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Hello Fightful! As always, I’m KOSS, and I’m here to deliver a double shot of PWG, with All Star Weekend 14! These two shows are taking place on 4/20 and 4/21, and are two of the last three shows taking place in the infamous Legion Hall in Reseda. It’s bittersweet to see PWG leave that grimy old building. A lot of PWG’s best moments ever have taken place inside there, but, at the same time, it feels right for PWG to finally move on up to a bigger, better venue. And their seeming new venue, the Globe Theater in Los Angeles, is certainly a step up, as seen from the preview from their first show there, Time is a Flat Circle. It’ll be sad when May 25th rolls around and PWG says goodbye to their home for the last decade, but it’s also an exciting new chapter in PWG’s history that I can’t wait to dive head first into.
With the sentimentality out of the way, let’s talk about these All Star Weekend 14! I’ll be cutting the preview into two articles, just for the sake of convenience. As for the..

This past week, the staff here at Fightful made predictions for Bellator 196, ROH Supercard Of Honor XII, UFC 223, WWE NXT Takeover: New Orleans & WWE Wrestlemania 34.
The event is over and here are the standings for the Fightful Staff Predictions:
(Note: Winners for each section are listed in BOLD.)
David Tees: (6-1) MMA – (12-16) Wrestling – (18-17) Overall
Kyler James: (3-4) MMA – (15-13) Wrestling – (18-17) Overall
Jeremy Lambert: (4-3) MMA – (14-14) Wrestling – (18-17) Overall
Ryan Cook: (4-3) MMA – (14-14) Wrestling – (18-17) Overall
John Moorehouse: (1-6) MMA – (15-13) Wrestling – (16-19) Overall
Sean Ross Sapp: (5-2) MMA – (12-16) Wrestling – (17-18) Overall
Anna Bauert: (N/A) MMA – (12-16) Wrestling – (12-16) Overall ***Only Picked Wrestling Events***
James Lynch (1-6) MMA – (N/A) Wrestling – (1-6) Overall ***Only Picked MMA Events***

This past weekend, MMA fans were treated to a circus of craziness called UFC 223, which took place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
While the weekend may be best remembered for former UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor attacking a bus full of UFC fighters, it was also a weekend filled with some excellent bouts, four of which were part of the preliminary card that aired live on Fox Sports 1.
The four fight preliminary card, with Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Felice Herrig in the featured spot, brought in 852,000 viewers. It was the featured bout between Kowalkiewicz and Herrig that brought in the most viewers, with 1,057,000 people checking out that encounter.
Other fights on the preliminary card saw Devin Clark defeat Mike Rodriguez, Ashlee Evans-Smith defeat Bec Rawlings and Olivier Aubin-Mercier defeat Evan Dunham.
A pre-fight show aired on Fox Sports 1 and that drew 373,000 viewers, while the post-fight show on Fox Sports 1 brought in 138,000 viewers.
There were..

Some high-profile matches other than the actual tournament.
During the WWE Hall Of Fame ceremony last Friday it was revealed that a number of shows and events are soon-to-be featured on the WWE Network. One of the events that were revealed is that there will be a second WWE United Kingdom Championship tournament where the winner will earn a shot at the WWE U.K. Title which is currently held by Pete Dunne. It will be a two-night event which commences on June 18th.
Other than the tournament in itself, a number of championship matches have been announced for the show. There will be a six-man tag team match between The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong & Kyle O'Reilly) vs. 'British Strong Style' (Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate & Trent Seven). On night two of the event Shayna Baszler will defend the NXT Women's Championship, Roderick Strong & Kyle O'Reilly will defend the NXT Tag Team Titles, and Adam Cole will defend the NXT North American Championship. WWE sent..

This is the Fight Size for the evening of April 13th.
– Pro Wrestling Unlimited discusses one city which is reportedly interested in hosting a WrestleMania in the future.
– On the WWE YouTube, this entrance video for former Raw Tag Team Champion Nicholas was uploaded.
– Like Peyton Royce, Billie Kay shared who passed their locker down to her and who she passed the locker down to when she left for the main roster.
Today I cleaned out my locker at the @WWEPerformCtr & passed it down to @DakotaKai_WWE May it give you as much luck as it gave me when it was passed down…
Crazy how everything comes full circle, isn’t that right @MsCharlotteWWE — #TheIlconics pic.twitter.com/j1fOTuOPpV
— Billie Kay (@BillieKayWWE) April 12, 2018
– Ronda Rousey tweeted regarding her inclusion in the WWE European Tour in May.
#WrestleMania was just the beginning. It's time to get #RowdyInEurope with @WWE!#WWEGeneva 5/16#WWEVienna 5/17#WWETurin 5/18#WWEParis 5/19 pic.twitter.com/BjymVuZz57
— ..

No more 'Rusev Day'?
This past Tuesday on SmackDown Live a day after officially announcing her retirement from in-ring competition, former two-time WWE Divas Champion Paige was revealed as the new GM of the blue-brand. The former GM Daniel Bryan has returned to his role as a full-time competitor now that he is cleared. Paige's first move as GM came in the form of putting together a fantasy match between AJ Styles & Daniel Bryan for that edition of SmackDown Live.
Before making the announcement Paige asked the fans inside of the Smoothie King Center who would they like to see Daniel Bryan go one-on-one with in his first match back on SmackDown and the arena erupted in 'Rusev Day' chants. In the midst of Rusev being involved in many of headlines as of late, the chant was edited out from WWE's YouTube clip above.
“The Bulgarian Brute” was recently interviewed by TMZ Sports where he stated that he would “crush The Undertaker” at the 'Greatest Royal Ru..

Jason Hehir responds to the complaints.
The announcement of the 'Andre The Giant' documentary was one that drew up quite the anticipation and wrestling fans past and present were eager to see the film. It aired for the first time on television this past Tuesday on HBO. In the film WWE Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan was heavily featured which is expected due to Hogan and Andre's careers being intertwined. But, there were a number of complaints from viewers about Hulk Hogan's career in the WWF being covered in detail when the film is based around Andre The Giant.
The director of the film Jason Hehir stated while on Bill Simmons' podcast that there were scenes that did not make the cut that would have shifted the attention of the film from Andre's career to Hogan's. He then went on to explain why a portion of the documentary focused in on Hulk Hogan.
“Vince Sr. banished Hogan from WWF for filming Rocky. He came back and went to the Minnesota territory, and ..

Swoggle opens up about his tenure in the business.
The 4'5 Swoggle has tallied up a total of fourteen years in the pro wrestling business. In his tenured career he has traveled many of roads and captured a number of championships in different promotions/companies. In 2006 Swoggle was introduced to WWE fans as Finlay's “Little Bastard” and as his career went on he would soon become a WWE Cruiserweight Champion. Prior to the TJP who was the inaugural winner of the WWE Cruiserweight Classic tournament and the inaugural champion of the reinstated Cruiserweight Title, Swoggle was the last competitor to hold the championship.
While speaking with UPROXX Swoggle gave his take on wanting the WWE Cruiserweight Title [belt] back.
“Yeah, and they never did anything with it, ever. And I just want that real title [belt] they never gave me, 'cause they always said, 'We’re gonna bring it back.' I said, 'No, you’re not, you’re not gonna do that.' I just want the re..

“The Beast From The East” could possibly be going into the WWE Hall Of Fame.
Bam Bam Bigelow although he did not make much of a splash in the WWE world made his name in a number of other companies which has earned him the respect that comes with his name today. Having held championships in ECW, WCW, NJPW and other promotions/companies, Bigelow put together quite the resume' for himself prior to his passing in mid-January of 2007.
Next year's WrestleMania festivities will be held in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Former ECW World Heavyweight Champion Bam Bam Bigelow hails from Asbury Park, NJ and according to Dave Meltzer in his latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the New Jersey native is being considered to be an entrant into the WWE Hall Of Fame next year. A report came by way of the Observer in early February which noted that Bigelow was being considered for this year's Hall Of Fame class as well, but WrestleMania returning to the home-state of Bigelow..

Impact Wrestling's Moose was interviewed by Wrestling Epicenter's Interactive Wrestling Radio. You can see the full interview above, and see highlights below.
Thhe future of the Grand Championship he held twice in Impact:
“I think it is a great concept with the 3 rounds thing. I think we got away from that a little bit. It is not my call what they do with it. Whatever Scott D'Amore, Don, and Sonjay decide to do with it, I trust their decision.”
The possibility of Impact Wrestling working with his former promotion Ring of Honor:
“It is 2018! Don't be surprised is all I have to say about that. (laughs)”
If it is WWE versus everyone else:
“I don't know if I'd say it is WWE versus the world. I think we're at a stage where, why would other companies not want to work with each other? Look at this weekend with Impact Wrestling versus Lucha Underground. A lot of people never thought that would happen and it is happening. So, you never know! Wrestling is ev..

Fightful.com's Sean Ross Sapp and Alex Pawlowski react to No Way Jose's WWE Raw debut
Full episode: https://www.fightfulpods.com/podcast/wwe-monday-night-raw-4918-full-show…
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Tenille Dashwood still has her sights set on that Women Of Honor Championship.
Despite falling short in the semi-finals of the Women Of Honor Championship tournament at ROH Supercard Of Honor XII, Tenille Dashwood's sights remain on the title. Just six months ago Dashwood was released from the WWE and while speaking with Chuck Carroll of CBS Sports Local she stated that she did not expect to be in the position that she is currently in and to be as highly requested by promoters as she is.
“No, I actually didn’t.” She stated. “I was kind of surprised by it, but I also saw a lot of positives, and opportunity that came from that. I was excited to take a look at everything that was coming my way and to jump on the opportunities.”
Tenille made her Ring Of Honor debut at the company's 'Honor Reigns Supreme' show in February. She shared that her fellow former WWE comrades' Cody & Brandi Rhodes along with other factors played a role in her coming to Ring Of Honor.
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