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  • AJ Styles Reacts to Jeff Jarrett’s WWE Hall of Fame Induction (Video)

    AJ Styles Reacts to Jeff Jarrett’s WWE Hall of Fame Induction (Video)

    WWE recently posted an interview with AJ Styles reacting to the news of Jeff Jarrett’s Hall of Fame induction.

    Styles and Jarrett have a history together. When Jarrett was running the show for TNA Wrestling, now known as Impact Wrestling, Jarrett relied on Styles to be the top guy. “The Phenomenal One” used to be referred to as “Mr. TNA.”

    During the interview, Styles expressed his joy with Jarrett’s induction:

    “When I heard that Jeff Jarrett was being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame I was super excited, so excited for him. Listen, Jeff started in the WWE. There were other things before that, but WWE is where he made a name for himself I think. I’ve worked with Jeff a lot. I’ve got to know Jeff personally, so (with) everything that he’s done for me I can’t help but be excited for him and proud that he’s gonna be in the WWE Hall of Fame.”

    Rough Times

    Styles also said that Jarrett has had to deal with adversity in his personal life.

    “Well I’ve gotta tell you, Jeff has been through a lot with his wife passing. I was with him during that. It was a tough time for him, but for everything that he’s been through and to fight through, I’m just glad to be a friend of his. He’s got a great family and (I’m) just glad to be around him.”

  • Raw Tag Team Title & Pre-Show Matches Set For WWE Elimination Chamber

    Raw Tag Team Title & Pre-Show Matches Set For WWE Elimination Chamber

    WWE Elimination Chamber 2018 now has two tag team matches and one of them has gold on the line.

    The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro) will defend their Raw Tag Team Championships against Titus Worldwide (Titus O’Neil & Apollo) on the main card. It’s an interesting match-up as Apollo teased a split from Titus on a recent edition of WWE’s Mixed Match Challenge. Could the full turn come to fruition on Sunday night?

    Read part of WWE’s announcement below:

    “Since solidifying themselves as an elite tandem, Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus have claimed, “We don’t set the bar; WE ARE THE BAR!” At WWE Elimination Chamber, however, that bar may very well be cleared when the reigning titleholders go to war against Titus Worldwide.”

    That’s Not All

    As far as the pre-show match goes, that slot belongs to The Good Brothers (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. The Miztourage (Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel). This of course will be part of the WWE Elimination Chamber Kickoff show. That announcement can also be seen below:

    “Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson have never called someone a nerd and not wanted to beat them up, and the former Raw Tag Team Champions will get just such a chance when they face the two most meddlesome enforcers on the Raw roster — The Miztourage — at WWE Elimination Chamber Kickoff.”

  • Don Callis Comments on Impact Wrestling Departures

    Don Callis Comments on Impact Wrestling Departures

    Don Callis is firing back at those criticizing Impact Wrestling over recent departures.

    It’s no secret that times have changed at Impact Wrestling. With Dixie Carter and Jeff Jarrett out of the picture, president Ed Nordholm has placed Callis and Scott D’Amore at the helm to help steer the company into a positive direction. Changes at the top have also led to talent departures.

    Notable names such as EC3, Lashley, and even Jeremy Borash have departed. EC3 and Borash have made the jump to WWE’s NXT brand, while reports claim that Lashley wants a WWE return and the feeling is mutual.

    While Callis admitted to Metro.co.uk that the talent changes can’t be ignored, he also said people are only looking at the negatives:

    “Here’s the problem with the narrative that goes around with that. I’m not knocking wrestling journalism because it is what it is, but the narrative that’s been kicking around is that all these people are leaving. That’s fine, and that’s true, but the context is not there. Are we okay with them leaving based on the new talent? They talk about who has left, but a lot less about who came. Yes, EC3 is a tremendous performer, he’s gone on to NXT and we wish him all the best. But, people just say he’s left, they don’t say that Brian Cage or Austin Aries debuted.”

    Callis believes the best has yet to come as far as talent is concerned.

    “We use a lot of sports analogies around here. If you have new Head Coach for a team, they’re going to change talent and they’re going to draft new players that fit their particular system. That’s what we’re doing. It is a process, there will be more people coming in. And we also have Alberto El Patron, who to me is one of the best pieces of talent I’ve ever seen in this business since I was seven-years-old.”

  • Jon Bravo Claims Roman Reigns’ Failed 2016 Drug Test Related to Steroid Ring

    Jon Bravo Claims Roman Reigns’ Failed 2016 Drug Test Related to Steroid Ring

    Filmmaker Jon Bravo says there is evidence to support claims that Roman Reigns’ failed 2016 drug test is due to the steroid ring that Richard Rodriguez was arrested for.

    Reigns was involved in a top feud with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins leading up to WWE Battleground nearly two full years ago. Reigns was suspended for failing a drug test. He made it to the pay-per-view as his suspension time was up.

    Rodriguez has made some bold claims, saying that Reigns was a customer of his drug ring. Bravo took to Instagram and said that those claims can be proven:

    “It appears that the failed drug test by Reigns in July 2016 was directly a result of some orders placed with WFN prior to the suspensions. The WWE does not disclose the results of drug test as it’s a public traded company and there are other reasons related to that. Was Reigns truthful in denying knowing Rodriguez? Will that or any other info disclosed cause an additional suspension for Reigns? Find out in the full report coming shortly.”

    It’s interesting to note that Bravo uses Brock Lesnar’s name in a hashtag. Whether or not he’s implying that Lesnar is also involved remains to be seen. In the past, Reigns has denied having any contact with Rodriguez.

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  • Elias Says He’d Outshine The Rock in Concert, Reacts to Braun Strowman’s Musical Talent

    Elias Says He’d Outshine The Rock in Concert, Reacts to Braun Strowman’s Musical Talent

    Elias believes he’d give The Rock a serious run for his money in concert.

    It’s no secret that many fans want to “Walk With Elias.” When Samoa Joe suffered an injury, the WWE needed someone to step up. That superstar ended up being Elias, and he’s found some success.

    He was involved in a highly praised segment with Braun Strowman recently. Elias thought he was having a routine concert on an episode of Monday Night Raw, when “The Monster Among Men” decided to play a tune. Of course, things ended in violence.

    Speaking to the NY Post, Elias said the segment was a hit:

    “I mean, you are seeing this giant guy out there with a giant cello, guitar, whatever you want to call it and you see him kind of doing what I do, but the giant version of it. Of course it’s so many thoughts at once and I’m just taken aback. Of course, I believe it made for some great TV.”

    One on One With The Great One

    Many fans have been clamoring for a concert with Elias and The Rock. The Elimination Chamber participant said he’s prepared to show “The Great One” how it’s done.

    “I think without a doubt I’d outshine The Rock because he can’t do quite what I do, but he is good at the guitar and he’s got some chops to him, so I don’t think you need to think about it too much. I think something like that could happen in the future. I’m going to put that on The Rock. I’ll leave that up to him.”

  • MMA News Roundup: McGregor to be Stripped of Title, Liddell-Ortiz 3?

    MMA News Roundup: McGregor to be Stripped of Title, Liddell-Ortiz 3?

    Ditch the knee pads and wrestling boots (just for this article of course), because it’s time for the MMA News Roundup. As always, we have three major headlines from the week, so let’s get started.

    Visit our affiliate site MMANews.com for all the latest news, results and interviews from the world of mixed martial arts.

    It’s time to dive into this week’s top headlines:

    Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo II Being Worked On 

    Fight fans hoping for a “super fight” between UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw and UFC flyweight title holder Demetrious Johnson may be in for a rude awakening. Cejudo’s manager Ali Abdelaziz said that the rematch between his fighter and Johnson is set for the summer. Sources told MMANews that the bout has not been finalized.

    Back in April 2016, Johnson steamrolled Cejudo. “Mighty Mouse” retained his gold via first-round TKO. The good news is, Cejudo has shown great improvement in his standup since then. After the loss he’s gone 2-1 and the one split decision loss to Joseph Benavidez was controversial. Many felt Cejudo won the fight despite having a point deducted.

    Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz III?

    The last time Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz fought each other, George W. Bush was still in office. The same can be said for Liddell’s last victory. Yet here we are in 2018 talking about a potential trilogy fight between “The Iceman” and “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy.”

    Ortiz recently said that Liddell couldn’t be medically cleared for a third bout when the two were under the UFC banner. Liddell denied those claims and said he’d be shocked if he can’t get cleared at the age of 48.

    One thing both men can agree on is they have expressed interest in a third match-up.

    Dana White Confirms Conor McGregor Will Relinquish Lightweight Title

    It was like pulling teeth, but UFC president Dana White has finally confirmed that Conor McGregor will be stripped of his lightweight title. White left the media and fans in a heap of confusion during the announcement that UFC 223 would feature an undisputed lightweight title bout. Tony Ferguson won the interim title and will meet Khabib Nurmagomedov on April 7.

    When White announced that UFC 223’s main event would be for the undisputed title, he said McGregor still hadn’t been stripped of the gold. After being pressed on the issue since his announcement, White finally confirmed the “Notorious” one will give up the gold. The question remains, will McGregor return to fight the winner?

    That does it for this week’s MMA News Roundup. Don’t forget to visit MMANews.com as we’ll be providing live coverage of Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night event from Orlando, FL.

  • NJPW Honor Rising Results (Feb. 23): Golden Lovers Return, Title Match

    NJPW Honor Rising Results (Feb. 23): Golden Lovers Return, Title Match

    The time has arrived for NJPW’s first day of the 2018 Honor Rising tour.

    Today (Feb. 23), Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi will finally team again, but they’re not alone. The Golden Lovers will be joined by “Honorary Tongan” Chase Owens. Also, Hiroki Goto defends his NEVER Openweight championship against Ring of Honor’s Beer City Bruiser.

    The card features some other promising bouts, including a triple threat match between Kushida, Hiromu Takahashi, and Flip Gordon. The action begins live at 4:30 a.m. ET. Keep refreshing the page to see the updated results below:

    Tag Match: Katsuya Kitamura & Toa Henare vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale

    Yujiro easily lost a shoving battle to start the match. Fale was tagged in and was downed by a shoulder block. He came back by pummeling Kitamura. Yujiro took care of Henare on the outside. Fale threw Kitamura into the guardrail.

    Yujiro was tagged in a tried the fishermen buster. Kitamura countered with a suplex. Henare was tagged in and hammered away. He nailed Yujiro with a shoulder block. He climbed the turnbuckle and hit another shoulder block for a near fall. Yujiro bit the thumb, landed a dropkick and tagged Fale.

    Kitamura was tagged in and speared Fale. Henare nailed Yujiro with a spinebuster and followed him outside. Kitamura went for the Jackhammer, but couldn’t get it. Fale hit the Grenade for a three-count.

    Winners: Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale

    Six-Man Tag Match: Cheeseburger, Delirious, & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. HIKULEO, Tanga Loa, & Tama Tonga

    Delirious chopped HIKULEO and immediately tagged in Liger. The same thing happened to Liger and he tagged in Cheeseburger. He suffered the same fate, but was popped with a forearm. Cheeseburger gained an edge before getting chopped. He tagged in Liger and the action began.

    HIKULEO landed a dropkick on Liger. He sent him to the corner and tagged in Loa. A one-handed scoop slam was there for Loa. Delirious threw his jacket at Loa to break up the pin. The NEVER Openweight Six-Man champions were in control.

    Cheeseburger was tagged in and tried a crossbody on Tonga. He was caught and thrown into the corner. Cheeseburger evaded all three of his opponents and had them run into each other. He landed a tornado DDT on Tonga. He was eventually hit with the Tongan Twist.

    Delirious was tagged in and bit HIKULEO’s fingers. He went for a sunset flip, but was double teamed. Cheeseburger hit the Shotei and Delirious got the pin.

    Winners: Cheeseburger, Delirious, & Jushin Thunder Liger

    Tag Match: David Finlay & Juice Robinson vs. The Young Bucks

    Nick Jackson and Finlay got the action started. Nick went for a kick early, but settled for a dropkick. Matt was tagged in and lifted Nick, who landed another dropkick. They took out Juice and did a backbreaker/neckbreaker combination on Finlay. The team then took Juice off the ring apron.

    Finlay reversed the springboard facebuster into an atomic drop and tagged in Juice. Matt and Nick ran into over head belly-to-belly suplexes. He caught Nick’s springboard into an overhead belly-to-belly. He teased giving a German Suplex to referee Tiger Hattori. Juice went to town on The Young Bucks corner-to-corner before tagging in Finlay.

    The advantage was now in the favor of Juice and Finlay. Finlay was aggressive, roughing Matt up in the corner. Juice hit a senton on Matt. Juice went for a clothesline, but Matt ducked under and got the tag. Nick hit the springboard senton on Juice and Finlay.

    Nick locked in the Sharpshooter on Juice, while Matt got the hold in on Finlay. Juice grabbed the bottom rope. He then hit the full nelson slam and tagged in Finlay. He got double teamed in the corner with double kicks. The Young Bucks went for the Meltzer Driver, but Finlay reversed. Matt accidentally hit Nick with a Superkick.

    Juice hit his trademark punches on The Young Bucks, but was nailed by a double Superkick. Finlay was hit with a spear and kick combination. Matt and Nick hit the Meltzer Driver for the victory.

    Winners: The Young Bucks

    Triple Threat Match: Kushida vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Flip Gordon

    All three men were hesitant to engage. Kushida got in a headlock on Flip, but was thrown into Hiromu. Flip evaded attacks from his opponents with flips. Eventually Hiromu and Kushida both dropkicked him. Hiromu and Kushida got in a chop battle. Kushida was able to do his cartwheel into a dropkick.

    Kushida targeted the arms and legs of Flip. Hiromu took out Kushida with a dropkick and went to town on Flip. Hiromu underhooked the arm of Flip and landed a dragon screw. Flip landed a kick into a standing moonsault on Hiromu. He hopped on the middle rope and connected with a moonsault on Kushida. Hiromu ran on the apron and hit a shotgun dropkick on Flip.

    Flip placed Kushida on the top turnhuckle and landed a springboard hurricanrana. He then hit Hiromu with a suicide dive. With Flip and Hiromu battling on the top turnbuckle, Kushida kicked both of them. He locked in his armbar on Hiromu, but Flip connected with a springboard splash.

    All three men nailed each other with strikes on the mat. Flip got up and kicked Kushida. Kushida eventually hooked in the armbar after taking out Hiromu. Kushida went for Back to the Future, but couldn’t get it. Hiromu hit a German Suplex on Flip and tossed Kushida into the corner. Flip interrupted Time Bomb and landed a springboard cutter on Hiromu. He hit the 450 Splash for the stunning three-count. A major upset!

    Winner: Flip Gordon

    Six-Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi. Jay Lethal, & Dalton Castle vs. Chuckie T, Beretta, & “Switchblade” Jay White

    Taguchi had some snacks with him and shared them with Jay Lethal and Dalton Castle. The match started with Castle and Beretta. Castle did a clean break from tomorrow’s title challenger. Castle caught Beretta in his finisher position, but Beretta slipped out. Castle did his pose, while Beretta gave Chuckie T a hug.

    Taguchi and Chuck T were in and did duck walks. Taguchi rallied Lethal and Castle to clothesline Chuckie T in the corner. They threw Chuckie T towards Taguchi’s backside, but the coach was dropkicked. White was in and it was all business with chops and a forearm in the corner.

    Chuckie T nailed Taguchi with an atmoic drop. Eventually, he ran into the Funky Weapon. Lethal was tagged in and nailed a springboard dropkick on Chuckie T. He ducked under White and hit Chuckie T with a suicide.He went up the top turnbuckle and went for Hail to The King. He caught White’s boot for a figure four, which was broken up.

    Chukie T thrwarted Lethal Injection, but was nailed by Taguchi’s Funky Weapon. Taguchi was countered with a pin from White, but he had his own reversal into an ankle lock. White got out of it and hit Blade Runner for the three-count.

    Winners: Chuckie T, Beretta, & “Switchblade” Jay White

    NEVER Openweight Title Match: Hiroki Goto (C) vs. The Beer City Bruiser

    Bruiser threw his cigar at Goto to get things started. He won a shoulder block battle. He then decided to grind Goto’s face into the pieces of cigar. He nailed Goto with a right hand that knocked him to the outside. He ran from the apron and landed a senton.

    Bruiser took some time to stop for a sip of beer. He connected with a knee to the head. Goto got his foot on the rope following a shoulder block. He spat beer in Goto’s face and threw his cup into the crowd.

    Some clotheslines had Bruiser staggered. On the last one, Goto got the big man down. He landed a wheel kick in the corner. His Saito Suplex connected for a two-count. Bruiser had Goto seated in the corner and landed a hip attack followed by a cannon ball. He hit the Vader bomb for a near fall.

    Goto went for PK following the sleeper hold and Bruiser nailed him with a sitdown powerbomb. Goto was able to kick out. Bruiser climbed the top turnbuckle, but was cut off by Goto. The champion hit ushigoroshi. He went for PTR, but was countered. He went for a frog splash, but missed. Goto landed a lariat to the back of the head.

    The two collided and Bruiser turned Goto inside out with a clothesline. He picked Goto up, but ate a headbutt followed by PTR. Goto retained his title.

    Winner And STILL NEVER Openweight Champion: Hiroki Goto

    Six-Man Tag Match: Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, & Chase Owens vs. Cody, Marty Scurll, & Hangman Page

    Ibushi and Page got the match started. Page had a rough clean break from Ibushi. A leapfrog followed by a dropkick was there for Ibushi. Owens tagged himself in and suplexed Page. He then tagged in Omega. They took turned splitting the legs of Page.

    Cody interrupted Ibushi’s attempt to be tagged in. Page and Cody pressured Scurll to be tagged in. Omega transitioned into an arm bar attempt, but Scurll was right there with him in the grappling exchange. Cody screamed at Scull to snap Omega’s fingers. Scurll hesitated and was kicked in the back by Ibushi.

    Owens tried fighting off all three of his opponents, but the numbers game was a bit much. Scurll stomped on Omega’s arm. Cody tagged in and got a significant amount of heat. He did a cartwheel and flipped the bird at Omega and Ibushi. Scurll hit a superplex on Owens, but Scurll’s back was also jacked.

    Cody and Page mocked Omega with the Terminator pose. They hit suicide dives on the Golden Lovers. Scull didn’t join in. Cody hit Owens with a beer cup. Owens counted Cody, but was once again cut off. Finally, Owens hit a backbreaker and tagged in Ibushi. The Golden Lovers teamed on Scurll. They nailed Page with a double dropkick while he was midair. Ibushi and Omega hit their signature Golden Armageddon.

    Omega hammered away on Cody. He hit him with a chop for a snap dragon. Cody reversed into a Crossroads attempt. Instead, Omega reversed and connected with the snap dragon. Omega went for the V-Trigger, but Page did his flip over the top rope and then a clothesline. Ibushi nailed Cody with a springboard dropkick.

    Scurll locked in the chickenwing on Ibushi. Eventually, Ibushi reached the ropes. Scurll carried Ibushi in an electric chairshot position and Cody hit a dropkick from the top turnbuckle. Cody and Omega both went over the top rope. Owens was tagged in and met Page in the ring.

    Owens went for the Package Piledriver, but was countered. Owens hit a rebound lariat. Page once again reversed the Package Piledriver, this time into the Rite of Passage for the win.

    Winners: Cody, Marty Scurll, & Hangman Page

    After the match, Cody and Omega went to town. The Young Bucks broke both men up. Cody stood in the ring and grabbed a microphone. Cody claimed he was the face of ROH and that the Golden Lovers reuniting is a publicity stunt. He said Ibushi was Omega’s rat. He then claimed Bullet Club was his.

  • MMA News Roundup: Referee Under Fire, UFC 222 Saved, Gina Carano Returning?

    MMA News Roundup: Referee Under Fire, UFC 222 Saved, Gina Carano Returning?

    It’s time for another edition of the MMA News Roundup. As we do every Friday, we’re highlighting the top three stories from the week that have created quite a buzz.

    Visit our affiliate site MMANews.com for all the latest news, results and interviews from the world of mixed martial arts.

    Here we go with this week’s top stories in MMA:

    3. Mario Yamasaki Under Fire Following UFC Belem

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    Referee Mario Yamasaki was in the spotlight this week for all the wrong reasons. Yamasaki was the official for the co-main event of UFC Belem. Valentina Shevchenko earned a submission win over Priscila Cachoeira. Not only was Yamasaki late to recognize the tap, but he also allowed Cachoeira to take multiple unanswered shots in the crucifix position.

    UFC president Dana White blasted Yamasaki, saying the official was “disgusting.” White’s harsh criticism was in response to Yamasaki’s statement claiming he allowed Cachoeira to be a warrior. White said Yamasaki will never officiate a fight in the UFC again.

    2. UFC 222 Saved Thanks To Cris Cyborg & Yana Kunitskaya

    For a moment, UFC 222 looked like it would be canceled in favor of a Fight Night event. UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway went down with an injury and was pulled from his title defense against Frankie Edgar. The UFC scrambled for a main event, being turned down by T.J. Dillashaw in the process.

    It was reported that there was a chance that UFC 222 would be put on the back burner. Women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg stepped up and will defend her title against Yana Kunitskaya. In the co-main event, Edgar will meet Brian Ortega.

    1. Gina Carano Eyeing An MMA Comeback?

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    Before there was Ronda Rousey, there was Gina Carano. For years, Carano held the label as the baddest woman on the planet. A mega fight against Cris Cyborg back in Aug. 2009 changed that. Cyborg won the bout via TKO with just one second left in the opening round.

    Carano hasn’t competed since, but she never officially retired. She recently revealed that she’s leaving the door open for a return. Time will tell if Carano wants to give it another go inside the cage.

    That’ll do it for this week’s edition of the MMA News Roundup. Tomorrow night (Feb. 10), UFC 221 takes place from Perth, Australia. Be sure to stick with MMANews.com for live coverage of the event.

  • Major Name Appears in Video Package at NJPW Event

    Major Name Appears in Video Package at NJPW Event

    It appears New Japan Pro Wrestling is bringing the heavy hitters for their return to North America.

    NJPW is holding an event today (Feb. 10) dubbed “The New Beginning in Osaka.” The event features an IWGP Heavyweight title bout between champion Kazuchika Okada and SANADA. NEVER Openweight champion Hiroki Goto puts his gold on the line against EVIL. Also, IWGP Junior Heavyweight title holder Will Ospreay defends his crown against Hiromu Takahashi.

    While the night is producing some solid action, it also had a surprise. During the event a video package played and former WWE champion Rey Mysterio appeared. He challenged fellow wrestling legend Jushin Thunder Liger to a match at Strong Style Evolved. Liger was seen at the Japanese commentary table and he seemed to be intrigued by the challenge.

    Strong Style Evolved takes place on March 25 inside the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California. Around 4,500 tickets were sold out in just 20 minutes. While no matches have been officially added to the card as of this writing, it’s safe to say we’ll be seeing Mysterio take on Liger.

    Mysterio last appeared in the public eye at the WWE’s men’s Royal Rumble match. He was a surprise entrant, taking the 27th spot.

  • NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka Results: Three Title Matches

    NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka Results: Three Title Matches

    The time has arrived for NJPW’s The New Beginning in Osaka.

    Today (Feb. 10), Kazuchika Okada will defend his IWGP Heavyweight title against SANADA. The title bout will serve as the event’s headliner. Also, Hiroki Goto defends his NEVER Openweight championship against EVIL. IWGP Junior Heavyweight title holder Will Ospreay puts his gold on the line against Hiromu Takahashi.

    There are a bevy of undercard matches before the three marquee bouts as well. The action begins at 3 a.m. ET. Keep refreshing this page for updated results below:

    Singles Match: Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuya Kitamura

    The two got into a grappling exchange early. Nagata applied a headlock, but Kitamura shoved him off. They engaged in a shoulder block battle, which Kitamura won. Nagata locked in the Fujiwara armbar, but Kitamura reached the ropes.

    Kitamura landed some chops and Nagata responded with kicks. He put his opponent in the corner and landed some forearms, followed by knees to the head. Kitamura got the torture rack, but Nagata fought his way out.

    The two traded slaps and Nagata urged the Young Lion to show more fire. Kitamura lost the battle off a forearm. He ate some big boots and caught a kick to slam Nagata.

    Kitamura hit the spear, but Nagata kicked out. Nagata avoided the Jackhammer but countered into the armbar. Surprisingly, Kitamura reached the ropes. Nagata then hit the PK, but his opponent kicked out.

    Kitamura pelted Nagata with chops. Nagata answered with a forearm and spinning wheel kick. He then connected with the high angle suplex for a three-count.

    Winner: Yuji Nagata

    Non-Title Match: Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yoh) vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

    Sho and El Desperado got things underway. Kanemaru knocked Yoh off the apron and the two double teamed Sho. Not long after, Sho ducked under El Desperado and speared Kanemaru. Yoh moved in an delivered a hurricanrana to El Desperado.

    The action spilled to the outside and Sho was suplexed. Kanemaru threw Sho into the guardrail and mocked him as he tried to beat the 20-count. Yoh was able to break up a camel clutch. El Desperado and Kanemaru continued to work the back of Sho.

    Finally, Sho landed a suplex and tagged in Yoh. Kanemaru and El Desperado received dropkicks. Yoh hit El Desperado with a double stomp clearing the top rope for a two-count. El Desperado landed a huge spinebuster and tagged in Kanemaru.

    Sho and Yoh went for 3K on Kanemaru. Sho’s back gave out and El Desperadd nailed Sho with a flying uppercut. Kanemaru landed a superplex followed by a Boston Crab. El Desperado cut off Yoh and Sho, Rocky Romero inadvertently distracted the ref in favor of his team’s opponents. El Desperado cracked Sho with a chair in the back. Sho was forced to tap.

    Winners: El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

    After the match, a chair was placed on Sho’s back and El Desperado whacked it with another chair. Rocky covered Sho and was dumped to the outside for his efforts. Kanemaru poured whiskey on Sho’s back, while El Desperado held the IWGP Junior tag titles.

    Eight-Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA, Michael Elgin, & Togi Makabe vs. TAKA Michinoku, Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, & Minoru Suzuki

    Makabe went right after Suzuki and the match was underway. Makabe went to town with forearms while the rest of the participants were on the outside. TAKA managed to get some brief commentary time to rant about being manhandled on the outside. Taguchi and Suzuki were in the ring, but the Intercontinental champion big booted Makabe and they brawled on the outside.

    Iizuka nailed Taguchi with a chair to the back. He then took Elgin to the outside and blasted him with another chair. Meanwhile, Taichi choked Taguchi with a cable. Taguchi countered a roundhouse kick with the enzuigiri.

    Elgin was in and he landed a forearm into a German suplex. Iizuka bit the head of Elgin. The former Intercontinental champion returned the favor. Makabe and Suzuki were tagged in.

    Just as they’ve been doing on the Road shows, the two exchanged forearms. Of course, Suzuki landed the stiffer shots. Makabe was put in a sleeper hold, which allowed TAKA to tag in. Now it was four on one against Makabe.

    iizuka went for the iron glove, but Elgin ripped him with a lariat. Makabe landed his knee drop from the top rope on TAKA for a three-count.

