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• WWE Moving To Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman For WM 33? Isenberg Talks NXT In 90 Seconds

  22-01-2017 23:27 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  This second of three CSR videos this weekend talks Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman right off the bat. Here’s some highlights courtesy of @PeterBahi transcribing:Justin: Let’s talk Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman..just a few seconds you talk about passion, you talk about romance; there was passion, that ladies & gentleman is what professional wrestling is built on–that feeling of what is going to happen…and then Braun just backed away.
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• WWE Canvas 2 Canvas: The “Macho Man’ Snaps Onto The Canvas (Video), James Storm’s Wife Gives Birth To Their Second Child

  22-01-2017 20:27 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Canvas 2 Canvas
  WWE has posted the following Canvas 2 Canvas video featuring the “Macho Man” Randy Savage. You can see the video below:James Storm’s Wife Gives Birth To Second Child
  James Storm’s wife gave birth to their second child today. Storm posted a photo on social media of his newborn. You can see the post below:No matters what happens in my life time you can be sure that I will always be here for you and will support the choices that yo
  
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• Why The Miz Is The Tom Brady Of WWE

  22-01-2017 19:50 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  My latest column for upgruv.com, a site full of trending news and entertainment, is all about The Miz and how he’s the Tom Brady of WWE. Here’s an excerpt:
  The Miz is the Tom Brady of WWE.
  Brady, the NFL’s record-setting and polarizing quarterback, is the best casual-fan comparison for what The Miz has become in pro wrestling’s greatest company. As it’s been with Brady in football, for The Miz it’s all based on depths and h
  
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• Triple H Talks About Kurt Angle Being Inducted Into The WWE Hall Of Fame, Unpredictability in This Year’s Royal Rumble, More

  22-01-2017 19:04 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Triple H Interview
  Triple H spoke with IGN to promote WWE Studios new animated movie Surfs Up 2: WaveMania. During the interview he talks about the Royal Rumble and Kurt Angle, You can read the full article here. Highlights below:On the Royal Rumble
  This year’s Royal Rumble is one of the biggest, most star-studded Rumbles that I can recall. Just look at the people who have thrown their name into the Rumble so far. You’ve got Goldberg and
  
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• WWE Live Event Results From Indiana, PA (01/21): Seth Rollins Works Two Matches, More

  22-01-2017 18:37
  
  – Check out the following results from last night’s WWE live event in Indiana, PA:
  * Big Cass (with Enzo) defeated Rusev (with Lana).* The Big Show, Sin Cara and Golden Truth defeated The Shining Stars, Titus O’Neil and Curtis Axel* Rich Swann retained the Cruiserweight title over Neville and TJ Perkins.* Braun Strowman defeated Sami Zayn.* Sheamus and Cesaro retained the Raw tag team titles over The New Day and Gallows and Anderson.* Bayley, Sasha & Alicia Fox defeated Cha
  
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• Triple H On Kurt Angle Picking Up Pro Wrestling, This Year’s Royal Rumble, More

  22-01-2017 18:35
  
  – WWE Executive Triple H recently participated in a interview with IGN to help promote the new WWE Studios animated movie, Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania, check out the highlights below:
  On this year’s Royal Rumble match:
  “This year’s Royal Rumble is one of the biggest, most star-studded Rumbles that I can recall. Just look at the people who have thrown their name into the Rumble so far. You’ve got Goldberg and Lesnar and the Undertaker. When you start to look at that
  
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• Ric Flair Hypes Up Atlanta Falcons (Video), Pentagon Jr. Announces That He Is Leaving AAA And A Name Change

  22-01-2017 18:07 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Ric Flair At Falcons Practice
  Ric Flair was at the Atlanta Falcons practice and gave the team a pep talk. You can see a video below:GAMEDAY! Time to #RiseUp – WOOOOO! @atlantafalcons
  A video posted by Ric Flair® Nature Boy® (@ricflairnatureboy) on Jan 22, 2017 at 7:19am PSTPentagon Jr. Leaving AAA
  On his Facebook page Pentagon Jr. has announced that he is leaving AAA and also has a new name. AAA owns that names Pentagon Jr. and Pentagon Dark, so
  
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• Nick’s Picks: The Top 5 Best Wrestling Matches of 2016 in WWE

  22-01-2017 17:58 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  With the start of a new year, let’s take a look at some of the best wrestling matches of 2016 in WWE from the year behind us, and see what they mean for the future of the company.
  Next weekend we will be unveiling WZ’s expert panel choice for match of the year, which includes bouts from WWE as well as other promotions, but for this weekend, here are my picks for the five best wrestling matches of 2016 offered by WWE.
  The Top 5 Best Wrestling Mat
  
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• Reasons Why WWE Has So Many Part Time Wrestlers, Who Is The Favorite Leading Into The Royal Rumble?

  22-01-2017 17:06 via wrestlezone.com
  
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• WWE Fury: 14 Knockout Blows (Video), Aziz Ansari Sports NWO Shirt On SNL

  22-01-2017 16:49 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE Fury
  WWE has posted the following WWE Fury video featuring 14 knockout blows. You can watch the video below:Aziz Ansari Wears NWO Shirt
  Aziz Ansari was the host of SNL last night and at one point was wearing a nWo Wolfpack shirt. Sam Roberts posted a photo of it which you can see below:‪What?! I thought @azizansari was Hollywood. Nope. Wolfpack 4 Life #SNL #nWoThe post WWE Fury: 14 Knockout Blows (Video), Aziz Ansari Sports NWO Shirt On SNL appeared first on
  
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• Last Week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Viewership Rises, Edge and Christian Added to WrestleCon, “Holy Foley” Special Airing After WWE Raw

