News broke earlier today that Kevin Nash will join the 2015 class of the WWE Hall Of Fame. The announcement will be made official on Raw tonight.
RAW Preview: 3/23/15
Face-Off between WWE World Heavyweight Champion and his WrestleMania 31 opponent Roman Reigns.
How will Triple H respond to Sting?
Does retribution await Bad News Barrett?
Will Randy Orton get his hands on Seth Rollins?
Is Rusev afraid of John Cena?
Rapper Snoop Dogg and ESPN & Grantland’s Bill Simmons will be appearing on RAW.
Source: WWE.com
Kevin Nash is expected to be announced to be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015.
PWInsider reports that Sting is in Los Angeles and is scheduled for RAW but it’s still not known if The Undertaker will be appearing.
Wrestler’s Comment on the Tragic Passing of Perro Aguayo Jr.
Several wrestlers took to Twitter and Instagram to comment on the horrible tragic passing of El Hijo del Perro Aguayo in Mexico on Friday night. Below are some of the tweets:
Rey Mysterio Commented On Death of Mexican Wrestler
Rey Mysterio commented on the death of Mexican wrestler El Hijo Del Perro Aguayo (Perro Aguayo Jr), who died from injuries suffered in a match with Mysterio.
Father of Mexican wrestler who died Friday night during a match has not been notified yet.
ESPN Deportes in Mexico reports that Mexican wrestling legend Perro Aguayo still has not been informed of his son’s tragic death because he is not in good health and there is concern over how he will take the news.
As noted, Lucha Libre star Hijo del Perro Aguayo passed away after an accident during a match in Tijuana, Mexico on Friday night after a spot with Rey Mysterio. TNA stars Manik and Tigre Uno were also in the match. Aguayo was rushed to a hospital about a block away and then pronounced dead at around 1am local time. His cause of death was reported as a stroke caused by cervical spinal damage and the medical report says he suffered from whiplash, according to MedioTempio.com.
ESPN Deportes also reports that Ignacio Delgado, owner of the indie company CRASH that was promoting the match, said at a press conference that the company will cover all funeral expenses. It sounded like the promotion is doing what it can for Aguayo’s family and the funeral will be held in Guadalajara.
Mexican wrestler dies from injuries after match involving Rey Mysterio
AAA wrestler Pedro Aguayo Ramírez, who wrestles as El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, died early this morning after a mishap in a match with Rey Mysterio at a show in Tijuana, Mexico last night.
News reports indicate that El Hijo took the initial move before the 619 in the trachea and experienced whiplash.. El Hijo took a dropkick from Rey to set up the 619, and then slumps on to the ropes.
El Universal reports that Konnan tried to revive Ramírez to no avail. He was later transported to a nearby hospital. Newspaper El-mexicano.com reports that El Hijo died around 1:00 AM local time.
We here at WrestlingNewsBlog.com. send our sincerest condolences to Ramírez’s family, friends and fans.
Mexican promotion CMLL tweeted their own condolences for El Hijo in a show of support for AAA.
Rousey VS Correia headlines UFC190
Just yesterday we posted a story of a possible match up between women’s Batemweight champion Ronda Rousey and undefeated challenger Bethe Corriea.
Now after the announcement made today by UFC president Dana White at the UFC189 world tour press conference that bout is now official! and by the looks of the state down from these two this fight is going to be good.
You can check out the staredown here http://instagram.com/p/0dYvQ1LDOs/
Also announced for the card will be a rematch of one of the greatest fights in PRIDE history, as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua battles Rogerio Nogueira in a light heavyweight bout fans have demanded.
So who’s excited for Aug 1st? I know I am
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
UFC Fight Night 62: Maia VS LaFlare – 3/21/15
Fox Sports 1 Main Card – 10PM ET/7PM PT
Welterweight – 5 Round Fight: #7 Demian Maia VS #14 Ryan LeFlare
Welterweight: Erick Silva VS Josh Koscheck
Leonardo Santos vs Tony Martin
Women’s Bantamweight: #9 Amanda Nunes VS “The Queen of Spades” Shayna Baszler
Gilbert Burns VS Alex Oliveira
Godofredo Pepey VS Andre Fili
Fox Sports 2 Prelims – 8PM ET/5PM PT
Trinaldo vs Arreola
Souza VS Kikuno
L. Silva VS Dober
Mafra VS Carrizosa
UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims – 7PM ET/4PM PT
de Oliveira VS Giagos
Syler VS Serrano
Extras Being Hired For 2 Special WrestleMania 31 Entrances
It’s being reported that WWE has a local casting agency in San Francisco working to cast Russian soldiers and scarecrows at WrestleMania 31. The Russian soldiers obviously are for Rusev and the scarecrows are for Sting or Bray Wyatt, but likely for Sting.
The casting agency is booking both roles and they’re using the same extras for both roles as a way to save money. They’re looking for males between 24 and 33 with no facial hair. The agency is paying the extras $1,100 each total for 3 days.
The extras must be available to train on March 27th and 28th, then perform at WrestleMania on March 29th. The first day will consist of costume fitting and a walk-through for 4 hours. They will do a late night rehearsal after the Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday from 11pm – 3am. They will be required to be at Levi’s Stadium all day and evening on Sunday at WrestleMania.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter via WrestlingINC.com
Ronda Rousey vs Bethe Correia targeted for UFC190 in Brazil
Runors have been flying around all over the Internet since late last night about Ronda Rousey’s next possible opponent and it’s time we here at WrestlingNewsBlog join the party. The person that is said to be next in line is undefeated Brazilian Bethe Corriea. Bethe is currently 9-0 with two back to back wins over Rousey’s friends and training partners Jessamyn Duke and Shayna Baszler.
Clearly there is no love lost between these two. Bethe has even called Rousey a “selfish champion because she leaves to make movies and doesn’t really care about the sport”
Rousey fired back saying that “if she wasn’t doing all this talking she wouldn’t be getting recognized so she’s doing a good job for herself. In one interview when asked about Corriea beating her teammates Rousey said “I’m the mamma bear and I will f*** her up”
The rumored show down between the two is targeted to take place at UFC190 on August 1st from Corriea’s home counry of Brazil. Although the UFC hasn’t confirmed this bout it’s more then likely to happen for 3 reasons. 1. Rousey said she expected to return in August. 2. Rousey said she would want nothing more then to beat corriea in her hometown and 3. Right now Corriea is the most logical opponent based soly on the history between the two.
I know one things Forsure if this fight does indeed happen I’ll be chearing on Rousey as she dives into enemy territory.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91
