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The voice of WCW discusses the growth of MLW.
20-year pro wrestling commentator Tony Schiavone is continuing his tenure in the business as the lead commentator for Major League Wrestling which was founded by former WWE creative writer Court Bauer. Recently, the promotion struck a deal with 'BeIN Sports' and their 'Fusion' show is currently airing on the sports network. While speaking with the Baltimore Sun, Schiavone revealed that when Bauer originally presented the gig to him as lead commentator it was not something that he was too keen on seeing as how he considered himself retired from the business.
“To be honest, I didn't want to do it. I had walked away from the business,” Schiavone said. “But Court's MLW, which hosts podcasts, he gave me a start with my podcast and I thought that I'd do it to say thanks for what you've done for me. Then I got into it and I realized that there's some great kids who are trying to get ahead and make a n..

A second title fight could be added to the UFC 226 card according to MMA Junkie as UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway defends the gold against #1 Brian Ortega.
Holloway (19-3-0) is going to be making the second defense of his championship at the event, last defending it against Jose Aldo at UFC 218. Holloway became the undisputed featherweight champion when he defeated Aldo the first time by third round TKO at UFC 212. Holloway hasn’t suffered a defeat in almost five years, with that last loss coming against former two division champion Conor McGregor at UFC Fight Night 26.
Ortega (14-0-0-1NC) has already earned six victories under the UFC banner, last defeating former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar by first round knockout at UFC 222. Ortega hasn’t had a bout go the distance in over four years and he has yet to go to a decision while competing in the UFC. Ortega is a former Resurrection Fighting Alliance Featherweight Champion, defeating Keoni Koch to win the gold at RFA..

Chris Jericho speaks on heading to Saudi Arabia as a part of WWE's 'Greatest Royal Rumble' event.
In what has been a stellar 2018 thus far for Chris Jericho starting off the year wrestling at NJPW's biggest event of the year which is 'Wrestle Kingdom', then a few weeks later appearing on WWE programming at the 'RAW 25' show, and just three months later Y2J will be present at WWE's 'Greatest Royal Rumble' event that will air on the WWE Network live from the King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Jericho joined CBS Sports' 'In This Corner' podcast recently and stated that having the chance to travel with WWE to Saudi Arabia for this massive event is a “once in a life time opportunity”.
“It's just one of those things where it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Jericho stated. “Obviously, you are getting a chance to work with Saudi Arabia at the highest levels. We have been there in 20..

Scott D'Amore is looking to slowly bring IMPACT Wrestling back to the heights that it once was at.
Promoter, booker, and the current co-executive Vice President of IMPACT Wrestling Scott D'Amore has his sights set on changing the direction of the company. Along with former pro wrestler and current NJPW commentator Don Callis, D'Amore wants to slowly earn back one fan at a time to IMPACT. Over the past number of years the company has been set back a few steps, but D'Amore is prepared for all hurdles as he explained to Sports Illustrated.
“There is no short game to this, there is no magic pill or snapping of your fingers,” said D’Amore, “Our goal is to make a bunch of small decisions and those small decisions are going to slowly lead to things getting better and building a little momentum.”
On April 6th, IMPACT Wrestling hosted a joint show with Lucha Underground where stars from both productions went head-to-head throughout the night in in-ring competition. In the..

Mick Foley recalls one of the most iconic “Hell In A Cell” matches in WWE history.
On June 28th, 1998 inside of the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA, former three-time WWF Champion Mick Foley and “The Phenom” The Undertaker put on one of the most talked about and historic “Hell In A Cell” matches in the history of WWE. Clips from the brutal bout are constantly shown in WWE video packages and network specials.
While on the road for his “20 Years Of Hell” tour in which he dives into stories in front of a live audience about his career in the pro wrestling industry, Mick Foley spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated and opened up about that historic night during the summer of 1998.
“I told Mr. McMahon two of the biggest lies of my life that day,” said Foley. “I told him I had been on top of the cell earlier that afternoon, and I told him that I felt completely comfortable up there. Had I gone up there for a walk-through, there would be no twentieth anniversary because I would hav..

