mobanmarketAs expected, the UFC announced today that Daniel Cormier will be cleared to fight July 9, and the light heavyweight title will be unified once again as DC will take on the rightful champion, Johnny “Bones” Jones. Tickets went on sale to Fight Club members earlier today and from all accounts, there was a massive turnout. Many members experienced delays in attempting to purchase tickets. The cheapest and second cheapest, 205 and 355 dollars respectively, were sold out almost immediately, for what is anticipated to be the biggest UFC event of all time. With three title fights on the card, expect a long night of action.
UFC will also be promoting two other shows for the now annual fight week with one on Thursday and the other on Friday night leading up to the big event. No cards are announced yet for those shows, but one will be The Ultimate Fighter Season 23 Finale’ featuring the winning fighters from that season, also known as Team Claudia vs. Team Joanna.
Tonight’s TV Schedule
8PM – WWE NXT on WWE Network – The aftermath of Samoa Joe’s WWE NXT Championship win
8PM – Lucha Underground on The El Rey Network: Cage faces off with Johnny Mundo in a Steel Cage Match for the Aztec Medallion. Meanwhile, Pentagon Jr. struggles with devastating injuries, four teams compete in the Trios Tournament finals
12AM – Ring of Honor on COMET – Tetsuya Naito and ROH Champion Jay Lethal (with Truth Martini) vs. Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI (with Gedo). Also on the show, KUSHIDA vs. Frankie Kazarian, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks vs. ReDragon and Katsuyori Shibata
THE ROUNDUP
UFC 200 gets its main event: Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 2
WWE RAW Hits & Misses: Dull matches, movie quotes, AJ intrigue
TNA Impact Wrestling results: EC3 vs. The Miracle; Drew defends against Tyrus
WWE Smackdown spoilers: Roman Reigns vs. Miz; more Styles/Gallows/Anderson drama
WWE RAW ratings drop 6% on an overall bad night for cable
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READ IT HERE: APRIL 25, 2016 WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: CONOR MCGREGOR ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT, TNA SALE IMMINENT
In this week’s Observer the Conor McGregor/UFC issue as it relates to UFC 200, and the future and possible sale of TNA are the lead stories in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
The top story runs down how the McGregor situation went down, how much money is at stake for the UFC if McGregor isn’t on the show, Dana White’s claims, a look at the most likely replacement fights and evaluating them, the possible UFC 200 momentum, as well as a rundown of UFC plans for what was expected to be the biggest weekend in its history.
The second big story has to do with the potential sale of TNA to Aroluxe, the company looking at buying them, and the moves Dixie Carter has tried to make, where things stand, a look at the business of TNA and what is needed to turn it around, and more.
There is also an update on the condition of Bray Wyatt, a look at the next WWE PPV show, Notes on the Total Bellas TV show, update on Total Divas and how badly this season declined in audience, more on the WWE drug test failures, more on Undertaker pulling out of the European tour and HHH wrestling on it, an update on Steve Austin, an update on the Global cruiserweight tournament, Brock Lesnar’s next match, how WWE affects the USA Network overall, former major star honored in Chickasaw nation Hall of Fame, upcoming major NXT dates, Bret Hart talks current WWE, Ryback talks WrestleMania, and notes on the November European tour including why TV location is so notable.
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WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE
WWE’s lead attorney Jerry McDevitt did a podcast appearance this week. Yes, you read that right. He talked about WWE royalties lawsuits, working with Vince McMahon, and more.
UFC 200 pre-sale starts Thursday at 9 AM Pacific with the presale code ‘REMATCH’.
Pro Wrestling
John Cena talked about American Grit to Ring Rust Radio.
Fox News did a story today on why wrestlers are dying so young. (Thanks to Jeff Gagliardo)
The latest Zach Dominello Japanese wrestling podcast is up.
Edge will be appearing in the new Canadian mystery series Private Eyes. The series stars Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson. The show premieres Thursday, May 26th on Global TV in Canada.
Absolute Intense Wrestling runs Girls Night Out 17 this Saturday in Cleveland, OH, with Heidi Lovelace vs. Crazy Mary Dobson, Mia Yim vs. Shayna Baszler, Gail Kim, and more.
UFC & MMA
Junior dos Santos talks a potential rematch with Fabricio Werdum, his recent win over Ben Rothwell, and more.
UFC Fight Pass airs a Fight Night show from Russia for the 2nd weekend in a row. Fight Night Global 36 airs on the streaming service Friday at 11 am eastern and Paul Fontaine has a preview of the show here. A heavyweight bout between Mikhail Mokhnatkin (8-1) and Alexei Kudin (21-9) headlines the show and Alexander “Tiger” Sarnavskiy (32-5), the veteran Bellator fighter, takes on Dmitry Bikrev (5-2) in the co-main.
Titan FC 38 runs Saturday night at 8 pm eastern with a main event of former UFC and Bellator welterweight Steve Carl (22-4) fighting Belal Muhammad (8-0) for their World title in the main event. Other names of note on the card are Yosdenis Cedeno and Jack May.
Former UFC Lightweight Akhbar Arreola, who just fought last weekend for Pancrase on UFC Fight Pass, announced his retirement from MMA yesterday.
EVENTS
4/27 Pro Wrestling Phoenix in Omaha at the Waiting Room Lounge.
4/28 All Star Wrestling in Maple Ridge, BC at the Westview Secondary School.
4/29 All Star Wrestling on in Surrey, BC at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.
4/30 Pro Wrestling in Santa Cruz, CA at the VFW Hall on 7th ave. This show is 21+ and will have 7 matches. For tickets go to ComedySuplex.com.
4/30 AIW Girls Night Out in Cleveland at Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Heidi Lovelace vs Crazy Mary Dobson, Gail Kim vs. Lufisto, Kelly Klein vs. Marti Belle, Maria Manic vs. Cristina Diamond plus Shayna Baszler, Mia Yim (Jade) and more.
4/30 Legacy Wrestling in Manheim, PA, with Johnny Gargano, Koko B. Ware, Dave Crist, Candice LeRae, and more.
5/6 Evolve in Baltimore
5/6 AAW in Merrionette Park, IL, featuring Sami Callihan vs. Ciampa, Pentagon Jr. vs. Fenix, Michael Elgin vs. Matt Cage, Moose, Silas Young, AR Fox, Donovan Dijak, Kimber Lee, and tons more.
5/6 Dem Great North Wrestling in Ottawa, Canada
5/7 Evolve in Queens at La Boom
5/7 UWC in Wrightstown, NJ at Kelly’s Bar and Banquet Hall.
5/7 CHIKARA in Philadelphia at the Wrestle Factory.
5/7 Hoosier Pro Wrestling in Columbus, IN at the 4-H Fairgrounds.
Today in professional wrestling history: Triple H wins WWE Title; Tommy Rich wins NWA World Title
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