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• Floyd Mayweather Continues to Taunt Conor McGregor, Says He Would Come out of Retirement for a June Fight

  11-03-2017 23:37 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  According to ESPN.com, WrestleMania celebrity and boxing Champion Floyd Mayweather is continuing to taunt UFC star Conor McGregor, and said he will come out of retirement for a one-time only fight if his opponent is Conor McGregor. Mayweather reportedly wants the fight to happen in June.
  During a public appearance Friday in Liverpool, England, Mayweather urged McGregor to take the fight.
  “For Conor McGregor, I’m coming out of retirement —
  
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• Stevie Richards on Who is the “Creative Force” Behind Matt and Jeff Hardy’s “Broken” Gimmick

  11-03-2017 22:50 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  When The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling interviewed Stevie Richards back in January, he made a comment about being approached by Impact Wrestling to be in the tag team Apocolypto angle. Ultimately, Raven turned it down and they were not involved, but this is what Stevie had to say about who was the creative force behind “Broken”, as Impact Wrestling and The Hardys are currently amidst legal issues pertaining to the use of the “Broken” gimmick:
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• Reby Hardy Continues Twitter War Against Impact Wrestling, Updates Current Hardys – Impact Legal Issues and Matt’s Contract

  11-03-2017 22:45 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  As we noted earlier today, Ring of Honor made the call at last night’s 15th anniversary PPV for The Hardys not to use their “Broken” gimmicks, as the brothers are involved in a legal issue with Impact Wrestling, who has reportedly sued them for use of the gimmick outside Impact.
  Reby Hardy has posted another series of Tweets continuing her battle against Impact, and providing an update on their legal situation:
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• Triple H Comments On Last Night’s In-Ring Return

  11-03-2017 21:26
  
  – As noted, Triple H wrestled his first match in nearly a year at last night’s WWE live event in Buffalo.
  The Game teamed with Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens to challenge the team of Finn Balor, WWE United States Champion Chris Jericho and Sami Zayn.Triple H commented on his return below:There's nothing quite like it…
  Thank you #WWEBuffalo. #GameTime pic.twitter.com/ht93BawZYB
  — Triple H (@TripleH) March 11, 2017The post Triple H Comments On Last Night’s In-Ring Return
  
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• WWE Live Event Results From Buffalo (03/11): Finn Balor, Triple H & Lesnar Return!

  11-03-2017 21:20
  
  – Check out the following results for last night’s WWE live event in Buffalo, NY:
  * Big Cass defeated Jinder Mahal.
  * Neville defeated Rich Swann.
  * Sasha Banks & Alicia Fox defeated Nia Jax & Dana Brooke.
  * WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson defeated The New Day and Sheamus & Cesaro.
  * Brock Lesnar defeated The Big Show.
  * WWE Women’s Champion Bayley defeated Charlotte.
  * Roman Reigns defeated Braun Strowman.
  * Finn Balor, Chris Jericho &am
  
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• Finn Balor Comments After Last Night’s WWE Return

  11-03-2017 21:18
  
  – As noted, Finn Balor made his return at the last night’s WWE Live event in Buffalo, NY. Balor teamed with United States Champion Chris Jericho and Sami Zayn to defeat Triple H, Kevin Owens, and Samoa Joe.
  Balor is also advertised to appear in Toronto this evening, March 11, as well as White Plains, NY on March 26.We believe he will be involved in WrestleMania 33, he’s scheduled to compete against Rusev at WWE live events post-WrestleMania, so he could be starting a feud with
  
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• WWE Releases Figures On Their Executive Pay Last Year

  11-03-2017 21:12
  
  – WWE released figures on how much some of their executives made in 2016:
  * Vince McMahon, Chairman & CEO – $5,348,624
  * Michelle Wilson, Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer – $4,730,377
  * George Barrios, Chief Financial & Strategy Officer – $4,728,291
  * Paul Levesque, EVP-Talent, Live Events & Creative – $948,113 (including wrestling income, total salary was $3,993,417)
  * Kevin Dunn, EVP-Television Production – $5,050,727
  * Stephanie McMahon, Ch
  
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• WWE Star Returning To WWE TV Tapings This Week, Mark Henry Makes His First Appearance In WWE (Video)

