Daily Update: CMLL, UFC 195 and NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
No major wrestling shows tonight in the U.S., although there is an iPPV starting shortly from Arena Mexico.
CMLL IPPVFROM ARENA MEXICO AT 6 P.M. EST TODAY
Estrellita & Princesa Sugei & Vaquerita vs. Amapola & Dallys & Zeuxis
Blue Panther Jr. & Esfinge & The Panther vs. Cancerbero & Raziel & Virus
Atlantis & Marco Corleone & Valiente vs. Dragon Rojo & Polvora & Thunder
Maximo Sexy vs. Kamaitachi hair vs. hair
Mistico & Caristico & Rusher vs. Volador Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero & Cibernetico
Negro Casas vs. Super Parka hair vs. hair
UFC 195 AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS SATURDAY
FIGHT PASS AT 6:30 P.M. EASTERN
Edgar Garcia vs. Sheldon Wescott
Joe Soto vs. Michinori Tanaka
Joe Duffy vs. Dustin Poirier
FS 1 AT 8 P.M. EASTERN
Alex Morono vs. Kyle Noke
Drew Dober vs. Scott Holtzman
Nina Ansaroff vs. Justine Kish
Michael McDonald vs. Masanori Kanehara
PPV AT 10 P.M. EASTERN
Tony Sims vs. Abel Trujillo
Diego Brandao vs. Brian Ortega
Lorenz Larkin vs. Albert Tumenov
Andrei Arlovski vs. Stipe Miocic
Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit for the welterweight title
PRO WRESTLING GUERRILLA ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN RESEDA, CA (Sorry no way to watch it unless you are one of the 400 with tickets)
Timothy Thatcher vs. Drew Gulak
Sami Callihan vs. Trevor Lee
Chris Dickinson vs. Brian Cage
Jack Evans vs. Drew Galloway
Adam Cole vs. Speedball Mike Bailey
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Akira Tozawa
Roderick Strong vs. Chris Hero for PWG title
NEW JAPAN FAN FEST LIVE ON NEW JAPAN WORLD 10 P.M. SATURDAY NIGHT FROM DIFFER ARIAKE
Kawato Hirai (pro debut) vs. Yohei Komatsu
Kanemitsu Teruaki (pro debut) vs. Sho Tanaka
Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask & Jay White vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Mascara Dorada & David Finlay
Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & Juice Robinson
Sunday WWE returns to touring with shows in Hidalgo, TX (Roman Reigns vs Sheamus for WWE title) and Corpus Christi (Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens for IC title; Kane vs. Bray Wyatt).
NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM AT 2:15 A.M. LATE SUNDAY/EARLY MONDAY ON NEW JAPAN WORLD
There will be both a English and Japanese language feed for the show
New Japan Rumble
Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly vs. Young Bucks vs. Ricochet & Matt Sydal vs. Rocky Romero & Trent Baretta for IWGP jr. tag titles
Mark & Jay Briscoe & Toru Yano vs. Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale for Never trios championships
Jay Lethal vs. Michael Elgin for ROH championship
Kenny Omega vs. Kushida for IWGP jr. title
Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma for IWGP tag team titles
Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata for Never Open weight championship
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. A.J. Styles for IC title
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada for IWGP heavyweight title
Raw will be Monday night from San Antonio with Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus for the WWE title with Vince McMahon as referee.
NEW JAPAN NEW YEAR’S DASH AT 5:30 A.M. EASTERN TUESDAY MORNING ON NEW JAPAN WORLD
No matches have been announced for the “Raw after Mania” show, but Kevin Kelly and Matt Striker will be calling the show in English and there will also be the Japanese feed..
The first Smackdown on the USA Network will be taped on Tuesday night in Laredo. Mauro Ranallo debuts as announcer and John Cena will be on the show.
