UFC 100 buyrates news~!

Pare che i buyrates di UFC 100 abbiano superato quota 1.5 milioni~!

UFC Conference calls news

Nessun accordo preso con Fedor Emelianenko. Dana ha quindi chiesto di non fare domande sul tema Fedor-UFC.

In Europa la UFC verrà trasmessa da ESPN. Nessuna menzione su un eventuale accordo con la ESPN in America.

Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson, come previsto, è stato modificato in Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort.

TIto Ortiz è ufficilamente tornato in UFC, lotterà a 205, e "si ritirerà in UFC".

TNA CREATIVE TEAM UPDATE~!!

In molti ritengo che il licenziamento di Mantell (non riesco a credere che sia vero) sia un forte segnale della volontà di Dixie Carter per ridurre finalmente il potere di Jarrett nella compagnia, se non addirittura cancellarlo, poichè il booker, sin dal 2003, è sempre stato pro Jarrett ed al suo fianco in ogni decisione che potesse avvantaggarlo.

Ad oggi il booking team è composto da Vince Russo (shit~!), Jeremy Borash sotto vari aspetti e Matt Conway.

Savio Vega era invece il "sottotentente" di Mantell.

Nonostante il rapporto amichevole, fra Russo e Jarrett non c'era più quel stretto rapporto di anni fa.

Russo fu assunto direttamente da Dixie Carter.

Dixie Carter sta facendo grossi sforzi per convincere Cornette a lavorare al fianco di Russo come head writers. Cornette ha più volte dichiarato di non essere un wrestling writer, ma un wrestling booker e se non ha la possibilità di bookare wrestling lui non può accettare quel ruolo.

Cornette attualmente lavora nel production truck e come agent per i segmenti backstage ed interviste varie.

Si aspettando altri rilasci la prossima settimana, forse già per questa. (BG e Kip please~!).

Molte persone sono state spiazzate da queste decisioni prese da Dixie Carter.

Due membri del crative team TNA licenziati~!!

Savio Vega e Dutch Mantell sono stati rilasciati quest'oggi dalla TNA.

Da precisare l'importanza del rilascio di Mantel (oltre al fatto che personalmente l'ho sempre rintenuto un danno) giacchè questi era il braccio destro di JJ nel creative team, un pò come Kevin Dunn lo è di Vince Mcmahon.

Brian Kendrick future endevorato~!

Brian Kendrick è stato rilasciato dalla compagnia di Stamford. Il primo approdo del wrestler in WWE è datato 2005.

Quarti d'ora di Raw

Questi i quarti d'ora del Raw con Shaquille O'Neal nel ruolo di guest host GM:

9:00 4.05
9:15 3.85
9:30 3.91
9:45 3.76
10:00 4.08
10:15 3.81
10:30 3.96
10:45 3.90
Overrun 4.27

Elijah Burke firma~!

Elijah Burke ha firmato con la TNA e debutterà presto con un altro ring name. Il character dovrebbe essere quello di Black Pope.

Raw Rating

L'edizione del 27 Luglio ha ottenuto un 3.95 di rating, arrotondato a 4.0. La prima ora ha ottenuto un 3.89, la seconda 4.0.

Promettente Tag Team vorrebbe un posto in TNA~!

Gli Young Bucks, promettente tag team della scena Giapponese ed Indy USA, in una recente intervista hanno espresso il loro desiderio di approdare in TNA.

Hanno dichiarato che se avessero un'offerta dalla WWE firmerebbero subito, ma se la TNA si facesse anch'essa avanti, loro sceglierebbero quest'ultima.



Questa l'intero articolo da Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Wrestling:

Young Bucks interview, talk about Dragon Gate, WWE or TNA as future goals PDF Print E-mail
We are Squared Circle Newsletter's writers. Squared Circle Newsletter is a French newsletter which offers you WWE, TNA and many others news twice a week.

This week, we published an interview of The Young Bucks, young and promising indy team.

Here are some highlights :

- We were always inspired by the Rockers and the Hardy Boys we actually do certain things that resemble both those teams. We throw in a mix of lucha libre with american and japanese.

- The NWA is more old school, DG is Japanese style hard hitting high spot action, ROH is a mixture between Japanese style and American just like PWG. So there is some differences between the companies we work but their all great places we probaley prefer working for DG because usually were on tour with them and they have a lot of shows to work in a short amount of time and we prefer staying busy.

- We think that the 2 shows are totally different so you cant really compare them because HDNets show is trying to reach a certain demographic with the WWE style booking while their house shows and PPV's usually reach out to the smart marks.

- Yes we actually hate wrestling in singles matches because we both feed off each other we love wrestling as a tag team and we will probaley try and stay together as a tag team for our whole careers if possible.

- We've worked for the WWE a few times doing little squash matches and work outs with them but we never got signed to a contract but one day we would love to work for them. We want to sign with TNA as soon as possible though if their interested in us, thats our goal our dream is to be in TNA.

- We probaley wouldnt reject a WWE contract unless TNA was offering us something because right now we rather go to TNA.

Jeremy Chevallier (THTG)
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Altri dati sui rating dell'ultimo Impact

Lo show ha registrato un 1.3 di rating con 1.8 milioni di telespettatori.

Questi i quarti d'ora:

1.25
1.23
1.27
1.36
1.43
1.43
1.30
1.22

Main Event per Smackdown

New World champion Jeff Hardy vs. John Morrison.

Main Event di Summerslam + Possibile Spoiler

WWE champion Randy Orton vs. John Cena.

DX vs. Legacy.

AJ Styles Update

Le condizioni di AJ Styles stanno migliorando e non dovrebbe perdere alcun match previsto per lui.

Video del post Raw party x HHH

Hardy-WWE Update + Vince news(spoiler)~!

La voce che circolava ieri sera vuole Jeff Hardy deciso a rimanere in WWE sino a Summerslam. Niente di confermato al 100% ma questa è la voce che circolava.

Apparentemente Vince McMahon non è rimasto contento dell'opener del PPV, Jericho e Big Show vs. Legacy; infatti a fine match è stato visto scagliare per terra con rabbia le cuffie.

WWE Night of Champions live coverage from Philadelphia

Chris Jericho & Big Show (new tag team champions) vs. Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes for the tag team title

They were pushing Edge vs. Jericho, showing an Edge taped promo saying he'd come back to face Jericho and Jericho responded back.

This match had almost no heat. Jericho & Show worked as the faces but not overtly so as they were just doing it for psychological reasons to get the crowd with them, but not to be faces. As for the match, it was like a continuation of last week's TNA PPV. It just didn't work and nobody looked good. Finish saw Jericho use a codebreaker behind the refs back on DiBiase and Show pinned DiBiase.

C.M. Punk did a backstage interview asking people if after all the facts are in, are they still going to cheer Jeff Hardy? Punk then came out the entrance way and did the promo in front of fans, and asked for al the fans of Hardy to stand up and make some noise. They found people with merch and Hardy face paint. Punk said he doesn't blame anyone for supporting Hardy, but does blame their parents, or he should say, "parent," because they have to be single parent situations. He blamed the parents for not having any discipline with their children and being enablers. This isn't getting as much heat as you'd think, although there are chants for Hardy. How can you enable your children to look up to Hardy. Anyone under 17 who roots for Hardy are okay, but the problem is parents who aren't sitting down their children and teaching them the proper way to live. It starts with wearing a Hardy shirt, then smoking, drinking beer, Jack Daniels (the gateway drug for marijuana) and he's the one telling the truth. Then comes the old fashioned street drugs, then going through mom's purse because they're addicted to prescription medication. He told all parents to talk to their children. Tell them to "Just Say No." "Yes to the future of a straight edge drug-free America." Punk was very good on the promo, didn't get nearly the heat you'd think the promo would, and even got some cheers.

Tommy Dreamer vs. Christian for ECW title

Both worked as faces. Crowd was dead here for the most part, aside from an ECW chant early. They worked a solid match, but because they were just doing moves without crowd reactions and not changing the pace, it felt like choreographed spots. A ton of reversals, ending whe Christian winning clean with killswitch. The two hugged after the match.

Jericho & Show promo. Show said they aren't friends. Jericho said choosing him was his best business decision. He said they would be a better tag team then the Hart Foundation, British Bulldogs and Road Warriors. Show said they'd be the greatest tag team champions in history. Jericho then thanked Edge for making all this possible.

U.S. title match is next, first pinfalls wins, Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger vs. MVP vs. Carlito Colon vs. The Miz (got the best reaction) vs. Primo (replacing Show)

Good match. They even got the crowd into it with isolation spots and fast action. Carlito started working with Primo, making up with him. When everyone was down and Carlito was working with Primo, Carlito double-crossed his brother using the back stabber. However, Kingston made the save and pinned Carlito with the Trouble in Paradise to retain the title.

Michelle McCool vs. Melina for the women's title.

Melina used a Thesz press off the middle rope, but McCool reversed it with a folding press. These two went out to do a wrestling match. From a wrestling standpoint, well above what you'd expect from a women's match, and second best match so far this show. Crowd didn't seem to really be into it, though.

Randy Orton vs. HHH vs. John Cena is next. Normally that means Orton will go over because a new babyface champion usually ends the show. But today, all bets are off. It could be they expect Cena to be a heel since it's Philadelphia. But this isn't that Philadelphia crowd at all. Cena got heavily cheered.

During the match, the crowd changed and started turning on Cena, even once when there was a slugfest with Orton the crowd was completely with Orton. Clever finish as far as building up a rematch. HHH had Orton in the sharpshooter and then Cena put Orton in the STF. Orton was tapping and the ref went to ring the bell, but didn't ring it because he didn't know who would win in this situation. DiBiase and Rhodes came out to attack Cena and HHH. Because there is no DQ in a three-way, the match continued. Cena had Rhodes up for the Attitude Adjustment but then Orton used the STF on Cena and got the pin, so Orton retained. I wonder how they'll come back from this, because Orton vs. HHH at SummerSlam doesn't sound that enticing. Good finish. Not a great match, but a good title match.

Maryse vs. Mickie James for the Divas title is next. Miz was hitting on Maryse. She blew him off because he didn't win the U.S. title match. Miz shot back and said he's the Miz and can get any girl he want. Miz said she's nothing but a tease and she's going to lose the title, said she always butchers the English language and will come begging at him and he'll have moved. If this was TNA, it would guarantee Miz is helping Maryse keep the title.

James won the title with a DDT. The match killed the crowd. Maryse, as talented as she is, can't wrestle and shouldn't be out there for much time. They went too long, the match fell apart, and the last few minutes were painful to watch as you could tell James lost patience with Maryse when she was off on everything.

Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler for the IC title. Maria came out with Ziggler

Clean win by Mysterio with an enzuigiri, 619 and springboard splash. They were put in a bad position on the show, since it wasn't a major match and followed such a bad match. Plus, Ziggler has no credibility with the audience. I can't say Ziggler made a statement with his performance in the biggest singles match of his career, but he did okay.

C.M. Punk vs. Jeff Hardy for the world title headlines the show

They are way late right now. I can't believe they are wasting time showing the prematch video. A case of mistaken priorities

Jeff won the title with a twist of fate and swanton. I guess this makes it a lock that he's staying through SummerSlam. Good match, nothing out of the ordinary . Crowd got into this when Hardy kicked out of a GTS in the middle. Big crowd pop for the title change. Shorter than most main events but it didn't fell rushed at all.

Franklin vs. Henderson II Update

Dana White sta pensando cambiare Franklin vs. Henderson II per lo show UFC del 19 Settembre.

Ha dichiarato che il suo lavoro è di scegliere i match che i fans vogliono vedere, ed ha capito che questo match non lo vuole nessuno.

Franklin ha risposto dicendo che ad oggi nessuno gli ha riferito di un cambiamento sul sudetto match.

Rivelato il partner di Jericho...indeed~!

Nel suo account di Twitter, Jericho ha scritto:"Rivelerò l'identità del mio tag team partner Domenica...ma lui è EVIL."

