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  • Ric Flair Forces New Promotion To Cancel Debut Event, ROH Star In NXT, Ziggler

    -A new upstart promotion, XSE, was recently forced to cancel their scheduled debut events when WWE Hall Of Famer “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, who was advertised as their main attraction, pulled out of the booking in favor of another show in Virginia.

    -Ring Of Honor wrestler QT Marshall worked the WWE NXT television tapings on Thursday night. Marshall, who recently worked the ROH “Manhattan Mayhem” show, jobbed in a match to NXT star Aiden English. For those interested, full NXT spoiler results for the next four weeks are available on the newsboard.

    -WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler will be making an appearance at the Army National Guard Recruiting Office in Rio Rancho, New Mexico on Sunday, August 25th from 12:30pm-2:30pm. WWE runs Rio Rancho this weekend with a WWE live event.

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  • Part One Of “Steve Austin Show” With Ric Flair, IWGP Jr. Tag-Titles To Be Defended In ROH

    -Part one of the episode of the “Steve Austin Show” everyone has been waiting for is finally available, for free, online. The first installment of a three-hour interview between WWE Hall Of Famers “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair can be heard at PodcastOne.com.

    -ROH recently announced that the IWGP Jr. Tag-Team Titles from New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) will be defended at their “Death Before Dishonor” event on September 20th in Philadelphia.

    ROH issued the following:

    HISTORY IN THE MAKING…
    The IWGP Jr. Tag Titles To Be Defended In Philly!

    It has been over a year since the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles were defended in the United States, coincidentally by The Forever Hooligans during their very first reign as champions. In fact, in the 15 year history of the championships, a Stateside defense is something that has only happened on four occasions. That will change on September 20th when Ring of Honor comes to Philadelphia for “Death Before Dishonor XI”!

    On that night, in a bout officially sanctioned by New Japan Pro Wrestling, the current IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions The Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) will make their third title defense against The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards)!

    “It is an honor to have this IWGP championship match taking place during our Philadelphia event.” said ROH Match Maker Nigel McGuinness, “It will already be an historic night as we crown a brand new World Champion and now, with the addition of this New Japan sanctioned bout, September 20, 2013 will be a night that wrestling fans around the world will remember forever. These are two of the finest tag teams in the world today and if their previous encounters are any indication, this contest could be a show-stealer!”

    The history of these two units is well known. From Rocky & Davey’s championships days together in ROH as part of The No Remorse Corps to their days teaming in New Japan where they also claimed the IWGP Jr. Tag Titles to the athletic rivalry that has sprung up in 2013 between The Wolves and The Hooligans, these four men have proven time and again that tag team wrestling is alive and well in both ROH and NJPW.

    Now, in a rivalry that has been dominated by The Wolves and has already seen the ROH World Tag Team Titles change hands back at “All Star Extravaganza V”, Davey, Eddie, Rocky, and Alex will collide one more time on 9/20 and the prestigious IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles will be on the line! Plus, win or lose, The Hooligans will also be in action on 9/21 as part of the “Ring of Honor Wrestling” TV Tapings!

    “Death Before Dishonor XI” weekend will go down in history as one of the most important in ROH history and with addition of this IWGP Jr. Tag Title match, it just became even more important! Do not miss out as history is made in Philadelphia! Tickets on-sale now!!!

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  • Rampage/Ortiz Make Fun Of Each Other (Video), Maria’s New Blog, Note On Goldust

    -The following is a video of the first official stare down between TNA Impact Wrestling stars Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Tito Ortiz. The clip comes from the Bellator press conference on Monday. In the video, both Rampage and Ortiz, who are friends and former training partners, are goofing around with each other quite a bit, killing a lot of tension that may attempted to be built by TNA in the coming weeks.

    -Former WWE Diva and current Ring Of Honor star Maria Kanellis debuted her new blog on Diva-Dirt.com on Tuesday. The following is a small excerpt from the blog. New blogs will be posted every week on the Diva-Dirt website.

    “In May 2004, after I got home from Australia, I entered into the Diva Search online. See, even though the drug addict fiancee was gone I still watched wrestling. So I entered online and in June I got a call from Howard Finkel and as you know, the rest is history…”

    -Former WWE Superstar Dustin “Goldust” Rhodes announced on Twitter recently that he is accepting bookings for autograph signings, seminars and pro wrestling matches at Drhodesinc@gmail.com.

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  • ROH TV Gets Clearance In Several New Markets, Ric Flair For President, More

    -Mandatory.com recently published a humorous article detailing why WWE Hall Of Famer “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair should be the next President of the United States of America. You can check out the feature online at Mandatory.com.

    -WWE will be making their return to Hidalgo, Texas on September 27th. Tickets go on sale online for the WWE live event in Hidalgo starting this Saturday, August 3rd.

