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Mr. Pogo has passed away at age 66, according to a report by Yahoo Japan. It’s being said that he died in the hospital from a cerebral infection after receiving back surgery in Gunma, Japan.
For those not aware, Pogo started working in the early 70s, and he faced off with such stars Ric Flair, Harley Race, and Terry Funk. He is most memorable for his death matches, including a famous Electrified Exploding Barbed Wire Double Hell Death Match with Atushia Onita.
WWE UK Champion and current PROGRESS World Champion, Pete Dunne was a guest on the Card Subject To Change podcast. Dunne talked about a number of talking before addressing the subject of who he considers being his dream opponent.
According to Dunne, his dream opponent would be the WWE Universal Champion, Brock Lesnar. Here’s what Dunne had to say about the topic: (credits to Cards Subject To Change/ quote credits: SEScoops)
“The big one for me is Brock Lesnar. I like that you believe in him because that is him. I try to carry myself that way and I look to someday reach that level. I think it would be a match people wouldn’t expect but it’s one I’d love to have. It’d be a good fight.”
Would you folks like to see the Bruiserweight go at it against the Beast Incarnate himself? Tell us in the comments!
ESPN reports that Asuka has tied with Trish Stratus and now has the third-longest reigning Women’s Title reign in WWE History. Asuka also beat Goldberg’s undefeated streak very recently.
Asuka still needs 54 more days to beat Rockin’ Robin’s record and become the second longest reigning women’s champion in history.
Here’s the tweet by ESPN which shows Asuka’s current position:
Triple H recently spoke with Sky Sports. Here are some highlights from the interview.
The announcement of Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor in a boxing match: “I think that is the – look I’ll go a step further and say all sports is entertainment, the news is entertainment today, it’s just the way of the world. This is what people do with their time. It’s no different. I think there is an interest level there. Can a world class boxer, probably the best ever, can he stand in the ring with an MMA guy and can that MMA guy bring his striking skills up to the level of someone, like say, a Floyd Mayweather? The one thing it will be, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is entertaining. One thing Floyd Mayweather is, is entertaining. One thing Conor McGregor is, is entertaining, and it’s funny that you say it’s sports entertainment. I’d invite both guys, that really want to showcase what they do, I invite both guys to come to Monday Night RAW because there is no bigger platform that they can have to show the world, and tell the world, who they are and why they’re the man.”
Previously Working With Mayweather: “Yeah, Floyd got involved then. I trained Floyd to step into the ring with The Big Show, which was a big highlight for me, and he did. He got it the ring at our Super Bowl, Floyd is a big fan and has a huge respect for what we do, we have stayed in touch over the years, and here he is getting thrown out of the ring by the Big Show. At the level of athlete that he’s at, for Floyd to agree to that kind of stuff was amazing for us, but you know he’s a huge fan and couldn’t have been more engaged in what we do. The Mayweather / McGregor fight, people can say what they want, but it’ll be entertaining.”
Possibility of doing a match with boxing star Gennady Golovkin (GGG): “It would be the perfect fight, we have a little beef over the three letter thing going on, maybe. It’s funny you should – we had a date at Madison Square Garden for GGG’s last fight and we made an arrangement to allow GGG to have that date for his last fight – there’s a little bit of history there. I’d love to get in the ring with him and see what we can do.”
Big Cass and Enzo Amore out rank anyone on the roster in terms of number of merchandise items. At the time of their split, they apparently have 54 items available on the WWE website. This is more than anyone on the roster including John Cena, Roman Reigns, The New Day, AJ Styles, and Seth Rollins.
PopVinyls.com noted on Twitter that the new Enzo and Cass figures are scheduled to come out in August:
The Money in the Bank ladder match set a new record this past Sunday.
This year’s Money in the Bank Ladder match featuring AJ Styles, Nakamura, Dolph Ziggler, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn and Baron Corbin was the longest one in WWE history. The match clicked in at 29:50.
The women’s Money in the Bank match was the second shortest in WWE history, with a running time of only 13:18.
While speaking to White:List, Jeff Jarrett made the following remarks when asked about the on-going legal battle between The Hardy Boyz and Impact Wrestling over the ownership of the Broken Gimmick:
“I always take the high road because there is legal squabbles or potential legal squabbles but I have said this to a couple of outlets, and I say this with very broad strokes – I am from Nashville so I am around music which is intellectual property and I have been in the business 30 years. Intellectual property laws are very simple, there are two sides to it; there are publishers and the writers, then there are the performers as well.”
“Jeff Hardy has been one of my best friends for 20 years, you can look on my social media and their social media, and we take family vacations together but business is business,” Jarrett continued. “So when it relates to IP it’s real simple, there is a publisher who owns the property, there is a writer who gets credit and can monetize it, then there is the performers. There is no question that Broken Matt and Brother Nero’s performances were off the charts good. But when it comes to ownership to me it’s almost a silly squabble, it’s never been in question. Impact are the owners.”
You can check out the full interview here.
WWE has revealed that Tessa Blanchard, Abbey Laith, Taynara Conti, Jazzy Gabert and Kavita Devi will compete in the Mae Young Classic. Here is the updated list of confirmed names that WWE has announced:
Toni Storm
Princesa Sugehit
Lacey Evans
Sarah Logan
Tessa Blanchard
Abbey Laith
Taynara Conti
Jazzy Gabert
Kavita Devi
The Mae Young Classic takes place on July 13th and July 14th at Full Sail University. We will have live on-site coverage of the event.
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