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Chris Jericho Replacing Rusev In Match With The Undertaker

April 13, 2018 • Admin

WWE has switched Rusev out for Chris Jericho. Earlier this week, WWE advertised a Casket Match between the Undertaker and Rusev at the Greatest Royal Rumble event. But now, Chris Jericho who had been announced for the event has been put in the place of Rusev. The match will still be a Casket Match. BREAKING: The #Undertaker will now battle @IAmJericho in a #CasketMatch at @WWE Greatest Royal Rumble on Friday, April 27! #WWEGRR https://t.co/Qk4B4jxovh — WWE (@WWE) April 12, 2018 The WWE said the match was changed after Lana refused to let her husband compete in a match with that stipulation which she expressed in the following tweet. All over the world, little boys and girls are celebrating #RusevDay, they smile for the greatest Superstar ever ! I’ve already spoke with @WWE officials to change that match because I REFUSE to let my husband @RusevBUL compete in a Casket Match at #WWEGRR! Happy #RusevDay — CJ (Lana) Perry (@LanaWWE) April 12, 2018 This will be Chris Jericho'..

Fightful Reacts: Authors Of Pain Make WWE Raw Debut, Ditch Paul Ellering

April 13, 2018 • Admin

Fightful.com's Sean Ross Sapp and Alex Pawlowski react to the WWE Raw debut of the Authors of Pain! Full episode: https://www.fightfulpods.com/podcast/wwe-monday-night-raw-4918-full-show... For additional premium podcasts, the Fightful Weekender podcast, members only podcasts, outtake and behind the scenes footage, retro shows, Q&A shows, dark match commentary, early access to interviews and segments, subscribe to Fightful Select! www.FightfulSelect.com

CM Punk Facing Mike Jackson At UFC 225

April 13, 2018 • Admin

A welterweight division attraction is coming to this June’s UFC 225 card. As first reported by MMA Fighting as CM Punk takes on Mike Jackson. Punk (0-1-0) made his professional MMA debut well over a year ago at UFC 203, suffering a first round TKO loss to Mickey Gall. Punk has no amateur MMA experience to speak of and he does train with Roufusport out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Punk is a longtime professional wrestler who has held a plethora of championships in both the WWE and Ring Of Honor. Jackson (0-1-0) is also winless as a professional MMA fighter, dropping his debut bout to Mickey Gall at UFC Fight Night 82 in February of 2016. Jackson did compete once as an amateur MMA fighter, losing via unanimous decision to Nick Felder at Lonestar Beatdown 12 in September 2009. Jackson hasn’t competed since that loss at UFC Fight Night 82 and he would be returning to action after a two-plus year absence. Since the report of the fight came out a few weeks back, a tweet would then be publishe..

Fight Size Update: WWE Earns Sports Media Awards, Peyton Royce Passes Down Locker, Triple H Comments On Women Of WrestleMania

April 13, 2018 • Admin

This is the Fight Size Update for the evening of April 12th. - Pro Wrestling Unlimited discusses the report of Rey Mysterio Jr's next WWE match at the Greatest Royal Rumble event. - Over at Fightful Select, there is premium content such as a Q & A session with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp. - WWE released this video as a advertisement for WrestleMania 35 with a song by The Lordz. - WWE announced they received five awards from the Cynopsis Sports Media Awards. The following is an excerpt from the press release. WWE won five awards at the annual Cynopsis Sports Media Awards: Brand Activation at Live Events - WWE/Special Olympics: Celebrating Champions; Awareness Campaign for a Social Good Initiative – Connor’s Cure; Best Over the Top Content Service – WWE Network; Shining Stars – WWE Community Relations; and WWE EVP of Digital & Social Content Jayar Donlan earned Digital Media Executive of the Year honors. - The New Day competed against each other in this WWE Network based..

