Triple H Reportedly Spotted After Dinner With Ronda Rousey And Her Agent (Video)

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A secret dinner session between Ronda Rousey, her agent and Triple H reportedly went down last night in Los Angeles … adding further speculation to a women’s Royal Rumble appearance.

TMZ published video which claims to show Triple H sneaking out of Republique around 8:30 pm. Ronda and her agent were next to leave, but neither were looking to reveal much.

When asked about Ronda’s future in WWE, however, the agent gave one big shoulder shrug.

As we previously reported, Rousey is scheduled to be filming a Mark Wahlberg movie in Colombia while the Rumble is taking place. However, our report noted that a deal being worked out at the last minute was possible and a meeting during SmackDown Live on the other side of the country would seem to indicate that they’re at least trying to book her for something.

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Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Michael Elgin Says His Comments About Jeff Cobb Were “Unacceptable”

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NJPW wrestler Michael Elgin is apologizing for comments he made about tag partner Jeff Cobb in a leaked text conversation, saying they were “unacceptable.”

For those who missed it, a conversation leaked out last month showing Elgin making disparaging comments towards a woman accusing one of his students of sexual assault. The woman in question also released a portion of the conversation in which he bashed Cobb.

Now, Elgin has put out a statement saying: “I made some comments about Jeff Cobb that were unacceptable. At the time of this conversation I had a lot going on and took it out on Jeff Cobb unfairly. Not only is he a great performer, he is one of the nicest and most kind hearted people I’ve ever met in my career.”

Adding, “I’ve spoken to him and other colleagues directly and hope they accepted my apology. He deserves praise for his performance and he is a true asset to any company he’s involved in, I truly hope he becomes a big part of NJPW this year.”

Big Mike also put out a more lengthy statement this weekend about the disparaging comments he made towards the woman. Read it in full below (since his tweets are now protected).

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

NJPW Fantastica Mania 2018 And New Beginning Cards Revealed

The next set of live shows to take place on NJPW World is Fantastic Mania 2018 on January 19, 21, and 22. This is a co-promotional tour between NJPW and CMLL from Mexico. On nights two and three there will be a four-team CMLL Brother Tournament, where brothers will team up, single elimination style. You can check out the full cards for the next three events below:

Fantastica Mania 2018 (January 19 – 4:30am ET / 1:30am PT)

* Fuego vs. Okumura

* Dragon Lee, Hirai Kawato, Satoshi Kojima, and Star Jr. vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Rush, and Tetsuya Naito

* Atlantis, Drone, Mistico, and Volador, Jr. vs. Barbaro Cavernario, Disturbio, Puma, and Ultimo Guerrero

* Angel de Oro (c) vs. Cuatrero (CMLL World Middleweight Championship)

* Sanson vs. Soberano Jr. (c) (Mexican National Welterweight Championship)

* Gran Guerrero vs. Niebla Roja (c) (CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship)

Fantastica Mania 2018 (January 21 – 4:30am ET / 1:30am PT)

* Disturbio and Puma vs. Drone and Star Jr.

* Fuego, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Soberano, Jr. vs. Okumura and Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH)

* Atlantis, Hirai Kawato, KUSHIDA, and Satoshi Kojima vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Rush, and Tetsuya Naito)

* Angel de Oro and Niebla Roja vs. Los Guerreros Laguneros (Gran Guerrero & Ultimo Guerrero) (CMLL Brother Tag Team Tournament First Round Match)

* Cuatrero and Sanson vs. Dragon Lee and Mistico (CMLL Brother Tag Team Tournament First Round Match)

* Barbaro Cavernario vs. Volador Jr. (c) (NWA World Historic Welterweight Championship)

Fantastica Mania 2018 (January 22 – 4:30am ET / 1:30am PT)

* Disturbio and Puma vs. Fuego and Ryusuke Taguchi

* Chaos (Rocky Romero, SHO, & YOH) and Okumura vs. Jushin Liger, KUSHIDA, Star, Jr. and Tiger Mask IV

* CMLL Brother Tag Team Tournament Loser’s Bracket Match

* Atlantis and Hirai Kawato vs. Barbaro Cavernario and Gedo (Kawato’s last match before going on foreign excursion)

* Drone, Soberano, Jr., and Volador, Jr. vs. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, and Tetsuya Naito

* Rush vs. Satoshi Kojima

* CMLL Brother Tag Team Tournament Finals

– NJPW has also revealed the full cards for their New Beginning shows on January 27, January 28, and February 10. Night one’s main event is Hiroshi Tanahashi defending the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Minoru Suzuki. Night two will have IWGP US Champion Kenny Omega vs. Jay White. In February, they will feature Will Ospreay (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship), Hirooki Goto (c) vs. EVIL (NEVER Openweight Championship), and in the main event, Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. SANADA (IWGP Heavyweight Championship). Below are the full cards:

New Beginning in Sapporo Night One (January 27 – 4am ET / 1am PT)

* Katsuya Kitamura vs. Michael Elgin

* Jushin Liger, KUSHIDA, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, and Tiger Mask IV vs. El Desperado, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku, Takashi Iizuka, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

* Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano

* Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Roa (c) vs. Henare, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Togi Makabe (NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship)

* Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page, and Marty Scurll vs. David Finlay, Juice Robinson, and Kota Ibushi

* Will Ospreay and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Hiromu Takahashi and Tetsuya Naito

* Gedo, Hirooki Goto, and Kazuchika Okada vs. BUSHI, EVIL, and SANADA

* Jay White, SHO, and YOH) vs. Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson

* Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki (IWGP Intercontinental Championship)

New Beginning in Sapporo Night Two (January 28 – 1am ET / 10pm PT – still the 27th, for people on the west coast)

* Juice Robinson vs. Katsuya Kitamura

* Jushin Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino, and Tiger Mask IV vs. El Desperado, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

* Leo Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano

* Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Tama Tonga, and Tanga Roa vs. Henare, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, and Togi Makabe

* Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin vs. Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka

* Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page, and Marty Scurll vs. David Finlay, Kota Ibushi, and KUSHIDA

* Gedo, Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, and YOSHI-HASHI vs. BUSHI, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, and Tetsuya Naito

* Roppongi 3K (SHO and YOH) vs. Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) (c) (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship)

* “Switchblade” Jay White vs. Kenny Omega (c) (IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship)

New Beginning in Osaka (February 10 – 3am ET / 12am PT)

* Katsuya Kitamura vs. Yuji Nagata

* Roppongi 3K (SHO and YOH) vs. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

* “Switchblade” Jay White, Tomohiro Ishii, and Toru Yano vs. David Finlay, Juice Robinson, and Michael Elgin

* Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku, and Takashi Iizuka vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Togi Makabe

* BUSHI vs. Gedo

* Tetsuya Naito vs. YOSHI-HASHI

* Hiromu Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay (c) (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship)

* EVIL vs. Hirooki Goto (c) (NEVER Openweight Championship)

* Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. SANADA (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)

Rich Swann’s Wife Scheduled For Impact Tapings

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Squared Circle Sirens is reporting that independent wrestler Su Yung — real name Vannarah Riggs — is scheduled to appear at an upcoming set of Impact Wrestling tapings. It could come as early as this week as television tapings take place tomorrow through Monday in Orlando, Florida.

 Yung has worked for Impact Wrestling in the past as she wrestled Taryn Terrell at One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown in 2015.

Yung was in the news last month following a domestic violence incident with her husband, WWE star Rich Swann. On Dec. 10, 2017, Swann got arrested in Gainesville, Florida on charges of domestic battery and false imprisonment. Swann remains suspended by WWE since the arrest as the company said in a statement: “WWE has zero tolerance for matters involving domestic violence.”

Source: WrestlingINC

Former WWE Employee Calls Out The Company For Unequal Pay

Former WWE makeup artist Stella Kae recently called out WWE for their level of unequal pay on Twitter. Stella, who is a celebrity makeup artist, is a strong proponent of women getting equal pay, particularly in the WWE.

 “As people become more socially aware in this country, I wonder if WWE will ever address equal pay for women,” Stella wrote. “They risk their lives and bodies just the same to make SUBSTANTIALLY less than male talent.”

Kae also addressed a report that showed Nikki Bella as WWE’s highest paid female athlete, with an annual salary of $400,000. She thought this was “interesting,” since the top male performer is at a $12 million annual salary. She received a response from a fan stating that the women do not earn equal pay-per-view buys, so they should not have equal pay.

“Have they ever truly been given an equal opportunity to do these things?” Kae replied. “People use these same kind of tired excuses for not booking black models or extending foundation ranges…lets call it what it is: INEQUALITY.”

Kae also revealed that she heard there are currently women on weekly television who are still at their NXT rate of pay, which is $45,000 annually. She added that there is also speculation that NXT men are making more than main roster women. Moreover, she commented regarding the defense of unequal pay, “Imagine defending that women should be paid less for the same job for ANY reason? My only response will be Internal laughter.”

In addition to WWE, Stella Kae has also done makeup work for America’s Next Top Model, The Apprentice, Braxton Family Values, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, among others.

You can check out some of her tweets below:

Source: WrestlingINC

More Big Names Announced For RAW 25th Anniversary Episode

WWE has announced more special appearances for the RAW 25th Anniversary episode, which takes place on January 22nd from two locations in New York City – the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the Manhattan Center. The new names announced are The Godfather, Brother Love, Teddy Long, The Boogeyman, Ted DiBiase Sr., Sgt. Slaughter and John Laurinaitis.

