UFC President Dana White said that Brock Lesnar probably made the right decision by not returning to the UFC.
Speaking during a live stream on Instagram, White said that he was not pissed at all that his former Heavyweight champion made a U-turn and decided to stick with WWE instead. “Brock’s had a good run here. It’s been fun,” White said.
White claims that Lesnar’s head was not in the game and to fight in this sport, you have to be 100% invested. “You’ve got to be in. It’s not where his head was. He made the right decision.”
Lesnar had a UFC Heavyweight title match lined up against Daniel Cormier for his first fight back since UFC 200 but with Lesnar out, Cormier will now fight Stipe Miocic in August instead.
Just like Monday Night Raw, Smackdown disappointed in the ratings this week. The show did 1,885,000 viewers only, the second week in a row that they failed to cross the 2 million viewer mark.
The show was down 71,000 viewers from last week. Smackdown was #2 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #10 in overall viewership for the night on cable. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
(June 19, 2019) Mexico’s Lucha Libre AAA, the world’s premier lucha libre pro-wrestling organization, has announced that its renowned wrestlers, known as “luchadores,” will be “Invading LA” at the “Fabulous” Forum in Los Angeles on Sunday, October 13 starting at 6 p.m. The most popular luchadores known to pro wrestling fans worldwide will be on hand for this latest in a series of Triple A events at iconic U.S. destinations. The LA event closely follows the much-anticipated “Invading NY” event scheduled for New York’s Madison Square Garden on September 15. Tickets for either event can be purchased online in Spanish or English at www.luchalibreaaausa.com or at Ticketmaster.com or locally at the box office.
Triple A is enjoyed by millions of fans throughout Mexico, the Americas, and worldwide. The brand is world-famous for its luchadores’ characters, who often wear creatively designed masks or costumes, and display an extreme athletic, and competitive style in the ring. According to Dorian Roldán, Managing Director of Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, “By adding the October 13th date, we can reach even more fans in the United States. We are excited to be bringing our world-renowned luchadores to the world-famous Forum in Los Angeles.” He continued, “The theme for these events is “Invading the U.S.A” and our luchadores are ready to invade New York and LA. What better way to satisfy the increasing demand of our Triple A fans in the U.S. than to be featured at these iconic venues.”
Among the Luchadores scheduled for the “Invading LA” event are Aerostar, Averno, Blue Demon Jr., Daga, Dinastía, Drago, Dr. Wagner Jr., Fenix, Golden Magic, Hijo del Tirantes, Hijo del Vikingo, Konnan, La Hiedra, La Parkita, Lady Maravilla, Lady Shani, Mamba, Máximo, Myzteziz Jr., Niño Hamburguesa, Pagano, Pentagon Jr., Piero, Pimpinela Escarlata, Puma King, Taya, Tessa, Texano Jr., and Villano III Jr.
Interested fans can go to www.luchalibreaaausa.com to learn more about the luchadores scheduled to appear at the Forum in LA on October 13th, and to purchase tickets online in either Spanish or English.
Roldán added, “Lucha Libre AAA is affordable for everyone, and available at a wide range of prices. We encourage fans to take advantage of the selection of ticket options, while the best seats are still available.”
WWE has extended its agreement with FOX Sports in Latin America with a new multi-year deal to continue broadcasting WWE’s weekly flagship programming live.
In addition to airing Raw and SmackDown Live, each week FOX will also air the localized production, WWE Saturday Night, as well as Main Event and NXT. The new partnership also includes one-hour versions of Raw and SmackDown, and plans for a new 30-minute localized highlights show.
“We are pleased to extend our agreement and continue delivering action-packed, family-friendly entertainment to our passionate fans in the region,” said Joaquin Del Rivero, WWE Vice President & General Manager, Latin America.
WWE Studios is teaming up with streaming giant Netflix for a movie based on an original screenplay by Larry Postel.
Titled The Main Event, the movie is about an 11-year-old aspiring wrestler who discovers a magical mask and enters a competition to become the next WWE Superstar. Production is currently underway in Vancouver and the film is expected to premiere on Netflix in 2020.
