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• Danny Burch Receives Medical Attention Following WWE UK Tournament Match (Video), Did You Enjoy Night One of the Tournament?

  14-01-2017 23:28 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Did You Enjoy Night One of the Tournament?
  Night one of the WWE United Kingdom Championship tournament has concluded, and WZ wants to know what you thought of the show.
  We also want to know who you think will become the first ever WWE UK Champion, so vote in the poll below and sound off with your opinions in the comment section!Did You Enjoy Night One of the #WWEUKCT?
  — WrestleZone.com (@WRESTLEZONEcom) January 14, 2017Danny Burch Receives Medical Attention Following WWE UK Tournament Mat
  
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• Triple H Reacts to “Jesus” UK Tournament Crowd Chant, Wolfgang Talks Getting the UK Tournament Call From WWE, Meeting William Regal

  14-01-2017 23:18 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Triple H Reacts to “Jesus” UK Tournament Crowd Chant
  As seen during today’s WWE UK Tournament, during the Saxon Huxley vs. Sam Gradwell match, the crowd referred to Huxley as “Jesus” and Triple H tweeted the following reaction:That’s one of the more interesting chants I’ve heard from a crowd… #WWEUKCT @WWENetwork
  — Triple H (@TripleH) January 14, 2017Wolfgang Talks Getting the UK Tournament Call From WW
  
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• Watch Triple H Open the WWE UK Tournament, Controversial Headbutt Creates Tournament Chaos, Why Trent Seven is Favored to Win (Videos)

  14-01-2017 23:11 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WWE has released the following videos from night 1 of the WWE UK tournament:
  A controversial headbutt creates chaos: WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament:See why Trent Seven is a favorite to win it all: WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament:Triple H kicks off the beginning of a new empire: WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament:
  The post Watch Triple H Open the WWE UK Tournament, Controversial Headbutt Creates Tournament Chaos, Why Trent Seven is Favored to Win (Videos) appeared
  
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• Second Round Matches Set For WWE UK Championship Tournament, Big Names & Legends In Attendance At Tonight’s Show

  14-01-2017 23:11 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Trent Seven, Jordan Devlin, Sam Gradwell, “The Bruiserweight” Pete Dunne, Wolfgang, Joseph Conners, Mark Andrews and Tyler Bate all advanced to the second round of the WWE UK Championship Tournament tonight in Blackpool, England.
  Tomorrow’s show, which is also live on the WWE Network at the same time and place, will feature seven matches in total, with all four quarter-final matches, the semi-finals and of course the finals to crown the first ever WWE UK Champion.
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• First Round WWE UK Tournament Match Ends In Blood & Controversy, Emotional William Regal Returns To Blackpool (Video)

  14-01-2017 21:54 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Controversial Start to UK Tournament
  There was a somewhat controversial finish to the second match of tonight’s WWE UK Championship Tournament between Jordan Devlin and Danny Burch. Devlin caught his opponent with a kick to the back of the head, ripping a pretty nasty gash in the back of his head causing immediate and profuse amounts of blood. When he made the cover, the referee counted three despite Burch arguably getting his shoulder up before the third count.
  After the match, Devlin &n
  
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• First Round UK Tournament Match Ends In Blood & Controversy, Emotional William Regal Returns To Blackpool (Video)

  14-01-2017 21:54 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Controversial Start to UK Tournament
  There was a somewhat controversial finish to the second match of tonight’s WWE UK Championship Tournament between Jordan Devlin and Danny Burch. Devlin caught his opponent with a kick to the back of the head, ripping a pretty nasty gash in the back of his head causing immediate and profuse amounts of blood. When he made the cover, the referee counted three despite Burch arguably getting his shoulder up before the third count.
  After the match, Devlin &n
  
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• No. 9 Mizzou rolls over No. 7 Cornell in 25-11 win

  14-01-2017 21:15
  
  Three bonus points wins for the Tigers push them past the Big Red. 
  
