Source: WrestlingINC
There are reports coming out of Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts that police barred Ric Flair from boarding his flight this morning due to public intoxication.
NXT Preview: 4/27/16
The following is scheduled for tonight’s 4/27 WWE NXT on WWE Network:
Footage of Samoa Joe defeating Finn Balor to win the NXT Title at a recent live event
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Elias Samson
NXT Women’s Champion Asuka vs. Eva Marie
Lucha Underground Preview: 4/27/16
FOUR TEAMS TAKE IT TO THE RING IN THE NEWEST EPISODE OF ‘LUCHA UNDERGROUND’
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27th AT 8:00 PM ET/PT ON EL REY NETWORK
In an all-new episode of “Lucha Underground,” this Wednesday, April 27th at 8:00PM ET/PT on El Rey Network, Cage faces off with Johnny Mundo in a blood-pumping Steel Cage Match for an Aztec Medallion. While Pentagon Jr. struggles with devastating injuries, four teams compete in the Trios Tournament finals which is sure to be a mind-blowing match for the books! Don’t miss new one-hour episodes of the lucha libre wrestling series from Emmy Award®-winning producer Mark Burnett Wednesdays at 8:00PM ET/PT.
ROH Preview: 4/27/16
The following is scheduled for tonight’s 4/27 ROH TV on Comet:
More footage from the Honor Rising events in Japan
The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs. reDRagon & Katsuyori Shibata
ROH Champion Jay Lethal & Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA vs. Kazarian
Cormier VS Jones To Headline UFC 200
Source: MMA Fighting
The rematch is once again official.
Jon Jones will fight Daniel Cormier in a light heavyweight unification title bout at UFC 200, as first reported during a telecast of Good Morning America on Wednesday. The fight will headline the July 9 card in Las Vegas, at the brand new T-Mobile Arena.
“UFC 200 has been, uh, interesting to say the least, putting this thing together,” UFC president Dana White said on the show. “There’s been some crazy things that have gone on. Some ups and downs. Jon Jones just fought on Saturday night and won his fight against OSP. He’s been out for 15 months, and now he’s back, and he wants his light heavyweight UFC title back. So the main event will be Daniel Cormier versus Jon Jones.”
Jones was originally slated to face Cormier at UFC 197 this past Saturday, yet the current 205-pound champion had to withdraw due to an injury. He was replaced by Ovince Saint Preux, who lost a unanimous decision to Jones. The fight was contested for an interim title.
The Jones-Cormier rematch had been rumored for the big UFC 200 card, yet Jones was nursing a sore foot after his fight with Saint Preux. Though he has yet to have an x-ray taken, he tweeted out on Tuesday evening that he was walking around and the foot was fine.
“I just want to get back to my original plan and dominate Daniel Cormier again,” said Jones on the show.
The bad blood between Cormier and Jones extends back to UFC 178, where the two were booked to meet for Jones’ light heavyweight title. During a press conference for the fight, the two engaged in a brawl. Jones had to pull out of the fight with a leg injury, but they finally met at UFC 182 in early-2015.
Jones won the first fight via unanimous decision.
He was stripped of his title just a few months later after a hit-and-run incident in Albuquerque. Before then Jones had eight title defenses. In his absence Cormier defeated Anthony Johnson for the vacant belt at UFC 187, and later defended it againstAlexander Gustafsson at UFC 192 in Houston.
UFC 200 will feature a women’s bantamweight title fight between Miesha Tate andAmanda Nunes, as well as an interim featherweight title fight between Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar.
Chyna’s Brain To Be Donated For CTE Research
Source: NBC Los Angeles
The brain of former WWE star Chyna, who was found dead last week in her Southern California home, will be donated for research involving the effects of concussions, her manager said Tuesday.
Chyna, whose real name is Joan Marie Laurer, was found dead Wednesday in her Redondo Beach apartment. Police were responding to a 911 call from a friend who said the former 46-year-old World Wrestling Entertainment performer failed to answer her phone for a few days.
Anthony Anzaldo, her manager, told NBC4 Los Angeles Tuesday that her brain will be donated for research involving chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain injury also known as CTE. Anzaldo said the brain has been given to Dr. Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu, a groundbreaking researcher who first discovered and published findings on CTE and was the subject of the 2015 film “Concussion,” starring Will Smith.
“We want to donate her brain,” Anzaldo told The New York Daily News. “We want to know what made Chyna tick.”
CTE has been diagnosed in the brains of several former NFL players. The progressive degenerative disease of the brain, which can only be diagnosed after death, has been found in athletes who have a history of repeated blows to the head and concussions.
The result of her autopsy have not been released.
Attorneys contacted him long before Chyna’s death to gauge interest in joining a brain injury lawsuit against the WWE, Analdo told the Daily News. They decided not to join the lawsuit, he said.
TNA Sacrifice Preview: 4/26/16
TNA World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Drew Galloway VS Tyrus
No DQ, No Count Out: EC3 VS Mike Bennett w/Maria
King of the Mountain Championship: (C) Eric Young VS Bram
TNA World Tag Team Championship: (C’s) Beer Money VS The Decay
YouTube Gives Shout Out To Shinsuke Nakamura & WWE
The official YouTube account gave a shou out to WWE and Shinsuke Nakamura for WWE’s acclaimed theme song for the Japanese superstar. The video has already reached over one million views on YouTube since releasing earlier this month.
Chyna — Drinking Heavily Before Death, Over Bad Relationship With WWE
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
The documentary director who was with Chyna in the final months before she died says the ex-wrestler was incredibly broken up about not getting an invite this year to attend WWE‘s Hall of Fame ceremony — and it’s one of the reasons she began to drink heavily before passing away.
Erik Angra tells Pro Wrestling Sheet Joanie Laurer had been distressed over not being invited to the big event to see old friends, and it’s partly why she backed out of flying to Dallas.
For those who missed it, Chyna was scheduled for a meet and greet at WrestleCon but cancelled at the last minute and promoters said it was because she wouldn’t get on the plane.
Sources say Laurer expected the documentary she was filming to shine a light on her Hall of Fame situation, and was hoping it would lead to an invite to get the conversation started with company officials. When that didn’t happen, she began to drink more than usual.
Angra says Chyna was also feeling emotional over attempts to reconnect with her family, and the full story will be seen in their documentary — which they still plan to release in the wake of her passing.
Reports say Chyna’s death is being investigated as a possible overdose and Angra tells us those working on the film “saw the signs were there” in regards to her addictions.
Official word on her cause of death is pending further investigation.
Gallows & Anderson Make In-Ring Debut On RAW, Theme Music, Comments On Debut
The new theme song for Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson is titled “Omen In The Sky.”WWE has released the audio on YouTube:
