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Ronda Rousey’s next WWE appearance scheduled for later this month

February 12, 2018 John Pollock

It was announced during Monday’s episode of Raw that Ronda Rousey will be making her next appearance at the Elimination Chamber event on Sunday, February 25th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 2/12: WWE announces Lisa “Ivory” Moretti for the Hall of Fame

February 12, 2018 John Pollock

The WWE announces that Ivory will be inducted into the Hall of Fame, Sasha Banks vs. Bayley added to Raw tonight, Corey Graves appears on Booker T’s show, reviews of ROH television and AJPW Twilight Blues, Newsweek piece on Impact Wrestling, anniversary of Kazuchika Okada’s first IWGP heavyweight title, major shows coming up, and more.

UFC 221 Post Show with John Pollock & Mike Bohn of USA Today / MMA Junkie

February 11, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock is joined by Mike Bohn of MMA Junkie & USA Today to run through the UFC 221 pay-per-view event from Perth, Australia. We discuss Yoel Romero’s failure to make weight and then stops Luke Rockhold in the main event, where this put both men coming out of this fight, a horrendous foul during one of the main card bouts, several solid performances throughout the card, and lots more.

NJPW New Beginning in Osaka 2018 Review

February 10, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock and Wai Ting review NJPW New Beginning in Osaka 2018 headlined by Kazuchika Okada vs Sanada for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Hirooki Goto vs Evil for the Never Openweight Championship and Will Ospreay vs Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

NJPW New Beginning in Osaka Report: Kazuchika Okada vs. Sanada, CHAOS vs. LIJ

February 10, 2018 John Pollock

John Pollock goes through Saturday’s New Beginning card from Osaka, featuring five singles matches between members of CHAOS and LIJ, including Kazuchika Okada defending the IWGP heavyweight title against Sanada.

Rey Mysterio to wrestle at NJPW’s “Strong Style Evolved” card in Long Beach

February 10, 2018 John Pollock

During Saturday’s New Beginning in Osaka card, a video aired with Rey Mysterio announcing he would be wrestling for New Japan Pro Wrestling. Mysterio challenged Jushin Thunder Liger to a match for the “Strong Style Evolved” event on Sunday, March 25th in Long Beach, California.

Yoel Romero misses weight, Luke Rockhold can still become interim champion

February 10, 2018 John Pollock

The UFC 221 main event was thrown into further disarray on Friday night when Yoel Romero missed weight for the interim middleweight title bout.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 2/9 – New Beginning in Osaka Preview

February 9, 2018 John Pollock

A big preview for the New Beginning Osaka card with Okada defending against Sanada, Impact and SmackDown ratings, reviews of Impact Wrestling and NXT, alleged incident involving Vince McMahon from 2006 resurfaces with new information, the new commentary on Impact, a preview of UFC 221, new main event of UFC 222, and more.

WWE posts record revenue, $32.6 million in net income for 2017

February 9, 2018 John Pollock

The WWE announced their year-end and fourth quarter results for 2017 on Thursday with a record amount of revenue for the year. We also have notes on the earnings call, a surprising stat regarding the Mixed Match Challenge, the promotion to big executives, and more.

REWIND-A-WAI #4: PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2017 (Final Stage)

February 8, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

John Pollock and Wai Ting return for another edition of Rewind-A-Wai and are tackling the final stage of Pro Wrestling Guerilla’s Battle of Los Angeles tournament from 2017.

BWE 2/8/18: Progress Chapter 62, FCP/Attack WrestleHouse, 5 Star, ‘Mania Week

February 7, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

Martin, Oli Court and Benno are back to talk PROGRESS Chapter 62: Fear No More, Come To Dust (featuring a brutal Walter vs Timothy Thatcher main event), Fight Club: PRO x Attack! Pro Wrestling’s WrestleHouse ‘18 (Omari vs Keith Lee 2) & Benno provides a live report from the start of the 5 Star arena tour.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 2/7 – Paul Levesque replaces Vince McMahon overseeing 205 Live, per report

February 7, 2018 John Pollock

There has reportedly been a change within the WWE regarding the presentation of WWE with Paul Levesque replacing Vince McMahon and the direction of the program, a review of this week’s 205 Live episode, AXS TV confirms the live airing of Strong Style Evolved, Shelton Benjamin discovers a loaded gun in his rental car and more.

REWIND-A-SMACKDOWN 2/6/18: Top 10 List, Owens vs Zayn, 205 Live is… Great?

February 7, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

SmackDown’s Top 10 List has many confused, Owens vs Zayn results in a three-way at Fastlane, 205 Live is… great? Plus, the Mixed Match Challenge, Jason Jordan’s neck surgery and an NJPW New Beginning in Osaka Preview.

Jason Jordan undergoes neck operation

February 6, 2018 John Pollock

The WWE announced on Tuesday evening that Jason Jordan (Nathan Everhart) underwent a minimally invasive procedure to address an existing neck injury earlier in the morning.

Second hour of Raw draws highest of the three, overall 8.8% drop from last week

February 6, 2018 John Pollock

Monday’s episode of Raw from Des Moines, Iowa averaged approximately 3,080,000 viewers over the course of the three-hour program on the USA Network.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 2/6 – The Miz signs new contract with the WWE, per report

February 6, 2018 John Pollock

The Miz has reportedly signed a new contract with the WWE and we look at his career with the company, Big Show provides a health update, ROH set to break their attendance record, Mario Yamasaki and CABMMA issue statements over Saturday’s fight, EVIL and Sanada retain titles at Korakuen Hall, Elimination Chamber notes, and more.

REWIND-A-RAW 2/5/18: Jordan Screws Up Again, Women’s Chamber Participants Announced

February 6, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

The women’s Elimination Chamber participants are announced, Jason Jordan screws up and upsets Seth Rollins again, Alexa Bliss thinks Kurt Angle’s matchmaking is sexist, Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt, Asuka vs Bayley, Braun Strowman vs Elias vs John Cena.

Participants for the women’s Elimination Chamber match announced

February 5, 2018 John Pollock

On Monday’s episode of Raw, the six participants for the first-ever women’s Elimination Chamber match were announced for the event that takes place later this month in Las Vegas.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 2/5 – Rey Mysterio says, “big possibility” of a return to the WWE

February 5, 2018 John Pollock

Rey Mysterio discusses his thoughts on a return to the WWE, Booker T. cites Corey Graves as the reason he’s off the Raw commentary team, review of this week’s Ring of Honor episode, Coliseum Video releases on the WWE Network, ROH and All Japan set to launch their own streaming services, review of UFC Fight Night card from Belem, and lots more.

Rev Pro Live at the Cockpit 26 Results – Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Travis Banks

February 4, 2018 POST Wrestling Staff

A live report from Sunday’s Revolution Pro show at Cockpit Theatre in London, featuring Zack Sabre, Jr. taking on Travis Banks in the main event, a triple threat for the British Cruiserweight title, and more.