Wrestling Past And Present: 03/03/20

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

This Is What You Get When You Work With The WWE.. LIO RUSH PULLED FROM WXW 16 CARAT GOLD TOURNAMENT, JEFF COBB ADDED

THIS.. Is what you get when you're an indie company having a working relationship with the WWE. WWE pulls this kind of weak ass bullshit.

Ahead of the tournament starting on Friday, wXw has announced a change to this year's 16 Carat Gold.

Jeff Cobb is replacing Lio Rush in the three-night, 16-wrestler tournament. wXw wrote that the change was made due to Rush being pulled by WWE: "Unfortunately WWE has pulled @itsLioRush from #wXw16Carat due to his WWE schedule. We are as dissapointed about this as you are. We are excited to confirm @RealJeffCobb as Lio’s replacement for #wXw16Carat."

16 Carat Gold is taking place in Oberhausen, Germany this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The first round matches are:

Marius Al-Ani vs. Cara Noir
Jeff Cobb vs. Alexander James
Bandido vs. Julian Pace
Daniel Makabe vs. Eddie Kingston
Chris Ridgeway vs. Mike Bailey
The Rotation vs. Puma King
Lucky Kid vs. Jurn Simmons
Black Taurus vs. Shigehiro Irie
It was also announced yesterday that Alex Shelley, who was only set for 16 Carat Gold night two, would no longer be appearing. wXw posted a statement from Shelley and tweeted: "We regret to inform you that [Alex Shelley] won’t be at #wXw16Carat. As Alex works with immunocompromised patients in a clinic in his real job, he cannot risk exposing himself to a possible infection with the corona virus by traveling to Germany & wrestling."

On the Friday, March 13 episode of 205 Live, Lio Rush will be one of the captain's in the NXT vs. 205 Live originals Captain's Challenge match. The 10-man elimination tag match will be Rush, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Tyler Breeze, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch vs. Tony Nese, Mike Kanellis, Brian Kendrick, Ariya Daivari & Jack Gallagher.

Uh Oh... UUHH OOHHH... A Laid Out Lesner Tells Mcintyre to "Pick Up The Belt".

Monday's WWE RAW opened with WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Drew McIntyre going face to face ahead of their WrestleMania 36 match where McIntyre will challenge for the WWE Championship. McIntyre has mentioned before about how he and Lesnar have not gone face to face before, but he is ready for the challenge.

During their segment, McIntyre laid out Lesnar with a Claymore Kick in the ring. McIntyre left the ring as Lesnar made his way back to his feet.

Lesnar was furious as he headed towards the back. When he reached the top of the stage, McIntyre came out of nowhere and laid Lesnar out with anymore Claymore kick. McIntyre then grabbed the WWE Championship belt and raised it over Lesnar to a huge pop from the crowd.

Bet McMahon won't be happy knowing this is out there. :)

Here's where the video is. https://twitter.com/i/status/1234733320199602178

Mat Memory- VCW - Gino Medina vs. Rhino - 09.07.19

VCW Heavyweight Champion Gino Medina defends the gold against "The War Machine" Rhino in Suffolk, VA on September 7th 2019! Commentary by: Blake Chadwick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFKVjgq4-iQ

Just When You Think "Marks" Can't Really Be THIS Stupid, This Comes Up (Updated)

The screen shots say it all.. Dumb as fuck today's marks are.. They can't see the obvious, or are too stupid to want to.

And since the idiot tried to be funny with an attempt at an insult about this blog.. let's show him how many people have viewed this today, shall we?

Yeah, staying silent would be, his best bet. But how much you wanna bet he's too dumb to realize it? :)

Be glad you didn't bet cause here's the answer.. Not smart enough at all, LMAO!

And that's.. How you checkmate a mother fucker, with no effort needed, whatsoever. :)

Concern In Japan Over WWE Expansion Plan

WWE and All Japan Pro Wrestling are in talks about a possible partnership, according to Wrestling Observer Radio.