DRAGON GATE USA: Open The Historic Gate

DRAGON GATE USA: Open The Historic Gate
July 25, 2009
The Arena, South Philadelphia
ENTER THE DRAGON PPV Taping


Hostess/Ring Announcer, Dawn Marie


The Arena looks great. The most proffesional production I've seen there. Lots of black curtains on the walls and several jumbo-trons up on the walls at the entrance and in the corners. It was pretty packed but not a sell out. A few empty seats here and there. Every match went between 15 and 17 minutes except for the main event, which went about 20.


BxB Hulk v YAMATO is the opening match. BxB came out with two blonde dancing girls and almost took one of them out when he did his flip off the turnbuckle entrance. Missed her by an inch. Started out with some fast chain wrestling. Some very stiff kicks by both. BxB hit a standing corkscrew moonsault, an incredible missle dropkick and a devastating clothesline. Yamato comes back and gets a sharpshooter. Driver slam by BxB. Then misses a 450 splash. Yamato laughs. Sleeper into german suplex! Winner: Yamato.


2 Cold Scorpio v Ken Doane is next. Scorpio looked pretty old. This was the slowest match of the night but Doane made it good with his heel charisma and work. Started out stalling Zybysko-style. Then got into some chops back and forth. Crowd started chanting "We want Ziggler!" Doane couldn't keep a straight face. Belly to belly and german suplex by Doane. All Scorpio could do was dance. Doane missed a leg drop off the top rope. Then went for a moonsault but Scorpio got his knees up. Winner: 2 Cold Scorpio.

I talked to Doane after the match. Said he isn't booked after tonight but is open to doing more with Dragon Gate. This kid is 23 yrs. old and is just loaded with talent and charisma. Scorpio cut a retro ECW promo to a little bit of a pop but not much.

CHIKARA Eight Man Tag Team Showcase

Fire Ant and Soldier Ant of the Colony, Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush v Amasis of the Osirian Portal, Gran Akuma and Icarus of F.I.S.T. and Hallowicked is the third match of the night. A very Pro-Chikara crowd. Quackenbush is over and the crowd chants "Quack,Quack!" This was a show stealer. Incredibly fast paced action. I couldn't even begin to call all the spots. It was like a stiff Lucha 8-man without the midgets and transvestites. Jigsaw is absolutely sick! Awesome high flying action! Jigsaw gets the pin. Winners: Team Chikara.

Quack cut a promo saying Dragon Gate and Chikara are like family but there's always some sibling rivalry. I like these two groups together.

Dragon Kid v Masato Yoshino is up next. Not as good as some of their matches I've seen but still very good. Tough following the eight man. They started a slow build and eventually got rolling. I've never seen two guys run the ropes faster than these two. Kid hit a moonsault off the top turnbuckle and caught Yoshino on the floor. Dragon Kid is like a Japanese Rey Mysterio. Huracanrana blocked by Yoshino into a massive powerbomb. Missile drop kick by Yoshino. Dragon Kid hits the rana standing on the top turnbuckle and gets the pin with a west coast (east coast?) pop. Winner: Dragon Kid.

Tag Team Challenge
CIMA & Susumu Yokosuka v The Young Bucks, Nick & Matt Jackson is next. The Young Bucks remind me of the Hardy Boys. Lot's of great double teaming and tag team specialist-type action. Cima hits a double foot stomp off the railing onto the floor. Lots of near falls. Cima goes coast to coast. A dizzying array of double moonsaults and the Young Bucks get the pin. Winners: Young Bucks.

Afterwards the Bucks cut a promo saying they are no longer "the tag team of the future. After tonight, they are the tag team of the present!"

Dawn Marie announces that Dragon Gate USA will be back at The Arena on November 28th. They will be holding a one night tournament to crown the first Dragon Gate USA Champion. The title will be called Open the Freedom Gate. No participants were named.

I spoke with Gabe Sapolsky during the intermission and he looked exhausted and happy. He said "As long as everything looks okay then I'm happy." Everything certainly looked good.

Open The Dream Gate Champion Naruki Doi v Shingo Takagi is the Main Event. Shingo is sporting a Rising Sun Mullet. Shingo dominates early. Nice build. Shingo hit a devastating powerbomb and a knee to the back of Doi's head off the top rope. Doi rallies and they trade chops. Shingo got Doi up for a vertical suplex and held him there while the crowd counted to 30! Lots of near falls. Doi hits a back suplex off the top rope and gets the pin. Winner: Naruki Doi.

Great show and a pretty hot crowd. Sayanora!

TNA-Playboy~!!

Come riportato giorni fa in queste pagine, la TNA era vicinissima a finalizzare un importante accordo; oggi è confermato: la TNA ha raggiunto un accordo con Playboy, grosso partner WWE prima che questi diventasse "Rated PG".

Ai tapings della scora settimana le voci ricorrenti parlavano di un servizio fotografico di Traci Brooks, ed ecco perchè è stata riportata recentemente in TV.

In molti ritengono che anche Christy Hemme e So Cal Val abbiano posato.

AJ Styles infortunato

AJ Styles non ha preso parte all'house show in Southaven, MS della scorsa notte a causa di un'infezione da stafilococco ad una gamba. Ad oggi non si conosce la severità dell'infezione ma per la natura di quest'ultima sarà tenuto strettamente sotto controllo.

Tito Ortiz-UFC Update~!

Dana White, nel suo twitter account, ha lasciato intendere di un eventuale ritorno di Tito Ortiz in UFC scrivendo "Welcome back Tito".

White, in un radio show di Las Vegas, ha detto di non poter confermare la firma di Ortiz nè fra quanto tempo combatterà. Ad oggi si sa che un Rich Franklin vs. Ortiz era in discussione per lo show del 19 Settembre in Dallas, ma Ortiz disse agli UFC Officials di non poter essere pronto per quella data.

ECW Rating

ECW ha totalizzato un 1.2 di rating e 1.6 milioni di telespettatori. Data la qualità dello show è incredibile come faccia ad ottenere più di 1.0.

Strikeforce news

Lo show Strikeforce del 15 Agosto vede ora solo due title fight, giacchè Joe Riggs vs. Nick Diaz è stato cancellato per via del forfait di Riggs. La promotion sta cercando il nuovo avversario per Diaz.

Importante Affliction Update~!

Kevin Iole a Yahoo! Sports ha riportato che la Affliction e la UFC rilasceranno a breve una dichiarazione in cui si dichiarerà il ritorno della Affliction come sponsor della UFC e della sua successiva chiusura dei battenti.

Gli UFC officials hanno confermato la notizia ma hanno dichiarato che non parleranno pubblicamente di ciò.
Comunuqe, la Affliction ha diramato un discorso dicendo che Zuffa e Affliction Holdings, LLC hanno trovato un accordo di collaborazione.

"Siamo eccitati del ritorno della Affliction in UFC e non vediamo l'ora di poter ammirare i fighters con il marchio Affliction." ha riferito Dana White.

In passato ci sono stati anche approcci fra la Affliction e la Strikeforce, per vedere se fosse stato possibile unire le due società.

Grazie agli ottimi profitti, la UFC può permettersi i contratti che più le aggradano, ma è difficle credere che la loro volontà sia di ottenere tutti i contratti.

Fedor Emelianenko ha ancora un incontro dal suo contratto con la Affliction, ma non è esclusivo e sarà difficile che la UFC lo usi con questi termini.

La mancanza di altre sostanziose offerte per Fedor è un grosso punto a favore per la UFC in termini di contrattazione. Comunuqe, Fedor è ancora in grado di ottenere una grossa paga a fine anno lottando in Giappone.

WWE Superstars Rating

L'ultima edizione di Superstars ha registrato un 0.9 di rating.

Impact rating

L'ultima edizione di Impact ha totalizzato un 1.3 di rating.

Cancellato il PPV della Affliction

L'Affliction PPV show che avrebbe avuto luogo all'Honda Center il primo Agosto è stato cancellato.

Ovviamente la decisione è stata presa dopo l'impossibilità di poter usare Josh Barnett come avversario di Fedor Emelianenko per il Russian's WAMMA heavyweight championship.

La promotion ha annunciato la cancellazione oggi con una press release, citando la mancanza di tempo per trovare un degno fighter per promuovere il nuovo main event.

"Trovare un avversario per il peso massimo numero uno in un periodo di tempo così limitato è stata una certa esperienza e sono contento del numero di fighters che si sono proposti per accettare la sfida", ha detto l'Affliction Entertainment Vice President Tom Atencio. " Ma alla fine, non abbiamo avuto il tempo necessario per poter promuovere il nuovo incontro."

Nella giornata di ieri, la promotion dichiarò che l'annuncio del nuovo avversario di Emelianenko avrebbe avuto luogo oggi.

La decisione di cancellare lo show è stata presa all'ultimo minuto, poco dopo aver cambiato vari ordini per gli spot da mandare in onda.

Analisi della card di Night Of Champions

World Champion CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy

Questo feud è il migliore che ci sia in circolazione negli USA. Gli accenni shoot non sono stati troppo forzati ed hanno acceso ancor di più l'interesse. Quel che è certo è che la WWE sta spremendo Hardy fino all'osso prima di un suo possibile abbandono.
CM Punk potrebbe turnare definitivamente heel ed ottenere una vittoria sporca su Hardy. Se quest'ultimo deciderà di rimanere probabilmente la WWE lo farà andare over a Summerslam.

WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. John Cena vs. Triple H.

Mio interesse per questo match? Zero. Ormai li abbiamo visti in tutte le salse e quando dico in tutte le salse intendo nella stessa identica salsa di sempre. Sarebbe bello vedere la Legacy irrompere sul ring per pestare HHH e Cena, con HBK che torna per il salvataggio, per avere così a Summerslam Orton vs. HBK per il WWE Title e Cena vs. HHH per vedere "who's the man?".

ECW Champion Tommy Dreamer vs. Christian.

Non sono molto "preso" da questo match, ma comunque Dreamer vince davanti ai fans di Phili e Christian finisce con l'essere il partner segreto di Jericho. Oh Yeah!

Unified WWE World Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & ??? vs. Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes.

Come già scritto, spero in un nome importante. Niente Ryder e Ortiz per dirne due. Christian sarebbe il candidato ideale. Potrà mai fare una scelta così azzeccata la WWE? We'll see~!

Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler.

Questo sarà un incontro importantissimo per Ziggler. Già per il fatto che Ziggler è riuscito a sopravvivere ad un feud con Great Khali gli va tutta la mia stima, poi bisogna riconoscere che Mysterio con Jericho è stato superbo. Quindi mi aspetto un gran bel match. Con Hardy in bilico, farei vincere la cintura a Ziggler, il che lo eleverebbe ad uno status molto buono, con Mysterio come prossimo primo sfidante di CM Punk.

U.S. Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Big Show vs. MVP vs. Jack Swagger vs. Carlito vs. The Miz.

Cosa!? Mammia mia, lo US title ha bisogno d'aiuto! Perchè non c'è Bourne in questo match? Non aveva mica schienato Kingston? E perchè non c'è Primo in questo match invece del più scarso Carlito? MVP e Swagger avrebbero potuto avere un match separato, no?
Sarebbe bella una vittoria di Swagger, ma è probabile che Big Show si porti a casa la cintura. Trainwreck town~!

Women's Champion Maryse vs. Mickie James.

Il loro old style angle a Raw non è stato niente male. Tenendo conto che Mickie potrebbe aprire un feud con Beth Phoenix, trascurata, Rosa Mendes ed Alicia Fox, mentre per Maryse rimarrebbe "solo" Gail Kim, la scelta più sicura sarebbe quella di concedere la vittoria a Mickie"cercate le sue foto zozze su google"James.

Divas Champion Michelle McCool vs. Melina.

Vittoria della McCool. Non un granchè questa divisione eh. Dull.

PPV: Luci ed ombre.

Quarti d'ora di Raw

Lo show ha reigstrato un 3.5 di cable rating, con la prima ora che ha totalizzato 3.43 e la seconda un 3.62.

Questi i quarti d'ora:

9:00 3.66
9:15 3.20
9:30 3.53
9:45 3.34
10:00 3.65
10:15 3.61
10:30 3.45
10:45 3.50
Overrun 4.12

BJW, 6/29/09 video links~!

