20 Man Gauntlet Match to determine the #1 Contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Title
EC3 to respond about what happened last week when Mr. Anderson got involved.
Matt Hardy & The Wolves VS The Revolution
Knockouts Championship: (C) Taryn Terrell VS Angelina Love
May possible see the Impact debut of Drew Galloway
Impact Top 5:
1. Kurt Angle
2. MVP
3. Low Ki
4. Samoa Joe
5. EC3
MMANation.com recently spoke with Simon Inoki of Japan’s Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), a pro wrestling and MMA promotion owned by WWE Hall of Famer Antonio Inoki. Simon mentioned that they want to bring current WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar to the promotion once his current WWE deal is over.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
Source: WrestlingINC.com
According to PWInsider Jeff Jarrett is reportedly preparing to make Global Force Wrestling announcements next month during WrestleMania week, that’s the same time he made GFW announcement last year. Word is that the announcement will have to do with GFW talents and live events.
PWInsider also reports that there has been discussions of doing another live pay-per-view with New Japan Pro-Wrestling this spring and bringing a AAA live pay-per-view to the United States.
UFC Fight Night 61: Bigfoot VS Mir – Sunday, February, 22, 2015 on Fox Sports 1
Main Card on Fox Sports 1, 8PM/5PM ETPT – Prelims on Fox Sports 1, 6PM/3PM ETPT & Early Prelims on UFC Fight Pass, 5PM/2PM ETPT.
Heavyweight: #8 Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva (18-6, 1NC) VS #13 Frank Mir (16-9)
Lightweight: #6 Edson Barboza (15-2) VS #12 Michael Johnson (16-8)
To see the full card go to UFC.com.
Daniel Bryan VS The Miz
Roman Reigns VS Luke Harper
Dolph Ziggler VS Seth Rollins – J & J Security banned from ringside
Ryback VS Kane
Big Show VS Erick Rowan
Bad News Barrett VS R-Truth – Dean Ambrose at ringside
How will Rusev retaliate against John Cena?
Will Bray Wyatt finally reveal whom he is talking to?
Source: WWE.com
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson revealed on Twitter that he will be a presenter at The Oscars this Sunday. WrestlingINC.com reports that WWE Diva Eva Marie will also be there.
Former ECW, WWE and TNA star Kid Kash announced on Twitter that he is planning to retire by the end of the year.
Rhyno def. Elias Samson
Enzo Amore & Big Cass def. the Vaudvillians
Solomon Crowe debuts and shut downs CJ Parker’s protest
Sasha Banks def. Blue Pants
Kevin Owens def. Adrian Neville
In the wake of Anderson Silva’s 3 failed drug test for PED’s followed by a failed drug test by Hector Lombard, the UFC had no choice then to take action.
A press conference was held this afternoon where UFC president Dana White and CEO Lorenzo Feritta discussed the matter.
White had this to say at the press conference. “”What happened was we started spending half a million dollars on out of competition testing,” White said. “And I think when a guy like Anderson Silva gets caught, it definitely sends a message. I think that shocked the entire MMA community and the sports world. It shocked me. We were pretty blown away by it. And now we’re going to dig in.”
Feritta later echoed Dana’s statement by saying this. “We’ve been working on this for a couple of years,” “We’ve been in conversation with third parties for at least six or seven months. We made a lot of progress.
“What the Anderson Silva thing has prompted us to [do is] come out and address these issues, to make sure we’re speeding up the process. We don’t have the luxury of kind of sitting back and being academic and debating all these legal points. We just got to go. And however the cards fall they’re going to fall. But we’re going to make sure that fighters are being tested, and the results will be what the results will be.”
Epstein added that the UFC still supports Silva, who is entitled to his due process with the Nevada Athletic Commission, and that his they would continue to do so as things unfold.
“Regardless of what happens, Anderson Silva has been a great champion and he’s been a great representative of the sport,” Epstein said. “If something bad happened here, the Nevada Athletic Commission will handle that. But, he does have, he had a great career, and we’ll continue to honor that and stand behind him regardless of what happens with the athletic commission.”
It was also said that from this point forward every single fighter on the roster would be tested for PED’s and if it cost extra the UFC wok be willing to cover the cost. Dana also pretty much said “if you’re using PEDs your going to get caught” he went on to say that if you need PEDs to fight then maybe you shouldn’t be here” it was also said that if champions fail test that they would be stripped of their title.
I think this is a positive step for the UFC. Now maybe the sport will start gaining the respect of the naysayers. What do you guys think of this ground breaking announcement? Do you agree or disagree?
The audio from the press conference can be heard here http://youtu.be/I8B6wKg5gT8
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
Even though I had heard the news earlier in the month, I was ecstatic to see the debut of Alberto El Patron in Lucha Underground. A big name in the world of professional wrestling it is wonderful to see more and more stars like this join the company. With a cinematography style that seems to be right from the handbook of any motion picture, to names like Mark Burnett (producer of hit shows such as Survivor and The Apprentice) and Robert Rodriguez (acclaimed film director known for Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, and Sin City among others) producing it, Lucha Underground has the resources to become the next big company in professional wrestling.
Giving Alberto El Patron the mic to tie some loose ends shows well on the part of Lucha Underground in that storylines are written with a proper conclusion in mind and the fans are never left hanging. The El Rey Network, the channel that Lucha Underground airs on every Wednesday night at 8pm, airs back-to-back episodes of Lucha Underground leading up to the new one. If you missed an episode, story line, or are confused with a storyline’s direction due to missing an episode, it’s very easy to get caught up and not lost in the shuffle.
The more big names, the more viewers, and the more comfortable the show gets as time goes by, the greater the chance there will be for more serious competition to the likes of TNA and WWE and, like in anything, competition and multiple options for fans can never be seen as a bad thing.
-Celine