Report: Randa Markos Faces Nina Ansaroff At UFC On Fox 30

April 13, 2018 • Admin

A women’s strawweight division encounter is set for UFC On Fox 30 according to MMA Today as #11 Randa Markos faces #14 Nina Ansaroff. Markos (8-5-0) has rotated wins and losses throughout her UFC run, with her last fight being a unanimous decision win over Juliana Lima at UFC On Fox 27 earlier this year. Markos also competed on the UFC Ultimate Fighter 20, making it to the semi-finals before losing to finalist Rose Namajunas. Markos also competed once in the Resurrection Fighting Alliance, losing to fellow UFC fighter Justine Kish at RFA 12. Ansaroff (8-5-0) enters the contest riding a two bout winning streak, defeating the duo of Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger and Angela Hill. Ansaroff has seen all four of her bouts in the UFC make it into the third round, with three of those fights going the distance. Ansaroff also competed once under the Invicta FC banner, defeating Munah Holland by second round knockout at Invicta FC 7. UFC On Fox 30 takes place on Saturday, July 28 from a location to b..

Fightful's WWE, Impact, NJPW, ROH Injury Report List: Expected Returns, Inactive, More

April 13, 2018 • Admin

Fightful.com will keep a running injury report and inactive list, and update each accordingly. You can also see our updated contract expiration list at this link. RAW Big Cass: Torn ACL August 21. Expected return: After WrestleMania. Has started rehab and is working out at the WWE Performance Center. Cleared to return. Big Show: Recovering from complications following hip resurfacing surgery. Expected return: late summer. (Contract has expired). Cleared to return. Noam Dar: Underwent knee surgery December 14. Expected return: May Maryse: Maternity leave. Had child in late March, return unknown. Paige: Suffered stinger on 12/27 house show. Career as a WWE wrestler reportedly over. Dean Ambrose: Triceps tendon injury sustained December 17, had surgery December 19. WWE claims he's expected to miss nine months. Alicia Fox: Broken tailbone on 1/27, expected out several months The Brian Kendrick: Orbital wall fracture, minimally displaced nasal bridge fracture from a Hideo Itam..

What's New On Fightful Select This Week? 4/12: Podcasts, Early Access, Extended Scenes, More!

April 13, 2018 • Admin

It's week two of our Fightful Select service, and we'll be giving you weekly rundowns of the new content you can find across several tiers of the subscription based service! SRS Q&A Podcast: Our Bi-weekly Q&A show was posted this week, with Sean Ross Sapp answering any and all of your questions! For a full list of questions check out our post! Scripts!- We have this week's Raw script posted for free over at Fightful Select, so give it a glance. If you've ever wondered what an NXT run-sheet looks like, that's also posted for subscribers! Stupid News Extended- In an extra scene from our popular List & Ya Boy segment, Jimmy Van and SRS tackled additional stories, including one of the grossest yet. See a preview below. The Fightful Weekender Podcast- SRS talks NXT TV from New Orleans, the tapings, ROH TV, Honor Club, Being The Elite "finale," NJPW, 205 Live, and will break down exclusive info from his Fightful Wrestling weekly! EARLY ACCESS: Sean Ross Sapp pos..

Video: Reaction: Ember Moon Debuts On WWE Raw

April 12, 2018 • Admin

Fightful.com's Sean Ross Sapp and Alex Pawlowski react to Ember Moon's WWE Raw debut Full episode: https://www.fightfulpods.com/podcast/wwe-monday-night-raw-4918-full-show... For additional premium podcasts, the Fightful Weekender podcast, members only podcasts, outtake and behind the scenes footage, retro shows, Q&A shows, dark match commentary, early access to interviews and segments, subscribe to Fightful Select! www.FightfulSelect.com

Jerry Lawler Recently Suffered A Stroke

April 12, 2018 • Admin

Jerry Lawler had a stroke while at home three weeks ago. On his podcast Dinner with The King, Jerry Lawler revealed he had a stroke two and and a half weeks before WrestleMania 34. He said the stroke came right before he had a busy week planned. "It was on March 21st at about 6:30pm. I was here at my house and matter of fact we were scheduled to leave the next day on the 22nd to go to (Los Angeles) for Wondercon," said Lawler "I had a stroke out of the clear blue. I was basically feeling fine...I said something to (his fiancée) Lauryn and she said 'what did you say?' and I realized then what I said didn't sound right," he continued. Lawler implied he was in an intimate moment with his fiancée when his speech became slurred and half of his face became paralyzed. She drove Lawler directly to the hospital and he was attended to immediately. He said the stroke was a brain hemorrhage and his blood pressure was very high. He was in the hospital for three days without bei..

