Tag: Marina Shafir

Jon Moxley Returns To AEW Dynamite With A Cryptic Message, Aligns With Marina Shafir

Jon Moxley has returned to AEW television.

In the opening segment of week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, The Blackpool Combat Club member came out to cut a promo where he teased a feud with Darby Allin.

Moxley wound up cryptically telling Tony Schiavone that it will take time for people to wrap their heads around this but it is “not your company anymore.” It’s worth noting that Shane McMahon was trending #1 on Twitter following that line.

Later in a backstage segment, it appears Moxley aligned himself with Marina Shafir.

Moxley was backstage when Marina attacked a handful of stage hands as Moxley asked, “You know what we need around here?”

After Marina disposed of various people, Moxley answered his own question with “humility.”

Ronda Rousey To Team With Marina Shafir At Wrestling Revolver Unreal, AEW Stars Announced

WWE and UFC alumnus Ronda Rousey will be making her Wrestling Revolver debut at the upcoming Unreal event that is scheduled for November 16 at the Homenetmen Glendale Ararat in Los Angeles, California.

Earlier today, Wrestling Revolver announced that Rousey will be teaming with her longtime friend Marina Shafir at the event on November 16.

Rousey made a surprise return to the ring this past Thursday, teaming with Shafir at a Lucha VaVOOM event.

Impact Wrestling World Champion and WR Remix Champion Alex Shelley, AEW stars Jon Moxley, Swerve Strickland, and award-winning actor Paul Walter Hauser are also booked for the Wrestling Revolver Unreal event.

Source: eWn

https://twitter.com/PWRevolver/status/1718702171175219526

Ronda Rousey Returns To The Ring At Lucha VaVOOM Event

Ronda Rousey lost to Shayna Baszler in an MMA Rules Match at the WWE SummerSlam premium live event, ending her second run with the company.

She surprised everyone by returning to the ring for Lucha VaVOOM at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Rousey, sitting in the front row, teamed up with her longtime friend Marina Shafir to face Taya Valkyrie and Brian Kendrick in a tag team match.

The match lasted only five minutes, with Rousey securing the victory for her team by submitting Kendrick with an ankle lock. She shared the full match on Instagram, along with a message.

Source: eWn

Roderick Strong Leaves NXT. Is He Heading To RAW Or SmackDown?

There’s now speculation on Roderick Strong possibly going to RAW or SmackDown.

Last night’s WWE NXT show featured a segment earlier in the show where Strong and wife Marina Shafir were shown entering the WWE Performance Center. Strong later met NXT General Manager William Regal in his office and handed over an envelope of papers, presumably his notice, and then said he was “done” in NXT.

Regal admitted that Strong gave him trouble at times with The Undisputed Era, but said he is a consummate professional, and is welcome back to NXT at anytime.

WWE later noted that Strong has officially resigned from the NXT brand.

Before tonight, Strong was last seen in the storylines during the “Takeover: Stand and Deliver” build for the Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly feud. He lost to Cameron Grimes on last week’s Takeover go-home show and was scheduled to compete in the Battle Royal to determine the Takeover Gauntlet Eliminator participants, but there was a backstage segment where Strong was shown leaving the venue.

WWE often calls wrestlers to the main roster around this time of the year, but there’s no word yet on if Strong is headed to the blue or red brand. The veteran pro wrestler has been with WWE since October 2016. Shafir signed with WWE in May 2018 but hasn’t had much of an in-ring career.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

NXT Stars Roderick Strong And Marina Shafir Got Married

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WWE NXT Stars Roderick Strong and Marina Shafir got married this week with other wrestlers from the PC in attendance.

Some of the highlights include Roderick on the dance floor in a sleeveless button up shirt while an Elvis impersonator performs and Otiz Dozovic dancing alone with his shirt barely buttoned.

Congrats to the newlyweds!

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Final Four Horsewoman Makes Her NXT In-Ring Debut (Photos)

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The final member of the Four Horsewomen of MMA, Jessamyn Duke, made her in-ring debut alongside Shayna Baszler and Marina Shafir in Saturday night’s NXT main event in Largo, Florida. The trio took on Deonna Purrazzo, Kairi Sane, and Io Sharai (also her debut). Baszler would tap out Purrazzo while the other two women kept Sane and Sharai from breaking things up.

As noted, it looks like WWE will do the Four Horsewomen vs. Four Horsewomen match at the Survivor Series PPV on November 18 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

WWE’s Horsewomen are Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley and Becky Lynch while MMA’s Horsewomen are Ronda Rousey, Marina Shafir, Baszler, and Duke. Angles were planned and filmed for the match in 2017, but things didn’t transpire. There’s been recent talk of doing the match and word is that teases are being sent out, possibly an angle will begin at WWE Evolution.

Source: WrestlingINC

Marina Shafir Makes NXT Debut

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Four Horsewomen of MMA member and recent WWE signee Marina Shafir was victorious on Thursday night in Florida while wrestling her very first match.

Shafir teamed with Nikki Cross to take on Aliyah and Rhea Ripley at NXT‘s live event in Largo.

A fan in attendance shared some notes about the match on Reddit and said her style was similar to Ronda Rousey. They also claims Marina was well protected throughout the match and cameras were present to film the whole thing.

Watch the GIF below for the setup to Shafir’s submission finish.

https://twitter.com/FLWrestlingFan/status/1022641194638168064

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

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Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir On A Potential Showdown Between MMA & WWE Four Horsewomen

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As noted, WWE recently signed Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke, putting all four of MMA’s Horsewomen in the company as they already have Ronda Rousey and WWE NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler signed. Below is new backstage video of Cathy Kelley talking to Duke and Shafir. Shafir brought Troy along for the interview, who is her son with NXT Tag Team Champion Roderick Strong.

Shafir says it’s been brutal since signing with WWE but they are elite athletes and they get right back up. They hope to have similar success as Rousey and Baszler but as elite athletes this is just another place to conquer. Duke says the other Horsewomen have set good examples and they hope to accomplish similar things. Regarding the Mae Young Classic confrontation with WWE’s Horsewomen, Shafir hopes the training will lead to something between the two groups. Duke calls them the “Faux” Horsewomen and believes that something will happen in the future.

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE’s Four Horsewomen Face-Off With MMA’s Version At Mae Young Classic Taping (VIDEO)

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The unspoken rivalry between The Four Horsewomen of WWE and The Four Horsewomen of MMA escalated on Friday during the Mae Young Classic … and the video is pretty awesome! 

Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Bayley were sitting ringside during last night’s Mae Young Classic taping … and tensions began to flare up during one of Shayna Baszler’s matches while Ronda Rousey, Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke were seated on the opposite side.

Things picked up though after Baszler taunted Lynch, Flair and Bayley — leading to an across the aisle face off, where both sides flashed fours at each other.

It remains to be seen what this will lead to, but a few years ago Ronda was interested in working a WWE match at WrestleMania with her friends — could the seeds be starting to plant here?

Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Roderick Strong Reveals His Fiancé Marina Shafir Gave Birth To Their Baby

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NXT Superstar Roderick Strong is officially a dad now, proudly announcing Monday night that his fiancé Marina Shafir gave birth to a baby boy.

Strong posted a picture of his new family with the caption, “Tonight April 24th at 8:36pm we welcomed a beautiful 20inches 7lb 11oz baby boy Troy Veniamin Lindsey into this world!”

He also included the hashtags “our little viking boy” and “life will never be the same.”

Marina posted an update last week saying the baby was due on 4/20, but it sounds like he was just trying to hang in the nest for a few more days.

Congrats to the happy couple!

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet