Scott Smith talks about his upcoming fight against Elite XC middleweight champion Robbie Lawler on the promotion's CBS debut on May 31st, why he has been in so many stand-up wars, if he is the hardest pound-for-pound puncher in the sport today, his epic bout against Pete Sell, why he left UFC for Elite XC, Kimbo Slice and more.
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The News - Wrestling |
Written by Adam Wilcox |
Thursday, 15 May 2008
PWInsider.com‘s Mike Johnson reported yesterday that Ring of Honor is slated to debut in Canada with a July 25th event at the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, Ontario. Tickets are scheduled for sale beginning on May 20th at ROHWrestling.com.
Johnson also posted the eight participating teams for ROH’s June 6th tournament in Hartford, CT to determine the company’s new Tag Team Champions after Jay Briscoe vacated the belts earlier this month in New York. Taking part in the tourney will be ROH Champion Nigel McGuinness and Go Shiozaki, FIP Titleholder Roderick Strong and Davey Richards, Kevin Steen and El Generico, Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black, Austin Aries and Bryan Danielson, Ruckus and Jigsaw, Chris Hero and Adam Pearce, and Delirious and Pelle Primeau.
The News - Mixed Martial Arts |
Written by Brian Fritz |
Thursday, 15 May 2008
While the UFC and EliteXC have been getting plenty of attention for events later this month, the WEC also has a good one coming up. On June 1st, the promotion will be back on the VERSUS network for the biggest event in its history as featherweight champion Urijah Faber defends his title against Jens Pulver. Here is a video of the two men as they prepare for their upcoming bout.
The News - Mixed Martial Arts |
Written by Brian Fritz |
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Former UFC Champion Andrei Arlovski is currently a free agent. There have plenty of rumors on where he may be fighting next from EliteXC to Affliction to once again fighting for the UFC. Not even UFC President Dana White knows where he may end up as he told Yahoo! Sports.
"We want to sign him. It’s our intention to sign him. But I don’t know. We’re, well, I don’t know. We want to. Whether we will or not, I have no idea. We like Andrei and I know the fans like Andrei. I hope we can do something."
Well, that's honest. There have been reports that the UFC has the right of first refusal of any offer that Arlovski receives. That may not be necessary if Affliction offers "The Pitbull" a huge money offer which White and the UFC will refuse to pay. Simply put, the UFC wants to keep Arlovski - but only at what they feel is a fair price.
The News - Wrestling |
Written by Brian Fritz |
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Well, we all heard that Rob Van Dam was training Warrior (not the Ultimate Warrior, it's Warrior!). If it wasn't obvious enough that he is a big fan of the former WWF champion, RVD decided to show off his inner-Warrior spirit.
The News - Mixed Martial Arts |
Written by Brian Fritz |
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
In case you missed it, here is the video of Gina Carano on last night's edition of "E:60". It's a nice piece by ESPN and Carano continues to receive a lot of good press for her fighting and her pretty face.
The News - Wrestling |
Written by Adam Wilcox |
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Both Leo Garibaldi - a former wrestler and respected booker in the Atlanta, Carolina, Florida, and California territories during the 1960s and 1970s - as well as Penny Banner - a legend in women’s wrestling - passed away yesterday. Garibaldi - who is credited for discovering star power in Roddy Piper - was seventy-eight years old, while Banner died at seventy-three.
Slam Wrestling! Producer Greg Oliver has written two excellent career retrospectives on Garibaldi and Banner, both of which can be found at the following links:
The News - Mixed Martial Arts |
Written by Adam Samons |
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Tonight at 7:00 ESPN will air a feature on Gina Carano on their E:60 program. MMAJunkie.com says that the feature will include interviews with her parents and fellow female mixed martial artists Shayna Baszler and Tara LaRosa.
It’s good to see EliteXC starting to get some media coverage with their big CBS debut fast approaching. Hopefully the show can pick up more buzz as it gets closer. I’d imagine ticket sales haven’t been that great since you can still purchase front row seats from Ticketmaster, though they’ll set you back $1,003 a piece.
Because I believe more Gina Carano is always better than less Gina Carano I’ll end the post with an interview done with Gina before one of her previous fights.
The News - Wrestling |
Written by Adam Wilcox |
Monday, 12 May 2008
TNA crowned new Tag Team Champions last night during the company's Sacrifice PPV, an event also featuring the debut of TerrorDome, a Knockout Makeover Battle Royale/Ladder Match, and Samoa Joe defending his TNA World belt in a three-way bout.
The News - Wrestling |
Written by Greg Atkins |
Monday, 12 May 2008
Any rumors swirling around the internet have been made official as of 8:00PM this evening. PWI Insider's Mike Johnson reports that to start off Sacrifice, the fans were informed that while wrestling in Korea, Kurt Angle suffered three cracked vertebrae and two herniated discs.
While Angle stated he competed in the olympics and headlined WrestleMania with a broken neck and could do it again, the fact is, he is not 25 anymore and must follow his doctor's orders. Mike Tenay and Don West then announced that Jim Cornette would have an announcement involving the Main Event later on in the show.
And sure enough, before the "much anticipated" (note the sarcasm) Terror Dome X-Division match, Cornette announced that not only would the winner of the match recieve a future X-Division Title match against Petey Williams, but they would also take Kurt Angle's place in the Main Event against Samoa Joe and Scott Steiner later on that night.
Makes perfect sense, doesn't it? Read full story for spoilers.
Former UFC Champion Andrei Arlovski is currently a free agent. There have plenty of rumors on where he may be fighting next from EliteXC to Affliction to once again fighting for the UFC. Not even UFC President Dana White knows where he may end up as he told 