JACK SWAGGER WINS MMA DEBUT AT BELLATOR 214

Jake Hager, the former WWE champion known as Jack Swagger, won his professional MMA debut Saturday at Bellator 214, submitting J.W. Kiser in the first round.

Hager (1-0) took a Kiser punch early and immediately worked for a takedown, using his amateur wrestling background to control him on the ground. After working for a kimura, he broke Kiser's defensive position and landed some big elbows that hurt him.

Hager worked into position for a head and arm choke and tapped Kiser (1-2) fairly quickly at 2:09 of the first round without even having proper positioning with his legs.

Former WWE co-worker R-Truth rapped during Hager's entrance and used his old "We The People" WWE catchphrase in his video and in his post-fight promo.

In his post-fight promo, Hager didn't say a lot of note other than he wanted to make Bellator his home and fight a lot over the next decade. When John McCarthy asked Hager about advice he got from his "old boss" Vince McMahon, Hager said, "Sometimes to convince Vince, you have to con Vince" which McCarthy really didn't know how to follow up on.

MLW Fusion Episode 41: LA Park vs. Sami Callihan FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE

Sami Callihan has failed Salina de la Renta for the last time. Tonight Promociones Dorado’s mercenary meets his punishment: the destroyer himself LA Park… in a falls count anywhere match! Will LA Park send a violent message to all who fail Promociones Dorado? Will Callihan be the first to defeat LA Park in singles competition? Tune in tonight and find out. The World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki readies for war at SuperFight against “Filthy” Tom Lawlor. H2tv returns and Teddy Hart has something to say about the World Tag Team Champions Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix. Kotto Brazil has been medically cleared and will compete for the first time since his mid-December eye injury suffered in a Miami nightclub allegedly at the hands of Ricky “El Sicario” Martinez. Martinez has promised to personally attend the matches to see Kotto’s big comeback. Will Kotto and Martinez tangle?! Tommy Dreamer will speak about last week’s Singapore Cane Match… and has a challenge for Brian Pillman. The ring will be reinforced as the super heavyweights send shockwaves on national TV. 469 pound Barrington Hughes rumbles with Ace Romero for the first time ever. Who will win this battle of the bulge? Matches: •Falls Count Anywhere: LA Park (presented by Salina de la Renta) vs. Sami Callihan • •Kotto Brazil vs. Vandal Ortagun Join Tony Schiavone and Rich Bocchini from Miami for a great night of pro wrestling! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwjVyRSntRw

Mat Memory- AWA World Title Match: Curt Hennig (ch) vs. Wahoo McDaniel 1988-03-19

WA World Heavyweight Champion "Cool" Curt Hennig (w/Madusa Miceli) vs. "Chief" Wahoo McDaniel. From March 19th, 1988 at the Showboat Sports Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fIekOYotkg

Mat Memory- Curt Hennig tears apart the WMC studio (Memphis After He Loses AWA World Title To Jerry Lawler)

From Mid '88: Curt Hennig, angry over losing his World Title to Jerry Lawler, storms the set and literally tears it apart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPt_V7BLhk

Mat Memory- Curt Hennig's AWA World Title in Portland Wrestling!! (Three Different Promos, One W/ The Grappler)

AWA World Champion Curt Hennig is coming back to Portland Wrestling to defend his Heavyweight Title against the infamous Grappler at an unforgettable Tuesday Night Special, held on Feb 16th, 1988!! This extremely rare AWA interview conducted exclusively for the NWA Pacific Northwest promotion, featuring a WWE Hall of Fame Legend who got his start in Portland Wrestling, comes from Feb. 13th, 1988!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67-aojmglI


Portland Wrestling's dastardly Grappler is all dressed up to take Curt Hennig's AWA World Heavyweight Title and bring it home to the NWA Pacific Northwest territory!! This incredibly rare Portland Wrestling promo featuring an NWA wrestler challenging an AWA World Champion was conducted by Don Coss in the Crow's Nest of the historic Portland Sports Arena on Feb. 13th, 1988!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WcVlqASzP0


AWA World Champ Curt Hennig got his start in Portland Wrestling and isn't going to let the NWA Pacific Northwest Champion, The Grappler, stop him from reclaiming his prestigious World Heavyweight Title!! This never-before-seen moment from the lost history of both Portland Wrestling and the American Wrestling Association was shot in the Crow's Nest of the Portland Sports Arena on Feb. 20th, 1988!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk4Ul6mX904

Wolfgang vs. Super Crazy (from Night 1 of Shugs Hoose Party 4, ICW- UK?)