Below is the updated list of names scheduled to appear and above is a new promo for the show:

* WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long

* WWE Hall of Famer The Godfather

* Brother Love

* The Boogeyman

* WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter

* John Laurinaitis

* Sean “X-Pac” Waltman

* WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase

* Free agent John Cena

* WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar

* The Undertaker

* WWE Hall of Famers Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

* WWE Hall of Famers Kevin Nash and Scott Hall

* WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair

* The Bella Twins

* JBL and WWE Hall of Famer Ron Simmons

* The Dudley Boyz

* WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin

* DX: WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels, Triple H and The New Age Outlaws

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Confirms Injury To Samoa Joe At Last Night’s RAW

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RAW General Manager Kurt Angle revealed on Twitter that Samoa Joe suffered an injury in the match with Rhyno on last night’s RAW, causing him to be pulled from WWE’s Mixed Match Challenge.

The injury to Joe is legitimate and not a part of the storylines. No word yet on when he will be back in action but he’s suffering from a right foot injury and will be undergoing an MRI. As noted, Joe announced on RAW that he will be in the 30-man Royal Rumble match later this month.

“During his match, [Samoa Joe] felt a pop at the bottom of his [right] foot,” said WWE Senior Ringside Physician Dr. Chris Amann. “We took a look and believe he has a plantar fascia rupture, which is a thick tissue rupture under the foot. We will get an MRI to confirm. Treatment includes a period of immobilization in a boot with crutches and platelet rich plasma injections.”

WWE 205 Live Preview 1/9/18

Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama as the road to the Royal Rumble continues.

* Will Cedric Alexander have another opportunity for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship?

* How will Hideo Itami react to Gentleman Jack Gallagher’s attack?

SmackDown Live Preview 1/9/18

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama as the road to the Royal Rumble continues.

* How will AJ Styles react to his Handicap Match at WWE Royal Rumble?

* Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley clash in final U.S. Title Tournament First Round Match

* Becky Lynch returns to action against Ruby Riott

* Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable demand justice

* The Ascension battle The Bludgeon Brothers

Rey Mysterio To Make Impact Wrestling Debut Soon?

Rey Mysterio could finally be making his Impact Wrestling debut soon, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. The rumors on Rey talking with Impact go back as far as the summer of 2017.

Impact officials are trying to get Mysterio signed for the tapings that begin this week in Orlando, but at last word, there was no deal. There are talks still happening between the two sides.

It was reported back in the summer that Rey was entertaining offers from WWE and GFW/Impact. The talks with WWE fell through and the last top US promotion Rey worked for was Lucha Underground. Rey told ESPN in December that he’s not currently signed to any deal.

“I’m not locked up to any company,” Mysterio said. “I’m an independent contractor, as we say. I could go work wherever I want. That’s the beautiful thing about being on this side of the fence. You don’t have a commitment with only one company. You can go around and pretty much wrestle wherever you want. You can choose when you want your off-days to be. That was one of my main priorities when I left WWE.”

Rey recently took to Instagram and posted the following on his 2017:

Was Truly Blessed this past year 2017 first & foremost for having the most amazing, supportive & lovable partner that I have as wife…… Angie @619reynaLater through out the year was on the roster of @luchaunderground & was picked up by @netflix……. I became the face -aka- Latin ambassador of the best casino in the 619 @sycuan_casino and had a huge mask as a billboard put up off the I-5 as soon as you crossed the San Isidro international border ……… Had my handprints inducted into Plaza Las Estrellas in Mexico City……. Became part of the @nutritionsolutions Family & started to train with my good homie @chriscavallini & became more aware of my nutrition and started some intense workouts ……..

Also became a sponsored athlete by one of the Dopest wrestling clothing lines out there right now @suplexwrestling …..

Last but not least to close the year I became Heavyweight Champion for @thecrashluchas In Tijuana Defeating none other than 3 of the best Mexican wrestlers right now, @lamascaraalva @rush_ingobernable & @penta_zero_miedo

A Tittle that means more than what you may think, this Tittle was inspired & designed to pay tribute..respect…to two of the greatest wrestlers, friends & brothers,

Eddie Guerrero +

Hijo Del Perro +

There was no other way out in the match for me than a W!

Thank you lord for always keeping me on my toes, for granting me my health and the ability too perform world wide the way I do for all my fans!

A very Big Thank you to all my fans for your loyalty & unconditional support….. I wish you all the best & Blessings for this upcoming year!

And I almost forgot to thank my sister in law for helping me with my FB page @ReyMysterio and all of the collages she puts together for me to post! #GraciasMija #Amooooo #MuchLoveToAll #HappyNewYear #TheBestIn2018ForAll

Source: WrestlingINC