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• Classic WWE Talk Show Returning To Smackdown Live This Week, WWE Announcer Explores Blackpool, Closer Look at UK Championship

  14-01-2017 20:36 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WWE Announcer Explores Blackpool
  In the video featured above, WWE announcer Charly Caruso explores Blackpool, England and visits the highest point in the city, giving some interesting facts about the area prior to tonight’s WWE UK Championship Tournament.
  Closer Look at UK Championship
  Speaking of Charly Caruso, the WWE announcer is also featured in the video below, getting a closer look at the brand new WWE UK Championship, which will be awarded to the very first champion this weekend.
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• WWE UK Championship Tournament Night 1 Results LIVE IN PROGRESS, JOIN THE DISCUSSION, USE #WRESTLEZONE

  14-01-2017 19:15 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWWE UK Championship Tournament Night 1 Results
  January 14th, 2017
  Report By Joshua Lopez for WrestleZone.com
  – For our US WZ Readers, the tournament will begin on the WWE Network
  
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• WWE UK Championship Tournament Night 1 Results (1/14): Mark Andrews Shines, Tucker vs Bate, Who’s Advancing To The Second Round?

  14-01-2017 19:15 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWWE UK Championship Tournament Night 1 Results
  January 14th, 2017
  Report By Joshua Lopez for WrestleZone.com
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• WWE Releases Video of Blackpool Buzzing Ahead of Tonight’s WWE UK Title Tournament, Triple H Arrives at Tournament Venue (Photo)

  14-01-2017 18:28 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Triple H Arrives at Tournament Venue
  As seen below, Triple H has arrived at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England, the site of the WWE UK Title tournament kicking off today at 3pm EST:The calm before the storm.Tonight the #EmpressBallroom will be LOUD. Excited for you all to see it. #WWEUK pic.twitter.com/1W0HySiwhi
  — Triple H (@TripleH) January 14, 2017WWE Releases Video of Blackpool Buzzing Ahead of Tonight’s UK Title Tournament
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• Who Should The Undertaker Face At WrestleMania 33?

  14-01-2017 18:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
  The Undertaker’s Possible Opponents at WrestleMania 32
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  Speculation and rumors are running rampant these past few weeks with The Undertaker. Much like every year in January, we begin to guess and predict who The Undertaker will face on the stage that he has made grand over the past 25 years. As we near the end of the road for “The Deadman,” there are only a few matches left that fans would love to see with him. The question will always remain the same,
  
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• More on Why Vince McMahon Scrapped Undertaker vs Cena at WrestleMania, Big Ring of Honor Title Match Announced, Full Match Video

  14-01-2017 17:42 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Big Ring of Honor Title Match Announced
  Following Adam Cole’s ROH Title win at Wrestle Kingdom 11, Ring of Honor has announced Adam Cole vs Bobby Fish will take place at the Manhattan Mayhem VI event on March 4th. Will Ospreay vs Dragon Lee has also been announced for the big event.
  Below is ROH’s latest “Future of Honor” video:
  More on Why Vince McMahon Scrapped Undertaker vs Cena at WrestleMania
  As noted, John Ce
  
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• NWA Tag Team Legend Says He Would Do Better With WWE Raw If He Had ‘Vince’s Billions’, Talks Disconnect in Pro Wrestling Today and More

  14-01-2017 17:34 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Former NWA U.S. Tag Team Champion Bobby Fulton of the legendary Fantastics was the latest guest on the Pancakes and Powerslams Show. Fulton had much to say about the disconnect in the current WWE product, and how he would do better with Vince’s “billions” than WWE is right now.
  Here are the highlights:
  On the lost element of Heroes versus Villains:
  “You can watch just about every Monday Night Raw and not see people [stomping, cheering, and booing]. It’s just like a
  
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• Kliq Reunion Added to WrestleCon, More Details on Fight Network Airing Wrong Impact Episode, Backstage Talk on TNA Management

  14-01-2017 17:29 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Source: PWInsider.com
  More Details on Fight Network Airing Wrong Impact Episode
  As noted, despite being owned by Anthem, The Fight Network in Canada aired the wrong episode of Impact Wrestling this week. Word is that the file sent to Fight Network containing the episode was corrupted. The Fight Network later played the correct episode of Impact Wrestling after they were sent a new file, and in the meantime played a repeat episode of Impact.
  Backstage Talk on TNA
  
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• WWE Top 10: Incredible Superstar Tests of Strength (Video), New Wrestling Series To Debut On Spike TV In Europe, Special Airs This Month

  14-01-2017 17:18 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE Top 10
  WWE has posted the following Top 10 video featuring incredible tests of strengths. You can watch the video below:
   