BJW, 6/29/09
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,001 Fans

Big Japan vs. Osaka Pro: Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinya Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Harada & Atsushi Kotoge
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0PLBTDT6
Men's World: MEN's Teioh, Onryo & Mineo Fujita vs. Shinobu, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6ZNSXUJR
Ryuji Ito Return Match: Yuko Miyamoto, Ryuji Ito & Takashi Sasaki vs. Shadow WX, Abdullah Kobayashi & Kankuro Hoshino
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MLA4SD3U
Special Singles Match: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z6Y7B2O6
Iron Cage of Hell Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Masashi Takeda & Isami Kodaka vs. Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JP07SQNZ

Dragon Gate "KOBE PRO-WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2009"video links~!

Dragon Gate "KOBE PRO-WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2009" , 7/19/09
Kobe World Hall
9,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

Open the Triangle Gate Title: Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk & PAC © vs. Dragon Kid, Taku Iwasa & Akira Tozawa
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HI7945HY
Open the Twin Gate Unified Tag Title: Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi © vs. Shingo Takagi & YAMATO
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K0K0RBMC
Open the Dream Gate Title & Open the Brave Gate Title: Naruki Doi © vs. CIMA ©
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=35SIQ0J0

JBL-TNA News

Nell'ultima newsletter, il sito WrestlingObserver ha scritto che JBL ha avuto varie discussioni col managment TNA, dopo la sua dipartita dalla WWE; il wrestler è rimasto scontento per i modi in cui è avvenuta.
Niente di concreto ad oggi è comunque venuto fuori.

Elijah Burke-TNA Update

Nel suo sito internet, TheElijahExpress.Com, Elijah Burke ha postato nuovamente il logo della TNA. Segno di un avvicinamento del Black Pope.

Correzione di PWInsider sulla situazione Jarrett-TNA

PWInsider.com, tramite Mike Johnson, si allinea alla news riportata da WrestlingObserver/Figure Four Wrestling, confermando che l'allontanamento di Jarrett è stato deciso da Dixie Carter e non da Jarrett stesso. Conferma inoltre che non è stata decisa una data per il suo ritorno.

Il creative team ad oggi è composto da: Dutch Mantel, Vince Russo, Jeremy Borash e Matt Conway. Quest'ultimo sino ad oggi si è occupato di varie mansioni backstage. Borash ha da sempre alternato la sua presenza nel booking team.

L'opinione generale è che il creative team manterrà la rotta indicata da Jarrett.

Deciso l'avversario di Fedor~!

Sarà Vitor Belfort l'avversario di Fedor Emelianenko al prossimo show Affliction che si terrà il primo d'Agosto. L'annuncio è arrivato poco fa, via Fight Network radio, da Shawn Tompkins, trainer di Belfort. Fra poco avrà luogo la conferenza stampa.

Lashley ha rifiutato un'offerta pari a 500.000$ per affrontare Fedor.

Prima di decidere per Belfort, è stato anche contattato Daniel Puder, ma anch'esso si è tirato indietro.

TNA vicina ad un importante accordo~!

Non è stata riferita la natura di tale accordo, ma se ciò venisse ufficializzato la TNA otterrà molta pubblicità a livello mainstream che potrà solamente giovare alla compagnia di Nashville.

Jarrett-TNA-Angle Update by Pro Wrestling Insider~!

Come spesso accade, PWInsider e Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Wrestling, riportano versioni diverse sulla complicata situazione che coinvolge Jarrett ed Angle.

Queste le parti riportate da PWInsider che si differenziano da quelle riportate da Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Wrestling

PWInsider.com conferma che Jarrett e Karen Angle sono coinvolti in una relazione sentimentale ma non vivono insieme.

Kurt Angle era a conoscenza della relazione fra Karen e Jeff dall'autunno scorso.

Anche se la TNA ha declinato di fare commenti pubblicamente, fonti rivelano che la decisione dell'allontanamento di Jarrett è stata presa da quest'ultimo e non è stata una decisione forzata da Dixie Carter.

Riguardo i rumors che vorrebbero un cambiamento nel creative team, le fonti hanno dichiarato false tali voci. Non ci sono grosse volontà di un cambiamento di direzione creativa o nel creative team stesso.

Lashley vs. Fedor ~?!

Sherdog.com, in un articolo di Loretta Hun,t riporta che Josh Barnett non ha il permesso della California State Athletic Commission per il match del primo Agosto contro Fedor Emelianenko da disputarsi nell'Affliction show all'Honda Center.

Barnett ha fallito un random drug test.

Barnett fallì un drug test nel 2002 dopo aver battuto Randy Couture vincendo lo UFC heavyweight championship. Da allora non ha combattuto più in UFC e firmando poi con la NJPW.

Fedor Emelianenko vorrebbe Bobby Lashley o Vitor Belfort come avversari, ma Lashley è piuttosto scettico sull'accettare un importante incontro come questo ad una sola settimana di distanza.

Raw rating

L'ultima edizione di Raw ha totalizzato un 3.5 rating, stesso dato della scorsa settimana. La prima ora ha totalizzato un 3.43 e la seconda 3.62.

Jarrett-TNA-Angle Update by Wrestling Observer~!

Subito dopo la misteriosa telefonata al Bubba the Love Sponge radio show, Dixie Carter ha ordinato a Jarrett di tornare a casa per un periodo non meglio precisato.
Sabato sera, all'house show, Angle ha dichiarato a varie persone che presto avrebbe preso il controolo del booking e che non rinnoverà il contratto nel caso in cui Jarrett rimanesse al comando.
Generalmente parlando, i wrestlers sono perlopiù pro Kurt Angle.
Varie persone stanno ascoltano più e più volte la telefonata anonima per cercare di capire chi ha voluto scatenare il putiferio.
Fra tre mesi il contratto di Angle giungerà al termine. E' così infuriato che apparentemente sta riferendo in giro che non riuscirebbe a tener ferme le mani nel caso in cui si trovasse nello stesso posto con Jarrett.
Ci sono rumors, e ad oggi tali rimangono, che vorrebbero una Dixie Carter così decisa in questa situazione che avrebbe fatto un'offerta per rilevare anche la percentuale di minoranza di Jarrett.
Pubblicamente, la spiegazione data per l'assenza di Jarrett è che ha preso un periodo di riposo per motivi personali.

Raw-Rhodes news

Poichè la WWE ha cambiato i piani, decidendo di usare gli ZZ Top i segmenti pre registrati, Dusty Rhodes non è apparso, come invece previsto, in TV.

WWE Superstars Rating

L'ultimo episodio di WWE Superstars ha totalizzato un 0.9 di rating.

TNA Impact Rating

Il go-home show di Impact ha registrato un 1.1 di rating.

Annunciato il Main Event di UFC 103

Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson in un light heavyweight rematch sarà il Main Event di UFC 103.

Dream 10 coverage from Saitama

Dream 10 coverage from Saitama - members only special

By Crimson Mask

Heiwa (new lead sponsor) DREAM 10, Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 07/20/2009

The Mouth From Down Under (finally realized who he looks like---Emile King Kong Czaja) and Metzger commentating. Oh well. Less said about that the better.

Tarec Saffiedine vs. Seichi Ikemoto (WW tournament reserve fight)

Ikemoto lost to Marius in that wild fight in the first round with all the flips and flying stuff. Tarec is an undefeated Belgian fighter out of Team Quest. Never seen him.

Rightys. Ikemoto opens wild. Tarec jabs, clinches, knees. Ref break. Ikemoto throwing crazy shit. Telegraphing. Trading low and body kicks. Tarec big low kick. Ikemoto telegraphing everything. Clinch. Tarec leans, knees. Throw attempt, nada. Ikemoto's foot kinda hooked the rope. Trading knees. Ref break. Upper/hook Tarec. Low kick. 1-2. Ikemoto shoots. Stuffed. Clinch. Tarec knees the legs. Trade body knees. Ikemoto throws crazy again. Missing everything. Ikemoto low kicking. Tarec misses a high kick and slips. Ikemoto drops some shots on him. Falls into FG. Ikemoto up and drops a couple rights back into FG. HG. Tarec turns in and scrambles up. Clinch. Tarec tries a foot sweep, nada. Ref break. Right lead Tarec. Ikemoto throwing wild. Right lead Tarec. Jump knee. Clinch. Ref break. Left upper Tarec. Round kick. Low kick, right lead. Tarec is ahead at this point. Might have had Ikemoto in trouble but let him off the hook.

Both short with kicks. Ikemoto still telegraphing. Tarec jabs, right short. Trade low kicks, Tarec's harder. Right lead Tarec, couple kicks Ikemoto. Tarec low kick, high kick, right lead, slips the counters. Straight left. Low kick. Picking Ikemoto apart right now. 2-2-1. Ikemoto shoots, stuffed, Tarec passes guard to HG. Side mount. Elbows the ribs. Knee on belly. Knee to head. Mount. Ikemoto leg levers, tries a heel hook, and reverses into FG and lands a few shots before the bell. I think Tarec won. Judges agree.

Mach Sakurai vs. Marius Zaromskis (WW tournament semifinal fight)

Mach wrecked Aoki in the opening round and Zaromskis was pulling Ed Carpentier moves in winning his fight over Ikemoto. It was so bizarre it's hard to call this one although Mach the heavy favorite up front. However, he misses making weight by a kg, and somehow GAINS 3 kg before his second try, and finally takes 5 hours to make weight, missing the press conference. Obviously, since this is the final 2 rounds of the GP and you have to fight and win twice, and he has had so little time to rehydrate, his chances now look really bad.

His body doesn't look good. Marius got the height and reach. Lefty. Flies out of the corner. Both bombing early and Mach lands more. Marius lands one and it does damage. Clinch. Break. Mach low kicking hard. Both landing bombs here. Mach shoots, scores, HG. Near the ropes, reset. Mach grinds the forearm. Marius turns in, scrambles up. Throws wild. Eats a right. Lands. Big right Mach but he's cut. Lands low kick and Thai knee. TO to check the cuts---one over the eye, one under. This is a long TO. Fight continues. 1-2 Mach. Big LHK to the neck Marius. Feinted Mach into it. Mach is down. Marius pounces. It's over and Marius goes into the finals not badly exhausted or damaged.

Andre Galvao vs. Jason High (WW tournament semifinal fight)

High and Galvao both had really good wins in the first tourney round too. Galvao probably favored to take this. Dunno if he could have handled an in shape Mach but doesn't matter now. Zaromskis vs. either guy I have no idea period.

Galvao a bit taller. High packing more muscle, lefty. Body kick High, high kick Galvao, TD High, reversal, reversal, High's on top. This is great. HG. Stalemate. Ref letting them work. High spins, pounds, up, Galvao has his back. High warned for grabbing the ropes. Break. Galvao been training with Anderson. Big left KD from High. High caught in HG again. Galvao spins to knee bar. High spins out but Galvao spins again and has it. High trying to push out with his other foot. Galvao hanging on. Ref calls action. High escapes. TD Galvao. High misses a Guillotine. HG. Elbows the body. High gives up back. Galvao body triangle. Galvao pounding body and head, trying to open the choke. Rolling. High defending. Galvao coming close. Mount. Back. Mount. Back. Pancaked. Pounding. Looks like the sleeper is in. Nope. Mount. High is out of the choke. G&P. Arm bar try at the bell. High survives. Galvao way ahead. Great action. High kneels facing the corner between rounds.

LHK High, KD, falls into Guard. Backs out. Standup. Pace slows. High/low kick, Galvao misses a hook. High lands some, misses some. Galvao shoots, nada. Counter right Galvao, does damage. Left hook, knees the body. Galvao slips on a HK. High kicks the legs a couple. Standup. Both short. Trade power shots, High's harder. Body kick High. Catches the liver. Another. High won that round but I think too little too late. Whoever wins, they had a lot harder, more tiring fight than Marius did and that will affect the finals.

Decision... Galvao. High. It's a split. Winner... HIGH. Dunno about that. Underdog vs. Underdog Final.