  22-01-2017 14:05 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Last Week’s TNA Impact Wrestling Viewership Rises
  This past Thursday night’s edition of TNA Impact Wrestling, featuring the “Race for the Case”, took in 310,000 viewers, which is up from last week’s 277,000 viewership average.
  Edge and Christian Added to WrestleCon
  Wrestlecon has announced WWE Hall of Famer Adam “Edge” Copeland and Christian have been added to the events taking place in Orlando, FL over WrestleMania 33 weekend. For more details, vi
  
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• PWX X-16 Tournament Night 1 Review

  22-01-2017 13:00
  
  PWX: X-16 Night 1
  8.2/10
  This is a 16 man tournament featuring some top indy names as well as some guys from the southern indys you don’t normally see anywhere else. It’s actually a nice change of pace to see some different guys get to mix it up with the usual big indy names. Outside of one match that wasn’t very good, this all delivered especially Zach Sabre Jr Vs Davey Richards, which was only hampered by a dead crowd. A lot of these southern guys like Ethan Case, John Skyler
  
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• Kenny Omega Wrestles Match In England As Fill-In For Fellow Bullet Club Member (Photos), Cody Rhodes Attends Drax Shadow Memorial

  22-01-2017 12:58 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Kenny Omega returned to the ring on Saturday night for the first time since New Japan Pro Wrestling’s New Year Dash event on January 5th, taking on Iranian wrestler Tiger Ali in England for the 4 Front Wrestling promotion. Omega was a last minute fill-in for fellow Bullet Club member Cody Rhodes, who along with his wife Brandi was attending a memorial service for Drax Shadow back in the United States.
  Check out pictures from Kenny’s match at 4FW below.@Tiger_Ali
  
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• David Penzer Talks TNA Incident with Kurt Angle, Issues with Angle & Karen Jarrett Leading to Jeff Jarrett Being Sent Home, Orndorff/Vader Fight

  22-01-2017 06:11 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Former WCW Ring Announcer, talent relations worker & official and TNA Ring Announcer David Penzer discusses the TNA incident where he took a very realistic beating from Kurt Angle that led to some real injuries. Penzer also discusses the behind the scenes issues with Angles former wife and Jeff Jarrett in TNA that led to Jarrett allegedly being sent home from the company:
  In the next video, Penzer discusses the infamous WCW Vader vs Paul Orndorff backstage fight that Vader recently discusse
  
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• Trailer for New Wrestling Show feat. Galloway, Magnus, Morrison and More (Video), Update on Jimmy Snuka Funeral Services, AJ Styles News

  22-01-2017 06:06 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  AJ Styles News
  AJ Styles will be making an appearance at the Toys”R”Us store at 321 NW Loop 410 in San Antonio, Texas on January 29th, beginning at 10am.
  Update on Jimmy Snuka Funeral Services
  Tamina Snuka posted the following on Instagram, noting there will be no formal funeral services held for her late father Jimmy Snuka:Thank you everyone for your outpouring of love and support during this time. As his children we wanted to share tha
  
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• James Ellsworth Creates Hashtag to Get Himself into the Royal Rumble (Video), Paige and Del Rio Hosting Rumble Party Featuring WWE Stars

  22-01-2017 05:58 via wrestlezone.com
  
  James Ellsworth Creates Hashtag to Get Himself into the Royal Rumble
  WWE Smackdown star James Ellsworth wants in the Royal Rumble match, as seen in the Tweet below. He’s even created a #EllsworthRumble hashtag for fans to help get him into the big match:Hey @WWEUniverse help me get in the #RoyalRumble by using the hashtag #EllsworthRumble I really want in!!!! #retweet pic.twitter.com/u2ru0GnYdm
  — James Ellsworth (@realellsworth) January 21, 2017Paige and Del Rio Hosting Rumble Party
  
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• Cody Rhodes & Bullet Club Matches Confirmed For Upcoming ROH TV Tapings, Supercard of Honor Update

  22-01-2017 03:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Bullet Club Signed For TV Tapings
  Ring of Honor has announced a number of big matches for their upcoming television taping, Steel City Excellence, in Pittsburgh on February 11th. The main event for that show will see Bullet Club members Adam Cole, Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks face off against Jay Lethal, Bobby Fish and The Briscoes.
  The 2/11 television tapings will also host the 2017 Top Prospects tournament, an annual event featuring Ring of Honor newcomers that for six
  
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• Wrestlezone Year-End Awards: Most Underrated Superstar of 2016

  22-01-2017 03:02 via wrestlezone.com
  
  In December we collected over 30,000 votes for each of nine categories from our readers, to determine the nominees for the 2016 Wrestlezone Year-End Awards. The top voted names from each category were then sent to a panel of hand-picked judges from all around the world, with centuries of combined wrestling knowledge and analysis. Thank you to all our awesome readers and panelists who voted in this year’s polls!
  Here are the results for Wrestlezone’s Most Underrated Superstar of 2016
  
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• RPW High Stakes 2017 Results (1/21): Katsuyori Shibata vs Matt Riddle, Zack Sabre vs Marty Scurll, Trent Seven vs Trevor Lee

  22-01-2017 00:43 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Revolution Pro Wrestling ran their High Stakes 2017 event at York Hall in London today, featuring New Japan Pro Wrestling star Katsuyori Shibata defending the British Heavyweight Championship against Progress Atlas Champion Matt Riddle. It was quite the international affair with Ring of Honor, New Japan and TNA being represented, as well as recent WWE UK Tournament competitors.(1) Josh Bodom def. Ryan Smile to retain the RPW Interim Cruiserweight Championship. There&rs
  
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