Ring of Honor announced today that they will be leaving Destination America at the end of this month and will debut on COMET television channel beginning December 2nd. ROH will still air on all Sinclair Broadcasting stations.
WWE Hall Of Famer Nick Bockwinkel Passed Away On Saturday
WWE Hall of Famer Nick Bockwinkel passed away on Saturday night at the age of 80. Sorry we are late posting this. We here at Wrestling News Blog would like to pass along our condolences to Nick’s family and friends.
Below are some Tweets on the passing of Nick Bockwinkel from WWE, Jerry “The King” Lawler, Edge (Adam Copeland), Triple H and Jim Ross:
RAW Preview: 11/16/15
The World Heavyweight Championship Tournament continues:
Roman Reigns VS Cesaro
Kevin Owens VS Neville
Dean Ambrose VS Dolph Ziggler
Kalisto VS Alberto Del Rio
Expect the Brothers of Destruction VS The Wyatt Family battle lines to become clearer.
ROH To Make Announcement Today On TV Future
Ring of Honor COO Joe Koff stated this morning that ROH would be making an announcement today regarding their television future. ROH currently airs on Destination America, NESN and the Sinclair Broadcasting stations. ROH’s deal with Destination America reportedly expires at the end of the year.
TNA Knockout Done With Company?
Brooke Adams better known as TNA Knockout Brooke Tessmacher has indicated on Twitter that she is dome with TNA. Brooke signed with TNA in 2010 and was TNA Knockout Champion 3 times.
A moment of Refelction: Rousey vs Holm from Vanessa Vasquez
You know those moments that don’t feel real? and it feels as if time has stood still.?November 14th 2015 was just that for me.
Anyone who has followed this site for nearly 3 years knows that I have been Team Rousey through and through. I also know that she’s one of the most polarizing athletes to ever walk the face of this earth. Love her or hate her there is no denying that she has broken down barriers. She has changed the face of MMA as we know it.
Every time she has stepped into the octagon history was made. Even when being on the losing end of things she was a part of history.
To be quite honest seeing her bloody and beaten broke me. It hurt as I type this it still hurts. I would always joke and say the day we see Ronda loose would be the day we whiteness the apocalypse. I honestly never thought I would NEVER be typing something like this but here we are.
I don’t know what’s next but all I do know is that this one lost does not define the incredible athlete she is or the incredible person she is (yep I just said that.) if I’m being serious here it breaks my heart to see the MMA community rejoice in her lost because let’s be real WMMA wouldn’t be where it is right now if it wasn’t for Ronda Rousey
So yes say what you may but there is no denying that she’s changed the way women are looked at in sports. There’s no denying that she’s one and if not the greatest thing to happen to MMA
Further more I know she’ll be back to hopefully give us one of the most anticipated rematches in the history of the UFC. Anyone who knows me knows me knows that I believe Loyalty is everything and I’ll tell you once a Rousey fan always a Rousey fan.
I sincerely hope Rousey is ok mentally and health wise and to our new champion Holy Holm congrats and I hope you’re ready for this whirl wind.
Holly Holm ends Ronda Rousey’s undefeated streak via KO
On November 14th 2015 at UFC193 Holly Holm signal handedly did the unthinkable. She did the one thing that 12 other women (15 if you count amateur career) couldn’t do and that was dethrone the undefeated Ronda Rousey
In what some are calling the biggest upset in UFC history Holy Holm stopped Ronda Rousey with a vicious TKO in the second round.
This left the 78,000 fans in attendance at Melbourne Australia in complete shock. Some cheered while others cried. One thing is forsure though, November 14th will be a day many won’t forget. It’s proof that anything can happen in MMA.
In the post fight press conference Dana White said Rousey was transported to the nearest hospital, as far as the newly crowned champion Holly Holm a rematch with Ronda Rousey seems to be the only thing that makes sense and Dana White agrees.
Rousey who is now (12-1) previously said that she wanted to disappear after this fight so it’ll be interesting to see what happens next. As far as Holm goes she is now (10-0) and now has the biggest target on her back.
Regardless of what side you were on the landscape of the bantamweight division has changed forever.
UFC 193: Rousey VS Holm Fight Card – 11/14/15
UFC 193 – Saturday November 14, 2015 Rousey VS Holm from Melbourne, Australia
Main Card PPV – 10PM ET
Women’s Bantamweight Title Fight: (C) Ronda Rousey VS #7 Holly Holm
Women’s Strawweight Title Fight: (C) Joanna Jedrzejczyk VS #8 Valerie Letourneau
Heavyweight: #8 Mark Hunt VS #11 Bigfoot Silva
Middleweight: #10 Uriah Hall VS #14 Robert Whittaker
Heavyweight: #14 Stefan Struve VS Jared Rosholt
FS1 Prelims – 8PM ET
Matthews VS Arreola
Noke VS Sobotta
Perosh VS Villante
Vaculik VS Martinez
UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims – 6:15PM ET
Kelly VS Montgomery
Walsh VS Kennedy
Moontasri VS Zafir
Nguyen VS Benoit
For more information got to UFC.com
Breaking News: WWE Fires Billy Gunn
According to the Wrestling Observer, WWE has fired Billy Gunn (real name Kip Sopp) after learning that he failed a test for PED’s (performance enhancing drugs) at a powerlifting competition in Florida on July 25th.
Gunn’s drug test at the competition came up with a 37-1 testosterone/epitestosterone ratio, above the 4-1 limit, and he was suspended for 4 years. WWE was not aware of him competing as a powerlifter or his suspension from the sport until a few weeks ago.
Gunn age 52, has been working as trainer for WWE at their Performance Center since 2012. He had a short main roster comeback with his partner Road Dogg in early 2013, but has mainly been working with the NXT brand. Gunn was one of the trainers for WWE Tough Enough and recenlty was seen on WWE Network’s new show Breaking Ground.
(video) Shane Douglas Talks His Wrestling Career & Starting His Own Promotion
Adam from What Culture Wrestling talks with “The Franchise Shane Douglas about his wrestling career, the current state of the wrestling industry and his new promotion – Classic Wrestling Revolution.
At the 13:43 mark of the video below Shane Douglas talks about his new wrestling promotion. Douglas said they are going to take wrestling back closer to sport back to classic wrestling. He said Classic Wrestling Revolution is only a launch name and it will change after it’s launched. He said they currently have 204 athletes signed and will hold a open casting call in January in Las Vegas. Production will start in January, they already shot a pilot they shot it 10 days before the passing of Roddy Piper, who was the Executive Vice President and very instrumental in the development of the company. You can see snippets from the pilot at Classic Wrestling Revolution on Facebook.