It was noted that WWE is "making moves" in Japan and while nothing is official, they are focused on getting the WWE NXT Japan brand going. The goal is to launch the brand this year, but there's no word yet on how close they are. WWE has had talks with a number of Japanese pro wrestling companies about teaming up, including Pro Wrestling NOAH before they were bought earlier this year, and they have tried to purchase at least one Japanese company. It's said to be inevitable that WWE will have the NXT Japan brand and the WWE Japan Performance Center, it's just a matter of working everything out.

There's also reportedly concern in the country over how WWE might disrupt the Japanese pro wrestling industry, according to the report. This concern is based on how WWE launched the NXT UK brand and changed the pro wrestling landscape in the UK and Europe. It was reported earlier this year that WWE had reached out to WWE Hall of Famer Antonio Inoki, as well as Japanese politician & former pro wrestler Hiroshi Hase, about the political situation surrounding the planned WWE Japan Performance Center.

legendary Japanese star Jun Akiyama will be guest coaching at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando from Tuesday, May 12 through Friday, May 22. This PC stint for Akiyama is part of the talks with AJPW. Triple H and Akiyama have had talks about bringing him in since last summer.

Mat Memory- AJ Styles vs Dusty Rhodes (NWA-TNA PPV #65)

In a generational clash, "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles takes on "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Championship in The Asylum!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54F9S_GfH0c

Jim Cornette on The Format Of RAW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY74HieXP9c

Mat Memory- Jumbo Tsuruta/John Tenta vs Bruiser Brody/Big Bubba (All Japan March 26th, 1988)

Taped at the City Gymnasium in Koga, Ibaraki the same day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-KtVJ-zZPM

Arn #24:Ask Arn Anything 10!

On this week's episode of ARN, it's the tenth go round of Ask Arn Anything with "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson and Conrad Thompson! Check out the answers to questions from all through his career, from the NWA to WWE to WCW to AEW Revolution this past week, Cody vs. MJF, Bray Wyatt/The Fiend and The Firefly Funhouse, the Randy Orton/Bray Wyatt team and feud, WCW as a separate brand under the WWE umbrella, JIm Ross' new book, Booker T vs. Buff Bagwell on RAW, The Ding Dongs, Ted Turner, the less infamous second Horsemen parody skit, and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAhz-D3F5Xo

Ultra Violette promises "Ultra Violence" in the Cage v. Melina (Warriors Of Wrestling)

Former Warriors of Wrestling women's champion Ultra Violette will have her rematch with current champ and former WWE women's champion Melina on April 11th in Staten Island, NY..Violette promises "Ultra Violence" on that night...

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

Mat Memory- The Best Of Championship Wrestling From Florida (Featuring Dusty Rhodes & Ric Flair)

Dusty Rhodes vs Harley Race (8-21-79) (Dusty wins N.W.A. World Title!)
Vicki Williams & Joyce Grable vs Judy Martin & Lelaini Kai (8-25-79)
Eddie Graham vs Bad Leroy Brown (1-3-80)
Manny Fernandez vs Harley Race (2-9-80)
Mike Graham vs Tasumi Fujinami (2-15-80) (Graham wins Int. Jr. Title!)
Dusty Rhodes vs Dory Funk Jr. (5-12-81)
Mike Graham vs Ric Flair (9-9-81)
Dusty Rhodes vs Ivan Koloff (8-23-80)
Steve Keirn & Cocoa Samoa vs Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (5-30-81)
Spring Fest In Key West (Highlights) (4-12-80)
Manny Fernandez vs Don Muraco (3-26-80) (Muraco wins Florida Title!)

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

BriiCombination Wrestling- BCW Curtain Call E4 "Setting The Bar"

After a shocking announcement by Eric Jayden last week, Jimmy J sends a message to Eric and attempts to find out his whereabouts. In addition, we see how Azrieal is preparing for his match with Jayden as Governor AJ Pan finds a new "bar," Shazza McKenzie sends a message to Vanity and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRSwR5LVYfk