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Fightful.com was sent the following, announcing Vanes Martirosyan's fight with GGG:
Two-time world title challenger and 2004 Olympian VANES “THE NIGHTMARE” MARTIROSYAN (36-3-1, 21 KOs), from Glendale, Calif., challenges undefeated World Middleweight Champion GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN (37-0-1, 33 KOs), from Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The recently announced world championship rumblebetween the 2004 Olympians is only 14 days away and takes place on Cinco De Mayo — Saturday, May 5 — under the stars at StubHub Center and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® beginning at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Martirosyan was one of a handful of boxers in the conversation as Golovkin's May 5 opponent following the cancellation of the Canelo rematch. Martirosyan was ready to go when the call came. He had been sparring with a couple of undefeated Russian boxers.
“Throughout the year, two camps started on and off. Every time we started somebody pulled out.,' said Martirosyan. '..

Called them out.
Over WrestleMania weekend the marketing and booking agency 'Blackcat Events' had a number of wrestling talents scheduled and booked for meet and greet sessions. The owner of 'Blackcat Events' had two talents in particular call him out on the spot via social media today about not being compensated for their appearances.
Former IMPACT Knockouts Champion Chelsea Green and former WWE star James Ellsworth made it known that they were two of many who were booked but not paid by 'Blackcat Events'. The man behind the agency's Twitter account sent out the following message on April 17th which recently caught the attention of Chelsea Green who was not too pleased about the entire situation.
The truth will come out soon.
— Blackcat Events (@BlackCat_Events) April 17, 2018
LOL BRO! The truth came out. You’re a fraud and we’ve made sure the wrestling community knows that!
Goodluck surviving in this industry. https://t.co/5YVZP9opEW
— Chels..

NJPW Hi No Kuni is in the books and a new IWGP Intercontinental Champion has been crowned as Tetsuya Naito captured the gold by defeating Minoru Suzuki in the main event. Evil & Sanada also held onto the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles when they defeated the Killer Elite Squad in a rematch from Wrestle Kingdom.
Also, Hiromu Takahashi & Bushi picked up singles match victories over the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions El Desparado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Here are the full NJPW Hi No Kuni quick results:
IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Tetsuya Naito def. Minoru Suzuki to win the title
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: Los Ingobernables (Evil & Sanada) def. Killer Elite Squad (Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) to retain the titles
Hiromu Takahashi def. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Bushi def. El Desparado by DQ
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Michael Elgin & Kushida def. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Yoshi-Hashi, Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay)
Suzuki-Gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, ..

In what was a long week for some, just got longer.
After traveling to Saudi Arabia for the 'Greatest Royal Rumble' event in what is nearly a 12-hour flight, immediately after the show concluded this past Friday the wrestlers who competed at the event where transported on planes from Saudi Arabia to the United States at midnight.
According to PWInsider, a majority of the talents made it back to the U.S.Saturday afternoon coming through New York City's 'JFK' airport before getting on the flight that would take them to their respective homes. For some of the talents they only had 24 hours to enjoy home as they had to fly out Sunday to get ready for the TV tapings in Canada this week. The site notes that some talents were scheduled to fly back to New York and then connect at 'LaGuardia Airport' for a flight to Montreal. For the talents who had this schedule, after arriving to New York they discovered that that their flight to Montreal had been canceled..

Here's your Fight Size wrestling Update for the morning of April 30th, 2018.
– The “Belt Collector” Austin Aries has lost one of his championships. Yesterday at 'Defiant Wrestling's 'No Regrets' show Austin Aries was defeated by Rampage Brown and lost the Defiant Championship. Aries still is the holder of the DEFY, IPW:UK World, IMPACT World, IMPACT Grand, and WSW Heavyweight Championships.
#AndNew DEFIANT Wrestling World Champion #NoRegrets #WeAreDefiant#NoRegretsRumble is NOW https://t.co/N0ECLTk6Te pic.twitter.com/KiK237yNX4
— FITE (@FiteTV) April 28, 2018
– The following is video from NJPW's YouTube channel that features a post-match highlight from the tranquilo Tetsuya Naito.
– NJPW announced via Twitter that will begin broadcasting live in France.
– During a recent edition of the 'Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast' Sam Roberts & Peter Rosenberg discussed and analyzed the 'Greatest Royal Rumble' event that took place this past Fr..

Los Ingobernables de Japon have a new champion among them.
On Sunday, New Japan Wrestling held the Hi No Kuni event in Kumamoto, Japan which featured some of the promotion's biggest names and two championship matches. Los Ingobernables de Japon members Evil and Sanada defended their IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and then in the main event Tetsuya Naito defeated Minoru Suzuki to capture the IWGP Intercontinental Championship giving the stable three current champions among their ranks.
Los Ingobernables de Japon will soon be touring North America as part of the Ring of Honor War of the Worlds tour where the promotion will visit four cities in the United States and Canada.
This reign is the 2nd time Naito has captured the Intercontinental Championship. He lost the championship last June to Hiroshi Tanahashi after a 259 day reign.
Fightful Wrestling has results for the entire Hi No Kuni event and often has live coverage of other NJPW events. There will also be coverag..

Matt Taven wonders why he has not been given more chances at the ROH World Championship.
In an interview with Sporting News, Matt Taven explained how the “Kingdom Conspiracy” is based in reality. The members of the Kingdom have been complaining about how they are treated by Ring of Honor and Taven said he has not been given the opportunities he has earned.
“I have a serious question of 'why?' I've been in Ring of Honor for five years. I've won every title that they have to offer besides one and I've only had two opportunities at that title. Both matches had interference in them but nothing was ever done about it. I was never given an honest chance, an honest shake with a rematch and even opportunity. I feel like I deserve it. The only thing I'm asking Ring of Honor is what I deserve,” said Taven.
Also during the interview, Taven discussed how he and the rest of The Kingdom created a spectacle outside of Supercard of Honor XII to express their discont..

The Boys and Girls Club of America issued Fightful.com the following, announcing Hulk Hogan will be inducted into their Hall of Fame:
SAN DIEGO, April 29, 2018 — Boys & Girls Clubs of America will induct nine new Club alumni into their Alumni Hall of Fame during a ceremony next week in San Diego, California. For more than 150 years, Boys & Girls Clubs around the country have provided kids and teens of all backgrounds, the opportunity to achieve great futures. To celebrate the accomplishments of former Boys & Girls Club members, the organization annually recognizes distinguished alumni, including these nine inductees who have excelled to the top of their respective fields.
The ceremony will be hosted by Emmy and Tony-award winning actor and Club alum Courtney B. Vance, and will honor alumni who have gone on from their Boys & Girls Club to make major contributions in their professions, from sports to entertainment to the military and more. Each of these leaders has followed a unique p..

The hard-hitting Drew Gulak shares a not-so-surprising job that he would have if he were not a wrestler.
While on tour with WWE in South Africa Drew Gulak attempted to take the WWE Cruiserweight Championship out of the grasps of Cedric Alexander but did not succeed. Gulak could possibly have another opportunity to do so if he can make it through the 'Gauntlet' match this upcoming Tuesday on 205 Live that will determine Cedric Alexander's opponent at the 'Greatest Royal Rumble'.
The “University City Stretcher” dating back to last fall has always campaigned for a “better 205 Live” and his idea of a better 205 Live has been displayed throughout his signature power-point presentations. Speaking with 'New Vision' in South Africa Gulak being the Microsoft aficionado that he is revealed that if he were not putting beat downs on other wrestlers for a living he would be an educator.
“If I wasn’t wrestling I would be teaching. I have a degree in behavioral ..