Moose Thinks Rob Gronkowski Could Succeed In Pro Wrestling

April 12, 2018 • Admin

Impact Wrestling's Moose was interviewed by Wrestling Epicenter's Interactive Wrestling Radio. You can see the full interview above, and see highlights below. Don Callis and Scott D'Amore's stint in charge of Impact Wrestling thus far: "Great, man! Scott D'Amore and Don (Callis) and Sonjay (Dutt) are doing a great job running the show. I'm happy to be a part of it." Impact Wrestling returning to the road with their recent co-shows with Big Time Wrestling and Border City Wrestling: "I think that is what Impact has been missing - Hitting the road a little bit. The last couple of shows we've done have been sell outs. That shows what the company can do when we leave the Impact Zone. I'm glad that we're starting to tour a little bit more." Football players like himself and Rob Gronkowski being drawn into professional wrestling: "I mean, I think it is an easier transition to get into professional wrestling from football. I think (Rob) Gronkowsk..

Andre The Giant Documentary Producer Had To Convince Vince McMahon To Do The Film

April 12, 2018 • Admin

Bill Simmons says WWE trusts him with Andre the Giant's story. Earlier this week, the Andre the Giant documentary premiered on HBO. The film follows the life of Andre the Giant and provides insights to his life. In an interview with ESPN, producer of the film Bill Simmons talked about the creation of the film. He said he had been building relationships within WWE because of his podcast and eventually he got to talk to Vince McMahon. "At that point I had a good enough relationship with the WWE to at least get them on the phone and get Vince, so we had this teleconference call...and basically tried to convince Vince to do it for an hour. It was really personal to him. I think we swayed them. The WWE is a really good company that is very protective of their (intellectual property) and they should be," said Simmons. Even though WWE is protective, Simmons said he feels trusted by the company. "I just don't think this is something that could have happened sooner than this. T..

Fight Size Update: The Rock Hosts Trivia Contest, Mauro Ranallo's Reactions To NXT, Mojo Rawley Chops Fan

April 12, 2018 • Admin

This is the Fight Size Update for the evening of April 11th. - Pro Wrestling Unlimited discusses the Undertaker's next match in the video at the top of this page. - The Rock appeared on the HQ app today in a trivia contest for $300,000 Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) hosts our biggest game EVER tomorrow afternoon for $300,000. Keep your phone close --https://t.co/BO0wmgD0FS pic.twitter.com/PGOtHDe88J — HQ Trivia (@hqtrivia) April 11, 2018 - WWE released this video of Mauro Ranallo's reactions to the in-ring action of NXT Takeover: New Orleans. - TMZ Sports uploaded a video of Mojo Rawley chopping a fan's chest. - Bobby Lashley's former boss commented on Twitter about his WWE return. Lashley replied with a "thank you." Dang. Kudos to @wwe for getting @fightbobby. A total BEAST!!! One of my absolute faves. — Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) April 10, 2018 - There was an episode of WWE Now about Chris Jericho's return to WWE at the Greatest Royal Rumble event. -..

