Daily Update: UFC 206, Cody joins the Bullet Club, Tokyo Dome matches

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UFC 206

FROM THE AIR CANADA CENTRE IN TORONTO

UFC 206 live results: Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis

Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m.

  • Zach Makovsky vs. Dustin Ortiz
  • Rustam Khabilov vs. Jason Saggo
  • John Makdessi vs. Lando Vanatta

FS 1 at 8 p.m.

  • Mitch Gagnon vs. Matthew Lopez
  • Valerie Letourneau vs. Viviane Pereira
  • Olivier Aubin-Mericier vs. Drew  Dober
  • Misha Cirkunov vs. Nikita Krylov

PPV at 10 p.m.

  • Emil Meek vs. Jordan Mein
  • Tim Kennedy vs. Kelvin Gastelum
  • Doo Ho Choi vs. Cub Swanson
  • Matt Brown vs. Donald Cerrone
  • Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis

        Pettis missed weight by two pounds so if Holloway wins, he will be the interim featherweight champion. If Pettis wins, he will not be the interim featherweight champion.

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We’ll be doing a poll for UFC 206, thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobserver.com.

We’re looking for reports on the following shows to newstips@wrestlingobserver.com. 

  • WWE Raw in Lowell, MA (Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens)
  • WWE Smackdown in Norfolk 
  • NXT in Newcastle
  • NXT in Australia
  • NXT in Venice, FL

GLORY SATURDAY FROM OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY

This is a three-pronged show which starts on ESPN 3 at 11:30 a.m., moves to Fight Pass (airing for free even if you are not a Fight Pass subscriber) at 1:30 p.m. and then moves to PPV both regular and iPPV through the UFC at 4 p.m. featuring Rico Verhoeven vs. Badr Hari for their world heavyweight title, which is the biggest heavyweight kickboxing match in years. Also on PPV will be welterweight champion Nieky Holzken vs. Cedric Coumbe, plus the finals of the tournament to crown a women’s super bantamweight champion with the semifinals airing on the free show prior to the PPV starting. 

BELLATOR ON SATURDAY AT 4 P.M. EASTERN FROM FLORENCE, ITALY

  • Ed Ruth (1-0, 189.2) vs. Emanuele Palombi (5-2, 187.2)
  • Goiti Yamauchi (31-9, 156) vs. Valeriu Mircea (12-3, 154.5)
  • John Salter (12-3, 185.2) vs. Claudio Annicchiarico (1-4, 185.2)
  • Philipe Lins (10-1, 205.8) vs. Kleber Raimundo Silva (12-7, 205.9)
  • Alessio Sakara (18-11, 2 no contests, 203.6) vs. Joey Beltran (17-13, 1 no contest, 205.2)

KICKBOXING MATCHES TO AIR ON THE 16TH

  • Kevin Ross (31-9) vs. Alessio Adruini (26-14-2)
  • Luca Novello (22-4-2) vs. Karim Ghajji (96-13-1)
  • Joe Schilling (19-9) vs. Victorio Lermano (30-7)
  • Denise Kielhotz (45-3) vs. Gloria Peritore (11-1-1)
  • Giorgio Petrosyan (82-2-2, 1 no contest) vs. Jordan Watson (48-11-2)

EVOLVE ON FLO SLAM ON SATURDAY AT 6 P.M. EASTERN FROM QUEENS, NY

  • Brian Cage vs. Darby Allin
  • Drew Gulak vs. Jaka
  • Matt Riddle vs. Jeff Cobb
  • Chris Hero vs. Dick Togo
  • Cody Rhodes vs. Ethan Page
  • Tracy Williams & Fred Yehi vs. Ricochet & Peter Kaasa for tag titles

They are also taping these kickboxing matches that will air on 12/16 at about 11:15 p.m., right after the Bellator MMA show from Dublin, Ireland airs. This show is an experiment because usually Bellator tapes its overseas shows for prime time and this will air live. Comparing the rating for this show with taped shows in Tel Aviv and Dublin will be very telling of whether going live is more important than airing it at a convenient time for the majority of viewers.

Sunday has the Raw crew in White Plains, NY (Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens), the Smackdown crew in Greeneville, NC and NXT in Gold Coast, Australia. We’re looking for reports on all of those shows.

FLO SPORTS SUBMISSION UNDERGROUND FROM PORTLAND, OREGON AT 5:30 P.M.

  • Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson
  • Miesha Tate vs. Jessica Eye
  • Ronnie Markes vs. Jeff Monson

EVOLVE ON FLO SLAM ON SUNDAY AT 7 P.M. EASTERN FROM MELROSE MA

  • Darby Allin & Peter Kaasa vs. Chris Dickinson & Jaka
  • Jeff Cobb vs. Fred Yehi
  • Chris Hero vs. Dustin
  • Dick Togo vs. Ethan Page
  • Ricochet vs. Matt Riddle
  • Tracy Williams vs. Drew Gulak

Monday has Raw in Philadelphia with New Day vs. Cesaro & Sheamus vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson in a three-way for the tag title as the main event. Jericho and Charlotte are both booked for TV. There is a Smackdown brand house show in Roanoke.