    Winners: Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA, Michael Elgin, & Togi Makabe

    After the bout, Suzuki accepted Makabe’s challenge for the IWGP Intercontinental title. They exchanged shots and Suzki threw part of a guardrail on top of Young Lion Tomoyuki Oka.

    Six Man Tag Match: Toa Henare, David Finlay, & Juice Robinson vs. Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, & “Switchblade” Jay White

    Juice and Yano got things started. Yano went right after the corner padding. He swung it at Juice, but wound up in an airplane spin. Both men stumbled around the ring. Ishii and Henare traded shots in the ring.

    White ran in and threw Juice into the ring post. Despite concerns within CHAOS, “Switchblade” showed solid teammwork with Ishii and Yano.

    Juice got one back on White by planting his head on the exposed buckle. Finlay was tagged in and charged at White. After getting in some offenses, Finlay was hit with a Saito Suplex. Henare was able to land a spinebuster on White, but Yano broke up the pin.

    Henare lifted White up, but ate a combo. White hit the Blade Runner and followed up with vicious elbows to the head for the KO win.

    Winners: Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, & “Switchblade” Jay White

    After the bout, White teased hitting the referee with elbows, but thought better of it.

    A promo video aired and Rey Mysterio appeared. He laid out a challenge to Jushin Thunder Liger for Strong Style Evolved.

    Singles Match: Gedo vs. Bushi

    Bushi made his entrance with giant clippers to signal the end of Gedo’s beard. Bushi went to get the masks Gedo stole from him, but was cut off at the entrance.

    Gedo went to unmask Bushi yet again. Instead, Bushi had his laces stuck in the corner. A Young Lion used the clippers to pry Bushi free.

    At some point, Bushi looked to spray his mist at Gedo. With the referee down, Gedo nailed the low blow. He hit a kick to the head, but Bushi kicked out. Bushi was able to hit MX for the victory.

    Winner: Bushi

    After the match, Bushi grabbed the clippers and had to be held back. He calmed down once he retrieved the masks that were stolen from him.

    Singles Match: Yoshi-Hashi vs. Tetsuya Naito

    Yoshi-Hashi attacked Naito as he was making his entrance. He ripped up Naito’s shirt. He hammered away at Naito. The action eventually spilled to the outside.

    Yoshi-Hashi went to the top turnbuckle and landed a neckbreaker for the two-count. He went for the Butterfly Lock, but Naito reached the ropes. Naito was able to nail his opponent with a DDT. Naito went for Destino, but was countered and hit the canvas.

    The two engaged in a slap battle. Yoshi-Hashi landed a kick followed by the western lariat for a near fall. He then hit a sitdown powerbomb. Yoshi-Hashi locked in the Butterfly Lock. Naito looked to be fading, but he got his foot on the bottom rope.

    Naito hit a hurricanrana followed by a wheel kick. Yoshi-Hashi was hit with a half Destino and then a full one. He was not kicking out.

    Winner: Tetsuya Naito

    After the match, Taichi attacked Naito from behind and dragged him off the stage. If you recall, Taichi said in a backstage interview that he would make Naito pay for his words on being too lazy to move up to the heavyweight division.

    IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Will Ospreay (C) vs. Hiromu Takahashi

    They charged at each other and traded shots. Hiromu landed a head scissors and faked a dive to the outside. Ospreay returned the favor and faked his own dive. He went for the Ospreay Special, but Hiromu caught him and landed a German suplex on the floor.

    Ospreay charged at Hiromu, but was flung back first into the guardrail. Back in the ring, Hiromu landed a dropkick to the back of the head. Ospreay hopped on the guardrail and landed a forearm. Ospreay did a corkscrew off the top rope after countering Hiromu’s overhead throw in the corner.

    Hiromu countered OsCutter into a German suplex. He then hit the sunset bomb to the outside. Hiromu hit a senton on the outside. In the ring, he connected with Dynamite Plunger for a near fall. He went for Time Bomb, but Ospreay countered and hit a lariat.

    The two were perched on the top turnbuckle and Ospreay planted Hiromu’s head on the top of the corner. Ospreay went for the OsCutter, but Hiromu countered with a neckbreaker. They traded forearms and Ospreay unloaded. Hiromu responded with chops.

    Ospreay landed Cheeky Nandos and an avalanche reverse hurricanrana. Hiromu kicked out at one, but hit the canvas from a wheel kick. Ospreay went for a Time Bomb, but was reversed into an incredible looking Canadian Destroyer for a near fall. Another OsCutter was reversed into a German suplex, but Hiromu ran into the C-4.

    Ospreay landed a 450 splash and a reverse DDT for a two-count. The champion finally hit the OsCutter to retain his gold.

    Winner And STILL IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: Will Ospreay

    NEVER Openweight Title Match: Hiroki Goto (C) vs. EVIL

    EVIL kicked Goto in the midsection and applied a headlock. Goto countered with one of his own. He landed an elbow on the top of EVIL’s head. Goto then fired off chops in the corner. The momentum was halted when he was hit with a lariat.

    With a chair around Goto’s neck, EVIL rammed his opponent into the ring post. The challenger hit a sidewalk slam for a two-count. He hit a chop and senton combo for another near fall. Goto was able to connect with a lariat.

    Goto hit a Saito suplex on his opponent. EVIL’s signature use of the ref came into play, as Red Shoes caught a leg of Goto and the challenger kicked the champion. EVIL grabbed three stacks and stacked them. He went for Darkness Falls, but Goto countered with a suplex onto the chairs.

    Goto and Evil were perched on the top rope. The challenger raked Goto’s eyes and shoved him into Red Shoes.  He then used Goto’s entrance accessory to choke him. EVIL ran into Ushigoroshi. Goto wanted the GTR, but EVIL countered into the fisherman buster suplex.

    The two exchanged stiff lariats. Finally, Goto brought EVIL down. He went for another one, but EVIL hit one of his own. He connected with Darkness Falls for a near fall. The challenger hit a German suplex and another lariat for a two-count.

    Goto hit what looked to be a front GTR with EVIL’s feet on the top rope. Goto reversed Everything is EVIL with the GTR for the pin.

    Winner And STILL NEVER Openweight Champion: Hiroki Goto

    IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. SANADA

    They rolled on the mat early and SANADA went for the arm. Okada got the upper hand and went for a pin. SANADA kicked out and the two were back to standing.

    Okada landed a shoulder block, followed by a hip toss. SANADA went for a springboard, but Okada delivered a forearm. With both men on the apron, Okada was shoved into the ring post. SANADA drove Okada’s face into the guardrail.

    The challenger took the champion to the ramp and landed a piledriver. When Okada got back in the ring, SANADA targeted the neck. He then connected with an elbow followed by a standing moonsault. SANADA landed another piledriver.

    SANADA ran into a flapjack. The champion did a kip up and went on the attack. He landed a DDT for a two-count. SANADA went for his trademark springboard dropkick, but Okada countered with one of his down. The champion used the guardrail to elevate SANADA and then dumped him down with the DDT.

    Okada slapped the challenger with his boot. SANADA landed some forearms, but they were no match for Okada’s shot. The champion landed the neckbreaker. SANADA took Okada to the outside and hit a slingshot splash. The challenger leaped over the top rope to crash into Okada again.

    SANADA landed on his feet off a German suplex attempt. The challenger went for Skull End, but was countered into a pin attempt. Okada was able to avoid another Skull End but reaching the ropes before his opponent could fully lock it in. They exchanged forearms again, but this time SANADA had the upperhand.

    Okada’s Rainmaker was reversed into the TKO for a near fall. The two reversed submission attempts. SANADA did a springboard into Skull End. The challenger got both hooks in numerous times as the champion fought to break free. Okada eventually reached the ropes.

    A tiger suplex couldn’t keep Okada’s shoulders pinned. SANADA tried Skull End from the top turnbuckle. He settled for slamming Okada down by crashing his neck into the knee. SANADA reversed the Rain Maker into his own. Okada locked in Skull End and then his signature dropkick.

    Okada hit the Tombstone. He went for the Rain Maker again but SANADA reversed and found another way to lock in Skull End. SANADA hit the moonsault, but Okada barely kicked out. The challenger went for it again, this time Okada got the knees up and hit a half Rain Maker.

    A German suplex was there for the champion. He went for Rain Maker, but SANADA countered. Okada caught the challenger going for another Skull End and hit the jumping tombstone. The champion hit the Rain Maker and that was all.

    Winner And STILL IWGP Heavyweight Champion: Kazuchika Okada

    After the match, Okada mentioned beating all Los Ingobernables de Japon heavyweights. He also said he wanted to compete in the New Japan Cup despite being the heavyweight champion. Okada then said he’d like to face his fellow CHAOS member Will Ospreay on March 6 at the next anniversary show.

  • NJPW Road to The New Beginning in Osaka (Feb. 6) Results: IWGP Tag Team Title Match

    NJPW Road to The New Beginning in Osaka (Feb. 6) Results: IWGP Tag Team Title Match

    New Japan Pro Wrestling is set for another Road to The New Beginning in Osaka show.

    Today (Feb. 6), SANADA and EVIL will put their IWGP Tag Team titles on the line against IWGP Heavyweight champion Kazuchika Okada and NEVER Openweight title holder Hiroki Goto. Also featured on the card will be a six-man tag team match as Gedo, Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi take on Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, and Tetsuya Naito.

    The action begins at 4:30 a.m. ET. Be sure to keep refreshing the page to see updated results below:

    Six-Man Tag Match: KUSHIDA, Tiger Mask, & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Ren Narita, Tetsuhiro Yagi, & Syota Umino

    Liger and Umino got things started. Umino ate a Shotei. Liger had a leg lock, but Narita and Yagi broke it up. Tiger Mask and Yagi were then the legal men.

    Yagi ate some kicks before finding himself in a submission hold. He was able to reach the bottom rope. Yagi hit a dropkick and tagged in Narita. KUSHIDA was tagged in and went to town with kicks.

    Narita applied the Boston Crab. KUSHIDA powered his way out. He nailed Narita with a DDT followed by the Hoverboard Lock. He transitioned to an armbar to force the tap.

    Winners: KUSHIDA, Jushin Thunder Liger, & Tiger Mask

    Tag Team Match: Tomoyuki Oka & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. HIKULEO & Yujiro Takahashi

    Oka and Tenzan double teamed HIKULEO early. He fired off some forearms, but ran into an Oklahoma slam into the corner, then down to the canvas. HIKULEO peppered Oka with his own forearms.

    Yujiro was now the legal man. He landed a big boot in the corner before tagging in HIKULEO. Oka slammed the big man down with a spinebuster and tagged in Tenzan. HIKULEO was on the receiving end of Mongolian chops.

    Oka was back to being the legal man. He landed a judo throw, but ran into a lifting reverse STO from HiKULEO. Yujiro capitalize with a DDT for the three-count.

    Winners: HIKULEO & Yujiro Takahashi

    Singles Match: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Katsuya Kitamura

    They tied up and the two soon engaged in a test of strength with shoulder blocks. Kitamura was the one to bring Nakanishi down. A chop exchange followed and Nakanishi ended it with a leg sweep. On the outside, Nakanishi threw his opponent to the guardrail.

    Kitamura won out in a test of strength with a suplex. He brought his opponent down again with a shoulder blocked, followed by a powerslam. Nakanishi was hit with a spear for a near fall. He avoided the Jackhammer and landed his signature lariat. After a two-count.

    Nakanishi went for a torture rack, but was blocked. Kitamura charged in, but was hit with a double ax handle. Nakanishi then applied the torture rack for the submission win.

    Winner: Manabu Nakanishi

    Six-Man Tag Match: Roppongi 3K (Sho, Yoh, & Rocky Romero) vs. TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

    Before the bell rang TAKA, El Desperado, and Kanemaru went on the attack. Sho and Yoh quickly fought back and double teamed El Desperado. Yoh and El Desprado became the legal men. Yoh was dragged out of the ring by Kanemaru and thrown to the guardrail.

    Yoh was thrown into chairs in the crowd. El Desperado worked on the injured back of Sho. He set up a table in the corner while they were in the crowd and rammed Sho’s back into it. Yoh was going to be counted out, but Rocky threw him back in the ring.

    Yoh’s left leg became a target for his opponents. TAKA was tagged in and kept attacking the leg. Kanemaru did the same thing once he was the legal man. Finally, Yoh hit a dragon whip and tagged in Sho.

    Sho was on a roll until he went for a German suplex on Kanemaru as his back gave out. He went for it again and hit it due to a surge of energy. He then went for a package piledriver, but Kanemaru hit a backdrop. Sho hit a spear and tagged in Rocky.

    He hit his signature clotheslines on El Desperado and TAKA. He went for a hurricanrana on TAKA, but was reversed into a crossface. Sho and Yoh made the save. Rocky pinned TAKA with a backslide.

    Winners: Roppongi 3K

    After the match, Roppongi 3K was attacked by El Desperado, Kanemaru, and TAKA.

    Six-Man Tag Match: Toa Henare, David Finlay, & Juice Robinson vs. Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, & “Switchblade” Jay White

    Finlay and White got the match started. White tagged Yano without engaging. Finlay decided to tag in Juice. Yano immediately tried to tie Juice’s hair to the top rope. Juice landed his signature punches, but Yano ran from the finishing blow and tagged in Ishii.

    Henare tackled Ishii and made the tag. He peppered Ishii with forearms in the corner. He then mushed him with his boot. Too many of those just made Ishii angry. Ishii landed a series of chops and forearms.

    White was tagged in and he immediately hit Finlay off the apron. He later spat at him. White threw Henare into the exposed corner and tagged in Yano. Henare fought back and knocked Ishii down with a lariat.

    Finlay and White were the legal men. Finlay connected with a running European uppercut. He then hit it from the middle rope. White hit a Saito suplex. He went for another, but Finlay hit a ura-nage backbreaker.

    White hit the Blade Runner on Henare. Instead of going for the pin, he left him unconscious with the elbows that put Finlay out last night. The bell sounded to signal the end of the match.

    Winners: Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, & “Switchblade” Jay White

    Six-Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Michael Elgin, & Togi Makabe vs. Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, & Minoru Suzuki

    Before the match, Makabe got on the mic and once again challenged Suzuki before attacking him. The bell rang and Suzuki looked pissed. Taguchi and Elgin took care of Taichi and Iizuka on the outside.

    Taguchi and Taichi were tagged in while Suzuki and Makabe brawled near the backstage area. Makabe choke Suzuki while demanding a title shot. They returned to the outside of the ring and Suzuki hit Makabe with a chair.

    Suzuki choked Makabe with a chair. Iizuka pelted Taguchi with a chair. Finally, the action was back in the ring with Taichi and Taguchi. Unsurprisingly, Taichi hit Taguchi with his hammer. Off went Taichi’s pants and he was nailed with a dropkick.

    Iizuka bit Taguchi’s Funky Weapon! Finally, Elgin was tagged in. He hit the slingshot splash. Taichi tried making something happen, but was on the receiving end of a German suplex. Elgin bit Iizuka’s foot. Iizuka pulled out his rope, but Elgin blocked it. The two exchanged bits on the head.

    Makabe and Suzuki were tagged in and exchanged forearms. Makabe hit his signature punches in the corner. He followed it up with a Northern Lights Suplex for a two-count.

    Taguchi tried hitting the enzuigiri, but Suzuki caught the leg and submitted him with the heel hook.

    Winners: Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, & Minoru Suzuki

    After the match, Suzuki held onto the hold. Iizuka hit Elgin with the iron glove. Suzuki nailed Makabe with the Gotch Piledriver. Suzuki then grabbed a mic and refused Makabe’s challenge.

    Six-Man Tag Match: Gedo, Will Ospreay, & Yoshi-Hashi vs. Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, & Tetsuya Naito

    Gedo, Ospreay, and Yoshi-Hashi went right after their opponents. Yoshi-Hashi and Naito went at it in the ring. Ospreay threw Hiromu into the guardrail. Bushi attacked Yoshi-Hashi from behind, but hit the canvas.

    The action spilled to the outside. Hiromu chopped Ospreay’s chest, Bushi went after Gedo’s beard, and Naito stomped on Yoshi-Hashi. Bushi choked Yoshi-Hashi with his shirt inside the ring.

    Naito was back in and he stomped on Yoshi-Hashi. He even spat on him. Some blood formed on the lip of Naito. He landed his trademark dropkick to the head.

    Yoshi-Hashi kicked Hiromu and tagged in Ospreay. Naito and Hiromu tried double teaming Ospreay, but he landed a springboard backflip kick. Ospreay charged at Hiromu, but was flung to the corner.

    Ospreay leaped over the top rope on to Naito and Hiromu. This allowed Yoshi-Hashi to nail Bushi with Karma for the three-count.

    Winners: Gedo, Will Ospreay, & Yoshi-Hashi

    After the match, Gedo swiped Bushi’s mask yet again. Yoshi-Hashi attacked Naito, who continued to walk off as if nothing was happening.

    IWGP Tag Team Title Match: SANADA & EVIL (C) vs. Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto

    Okada and SANADA got the match underway. SANADA tried tying Okada up in the Paradise lock, but couldn’t get it yet. Okada hit an arm drag and tagged in Goto. They hit an elbow and back splash combo then did the CHAOS pose.

    The action went to the outside. EVIL wrapped a chair around Goto’s neck and rammed him into the ring post. SANADA took care of Okada in the crowd. EVIL choked Goto with the bell hammer.

    EVIL charged at the corner, but Goto got his boot up. He delivered a lariat and made the tag to Okada. EVIL threw him to the ropes, but was knocked down with an elbow. EVIL did his signature kick where he throws his opponent’s leg to the referee.

    SANADA dumped Okada to the outside. He landed a slingshot over the top rope. He went for the TKO, but Okada countered into the cobra clutch. Okada countered the Skull End with his signature neckbreaker.

    Goto went for the GTR, but EVIL stopped him. Okada nailed EVIL with a dropkick. SANADA hit the TKO on Okada. Goto hit the GTR on SANADA, but didn’t get all of it.

    EVIL and SANADA looked for Magic Killer on Goto, but Okada stopped it. They simultaneously hit Ushigoroshi. SANADA sent Okada to the guardrail. EVIL couldn’t get Everything is EVIL.

    SANADA went for Skull End, but Okada reversed. He went for the Rain Maker, but SANADA countered into his own Rain Maker. EVIL and SANADA hit Magic Killer on Goto. EVIL then nailed Goto with Everything is EVIL for the three-count.

    Winners And STILL IWGP Tag Team Champions: EVIL & SANADA

    After the match, SANADA grabbed a mic and said he’s going to take the IWGP Heavyweight title in Osaka. EVIL closed out the show saying he’s stronger than Goto and did his signature catchphrase.

  • NJPW Road to The New Beginning in Osaka (Feb. 5) Results: CHAOS vs. LIJ

    NJPW Road to The New Beginning in Osaka (Feb. 5) Results: CHAOS vs. LIJ

    The first airing of the Road to The New Beginning in Osaka takes place today (Feb. 5) at 4:30 a.m. ET.

    In a bout that is being heavily showcased, IWGP United States champion Jay White will meet David Finlay in a non-title bout. Plus, a special elimination tag team match between members of CHAOS against the LIJ team will headline the event.

    Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Minoru Suzuki, Will Ospreay, and many more are set to attend. Be sure to keep refreshing this page for live results as the card rolls along:

    Six-Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin Thunder Liger, & Tiger Mask vs. Ren Narita, Tetsuhiro Yagi, & Syota Umino

    Liger and Narita started things off. Liger had a kimura, but Narita reached the ropes. Liger then worked the leg of the Young Lion.

    Yagi and Tiger Mask traded shots, but Mask’s kicks were a bit too much. He capitalized with a DDT. Mask followed that up with a knee drop.

    Umino was tagged in and knocked Taguchi down with a forearm. Liger broke up Umino’s Boston Crab. The match ended when Taguchi nailed the Dodon for the three-count.

    Winners: Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin Thunder Liger, & Tiger Mask

    Tag Team Match: Tomoyuki Oka & Manabu Nakanishi vs. HIKULEO & Yujiro Takahashi

    Oka was double teamed early. HIKULEO sent him to the outside and threw him into the guardrail. He then sent his back crashing into the ring post.

    Eventually, Oka hit a judo throw and tagged in Nakanishi. HIKULEO kicked out of a splash. Nakanishi went for the torture rack, but Yujiro dropkicked his knee.

    Oka and Yujuro exchanged biting fingers in the ring. Yujiro hit the fisherman buster, but Oka kicked out. Oka couldn’t kick out of the DDT.

    Winners: HIKULEO & Yujiro Takahashi

    Singles Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuya Kitamura

    Tenzan went for a running shoulder tackle, but Kitamura wouldn’t budge. He suckered Kitamura into trying to do a shoulder block and kicked him. Kitamura bounced back and nailed the shoulder block.

    The action spilled to the outside. Tenzan chopped Kitamura near the guardrail. He then threw his opponent into the ring post. Back in the ring, Tenzan hit a flapjack.

    Kitamura knocked Tenzan down to gain back some steam. He hit a powerslam for a two-count. He connected with the spear, but couldn’t get the win. Tenzan avoided the Jackhammer and landed a DDT.

    Kitamura barely kicked out of a spinning wheel kick. Tenzan hit a sitout side slam and locked in the Anaconda Vise to force the tap.

    Winner: Hiroyoshi Tenzan

    Six-Man Tag Match: Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yoh, Rocky Romero) vs. TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado, & Taichi

    Right away, Sho, Yoh, and Rocky were attacked by their opponents. Sho fought off El Desperado and TAKA in the ring and dropkicked Taichi. Sho went for a German Suplex, but Taichi grabbed referee Tiger Hattori and Sho’s back gave out.

    Back to the outside, Taichi nailed Sho with chair shots to the back. El Desperado made sure Yoh was neutralized, while TAKA worked on Rocky. Taichi hit Sho with his hammer.

    After a suplex, Sho was able to tag in Rocky, who made El Desperado do a split. He then landed his trademark clotheslines in the corner after hitting Taichi with a hurricanrana.

    Yoh was in the ring and after some minor success, he got triple teamed. With Hattori distracted, El Desperado tried hitting Yoh with one half of the IWGP Junior Tag Titles. The plan failed and TAKA was later hit with 3K and couldn’t kick out.

    Winners: Roppongi 3K

    Tag Team Match: Toa Henare & Juice Robinson vs. Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii

    Juice and Yano got things started. Juice did an airplane spin on Yano, which ended as you’d expect. Henare was tagged in and went to knock Ishii off the apron. Ishii didn’t move an inch.

    On the outside, Ishii grabbed Yano’s chair and nailed Henare in the ribs with it. Yano removed the padding in the corner and threw Henare into the exposed turnbuckle. Finally, Henare got an edge with a shoulder block over Yano.

    Juice mocked Yano’s taunt and nailed him with his signature strikes. Yano was thrown into Ishii and Juice hit a spinebuster. He followed that up with a cannonball in the corner.

    Yano hit an atomic drop and tagged in Ishii. Juice landed a backdrop and tagged in Henare. Ishii locked in a Boston Crab, but Henare reached the ropes. Ishii kicked out of a top rope shoulder block.

    Henare was fired up and hit some hard strikes and even a lariat. The end came when Ishii hit his own lariat, followed by the Brainbuster for a three-count.

    Winners: Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii

    Six-Man Tag Match: KUSHIDA, Michael Elgin, & Togi Makabe vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Takashi Iizuka, & Minoru Suzuki

    As expected, Kanemaru, Iizuka, and Suzuki attacked their opponents before the bell rang. Makabe threw Suzuki into the guardrail. KUSHIDA and Kanemaru were the legal men to start.

    Kanemaru was able to reach the ropes after being trapped in an armbar. Elgin held Kanemaru’s arm, allowing KUSHIDA to dropkick it. Iizuka hit KUSHIDA with a chair and the action spilled to the outside.

    Suzuki choked Makabe with a chair in the crowd. He was then tagged in and locked up a heel hook on KUSHIDA. Suzuki used the rope to lock in an armbar on KUSHIDA.

    Finally, Elgin was tagged in. He charged in and nailed Iizuka with clotheslines in the corner. Kanemaru interrupted but was hit with a press slam for his efforts. Elgin hit the Falcon Arrow on Iizuka for a two-count.

    Makabe and Suzuki were tagged in. Suzuki landed a big boot in the corner. Makabe caught a kick and connected with forearms. He landed his signature punches in the corner and a Northern Lights Suplex for a near fall.

    The two exchanged forearms with Suzuki appearing to have the edge. He went for the sleeper, but turned it into the Gotch Piledriver position. Makabe reversed it.

    Makabe was triple teamed and Kanemaru hit Deep Impact. Elgin broke up the pin. Iizuka was going to use his iron glove to attack Makabe, but was cut off by KUSHIDA.

    Makabe absolutely wrecked Kanemaru with a lariat. He landed the knee drop from the top rope and that’s all she wrote.

    Winners: KUSHIDA, Michael Elgin, & Togi Makabe

    After the match, Makabe challenged Suzuki for the IWGP Intercontinental title. This made Suzuki angry and he pelted a Young Lion with a chair. He then shoved play-by-play announcer Kevin Kelly.

    Singles Match: “Switchblade” Jay White vs. David Finlay

    White tried the Blade Runner early, but nothing doing. Finlay went for the Stunner, but was shoved off. They exchanged strikes and White landed two chops. Finlay landed a clothesline and they both tumbled to the outside.

    Finlay threw White into the chairs in the crowd. White threw Finlay into the ring post and hit the Saito Suplex. White was dumped to the outside and Finlay hit a plancha.

    Another Saito Suplex was there for White. Finlay responded with the ura-nage backbreaker. Finlay ran into a complete shot to German suplex.

    White hit a suplex on the corner. He went for Blade Runner, but Finlay spat in his face. “Switchblade” was not happy and rammed his head into the corner. He did it again and then grabbed a chair.

    White shoved Red Shoes. He swung the chair at Finlay, but was hit with a spear for a near fall. Finlay decided not to hit White with the chair. He reversed the Blade Runner into a backbreaker. White reversed the Stunner into the Blade Runner for the pin.

    Winner: Jay White

    After the bout White pretended to help Finlay, but knocked him unconscious with a series of elbows.

    Special Elimination Tag Match: Gedo, Will Ospreay, Yoshi-Hashi, Hiroki Goto, & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, & SANADA

    Ospreay and Hiromu got things started, They charged at each other and Ospreay landed a dropkick. Hiromu followed up with a forearm in the corner. Ospreay hit an enzuigiri. Chaos teamed up on Hiromu and did their pose.

    Hiromu tried sending Gedo over the top rope for an elimination, but Chaos members broke it up. SANADA and Okada took the action all the way up in the crowd. SANADA threw Okada into a wall.

    Ospreay went for his finisher, but was shoved over the top rope. Ospreay held on, but Hiromu sacrificed himself by hopping over the top rope for a powerbomb to the outside on Ospreay. Both men were eliminated.

    Elimination #1: Hiromu Takahashi

    Elimination #2: Will Ospreay

    Naito went for Destino on Yoshi-Hashi, but wound up on the apron. Yoshi-Hashi dropkicked Naito, but his feet were attached to the bottom rope to save him. Yoshi-Hashi dropkicked him again for the elimination.

    Elimination #3: Tetsuya Naito

    Gedo ripped off Bushi’s mask and was disqualified for the fourth elimination of the match. Yoshi-Hashi then sent Bushi over the top rope.

    Elimination #4: Gedo

    Elimination #5: Bushi

    Okada and SANADA ended up on the apron after being over the top rope. SANADA reversed a tombstone into Skull End. Okada reversed with a backdrop and SANADA hit the floor for an elimination. EVIL ran in and bumped Okada off the apron.

    Elimination #6: SANADA

    Elimination #7: Kazuchika Okada

    EVIL sent Yoshi-Hashi into Red Shoes. With the referee down, Evil placed a chair on Goto’s neck and whacked the chair with another chair. He then clotheslined Goto over the top rope.

    Elimination #8: Hiroki Goto

    Evil caught a clothesline attempt and hit Everything is EVIL on Yoshi-Hashi for the three-count and the final elimination

    Final Elimination: Yoshi-Hashi

    Winners: Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, & SANADA

  • MMA News Roundup: Mayweather-UFC, Nunes vs. Cyborg, Silva Busted

    MMA News Roundup: Mayweather-UFC, Nunes vs. Cyborg, Silva Busted

    It’s time for another edition of the MMA News Roundup. As we do every Friday, we’re highlighting the top three stories from the week that have created quite a buzz.

    Visit our affiliate site MMANews.com for all the latest news, results and interviews from the world of mixed martial arts.

    Here we go with this week’s top stories in MMA:

    Floyd Mayweather Angling For MMA Debut?

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    Floyd Mayweather is a mastermind in the boxing ring, but he’s also been creating waves on social media. “Money” recently posted a video of himself entering an MMA cage at Syndicate MMA in Las Vegas. Mayweather then questioned whether or not 2018 is the year he’ll trade in his boxing gloves for a UFC bout.

    Many have pointed out that Mayweather could be doing the video for his sponsors. Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza responded to the clip and said one of the talking points in a future meeting with Mayweather will indeed be a possible MMA bout.

    Anderson Silva’s MMA Career May Be Over

    Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

    For nearly seven years, Anderson Silva was the best middleweight on the planet. Silva and Georges St-Pierre were in a razor-thin race for being named the greatest fighter of their generation. To this day, many consider Silva to be the greatest fighter ever.

    “The Spider’s” run-in with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has caused his status to take a bit of a hit. In addition to that, Silva is facing a four-year suspension due to prior drug testing failures in 2015. Silva’s team has claimed that their fighter will retire if he’s suspended for two years or more.

    Contract Negotiations For Cyborg vs. Nunes Have Slowed Down

    Those hoping that Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes will take place on July 7, may want to prepare for some bad news. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is said to be in negotiations for the “super fight” between the UFC women’s featherweight champion and women’s bantamweight title holder.

    The problem is, Nunes claims that talks are cooling down. “The Lioness” said she doesn’t know what’s the holdup, but it’s certain that nothing has been official. Do you think this bout will take place?

    That does it for this week’s MMA News Roundup. Head over MMANews.com for our coverage of Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders event, which airs in the US on Fox Sports 1.

  • NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo Night Two Results: A Shocking Ending, Two Title Matches

    NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo Night Two Results: A Shocking Ending, Two Title Matches

    Night two of NJPW’s The New Beginning in Sapporo event goes down today (Jan. 28) at 1 a.m. ET.

    In the main event, IWGP United States champion Kenny Omega defends his gold against Jay White. Plus, IWGP Junior Heavyweight tag team champions The Young Bucks put their titles on the line against Roppongi 3K.

    Also featured on the card will be Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, Cody, Kota Ibushi, and many more.

     

    Peep the live results below:

    Singles Match: Juice Robinson vs. Katsuya Kitamura

    Juice got a headlock in early. Kitamura was able to muscle his way out of the hold. Juice’s shoulder block attempts went nowhere. He chopped the big man and stomped him in the corner.

    Kitamura connected with a powerslam. He went for a spear, but was thrown to the corner padding. Juice nailed a cannonball in the corner followed by a snap suplex for a two-count.

    Juice bounced off the ropes and Kitamura nailed him with a one-armed spinebuster. He hammered away with forearms. Kitamura laced into his opponent with chops. Juice leaped over Kitamura’s spear attempt and hit the spinebuster for a near fall.

    Kitamura hit the spear for a two-count. He looked for the Jackhammer, but Juice hit him with a knee to the head. He cracked him with his signature punch and lariat. Kitamura kicked out, but fell to Pulp Friction.

    Winner: Juice Robinson

    Eight-man Tag Match: Syota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask, & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru

    Taguchi was suckered in early it seemed by Taichi’s girlfriend. El Desperado stepped on Taguchi’s chin with the ref’s back turned. Taguchi nailed Taichi with a hip attack and tagged in Liger.

    Liger nailed the Shotei on Suzuki-Gun members. Tachi threw Liger into the ring post and choked him with his mic stand. El Desperado and Taka tried unmasking Tiger Mask on the outside.

    Liger nailed El Desperado with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and tagged in Tiger Mask. El Desperado was hit by the Tiger Driver, but Taka broke up the pin and went to unmask his opposition.

    There was a hilarious moment where Taka was knocked off the apron and he yelled “sh*t!” Umino was tagged in and he nailed Taichi with forearms. He followed that up with a missile dropkick assisted by his entire team.

    Taichi ripped off his pants before nailing Umino with a lariat. He kicked his opponent in the head, but his pin was broken up. Taichi landed one more kick for the three-count.

    Winners: Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru

    After the match, Suzuki-Gun ripped off the mask of Tiger Mask. Taichi’s girlfriend then stomped on Taguchi’s crotch. Another hilarious moment occurred when Taguchi crawled to Taichi’s girlfriend and tripped her. He then told Kevin Kelly that Suzuki-Gun “broke my ass.”

    Tag Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Leo Tonga

    Yano and Tonga got things started. Yano sent Tonga to the outside, but got rammed into the barricade. Yujiro struck Ishii with his walking stick. He was tagged in and went to town on Yano.

    Yano hit the inverted atmoic drop and tagged in Ishii. Yujiro was countering Ishii at first, but was hit with a German suplex. Tonga went in and was suplexed for his efforts. Yujiro tried engaging in a slap battle with Ishii, who chopped him in the corner.

    Yujiro did his signature biting the finger, but Ishii responded by biting his opponent’s finger as well. With Yano and Tonga in as the legal men, Yano ripped off the padding in the corner. He ended up eating a big boot. Tonga clotheslined Ishii.

    Tonga hit Yujiro with a big boot by accident in a failed double team attempt. Yano lowblowed Tonga with the ref distracted and rolled him up for the win.

    Winners: Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano

    Eight-Man Tag Match: Tomoyuki Oka, Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, & Togi Makabe vs. Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, & Bad Luck Fale

    Tama Tonga and Tenzan got the action started. Tonga lured Tenzan into a shoulder block battle with a dropkick. Tonga mocked Tenzan with Mongolian chops, but he paid the price going for a headbutt. Tenzan then showed Tonga how it’s done with the real Mongolian chops.

    The action spilled into the crowd and the Bullet Club had a clear edge. Inside the ring, Loa nailed Nakanishi with a scoop slam. Bullet Club had their way with Nakanishi in the corner.

    Nakanishi lifted Fale over his shoulder and was able to tag in Makabe. The former IWGP heavyweight champion took out the Bullet Club members on the apron briefly. He did his signature punches in the corner on Fale, but was ganged up on. Makabe ran into a Samoan drop.

    Oka was tagged in and nailed Owens with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. He then hit a gutwrench suplex, but Tonga made the save. Oka went for a Boston Crab, but Owens reversed into an inside cradle.

    Owens eventually hit the package piledriver for the three-count.

    Winners: Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga, & Bad Luck Fale

    Tag Match: Toa Henare & Michael Elgin vs. Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka

    Of course, Suzuki and Iizuka attacked their opponents before the bell rang. Suzuki threw Henare over the guardrail. Henare hit a flying forearm on Suzuki. He was trapped in Suzuki’s armbar over the top rope.

    On the outside, Iizuka attacked Elgin with a chair and choked him with it. Henare was able to get back in the ring at the count of 11. Suzuki threw him right back to the outside and members of Suzuki-Gun stomped on Henare. Iizuka was now the legal man.

    Henare had his fingers bitten by Iizuka. He finally hit a shoulder tackle and tagged in Elgin. He clotheslined Iizuka in the corner and nailed a German suplex. Elgin was on the wrong end of an inverted atomic drop and Suzuki was in.

    He ran into a powerslam. Elgin and Henare double teamed Suzuki. Henare conencted with a Samoan drop for a two-count. The fact that it was a near fall made Suzuki angry. He locked in the sleeper hold into some slaps. He forced the tap with the heel hook.

    Winners: Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka

    After the match, Elgin and Iizuka brawled in the crowd. Back in the ring, the rest of the Suzuki-Gun members stomped on Henare. Togi Makabe had seen enough and cleaned house with his chain. Suzuki left the ring and held up his IWGP Intercontinental title on the ramp. Makabe stuck up the middle fingers.

    Six-Man Tag Match: Kushida, David Finlay, & Kota Ibushi vs. Marty Scurll, Hangman Page, & Cody

    Cody made sure that Kevin Kelly knew the winners get paid more than the losers. Some nice technical work on display by Kushida against Scurll. “The Villain” had issues escaping Kushida’s grasp on his arm. He raked the eyes of his opponent, but his taunting cost him.

    Finlay was in the ring and he worked on the arm of Scurll. Cody attacked Finlay from behind. Finlay shoved Scurll into Cody. With Finlay on the outside, Hangman Page landed his shooting star press off the apron.

    Cody taunted Ibushi and paid for it when Finlay reversed his submission. Ibushi and Cody were the legal men. They engaged in a striking battle. Ibushi had his kick caught and received a dragon screw.

    Cody teased doing Cross Rhodes on Ibushi off the apron as he did at Wrestle Kingdom 12, but Kushida made the save. Ibushi stomped on Page’s back and nailed Scurll with a moonsault.

    Cody nailed Cross Rhodes on Kushida and Page followed it up with Rite of Passage for the three-count.

    Winners: Marty Scurll, Hangman Page, & Cody

    10-Man Tag Match: Gedo, Will Ospreay, Yoshi-Hashi, Hiroki Goto, & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, & Sanada

    Chaos wasted little time going after Los Ingobernables de Japon. Yoshi-Hashi ripped Naito’s shirt and stepped on it. He hammered away on Naito in the corner. The teamwork of LIJ finally slowed down Yoshi-Hashi.

    The rest of LIJ brawled with Chaos in the crowd, while Naito choked Yoshi-Hashi with his shirt.  Hiromu missed a dropkick and Yoshi-Hashi capitalized with a back kick. This allowed him to tag in Ospreay. He landed a standing shooting star press on Hiromu for a near fall.

    Hiromu countered Ospreay’s handspring into a German suplex. Goto and Evil were now in the ring. Evil went for a fisherman buster, but he was countered. Okada was tagged in and landed a back elbow.

    Sanada was now in against Okada. The champion hit him with a DDT. The two exchanged forearms after Okada taunted him with foot slaps to the back of the head. Sanada connected with a dropkick followed by a backdrop.

    Okada connected with a dropkick and tagged in Gedo. Naito interrupted Gedo’s pin attempt on Sanada. Eventually, Sanada locked in Skull End on Gedo to force the submission.

    Winners: Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, & Sanada

    After the match, Yoshi-Hashi charged in and attacked Naito. Chaos and Young Lions held him back. Naito continued to act like he didn’t have a care in the world and posed with his LIJ team.

    Sanada grabbed a mic to respond to Okada’s attack last night. Okada teased going into the ring, but was held back by Young Lions.

    IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Title Match: The Young Bucks (C) vs. Roppongi 3K

    Yoh and Matt Jackson got the title bout started. Matt looked for the sharpshooter early, but couldn’t lock it in. Sho and Nick were now legal. Matt hit a neckbreaker on Sho on top of Nick’s knee. Roppongi 3K double teamed Nick in the corner and sent him to the outside.

    Sho and Yoh went for dives, but ate superkicks instead. Nick ended up hitting the dive with Matt holding the top rope down. The Young Bucks chased Rocky Romero and went for a powerbomb on the ramp. Sho and Yoh made the save. Matt did a front flip on Sho and Yoh off the ramp.

    The Young Bucks powerbombed Yoh on the apron. Matt went for a powerbomb, but sold a back injury from the dive off the ramp. Nick and Matt did a double dropkick. Matt was sent flying to the outside and his back landed on the ring apron.

    Sho was tagged in and he nailed Nick with a forearm. Sho then landed a headscissors on Nick. Matt was tagged in and he ate a German suplex for his efforts. Sho landed a backstabber on Matt and Yoh charged in with a running kick.

    Sho and Yoh hit 3K on Nick on the outside. Yoh locked in the Boston crab on Matt, who was able to reach the ropes. Sho and Yoh hit a double superplex for a near fall. Yoh nailed Sho with a kick by accident. Nick took out the challengers with a crossbody.

    Nick landed a German suplex on Sho on the apron. He went to the top rope and went for a frog splash on Sho, but ate the knees. Nick landed two superkicks on Yoh and a knee to Sho.

    Matt held Yoh between the ropes and Nick landed a 450 splash for a near fall. Nick assisted Matt in getting Yoh up for a powerbomb in the corner. He got it and Nick was there for the kick.

    Matt locked in a sharpshooter, but his own back was giving out. Yoh got to the rope, but Nick hit the swanton. Matt was forced to let go of the hold due to his back pain.

    Matt went for the sharpshooter again, but Yoh got the inside cradle for the pinfall. We have new champions.

    Winners And NEW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Roppongi 3K

    IWGP United States Heavyweight Title Match: Kenny Omega (C) vs. Jay White

    They tied up and neither man could get an edge. Omega did his typical light slap before walking away slowly. White faked out Omega and hit his own slap. The champion nailed White with a big boot.

    White dropkicked Omega to the outside. The challenger landed a forearm off the apron. Omega went for his springboard off the guardrail, but White countered with the Saito suplex. White removed the padding on the floor.

    The challenger landed a scoop slam on the exposed floor. White chopped the champion, but took some as well. White was rammed into the corner going for a third straight suplex. Omega countered another suplex attempt. Omega landed his steamroller followed by the moonsault for a two-count.

    White landed a running uppercut in the corner and then connected with the Saito suplex. Omega landed a hurricanrana and executed his Terminator dive. Omega landed Aoi Shoudou, but failed to connect with the V-Trigger. White countered with a complete shot and a German suplex.

    Omega leaped and connected with the V-Trigger as White bounced off the ropes. He hit another knee that sent both men off the apron. Omega powerbombed the challenger on the chairs in the crowd. White barely beat the count.

    The champion hit the snap dragon. He went for another one and got it. White denied a third attempt, but Omega hit a wheel kick. He went for the One-Winged Angel, but White’s body went limp.

    Omega had White’s arms trapped on the ropes and nailed him with the V-Trigger. He landed the double underhook piledriver for a two-count. The champion blasted the challenger with two hard knees, but White laughed. On the third knee, White got the shoulder up.

    White countered the One-Winged Angel, but he barely had the energy to make it effective. White found a second win and his Saito suplexes had more power behind them. He landed a snap sleeper suplex. He then hit the Kiwi Crusher for a near fall.

    White went for the Blade Runner, but Omega fought out of it. Omega went for a strike but was countered by the Blade Runner. The champion barely got the shoulder up. Omega countered a second Blade Runner attempt with the reverse hurricanrana. One last V-Trigger led to a One-Winged Angel attempt, but Jay White reversed it into the Blade Runner for the three-count. A shocker in Sapporo!

    Winner And NEW IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion: Jay White

    After the bout, Hangman Page grabbed the United States title and looked to challenge Jay White. Omega grabbed the title and gave it to White. Cody ran down and got in Omega’s face over the situation.

    Omega shoved Matt Jackson down inadvertently and apologized. He appeared to talk things out with Hangman Page and Cody, but he was nailed with Cross Rhodes. Hangman Page held Omega and Cody grabbed a chair. Marty Scurll tried to stop it when Kota Ibushi ran down for the save.

    The show ended with Omega and Ibushi embracing. The Golden Lovers are finally back together at least for one night.

  • NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo Results: IWGP Intercontinental Title Match

    NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo Results: IWGP Intercontinental Title Match

    Night one of NJPW’s The New Beginning in Sapporo event goes down today (Jan. 27) at 4 a.m. ET.

    In the main event, Intercontinental champion Hiroshi Tanahashi defends his gold against Minoru Suzuki. Also on the card, Never Openweight tag champions Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and Bad Luck Fale defend their titles against Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, and Toa Henare.

    Also featured on the card will be Kenny Omega, Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, Cody, Young Bucks, and many more.

    Peep the live results below:

    Singles Match: Michael Elgin vs. Katsuya Kitamura

    The two canceled each other out in the strength department early on. Elgin hit his stalling vertical suplex. He cracked Kitamura with a forearm for a near fall.

    The two got into a battle of who can land the next suplex. This time Kitamura won that battle. He hit a gutwrench suplex for a two-count. Elgin landed a dropkick from the middle rope.

    Kitamura barely kicked out of a Falcon Arrow. Elgin went for the buckle bomb, but Kitamura reversed. Kitamura ducked a clothesline and nailed the spear. He went for the Jackhammer, but Elgin rammed him into the corner.

    Three hard lariats finally took Kitamura down. Elgin hit the buckle bomb, followed by the Elgin Bomb for the three-count.

    Winner: Michael Elgin

    10-man Tag Match: Kushida, Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Iizuka

    The members of Suzuki Gun immediately attack their opposition. El Desperado choked Liger against the corner. Liger landed a tilt-a-whirl on El Desperado, while Tiger Mask hit his Tiger Driver on Kanemaru.

    Taichi nailed Liger with his bell hammer.  Taichi landed an enzuigiri to Liger. Taichi did his signature routine of pulling off his own pants. Finally, Liger hit the shotei and tagged in Tenzan.

    Tenzan hit Mongolian chops on Iizuka, who later bit him in the head. Kushida was tagged in, but was outnumbered by Suzuki Gun. Nakaninishi had enough and nailed a an overhead powerslam on two members of the group.

    Kushida locked in the Hoverboard Lock on Taka Michinoku to force the tap.

    Winners: Kushida, Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan

    Tag Team Match: Tomohiro Ishii & Toro Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens

    Takahashi tried slapping Ishii, but it failed miserably. Ishii sent Takahashi crashing to the mat and crawling to Owens for a tag. Owens asked for Yano and his wish was granted.

    Yano went for the padding in the corner, but was kicked by Takahashi. Yano was choked by Takahashi’s walking stick. Yano kicked out of a leg drop.

    Takahashi and Owens doubled teamed Ishii. Owens became the legal man at this point. He landed a knee to Ishii for a near fall. Owens went for the Packagage Piledriver, but couldn’t get it.

    Owens inadvertently cracked Takahashi with a kick. This allowed Ishii to hit the brainbuster for the win.

    Winners: Tomohiro Ishii & Toro Yano

    Never Openweight 6-Man Tag Title Match: Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale (C) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Toa Henare

    Taguchi and Loa got things started. Taguchi’s hip attack had no effect on Loa. He dropkicked Loa low and landed multiple hip attacks with Loa on the bottom rope.

    Now Henare and Tonga were the legal men. Tonga blasted Henare with a dropkick and multiple legdrops. Fale threw Makabe into chairs in the crowd and choked him with a cable.

    Loa landed a Jackhammer on Henare, but Taguchi broke up the pin. Fale was now in and chopped the chest of Henare. Fale charged at Henare in the corner, but missed.

    Makabe was now tagged in. He nailed Fale with his signature punches in the corner. Fale ran into a hip attack from Taguchi. Makabe hit a lariat on Fale, but Loa broke up the pin.

    Henare got a near fall off a top rope shoulder block. Taguchi played coach and sent his teammates to attack Tonga in the cormer. Henare nailed the spear, but Fale broke up the pin.

    Henare barely kicked out of Tonga’s flapjack. He locked in a half nelson submission hold on the ground to force the tap.

    Winners And STILL Never Openweight 6-Man Tag Champions: Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale

    6-Man Tag Match: David Finlay, Juice Robinson & Kota Ibushi vs. Marty Scurll, Hangman Page & Cody

    Finlay and Scurll got the match started. Finlay got a hold of the arm and Scurll couldn’t find a way to break it until hitting a back elbow. He bounced off the rope and ran into a dropkick.

    We now have Cody and Ibushi in the ring. Instead, Cody decided to tag in Page. Ibushi landed a kick to the body and a standing moonsault for a two-count.

    Juice was tagged in and landed some punches. He connected with a spinebuster. Scurll was now the legal man and he ate some punches. Cody distracted Juice and Scurll landed a superplex.

    Cody was tagged in and worked on the leg. Finally Ibushi and Cody were in the ring. They exchanged strikes. Ibushi went for a standing moonsault, but Cody got the knees up. Ibushi got the upperhand and landed a standing corkscrew.

    Cody accidentally nailed Scurll with the Disaster Kick. Juice then landed his axe kick on Ibushi by accident. The bevy of miscommunication continued with Finlay spearing Juice. Page landed Rite of Passage on Finlay for the win.

    Winners: Cody, Mary Scurll & Hangman Page

    Tag Team Match: Will Ospreay and Yoshi-Hashi vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito

    Hiromu and Naito attacked their opponents before the bell rang. Naito hit Yoshi-Hashi with his own stick. Naito wanted Japanese commentator Milano to hit Yoshi-Hashi with the stick.

    Yoshi-Hashi threw Naito into the barricade. Back in the ring, Ospreay was tagged in. Hiromu dropkicked Ospreay in the knee. Naito stomped Yoshi-Hashi in the crowd.

    Naito and Yoshi-Hashi would later be back in the ring. Naito landed his signature dropkick with his opponent in a sitting position. He tagged in Hiromu, but Yoshi-Hashi gained the edge and tagged in Ospreay.

    A hard kick was there for Ospreay. He landed a modified 619. Hiromu landed a dropkick to the knee. Ospreay responded with a dropkick in the corner. Hiromu stopped the momentum with a pop up sitting powerbomb.

    Naito was tagged in, but ate a springboard forearm. Naito went for a top rope hurricanrana, but Ospreay landed on his feet and landed a German suplex.

    With the referee distracted, Naito landed a low blow on Ospreay and pinned the IWGP juniro heavyweight champion.

    Winners: Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito

    After the bout, Naito kept ignoring Yoshi-Hashi and was attacked for it. For the most part, Naito didn’t even bother responding to the attacks in the crowd. In fact, he went back in the ring and posed with Hiromu.

    6-Man Tag Match: Gedo, Hiroki Goto & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bushi, EVIL & Sanada

    Okada and Sanada got the match started. The two canceled each other out and soon we saw Gedo and Bushi in the ring. Goto, Okada, and Goto triple teamed Bushi and did their Chaos pose.

    Gedo tried unmasking Bushi, but Sanada grabbed a hold of his beard. The action spilled to the outside. Sanada trapped Gedo in the Paradise Lock and nailed him with a dropkick.

    Goto was in and he suplexed Bushi on top of EVIL. Goto landed a clothesline on Sanada and tagged in Okada. A DDT was there for the IWGP heavyweight champion.

    Sanada reversed the Rainmaker with a high angle back suplex. Bushi was tagged in and landed a missile dropkick followed by the Bushiroonie. Okada got triple teamed, but Goto broke up the pin attempt.

    Bushi went for the middle rope codebreaker, but was cut off. Okada and Goto teamed up on Bushi. Okada locked in a cobra clutch hold and forced the tap.

    Winners: Gedo, Hiroki Goto & Kazuchika Okada

    After the match, Okada called Sanada into the ring to get him to speak. Sanada got in the ring and threw the mic. Okada chased after Sanada and threw him to the ring post.

    Okada went under the ring and threw a bag inside. Okada nailed Sanada with a tombstone. He shoved Okada bucks in Sanada’s mouth and choked him out with the cobra clutch.

    6-Man Tag Match: Sho, Yoh & Jay White vs. Young Bucks & Kenny Omega

    Jay White wasted little time, taking out Young Bucks and attacking Omega from behind. A big boot was there for Omega. Sho and Yoh were in the ring with the Young Bucks.

    Yoh was triple teamed in the corner with kicks. Omega teased his Terminator dive, but White put a stop to that. Sho and Yoh took out the Bucks with sentons.

    Omega went for a knee, but Yoh pulled his leg. White reluctantly tagged in Sho. Omega was able to bulldog both men. He tagged in Nick Jackson, who dropkicked White and went to town on Sho and Yoh.

    Omega took out Sho, Yoh, and White with snap dragon suplexes. The Bucks and Omega nailed Sho with superkicks. White broke up a sharpshooter on Sho.

    V-Trigger found the mark on Sho. Omega went for a One-Winged Angel, but White interrupted. Bucks went for a Meltzer Driver assisted by Omega on Yoh. They nailed it for the three-count.

    Winners: Kenny Omega & Young Bucks

    After the bout, White nailed Omega with the Blade Runner.

    IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki

    The two were in a feeling out process early in the match. Tanahashi targeted the arm and Suzuki returned the favor. Suzkui actually didn’t cheap shot the champion on a break.

    Suzuki locked in a leg lock. Tanahashi stood up to reverse it into his own submission. The champion stomped the challenger’s leg, but Suzuki laughed. Suzuki connected with a headbutt, followed by his signature armbar using the ropes.

    Suzuki threw the champion into the barricade. He grabbed a chair and attacked Tanahashi with it. The challenger landed some hard kicks to the body. Tanahashi got back in the ring and Suzuki continued his kicking spree.

    They got into a brief chop battle until Suzuki reversed a chop attempt into a Fujiwara armbar. Tanahashi egged Suzuki on to keep kicking him. The champion downed the challenger with a forearm.

    Tanahashi landed a senton off the top rope for a two-count. Suzuki threw his opponent into the corner and landed a big boot. Tanahashi caught a kick, but lost the dragon screw. They engaged in a striking battle that ended with Tanahashi getting the dragon screw.

    Tanahashi locked in the Texas Cloverhold. The challenger was able to get to the bottom rope. Suzuki delivered a dropkick right to the jaw of the champion. He applied the sleeper hold, but was pushed off.

    Tanahashi connected with the slingblade. He went for the crossbody and got it. The champion couldn’t follow up because of the way he landed on his knee.

    The champion struggled to climb the top rope. He went for High Fly Flow, but Suzuki got the knees up. He applied a heel hook. Tanahashi finally got to the bottom rope.

    Suzuki locked in the figure four. Tanahashi rolled over and found the ropes again. Suzuki landed his trademark clap combination. He locked in the sleeper hold and went for the Gotch Piledriver. Tanahashi swept the legs and locked in the Texas Cloverhold.

    Suzuki countered into an inside cradle for a two-count. Tanahashi hit slingblade for a near fall. Tanahashi was dropkicked in the knee. Suzuki once again applied the heel hook. The champion made it to the bottom rope.

