega is new IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion
IWGP Tag Team Championship: Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata) def. (C) The Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows): Meiyu Tag are the new IWGP Tag Team Champions
AJ Styles def. Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura def. Kota Ibushi
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: (C) Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Kazuchika Okada
TNA has announced that they have re-signed Kurt Angle, Abyss, Ethan Carter III (EC3) & Jessie Godderz. TNA Executive Vice President John Gaburick said more signings will be announced soon.
Rob Terry (The Freak) has been moved from the TNA roster page to the Alumni section, so it appears that he is done with the company. Also the Menagerie profile has no mention of him in their faction.
TNA has also removed Quinton “Rampage” Jackson to the Alumni section from the roster page.
