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A battle of winless professional MMA fighters are set to collide at UFC 225 as Mike Jackson faces former WWE Champion CM Punk.
Punk is competing for the second time in the UFC and Jackson predicts their fight is going to be the last for the former wrestler.
”They paid him a half-a-million the last time. They’ll probably pay him another half-a-million this time and that will be it,” Jackson told Flo Combat. “This will be his last fight. I can guarantee that. Cause after I touch him, he ain’t going to want this no more.”
Jackson had one other opportunity to fight Punk before, but came up short in ta qualifying fight against Mickey Gall at UFC Fight Night 82.
Even though both competitors have yet to win a fight, a confident Jackson still believes he has a huge advantage over Punk.
”I do feel it’s still a mismatch,” Jackson said. “At one point in time, I had no idea who Anderson Silva was. I thought he looked like a good fighter and had an interesting look, but after he smashed on Chr..

Road Warrior Animal gives his take on why today's group of wrestlers have such a hard time getting over.
WWE Hall Of Famer and former three-time WWE Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Animal recently joined “The Ride With JMV” podcast to discuss his run in WWE alongside Road Warrior Hawk as 'The Road Warriors'. Throughout their years Animal and Hawk had the opportunity to work with some of the most well-known names in the sport of professional wrestling. One of the names who has been in many of headlines recently because of the documentary that is based on him is “The Eighth Wonder Of The World” Andre The Giant.
Animal recalled the time when he, Hawk, and their then-manger Paul Ellering were in Japan and they got their first glance at the mythical-like man that was Andre The Giant.
“No, I haven’t got a chance to watch it [The ‘Andre The Giant’ documentary]. You know its funny the first time I met Andre; we were in Tokyo, Japan and we go by that little club that…. There’s ..

This is the Fight Size Update for the evening of April 17th.
– In the video above, Pro Wrestling Unlimited examines the report of a Raw wrestler being backstage at Smackdown when most of the Raw roster has flown to South Africa for a tour. Tonight is the second night of the Superstar Shakeup.
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– WWE announced a tryout in Saudi Arabia which was discussed in this video with WWE Performance Center coach Matt Bloom.
– Goldust shared a message on his Twitter account which had some fans worried about him retiring. He sent this tweet to clarify he is not retiring.
Just so none of you are confused,Whenever I decide to hang at the Boots, which is not now, you will be the first to know. There will be no mincing words.
— Dustin Rhodes (@Goldust) April 17, 2018
– Last night on Raw, Corey Graves accidently said “Bullet Club” and..

This is the Fightful.com live coverage for tonight's episode of WWE Smackdown! Live! Tonight the WWE Superstar Shakeup continues after 20 Superstars switched brands last night on RAW which saw the like a of Dolph Ziggler, Baron Corbin and Natalya coming over to team red and The Miz being sent to the blue brand. Who will join RAW? Who will be taken from RAW and brought over to Smackdown! Live? Be sure to come back here at 8PM EST to find out these questions and more and don't forget to stick with us after the show for the post show podcast!
-We open the show with a recap of Shinsuke Nakamura attacking AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan last week before AJ comes out and talks about what Shinsuke did to him and how he showed his true colors. AJ says that Shinsuke is a con artist and talks about him ruining his match with Daniel Bryan before demanding that Shinsuke come out to the ring. Instead Rusev Day comes out and Aiden says that Shinsuke isn't there tonight. Aiden says that AJ..

Fightful.com's Sean Ross Sapp and Jeff Hawkins talk WWE Monday Night Raw for April 16 2018, and the WWE Superstar Shakeup!
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What stars will be joining the blue-brand after an eventful night one of the 2018 WWE 'Superstar Shake-Up'?
* Jeff Hardy brings the WWE United States Championship back to SmackDown Live.
“The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy became a multi-time Grand Slam champion in WWE last night on RAW as he defeated Jinder Mahal to become the new WWE United States Champion. Tonight, SmackDown Live got a rush of adrenaline as Jeff Hardy returned to SmackDown for the first-time since competing in a “Loser Leaves WWE” World Heavyweight Championship match against CM Punk in 2009.
In a TWIST OF FATE, @JEFFHARDYBRAND has been shaken up to #SDLive, and he’s bringing his #USTitle with him! #SuperstarShakeup pic.twitter.com/vY1tgzQoug
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018
Hardy's first appearance on the blue-brand in nine years kicked off by interrupting the former WWE United States Champion Randy Orton. Jeff breezed past Orton on his way to the ring to compete against and defeat a game Shelton Benj..