  New Wrestling Series In Europe
  Five Star Wrestling will be debuting on Spike TV in Great Britain. Drew Galloway made the announcement today and there will be a live special airing at the end of the month. Those featured on the show are Rey Mysterio Nr., John Morrison, Jay Lethal and much more. Galloway said that there will also be
  
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• Interesting Stat on Roman Reigns Winning PWI “Most Hated”, Michelle McCool on The “Little Things” Undertaker Does For Her (Photo)

  14-01-2017 16:47 via wrestlezone.com
  
  (Photo by Ron ElkmanSports Imagery/Getty Images)
  Interesting Stat on Roman Reigns Winning PWI’s “Most Hated” Award
  As we noted earlier this week, WWE star Roman Reigns was voted the “Most Hated” wrestler of the year in Pro Wrestling Illustrated 2016 awards.
  The publication noted this is the first time in the magazine’s history that a babyface was voted “Most Hated” wrestler of the year. Below is an excerpt from the publication’s blu
  
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• WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament Begins Today, Final Tournament Bracket and WZ Live Coverage Details

  14-01-2017 16:39 via wrestlezone.com
  
  The two day WWE United Kingdom Championship tournament kicks off today at 3pm EST, and WZ will be providing complete, LIVE coverage of the two day event also taking place tomorrow.
  Earlier this week on the BBC television show Blue Peter, WWE United Kingdom Title Tournament commentators Michael Cole and Nigel McGuinness unveiled the WWE UK Title, and you can check it out in the photo and video below.
  Below is the title tournament bracket of first round matches:
  -Tyler Bate vs. Tucker-Jordan Devl
  
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• Marks Andrews Talks Leaving TNA For WWE UK Tournament, Why His Twitter Handle Has ‘TNA’ In It

  14-01-2017 16:04 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Mark Andrews On Leaving TNA
  Mark Andrews was recently interview by ESPN. Andrews is participating in the UK Tournament this weekend and talked about his journey to the tournament. Which includes reasons for why he left TNA. You can see highlights below and read the full article here:On why he left TNA
  “I had a great time in TNA, but I decided it was time to finish up with them to try and take a bet on myself, because the UK has been such a hot spot for wrestling. Fortunately for me, liter
  
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• 2016 was Jericho

  14-01-2017 10:17
  
  Chris Jericho wins United States Championship (inquisitr.com (2017)
  “I’m gonna give you what you want. I’m gonna give you what you need. Sit back, as I give you, the gift of Jericho. Drink it in, man”. – Chris Jericho
  As the award season has begun in Hollywood, it was only fitting, that on Monday Night Raw, WWE handed out their (unofficial) best superstar of 2016 award. The award came in the form of the United States Championship and the recipient was none other tha
  
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• WATCH: Floyd Mayweather Laughs at Dana White’s UFC Fight Offer, Calls White a “Comedian”

  14-01-2017 08:03 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  As noted, UFC President Dana White appeared on ‘The Herd’ on FS1 Friday morning, and made an official fight offer to Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather – $25 million each plus part of the Pay-Per-View profits.
  TMZ Sports caught up with Mayweather and asked him what he thought of White’s fight offer, and the WrestleMania star reacted simply with “he’s a f***ing comedian”. You can check out Mayweather’s reaction belo
  
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• Backstage News on Jeff Jarrett, Dutch Mantell, Dixie Carter & TNA’s TV Tapings, NBA Player Does HHH’s Entrance, HHH Reacts (Video)

  14-01-2017 07:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Backstage News on Jeff Jarrett, Dutch Mantell, Dixie Carter’s & TNA’s TV Tapings
  According to PWInsider.com, Jeff Jarrett and Dutch Mantell, although present at this week’s TNA TV tapings in Orlando, had no say in the creative direction of the tapings. The team of John Gaburick, Matt Conway and the rest of the TNA creative team were responsible for writing and directing the story lines, some of which had been planned before Billy Corgan left.
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• UFC President Dana White Makes Big Money Fight Offer to Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather, Takes Shot at Mayweather’s Last Fight

  14-01-2017 06:31 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  During today’s edition of “The Herd” on FOX Sports 1, UFC President Dana White made the following offer to Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather for a fight:
  “I’ll tell you what, Floyd. Here’s a real offer, and I’m the guy that can actually make the offer, and I’m actually making a real offer. We’ll pay you $25 million, we’ll pay Conor $25 million, and then we’ll talk about pay-per-view at a certain
  