    -Sinclair Broadcasting, the television home for Ring Of Honor, issued the following press release on Monday afternoon:

    BALTIMORE, JULY 29, 2013 — – Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (the “Company” or “Sinclair”) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the stock of Perpetual Corporation and the equity interest of Charleston Television, LLC, both owned and controlled by the Allbritton family (“Allbritton”), for an aggregate purchase price of $985.0 million. The Allbritton stations consist of seven ABC Network affiliates, covering 4.9% of the U.S. TV households, and NewsChannel 8, a 24-hour cable/satellite news network covering the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Completion of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including approval by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) and antitrust clearance, as applicable. The Company anticipates that the transaction will close and fund in the fourth quarter of 2013, subject to the satisfaction of the closing conditions. The Company expects to fund the purchase price at closing through a bank loan and/or by accessing the capital markets.

    To comply with FCC local television ownership rules, Sinclair expects to sell the license and certain related assets of its existing stations in Birmingham, AL – WABM (MNT) and WTTO (CW), Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York, PA – WHP (CBS), and Charleston, SC – WMMP (MNT) and to provide sales and other non-programming support services to each of these stations pursuant to customary shared services and joint sales agreements.

    The Allbritton stations to be owned and operated are:

    Station Affil. Market DMA(1)
    WJLA ABC Washington, DC 8
    WBMA ABC Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Anniston, AL (2) 42
    WCFT ABC Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Anniston, AL(2) 42
    WJSU ABC Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Anniston, AL(2) 42
    WHTM ABC Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York, PA 43
    KATV ABC Little Rock/Pine Bluff, AR 56
    KTUL ABC Tulsa, OK 59
    WSET ABC Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA 68
    WCIV ABC Charleston, SC 98

    (1) Represents television designated market areas according to the Nielsen Company. The numbers in the column represent the ranking in terms of size of the DMA out of the 210 generally recognized DMAs in the United States.

    (2) WJSU and WCFT, along with associated low-power station WBMA, simulcast all local and network programming to the combined market.

    In addition, the Company will acquire Allbritton’s NewsChannel 8, the region’s only 24-hour local cable/satellite news network dedicated to covering news, weather, sports and local information to over 2 million households in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

    “We are thrilled to add the Allbritton properties to our growing portfolio and national footprint,” commented David Smith, President and CEO of Sinclair. “To buy a full-blown news operation in our nation’s capital and an infrastructure that allows us to be connected to our branches of government and be at the pulse of national issues is a once-in-a lifetime event. We are especially excited to acquire the NewsChannel 8 local news channel, not only for the content it can provide our existing news stations, but moreover because their regional cable presence provides the perfect platform should we decide to expand it into other markets, especially given the amount of local news we produce across our entire portfolio.”

    Including the Allbritton station acquisitions, all previously announced acquisitions, and pro forma for expected synergies, the Company’s 2011 and 2012 net broadcast revenues would have been $1.609 billion and $1.865 billion, respectively. The $985.0 million purchase price represents an 8.7x multiple of the average 2011-2012 cash flow including $21.5 million of operating synergies, which excludes any synergies associated with rolling out a national news cable channel. At an 8.5x enterprise to cash flow multiple, the additional synergies create approximately $1.83 of added equity value.

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  • (Spoilers) ROH TV Taping Results For The Next Four Weeks Of Shows

    Ring Of Honor taped the next four weeks of television on Saturday, July 27th in Providence, Rhode Island. Below are quick-match spoiler results for all four shows.

    -Dark Match: Slyck Wagner Brown def Rocco Caprice

    -Bobby Cruise asked the crowd not to flip the bird during these tapings, as they will air on television starting next week.

    Episode One

    -Adrenaline Rush def 3.0 when ACH pinned Matthews with the cradle DDT

    -Nigel McGuinness cuts a promo in the ring about the ROH World Title tournament. reDRagon comes out and says the Proving Ground match later tonight with the Forever Hooligans should be for the ROH Tag-Team Titles. The American Wolves come out and they agree.

    -QT Marshall was added to the ROH Qualifier match with Young and Page.

    -Silas Young def Adam Page and QT Marshall when Young rolled Marshall up for the pin to earn himself a spot in the tournament

    -ROH Tag-Team Titles: Forever Hooligans def reDRagon when Rocky Romero pinned Kyle O’Reilly to become the new ROH Tag-Team Champions

    Episode Two

    -Mike “The Prodigy” Bennett (with Maria Kanellis) def “Brutal” Bob Evans

    -MsChif def Jessie Brooks

    -“Mr. Wrestling” Kevin Steen, “Sicilian Psychopath” Tommaso Ciampa & “Unbreakable” Michael Elgin def BJ Whitmer & The American Wolves when Elgin pinned Davey Richards following an Elgin-bomb

    Episode Three

    -Brian Fury def Vinny Marseglia, Todd Hanson and Kongo in a Four Corner Survival match

    -Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander def #PartyBoys when they hit The Overtime on Middeaux for the pinfall

    -ROH World Title Tournament (First Round Match): Jay Lethal def Sonjay Dutt when he hit him with the Lethal Injection after a big super kick to the back of Dutt’s head for the pin

    Episode Four

    -ROH TV Title: Matt Taven (with Truth & Seleziya Sparx) def Brian Fury to retain the title

    -Elgin cuts a promo saying the rest of the wrestlers should be worried about him, even if they may be 16 of the best wrestlers in the world. Steen comes out. Elgin says Steen won’t beat him. Bennett comes out. Bennett says all he sees is the past of ROH, he is the future. Ciampa then came out. Ciampa says he will be the next ROH Champion. Officials end up having to separate everyone.

