This week's edition of Between The Ropes is now online as the guys look back at the WWE No Mercy PPV, EliteXC from Saturday night including the destruction of Kimbo Slice and plenty more. Plus Seth Petruzelli, the man who beat Kimbo, will joined the show live.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Written by Adam Wilcox |
Sunday, 11 May 2008
TNA presents their annual May outing tonight, as the Sacrifice PPV emanates from the company's home base in Orlando, Florida. The show is headlined by a three-way match for the World Title featuring Samoa Joe defending his strap against Kurt Angle and Scott Steiner, but the majority of the card is focused around the Deuces Wild Tournament to crown new Tag Team Champions.
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Written by Brian Fritz |
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Well, I've had some audio problems at my house. I'm working everything out but that is what there isn't a BTR Online Show with myself and Vito. It should be fixed soon but we probably won't have an online show this week. Yeah, one week in and we already have a preemption. Not good.
However, there is some plenty of new audio for members. There are new interviews with TUF fighters Luke Zachrich and Jeremy May. Plus, you can check out the interview I had with Matt Hardy on Friday. On Monday, I'll have an interview up with Scott Smith who will be fighting Robbie Lawler for Elite XC on their CBS debut on May 31st. Of course, we will be back on the radio Tuesday at 6:00p ET for Between The Ropes with guests Terry Funk and Urijah Faber. I promise we will have a new BTR Online Show next week.
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Written by Marshall Bowen |
Saturday, 10 May 2008
ProElite & DREAM have announced that the two promotions have established a working relationship.
MMAWeekly.com also has comments from ProElite executive William Kelly, during the announcement at a pre-fight DREAM conference held on Saturday. Kelly has mentioned that in addition to sharing fighters & referees the possibility exist of co-promoted shows between the two organizations.
Kelly also made reference to the possibility of the two companies co-promoting shows in England & Korea in the future. It was also hinted at the possibility of the two co-promoting a show on CBS or Showtime. Kelly also said that ProElite is intending to open offices on Japan with the hopes to put on a show in the country in the near future.
Recently DREAM also announced that they had come to terms with HDNet to air their next couple of events. DREAM.3 which takes place tomorrow night
will air on the network.
The 2008 Tribute to the Troops Christmas special will air on NBC. In addition, MyNetworkTV plans to broadcast a one-hour recap of WrestleMania XXIV (Mike Johnson also reported yesterday that Saturday Night’s Main Event will return on August 2nd from 9:00-10:00 PM).
Vince McMahon stated that Umaga will likely be switching brands in the near future and also addressed the Chris Benoit tragedy, Congress’ investigation of pro wrestling, and more.
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Written by Adam Wilcox |
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Last night's Smackdown provided fans with an exciting night of action, as General Manager Vicki Guerrero addressed the World Title situation and introduced a new match concept entitled "Championship Chase".
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Written by Adam Samons |
Saturday, 10 May 2008
After Chris Leben’s legal troubles forced him out of his fight with Michael Bisping the UFC has announced that Canadian fighter Jason Day will step up to take on Bisping. Day defeated Alan Belcher in the first round of his last fight which took place at UFC 83.
With so much calamity surrounding this card I think I’m buying into Marshall’s idea that this card is cursed.