Jay Karas will serve as director while WWE Studios’ Richard Lowell will serve as producer. The cast includes Seth Carr (Black Panther), Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood, Everybody Hates Chris), Ken Marino (The Other Two, Black Monday, Bad Milo), and Adam Pally (Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, The Mindy Project) alongside WWE Superstars Kofi Kingston, The Miz and Sheamus, among others.
The popular ESPY Awards will get another category this year: WWE.
The ESPY Award – short for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award – recognizes individuals and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year. The ceremony airs on ABC
For the first time ever, there will be a Best WWE Moment of the Year added to the list of categories. For this year, the four nominees are: Roman Reigns returns to Raw after getting diagnosed with leukemia, Becky Lynch winning the Raw and Smackdown Women’s titles at WrestleMania 35, Kofi Kingston wins the WWE title at WrestleMania 35, and Ronda Rousey wins the Raw Women’s title at SummerSlam.
With several UFC and boxing fighters appearing at the ESPY Awards, it’s a safe bet to say that WWE will be sending their own crew to the event.
This year, the ceremony will air live on Wednesday, July 10 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. It’s hosted by Tracy Morgan.
Despite no sports competition against it, Raw once again disappointed in the ratings, getting an average of 2,235,000 viewers, an increase of just 110,000 viewers over last week’s broadcast.
Hour one drew 2,325,000 viewers, followed by 2,303,000 viewers in the second hour, and then down to 2,078,000 viewers in the third and final hour.
Raw was #1, #2, and #4 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #5 in overall viewership for the night on cable. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
AEW President Tony Khan was a guest on the Steve Austin Show in the newest episode that dropped today on PodcastOne.com.
Khan, who is a longtime wrestling fan, thanked Austin for having him and noted that the fact that Steve loved Double or Nothing so much, it’s the highest praise he could’ve gotten in the wrestling business.
In the wide-ranging interview that lasted 90 minutes, Khan confirmed that once AEW debuts on TNT, it will be a two hour live show and just like Monday Night Raw and Smackdown, it will be taped from different cities every week. The two also went in detail on Double or Nothing, how they came about choosing Bret Hart to unveil the AEW World title, the main event, Jon Moxley’s arrival, and more.
WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin has revealed during his latest podcast that he will be conducting another interview with the man formerly known as Dean Ambrose, to correct the many wrongs from a few years ago.
Three years ago on the Stone Cold Podcast on the WWE Network, Austin hosted the then WWE champion and it was a complete train wreck. Ambrose, at the time, didn’t really open up as previous guests and Austin kept pressing for answers that his guest was not willing to respond to, making for some awkward television.
During today’s show which had AEW President Tony Khan as guest, Austin said that for whatever reason, him and Ambrose got off on the wrong track, admitting it was a “rough podcast” and since then, he had been “carrying 1000 pounds on my back.”
Austin took the blame for the mess, saying that he was leading the interview so the fault should go on him. “We just came off on the wrong street and kept taking left turns. And we never got back on track. Well, we never were on track. And he had his reasons and I had mine.”
Now, Austin is ready for take two with Jon Moxley and revealed that through a mutual friend, he got his phone number and called him. “I immediately called Jon Moxley and said, ‘Dean…because I didn’t know what to call him…, Steve Austin,’ and we had the best 30 minute conversation getting back on the same page!”
Austin said that the episode has haunted him for so long because his job was to put him over and make him look like a million bucks and he failed to do that as a host. He added that Moxley will now come to down to Los Angeles and record another podcast together.
A match between Dana Brooke and Sarah Logan which was being taped for Main Event yesterday before Raw had to be stopped after Brooke suffered a nasty injury to the face.
The injury happened when Brooke’s face met a turnbuckle and was busted open pretty badly. Due to the amount of blood, the referee threw up the X hand symbol to signal a legit injury and to send down the medics. Judging from the videos posted online, the cut seems to be above her right eye. Brooke walked out on her own feet and waved to the crowd who cheered and clapped.
You can see a video from ringside of Brooke below.