Tuesday has Smackdown in Washington, DC. Orton returns to the tour on that show. There is also an NXT show in Sydney, Australia.

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WRESTLING OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: December 12, 2016 Linda McMahon given Trump cabinet position, WWE TLC review, more

A look at Linda McMahon being named to Donald Trump’s cabinet is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer newsletter. Find out what has been said that is totally misleading about her background, the background of Vince McMahon buying the WWF, her previous comments on Trump and others from wrestling who have been in similar positions.

This issue contains TLC show run down, with poll results, match-by-match coverage with star ratings, notes on the next set of Smackdown angles, where Raw is going for the next PPV and business notes on the show.

News on the Jerry Lawler and Lita situation, an update on the Jimmy Snuka manslaughter case, lots of WWE Network news and new surveys, John Cena and Dwayne Johnson updates on work outside of wrestling, new bookings for Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg, notes on two athletes WWE is looking at signing, Olympic gold medalist getting a tryout, WWE star gets engaged, former WWE stars returning, WWE product commercial awarded, update on several injuries, and a look at the most watched shows on the WWE Network this past week, all in this big issue of the Observer.

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Coverage of the UFC TUF finale and the Demetrious Johnson vs. Tim Elliott title match, how close the Joseph Benavidez vs. Henry Cejudo fight really was, business notes on the show, and how much everyone on the show earned, all inside this issue.

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SATURDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

PRO WRESTLING

  • As was expected, Cody Rhodes was unveiled as the newest member of the Bullet Club in a video that aired on the NJPW World Tag League finals. He referred to himself as “The American Nightmare” in the video and will be debuting at the Tokyo Dome on January 4th.
  • Another NJPW faction also added a new member as Hiromu Takahashi (the former Kamaitachi) accepted a Los Ingobernables de Japon baseball cap from Tetsuya Naito after interfering in LIJ’s match against Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA. Takahashi will challenge KUSHIDA for his junior heavyweight title at the Dome.
  • Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma were the winners of the World Tag League tournament after beating IWGP Tag Team Champions Guerrillas of Destiny in the show’s main event, and they will likely challenge them for the titles at the Dome.
  • It was also made apparent that Hirooki Goto would challenge Katusyori Shibata for the NEVER Openweight Championship at WrestleKingdom.
  • Mustafa Ali had his final indie match for Freelance Wrestling in Chicago last night before he heads to WWE.
  • Colby Corino put out a video saying that he’s going to get the treatment he needs after his recent arrest.
  • Jeff Hardy was on CBS promoting his new album Spawn Of Me. It’s an eclectic twist of rock, country and some hip-hop all rolled in one. He also had TNA’s music man, Dale Oliver, produce the songs. They recorded them at Oliver’s house over a two-day span. He said fears of developing CTE from repeated concussions weigh heavily on him and are the inspiration for one of the tracks on the album, “Irreversible.” Plus he talked about his contract status in TNA, the management shakeup and his future.
  • Dave Bautista tweeted to Chad Dukes to comment on a video from last night’s Impact Wrestling of the Broken Hardy’s, about the gimmick “jumping the shark.”
  • EVOLVE 74 Saturday, Dec. 10th, 2016. Belltime: 6:00 PM EST. La Boom 56-15 Northern Blvd. Woodside, Queens, NY. Watch live at www.FloSlam.tv.
  • Here is an article on journeyman wrestler Tom Drake.

UFC / MMA

  • Max Holloway responded to Anthony Pettis missing weight for their UFC 206 main event.
  • Dana White said the UFC is introducing a women’s featherweight division whether Cris Cyborg is involved or not.

VARIETY

  • Former WWE, WCW, and GWF talent Scott Putski was the latest guest on the Pancakes and Powerslams Show. Putski had much to say about his time in WWE and WCW. He also shared his thoughts on Vince McMahon’s bodybuilding, why he was placed in the Light Heavyweight division and Eric Bischoff’s lack of management skills. He also said that Brock Lesnar “was a joke” in UFC.
  • NWA Mid South in Ripley, TN at the Power Pro Arena from last night: Matt Taylor b EMT #1-COR, Johnny Morton b Step Daddy-DQ, Morton & Taylor b Daddy & EMT, Greg Anthony b Jakob Edwinn, NWA World Tag Team Titles: Heat Seekers (Sigmon & Elliott Russell) b Iron Empire (Rob Conway & Matt Riviera) to win titles. NWA Mid South runs the Power Pro Arena every Friday night at 8 PM.
  • Saturday morning TV results of Lucha Xtreme in Fresno: 1. Jake Atlas defeated Suzuki by pin 2. Hoss Hogg defeated Ely EverFly by pin 3. Robby Phoenix defeated Anthony Idol by pin

Today in Professional Wrestling History (12/10): Edge & Christian capture WWF tag team gold

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