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International Wrestling Scene & Mixed Martial Arts
TheBigBoot Goes Global #1: Mitsuharu Misawa
by TheBigBoot on 24 June 2009
Last Saturday, Japanese wrestling icon, Pro Wrestling NOAH Founder-President and one of the greatest wrestlers of all time Mitusharu Misawa died following a bout in Hiroshima. Whilst teaming with Go Shiozaki against GHC Tag Team Champions Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith, Misawa was knocked unconscious following a backdrop suplex from Saito. A stunned, hushed crowd watched as a doctor from the audience tried to revive him using CPR before he was rushed to a local hospital who pronounced him dead at 10:10 PM...
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In memory and respect of Mitsuharu Misawa
by Robert Heard on 15 June 2009
As you probably already know if you are reading this article, the founder and president of Pro Wresting NOAH and a man who personified Japanese wrestling maybe more then anyone since the turn of the 90’s, Mitsuharu Misawa, died on the 13th of June, the supposed cause of which was a heart attack that struck when Misawa took a bump from a belly to back suplex (or backdrop in Japan) from NOAH veteran Akitoshi Saito...
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Mascarita Sagrada Interview
by Stephen Ashfield on 3 December 2008
After their successful shows in London in July, the Lucha Libre stars from Mexico will be making their return to the Roundhouse for five shows from December 6th to 9th including a matinee at 2pm on December 7th. One of the stars of the show on their first tour was former WWE and TNA star Mascarita Sagrada, here he talks about his career and what we can expect to see in London in December...
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UFC 91: Brock Lesnar vs Randy Couture Preview
by Dynamite Duane on 14 November 2008
No one has yet won the WWE title and then gone on to become the UFC World Heavyweight champion but that could all change when Brock Lesnar challenges Randy 'The Natural' Couture for the title at UFC 91 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on November 15th...
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TRS: The IWGP title comes home and an unfortunate case of events
by Robert Heard on 18 February 2008
Sunday saw a massive show for NJPW, a massive one in that they needed to finally push Nakamura all the way and reclaim the 3rd generation IWGP Title and unify it once more with the 2nd generation belt they have been forced to use since Lesnar refused to return what he called ‘his belt’ to the company...
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 | Worked Shoot #8: The Georges St. Pierre Greasing Controversy
By Dynamite Duane on 2 March 2009 |
| By now I am sure you are all aware who came out the victor between BJ Penn and Georges St. Pierre in their Welterweight Title clash at UFC 94. Despite what appeared to be a clear-cut finish not all parties involved agree due to accusations from Penn?s team of Pierre?s camp bending [...] |
| | Worked Shoot #7: UFC 95 Preview
By Dynamite Duane on 21 February 2009 |
| On Saturday 21st February the UFC makes a welcome return to British soil for UFC 95 when the hard-hitting action will take place in London underneath the giant tent formerly known as the Millennium Dome, more recently known as the 02 Arena. For those in the United States this fight show [...] |
| | Worked Shoot #6: Affliction Day of Reckoning Review
By Dynamite Duane on 12 February 2009 |
| Affliction: Day of Reckoning recently took place on Saturday 24th January. The good news for UK fight fans is Bravo broadcasted the follow up Affliction event just a day later at 9pm on Sunday 25th January. So many of us got to see the event without the need to attempt finding it on the [...] |
| | Worked Shoot #5: MMA News Roundup
By Dynamite Duane on 8 February 2009 |
| This time from the Worked Shoot we catch up on all the recent news from around the ultimate fight world as I scurry around the net gathering all the titbits before going back into winter hibernation like my pet hamster! Boy it is cold out there!
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| | Worked Shoot #4: UFC 93 Review and UFC 94 Preview
By Dynamite Duane on 1 February 2009 |
| UFC 94: St. Pierre vs. Penn II ? Preview
UFC Welterweight Title Challenge - Georges St.Pierre vs. UFC Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn
Who is the best pound for pound fighter in the world of MMA? The question has been asked regularly for some time. This weekend at UFC 94 the highly anticipated rematch between [...] |
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