One week after Brock Lesnar called Jon Jones “unprofessional” failing a drug test, Lesnar himself has been flagged by USADA for a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition drug test taken on June 28.
This has major implications not just for UFC but WWE. Frank Dee and I breakdown all of the news and potential outcomes due to this unprecedented situation over at the official youtube channel of Gerweck.net.
Shinsuke Nakamura, Austin Aries, Bayley, American Alpha…with the WWE Draft coming up on July 19, everyone wants to know the fate of NXT as 6 – 12 wrestlers are rumored to be called up to the main roster. Breaking Raw co-host Adam Kohn and I break it all down and give our thoughts on who’s staying and who’s leaving NXT for Raw and SmackDown.
After many delays, which led to even more question if he would ever step foot in the octagon, on September 10th, CM Punk will make his long-awaited UFC debut when he faces Mickey Gall in a welterweight bout at UFC 203 in Cleveland, Ohio.
UFC 203 is headlined by Stipe Miocic, defending the heavyweight title for the first time against Alistair Overeem. In the co-main event, Fabricio Werdum, who lost the title to Miocic, looks to get back in the championship picture as he takes on Ben Rothwell. Continue reading “CM Punk’s UFC Debut Officially Announced”
In a shocking turn of events, WWE announced they have suspended Roman Reigns for 30 days effective immediately due to a violation of the company’s talent wellness policy. This is interesting considering Reigns dropped the WWE title on Sunday at Money In The Bank.
WWE has spent the last 18 months positioning Reigns as the face of the company, which has been an up hill endeavor since fans haven’t taken to the 31-year-old former college football player.
Never has a WWE contracted wrestler been allowed to fight in a professional combative setting. That all changed on Saturday when it was announced on the UFC 199 pay-per-view broadcast that Brock Lesnar will make his return to the octagon next month at UFC 200 on July 9th. Monday, on SportsCenter, it was announced that Lesnar’s opponent at UFC 200 will be Mark Hunt. There are so many interesting variables to this unprecedented announcement. Continue reading “WWE’s Ultimate Gamble with Brock Lesnar”
Fourteen matches over two weeks in multiple cities have brought us to the final round of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Best of the Super Juniors. A Block winner Ryusuke Taguchi faces B Block winner Will Ospreay. There is a lot of hype on Ospreay as he is one of the most exciting wrestlers to watch. While Taguchi’s antics makes him easy to overlook, he knows when to buckle down and get to work. Continue reading “Best of the Super Juniors Final: Ospreay vs. Taguchi – Review”
This round is the Best of the Super Juniors tournament will bring amount some more clarity as to who has a shot at winning the whole thing. Names like Jushin Liger and KUSIHDA need a win in order to stay alive. Let the games begin! Continue reading “New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors Night’s 11 & 12 Review”
Round five of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament had a lot of fun matches and some standout performances. Bobby Fish finally arrived, Kyle O’Reilly is losing momentum, and KUSHIDA is just a Hoverboard locking machine. Continue reading “New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors Night’s 9 & 10”
Sorry about the lack of updates. I’m currently in the midst of a sinus infection and today, my head does not feel like it’s going to explode.
The third round of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament kicked things into high gear. KUSHIDA finally gets on the board, the dominance of Kyle O’Reilly continues, and Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet shuts down the internet. Continue reading “New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors Night 5 & 6 Review”
