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Wrestling
Interim Middleweight World Title Fight To Headline Tokyo Card In May
Gennady Golovkin and Billy Joe Saunders will soon have another world middleweight champion among its ranks. The WBA “regular” middleweight title will be up for grabs with the announcement that Hassan N’Dam and Ryota Murata will face each other for…
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Wrestling
Even The WWE Has No Idea What A ‘House Of Horrors’ Match Is
Don’t worry, you guys. The WWE just wants you to book their terrible, unthought-out WWE Championship Match stipulations for them. This is entirely normal. Welcome to another edition of OFF-TRACK with A-TRAIN examining the weird and wacky of wrestling news…
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Wrestling
Anthony Johnson Not Ruling Out Fighting Jon Jones At Heavyweight
Anthony Johnson shocked the MMA world when he announced his retirement following a second loss to UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 210. Even though the fighter is now retired, a fight with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion…
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Wrestling
WWE Announces New Japanese TV Deal
WWE issued the following, announcing a new Japanese TV deal. WWE® and DAZN Announce Exclusive Multi-Year Agreement in Japan 04/10/2017 TOKYO & STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE:WWE) and DAZN today announced that WWE’s flagship programs Raw® and SmackDown® will be available live in Japan with Japanese commentary for the…
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Wrestling
Ring Of Honor Promoting Night Of Unsanctioned Matches For Upcoming Show
If the following press release holds true, it looks like there's going to be some mayhem in Milwaukee on April 28th. Ring of Honor is promoting a night of "Unauthorized" Matches for the card, with surprise guest bookers making stipulations…
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Wrestling
Gegard Mousasi Wants New UFC Contract & A Title Shot
Gegard Mousasi earned a controversial win at UFC 210, defeating former middleweight champion Chris Weidman by knee strikes that were originally dubbed illegal and then legal by the referee. With the controversial win behind him, Mousasi now wants a shot at…
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Wrestling
WWE Confirmed That They Reached Out For Alberto Del Rio Return, Del Rio Says “I’m Not Going Back, Ever, Ever, Ever”
WWE has been signing former stars of the company, but one former WWE Champion, Alberto El Patron, said he was not coming back. In a Periscope video session this past weekend, El Patron (aka Alberto Del Rio in WWE) said that while…
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Wrestling
The Rock Photobombed His Biggest Fan While Wearing A Mascot Costume Of Himself
Hello and welcome to another edition of OFF-TRACK with A-TRAIN in this episode SHUT UP, I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING File this one under "the good stories that come out of wrestling." Last week, Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock was…
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Wrestling
Roman Reigns Says Mania 31 Match Was Almost A Squash: Lesnar And Heyman “Wanted To Kill Me”
Roman Reigns was a recent guest on Talk is Jericho, and talked extensively with Y2J about perhaps his most famous match–the WWE Championship bout with Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31. According to Roman, Lesnar and his advocate Paul Heyman initially pitched…
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Wrestling
Dana White Feels He Has To Make Conor McGregor/Floyd Mayweather Jr. Fight
It seems like the potential boxing super fight between UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor and legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is coming closer to happening. UFC President Dana White feels like he has to make the fight happen, as a…