    Suzuki shoved referee Red Shoes aside and kicked the champion in the leg numerous times. He went for the Gotch Piledriver again, but hit it this time. Instead of pinning Tanahashi, he locked in the heel hook again.

    The challenger readjusted and applied the heel hook yet again. Red Shoes had seen enough, we have a new IWGP intercontinental champion.

    Winner And NEW IWGP Intercontinental Champion: Minoru Suzuki

    After the match, Tanahashi was taken out on a stretcher. Suzuki talked about his title win to close out the show.

  • MMA News Roundup: Nate Diaz Teases Return, Two ‘Super Fights’ in July?

    MMA News Roundup: Nate Diaz Teases Return, Two ‘Super Fights’ in July?

    After some inactivity, we have returned for a new roundup post, recapping the top stories in mixed martial arts this week. We’re highlighting the top three stories from the week that have created quite a buzz.

    Visit our affiliate site MMANews.com for all the latest news, results and interviews from the world of mixed martial arts.

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    Nate Diaz Teases Return to MMA Competition

    The Diaz brothers are tough to crack. Nick and Nate have made it clear that they beat to their own drum and want to get paid what they feel they’re worth. It’s the main reason why Nate Diaz hasn’t fought since his rematch with Conor McGregor back in August 2016.

    Last year, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) tried booking Diaz vs. Eddie Alvarez, but the Stockton native was having none of it. In a recent Instagram post, Diaz said the fight game needed to be shaken up again. He then said, “see you around May, June.”

    Demetrious Johnson
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    Demetrious Johnson Aims For ‘Super Fight’ With TJ Dillashaw in July

    It’s possible that we’ll be seeing two champions collide to close out International Fight Week this year. Johnson is the reigning UFC flyweight champion, who broke Anderson Silva’s record for most successful consecutive title defenses in the promotion. Now, “Mighty Mouse” is eyeing the big money fight.

    TJ is the UFC bantamweight title holder, who has been pushing for a flyweight title bout with Johnson. During a recent MetroPCS Q&A session, Johnson said that rotator cuff surgery went well and he’s been recovering nicely. If recovery continues to go well, Johnson is hoping to meet Dillashaw in July.

    Cris Cyborg Claims to Have Agreed to Bout With Amanda Nunes

    Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s featherweight title holder Cris Cyborg made some waves this week. She took to her Instagram account and posted a photoshopped image of her facing off with women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. She claimed to have agreed to the bout for UFC 226.

    Nunes’ girlfriend Nina Ansaroff denied that a bout agreement was offered to “The Lioness.” Cyborg and Nunes have expressed interest in the “super fight” and have insisted that it isn’t a personal issue. They claim to show interest for the spirit of competition.

    That does it for this week’s MMA News roundup. Tomorrow night (Jan. 27), UFC on FOX 27 will take place. The main event features a rematch between Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Derek Brunson. Stick with MMANews.com for live coverage of the event.

  • NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania Results (Jan. 22): Kawato’s Farewell Before Excursion

    NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania Results (Jan. 22): Kawato’s Farewell Before Excursion

    New Japan Pro Wrestling and CMLL are live today (Jan. 22) for the final Fantastica Mania event of 2018.

    The action takes place live inside Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It begins at 4:30 a.m. ET. SEScoops has you covered with live results from today’s Fantastic Mania card. Big stars are set to appear such as Tetsuya Naito, Rush, Gran Guerrero, Volador Jr. and many more.

    Peep the live results below:

    Tag Team Match: Rysuke Taguchi & Fuego vs. Disturbio & Puma

    Fuego faked out Distrubio numerous times and landed a springboard arm drag. Disturbio and Puma doubled teamed Fuego. At some point, Taguchi landed a senton to the outside on Puma. The match ended with Fuego getting the la magistral pin on Disrubio.

    Winners: Ryusuke Taguchi & Fuego

    Eight-Man Tag Match: Kushida, Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger & Star Jr. vs. Sho, Yoh, Rocky Romero & Okumura

    Romero did his clothesline in the corner spot to Kushida. Eventually Sho, Yoh and Okumura were mad at Romero for hogging the spotlight. Okumura’s manager slapped Romero. She went for her own clothesline on Kushida but missed and was inadvertently hit by Romero and Okumura.

    Kushida nailed Okumura’s manager with a suplex. Okumura eventually got the pin on Star Jr.

    Winners: Sho, Yoh, Rocky Romero & Okumura

    Third Place Tournament Tag Match: Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja vs. Cuatrero & Sanson

    Cuatrero and Sanson went on the attack, focusing on Roja. They did a double dropkick, but de Oro broke up the pin. Roja and de Oro locked in submissions.

    Roja was placed on the top corner, he landed his face buster on Cuatrero. Sanson made the save, but then he was place on the top. He grabbed de Oro and landed a torture rack to spinout powerbomb for the win.

    Winners: Cuatrero & Sanson

    Tag Match: Hirai Kawato & Atlantis vs. Gedo & Barbaro Cavernario

    This is Kawato’s farewell match before going on an excursion. Gedo and Barbaro tried unmasking Atlantis, but Kawato made the save. The action spilled into the crowd.

    Gedo threw Kawato into a chair. Back in the ring, Barbaro landed his slingshot reverse splash. Kawato was fighting back, but Gedo cut him off.

    Finally, Kawato was able to make the tag. Atlantis hit Gedo with a forearm and Kawato nailed Barbero with a springboard dropkick. He then landed a beautiful over the top rope senton.

    Kawato landed a hurricanrana from the top rope.  Barbero submitted Kawato with La Cavernaria.

    Winners: Gedo & Barbaro Cavernario

    Six-Man Tag Match: Drone, Soberano Jr & Volador Jr vs. Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito

    Los Ingobernables de Japon attacked their opponents before the bell. Volador Jr. landed a hurricanrana on Naito. Later on, Naito tried unmasking Soberano Jr.

    Hiromu and Bushi teamed up on Volador Jr. Soberano Jr. landed a spinning crossbody on Hiromu and Bushi. Hiromu and Soberano Jr. engaged in a chop battle.

    Another chop battle ensued. This time with Bushi and Drone. Volador Jr. landed a missile dropkick on Naito. They all dove on LIJ on the outside. Back in the ring, Bushi was able to pin Drone with the Bushi Roll.

    Winners: Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito

    Singles Match: Rush vs. Satoshi Kojima

    The two brawled right away. They went back-and-forth with chops. Neither man could get the edge with shoulder blocks. Rush took Kojima down with a dropkick. Rush kept slamming his opponent’s head on the announce desk and then choked him with cable wires.

    Rush grabbed a chair and nailed Kojima right on the head. Rush even grabbed his shirt and choked Kojima with it. With Kojima seated in the corner, he gave him a kick slap.

    Rush copied Kojima’s chops, which of course never end well. Kojima ended up nailing his chops in the corner. Kojima planted Rush with a DDT on the outside.

    Rush ran right into a lariat inside the ring, but Kojima’s leg wouldn’t allow him to make the cover. He went for another, but Rush countered it into his Rush Driver for the win.

    After the match, Naito, Hiromu and Bushi joined Rush for an LIJ pose.

    Winner: Rush

    Tournament Tag Final Match: Dragon Lee & Mistico vs. Gran Guerrero & Ultimo Guerrero

    Ultimo looked to wear down Mistico with submission holds. Mistico got out of danger and arm dragged his opponent. Dragon Lee was tagged in and he was facing Gran.

    The numbers game was too much for Lee and Misitco met the same fate. They slammed him down from the top rope. Lee fought back and took out Ultimo. Mistico then landed a hurricanrana on Gran. Lee and Mistico dove on their opponents on the outside.

    Mistico went up through the crowd and leaped off to hit Ultimo with a hurricanrana. In the ring, Lee and Gran had a chop battle. Lee eventually just hit a German suplex.

    Mistico was nailed by Ultimo’s front suplex from the top for a near fall. Misitco went for a hurricanrana off the top rope, but received a powerbomb for his efforts.

    Lee and Gran were back in the ring. Gran hit a modified suplex for a two-count. He then connected with a standing side slam. Lee hit the C-4. They had a chop off once again.

    Ultimo nailed Mistico with a reverse DDT from the top for the win.

    Winners: Gran Guerrero & Ultimo Guerrero

    After the bout, the CMLL participants of the Fantasticamania tour came out to celebrate the end. Kawato said a few words before his excursion. Ultimo Guerrero then gave his thoughts on the tour. Everyone posed to end the show.

  • NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania Results (Jan. 21): Did an NWA Title Change Hands?

    NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania Results (Jan. 21): Did an NWA Title Change Hands?

    New Japan Pro Wrestling and CMLL are live today (Jan. 21) for another Fantastica Mania event.

    The action takes place live inside Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The action begins at 4:30 a.m. ET. SEScoops has you covered with live results from today’s Fantastic Mania card. Big stars are set to appear such as Tetsuya Naito, Rush, Gran Guerrero, Volador Jr. and many more.

    Peep the live results below:

    Tag Team Match: Star Jr. & Drone vs. Distrubio & Puma

    It didn’t take long for Distrubio to bite Drone’s fingers. Drone was able to get him to the outside. Now Star Jr. and Puma were in the ring. Following some counters, Puma locked in a surfboard stretch.

    After some impressive mat work, the two shook hands much to the dismay of Disturbio. He was having none of it as he chopped Drone. Disturbio and Puma double teamed Star Jr.

    When the referee wasn’t looking, Disturbio bit Star Jr’s nipple. Puma landed a powerbomb from the top rope. Eventually, Puma was able to get a la magistral pin on Drone for the three-count.

    Winners: Disturbio & Puma

    Six-Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Fuego & Soberano Jr. vs. Roppongi 3K (Soh & Yoh) & Okumura

    Things got started with Fuego and Okumura. Fuego kept faking out his opponent before landed a springboard arm drag. Soberano Jr. went to shake Soh’s hand, but was kicked in the midsection instead.

    Soberano Jr. hit a springboard hurricanrana. He went for a dive on the outside, but Rocky Romero grabbed his legs. He received a hurricanrana for his efforts.

    Taguchi and Yoh enter the ring to compete. Yoh shoved and ducked Taguchi so he kept running the ropes. Eventually, Taguchi just flopped to the canvas.

    Taguchi went on a rampage with his funky weapon.  Even Romero was a victim. Okumura’s manager got involved and had her own buttocks bitten. She got the ultimate revenge with an atomic drop and some slaps to the funky weapon for good measure.

    Five of the six men were involved in a tower of doom spot. Fuego was the exception and he frog splashed Yoh for a two-count. Taguchi and Fuego did over the top rope sentons to Soh and Yoh, leaving Soberano Jr. and Okumura in the ring.

    Soberano Jr. hit a spinning crossbody from the top rope for the win.

    Winners: Ryusuke Taguchi, Fuego & Soberano Jr.

    Eight-Man Tag Match: Hirai Kowato, Kushida, Atlantis & Satoshi Kojima vs. Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Rush

    Kowato, Kojima, Atlantis and Kushida attacked their opponents before the bell rang. The action spilled to the outside. Kojima chopped Bushi and Rush in the corner. Soon Takahashi met the same fate. Los Ingobernables began to take over.

    Rush held the referee over the top rope due to a near fall. He used his shirt to choke Kojima. All of Los Ingobernables stomped on Kojima then posed.

    Los Ingobernables kept hitting each other inadvertently. Kushida hit a DDT on Bushi followed by an armbar. Kowato was tagged in and hit a hurricanrana on Hiromu.  Kowato got massacred with chops, but he returned fire with ones of his own. Hiromu broke some skin with his chops on Kowato.

    Rush was nailed with a dropkick. Kowato then took out Bushi. He went for a tag to Kojima, but he was pulled down. Rush drilled Kowato with Martillo Negro for the fall

    Winners: Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Rush

    After the match, Kojima and Rush went after each other with chairs. They brawled to the backstage area.

    INTERMISSION

    Tournament Tag Match: Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja vs. Gran Guerrero & Ultimo Guerrero

    Ultimo and de Oro got things started. Ultimo stopped the action to take his mask off and de Oro teased doing the same. Ultimo applied a stretch hold, but de Oro reversed it into an STF.

    Roja and Gran entered the ring. Gran applied a leg lock, but Roja countered with a reverse hurricanrana. Gran hit a standing side slam.

    Gran and Ultimo double teamed Roja, but de Oro made the save. A suicide dive landed for de Oro, while Roja hit a senton over the top rope.

    Ultimo hit a front suplex from the top rope on de Oro for a near fall. A springboard moonsault connected for de Oro. Ultimo held Roja in a tombstone position and just face planted him from the top rope for the win.

    Winners: Gran Guerrero & Ultimo Guerrero

    Tournament Tag Match: Mistico & Dragon Lee vs. Cuatrero & Sanson

    Dragon Lee and Mistico immediately went after their opponents. Mistico nailed Cuatrero with a hard chop. Sanson was tagged in and eventually he and Cuatrero double teamed Mistico.

    Sanson tried to unmask Mistico. With Sanson’s legs caught on the top rope, Mistico landed a springboard hurricanrana.

    The teams engaged in a chop fest. This ended in Sanson and Cuatrero landing big boots followed by suicide dives. Lee planted Cuatrero with a reverse hurricanrana, but Sanson broke up the pin.

    Inside the ring, Mistico was able to force the submission on Sanson with La Mística.

    Winners: Mistico & Dragon Lee

    NWA World Historic Welterweight Title Match: Volador Jr. (C) vs. Barbaro Cavernario

    Volador Jr. gave the challenger a little slap early in the match. The champion went for a springboard, but was cut off. Cavernario used a chair to land his slingshot reverse splash on the outside.