Andre Dida vs. Katsunori Kikuno

Kikuno coming out of DEEP and I don't know him. 10 fight win streak. Judo and karate BG. Dida gave Eddie Alvarez a pretty good fight in the LW GP, and upset Remigijus Morkevicius and nearly upset Buakaw in K-1.

Rightys. Dida wild rights, lands one. RHK, right lead flash KD. Lets him off the hook. Kikuno in karate stance. Pace slows. Kikuno liver kick. Nobody doing anything. Dida couple uppercuts. Kikuno short. Clinch, break. Kikuno keeps grinning. Pace slows again. Ref warns both fighters. Dida missing kicks. Kikuno lands a left, shoots, TD, mount, back, pancaked, G&P. Ref stops it.

Crowd likes his promo. Calls out Aoki.

Melvin Manhoef vs. Paulo Filho

Manhoef coming off a couple not so good fights in K1, and Filho coming off losing his mind. Who the hell knows who shows up. Filho, if sane, and back on those legal in Japan vitamins would be favored to weather the early storm and tap Manhoef, but again, who knows. Filho the way he looked in WEC doesn't belong in the same ring with Manhoef. Manhoef has the power to end any fight quickly. If Filho ain't right, short night.

Filho got his body back, whatta shock, huh? Say he had to try twice to make weight though. Let's see where his mind is. Manhoef gets some extra wiping down from the ref. Both guys have to be forced back to their corners.

Filho lefty. Shoots. Nada. Clinch. Manhoef lands a knee and a couple shots. Gets wild, Clinch, Manhoef knees, lands some heavy artillery. Filho in trouble. KD, HG. Manhoef pounding. Stands out. Standup. HK Manhoef. All over Filho. Uppers and hooks. Filho in desperation power TD straight to mount. Armbar. Rolling. Manhoef taps. It's over. Can't beat that for concentrated drama and action.

Intermission. This is a GREAT card so far. From the studio, Kruck recaps the Super Hulk. Actually the fights were so short they're shown in their entirety.

Back to Japan and here's Saku entering like he's gonna fight. No, cutting a promo. Face mask. T shirt and shorts. Holds the mask away from his mouth to talk. He's whispering and yelling. Crowd going nuts. Rips off the mask and throws it to them. The announcers of course babbling over him. Gee, be nice to know what he said. Okay, the promo was, Saku gave himself permission to fight Akiyama again in November? Uhhh... guys? Akiyama is under UFC contract. What the fuck are any of you talking about?

Yoon Dong Sik vs. Jesse Taylor

Taylor was the house heel from TUF couple seasons back. Has rattled off 6 wins since getting kicked off the show. Team Quest. I don't think he's ready for Yoon who has been in with much better comp.

Both righty. Dong right lead, Jesse shoots, backdrop TD, scramble up, Jesse takes him back down, side, back. Dong grabbed the ropes. Choke, pound, choke... scramble... Jesse regains control... Jesse backs off?... it's over. Dong verbal tap. Some kind of injury. Ankle. Looks like it flopped under him on the last scramble. No. Looks like it went on the backdrop. Dong is wheelchaired out. Nobody's fault but definite buzzkill.

Shinya Aoki vs. Vitor Shaolin Ribeiro

This promises to be submission fighting at about its best. Aoki has been active against great comp although coming off the hammering by Mach, and Shaolin coming off a win after a long layoff. Advantage Aoki probably. Aoki has height and reach of course. Shaolin has never lost to a Japanese.

Aoki lefty. Kicking short. Telegraphed. Vitor jabs. Right lead. Low kick mid kick Aoki. Right lead Vitor. Mid kicks Aoki. Some blocked. Vitor short with a right. Aoki landing some kicks. Two great grapplers having a lousy kickboxing match. This is WAY jive. Clinch. Aoki misses a knee. Ref warns both to engage. More kicks from Aoki. Clinch. Aoki fingers the face and lands sort of a punch. Aoki keeps kicking the arm. This seriously sucks. Vitor catches a kick and spills Aoki for a split second. Vitor short with a 1-2. Lands a jab. Sort of a right. Hard warning from the ref. Vitor shoots. Nada. Short with a right. Again. Shoots. Aoki stuffs again and lands sort of a right. Vitor misses a Hail Mary. Low kick Aoki. Vitor throws another Hail Mary and eats a knee from clinch. Aoki winning with extremely crappy standup. This REALLY sucks.

Vitor jabs. Right lead. Misses another. Aoki jump knee and takes back standing. Nada. Back to the pattern. Finally TD Vitor. FG. Vitor pounds the ribs and knees the butt. Center reset. Aoki Rubber Guard. Just using it to stall. Drops it. Vitor drops a couple shots. RG, nada. More RG. More nada. Vitor keeps dropping shots, not much on them.

Well, Vitor came on, but... dunno. Fight sucked, did I mention that? Decision... Aoki UD. MAN did that suck. If Aoki starts blubbering I'm gonna puke. Aoki showing more animation on his promo. The crowd is actually booing him which should tell you how bad this was. Says he's fighting Hansen next and wants Kawajiri on NYE. Last two fights have killed the house.

WW tournament final: Marius Zaromskis vs. Jason High

These guys gotta save the card. Despite the first fights, High looks fresher coming in. Both lefty. Marius jump knee caught but he blocks the throw. Clinch. High hiptoss but Marius regains his feet. Jason legtrip TD into FG. Marius blocks any G&P and elevates High off. Scrambles up but High jumps Guillotine. His feet catch in the ropes and he loses it and has Marius in FG. Goes for arm bar and misses but gets position to kick out and they're up. Excellent action here. Marius short with an LHK on the way up. Jason wild with a right and loses his footing momentarily. Marius short with another LHK. High shoots and eats a jab. Marius steps in and lands a highlight reel lead leg high kick that knocks High cold to win the GP and save the card (and I have to say again: after Aoki almost killed it). Coulda been a show of the year candidate.

Jeff Jarrett-TNA Update~!!

Il TNA founder Jeff Jarrett non era presente a Victory Road e non sarà presente agli Impact tapings. Jarrett si è preso "un periodo per sè", secondo quanto riferito da impiegati TNA. Jeff Jarrett avrebbe dovuto prendere parte a vari skits pre registrati backstage, ma data la sua assenza è stato sostituito da Foley.

Il TNA office è stato avvertito dell'assenza di Jarrett Giovedì o Venerdì. Nulla di ciò era pianificato.

In sua assenza il resto del creative team ed alcuni agents, inclusi Dutch Mantel, Jim Cornette, Terry Taylor e Vince Russo, hanno svolto vari compiti nel backstage per il PPV.

Quest'improvvisa decisione di Jarrett arriva dopo un'incidente accorso durante il Bubba the Love Sponge's radio show la scorsa settimana, quando "un anonimo impiegato TNA", con voce distora elettronicamente, ha dichiarato che Jarrett ora era coinvolto sentimentalmente con l'ex moglie di Angle, Karen, aggiungendo che i due vivono insieme.

Ad oggi non si sa quando sarà previsto e SE sarà previsto un suo ritorno.

Da tempo si è parlato della perdita di potere di Jarrett in TNA e la scorsa notte, data la sua assenza, molti wrestlers hanno parlato diffusamente dei pro e dei contro di un suo eventuale abbandono e di ciò che sarebbe accaduto di persone molto legate a lui, tipo Mantell e Russo.

Poichè la TNA prende decisioni di booking con un anticipo di 4-5 mesi, infatti il ME di BFG 2009 è stato già deciso, e poichè JJ non prenderà parte a 3 settimane di registrazioni, che avverranno Lunedì, Martedì e Mercoledì, i piani con lui convolto saranno riscritti.

Impact taping news

Sono previsti vari ritorni in TNA per i prossimi taping, fra cui: Tracy Brooks, Hernandez e probabilmente, ma non è sucuro al 100%, Christy Hemme.

Taz aprirà con un promo il prossimo episodio di Impact.

Leggenda a Raw stasera

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes affiancherà in qualche modo gli ZZ Top, i quali saranno i gest Raw general manager. L'angle del guest general manager ha soddisfatto il managment WWE, ed è perciò loro intenzione proseguire con l'esperimento. Un nome in lizza per un futuro ruolo di guest general manager è quello di Snoop Dogg.

Analisi della card di Victory Road

TNA champion Kurt Angle vs. Mick Foley in their first-ever singles bout.

Sarà interessante scoprire se Foley saprà reggere il confronto fisico con Kurt Angle. Certamente Foley ha lavorato sodo per perdere peso, ma non basta.
Angle ha già avuto problemi con Sting nel mettere in piedi match di un certo spessore agonistico.
La speranza è che Angle mantenga la cintura.

TNA Legends champion AJ Styles vs. Kevin Nash.

Hype bassissimo per questo match. Nash è riuscito a pinnare Styles dopo un dito in un occhio ed una powerbomb~?! Perchè dovrei spendere 30$? Per di più la consistente differenza di altezza renderà AJ fin troppo inferiore a Big Sexy. Non hanno pensato a ciò?
Non credo che Nash farà il job, e comunque vedo una fine sporca col vecchio che si conquista un'insignificante cintura.


TNA Tag Team champions Beer Money Inc vs. Scott Steiner & Booker T.

Pochi cazzi, Beer Money inc. DEVE rimanere il tag team campione! Dopo il loro feud con il Team 3D una sconfitta contro i due vecchi li riporterebbe all'anno zero.

IWGP Tag Team champions Team 3D vs. The British Invasion.

Come può Foley mettere in palio le cinture della NJPW~?! Mah. Comunque prevedo un buon match, visti i progressi di Brutus Magnus e della solidità di Doug Williams...e le espressioni a cazzo di cane di Rob Terry!
Ovviamente Team 3D ritiene!

TNA Knockouts champion Tara vs. Angelina Love.

Sarebbe troppo presto per una sconfitta di Tara. Un'utopia sarà vedere una clean finish.

Sting vs. Samoa Joe.

Il buonsenso qua direbbe Joe over Sting. Ma trattandosi del booking committee della TNA, non c'è da crederci troppo. Sting non ha MAI jobbato pulito contro nessuno. Joe presenterà il suo advisor (se non fosse TAZ il riot di Slammy 2006 sarà niente in confronto), quindi non vedo un Joe sconfitto. Ok. Joe viene pinnato da Sting dopo i canonici 10 minuti per poi assalire Sting dopo l'arrivo dell'advisor.

Sharmell vs. Jenna Morasca.

Tempo sprecato. Certo era troppo chiedere che Homicide difendesse l'X Division title in ppv~! Se mi dicessero: "Guarda, se ci dai 10$ in più potrai skippare del tutto questo segmento." Io risponderei: "Anche 20$!"

Matt Morgan vs. Daniels.

Non solo Daniels sta lavorando con un ginocchio che lo tormenta, ma inoltre continua lo spreco del suo talento da più di 3 anni.
I grandi geni del booking committee: " Grosso uomo battere piccolo uomo!"

Dr. Stevie vs. Abyss.

Questo feud pare sia in corso da un'eternità! Ora di cambiare paziente!

In conclusione: no buys.

Billboard Top 10 listing of Recreational Sports DVDs

Here is this week's Billboard Top 10 listing of Recreational Sports DVDs. WWE was well represented in the list. As always, you can buy all of these items, and everything that Amazon.com sells, from our PWInsider.com Superstore. Doing so helps the site in the best way possible. Thanks to everyone who has used the store. We appreciate it.

1. WWE: Wrestlemania: 25th Anniversary
2. WWE: Macho Madness: The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
3. WWE: John Cena: My Life
4. UFC: Best Of 2008
5. WWE: Judgment Day 2009
6. WWE: Greatest Stars Of The 90s
7. Phil Mickelson: Secrets Of The Short Game
8. UFC 92: Nogueira Vs. Mir
9. WWE: Backlash 2009
10. TNA Wrestling: Lockdown 2009: Six Sides Of Steel

Infortunio per Kurt Angle

Durante le riprese di un film, Kurt Angle ha subito un infortunio all'inguine. Ha saltato i recenti house shows per precauzione. Stasera parteciperà al ppv in condizioni incerte.