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• AJ Styles Reunites With Bullet Club Members & The Addiction (Photo), Styles Comments On His First Year In WWE, Being A Better Villain

  14-01-2017 03:32 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Apparently it’s been a long day of travel for a lot of wrestlers, as we noted earlier today that the Young Bucks, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian ran into WWE Raw general manager Mick Foley at LAX. Tonight it was WWE Champion AJ Styles who reunited with his Bullet Club brothers, as well as The Addiction, this time in Atlanta.Look who we just ran into in Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/xVMtTc3V9b
  — The Young Bucks (@MattJackson13) January 14, 2017Speaking of
  
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• Triple H On UK Tournament Giving Fans A Choice & WWE’s Long-Term Goal For UK Talent, First Round Competitors Hype Their Matches

  14-01-2017 03:06 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Featured above, Triple H discusses this weekend’s UK Championship Tournament on the WWE Network, what it means to the overall WWE product, the long-term plans for UK talent in the company and more.
  How does the UK tournament make WWE a better place? 
  “The more possible talent you have, the bigger pool you have to find talent in, the better. Variety is the spice of life, right? So having the opportunity, if you have the WWE Network, to pick and choose what you want to watch. Raw
  
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• Lana on How Hands-On Triple H is with Her Character, Having the Itch to Wrestle, WWE Fans Seeing a Different Side of Her & Rusev

  14-01-2017 01:19 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE star Lana recently spoke with Complex and below are some interview highlights:
  On the origin of the “Ravishing Russian” character:
  “Well, there was a lot of different factors. My first day in developmental, Dusty Rhodes was in charge of creative. I would come up with literally about 15 different ideas because I’m an actor, I’m a storyteller. I have a creative mind. So I come in and start speaking Russian on my first promo ever.
  
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• Lana on How Hands-On HHH is with Her Character, Having the Itch to Wrestle, WWE Fans Seeing a Different Side of Her & Rusev

  14-01-2017 01:19 via wrestlezone.com
  
  (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage)
  WWE star Lana recently spoke with Complex and below are some interview highlights:
  On the origin of the “Ravishing Russian” character:
  “Well, there was a lot of different factors. My first day in developmental, Dusty Rhodes was in charge of creative. I would come up with literally about 15 different ideas because I’m an actor, I’m a storyteller. I have a creative mind. So I come in and start speaking Russian on my first promo ever.
  
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• 1/13 Edition of NXT Rebellion: Asuka vs The World, Kenny Omega To WWE?, NXT Call Ups Coming Soon?, More

  14-01-2017 00:42 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WrestleZone Radio presents another brand new episode of NXT Rebellion!
  This episode is hosted by Jamie Campbell.
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  In this episode some of the topics discussed include:
  Kenny Omega possibly being recruited by the WWE.
  Asuka vs. the world
  The rumored list of NXT performers being groomed for the main roster
  Remembering Jake the Snake stealing Ted DiBiase’s Million Dollar Belt
  More…
  The post 1/13 Edition of NXT Rebellion: Asuka vs The W
  
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• Okada vs Omega: Follow That 2017

  14-01-2017 00:25
  
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  New Japan Pro Wrestling kicked in the door of 2017 with Wrestle Kingdom 11, an action packed wrestling event of the highest quality executed to perfection by every talent showcased on the card. It was the main event however that would bring down the house, setting the standard for not just the company or its biggest show but for professional wrestling as a whole going forward in 2017 after what some are calling the greatest match they have ever seen.
  If you haven&
  
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• Omega vs Okada Wrestle Kingdom 11 Match Airing on AXS TV Tonight, Anime Omega, TNA Stars Suffer Nasty Bruises (Photos), Brie Bella Video

  14-01-2017 00:11 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Omega vs Okada Wrestle Kingdom 11 Match Airing on AXS TV Tonight
  Just a reminder that AXS TV will be running a 55 minute Wrestle Kingdom 11 special tonight at 8pm EST. Earlier this week WZ was sent an advance screener of the episode, and it will feature the Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada Title match in its entirety. The bout will also feature English language commentary by Jim Ross and Josh Barnett. You can check out an exclusive photo gallery of the match, along with
  
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