One of the most anticipated and most-awaited events in professional wrestling’s recent history is the self-financed event of Cody & The Young Bucks known as “All In.” The event has already a star-studded lineup as several starts have already been announced for the show. Those announced for the show are: Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks,…
By Brian Hoops 1941 – In Kansas City; World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff beat Dorv Roche in 2 falls. 1950 – Johnny Valentine defeated Danny Dusek for the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Tampa, Florida. 1957 – Killer Kowalski defeated Gene Kiniski to win the Montreal Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Title in Montreal, Quebec…
It was previously reported that WWE has recently signed or offered contracts to around 20 indie wrestlers from the UK as another UK Championship Tournament will be taking place over the summer and WWE wants to put more focus on the UK Division. Some of the names include Toni Storm, Joe Coffey, Dave Mastiff, El…
By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com Saturday’s UFC on FOX show was the second most watched of the four July shows since the seven-year deal went into effect. Based on the overnight ratings, the show did a 0.9 in the key 18-49 demo and 2.29 million viewers. It should be noted that the final number that will…
By Zach Dominello, Wrestling Observer WWE Superstars are often referred to as the closest thing to real life comic book characters (well I’ve heard it at least once, and WWE has their own story about it). Superheroes come to life. John “Super” Cena’s is the most obvious example. He’s more of an American hero than…
After John Cena pretty much made it clear on Tough Enough, WWE has announced on its web site that the Seth Rollins vs. John Cena match at SummerSlam on 8/23 is official. The angle for the match likely leading to title vs. title will be done on Monday’s Raw in Minneapolis.
by Paul Fontaine for WrestlingObserver.com Prior to the weigh-ins, UFC held a special Q and A for the fans, featuring UFC Commentator Jon Anik, #4 ranked welterweight contender Tyron Woodley and unbeaten Bantamweight from Team Alpha Male, Cody Garbrandt. Here were the highlights of the Q and A: Elias Theodorou made a cameo. “How…
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com 1868 – Homer Lane defeated James H. McLaughlin for the American Collar-and-Elbow Title in Utica, New York. 1923 – Clarence Weber defeated Billy Meeske in Melbourne, Australia to win the Australian Heavyweight Title 1941 – Wild Red Berry defeated Danny McShain for the World Light Heavyweight Title in Hollywood, California 1946 – George Becker…
Iranian soldiers were killed in an Israeli strike in Syria carried out just hours after Donald Trump’s announcement that the US was pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement, according to monitors. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Israeli jets had targeted a weapons depot near al-Kiswah, a Syrian military base south of…
By Zach Dominello for WrestlingObserver.com Witnessing a subtle moment transpire before your eyes in professional wrestling can give fans an incredibly powerful and satisfying feeling. Whether it be a spot in a match that’s a call back to a previous encounter, a sly nod or wink to the camera by a wrestler who knows we’re…