Lucha Underground Preview: Ultima Lucha – 8/5/15

Ultima Lucha Part 2 – 2 Hour Show

Gift of the Gods Match (Winner gets a Lucha Underground Title Shot): Sexy Star VS Big Ryck VS Fenix VS Aerostar VS King Cuerno VS Jack Evans VS Bengala

Texano VS Blue Demon Jr.

Alberto El Patron VS Johnny Mundo

Cero Miedo (Zero Fear) Match: Vampiro VS Pentagon Jr.

Lucha Underground Championship: (C) Prince Puma VS Mil Muertes w/Catrina

Video: Steve Austin Welcomes Arnold Schwarzenegger To WWE 2K16, Issues Warning

In the video below “Stone Cold” Steve Austin welcomes Arnold Schwarzenegger to the WWE 2K16 video game. He also issued a warning to Arnold.

 

 

Ronda Rousey lands major endorsement deal 

Words most dominate athlete, UFC women’s bantamweight champion, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, New York Times best seller. The list of accomplishments are ever growing for Ronda Rousey, and now you can add Official sponsor of fast food chain Carl’s Jr. to the list.

The chain confirmed to Eater.com that Rousey will be the new face of the company’s commercials with the first spot debuting in a few weeks.

Carl’s Jr. has always been one of my personal favorite fast food joints but I along with many others find previous commercials to be totally pointless and in some ways believe they degrade women. I mean how does a woman in a bikini help sell a burger???

Previous faces in Carl’s Jr. commercials include the likes of Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton. I personally think having someone like Rousey as the new face is a great business move for both Carl’s Jr. and the UFC. I mean who doesn’t love fast food? This can possibly bring a new set of eyes to UFC along with marking Carl’s Jr. more appealing.

Are you excited for this new partnership? The first commercial is said to be debuting by the end of this month so be on the look out.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Video: 8-Year Old Elijah Signing His WWE Contact

Below is video from last night after RAW went off the air of 8-year old Elijah who is battling cancer for the fourth time signing his WWE contract. Elijah submitted a application for Tough Enough earlier this summer. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon was impressed so they invited him to RAW to sign a WWE contract. Elijah’s favorite WWE Superstar Stardust was there by his side when he signed the contract. Elijah said his name would be “Drax Shadow” and his catchphrase is “Don’t fear the darkness, fear the shadow!”

This is awesome that WWE would do something like this for a kid battling cancer.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Video Clips From Stone Cold Podcast With Paige

Here are some video clips from last night’s WWE Network Stone Cold Podcast with host Steve Austin and his guest Paige. Paige talks about Dusty Rhodes, her days a bouncer and her obsession with Steve Austin.

WWE Paid Tribute To Roddy Piper On RAW

Last night’s RAW opened with Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H and the WWE roster (all wearing Roddy Piper “Hot Rod” T-shirts) out on the stage to pay tribute to the late “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. There was a 10-bell salute followed by a tribute video.

 

The Miz honored Roddy Piper during the opening of his Miz TV segment, saying there would be no Miz TV without Piper’s Pit.

 

 

Ronda Rousey to star in own Biopic

This past Saturday at UFC190 Ronda Rousey successfully defended her Women’s Bantamweight title by disposing Bethe Correia via KO in a astounding 34 seconds.
The 12-0 athlete shows no signs of slowing down. She aims to defend her title for a 7th time against well known rival Miesha Tate in December and then go off to shoot Mile 22, a film Rousey will star in opposite Mark Walburg 

Now variety has an exclusive that Rousey’s memoir and New York Times best seller My fight your Fight has been picked up by Paramount Pictures to become a major motion picture as Ronda Rousey playing herself. It’s not often someone plays themselves on a film but as we all know by now Rousey loves to break down barriers.

The film has no release date but director Mark Bomback is on board to adapt the book into a movie while Mary Parent will serve as producer.

Parent had this to say about the opportunity of making a best seller into a blockbuster

“It’s a real honor to be a part of bringing Ronda’s incredible story to the big screen,”

You can read the full story on this major announcement here http://variety.com/2015/film/news/ronda-rousey-biopic-autobiography-my-fight-your-fight-1201553460/

Who’s excited for this film!? I know I am.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Elijah is Tough Enough

There is a lot to be said about the global phenomenon that is WWE. Some people think it’s the greatest thing to happen since slice bread while others in the IWC always have something bad to say about the flagship wrestling promotion.
One of the things that you can not deny about WWE is that they love to give back. It’s well known that the WWE superstars and divas alike are some of the most requested and highest wish granters for The Make a wish Foundation.

Let’s not forget their constant community service and there Be a Star campaign. Say what you want about the product but you got to give credit where credit is due. The people behind what we love so much have hearts of gold.

Tonight will serve as a prime example that the WWE is undeniably great at being a service to others.

A few weeks ago the WWE universe met a young man named Elijah. In a video that was posted on WWE’s Twitter and Facebook pages Triple H and Stephanie McMahon informed little Elijah that he was now Mr. Money in the Bank. Inside the briefcase was an official WWE superstar contract!

If you haven’t seen the video you can view it here in a tweet that chairmen Vince McMahon sent out earlier today

Yep you heard that right. Elijah is the newest superstar to the ever growing WWE roster. Tonight live on WWE Monday night Raw It will be made official as Elijah will be accompanied to the ring by his favorite Wrestler Stardust And the Authority will be awaiting their arrival to welcome Elijah to the roster.

It is sure to be s heartfelt moment and I’m sure I speak for everyone here. “You won’t want to miss it:

RAW Preview: 8/3/15

RAW takes place tonight from the Sap Center in San Jose, California. the show will probably feature some kind of tribute to Roddy Piper.

John Cena is not scheduled to appear due to the broken nose he suffered last week in his match with Seth Rollins.

From WWE.com RAW Five-Point Preview:

What Chaos will Brock Lesnar unleash?

Has Kevin Owens made a mistake by provoking Cesaro?

Has Seth Rollins broken more than Cena’s nose?

Which tandem will challenge The Prime Time Players?

Can Neville vanquish Stardust’s supervillainy?