TNA ON POP TV AT 9 P.M. FROM BETHLEHEM, PA
Matt Hardy vs. Ethan Carter III
Bobby Lashley vs Eric Young
Winners of these two matches meet for the vacant TNA title
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Wrestling Observer Newsletter
We have our annual business year in review as the lead of the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter this week. We cover our awards balloting year from 12/1/14 to 11/30/15 looking at the biggest events and biggest draws, with the year’s biggest crowds, records set in several different companies, Cena compared to those in similar positions on the all-time list, the year’s PPV buys for every wrestling, MMA and boxing show, how this year compared with other years.
Dwayne Johnson returning for WrestleMania, different ideas of where he may fit in, and his recent track record of WrestleMania matches.
The history of New Japan on January 4th at the Tokyo Dome. The first New Japan Tokyo Dome show and its main event, what drew the first house, what Lou Thesz said to Antonio Inoki after the show and why Thesz thought the result was a good thing and why it ended up being a waste. We look at how this year’s show will differ from last year as well as a match-by-match rundown and a look at the history of the New Japan big four, Tanahashi, Okada, A.J. Styles and Nakamura, with all of their previous Tokyo Dome matches.
Jonathan Coachman on HGH usage in WWE, why usage is so prevalent in certain types of sports and entertainment.
WWE injury coverage, why WWE stars are doing more NBC media, how movies with Sting are doing at the box office, how the WWE’s head of medical came across in the movie “Concussion” plus a concussion expert on Daniel Bryan situation. Update on Nikki Bella, NXT sellouts, Brock Lesnar’s next match, Cena facing a surprise opponent, Chris Jericho on future, Royal Rumble, Sin Cara injury update, NXT in Dallas, the go-home show for WrestleMania, two international stars about to start with WWE and the Bayley character on the main roster.
The holiday show in Madison Square Garden coverage, Ben Askren talks about One’s possibly revolutionary weight cutting regulations that could be the catalyst for changing MMA. We look at the first Rizin show, the sad spectacle of Sakuraba, the pro wrestlers on the show, the mentality behind why certain people were on the show and match-by-match coverage.
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TODAY’S DAILY UPDATE
- New Japan has one minute promotional videos for all the top matches for the Tokyo Dome up for free right now Video 1, Video 2, Video 3 and Video 4.
- After the Tokyo Dome and the Fantastica Mania tourNew Japan PPV shows will be splitting up the title matches with the New Beginnings in Osaka on 2/11 and the new Beginnings in Niigata on 2/14.
- The big news in sports today, even though people are trying to spin it differently, is how the College Football playoff semifinals on New Year’s Eve tanked in the ratings. The evening game was down 35 percent from last year and the afternoon game was down 37 percent. There were people who thought New Year’s Eve wouldn’t hurt the ratings all that much because major sports events have been strong this year on television. But this isn’t a New Year’s Eve TV watching culture like Japan is.
- From the family, Buddy Wayne, who passed away two days ago was born John Dwayne Peal, not Peale as we reported. This has been a very rough year for the Peal family as Buddy and two of his sisters both passed away.
- A story on the person the character in the movie “The Masked Saint” was based upon, that stars Roddy Piper.
WWE
- NXT for the first time made the list as one of the most pirated television shows.
UFC
- UFC 195 weigh-ins are at 7 p.m. Here is F4WOnline.com’s coverage.
- I’m told that people who signed up the first day Fight Pass was offered are getting a 50 percent discount on UFC 195.
- The second episode of Dana White: Lookin For a Fight will be released on YouTube on 1/11. The first episode was where Dana White, Matt Serra and Nick the Tooth discovered Sage Northcutt working small shows. This time they head to Philadelphia and Atlantic City looking for fighters, eating Cheesesteak and going to the beach.
MISCELLANEOUS
- Roderick Strong vs. Masada for the ROH TV title was announced for 1/9 in Concord, NC. This is Masada’s first ROH match in quite some time.
- Comcast in South Jersey has picked up COMET TV on Ch. 253, which airs ROH on Wednesday nights. (thanks to Bob Magee)
- John Skyler was the latest entrant announced for the ECWA Super 8 tournament on 4/23 in Woodbury Heights, NJ.
- Too Cold Scorpio on why he hates Buff Bagwell, what he thinks of Paul Heyman and Bill Watts and saving Arn Anderson’s life
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