Smackdown 4/10 Viewership At Year-Long High

April 12, 2018 • Admin

The Smackdown after WrestleMania supported higher ratings. Leading up to WrestleMania 34, Smackdown had a dip in ratings. Three weeks ago, the show had the highest ratings since last year's Superstar Shakeup with 2,888,000 viewers on average. Over the next two weeks including the last show before WrestleMania, the ratings took a hit but then this week they went back up to 2,952,000 average viewers according to ShowBuzz Daily Raw also supported great ratings this week with over 4 million viewers for the first two hours. Smackdown beat all other cable original shows in the 18 to 49 year old demographic by averaging 980,000 viewers in that demographic. The show also averaged a higher viewership than every show in the same time slot besides Hannity and Rachel Maddow Show. Three videos on the WWE YouTube from Smackdown had more than one million views. Those videos were Paige being announced as General Manager, Daniel Bryan versus AJ Styles, and Carmella winning her first Smackdo..

WWE NXT Live Results 4/11 Kairi Sane vs Lacey Evans, Heavy Machinery vs Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss & More!

April 12, 2018 • Admin

This is the Fightful.com live coverage for tonight's episode of WWE NXT. Tonight Aleister Black begins his reign as NXT champion after defeating Andrade Almas at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans this past Saturday. Kairi Sane faces Lacey Evans, Heavy Machinery takes on Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss and much more so be sure to come back here at 8PM EST for all of the action! Kairi Sane vs Lacey Evans They lock up to start the match before Kairi hits a huricanrrana into a dropkick for a quick two count. Lacey cat he's Kairi coming in and hits a slingshot elbow drop for a quick two count, then drops her with a roundhouse kick before Kairi rolls her up for a near fall. Lacey chops Kairi in the corner and chokes her in the ropes before playing to the crowd as we go to commercial. Lacey is in control as we come back from commercial, hitting a bronco buster for a quick two count before Kairi comes back with a series of chops only for Lacey to hit a shoulder breaker for a near fall. K..

SPOILERS: Match Listing For Tonight's NXT TV Tapings

April 12, 2018 • Admin

Do not look any further if you do not want to see the matches that are on tap for tonight's set of NXT TV tapings. Coming off of a scorching hot NXT TakeOver: New Orleans event it is now time for the yellow-and-black brand to regroup and start the train towards the next TakeOver which is in Chicago during 'Money In The Bank' weekend. Tonight, NXT will have tapings for upcoming episodes of the show and Fightful.com has obtained the match listing/script. It includes who is producing matches and promo segments. The script for tonight’s NXT TV Tapings: pic.twitter.com/d7XzXKwKh5 — (@ADThompson__) April 11, 2018 Fightful will have the complete spoilers for tonight's NXT TV tapings and also, NXT will be airing their pre-TakeOver: New Orleans taping on the WWE Network.

NXT Taping 4/11 Spoilers: Tommaso Ciampa, EC3, War Raiders, And More In Action

April 12, 2018 • Admin

The following are the matches and segments filmed during the April 11th taping of NXT. Segment 1: Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae come out to the ring to talk about the events of NXT Takeover: New Orleans. A match between Zelina Vega and LeRae is created. Match 1: Lio Rush defeats Chico Adams Match 2: Ricochet defeats Fabian Archer Match 3: War Raiders defeat Metro Brothers. Match 4: Lars Sullivan defeats Killian Dain Match 5: Candice LeRae defeats Zelina Vega supremely powerful imagery pic.twitter.com/8QhehzKAPp — sarah ---- (@heeIneville) April 11, 2018 Segment 2: Johnny Gargano challenges NXT Champion Aleister Black to a championship match. Segment 3: Roderick Strong is announced as a NXT Tag Team Champion replacing the injured Bobby Fish. Scoop #18: Undisputed Era out, Roddy announced as one of the Tag Champs with Kyle pic.twitter.com/sJ5LjcJwnj — Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) April 11, 2018 Match 6 North American Championship: Adam Cole defeats Oney Lorcan Match 7..