The Smokeshow has left the building! Impact Wrestling has granted Scarlett Bordeaux her release with the company announcing the news on their website, writing, “IMPACT Wrestling confirms that it has released Scarlett Bordeaux from her commitments to IMPACT. We wish her every success in her future endeavours.”
The 28-year-old Chicago native requested to be let go for her deal in May and so did her real-life boyfriend Killer Kross. Kross remains under a contract.
Bordeaux addressed her release on Twitter saying, “I couldn’t be more excited to just be a free agent for a while. With that being said, promoters I’m looking to fill July 6th and July 19th!” It’s safe to say that she won’t be a free agent for long after she became one of the most popular individuals in the company over a short period of time.
While she had a couple of appearances for TNA back in 2014, Bordeaux came to life after Impact Wrestling started airing several vignettes in July of last year hyping her debut. A few weeks later, Bordeaux made her debut on an episode of Impact as the Smokeshow, and lived up to her nickname by “sexing up” the promotion.
New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Jon Moxley will not be wrestling at the upcoming G1 Climax opening day in Dallas, Texas.
The Dallas show at the American Airlines Center will have matches from Block A and Moxley is part of Block B. Also, Moxley will not be participating in the press conference that is set for July 5.
Moxley’s time to wrestle in his first G1 Climax tournament will be on July 13 in Tokyo.
In fairness to NJPW, the company never advertised Moxley for the Dallas show so there was no false advertising or anything that misled viewers. Tickets also went on sale way before Moxley agreed to a deal with NJPW.
Two more matches were officially added to the Stomping Grounds pay-per-view last night on Raw.
The New Day – Xavier Woods and Big E – will be taking on the team of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn while United States champion Samoa Joe will defend against new number one contender Ricochet.
Ricochet won a fatal-five way match last night which included Braun Strowman, Cesaro, Bobby Lashley, and The Miz.
With a few days to go to the show, Stomping Grounds has seven matches, five of which are title matches.
The AEW Fyter Fest show will be streamed by FITE.TV outside the United States and Canada for $9.99.
The show will be free for those in North America on B/R Live but a free registration to the service is still required. It looks like ITV in the United Kingdom will not be airing the show like they did with Double or Nothing so the only place to get Fyter Fest is through FITE.TV. Ordering now will also get you a $2 credit for a future purchase.
Fyter Fest airs live on June 29 at 8PM ET from the Ocean Center, in Daytona Beach, Florida. It will feature the first match for Jon Moxley in the promotion.
Reacting to the groping incident from the AAA show Conquista Total Gira 2019 on Saturday, Scarlett Bordeaux wrote that initially she did not realize what happened until she watched the footage later, saying she was “so in the moment” after the dive.
The Impact Wrestling star said that if she had her back turned the other way, she would have reacted much differently to the situation and thanked Lady Shani for pulling her away from the fan.
“What I wear is completely irrelevant. Could be a string bikini or a snowsuit, it doesn’t matter. My body is mine and you cannot touch me without my permission. Most fans I encounter are respectful, awesome people and I appreciate you,” Scarlett added in a post on Twitter.
“If you wouldn’t want a stranger to grab you on the street, don’t do it to a wrestler as they’re putting their bodies on the line trying to entertain you,” she concluded.
AAA has not reacted publicly to the incident or even addressed how a member of the security team didn’t do anything just a few feet away from where it went down.
One of the most interesting developments that has come from the expansion of sports betting around the world has been the increase in popularity of wrestling betting. With wrestling one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, there is no shortage of excitement to be found and fans are flocking to it. As a result, more and more sportsbooks are offering wrestling betting markets both on mobiles and on PCs. Here is a quick guide to betting on wrestling, to help bettors figure out how to place wagers of their own before the next big event.
Choosing a wrestling betting site
Today, bettors have more options than ever when it comes to choosing a betting site, thanks to the fact that more sportsbooks than ever are offering odds on these events. But choosing the one for you depends on a number of factors. The most important factor is what exactly a bettor is looking to wager on in the wrestling world.
Some wrestling betting sites offer odds on pay-per-view matches online, like the Super Showdown match between The Undertaker and Goldberg, while others offer odds on more intricate facets of weekly television programming. With the introduction of the unpredictable 24/7 championship, fans have been able to bet on who will walk out of each episode of Raw and Smackdown Live with the 24/7 title at some sites.