  11-03-2017 19:36 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Mark Henry’s First Appearance in WWE
  WWE has posted the following video featuring Mark Henry making his first appearance in WWE. You can watch the video below:Erick Rowan Returning
  PWInsider has confirmed that Erick Rowan will be making his return to WWE TV this week. Rowan suffered a rotator cuff injury in 2016 and has been at the performance center getting ready for his return.
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• WWE Live Event Results Buffalo, New York (3/11): Finn Balor and Triple H Make In-ring Return, And More

  11-03-2017 19:16 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Source: PWInsider
  WWE Live Event Results
  March 11th, 2017
  Buffalo, New York
  Big Cass beat Jinder Mahal.
  Neville beat Rich Swann to retain the Cruiserweight Title.
  Sasha Banks and Alicia Fox beat Nia Jax and Dana Brooke.
  Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson beat The New Day and Sheamus and Cesaro to retain the Tag Team Titles.
  Brock Lesnar beat The Big Show.
  Bayley beat Charlotte to retain the Women’s Championship.
  Roman Reigns beat Braun Strowman.
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• Does Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar End WM 33?, CSR Party With Billy Gunn In Orlando & Giving Away SD Live Tickets

  11-03-2017 19:15 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  CSR WM 33 Pre-Party
  Join the Chair Shot Reality cast and DX member Bad Ass Billy Gunn on Sunday, April 2nd from 1-3pm at Wing Shack sports bar.
  The event will consist of a $10 meet and greet in the first hour if you would like to go up on stage and get a picture or autograph with Billy. The second hour is a free Q&A with Billy Gunn and CSR.
  The event is presented by TicketKing.net who will be raffling off a pair of tickets from SmackDown Live for the episode filme
  
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• Cody Rhodes Returning to “Arrow”, Kurt Angle Interview Airing on WWE Network Next Week, More Footage of Finn Balor’s WWE Return (Video)

  11-03-2017 18:16 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Kurt Angle Interview Airing on WWE Network Next Week
  Monday following WWE Raw, WWE Network will be airing the second episode of “Bring to the Table”, featuring JBL, Peter Rosenberg, Corey Graves. Graves mentioned on social media that the episode will feature an interview with 2017 WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle.
  Cody Rhodes Returning to “Arrow”
  According to IGN.com, Cody Rhodes will be returning to the show “Arrow”, and will repr
  
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• Matt Hardy Continues to Use “Broken” Gimmick on Social Media, Backstage News on Why The Hardys Were Not “Broken” at ROH PPV

  11-03-2017 18:13 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  As we noted last night, Reby Sky posted several Tweets yesterday claiming Impact Wrestling is suing The Hardys, as well as her father, Senor Benjamin, for use of the “Broken Brilliance” gimmick outside of Impact.
  Read Also: Matt Hardy Files Trademark For ‘Broken’ Gimmick
  As a result of the pending legal issues, PWInsider.com is reporting Ring of Honor made the call last night for The Hardys not to use any of the Broken mannerisms or lo
  
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• Backstage News on Why The Hardys Did Not Use “Broken” Gimmick at ROH PPV, Matt Hardy Continues to Be “Broken” on Social Media

  11-03-2017 18:13 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  As we noted last night, Reby Sky posted several Tweets yesterday claiming Impact Wrestling is suing The Hardys, as well as her father, Senor Benjamin, for use of the “Broken Brilliance” gimmick outside of Impact.
  Read Also: Matt Hardy Files Trademark For ‘Broken’ Gimmick
  As a result of the pending legal issues, PWInsider.com is reporting Ring of Honor made the call last night for The Hardys not to use any of the Broken mannerisms or lo
  
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• Nikki Bella Working Red Carpet Tonight, ROH Star Undergoing Surgery Following Last Night’s PPV, Details on Today’s ROH TV Tapings

  11-03-2017 16:23 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Details on Today’s ROH TV Tapings
  Ring of Honor will be running a TV taping today in Las Vegas at Samstowns Casino. The taping will feature ROH Tag Team Champions The Hardys vs. The Briscoes and Christopher Daniels’ first appearance as ROH Champion.
  ROH Star Undergoing Surgery Following Last Night’s PPV
  As seen at last night’s ROH 15th anniversary PPV, TK O’Ryan suffered an injury while executing a moonsault to the floor. According to PWInsider.com, O’Ryan br
  
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• Brock Lesnar’s Top 10 Most Shocking F5’s, Watch Hideo Itami vs Tyler Breeze (Videos), More on Chris Jericho Taking Time Off WWE

  11-03-2017 16:14 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  More on Chris Jericho Taking Time Off WWE
  As noted, Chris Jericho will likely be taking some time off WWE following WrestleMania, and he is currently scheduled to tour with his band Fozzy in May. It appears as if Jericho will be back in WWE in time for the build to this year’s SummerSlam PPV, as he is now being advertised for WWE live events beginning in June.
  Read Also: Chris Jericho and Fozzy’s Post-WrestleMania Touring S
  
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• Carmella on Smackdown Providing More Opportunities, Being Part of WrestleMania 33, Orton Burning Down Wyatt’s Compound, More

  11-03-2017 16:08 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Mike Jones of DC 101 recently spoke with Carmella to promote tonight’s WWE Live Road To WrestleMania event at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, VA. Below are some interview highlights, along with the full interview video:
  Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon offering so many opportunities on SmackDown:
  “I have had way more opportunity on Smackdown Live than I ever did at NXT. And NXT is developmental, it’s the land of opportunity in and of itsel
  
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• Carmella on Smackdown Providing More Opportunities, Being Part of WrestleMania 33, Orton Burning Down Wyatt Compound, More

  11-03-2017 16:08 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Mike Jones of DC 101 recently spoke with Carmella to promote tonight’s WWE Live Road To WrestleMania event at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, VA. Below are some interview highlights, along with the full interview video:
  Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon offering so many opportunities on SmackDown:
  “I have had way more opportunity on Smackdown Live than I ever did at NXT. And NXT is developmental, it’s the land of opportunity in and of itsel
  
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• David Finlay On His Father Fit Finlay’s Role in His Career, The Torch Being Passed, Being Trusted By NJPW, Working with Ricochet and More

  11-03-2017 16:04 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling episode #249 welcomes the son of wrestling legend “Fit” Finlay as New Japan Pro Wrestling’s “Celtic Prince”, David Finlay joins the show. Finay (who also coincidently loves to fight) talks learning from his Dad before heading to New Japan Pro Wrestling as well as the success he’s seen making a name for himself in Japan. The full episode is available for download at this link.
  What made him follow in his family’s foot
  
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• How Was Viewership for This Week’s “New Era” Edition of Impact Wrestling Featuring Alberto El Patron?

  11-03-2017 15:58 via wrestlezone.com
  
  According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of Impact Wrestling episode, featuring new World Heavyweight Champion Alberto El Patron, averaged 292,000 viewers. This is in line with last week’s 293,000 viewers.
  This week’s show did not make the Cable Top 150 list. Last week’s show ranked #133.
  Below is this week’s Impact in 60 video, recapping the show:The post How Was Viewership for This Week’s “New Era” Edition of Impact Wrestling Fea
  
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• Post-Match Video of Finn Balor’s WWE Return, Chris Jericho’s WWE Network Pick Video, WWE Office Releases This Week

  11-03-2017 15:53 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE Office Releases This Week
  According to PWInsider.com, there were some WWE office changes this week as several top social media officials were released. The report added the social media division in WWE is being folded into the WWE Digital department. There was said to be some shock over the releases internally as the company is going into WrestleMania 33.
  Post-Match Video of Finn Balor’s WWE Return
  As noted, Finn Balor returned to the ring at last night
  
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• NJPW New Japan Cup Results (3/11): First Round Matches, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Evil, Michael Elgin vs Bad Luck Fale

  11-03-2017 13:14 via wrestlezone.com
  
  NJPW New Japan Cup Night 1
  March 11, 2017
  The New Japan Cup is a single-elimination tournament featuring 16 wrestlers, that will take place over the course of the next week. The winner will earn a championship match against either IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada, IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito, or NEVER Openweight Champion Hirooki Goto.
  Night one was live on New Japan World featuring the first four matches from the first round. We will return tomorrow (early Sunday morni
  
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• Christopher Daniels Commemorates Two-Decade Career in Pro Wrestling by Winning His First Major World Title

  11-03-2017 06:47 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  After 24 years in the business, working for some of the top promotions all around the world, the “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels has finally captured his first major world championship. A bloody mess, Daniels defeated Adam Cole to win the ROH World Championship in the main event of Ring of Honor’s 15th Anniversary pay-per-view on Friday night.
  Several weeks ago, Daniels’ long-time friend and partner Frankie Kazarian revealed himself
  
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• Finn Balor and Triple H Make Their WWE In-Ring Returns Tonight (Photos and Videos)

  11-03-2017 04:52 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  As seen in the video below, WWE Raw star Finn Balor made his return to the ring at tonight’s WWE live event in Buffalo, New York. Balor teamed with Sami Zayn and WWE United States Champion Chris Jericho to defeat Triple H, who also returned, Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens.
  Below are photos and videos from tonight’s main event in Buffalo:BREAKING: @FinnBalor returns to action at #WWEBuffalo! pic.twitter.com/epxmzQEHr7
  — WWE (@WWE) March 11,
  
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• 3/10 Edition of Impact Rebellion: El Patron Debuts, Hardys v Decay In Time & Space, New Impact Authority, More

  11-03-2017 03:11 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WrestleZone Radio is proud to present the latest episode of Impact Rebellion!
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  On this episode of you Impact Rebellion Big Ray & Bin Hamin (aka Ben Duerr) discuss the new era of Impact Wrestling!
  This week’s episode of Impact included:Dissension in the broadcast both as Jeremy Borash joins The Pope and an angry and confrontational Josh Mathews
  Bruce Prichard and Dutch Mantel “aka” Zeb Colter make their Impact
  
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• RING OF HONOR 15TH ANNIVERSARY PPV RESULTS LIVE IN PROGRESS! The Hardy’s Defend, Bully Ray, Watch the PPV On WZ!

  11-03-2017 01:07 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Ring of Honor 15th Anniversary PPV Results
  March 10, 2017
  Las Vegas, Nevada
  Report by Mike Killam
  Ian Riccaboni welcomes us to Las Vegas as our lead commentator for the night, joined by Kevin Kelly and Colt Cabana. We are starting things off with a previously unadvertised match…
  JAY WHITE vs. KENNY KING
  King takes the advantage early on and stays in control, as Caprice Coleman taunts White from ringside. White is in a bad way for several minutes, but comes out of nowhere with a Koke
  
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• Ring of Honor 15th Anniversary PPV Results: Adam Cole vs Christopher Daniels, 3-Way Tag Team Street Fight, Broken Hardyz, Young Bucks & More

  11-03-2017 01:07 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Ring of Honor 15th Anniversary PPV Results
  March 10, 2017
  Las Vegas, Nevada
  Report by Mike Killam
  Ian Riccaboni welcomes us to Las Vegas as our lead commentator for the night, joined by Kevin Kelly and Colt Cabana. We are starting things off with a previously unadvertised match…
  JAY WHITE vs. KENNY KING
  King takes the advantage early on and stays in control, as Caprice Coleman taunts White from ringside. White is in a bad way for several minutes, but comes out of nowhere with a Koke
  
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• Finn Balor Hypes Tonight’s Return (Photo), Chris Jericho Going On Tour, Thuganomics Returns?

  11-03-2017 01:04
  
  – As noted, Finn Balor will return at tonight’s WWE live event in Buffalo, Balor tweeted the following on tonight’s match, he hasn’t wrestled since last summer due to injury:Back to work #wwebuffalo pic.twitter.com/ycUaEakjhW
  — Finn Bálor (@FinnBalor) March 10, 2017–Current WWE United States Champion Chris Jericho looks to be taking time away soon as a new Fozzy tour has been announced, check out the dates below:
  * May 5 – Virginia Beach, VA* May
  
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• Reby Hardy Rips Ed Nordholm’s “Well Wishes” Tweet, Says Impact Wrestling is Suing Matt and Jeff Hardy, Senor Benjamin and More

  11-03-2017 00:18 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  As noted, Impact Wrestling President Ed Nordholm responded to a Matt Hardy Tweet today, and it prompted the following from Matt’s wife, Reby Hardy:We thank @matthardybrand for a superb performance in Broken Universe. May the seven deities guide with their Broken Brilliance left behind
  — Ed Nordholm (@EdNordholm) March 10, 2017
  LMAO FUCK YOU GUYS @EdNordholm @RealJeffJarrett @IMPACTWRESTLING
  MORE than happy to play this game
  — Reby Hardy (@Re
  
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