UFC 223: From Bus Fights to Cage Fights and Everything In Between

April 12, 2018 • Admin

Following UFC 223, Khabib Nurmagomedov is your new undisputed lightweight champion, dethroning former champion Abeyance Iaquinta. It was a competitive fight in the eyes of Joe Rogan and came down to a razor close 50-43 decision on the judges scorecards. Following the bout, Nurmagomedov issued a challenge to Georges St-Pierre for no real reason. There brief talks that St-Pierre could drop to 155, but those rumors were silenced when logic intervened. Despite missing weight a handful of times, Khabib has never opening discussed moving up to 170 lbs. All of this is to say, nothing was settled at UFC 223 in the lightweight division. The long-awaited and highly-anticipated bout between Nurmagomedov and former interim undisputed champion Tony Ferguson fell apart for a fourth time. The UFC will need to book the bout at least one more time to see who wins the best of five series. Featherweight champion Max Holloway stepped up in Ferguson's place, but was deemed unfit to compete by the..

15 Names Added To Greatest Royal Rumble Including Chris Jericho And Kurt Angle

April 11, 2018 • Admin

Chris Jericho is coming back to WWE for at least one night. On April 27th, WWE will be hosting The Greatest Royal Rumble which will feature seven championship matches including a steel cage match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, Triple H and John Cena in a singles match, and a 50-man Royal Rumble. On Tuesday, WWE announced 15 more names who will enter that Royal Rumble match including Chris Jericho and Raw General Manager Kurt Angle. The following are the names of wrestlers added to the Greatest Royal Rumble: Kurt Angle Baron Corbin Chris Jericho Big E Xavier Woods Kofi Kingston Shelton Benjamin Sin Cara Elias Chad Gable Goldust Apollo Titus O’Neil Mojo Rawley Dolph Ziggler JUST ANNOUNCED: 15 Superstars have been added to the 50-MAN #RoyalRumble Match at @WWE Greatest Royal Rumble in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. AST.! #WWEGRR https://t.co/HMiQow0e17 — WWE (@WWE) April 10, 2018 The event takes place at the King Abdullah Sports City Stad..

Joe Rogan & Jimmy Smith Blast Conor McGregor Bus Attack During UFC 223

April 11, 2018 • Admin

Former UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor and a gaggle of friends attacked a bus full of UFC stars this past Thursday, allegedly trying to get their hands on UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Joe Rogan took part of the UFC 223 broadcast alongside Jon Anik and Jimmy Smith, offering the following about the bus attack by the Irishman and cohorts. “It’s crazy,” Rogan said during the broadcast. “It’s pathetic, it’s disgusting. I hate it. I hate that it happened. And I hate that it happened, caused by a guy I love. I’m a giant Conor McGregor fan, and to see him step out this badly just really, really upsets me.” The attack by the Irishman and pals lead to the cancellation of three bouts at UFC 223, including Anthony Pettis versus Michael Chiesa, Artem Lobov versus Alex Caceres and Ray Borg versus Brandon Moreno. Smith was also a part of the UFC 223 broadcast and he stated the following about the bus attack. “It’s taken something that was supposed to be about the fighter..

Fightful MMA Rankings: UFC & Bellator MMA (Updated: 4/8/2018)

April 11, 2018 • Admin

As the curator of the Fightful MMA Rankings, I wanted to give everybody a heads up to a major change in the rankings system for 2018. Just to see what each weight class would look like, all fighters who haven't competed in over a year (excluding champions) were removed from the rankings. This is going to be done like this all year and fighters will get added back to the rankings when they compete again. Note: Rankings are organized and maintained by David Tees Ultimate Fighting Championships (Top 15) Heavyweight Division Champion: Stipe Miocic 1. Francis Ngannou 2. Junior Dos Santos 3. Alistair Overeem 4. Curtis Blaydes 5. Alexander Volkov 6. Fabricio Werdum 7. Derrick Lewis 8. Mark Hunt 9. Alexei Oleinik 10. Shamil Abdurakhimov 11. Andre Arlovski 12. Stefan Struve 13. Marcin Tybura 14. Tim Johnson 15. Tai Tuivasa Light Heavyweight Division Champion: Daniel Cormier 1. Alexander Gustafsson 2. Volkan Oezdemir 3. Glover Teixeira 4. Mauricio Rua..