Posted on Jan 28, 2012 By Bob Colling Total Non-Stop Action presents Impact Date: 1/26/2012 From: Orlando, FL Tonight, Alex Shelley returns to action against Zema Ion. A new number one contender for the TNA Knockouts Championship is crowned and a tag team tables match is the main event! The show starts off with Bully Ray and Jeff Hardy brawling backstage. Hardy is working on Ray with a broomstick. Ray is...

Posted on Jan 28, 2012 By Bob Colling World Wrestling Entertainment presents Smackdown Date: 1/27/2012 From: Tucson, AZ Tonight, Randy Orton returns to wrestle his arch nemesis Wade Barrett. Also, Mark Henry will be in action against Big Show. It’s the last stop before the Royal Rumble this Sunday! A video promoting what happened two weeks ago between WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan and Big...

Posted on Jan 27, 2012 “You can either bow down to conformity, follow suit and be like everyone else, or you can start a revolution!” – Chris Renfrew… In a slight departure from my role as weekly bringer of pro wrestling news, this week’s edition of Mat Musings is dedicated entirely to one promotion. Far from the PG-land of WWE or the more humble surroundings of TNA’s Impact...

Posted on Jan 27, 2012 Following on from our successful pilot episode we welcome you to the first official episode of The Dropkick Radio Japanese Wrestling Show with Jeremy Graves and Matthew Lappin. In this episode discussion includes the NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VI event & the fallout leading to the ‘New Beginning’ event set to be headlined with Okada, yes the same Okada who has...

Posted on Jan 27, 2012 UFC On Fox 2: Davis versus Evans January 28th, 2012 United Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States   Main card Main event, light heavyweight division; Phil Davis versus Rashad Evans* Middleweight division; Michael Bisping versus Chael Sonnen* Middleweight division; Demian Maia versus Chris Weidman   Preliminary card (to air on television) Lightweight division; Evan...

Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Walandi Tsantiridis On Saturday, January 28 New European Championship Wrestling’s (NEW) “Provocation” will take place in Heßdorf near Erlangen, Germany. NEW owner Alex Wright presents the third event in the NEW HotSpot – the new wrestling event and training center in Germany. A stacked card awaits the fans including a “One Side Fall Battle Royal” and...

Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By Jared Gebhardt Here we go: the bring it home column just before the second best pay per view of the year, the Royal Rumble. I’ll forgo my question and answer format for my unique picks column. Not a lot of matches and I am doing this before SmackDown so there is a chance a match will be added that won’t be in the column, just assume I’d get that match...

Posted on Jan 25, 2012 In the second to last episode of the season, All American Pro Wrestling (AAPW) kicked off the show with two up and coming stars. PWI Rookie of the Year Ace Hawkins defeated Max Archer. In a rematch from a few weeks ago Farmer Billy Hills got retribution as he defeated “Playboy” Paul Rose. And in the Main Event, fans got to relive last week’s debut of “Boom...

Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By Bob Colling World Wrestling Entertainment presents RAW Date: 1/23/2012 From: Phoenix, AZ Tonight, Zack Ryder gets his shot at revenge against Kane in a Falls Count Anywhere match. The Miz and R-Truth collide in a match where the loser enters the Rumble as the number one entrant. Plus, WWE Champion CM Punk teams with John Cena to take on Dolph Ziggler and WWE United States...

Posted on Jan 24, 2012 Italy’s European Pro Wrestling (EPW) strives to bring Europe’s best wrestlers together to present its new TV show “Overload” to the fans. While fans still have to wait until March to see the first episode on SKY, the first trailer gives a good impression of what to expect. Stay tuned for more...

Posted on Jan 24, 2012 Photo by Jarmo Katila What a difference a year makes! Looking back on the year of 2011, I can honestly say that FCF Wrestling enjoyed their most successful spell to date, firmly positioning us at the leading end of the pro wrestling scene in Europe today.  With 17 shows – a record for us – FCF broke ground in new market areas, expanded into partnership with other fighting art...

Posted on Jan 24, 2012 It has arrived, the fourth anniversary show of the Dropkick Radio Wrestling Show. A program packed with wrestling talk and two interviews with a very British flavour to them. Discussion this includes a variety of topics relating to the past weeks wrestling television shows including great promo from CM Punk at the end of Raw, the burial of Jack Swagger  just so John Cena showed...

Posted on Jan 21, 2012 UFC On FX: Guillard Vs. Miller January 20th, 2012 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee   Main card Main event, lightweight division; Jim Miller defeated Melvin Guillard via submission (due to rear-naked choke) at 2:04, round one Welterweight division; Josh Neer defeated Duane Ludwig via submission (due to guillotine choke) at 3:04, round one Bantamweight division; Mike...

Posted on Jan 21, 2012 By Bob Colling World Wrestling Entertainment presents Smackdown Date: 1/20/2012 From: Las Vegas, NV Tonight, Sheamus meets Wade Barrett in singles action. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan defends against Mark Henry. All that and much more on the Sin City edition of Smackdown! A video highlighting what happened during the main event last week between WWE World Heavyweight...

Posted on Jan 21, 2012 By Bob Colling Total Non-Stop Action presents Impact Date: 1/19/2012 From: Orlando, FL Tonight, Mickie James squares off against Madison Rayne in a steel cage, AJ Styles squares off against Gunner, a number one contenders match takes place and a X-Division wrestler returns! The new number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, James Storm makes his way out to the...

Posted on Jan 20, 2012 Needless to say, 2011 was a heck of a year for the promotion known as Insane Championship Wrestling. Announcing towards the tail-end of the year that the company had signed a TV deal, promoter Mark Dallas promises that fans haven’t necessarily seen the best of the what the hardcore group have to offer, with way more to come in the future. Kicking off 2012 in spectacular...

Posted on Jan 20, 2012 It’s been retro-mania in the Kennedy household this week, with old footage from companies such as NWA, WCW, ECW and World Class dominating the TV screen. It’s difficult to put into words just how much this fan would encourage other fans, specifically those of a younger age, to check out some of the vast quantity of quality material which is on offer through various DVD...

Posted on Jan 19, 2012 UFC On FX: Guillard Vs. Miller January 20th, 2012 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee   Main card Main event, lightweight division; Melvin Guillard versus Jim Miller Welterweight division; Duane Ludwig versus Josh Neer Bantamweight division; Mike Easton versus Jared Papazian Heavyweight division; Pat Barry versus Christian Morecraft Preliminary card (broadcast on...