    -ROH World Title Tournament (First Round Match): “Machine Gun” Karl Anderson def ACH in a good match with the Ace Crusher

    -ROH World Title Tournament (First Round Match): Adam Cole def Mark Briscoe after making a heel turn at the end of the match. Cole finished Briscoe off with the Jay Driller for the pin to advance to the second round of the tournament

    -McGuinness told Briscoe to get his head checked out so he could return to ROH. McGuinness then thanked all of the fans in Providence for coming out to the tapings, and promised ROH would return to their city soon.

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  • New ROH Champions Crowned On Saturday, Matt Hardy/Reby Sky Wedding Update

    -The Forever Hooligans, Rocky Romero and Alex Koslov, won the Ring Of Honor World Tag-Team Titles at the ROH television taping in Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday. Romero and Koslov, who are already the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight World Tag-Team Champions, defeated Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish in a great 15-minute match to become the first tag-team in quite a while to hold major championships in two different top organizations simultaneously.

    Check out our full ROH spoiler report for the next four weeks of shows at the following link: (Spoilers) ROH TV Taping Results For The Next Four Weeks Of Shows

    -Speaking of Ring Of Honor, current ROH wrestler Matt Hardy held an “Ask Matt” Q&A on his official Twitter account late Saturday evening. Hardy was asked a lot of typical questions, such as if it’s possible he’ll ever return to WWE. Hardy stated that it was possible. He was asked who he felt the most underrated workers were in WWE today. Hardy mentioned Antonio Cesaro and Drew McIntyre as two guys who he felt were underrated. Hardy was also asked when he and Reby Sky will be getting married. Hardy said the two will tie the knot on October 5th, and even linked to an official website completely dedicated to Hardy and Sky’s upcoming wedding. Check out the full Hardy Q&A on his official Twitter page (@MATTHARDYBRAND).

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  • Updated Destination X Themed Impact Wrestling Lineup, Big Tag-Team Returns To ROH

    -Ring Of Honor issued the following:

    ROH Match Maker NIGEL MCGUINNESS just made a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT at ROH’s Live Event in Milwaukee …. NICK & MATT JACKSON, THE YOUNG BUCKS return to ROH Sat, August 3rd in Toronto, Ontario

    The Young Bucks will be part of ROH’s ALL STAR EXTRAVAGANZA V, Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 from the Historic former Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. To purchase tickets visit: ROHWrestling.com.

    -The following is an updated lineup for next Thursday’s Destination X themed edition of TNA Impact Wrestling on Spike TV:

    –Bully Ray vs. Chris Sabin (World Heavyweight Title)

    –Main Event Mafia vs. Aces & 8’s (Non-Sanctioned Fight)

    –Bobby Roode vs. Austin Aries (Bound For Glory Series Match)

    –Qualifying matches will begin to determine a new TNA X-Division Champion

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  • Another Top ROH Star To WWE?, Ryback’s New Gimmick, WWE Developmental

    -Ring Of Honor wrestler Rhett Titus appeared on Monday’s WWE RAW in a backstage segment that also featured Vickie Guerrero, Vince McMahon and Brad Maddox.

    While Titus has not yet signed with WWE, he was booked last week to come to this week’s television tapings for his official tryout.

    -On the WWE App during Monday’s WWE RAW, Ryback attacked Justin Gabriel from behind. Ryback then furthered his new complaining gimmick by noting to Gabriel after attacking him that he is no a whiner, not a complainer and “Cryback” is not his name.

    -According to one source, there is talk of at least one WWE developmental talent debuting on WWE television soon, besides the members of The Wyatt Family, who debuted this past Monday night on WWE RAW.

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    [Partial Credit: PWInsider.com]

  • Briscoe Talks About Appearing At WWE Live Event, TNA Impact Wrestling Rating

    -Ring Of Honor wrestler Jay Briscoe recently responded to a tweet from WWE Superstar Justin Gabriel regarding he and brother Mark Briscoe’s appearance in the front row of the WWE live event in Ocean City, Maryland on Saturday night. Briscoe wrote, “Thanks for having us. My son had a blast.” Follow more Jay Briscoe tweets on Twitter @jaybriscoe84.

    -The TNA Impact Wrestling final cable rating for this past Thursday night was a 0.78, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 0.78 final number marks a decrease from the previous week’s 0.91 rating. Impact Wrestling averaged 1.053 million viewers, down from the 1.108 million viewers the show averaged the previous week.

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  • Two Top ROH Names To Sign With WWE?, Former WWE Star Arrested

    -Former WWE developmental talent Jiro was arrested in Japan on June 20th on charges that he used his cellular telephone to take photographs up the skirts of random women.

    -Both Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards’ Ring Of Honor contracts will expire on August 1st. According to reports, there is at least “some interest” on the part of WWE in recruiting both guys. According to one report, former WWE Superstar Sean “X-Pac” Waltman recommended both wrestlers to current WWE officials.

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    [Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter]