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• Match Added to WWE Raw Tonight, Updated Event Line-Up

  20-02-2017 22:52 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE has announced Cesaro and Sheamus vs Enzo Amore and Big Cass to determine the new #1 contenders to the WWE Raw Tag Team Titles will take place on WWE Raw tonight in LA.
  While not officially, the Raw Tag Team Title bout will likely take place at WWE Fastlane. Below is the updated line-up for Raw tonight, and be sure to join us at 8pm EST for live play-by-play coverage!
  -Enzo and Cass vs. Sheamus and Cesaro in a #1 contender’s match
  -Braun S
  
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• WWE Raw Stars to Host WrestleMania 33

  20-02-2017 22:01 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE Raw stars The New Day have announced, via TMZ.com, that they will be hosting WrestleMania 33 from Orlando on April 2nd.
  On hosting the big event, Kofi Kingston had the following to say:
  “Our main goal is to have as much fun as possible because if we’re having fun, everybody’s having fun!”
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• Tonight’s WWE RAW Preview: Strowman And Big Show To Battle, Samoa Joe Returns?, More

  20-02-2017 21:51
  
  – Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Staples Center in Los Angeles as the Road to WrestleMania 33 continues.
  Confirmed for tonight’s show is Braun Strowman vs. Big Show but no other matches have been announced.
  WWE is focusing on the following points in their official RAW preview:
  * Strowman and Big Show to battle on Raw
  * Is Bayley’s Raw Women’s Championship victory tainted?
  * Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho: Best friends no more
  * Who can stop Samoa Joe?
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• Newest 2017 WWE Hall Of Famer Revealed

  20-02-2017 21:45
  
  WWE announced the following today:
  Diamond Dallas Page to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017
  Diamond Dallas Page, a world champion-turned-fitness guru, will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2017 during WrestleMania 33 Week. The news was first reported by RollingStone.com.
  DDP’s journey to the Hall is an unlikely one, to say the least. The Jersey Shore native broke into sports-entertainment in his 30s, starting out as a manager in Verne Gagne&rs
  
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• TNA Announces Impact Wrestling TV Tapings Schedule

  20-02-2017 21:39
  
  – Earlier today, TNA officially announced all of their upcoming Impact Wrestling television tapings scheduled through the month of August.
  Check out the release that TNA issued:
  IMPACT Wrestling Schedule For Universal Studios Orlando
  Impact Wrestling will be at Universal Studios in just a couple of weeks for our next set of Television Tapings from March 2nd – March 5th. Four days of incredible action that will be must see if you are in the Orlando area. If your travel plans don&rsquo
  
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• More Details on The Rock at WWE Raw Tonight, Rock Rehearses in the Ring with Movie Actors (Photo)

  20-02-2017 21:36 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  As noted, The Rock will be at WWE Raw tonight to film scenes for the new WWE and Seven Bucks Productions movie “Fighting With My Family.” The movie will center around WWE star Paige and her family.
  The Rock confirmed on Twitter that the filming will take place after Raw goes off the air tonight at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. Rock also posted the following photo of Thea Trinidad, who plays the Divas Champion in the movie, in the ring with indie
  
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• Korn’s Jonathan Davis Backstage At WWE Event (Photos)

  20-02-2017 21:32
  
  – Longtime Korn frontman Jonathan Davis was backstage at the WWE live event in Bakersfield, California this past weekend. Davis is seen backstage at the show with WWE Superstar Sasha Banks and announcer Byron Saxton.
  Check out the photos below:Ofmjskdnfndkhdvmark @Korn Johnathan Davis 🙌🏿 #WWEBakersfield pic.twitter.com/ceRhjd7WWi
  — notorious SB (@SashaBanksWWE) February 19, 2017
  So awesome meeting Jonathan Davis from @Korn. One of my favorite bands and always on my wo
  
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• WWE Payback Pay-Per-View Date And Location Revealed

  20-02-2017 21:30
  
  WWE recently confirmed the date and location for this year’s WWE Payback pay-per-view.
  Scheduled to go down live from the SAP Center in San Jose, California on Sunday, April 30th, WWE Payback 2017 airs live via pay-per-view and the WWE Network.
  The WWE Payback PPV this year is scheduled to be a RAW-exclusive pay-per-view event. Tickets for the show officially go on sale this Friday via Ticketmaster.com.
  For more information on this year’s WWE Payback PPV, visit WWE.com.The post WWE P
  
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• Current WrestleMania 33 Betting Odds For All Championship Titles

  20-02-2017 21:27
  
  The European fractional odds can be explained as follows. A wager of thenember on the right of the forward slash would win the number on the left.For example Brock Lesnar is favored at 1/10 to be Universal Champion, so a$10 bet would win only $1 because it’s not as risky as betting on Big Showto be champion at odds of 80/1. There a $1 bet could win $80 because thepossibility is very unlikely.
  WWE Champion by End of Wrestlemania 33
  Randy Orton 3/10Bray Wyatt 13/8Luke Harper 6/1John Cena 7/1
  
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• Bill Apter Calls Bray Wyatt, “One Of The Weirdest People,” To Ever Hold The WWE Championship

  20-02-2017 21:22 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Legendary pro wrestling journalist Bill Apter has just released the latest episode of his podcast Is Wrestling Fixed?
  You can find some of Apter’s comments regarding Bray Wyatt as WWE Champion transcribed below.
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  BA: He has got to be one of the weirdest people to ever hold this championship. If you really think about this and go outside the box of pro wrestling: Is this a guy that you could put on a celebrity talk show with the belt? I do
  
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• Cricket Wireless and WWE Launch Sweepstakes to Send One Lucky Fan and a Guest to WrestleMania 33

  20-02-2017 21:17 via wrestlezone.com
  
  The following press release has been issued:
  Sweepstakes grand prize includes a trip to Orlando, FL., tickets to WrestleMania 33, a new Samsung Galaxy S7 with one-year of service and more!
  ATLANTA, Feb. 20, 2017 – Cricket Wireless is once again the exclusive wireless sponsor of WrestleMania 33. To celebrate, Cricket is giving you a chance to enter to win a trip to see all the action live, April 2, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. Today through March 19, WWE fans can enter the VIP sweepstakes. Sim
  
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• Early WrestleMania 33 Betting Odds Released, Who is Favored to Leave with the Top Titles and More?

  20-02-2017 21:13 via wrestlezone.com
  
  The Irish sportbook Paddy Power has had odds on who will walk out of Wrestlemania 33 with the WWE Heavyweight and Universal Championships for over a month and there has been no major changes in Randy Orton and Brock Lesnar leaving with those titles respectively.
  Odds are now also being offered on the Intercontinental, United States, both the RAW and Smackdown Women’s Championships as well as how many title changes there will be at Mania. The Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal also has o
  
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• 2017 WWE Payback Date and Location Revealed, Hulk Hogan in Overseas Ad (Video), Daniels vs Briscoe on ROH TV Tonight

  20-02-2017 21:10 via wrestlezone.com
  
  2017 WWE Payback Date and Location Revealed
  The 2017 WWE Payback PPV will take place on Sunday, April 30th, 2017 at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday morning.
  Hulk Hogan in Overseas Ad
  Hulk Hogan is featured in a new ad for the insurance company Centraal Beheer in the Netherlands. In the commercial, which you can watch at this link, Hogan stops a robber from stealing a purse and instead of actually hurting him, he puts on a wrestling show for t
  
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• Next 2017 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee Announced

  20-02-2017 21:01 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE has announced the following:
  Diamond Dallas Page to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017
  Diamond Dallas Page, a world champion-turned-fitness guru, will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2017 during WrestleMania 33 Week. The news was first reported by RollingStone.com.
  DDP’s journey to the Hall is an unlikely one, to say the least. The Jersey Shore native broke into sports-entertainment in his 30s, startin
  
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• TNA Announces Numerous Sets of Impact Wrestling Tapings

  20-02-2017 20:58 via wrestlezone.com
  
  TNA has announced the following:
  IMPACT Wrestling Schedule For Universal Studios Orlando
  Impact Wrestling will be at Universal Studios in just a couple of weeks for our next set of Television Tapings from March 2nd – March 5th. Four days of incredible action that will be must see if you are in the Orlando area. If your travel plans don’t take you to Orlando in March, we are pleased to announce our Universal taping schedule through August 2017.
  This is your chance to plan ahead and b
  
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• Josh Barnett On What Hurdles WWE Would Face If They Were To Launch An MMA Promotion On The WWE Network

  20-02-2017 20:48 via wrestlezone.com
  
  This past Wednesday’s episode of WrestleZone Radio’s WZ Weekly featured a nearly hour long interview with NJPW & UFC’s Josh Barnett. A brand new episode of WrestleZone Radio’s WZ Weekly will be released this Wednesday morning.
  Some of Josh and host Nick Hausman’s comments have been transcribed below.
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  NH: Do you think WWE, given the WWE Network platform and this need to try new things… do you think it wou
  
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• Hulk Hogan In New Commercial For Dutch Insurance Company (Video)

  20-02-2017 20:41
  
  – While the talk of Hulk Hogan possibly appearing at this year’s WrestleMania 33 event in April may have died down, “The Hulkster” is still managing to keep his name out there.
  In his latest venture seen below, “The Immortal” one is featured in a new television commercial for the Dutch insurance company Centraal Beheer.
  As seen in the TV spot released this week, Hogan comes to the rescue of a woman whose purchase has been stolen.
  Check out the video below:The
  
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• Curt Hawkins On His Release From WWE, Which WWE Star Hid Backstage To Avoid Work, More

  20-02-2017 20:36
  
  – WWE Superstar Curt Hawkins recently appeared on the Sam Roberts Wrestling podcast amd spoke about his past firing from WWE and more, check out the highlights below:
  On JTG hiding backstage to avoid working in the past in WWE:
  “We used to bust balls, like, JTG would literally hide in the locker room and just not want to… for him to be there and get his $500.00 for the day to do nothing and eat catering, and hide in the locker room is perfectly fine to him. I understand it and
  
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• Figure 2 Photo: Vince McMahon Eliminates Stone Cold Steve Austin at Royal Rumble ’99!

  20-02-2017 19:57 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Our new episode of Figure 2 Photo features Vince McMahon Eliminating Steve Austin at Royal Rumble ’99!A new episode of Figure 2 Photo will be released every Monday via WrestleZone’s Facebook and YouTube platforms.
  Every Friday is Figure Friday on WrestleZone! As part of it Matt Goldberg recreates a notable pro wrestling moment in high quality action figure photo form. He also provides in-depth reviews of the latest professional wrestling action figures as wel
  
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• The Rock Appearing On Tonight’s Raw?

  20-02-2017 19:52
  
  The Rock and his production team are at the Staples Center, the site of tonight’s Monday Night Raw. He is there to film scenes for the film on Paige’s family. As of today, we have not heard anything about WrestleMania plans for The Rock but that doesn’t mean that he can’t pop up for a one-off appearance tonight.
  It looks like they will be filming scenes for “Fighting With My Family” during the show or when the live broadcast is over since they would need some
  
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• Could We See TNA Impact Wrestling Back On Spike TV?

  20-02-2017 19:51
  
  Jason Powell of ProWrestling.net is reporting that a Spike TV official has been backstage at more than one Impact Wrestling taping. They have been described as friendly visits. Obviously, Impact is looking at TV deals outside of the United States but they also need to secure their United States TV deal for 2018. The current deal with Pop TV is a barter deal so, unless Pop is willing to start paying money to keep Impact Wrestling, I think they will probably land on another network next year. Spik
  
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• NXT Updates Shinsuke Nakamura’s In-Ring Status, Old School Smackdown Battle Royal, WWE Constructs New Elimination Chamber (Video)

  20-02-2017 18:29 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE Provides Update on Nakamura
  WWE has provided a storyline update on the condition of Shinsuke Nakamura, who has been out of action since losing the NXT Championship to Bobby Roode at NXT Takeover: San Antonio back in January. Nakamura has returned to the Performance Center, and should be back in the ring soon.BREAKING: @ShinsukeN is striking this morning at the @WWEPerformCtr, getting closer to a return to the ring! pic.twitter.com/eR6NpBlrkX
  — WWE NXT (@WWENXT)
  
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• Noelle Foley Learns How to Take a Back Body Drop (Video), WWE Ranks the Top 10 Tag Team Finishers in History

  20-02-2017 18:08 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Noelle Foley Learns the Back Body Drop
  In the video featured below, Noelle Foley learns how to take a back body drop during a training session which included her Hall of Fame father and Raw general manager Mick Foley. The company was filming for the WWE Network series Holy Foley, in which Noelle’s desire to become a pro wrestler is part of the ongoing plot.Top 10 Tag Team Maneuvers
  WWE ranks the ten greatest tag team finishers in company history in the video featured below.The p
  
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• NXT Cocoa Live Event Results (2/18): Asuka Teams With Heidi Lovelace, Aleister Black vs Andrade Cien Almas, Tye Dillinger in Action

  20-02-2017 17:50 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The following are live event results from Friday’s NXT show in Cocoa, Florida. This was the local Performance Center crew house show, which usually means it’s mostly talent not on TV yet mixed in with a few bigger names to bring in fans. Asuke and Tye Dillinger were easily the most over stars of the night, with Heidi Lovelace, Tommy End and the main event getting some good reactions as well.
  (1) Tucker Knight & Otis Dozovic def. The E
  
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• Why The Revival Is Still In NXT, How To Fix Apollo Crews & Bo Dallas

  20-02-2017 17:31 via wrestlezone.com
  
  This third of four CSR videos this weekend starts off with Josh Isenberg talking NXT in 90 seconds. Here’s a clip of what he had to say with the tag division:Isenberg: Three tag teams, three credible teams. Going to have to put all of them in at title match heading into Orlando. I do think The Revival, who have won everything n NXT they can, should be at WrestleMania against American Alpha but I realize that pause button is on to resurrect The Uso’s heel gimmick that we got 6 months
  
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• Broken Matt Pays Presidents Day Tribute to Giraffe Washington, Take 15% Off Everything Today at Pro Wrestling Tees

  20-02-2017 17:23 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Photo Credit: www.SI.com
  Broken Tribute to Giraffe Washington
  Broken Matt Hardy paid tribute to George Washington during President’s Day. And by George Washington, we of course mean his reincarnated spirit that lives inside of a giraffe, as seen on Impact Wrestling. Man… Isn’t wrestling great?Happy #PresidentsDay to my DELIGHTFUL friend & CONFIDANT, Our 1st President, George Washington.
  George appears on #IMPACTonPOP Thursday. pic.twitter.com/DXrBEUotb6
  — #BROKEN Mat
  
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• Injured WWE Star Returns at Live Event, New “Table for 3” Premiering This Week, New Day Has Non-PG Twitter Exchange

  20-02-2017 17:09 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  New “Table for 3” Premiering This Week
  This Friday at 4:30 EST WWE Network will debut a new episode of “Table for 3”. The guests will be WWE Hall of Famers Stan Hansen, Bob Backlund and Larry Zbyszko. Below is the official synopsis for the show:
  “1970’s Sports Entertainment Legends and WWE Hall of Famers Larry Zbyszko, Stan Hansen and Bob Backlund recall career highlights over dinner!”
  Injured WWE Star Returns at Li
  
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• The Rock at the Site of Tonight’s WWE Raw, Details on Why He is There and Rumors of a Possible Raw Appearance

  20-02-2017 16:29 via wrestlezone.com
  
  (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage)
  The Rock noted on social media that he is at The Staples Center in Los Angeles, the site of tonight’s WWE Raw, to film scenes for the new Paige movie “Fighting with My Family.”
  With The Rock backstage at Raw tonight, there are rumors he might be appearing on Raw tonight.Very cool to watch our amazing/bad ass @florencepugh embody the role of real life WWE Superstar Paige. We shot some great scenes together today that reflected my real life pivot
  
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• News for Tonight’s WWE Raw: Big Show vs Braun Strowman, Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho Fallout, Samoa Joe and More

  20-02-2017 15:54 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Tonight’s WWE Raw will take place from the Staples Center in Los Angeles as the Road to WrestleMania 33 continues. As always, join us for live coverage at 8pm EST.
  Confirmed for tonight’s show is Braun Strowman vs. Big Show and WWE.com is hyping the following:
  -Strowman and Big Show to battle on Raw
  -Is Bayley’s Raw Women’s Championship victory tainted?
  -Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho: Best friends no more
  -Who can stop Samoa Joe?
  The post News for Tonight’s WWE Raw
  
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• Paul Roma on Koko B. Ware Wanting to Punch Him in the Face, Lex Luger Not Getting Over in WWE, Power & Glory Tag Team and More

  20-02-2017 12:04 via wrestlezone.com
  
  On the ‘Unleashed’ version of the Steve Austin Show podcast, Austin interviews former WWE and WCW wrestler Paul Roma for part 2 of their interview, which you can listen to its entirety at this link. Below are a few of the highlights:
  On How Long It Took For Him To Learn the Business Side of Professional Wrestling:
  Some people would say 6 weeks, and I would say at least 8 weeks, which was when I had everything down and started bringing things up to a higher level. Guys couldn’t
  
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• Bray Wyatt in 2017

  20-02-2017 04:26
  
  We are just about 40 days away from Wrestlemania 33 and for the first time in his career, Bray Wyatt is holding singles gold and not only that but he is the WWE Champion. After losing in two straight ‘Manias and then just missing the next one, he will now walk into the show of shows as the major champion in the company, but will he keep that amount of momentum after ‘Mania?
  In their majority, people loved the Elimination Chamber match and loved even more the fact that Bray is fi
  
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• No. 5 Virginia Tech rallies past No. 6 Nebraska in National Duals

  20-02-2017 03:41
  
  The Hokies won six of the night's 10 matches. 
  
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• Revolution Roadblocks

  20-02-2017 01:14
  
  As far as WWE goes, Women’s wrestling has never had it so good. Gone are the models struggling with clotheslines just to fill the website with bikini shoots, gone is the tacky ‘Diva’ title for the division, and main events are now becoming common. Mickie James may be accusing people of forgetting her achievements but there is a lot from her previous run that WWE would be better off forgetting. I was once achievement-whoring on a Smackdown game in a packed living room and had ab
  
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• Lions dominate Oklahoma State 27-13 to win NWCA Dual National Championship

  20-02-2017 00:41
  
  Penn State rattled off seven-straight wins for a come-from-behind victory. 
  
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