Night two of the WWE Superstar Shakeup is upon us, after the Raw brand saw over 20 superstars head to their show.
Fightful.com has learned that WWE United States Champion Jeff Hardy will debut for the Smackdown Live brand in a non-title match with Shelton Benjamin.
Former NXT Women's Champion Asuka will appear via graphic tonight, as will Big Cass as joining Smackdown.
The duo of Absolution's Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville have traded spots with the Riott Squadd, and will now appear on Smackdown Live. The GM of Smackdown Live is Paige, who was the leader of the group before her career-ending injury and subsequent retirement from the ring.
In one of the bigger switches of the Superstar Shakeup, Samoa Joe will debut for Smackdown in a match with Sin Cara. Joe has only appeared on Raw since his promotion to the WWE main roster last year, and is currently embroiled in a feud with Roman Reigns.
The Smackdown Live tag team division is getting a shot in the arm, as NXT's Sa..

This is the Fightful.com live coverage for tonight's episode of WWE 205 Live. Tonight 205 Live general manager Drake Maverick will address Buddy Murphy's attack on Cruiserweight champion Cedric Alexander last week, Lucha House Party take on Hideo Itami and Akira Tozawa in a tornado tag match and much more so be sure to come back here at 10 PM EST after Smackdown! Live for an hour showcasing the WWE Cruiserweight brand!
Mustafa Ali vs Ariya Daivari
Ariya attacks Ali before the bell rings, then Ali hits a huricanrrana for a quick two count. Ariya catches Ali up top and pulls him off of the top and to the mat before starting to focus on his back. Ali comes back with a series of clotheslines, chops and elbows before going for his signature rolling neckbreaker, but Ariya counters it into a superkick. Ali dropkicks Ariya out of the ring before Ariya hits a spinebuster onto the floor when Ali goes out after him and rushes him. They get back in the ring and Ariya gets a quick two c..

The former NXT Tag Team Champions are coming to Smackdown.
During Smackdown, a vignette for Sanity played which had Eric Young talking about causing “Chaos” and ended with the Smackdown logo. The video only featured Eric Young making it unclear if all the members of Sanity will be joining Young but he did use the pronoun “we.” The other members of the group are Nikki Cross, Alexander Wolfe, and Killian Dain.
WWE shared the following tweet with an animated GIF from the video.
Chaos is coming… #SDLive pic.twitter.com/FVng5J5cJ7
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018
Later in the show, there was a graphic aired for Sanity which had Dain, Wolfe, and Young but no Nikki Cross. Wolfe and Dain tweeted “Sanity is coming” and “Chaos is coming” during Smackdown.
Prepare for inSAnitY… #SDLive #SuperstarShakeup #SAnitY@KillianDain @TheEricYoung @TheWWEWolfe pic.twitter.com/e3AJuVaglS
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018
Sanity last appeared in a match on NXT in the semi-finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag T..

Smackdown has a seven-foot tall wrestler now.
Last August, Big Cass was injured during a match against Enzo Amore. The match was a Brooklyn Street Fight which was after Big Cass turned on his former tag team partner Amore. He tore his ACL which required surgery in August.
Tonight on Smackdown, Daniel Bryan was speaking to Renee Young backstage when Big Cass caught his attention. Big Cass made fun of Bryan's height and left quickly.
.@BigCassWWE has arrived on #SDLive, and he's wondering what the “big” deal about @WWEDanielBryan is… #SuperstarShakeup pic.twitter.com/BHErgfri4Y
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018
.@BigCassWWE is BACK, and he’s on the BLUE BRAND! #SDLive #SuperstarShakeup pic.twitter.com/lXZoD4xJrV
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018
During the main event match, Big Cass attacked Bryan.
After the brand split, Amore and Big Cass were on Raw so Big Cass has not been on Smackdown since June of 2016. He has never held a championship in NXT or WWE but he was beating wr..