Full match from Night 1 of Shugs Hoose Party 4 saw Wolfgang go one on one with ECW legend Super Crazy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZxDzPHO2UE

Appalachian Mountain Wrestling- AMW-TV Episode 125: January 26, 2019

The AMW Championship Tournament contines as Beau James takes on Corey Static in a first round match up. Hear from Lemonjuice McGee, Shawn Cruz and the Mega Destroyer about their upcoming tournament matches. Kyle Maggard, Stan Sierra Talk about their up coming tournament matches. TV Main Event from FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN AMW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Heatseekers vs. (c) The Rock N Roll Express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08A5JvzJpgM

RECAP AND REVIEW: The Jim Cornette Experience on if there’s such a thing as too much heat, the wrestler who rubbed Jerry Lawler the wrong way, why Jim Crockett Promotions had so many heel turns in ’88, was Jim always angry or did the wrestling business make him angry? (Ep. 80)

https://www.pwpodcasts.com/2019/01/25/recap-and-review-the-jim-cornette-experience-on-if-theres-such-a-thing-as-too-much-heat-the-wrestler-who-rubbed-jerry-lawler-the-wrong-way-why-jim-crockett-promotions-had-so-many-heel-turns-in/

RECAP AND REVIEW: The Ross Report with Tessa Blanchard on working with W.O.W., how long she’s under contract to Impact, being a stunt double for Paige, J.R. on the worst segment he’s ever seen Paul Heyman in

https://www.pwpodcasts.com/2019/01/25/recap-and-review-the-ross-report-with-tessa-blanchard-on-working-with-w-o-w-how-long-shes-under-contract-to-impact-being-a-stunt-double-for-paige-j-r-on-the-worst-segment-hes-ever-seen-paul/

Danny Doring On If Modern Social Media Existed During ECW, Commentating For House Of Hardcore

This past week The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling welcomed in ECW original, a former ECW World Tag Team Champion and WWE Superstar, "Dastardly" Danny Doring. In this excerpt from the interview, Doring shares his thoughts on what modern day social media would have done to the ECW roster as well as his experiences with Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore as a color commentator. The full episode is available at this link.

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If there was social media during the original ECW:
"You wouldn't have one. I mean that as a joke but it's not. The way those guys and a lot of the guys were back then and that is part of the reason why ECW came at a perfect time and was a perfect storm because a lot of those guys with the way they partied and the way things went down and everybody now having a cell phone camera or something like that, there would have been stuff put out there. There was some stuff that we did that a lot of those guys did in their promos that would be construed as completely over the top and out of bounds at this point so I can't imagine and some of the stuff at parties and hotels rooms, you would have a lot or half the roster in jail or arrested at some point easily. Half of them were anyway without it. I think social media would have been with how a lot of those guys were would have been doomsday for a lot of people."

Accessibility of wrestling content now:
"You can see wrestling from so many different outlets now. I don't know how old you guys are but in the 90s and the 80s with the tape trader days and now you can get content from almost anywhere and anyone that has a smart phone can watch almost anything in the world now. Plus the way 2019 is already shaping up its going to be a pretty exciting time for the business and everybody in it."

Working as a commentator for House of Hardcore:
"First of all, I'm just lucky to have a guy like (Tommy) Dreamer who still believes that I should have or could have a voice or platform to even be around this great business anymore is great for me. To see what he is doing and I believe that when you have a guy like Tommy or like Cody or The Bucks and all of those guys that you have to have your finger on the pulse of the business to be able to evolve it at this point and I think that is why everyone is going in the right direction. Tommy wrestles more now than he did when he was in WWE so he knows who is a buzz and who is not a buzz and to watch a lot of these guys that I've seen over the last couple of years do their thing is amazing. I could just throw out a WIllie Mack, Brian Cage and just a plethora of guys that I see doing stuff that I couldn't even think of back then. It has really been a pleasure to watch."