Ricochet has new goals after coming to NXT.
At NXT Takeover: New Orleans, Ricochet competed in a ladder match for the NXT North American Championship. It was one of his first matches in NXT ever and he talked to WWE.com about his time in the independents trying to get into WWE or NXT. He said he has been wrestling for nearly half of his life.
“I had been a fan since I can remember. I started training when I was 14, and my debut match was actually on my birthday, Oct. 11, 2003. So, as of this year, I will have wrestled for half my life. That’s pretty wild when I think about it,” said Ricochet.
After spending fourteen years trying to make it in professional wrestling, Ricochet finds himself looking for new motivations after finally making it into WWE developmental.
“Honestly, when I first started, I never thought I’d make it to the WWE. So now that I am here, my only goal is to become the best performer I can be and try to be an inspiration for my son and anyone, really, who does..

Ring of Honor announcer Bobby Cruise was recently interviewed by Wrestling Epicenter's Interactive Wrestling Radio. You can see highlights below, and the full interview above.
If ROH has followed UFC's model of making their show more mainstream to grow the audience:
“I think so. I think that's accurate. I think that's fair. And, that is a good thing. The “mainstream” fans are WWE fans. You have other fans but you have mainstream fans that just watch strictly WWE. Bringing in Cody (Rhodes), Bully Ray, and bringing in the Hardy's last year… The more eyes that are on the product, the better. I think once people watch it, if they're into wrestling, they're going to be hooked, they're going to like it, and they're going to watch more!”
Women of Honor finally being used on ROH TV:
“Absolutely! Last year and the start of this year, with what WWE is doing and what we're doing with the Women of Honor and our work with STARDOM… It is a grea..

It's week two of our Fightful Select service, and we'll be giving you weekly rundowns of the new content you can find across several tiers of the subscription based service!
SRS Q&A Podcast: Our Bi-weekly Q&A show was posted last week, with Sean Ross Sapp answering any and all of your questions! For a full list of questions check out our post!
Dark Match Commentary- This week's match is Vic Grimes vs. Crash Holly, in what was SRS's favorite to call thus far!
Members Only Podcast- The return of Sean Ross Sapp's Members Only Podcast, featuring his guest Nigel! SRS and Nigel talk Nigel's work with Jimmy Van, music, and more!
Scripts!- We have last week's Raw script posted for free over at Fightful Select, so give it a glance. If you've ever wondered what an NXT run-sheet looks like, that's also posted for subscribers!
Stupid News Extended- In an extra scene from our popular List & Ya Boy segment, Jimmy Van and SRS tackled additional storie..

Dustin Poirier picked up a fourth round TKO victory over former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje in the main event of UFC On Fox 29.
Kevin Lee checked out the main event battle, but feels neither fighter is on that level yet to be challenging for UFC gold.
“I seen it,” Lee said on The MMA Hour. “I know Poirier was calling for a title fight and all this but I don’t know, it just seems like those dudes are in a different category. Can you really look at it and say Poirier’s a championship-level fighter? I just don’t see it. He looked good. He did good versus Gaethje, it was an exciting fight, I think he should go out and look for more exciting fights, but it didn’t really seem like a championship-level fight to me to be honest.”
Poirier did call for a title shot after the event and UFC President Dana White says he is in the talking for such an opportunity.
Lee also questions the mindset that both fighters have fought with over the years.
“Both of them, they seem like they’ve..

This is the Fight Size Update for the evening of April 19th.
– In the video above, Pro Wrestling Unlimited discuss the advertisement that may have leaked the Great Khali and Rey Mysterio Jr being in the 50 Man Royal Rumble at the Greatest Royal Rumble event.
– IMPACT Wrestling returns to pay-per-view this Sunday, April 22 for Redemption, emanating from the IMPACT Zone in Orlando, Fla. The three-hour event kicks off at 8:00 p.m. ET and will be available globally on cable, satellite and digital pay-per-view, including DISH, DirecTV, iN Demand, Vubiquity, Rogers, Bell, Shaw and the FITE.tv live streaming app for a suggested retail price of $39.95.
– Impact Wrestling Redemption will be available exclusively in the U.K. for subscribers of the Global Wrestling Network (GWN) digital multi-platform app. A premium subscription is priced at US$7.99 with a 30-day free trial available for new members. Redemption will premiere exclusively on GWN in the U.K. on Wednesday, April 25 ahead of next..