Joe Sampieri (Pictures) vs. Mike Groves (Pictures)
Round 1
Sampieri lands a head kick after the opponents circle and feel each other out. Groves absorbed most of it with his arm before being taken down. Sampieri working from top position within Groves’ closed guard. Groves transitions for an armbar but is rebuffed. He continues to look for [...]
Archive for May, 2008
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A number of wrestlers have had it with Triple H, and many backstage are described as being on “pins and needles” when it comes to him.
His name has been mentioned as a possible move to Smackdown during the WWE Draft, and a number of wrestlers on the Raw roster would applaud the move. If [...]
Batista is expected to take a few months off soon, likely after One Night Stand. He is expected to be out until SummerSlam. At the moment, we don’t have any details on his hiatus except that it’s not Wellness-related. In light of this news, there’s a good chance he’ll being put out of action in [...]
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Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou defeated Kazuhiro Nakamura in emphatic fashion at UFC 84; putting himself back on track as a solid contender in the UFC’s stacked light heavyweight division. After the fight, Sokoudjou made waves in the MMA community by calling out Mauricio Shogun Rua; later stating that he has been after Rua since both fighters [...]
Former World Wrestling Entertainment performer and decorated amateur wrestler Bobby Lashley is the latest signing for the Kentucky-based American Fight League.
A source close to the 31-year-old told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Lashley will be introduced as an AFL signee — perhaps the organization’s biggest to date — during tonight’s “Bulletproof” show at Phillips Arena in Atlanta.
Rumors [...]
MAIN CARD (TELEVISED)
Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson (235.5) vs. James Thompson (257)
EliteXC champ Robbie Lawler (184.5) vs. Scott Smith (184.5)
Gina Carano (144.5) * vs. Kaitlin Young (140.5)
Jon Murphy (260.5) vs. Brett Rogers (263.5)
Phil Baroni (185) vs. Joey Villasenor (184.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (INTERNET)
Carlton Haselrig (263) vs. Carlos Moreno (261)
Jim Bova (160.5) vs. Chris Liguori (161)
Matt Makowski (171) vs. [...]
Shootin’ With Steve Volume #5: Previewing A Weekend of Fights
I’m back with a preview of the major fights taking place this weekend. Both EliteXC and the WEC have the biggest cards in the history of each promotion. It’ll also be the two biggest MMA events held in North America not under the Ultimate Fighting Championship [...]
WWE Raw presents Summerslam Tour
Live Wrestling Returns to the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center
(Salisbury, MD) - WWE Raw is bringing its Summerslam Tour to the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center on Sunday, August 10 at 5:00pm. WWE Raw’s Summerslam Tour features Triple H, John Cena, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy and many more.
Tickets for this event [...]
– The TNA X-Cup Tournament is slated to start in June and conclude at Victory Road on 7/13 in Houston. There will be four teams; Team TNA, Team Japan, Team International and Team Mexico. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley are slated to be at least two of the members of Team TNA. Team Japan is [...]
– At the WWE stockholders meeting two weeks ago, one stockholder complained about the Edge & Vickie Guerrero storyline on SmackDown to Vince McMahon. The stockholder asked where WWE was going to draw the line on it. In what appears to be a hint to where it’s going, McMahon said that it was a love [...]
– An alleged Kevin Nash Ebay auction where you could travel to Daytona Beach, Florida to meet Nash and spend time with him is a fake. The auction expired over the weekend and there were no takers for the $2,300 minimum bid.
– The Sun out of the UK features a good interview with TNA tag [...]
Diana was welcomed back to Monday Night Mayhem for the first time in well over one year, and since Diana’s initial Mayhem appearance the night after WrestleMania 23, she has become one of The Mayhem’s official MySpace columnists. Her latest blog about her trip to this year’s “Showcase Of The Immortals” & the WWE Hall [...]
– Ric Flair will be appearing at the NWA indy show at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on June 7. Flair will also be announced as the final member of the National Wrestling Alliance’s 2008 Hall of Fame class. Others legends scheduled for induction include Nikita Koloff and The Midnight Express. Talent scheduled to [...]
Dr. Phil Astin III, the doctor who allegedly prescribed steroids and other drugs to Chris Benoit, was indicted today on 175 federal counts of illegal prescription abuse. He was previously indicted in July 2007 on seven federal counts of overprescribing to two other patients.
Today’s indictment includes the charges from the first indictment and adds 150 [...]
It has been more than eight years since former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes and twin brother Mark have competed in mixed martial arts at the same event. That era, however, may soon come to an end.
Matt, in a pre-fight media conference call for UFC 85 on Thursday, was posed a question he didn’t expect, [...]
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Are you female, at least 18 years old and want to win $25,000?
If you answered yes, you could get your chance by attending an upcoming TNA Wrestling event!
There’s just one minor catch…you have to beat the reigning (and undefeated!) TNA Women’s Champion, the unstoppable Awesome Kong.
Speaking on behalf of Awesome Kong, manager Raisha Saeed issued [...]
aw did just a 2.9 cable rating. The show did hours of 2.87 and 2.94. Only three quarter hours, including the overrun, broke a 3.0.