Dragon Gate 25/7 lineup

Dragon Gate lineup for 25/7 in Philadelphia at the Arena:

Naruki Doi vs. Shingo Takagi
Dragon Kid vs. Masato Yoshino
BxB Hulk vs. Yamato
Cima & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Nick & Matt Jackson
Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw & Fire Ant & Soldier Ant vs. Hallowicked & Amasis & Gran Akuma & Icarus
2 Cold Scorpio vs. Ken Doane (Kenny Dykstra)

Dream 10 Card

*Tarec Saffiedine vs. Seichi Ikemoto
Welterweight tournament semifinals
*Hayato Sakurai vs. Marius Zaromskis
*Andre Galvao vs. Jason High
*Andre Dida vs. Katsunori Kikuno
*Melvin Manhoef vs. Paulo Filho
*Yoon Dong Sik vs. Jesse Taylor
*Shinya Aoki vs. Vitor Ribeiro
*Welterweight tournament final

Dragon Gate Infinity 138 video link~!

Dragon Gate, 6/21/09
Hakata Star Lane
2,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UYSFLEMQ

Dragon Kid, Taku Iwasa & Akira Tozawa vs. Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk & Naoki Tanizaki
Gamma vs. Akebono
Open the Brave Gate Title, No Ropes Match: CIMA © vs. Kenichiro Arai

AJPW, 30.05.2009 (GAORA TV) video link~!

AJPW, 30.05.2009 (GAORA TV)
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
3,350 Fans

Triple Crown: Yoshihiro Takayama © vs Minoru Suzuki
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZBIY3UNY

NJPW "DOMINION 6.20", 20.06.2009 (WPW) video link~!

NJPW "DOMINION 6.20", 20.06.2009 (WPW)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
5,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy

3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title Contendership: Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt vs Milano Collection A.T. & Taichi
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9NEDEDO9

NJPW, 05.07.2009 (SXW) video links~!

NJPW, 05.07.2009 (SXW)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Milano Collection A.T. & Taichi vs Jushin Thunder Liger & AKIRA
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VDBT2E9L
2. Toru Yano vs Tomoaki Honma
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XUS97NFV
3. Hirooki Goto vs Kazuchika Okada
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1U99S33X
4. Manabu Nakanishi & Takao Omori vs Giant Bernard & Karl Anderson
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BVPW7240
5. Yuji Nagata vs Tomohiro Ishii
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DXYMO1QZ
6. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Togi Makabe vs Shinsuke Nakamura & Takashi Iizuka
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BO2Z3SF8
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tiger Mask vs Wataru Inoue & Koji Kanemoto
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=24SV8MRH
8. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin © vs Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S4NBGQWQ

NOAH, 7/12/09 video links~!

NOAH, 7/12/09
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

4. Jun Akiyama & Akihiko Ito vs. Takeshi Rikioh & Mohammed Yone
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=95MV5PJV

5. Go Shiozaki & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kenta Kobashi & Shuhei Taniguchi
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QD22Z2XQ

6. NTV Cup - Block B: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kento Miyahara.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q7OOMFJ1

Part 1: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5CYVQIH0

1. Handicap Match: Kensuke Sasaki & Takeshi Morishima vs. Genba Hirayanagi
2. Akitoshi Saito, Bryan Danielson & Roderick Strong vs. Masao Inoue, Ricky Marvin & Kikutaro
3. Yoshinari Ogawa, Akira Taue & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, Takuma Sano & Eddie Edwards

Part 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7MUV1L4P

4. Takeshi Rikioh & Mohammed Yone vs. Jun Akiyama & Akihiko Ito
5. Go Shiozaki & Takashi Sugiura vs. Kenta Kobashi & Shuhei Taniguchi

Part 3: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z7X4UUG0

6. NTV Cup - Block B: Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kento Miyhara
7. NTV Cup - Block A: Atsushi Aoki & Kota Ibushi vs. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori

NJPW 6/20 video link~!

NJPW 6/20

Go Shiozaki vs Kazuchika Okada
http://www.mediafire.com/?mijmmjeyyjz

BJW, 7/12/09 video links~!

BJW, 7/12/09
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium
2,996 Fans

Atsushi Ohashi & Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Madoka & Masato Inaba
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HVP95L23
Daikokubo Benkei & Onryo vs. Shinobu & Yuichi Taniguchi
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BYD0L8NC
Ladder Death Match: Takashi Sasaki vs. Isami Kodaka
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A0F744OK
Fluorescent Lighttubes & Barbed Wire Boards Double Board Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Shadow WX & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Jun Kasai, Jaki Numazawa & Abdullah Kobayashi
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UES55DVL
Special Six Man Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Hiro Saito, Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinya Ishikawa
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0Y77301B
BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title, Scaffold Death Match ~ one night carnival again: Yuko Miyamoto © vs. Masashi Takeda
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2AXJRHMR

Sorprendente rating per ECW~!

Pare che i nuovi innesti dalla FCW abbiamo giovato al terzo brand WWE, giacchè ECW ha totalizzato un 1.3 di rating questa settimana.

TNA house show report 7-17 Johnson City

TNA house show report 7-17 Johnson City


Chris Sabin pinned Suicide in a triple threat also involving Jay
Lethal. Great match. Fast paced with some innovative spots. Suicide
was over with the crowd. They sort of told a story early on of Chris
Sabin and Jay Lethal double teaming suicide but that ended when Chris
Sabin kicked Jay Lethal while he had Suicide in a camel clutch.

Daffney pinned Rhaka Khan. A few sloppy spots but overall Rhaka Khan
wasn't as bad as usual.

Matt Morgan pinned Kip with the big boot. Matt Morgan was very over as
a heel as was Kip as a face.

Beer Money pinned Booker T and Scott Steiner with the DUI. Booker T
and Scott Steiner cut a promo before the match insulting the crowd.
Beer Money then cut a promo getting the crowd to chant Beer Money.

Intermission

Taylor Wilde pinned Madison Rayne with a rollup.

AJ Styles pinned Samoa Joe with the pele to retain the Legends title.
Good match. There were some flyers being passed around at the event
claiming the main event was AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle.

JB also kept talking throughout the show about how the loudest fans
would get backstage passes. After this match AJ got a thank you chant
and said thank you and had the idea of bringing the backstage to the
fans. Fans were then allowed to get a picture with AJ in the ring for
20$.

Chi è stato testato per steroidi a UFC 100?

La Nevada State Athletic Commission ha riferito che 13 atleti sono stati testati per "steroids and recreational drugs" Sabato sera per UFC 100. Tutti i test hanno dato risultati negativi.

Questi i nomi:

Frank Mir

Brock Lesnar

Georges St. Pierre

Thiavo Alves

Shannon Gugerty

Jon Fitch

Dan Henderson

Yoshihiro Akiyama

Mark Coleman

Tom Lawlor

Jon Jones

Dong Hyun Kim

Jim Miller

Particolare infortunio per Vampiro~!

Il 7 Luglio, Vampiro ha subito un infortunio alla schiena a dir poco bizzaro a casa sua. Il wrestler ha riferito che mentre stava dormendo, vari uomini sono penetrati nella sua casa in Guadalajara per rapirlo. Di lì una volante della polizia, nel giro d'ispezione, ha notato il portone del garage, la porta principale e le finestre rotte; dopo aver chiamato i rinforzi sono corsi in casa. Gli intrusi sono fuggiti saltando da una delle finestre infrante. Vampiro stava ancora dormendo quando la polizia ha fatto irruzione nella sua camera, svegliandolo. Vampiro ha detto che era ancora in dormiveglia e, non rendendosi conto che si trattasse di poliziotti e non di malviventi armati di pistola, si è gettato dalla finestra al secondo piano. Nel fare ciò si è rotto quattro vertebre nella zona media e bassa della schiena ed in più ha peggiorato la situazione già complicata al collo. Poco dopo, Vampiro è stato colpito col calcio di una pistola per poi essere ammanettato. Quando la polizia lo ha riconosciuto e accorgendosi del dolore intenso di cui stava soffrendo, gli hanno tolto le manette e lo hanno portato in ospedale. E' stato tenuto lì per diversi giorni, ma ha evitato un intervento chirurgico. Ora avrà bisogno di 8 settimane di riabilitazione per la schiena ed il collo.

ROH Update

Il managment ROH ha deciso di cambiare il business model della compagnia, che non si concentrerebbe più sugli house shows e la vendita dei DVD, che ad oggi economicamente non è stato un successo, ma sulla produzione di show tv usando HDNet come mezzo per vendere all'estero.

Inoltre la ROH è alla ricerca di un big name in sostituzione di Ric Flair. Uno dei nomi fatti è quello di Bret Hart. (che difficilmente accetterà il ruolo. ndr)

CMLL Anniversary show

Negro Casas ha accettato la sfida di Mistico che li vedrà coinvolti in un hair vs. mask match.

Update sulla morte di Espectrito II e La Parkita

Secondo la polizia locale i due mini wrestlers Alberto e Alejandro Perez Jiminez sarebbero stati uccisi da due dipendenti dell'hotel in cui i due wrestlers alloggiavano.
I due presunti assassini sarebbero entrati nella loro camera vestiti e truccati da donne.

1 milion buyrates list

Questi sono gli eventi che hanno superato il milione di buyrates negli USA. UFC 100 potrebbe posizionarsi fra il numero 3 ed il numero 5.

2,400,000 - 5/5/07 - Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

1,990,000 - 6/28/97 - Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield

1,600,000 - 11/9/96 - Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield

1,580,000 - 8/19/95 - Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeely

1,400,000 - 4/19/91 - Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman

1,400,000 - 3/16/96 - Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno

1,400,000 - 9/18/99 Oscar De La Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad

1,250,000 - 6/28/91 - Mike Tyson vs. Razor Ruddock

1,250,000 - 12/5/08 - Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao

1,200,000 - 3/13/99 - Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis

1,060,000 - 10/25/90 Evander Holyfield vs. James “Buster Douglas

1,050,000 - 12/30/06 Chuck Liddell vs Tito Ortiz

1,010,000 - 9/19/96 Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon

1,000,000 - 12/27/08 Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans/Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

1,000,000 - 9/18/04 Oscar De La Hoya vs. Bernard Hopkins

I piani per HBK

Il ritorno di HBK dovrebbe avvenire in tempo per Summerslam. Una DX reunion con HHH è in discussione. Possibile anche un title match contro Randy Orton ad Armageddon che si terrà in San Antonio Texas al AT&T Arena.

Bobby Lashley firma con la TNA

Bobby Lashley ha ufficializzato il suo arrivo in TNA e farà parte di Victory Road.

Altri dati sul rating di Impact

As noted earlier, Impact scored a 1.2 cable rating on 7/9 -- a 0.94 in M18-49, a 0.70 in P18-49, a 0.84 in M18-34, and an average audience of 1.7 million viewers


The show did quarter hours of:


1.08
.96
1.04
1.10
1.25
1.24
1.32
1.40

Raw Rating

L'ultima edizione di Raw ha registrato un 3.5 di rating, in calo rispetto al 3.6 della settimana scorsa. La prima ora ha totalizzato un 3.32 e la seconda 3.77.

Molte idee ma confuse in casa WWE...

Prima lo conoscevate come "Cyber Sunday", poi avete sentito parlare di "Annihilation”, ora ci troviamo di fronte a "Bragging Rights“! Who's next~?!

Brock Lesnar: un fighter, un paradenti~!!

Lucha Report 13/07- Mistico torna in NJPW~!

New Japan announced today that Mistico will be coming back to Japan during the G1 Climax and would be working special matches on 8/13 in Aichi and 8/15 at Sumo Hall.

RESULTS

AAA 7/12 – Plaza de Toros San Marcos de Tepeapulco (TV taping)
1. Atomic Boy/Gato Eveready/Pimpinela Escarlata beat Pasion Kristal/Polvo de Estrellas/Yuriko – The angle they are running here is that the exoticos are fighting for the love of Gato Eveready.
2. La Fuerza Aerea (Aero Star/Laredo Kid/Super Fly) defeated Billy Boy/Decnis/Tito Santana
3. Charly Manson & Jack Evans beat Chessman & Teddy Hart
4. Oriental/Takuya Sugi/Kenzo Suzuki defeated Elegido/Extreme Tiger/Marco Corleone
5. El Mesias & La Parka Jr. beat Dr. Wagner Jr. & Silver King by DQ after Zorro came out saving Parka from a chair shot by SK but then laid out Parka with the cane to get the Wagner family DQed. There were all kinds of mask/hair challenges made afterwards.

DTU 7/11 – Arena Tropico de Tulancingo
1. 5 Way Dance: Muerte Bucanera beat Amo de la Noche/Angel Extremo/Hormiga/Masivo
2. Drastick Boy & Flamita defeated Black Master & Talaxys
3. Dance Boy & Toxico beat Money Pack & Ultimo Gladiador
4. Laredo Kid & Super Fly defeated Pesadilla & Ragde
5. Aero Boy beat Violento Jack
6. 3 Way Dance: Extreme Tiger defeated Crazy Boy & Shiima Xion

EMLL 7/12 – Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara
1. Angelo beat Montana
2. El Idolo & Nube Roja defeated Angel del Mal & Evola
3. Casanova/El Gallo/Virgo battled Azazel/Mr. Trueno/Rey Trueno to a no contest when Metal Blanco, Palacio Negro, & Rafaga all got involved to set up a big cage match for next week.
4. Amapola & Raven Hiroka beat Dark Angel & Marcela
5. Maximo/Sagrado/Volador Jr. defeated Los Hijos del Averno (Averno/Ephesto/Mephisto)
6. Mexican National Lt. Heavyweight Title: Mistico beat Felino to retain his title.

EMLL 7/12 – Arena Mexico
1. Molotov & Principe Valiente beat Carrona & Zayco
2. La Nazi/Princesa Sugei/Mima Shimoda defeated Estrella Magica/Lluvia/Sahori
3. Flash/Metro/Stuka Jr. beat Euforia/Nosferatu/Vangelis
4. La Mascara/La Sombra/Valiente defeated Black Warrior/Heavy Metal/Shigeo Okumura
5. Hector Garza/Shocker/Toscano beat Negro Casas/Mr. Niebla/Ultimo Guerrero by DQ when Negro fouled Garza.

Promociones Gutierrez 7/12 – Palenque de Expomex de Nuevo Laredo
1. ?
2. ??
3. Los Bizarros (Emo Xtreme/Rock Steel/Tonker/Nygma) beat Barba Roja/Hijo del Pirata Morgan/Pirata Morgan Jr./Sobredosis
4. Mr. Aguila//Histeria/Psicosis defeated Fuerza Guerrera/Hijo del Cien Caras/Mascara Ano Dos Mil Jr.
5. Los Perros del Mal (Perro Aguayo Jr./Damian 666/Halloween) beat Brazo de Plata/Cibernetico/Pirata Morgan when help from Mr. Aguila and the Perros got a lot of fan support here.

UPCOMING SHOWS

ASISTENCIA ASESORIA y ADMINISTRACION

7/17 – Palenque del Inforum de Irapuato (TV taping)
1. Gato Eveready/Pimpinela Escarlata/X vs. Pasion Kristal/Polvo de Estrellas/Yuriko
2. Crazy Boy & Extreme Tiger vs. Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero
3. Charly Manson & Jack Evans vs. Chessman & Teddy Hart
4. Cuervo/Escoria/Zorro vs. Electroshock/Oriental/Silver King
5. Cibernetico/Marco Corleone/La Parka Jr. vs. Joe Lider/Nicho el Millionario/Kenzo Suzuki

EMPRESA MEXICANA DE LUCHA LIBRE

7/14 – Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara
1. Meteoro & Novato vs. El Relampago & Skaxy
2. Leon Blanco & Metatron vs. Evola & Malefico
3. Casanova & Neutron vs. Asesino Negro & Drago
4. Dark Angel & Zeuxis vs. Amapola & Raven Hiroka
5. Sagrado & Shocker vs. Damian el Terrible & Hijo del Texano

7/14 – Arena Mexico
1. Bengala & Trueno vs. Cholo & Ramstein
2. Bracito de Oro/Electrico/Mini Fantasy vs. Nitrito/Pequeno Black Warrior/Pequeno Violencia
3. Los Angeles Celestiales (Angel Azteca Jr./Angel de Oro/Angel de Plata) vs. Arkangel de la Muerte/Shigeo Okumura/Vangelis
4. La Sombra/Stuka Jr./Volador Jr. vs. Atlantis/Felino/Negro Casas
5. CMLL Trios Titles: Hector Garza/Hijo del Fantasma/La Mascara (c) vs. Los Hijos del Averno (Averno/Ephesto/Mephisto)

7/19 – Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara
1. Astaroth & Saturno vs. Acetrijo & Angel del Mal
2. Angel de Oro & Angel de Plata vs. Caligula & Messala
3. Hijo del Fantasma & La Mascara vs. Ephesto & Hijo del Lizmark
4. Steel Cage Match where the loser loses their hair or mask – Participants: Azazel/El Idolo/Metal Blanco/Palacio Negro/Rafaga/Rey Trueno/Samurai/Virgo
5. Relevos Increibles: Blue Panther & Ray Mendoza Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Hijo del Texano

INDEPENDENT

7/18 – Plaza de Toros el Relicario de Puebla
1. ?
2. Gato Eveready/Estrellita/Pimpinela Escarlata vs. Rio Bravo/Cinthia Moreno/Yuriko
3. Mascara Divina & Ultimo Gladiador vs. Tigre Cota & X
4. 3 Way Dance: Crazy Boy & Extreme Tiger vs. Jack Evans & Oriental vs. Black Abyss & Joe Lider
5. Cibernetico & Elegido vs. Chessman & Kenzo Suzuki

8/2 – Palacio de los Deportes de Villahermosa
1. ?
2. ??
3. ???
4. Elegido/Jack Evans/Octagon vs. El Brazo/Decnis/Teddy Hart
5. Dr. Wagner Jr. & El Mesias vs. Cibernetico & Chessman

INTERNACIONAL WRESTLING REVOLUCION GRUPO

7/16 – Arena Naucalpan
1. Galactik vs. Epidemia
2. 30 Man Torneo por la Rey del Ring

7/19 – Arena Naucalpan
1. Imperial vs. Keshin Black
2. Exodia & Mascara Magnifica vs. Blasfemia & Comando Negro
3. Chico Che/Jack/Pendulo vs. Arlequin/Arlequin Rojo/Arlequin Verde
4. Micke Segura/Las Traumas I y II vs. Avisman/Black Terry/Tetsuya Bushi
5. ?

MONTERREY

7/19 – Arena Coliseo de Monterrey (Guess who’s back)
1. Gallo de Oro & Lover Boy vs. Euforia & Invasor
2. Aguila Azteca & Aguila Extrema vs. Epidemius & Iron
3. AAA Northern Tag Titles: Ejecutor & Mr. Secuestro (c) vs. Rey Dragon & TDN
4. Mascarita Sagrada & Octagoncito vs. Mini Abismo Negro & Mini Psicosis
5. Alan Stone/Argenis/Super Fly vs. Cuervo/Escoria/Ozz
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UFC 100 Notes

All'arena erano presenti 11.000 fans per un incasso pari a 5.1 milioni di dollari.

Guadagni dei fighters:

Shannon Gugerty ($10,000 which includes $5,000 win bonus) vs. Matt Grice ($7,000).
CB Dollaway ($14,000) vs. FILTHY TOM LAWLOR ($116,000 which includes $8,000 win bonus and $100,000 Best Submission bonus)
TJ Grant ($5,000) vs. Dong Hyun Kim ($58,000 including $29,000 win bonus).
Irish Jake O'Brien ($7,000) vs. Johnny BONES Jones ($18,000 including $9,000 win bonus)
Mac Danzig ($20,000) vs. Jim Miller ($22,000 including $11,000 win bonus).
Mark Coleman ($100,000 including $50,000 win bonus) vs. Stephan Bonnar ($25,000).
Alan Belcher ($119,000 including $100,000 Best Fight bonus) vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama ($160,000 including $20,000 win bonus and $100,000 Best Fight bonus).
Michael Bisping ($150,000) vs. Dirty Dan Henderson ($350,000 including $150,000 win bonus and $100,000 Best Knockout bonus)
Georges St. Pierre ($400,000 including $200,000 win bonus) vs. Thiago Alves ($60,000)
Brock Lesnar ($400,000) vs. Frank Mir ($45,000)
Paulo Thiago ($8,000) vs. Jon Fitch ($90,000 including $45,000 win bonus)

Morto Takashi Matsunaga

Takashi Matsunaga, glorioso promoter di pro wrestling che riuscì a valorizzare appieno la categoria femminile in Giappone, portando quei match ad essere seguiti con ratings al livello della NFl, è morto Sabato all'età di 73 anni.

Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore-WWE Update

PWInsider riporta la news di rumors che vorrebero Eugene nuovamente sotto contratto con la WWE per lavorare con i giovani talenti sotto developmental deal. Ma non hanno conferma al 100% di ciò.

Il Wrestling Observer riporta invece la stessa news asserendo che il contratto è stato già firmato.

Pretty Ricky Update

A questo link si può vedere dove la WWE ha preso l'idea per il nuovo character di Ron Killings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TN2M3c88N4

WWE Smackdown Rating

La scorsa edizione di Smackdown ha registrato un 1.7 di rating.

WWE Buyrates News

WrestleMania ~970,000 buys.

Backlash ~185,000 buys.

Judgment Day ~235,000 buys.

Tutti e tre i dati sono inferiori rispetto a quelli del 2007 e del 2008.

Le origini di "Pretty Ricky"

Il nuovo character di R-Truth, Pretty Ricky, che ha debuttato a Smackdown, è basato sul personaggio di una security guard presente nel telefilm "Martin". Lo show è stato cancellato dai palinsesti nel 1998...parlando d'attualità~!

Dragon Gate results

DRAGON GATE Special match in Fukui
July 11, 2009
Fukui - Fukui Racetrack Special Ring
1. Anthony W. Mori & Super Shisa beat Masato Yoshino & Keirin Man (9:06) when Shisa used the Japanese Leg Roll Clutch on Keirin Man.
2. K-ness. beat Jackson Florida (6:59) with a reverse figure four leg lock.
3. Naruki Doi & B×B Hulk beat Taku Iwasa & Akira Tozawa (8:34) when Hulk used the E.V.O. on Tozawa.

July 12, 2009
Aichi - Tokai Citizen Gymnasium
1. Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito & Cyber Kong beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & K-ness. (11:09) when Horiguchi used the Backslide From Hell on K-ness.
2. Shingo Takagi & YAMATO beat Anthony W. Mori & Super Shisa (12:04) when YAMATO used the CBV on Mori.
3. Gamma & Susumu Yokosuka beat Kenichiro Arai & Yasushi Kanda (10:51) by DQ after interference from Real Hazard.
4. Naruki Doi & B×B Hulk beat CIMA & KAGETORA (13:47) when Doi pinned KAGETORA.
5. Dragon Kid, Taku Iwasa & Akira Tozawa beat Masato Yoshino, Naoki Tanizaki & PAC (16:28) when Tozawa used the Noshigami on Tanizaki.

BJW, 12.07.2009 (Samurai! TV) Results

BJW, 12.07.2009 (Samurai! TV)
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium
2,996 Fans

1. Madoka & Masato Inaba besiegen Atsushi Ohashi & Ryuichi Kawakami (11:41) nach dem Ranhei von Madoka gegen Ohashi.
2. Daikokubo Benkei & Onryo besiegen Shinobu & Yuichi Taniguchi (9:46) nach dem Onryo Clutch von Onryo gegen Shinobu.
3. Ladder Death Match: Takashi Sasaki besiegt Isami Kodaka (15:46) mit einem Right Leg with Ladder.
4. Fluorescent Lighttubes & Barbed Wire Boards Double Board Death Match: Jun Kasai, "Black Angel" Jaki Numazawa & Abdullah Kobayashi besiegen Ryuji Ito, Shadow WX & Kankuro Hoshino (14:41) nach dem Pearl Harbor Splash auf ein Lighttube Board von Kasai gegen Hoshino.
5. Special Six Man Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami , Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi besiegen Hiro Saito , Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinya Ishikawa (18:09) nach einem German Suplex von Sekimoto gegen Ishikawa.
6. BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title, Scaffold Death Match ~ one night carnival again: Yuko Miyamoto (c) besiegt Masashi Takeda (22:09) mit einer Moonsault Press vom Scaffold (1st defense).

KOBE Pro-Wrestling Festival 2009 Card

KOBE Pro-Wrestling Festival 2009
July 19, 2009
Hyogo - Kobe World Hall
1. K-ness., Super Shisa & Shisa BOY vs. Kenichiro Arai, Yasushi Kanda & Cyber Kong
2. Anthony W. Mori & Super Shenlong vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
3. Naoki Tanizaki vs. Kzy
4. Bousou 10-Match Series Final Match: "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa vs. Abdullah The Butcher
5. Open The Triangle Gate Contenders Match: Don Fujii, Masaaki Mochizuki & Akebono vs. Gamma, Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA
6. Open The Twin Gate Title Match: Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito (c) vs. Shingo Takagi & YAMATO
7. Open The Triangle Gate Title Match: Masato Yoshino, B×B Hulk & PAC (c) vs. Dragon Kid, Taku Iwasa & Akira Tozawa
8. Open The Dream Gate & Open The Brave Gate Double Title Match: Naruki Doi (Open the Dream Gate Champion) vs. CIMA (Open the Brave Gate Champion)

Kensuke Office "TAKE THE DREAM VOL. 10"

Kensuke Office "TAKE THE DREAM VOL. 10", 02.08.2009
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Takashi Okita vs. Kento Miyahara
2. Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
3. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Takeshi Morishima

NOAH video links!

NOAH 7/12/09
KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs Atsushi Aoki & Kota Ibushi
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5H7LNGDQ

NOAH "NO PAIN NO GAIN", 05.07.2009
Tokyo Differ Ariake
1,800 Fans - Super No Vacancy
Go Shiozaki vs KENTA
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6NUAA1RT

TNA house show report 7-12 Syracuse

TNA house show report 7-12 Syracuse

- Sheik Abdul Bashir beat Consequences Creed. Creed pinned Bashir in about 10 seconds, Bashir demanded another show so Creed beat him in 6 seconds. Borash told us that was a new TNA record. Bashir offered Creed $5000 if he could beat him a third time. Bashir ended up winning with his feet on the ropes.
- Taylor Wilde beat Angelina Love. Decent match, Angelina's backside looks fantastic in tights, Taylor is very pretty but doesn't particularly 'stand out'.
- Homicide beat Suicide to retain the X Division title. Borash told us this week's Impact was taped last week, and Homicide was the new champion. Suicide does the finger-guns thing too much.
- Daniels & AJ Styles beat Samoa Joe & Kurt Angle. Advertised main event was Styles vs Angle.
- Jeremy Borash brought Mick Foley out to say a few words. Quick mention of going to school down the road, lots of bad Syracuse mentions, etc. The girls I was with, who know nothing about wrestling, were noticeably disappointed with Mick after an hour of six packs and low body fat. And Samoa Joe.
- Jay Lethal beat Eric Young. First time there was any real work outside the ring, I guess the guys discovered the guardrails made a good sound on the concrete or something.
- Beer Money, Inc. beat Team 3D. Lots of 'gay' spots with Beer Money. Brother Ray did a sunset flip, which shocked the hell out of me. Devon got the table, but Bashir ran in and blew Brother Ray low, one guy from Beer Money got the pin, then one guy put through the table afterwards (I couldn't tell which one either time).

After the bell, Ray got on the mic, pimped TNA and New York, and offered up a piece of the table. Devon picked out a cute 4-year old named Emma and brought her to the ring. Ray was very nice to her on the mic, she got the piece of the table, crowd gave her a big hand as Devon paraded her around, and the TNA employee almost gave her back to the wrong family. She was a lot more confident in the ring with Team 3D than I would have been. Team 3D took photos in the ring while Creed, Lethal, and Daniels (maybe more after we left) signed autographs around the ring. There were some wheelchair guys in line; I hope TNA hooks handicapped people up with something special since they can't into the ring.

Overall a good show, nothing outstanding but nothing even remotely bad. On a par with most WWE house shows I have been to, but with almost no mic work or comedy. TNA's only other time in Syracuse was a free show during the New York State Fair about 3 years ago. The show was in the convention center, across the street from the hockey arena, just rows of chairs on the floor. I'd say it was a little less than half full, so probably under 1000 people. Syracuse is not an overly attractive town BTW. Some bleachers, and/or closing off more of the room with temporary walls would have helped the atmosphere a lot, but the crowd was pretty into it. High school or college gymnasiums would be a better choice for house shows, even if it doesn't sound as impressive to run them.

Jeremy Borash said the crowd was so great tonight that the next time TNA comes to Syracuse it might be for a PPV, so I'm pretty psyched about that.

7/11 TNA RESULTS FROM HAMBURG, NY

7/11 TNA RESULTS FROM HAMBURG, NY
by Mike Rickard and Kevin Hover @ 9:41 AM on 7/12/2009

Mike Rickard sent this report.
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling came to the Hamburg, New York Agricultural Center last night for an action-packed show. While there weren't a lot of fans in attendance, TNA did a great job working the crowd and putting on a very entertaining evening.

Things got off to a shaky start when the audio went out but TNA's Jeremy Borash showed up and began interacting with the crowd. He introduced the opening match and by match two, the sound was on and everything was working fine.

1. Eric Young vs. Consequences Creed: Not too much love for Young but both guys put in a good match to open the show. Young gets the duke and Creed sells like Young shot him.
WINNER: Eric Young (by pinfall).

2. Angelina Love vs. Taylor Wilde: Both girls are gorgeous in person. Good match with lots of high-flying moves and brawling. Love looked like she had things wrapped up when Wilde surprised her with a roll-up.
WINNER: Taylor Wilde.

After the match, Jeremy Borash told the fans that TNA was happy to be in Hamburg (a suburb of Buffalo, NY). He promised backstage passes to the loudest fans as well as a big surprise after the main event. The lure of backstage passes fired up the crowd bigtime and the smalla audience sounded a lot bigger than they looked.

3. Prince Abdul Bashir vs. Christopher Daniels: I haven't seen Daniels in person in a while so I forgot just how awesome his moonsault is. The only drawback to this match was that Bashir was doing little more than punches and kicks throughout the night. Still, Daniels kept things exciting.
WINNER: Christopher Daniels

4. TNA World Tag Team Championship Match: Beer Money Inc. (Robert Roode & "Tennessee Cowboy" James Storm) (Champions) vs. Team 3-D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon): This match was very old school in that both teams took their time building up the audience's anticipation before starting things off. Lots of comedy spots including Beer Money getting into it with referee Earl Hebner, leading to Brother Ray putting on Hebner's striped shirt and reffing a match between Storm and Hebner. Team 3-D dominated the match but some clever (some might say illegal) double teams by the champions spelled the end for Team 3-D.
WINNERS: Beer Money Inc. (by pinfall).

After the match, Bashir went to celebrate with Beer Money but the champions wanted nothing to do with them. Instead, Storm sprayed beer in Bashir's face then rolled him into the ring where Team 3-D anxiously awaited him. Bashir went through the table, much to the delight of the audience. Team 3-D worked the crowd and gave away a piece of the broken table to a young fan.

5. X Division Title Match (Three Way Dance): "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal vs. Suicide vs. Homicide (Champion)- Jeremy Borash announced that a new champion had been crowned this week and that TNA fans could watch the title match this Thursday on Impact. Decent X match with Homicide retaining.

6. Legends Title Match: Samoa Joe vs. A.J. Styles: I was surprised to see Joe wrestle (especially in a singles match) given his injury. You couldn't tell Joe was injured by the performance he put in. During the match, Kurt Angle ran out and tried to interfere but Mick Foley came out to stop him. Excellent main event with Styles hitting the Pele followed by the Styles Clash for the win.
WINNER: A.J. Styles (by pinfall).

After the match, Mick Foley congratulated Styles on his victory. He thanked the fans for supporting TNA then informed the fans that they had a special birthday to celebrate-that of legendary wrestler (and Buffalo native) The Destroyer. Foley led the fans in singing Happy Birthday as the Destroyer made his way to ringside. Foley then thanked the Destroyer for paving the way for all of today's stars. The Destroyer thanked Foley and told Foley that he's lot better wrestler than he is a singer.

Following the birthday celebration, Jeremy Borash informed the fans that they didn't have enough backstage passes for the fans so they were bringing the wrestlers out to meet them. Some of the evening's stars showed up to do autographs and mingle with the fans. There was also an opportunity to get in the six sided ring and take a picture with a TNA star for twenty bucks.

This was a really fun evening. While there weren't a lot of matches, the wrestlers put on a good show and really knew how to interact with the fans during the matches. That's something that you just don't see a lot of anymore. TNA really went out of its way to make the fans feel appreciated. The only real drawback to tonight's show was the obnoxiously bright lights they used to light the stage. They were so bright that you couldn't see all of the action and taking pictures was a bit of a chore. Still, one of the most fun house shows I've been to in quite a while.

Kevin Hover sent this report.

I just got back from TNA Live in Hamburg (suburban Buffalo), NY. Here are this evening's results.

The show started off at 7:30 with someone who was NOT Jeremy Borash MCing the event. Two sentences in, they lost power to the mics. So he yelled out the usual do not videotape this instead. JB eventually took over the proceedings. The sound problem wasn't fixed until after the first match, so no music.

"Showtime" Eric Young defeated Consequences Creed at 7:22. Mixed reaction to EY, I guess his heel turn hasn't caught on yet.

Taylor Wilde defeated Angelina Love at 8:58. Referee Earl Hebner was getting the brunt of the abuse as per usual. The best chant going was "Earl's got a boner."

"The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels beat Sheik Abdul Bashir at 7:26 with the BME.

TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money successfully defended against Team 3D at 20:55. A very fun match the crowd was way into. Sheik Bashir again with interference helps Beer Money win, only to have Robert Roode send him to the wolves from Dudleyville waiting with a table for the 3D. Bubba and D-Von gave a kid in the audience a signed piece of said table.

Intermission

TNA X Division Champion Homicide successfully defended against Suicide and "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal, pinning Lethal at 7:49.

TNA Legends Champion AJ Styles defeated Samoa Joe at 9:50 with the Pele. Kurt Angle interfered, crotching AJ on the turnbuckle, which brought out Mick Foley to clear house of the TNA World Heavyweight Champion.

After the last match, Cactus brought Dick The Destroyer to the ring, and had the audience sing happy 78th. birthday to him. Foley also brought out Daniels, Taylor Wilde, and Creed to sign autographs at ringside, while AJ Styles took pictures with fans in the ring.

Billboard top ten Recreational Sports DVD listing

Here is this week's Billboard top ten Recreational Sports DVD listing. As always, you can buy all of the titles here, plus anything else that Amazon.com sells, at our PWInsider.com Amazon Superstar. You can shop by clicking on the store link at the top of the page.

1. WWE: Wrestlemania: 25th Anniversary
2. WWE: Macho Madness: The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
3. UFC: Best Of 2008
4. WWE: Judgment Day 2009
5. WWE: Greatest Stars Of The 90s
6. TNA Wrestling: Lockdown 2009: Six Sides Of Steel
7. NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers: Road to Super Bowl XLIII
8. Phil Mickelson: Secrets Of The Short Game
9. UFC 92: Nogueira Vs. Mir
10. WWE: Backlash 2009

UFC 100 play-by-play coverage

Ongoing main card UFC play-by-play
By Bryan Alvarez

Dave's Internet isn't working so I'm taking over.

Akiyama beat Belcher 29-28 with some weird scores up and down the board, including a 30-27 and one judge who gave Akiyama round one and two but not three.