    Volador Jr. hit a plancha hurricanrana. Cavernario landed a front dropkick from the top rope. The champion scored a suicide dive. He followed that up with a senton.

    Cavernario cut off Volador Jr’s springboard with his own springboard dropkick. He connected with his slingshot springboard reverse splash.

    Volador Jr. launched the challenged with a hurricanrana from the top rope. The champion hit a springboard moonsault to the outside. Cavernario later landed a frog splash to the outside.

    Volador Jr. landed the C-4 from the top rope, but couldn’t get a three-count. The champion landed a running Canadian Destroyer to retain his title.

    Winner And STILL NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion: Volador Jr.

  • NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania Results (Jan. 19): New Champion Crowned

    NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania Results (Jan. 19): New Champion Crowned

    New Japan Pro Wrestling and CMLL are live today (Jan. 19) for their Fantastica Mania event.

    The action takes place live inside Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The action begins at 4:30 a.m. ET. SEScoops has you covered with live results from today’s Fantastic Mania card. Big stars are set to appear such as Tetsuya Naito, Rush, Gran Guerrero, and many more.

    Peep the live results below:

    Singles Match: Fuego vs. Okumura

    The two wasted little time getting the action started and Fuego did a dive on Okumura early on. Fuego began dancing in front of Okumura’s manager. She grabbed Fuego to set up a double team, but Okumura slapped her! He quickly gave her a hug afterwards.

    Fuego ended up hitting a springboard to the outside on Okumura. They went back into the ring and that’s where Fuego’s fate was sealed, as he was hit with the Okumura Special and couldn’t kick out.

    Winner: Okumura

    Eight-Man Tag Match: Hirai Kawato, Star Jr., Dragon Lee & Satoshi Kojima vs. Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Rush

    LIJ immediately attacked their opponents. Naito went after an NJPW commentator and choked him out with a scarf. He then gently put him back in his seat. The commentator became enraged and shoved Naito, who attacked him from behind and slammed him his head on the announce table.

    When some order was restored, Rush and Kojima were in the ring. Naito went for a double team, but Rush inadvertently hit him. Star Jr. hit an impressive springboard on Rush. Eventually, LIJ ganged up on Star Jr. Rush ripped off part of Star Jr’s mask, while Naito went for the rest of it.

    Kowato tried saving his partner from the beating, but Naito hit an enzuigiri and a neckbreaker. Finally, Star Jr. was able to tag in Dragon Lee. He took out Bushi and kicked the legal man, Takahashi in the head. The two engaged in their classic chop battle. As is often the case, Lee won that battle.

    Amazing athleticism was on display as they found creative ways to counter each other with German suplexes. Takahashi nailed Lee with his signature overhead throw to the corner. Rush mocked Kojima’s corner chops, which was a mistake as Kojima hit the signature move three times for good measure.

    Eventually, Kowato and Bushi were in the ring. Kowato was on a roll as he hit Bushi with a hurricanrana and took out Naito with a back elbow. Kowato got an edge in a chop battle, but was hit with a backdrop. Bushi locked in a Boston crab to force the tap.

    Winners: Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Rush

    After the match, LIJ took out Dragon Lee. Rush laid out Star Jr. with a chair shot to the head. They brought Kojima in the ring and Rush slammed a chair on his leg.

    Eight-Man Tag Match: Drone, Volador Jr., Mistico & Atlantis vs. Disturbio, Puma, Barbaro Cavernario & Ultimo Guerrero

    Before the match began, Disturbio got in a little chop to the back of Mistico, who wasn’t amused. Drone and Disturbio got the match started. Quickly, Mistico and Ultimo Guerrero were in the ring. They had a little pose off to see who would get a better reaction.

    The two kept countering each other with their mat-based styles. Mistico landed a hurricanrana and faked a dive to the outside. Volador Jr. and Barbaro were now in the ring. Volador Jr. kicked Barbaro, who ended up doing the worm. With Barbaro on the outside, Volador Jr. leaped and landed a hurricanrana. Very smooth.

    Disturbio, Puma, Barbaro, and Guerrero called ganged up on their opponents individually. Mistico landed a springboard hurricanrana. The team teased suicide dives, but their opponent got out of the way. Barbaro went for a slingshot reverse splash, but Volador Jr. got his boots up to counter.

    Puma and Atlantis were in the ring exchanging chops. Atlantis landed a crossbody. He launched Puma to the outside. Disturbio kicked Atlantis and Drone stepped in to send him to the outside. Volador Jr., Drone, and Mistico dove on their opponents to the outside. Atlantis applied Atlantida to Puma to force the tap.

    Winners: Drone, Volador Jr., Mistico & Atlantis

    After the match, Barbaro and Volador Jr. exchanged words ahead of their NWA World Historic welterweight title bout on Sunday (Jan. 21).

    INTERMISSION

    CMLL World Middleweight Title Match: Angel de Oro (C) vs. Cuatrero

    Lots of counters in the early going. Cuatrero connected with a shoulder block. A headlock was applied by the champion. He landed a suicide dive. Cuatrero began to gain the upper hand. He applied a half Boston crab and turned it into a chin lock. The champion made it to the ropes.

    Cuatrero went for an attack in the corner, but de Oro moved and he was sent to the outside. The champion capitalized with a moonsault. A dropkick was there for de Oro, but the challenger kicked out at two. With de Oro on the outside, Cuatrero pulled off a suicide dive.

    Shortly after, Cuatrero was reeling on the outside. This allowed de Oro to hit a handspring over the top rope moonsault. Cuatrero landed a sitdown powerbomb, but de Oro managed to get his shoulder up. The champion went for La Mecedora, but it was countered. Cuatrero then hit a spinning powerbomb for the three count. We have a new champion!

    Winner And NEW CMLL World Middleweight Champion: Cuatrero

    After the match, de Oro took the title and gave it back to Cuatero acknowledging that the better man on this day won.

    Mexican National Welterweight Title Match: Soberano Jr. (C) vs. Sanson

    Soberano Jr. went for a handshake and Sanson was having none of it. The champion connected with a reverse springboard hurricanrana. He then went over the top rope with a moonsault. Soberano Jr. hit a crossbody from the top rope. He went for a hurricanrana, but Sanson countered with a knee to the back.

    Sanson went for a baseball slide, but got his feet stuck in the ropes. This allowed the champion to hit a moonsault from the top rope. A springboard dropkick missed the mark for Soberano Jr. With Sanson on the top rope, the champion went for a hurricanrana. He was reversed into a powerbomb.

    The champion landed a crossbody and nearly got the three count. The challenger landed a knee to the head once the champion got caught in the middle rope. Soberano Jr. went for a springboard move with Sanson on the top rope, but he was caught mid air and planted down. The champion kicked out. He picked his opponent up and hit a move similar to Emerald Flowsion to retain the title.

    Winner And STILL Mexican National Welterweight Champion: Soberano Jr.

    Main Event

    CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title Match: Niebla Roja (C) vs. Gran Guerrero

    The two shook hands and the action was underway. Roja charged in, but was sent over the top rope. Guerrero missed a baseball slide. Roja went dove over the top rope, but was caught and planted with a powerbomb.

    Guerrero went for a baseball slide again, but this time he hit it. A senton over the top rope was there for Guerrero. The champion sent the challenger to the outside and hit a senton of his own. He went for a springboard moonsault, but Guerrero got his knees up. The challenger hit a standing side slam for a two-count.

    The two exchanged running strikes to the corners. Roja hit a spinning forearm for a two-count. With Guerrero on the top rope, Roja pulled off a hurricanrana. The challenger would later lift Roja up from the top rope and slammed him down for a near fall. Roja locked in Campana Invertida, but Guerrero escaped.

    The challenger landed a cross-legged fisherman driver from the top rope and nearly got the three count. Roja landed a facebuster from the top rope to score the win.

    Winner And STILL CMLL Light Heavyweight Champion: Niebla Roja

  • MMA News Roundup: Dana White Threatens to Sue Manny Pacquiao

    MMA News Roundup: Dana White Threatens to Sue Manny Pacquiao

    We’re back with another roundup post, recapping the top stories in mixed martial arts this week. If you missed the second roundup article, you can check that out here.

    Visit our affiliate site MMANews.com for all the latest news, results and interviews from the world of mixed martial arts.

    Dana White
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    Dana White Threatens To Sue Manny Pacquiao

    Late last week, it was reported that boxing Hall of Famer Manny Pacquiao had opened talks for a potential showdown with Conor McGregor. The “Notorious” one was last seen suffering a 10th round TKO loss to Floyd Mayweather. McGregor hasn’t competed inside the Octagon since Nov. 2016.

    The news didn’t sit well with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White. When asked about the report, White said his lawyers would target Pacquiao and his team if negotiations were taking place. Boxing promoter Bob Arum claims McGregor vs. Pacquiao talks died a long time ago.

    Mark Hunt
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    Mark Hunt Cleared To Return, Meets Curtis Blaydes At UFC 221

    Before the bout was announced, MMANews.com was able to confirm the match-up between Mark Hunt and Curtis Blaydes. The two heavyweights are set to clash on Feb. 11 inside the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia. The bout will be part of the UFC 221 card.

    Hunt was supposed to fight Marcin Tybura back in November. An interview where Hunt admitted to slurring his words and losing memory put a halt to those plans. The “Super Samoan” has now been cleared by the UFC.

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    Floyd Mayweather Claims To Have Billion Dollar Offer From UFC

    Floyd Mayweather is never one to shy away from bold claims, but this one in particular is quite far-fetched. During a recent live chat with fans, Mayweather took the time to brag about how much money he has. While that isn’t news, he went on to claim he could fight for the UFC and “make a billion dollars” off a multi-fight deal.

    Mayweather has made it clear that he has a strong past with Dana White. During the buildup to his “money fight” with Conor McGregor, he praised White for his accomplishments as a business man. While the fight industry has shown us that anything is possible, don’t count on seeing Mayweather inside the Octagon.

    That does it for this week’s roundup. Be sure to stick with MMANews.com tomorrow night (Dec. 16) as we’ll be providing live coverage of UFC on FOX: Lawler vs. dos Anjos.

  • MMA News Roundup: GSP Vacates Title, Heavyweight War Next Month

    MMA News Roundup: GSP Vacates Title, Heavyweight War Next Month

    Hey SEScoops readers, it’s Fernando again. In case you missed the first roundup, I’m an editor over at MMANews.com, the affiliate website of SEScoops. Every Friday, I’ll be doing a “roundup” piece recapping the top mixed martial arts news stories of the week.

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    Georges St-Pierre Vacates UFC Middleweight Championship

    Last month, Georges St-Pierre captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title. He submitted Michael Bisping inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. The title bout headlined UFC 217.

    Just one month later, St-Pierre has vacated the gold. “Rush” sighted health issues stemming from his colitis diagnosis. Robert Whittaker is now recognized as the undisputed middleweight champion. He’ll defend the title against Luke Rockhold at UFC 221.

    Stipe Miocic
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    Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou Set For UFC 220

    The most anticipated heavyweight match-up in years is set. UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic will defend his title against Francis Ngannou at UFC 220 inside the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The heavyweight title showdown takes place on Jan. 20.

    Miocic will be looking to set a record for most successful UFC heavyweight title defenses. Ngannou hopes to capture UFC gold for the first time. He’s coming off a thunderous first-round knockout victory over Alistair Overeem.

    Tony Ferguson
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    Tony Ferguson Undergoes Elbow Surgery

    UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson will be sidelined for a while. Back in October, Ferguson captured interim gold against Kevin Lee. “El Cucuy” submitted Lee in the third round of their action-packed bout inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    Ferguson decided to undergo elbow surgery. Khabib Nurmagomedov claimed he was offered a bout against Ferguson at UFC 219 for the interim title. It’s now clear why that bout won’t happen on Dec. 30.

    That’s it for this week’s roundup. Stick with MMANews.com tomorrow night (Dec. 9) as we’ll be providing live coverage of UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega.

  • MMA News Roundup #1: Conor McGregor in Trouble With Cartel?

    MMA News Roundup #1: Conor McGregor in Trouble With Cartel?

    Hello SEScoops readers, my name is Fernando. I’m an editor over at MMANews.com, the affiliate website of SEScoops. Every Friday, I’ll be doing a “roundup” piece recapping the top mixed martial arts news stories of the week.

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    Conor McGregor in Trouble With Dublin Cartel?

    Let’s get started with Conor McGregor. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title holder reportedly found himself in some trouble in Ireland. McGregor allegedly punched an associate of an infamous drug cartel in Dublin. One reporter went as far as to say McGregor’s life could be in danger. McGregor’s father has denied the claims.

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    Chuck Liddell Set to Make a Comeback?

    UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell hasn’t competed since June 2010. He was knocked out in the first round by Rich Franklin. It was “The Iceman’s” third straight knockout loss. UFC President Dana White had seen enough and urged Liddell to retire.

    Fast forward to late 2017 and Liddell dropped a major hint that he’s planning on making a comeback. The former UFC light heavyweight king said he “could fight tomorrow” if the right deal comes along. He then posted a photo of himself in the gym saying he was motivated and “back at it.”

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    Nate Diaz Blasts Dana White And Tyron Woodley

    Stockton native Nate Diaz is amused by UFC President Dana White and welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Rumors swirled that Diaz and Woodley were in talks to have a bout signed for UFC 219 on Dec. 30. Later on, those talks were confirmed by numerous MMA reporters, but they noted a deal was far from done.

    White claimed an employee had made up the whole thing and presented it as a leak to reporters. Woodley said Diaz was too scared to fight him. Diaz fired back by calling both Woodley and White liars and “thirsty bi*ches.”

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