The last time Raw did a number this bad was on 12/15/1997, so it’s not like they can blame it just on the holiday.
Credit: PWInsider.Com
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TNA News: New Knockout Joins TNA
The Baltimore Sun recently did an interview with Scott Steiner… here are the highlights…Steiner on Ric Flair: I always knew he was a piece of garbage. Flair never drew when I was in the NWA and WCW. Flair had all of his friends booking him on top and we were not drawing. People can say [...]
WWE Smackdown! Spoilers for 5/30/08
The ever-changing UFC 85 fight card has been tagged with another late change: Eddie Sanchez (8-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) will step in to replace Neil Wain (4-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in a UFC 85 preliminary bout with Antoni Hardonk (6-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC).
The organization updated the event’s fight card earlier today.
No reason was giving for [...]
Spoilers: WWE Smackdown Results for 5/30/08
California fighter Danny Castillo (5-0) will replace an injured Rich Crunkilton (16-2) and take on Donald Cerrone (7-0) at Sunday’s “WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver” event.
The organization confirmed the change to the preliminary bout on its official website.
Sunday’s event, which features a main event between WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber and Jens Pulver, takes place [...]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – As May comes to an end, the world of sports-entertainment is chomping at the bit like never before. While our fans cling to hopes of getting their hands on a million dollars, the Superstars in the Land of the Extreme are aching for One Night Stand to arrive.
With aspirations of one [...]
The latest on the World X-Cup, which will be held in late June and finish at the July 13th Victory Road PPV is as follows. There will be four teams, and as of now (and things can and likely will change) these are the expected lineups.
# Team TNA looks to be Alex Shelley and Chris [...]
WWE has released a new Boogeyman teddy bear. This may indicate that he will be returning soon.
WWE is set to return to Pittsburgh, PA on August 26th with a show at the Mellon Arena. Tickets go on sale June 21st at 10 AM ET.
Spoilers for TNA iMPACT! Tapings (6/5)
The medical suspensions stemming from UFC 84 have been released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Note: Medical Suspensions are often levied or precautionary reasons stemming from minor or major injuries that occurred in the fight.
Sean Sherk suspended until 07/09/08, No contact until 06/24/08 – right cheek laceration
Keith Jardine must clear possible nasal fracture w/ Dr [...]
The reported salaries for UFC 84 have been released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
UFC 84 FIGHTER SALARIES:
BJ Penn ($250,000) def. Sean Sherk ($35,000)
Wanderlei Silva (150,000) def. Keith Jardine ($10,000)
Goran Reljic ($6,000) def. Wilson Gouveia ($18,000)
Lyoto Machida ($100,000) def. Tito Ortiz ($210,000)
Thiago Silva ($50,000) def. Antonio Mendes ($4,000)
Rousimar Palhares ($10,000) def. Ivan Salaverry ($20,000)
Rameau Sokoudjou [...]
– As we reported here a few weeks back, Kurt Angle suffered what he claims was his sixth broken neck on May 5th in Seoul, Korea. Angle was wrestling a 3-way match for the NKPW Heavyweight Title and was injured after getting dropped on his head during a botched bodyslam. Video footage has now surfaced [...]
– Former AWA World Champion Larry Zbyszko was a guest on the Monday Night Mayhem radio show this weeeknd and told the hosts that he will be appearing at tonight’s iMPACT! taping in Orlando. The hosts of the show sent the following note in a press release on Tuesday: “After being asked by (hosts) Mosh, [...]
Berie J. Gernay, the managing agent of the Ultimate Warrior, sent in the following statement this morning:
Regarding Ultimate Warrior Rumors of TNA/WWE
“Warrior is completely focused on “The Ultimate Return” on June 25th in Barcelona. The NWE has provided us an incredible opportunity on our own terms and we are preparing to bring the fans much [...]
– Vince McMahon’s million dollar giveaway isn’t something that’s never been done before in pro wrestling as it’s been done two other times. As a matter of fact, on the July 28, 1997 episode of Raw currently airing on WWE 24/7, a million dollar contest is being hyped for the SummerSlam 1997 pay-per-view. In two [...]
– The latest on Kurt Angle is that the company fully expects him to be cleared to wrestle in time for Slammiversary on June 8. His planned match with AJ Styles is apparently back on.
– The “fan” who wrestled Awesome Kong on last week’s Impact is a student from Team 3D’s Florida wrestling school named [...]
– TNA is planning for the possibility of Sting retiring when his current contract expires at the end of the year. Company officials want to give him a proper sendoff after watching what WWE did for Ric Flair. Although, Sting has not indicated whether he plans to retire from professional wrestling at the end of [...]
– According to one source, Rey Mysterio is tapped to return to the ring at the Raw brand house show on Saturday, June 14 in Salt Lake City. Right now he’s only billed as making a special guest appearance.
– Billy Kidman’s main role in Florida Championship Wrestling is to train WWE’s female developmental talent. WWE [...]