Once you have figured out what types of wrestling events you want to wager on and where you want to wager, the next step is to place your bets. To do this, bettors simply need to go to the wrestling section of their chosen sportsbook and choose who they want to back in a given match. From there, it is as easy as choosing an amount to wager, and lock the wager in.
Why casinos now offer sportsbooks
Today, wrestling bettors can even go to an online casino site to place their wrestling bets, as many of these sites also have sportsbooks to take bets on. With the popularity of sports betting at an all-time high, casinos have realised that they need to offer the option to bet on sports and sports entertainment to their players the same way that physical casinos offers both casino and sports betting action where possible.
Bettors today are even able to get information on what options are available to them at each casino site before signing up, with review and rating sites like Slotsia available to inform punters as to what they can expect at each casino and what kinds of bets they can make. With so many options available, that information is invaluable in helping to save time and avoid signing up at sites that don’t carry the options that wrestling bettors crave.
The world of sports betting is constantly evolving, with the evolution of wrestling betting and the evolution of online casinos offering sports betting intersecting as of late. These developments have made wrestling betting easier than ever, with more options than ever for wrestling fans to attempt to win betting on one of their favourite pastimes.
The Young Bucks lost the AAA World Tag Team titles last night during the AAA Verando de Escandalo event to The Lucha Bros in Mexico with Pentagon Jr., pinning Matt for the victory.
This ends a three-month reign for the AEW Executive Vice Presidents who won the titles during the Rey de Reyes show back in mid-March. The duo defended the titles against The Lucha Bros during AEW’s inaugural pay-per-view Double or Nothing last month in Las Vegas and came out on top.
The popular tag team of Fenix and Pentagon Jr., are now two-time AAA Tag Team champions.
A five-way match to determine the new number one contender for the United States title will take place on Monday Night Raw.
Ricochet, Cesaro, Bobby Lashley, The Miz, and Braun Strowman will all compete for the shot and the title match opportunity will come at the upcoming Stomping Grounds pay-per-view on June 23.
Samoa Joe recently was given back the title by Rey Mysterio who surrendered it following an injury and due to the circumstances he won at Money In The Bank when Joe’s shoulder was not on the mat when the referee hit the three count.
Meanwhile, WWE also announced Xavier Woods vs Dolph Ziggler for Smackdown on Tuesday and Alexa Bliss will host A Moment of Bliss with Bayley as her guest.
Impact Wrestling’s Scarlett Bordeaux got groped by a fan who was sitting at ringside yesterday during the AAA Conquista Total Gira 2019 live event which took place from Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico. The show aired live on Twitch.
Bordeaux was in a six-woman tag match along with Lady Shani and Taya Valkyrie as they took on Chik Tormenta, La Hiedra and Tessa Blanchard. At one point during the match, the action spilled to the outside and next to the fans. As Bordeaux was getting back up on her feet, a fan at ringside grabbed her from behind, pulled her towards him and began touching her inappropriately. At that point, Lady Shani pulled her away from the man and the match continued.
A member of the security staff was right next to them but did not intervene.
In a recent interview with TMZ, former WWE champion Jon Moxley declared that he feels like he’s 18 years old again and couldn’t wait to get back in the ring and wrestle again. “I’m like a little kid again. I’m so excited about the future, I could wrestle until I’m 100,” Moxley said.
That’s a very different attitude from his WWE days and getting free from his WWE deal seems to have rejuvenated the former Shield member. And as for getting in the ring again? It didn’t take long for him to wait as he met a former WWE Superstar at the North East Wrestling’s Six Flags Slam Fest show yesterday.
At the indie show, former WWE tag team Enzo Amore and Big Cass, who now go by the names of nZo and Cass XL, issued an open challenge to anyone in the building. Moxley answered the challenge and took on Cass while nZo stayed in his corner. The match ended after nZo tried to interfere, got a Dirty Deeds for his trouble, then Moxley delivered his finishing move on Cass as well for the three count.