Henderson vs. Bisping. Henderson super over, Bisping booed but not nearly as bad as at the weigh-ins. Hendo is taking him apart standing right now and the place is going nuts. Tons of "USA!" chants. Dan just stalking him. Bisping with a good kick and jab. Dan undeterred. Dam clinching against the fence, landing knees. Hideous takedown attempt by Bisping and people booed the hell out of him. Swinging for the fences as the round ended. 10-9 Dirty Dan.

More of the same in the second. Dan's nose is cut up. Lots of wild swinging here. Dan moving slower than he was in the first. Both guys hitting jabs here and there but no real power shots. And no sooner should I speak then Dan knocked him the f' OUT. That was scary and Bisping is down and not moving. Place went haywire. Medical team in the ring immediately. Bisping not moving. The first shot was the knockout and Dan landed a second HARD one on the ground after he was out. Bisping is up now. They're getting him out of the ring. He passed Quinton Jackson outside the cage and is asking "What happened?" Dan said the second shot was just to shut him up a little bit. He was asked about Anderson Silva and he said he was game for whatever and it was up to UFC.

GSP vs. Alves for 170-pound title. Showed Alves arriving earlier and he got zero reaction whatsoever, not even boos. Thiago, who barely looks like the same human that weighed in under his name yesterday, is pacing relentlessly. I'd say he's 190-195. Looks like they got rid of Holly Madison after round one. She's nowhere to be seen. She was so slow going around that they had to hold up the rounds to get her out of there. "GSP!" chants. GSP takes him down almost immediately. Alves tries to stand, taken back down. Big pop for that. Alves up, back down. GSP has his back, Thiago stands up. Great action. Crowd signing "OLE!" Clinch and Thiago avoids the takedown. Thiago lands some good shots and a leg kick but is quickly taken down. Thiago quickly back up. Clinching against the fence. 10-9 St. Pierre.

They did the breathing deal between rounds with GSP but no Vaseline this time. More "GSP!" chants. Thiago with some leg kicks. St. Pierre with leg kick, superman punch, takedown. Thiago flat on his back this time. He moves to half guard. GSP mounts but Thiago immediately back to guard. Thiago's face is bloody, looks like his mouth. St. Pierre looking to pass. Has gotten to half guard. Thiago back to guard. St. Pierre with hard shots. Thiago finally slips out, clinch against the fence. 20-18 St. Pierre.

Thiago pacing relentlessly again going into the third. Trading on the feet. St. Pierre tries a takedown and can't get it. Hard leg kick by Thiago. St. Pierre gets the takedown. Big pop every time. Doesn't do much down there and Thiago back up. Leg kick by Alves. Big exchange, no real damage from either guy. St. Pierre droped him with a shot and is trying to finish it on the ground, but Thiago survived and is back in the guard. More LOUD "GSP!" chants. There are sections where people are standing. 30-27 GSP.

LYOTO KARATE showed in the crowd and he gave a smile and thumbs up to big pop. Glove touch to start the fourth. Big takedown by GSP. GSP actively looking to pass and gets the mount. Thiago moves into half guard. Trying to stand up but GSP gets his back. In doing so he loses position and now he's in Thiago's guard. Actually got a pop. Thiago landing shots from the top. Thiago more active from the top than St. Pierre was in same position. St. Pierre is up. More "OLE!" Thiago tried a leg kick and got take down. St. Pierre more concerned about passing whereas Thiago was more content to just land blows. St. Pierre gets his back again and going for rear-naked choke. Can't get it and bell sounds. 40-36 St. Pierre. Thiago looks pissed going back to his corner.

Huge ovation going into the fifth. Slap hands to start the round. More "GSP!" Superman punch by St. Pierre. Thiago with a high kick, blocked. Jab and a takedown by St. Pierre. A few people marking out in the press area, which will get you chastised roundly by UFC officials. Thiago back up. The guy has lost every round but he is still going hard and won't quit. He should probably be going balls-out at this point since his only chance of victory is a finish, but he's not. St. Pierre with another takedown. This is like a Couture fight where the people don't care that it's not the best fight in the world as long as their guy is constantly taking the bad guy down. Thiago back up, Thiago back down, crowd pops. I wonder what the reaction would be if this involved someone other than St. Pierre. Thiago has a minute to finish this fight and he's laying on his back in half guard. Big pop with 40 seconds left in the fight. Everyone on their feet with ten seconds left. Thiago fighting to stand up but his broken back down at the bell. St. Pierre 50-45.

All 50-45 except for one judge who said 50-44.

GSP went over and shook hands with all of Thiago's cornermen afterwards. GSP said he thinks he tore his adductor ligament and he's in really bad pain. He looks fantastically uncomfortable. He did not want to be answering questions. Rogan asked what's next. He said Thiago was his toughest opponent so far and he didn't know what was next. He said the division was stacked so he'd sit down and talk to his manager and UFC. Rogan asked about Anderson Silva at 185. He said it was a question of timing. He said he walked around at 185 and wasn't that big for a welterweight. Said he was 185 tonight, maybe 184. Said he didn't fight to be champion since he was already champion, but before he thought about taking that fight he'd have to put on some weight.

They are doing main event next. Buffer just asked us to PLEASE NOT LEAVE because more fights (Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago) would be taking place after the main event.

Brock out to enter Sandman. Mir got less of a reaction than I expected for ring intros and Brock got booed, but not overwhelmingly. Coming out to Enter Sandman. I'm looking over my shoulder waiting for Tim Flowers to hit me with a chair. I've never heard music played so loud at a UFC as I'm hearing it right now. Ring intros. Mir is in great shape and Brock is a monster. Not as monstrous as he's been, as he did almost no weightlifting when preparing for this fight (which is especially funny when you consider the vignette Mir did with the fake musclehead on the Countdown special). Brock looks very angry like he can't wait for this thing to begin and be over with. Buffer did not do the 360. Big ovation for Mir but not one of the biggest I've ever heard here. Buffer getting through the intros quickly to save time. Mixed reaction for Brock but mostly boos. HOLY SHIT, BUFFER DID THE FUCKING 360. And HERE WE GO.

Brock didn't rush in. Feeling out period. Brock took him down and Mir went straight for a kneebar. Didn't get it. Tried an armbar. Didn't get it. Brock is holding him down in Mir's half-guard. Crowd is booing. Brock is smothering him. Herb Dean is ref. If he stands Brock up here, Brock may kill him. But Lesnar needs to do something. He's now got a modified headlock and landed a few punches. Trying to trap an arm. Landing hard shots. Brock has now trapped an arm and is punching him in the face, but Mir slipped his arm out. Brock doing it again. This is like a schoolyard fight. Brock now punching the body from the same position. Mir's face already looking bad. Brock smothering him and grinding forearm into his face, just being mean. There are people booing. 10-9 Brock.

Mir's face looks like hell but he smiled at the camera. Round two. No glove touch. Brock caught a kick and took him down but let him out because he knew a guillotine was coming. They had a battle at the fence and Frank was doing OK but he got taken down again. Tons of boos as Brock started going to work. It's very clearly that Brock greatly respects his submissions because he is being ultra cautious. Crowd was chanting "STAND THEM UP!" And then moments later, as Brock was turning his face into hamburger meat, they started cheering, and then when Brock landed a giant series of punches and the ref stopped it they popped even bigger. Then they started booing like crazy, I guess realizing that he won the fight, and started booing like crazy, so he flipped them off. Rena Mero, who just gave birth, hit the ring and hugged her man. Definitely not a great fight, and there really isn't anything controversial to talk about.

Brock got in Mir's face afterwards. Rogan asked about it and he said Mir had a horseshoe up his ass, he'd been saying that for over a year, and he just took it out of the guy's ass and beat him over the head with it as promised. He was screaming at the fans to keep booing. He was so fucking great here. He said he was going home tonight and drinking a Coors Light. "A Coors Light," he said, "because Bud Light won't pay me!" Huge pop for that. Then he said, "And hell, I'm ready to get on top of my wife tonight. SEE Y'ALL LATER!" Place went nuts for that. This was one of Brock's greatest moments. Then they interviewed Mir and he was booed. He analyzed in detail, as he is wont to do, why he was eaten alive. It's bad news to let a guy that big grab your wrist, he said. Write that one down. They popped big when he was done.

All three judges gave round one to Lesnar 10-9.

Paulo Thiago vs. Jon Fitch. Nearly everyone is still here. They all listened to Buffer. Fitch took him down and Paul went for a guillotine. What an awesome end to the show that would be as we had three of the first four fights end the same way. It took him like a minute, but Fitch finally popped his head out. Fitch got behind him and laid in some punishment, but nothing too severe. He went for a kimura with seconds left but had nothing. Zero heat for this, by the way.

Fitch took him down again in the second. Paulo went for another guillotine. Feel like I already watched this round. I mean, virtually a repeat. Crowd was way more polite than I expected, but this is the hardest hardcore crowd they've perhaps ever drawn. Still only a few people trickling out. Fitch rode him like a horse for awhile. 20-18 Fitch. Fans are now leaving. They've seen enough.

Fight's over. Fitch takes the decision.

WWE Summerslam Update

Essendo intenzione della compagnia di Stamford di rendere Summerslam il secondo PPV più importante, quest'anno avrà luogo il primo Summerslam AXXESS event. Come accade per il Wrestlemania AXXESS event, la convention sarà composta da WWE memorabilia, sessione d'autografi, concorsi e match, con prezzi stabiliti per ogni sessione.

Dana White Friday night pre-UFC 100 Q&A notes

Dana White Friday night pre-UFC 100 Q&A notes
By Bryan Alvarez

Talked about what a big deal Televisa was. 100 million people will see it. Opens up the market, new fans, new fighters coming up.

Doesn't want to do stadiums because fans wouldn't be able to see from way up high. Except Hawaii, which will be at Aloha Stadium.

Says he'll make a deal with Fedor if he wants to come over. "As soon as Affliction crashes and burns." People cheer, including people wearing Affliction shirts. Regarding fighting Atencio, says he (Dana) is 39, almost 40. "My days of fighting are long gone and far behind me." Says Atencio is a fucking idiot and a bad promoter. Says he's not going to waste one minute thinking about Atencio.

Fan asks about 135 and 145 in UFC. Dana says what's wrong with WEC? Says the only thing different is weight classes. Well, and payoffs. And exposure.

Says he's fine with competition. Never said anything negative about Strikeforce and never will. Does hate dipshits that blow through millions and millions and crash and burn. Says he likes almost everyone in this business. Butts heads with lots of guys like BJ, but he loves him. He says his relationship with Tito is probably the worst-ever in sports. "But that's about it." Says he really likes more everyone else.

Has talked about a Saturday Night Fights, but with WEC, UFC, PPVs, specials, etc. not now. He says one of these days when the talent level increases they'll do more fights, which scares him.

He says probably a Fight Night in Miami next year.

Was asked about unions. Says it doesn't happen in fighting sports for, well, the same reason it'll never happen in pro-wrestling. Says he would have no issues with it.

Guarantees Toronto next year, says it'll be biggest MMA event in North America.

Says they try to keep tickets cheap. Yes.

Says he likes Nick Diaz and we'll probably see him again in UFC.

Fan asks about UFC in Sacramento. Dana said they just left. Fans says we want UFC. Dana wants to know why everyone is shitting on WEC.

Was asked about big weight gap between 205 and 265. Clearly he has no plans of adding another one in between. "If you can make a lighter weight you better learn to cut," he said.

Asked about Vitor and noted he was under contract with someone else. Just said when the contract was up they were interested in him.

Talking about US vs. Canada, Mexico vs. Canada, Canada vs. UK, etc for future TUF seasons.

Regarding Japan, he said it's a very tough place to do business. He said they'll kill him if he ever goes to Japan. "There are some bad guys in the business over there." He said they bought Pride with intention of keeping it alive and they made that pretty much impossible. Said yes, we'll go back, just have to figure out how. "All these crooked fuckers are keeping us out of there right now."

"It's a fact, my friend, we're going to Scotland."

They asked about future Fan Expos. He said this was the first one and they wanted to see how it did. UFC Magazine was a test run to see if it would work and they're going to do it again. He said Expo was a success and they'd do it again, but not necessarily always in Vegas. He said doing stuff like this is easy in Vegas because the weather is always good and, well, it's Vegas.