While speaking to The New York Post, Dana White was asked about CM Punk possibly having another fight in the UFC and confirmed that Punk will once again step into the octagon.

“I like that guy. He’s a good dude,” White said. “He wants one more. He wants to get another shot. I’m going to give it to him.”

It remains to be seen who his next opponent will be or when the fight will take place. Punk lost his first UFC debut fight against Mickey Gail in the first round via submission at UFC 203. Punk was expected to speak to Dana at UFC 218 regarding another fight but White said he was only there to support a teammate and they didn’t get a chance to talk.

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Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Impact Wrestling fired Hania after she refused to do a 90-second job to newcomer Su Yung at the recent set of Impact television tapings in Orlando, Florida.

Hania made her Impact Wrestling debut back on November 10th, 2017, at a television taping in Ottawa, Ontario, where she attacked Rosemary following “The Demon Assassin”‘s victory over KC Spinelli.

Jeremy Borash tweeted news of her arrival and the angle actually aired on last night’s episode of Impact Wrestling.

Breaking News from Ottawa: @HaniaHuntress hits the ring on @WeAreRosemary moments ago at IMPACT taping! pic.twitter.com/k1IGp7kNmu

— Jeremy Borash (@JeremyBorash) November 11, 2017

.@HaniaHuntress has arrived in IMPACT. #IMPACTonPOP pic.twitter.com/8tUkWQtLkK

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) January 19, 2018

Hania worked three matches at the recent set of tapings. She faced off against Amber Nova at the January 10th tapings and had matches with Rosemary the next two nights.

Hania referenced her departure with the following tweets:

— Hania the SheWolf (@HaniaHuntress) January 19, 2018

If you spend your time, energy, or thumb power tweeting about someone you don't like, I feel sorry for you. it's never that deep

— Hania the SheWolf (@HaniaHuntress) January 19, 2018

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Dave Meltzer reported in the latest installment of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Bill Goldberg was in talks with New Japan. While very few details were provided, the idea was to bring Bill in for their big shows.

With Goldberg going into the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame class, it seems very unlikely now that New Japan Pro Wrestling is an option at this time.

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Laurel Van Ness has announced her departure from Impact Wrestling moments after tonight’s television tapings concluded. She sent out the following tweet:

Thank you @IMPACTWRESTLING pic.twitter.com/k21Y9lNqCC

— Chelsea Green (@ImChelseaGreen) January 16, 2018

As previously noted, Laurel asked for her release from the company a while back but it was not immediately granted. It now appears that the company granted it and she will be free to work wherever she chooses.

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Don Callis commented on rumors/speculation that Chris Jericho could be coming to Impact Wrestling now that Callis has a position in the company creatively. Callis mentioned that if Jericho was coming to the company, that would be news to him and he pointed out that he doesn’t put a lot of stock into rumors.

“I’ve read a lot of rumors about different talents. There is the one you mentioned (Rey Mysterio). I’ve heard about Chris Jericho which, if he is, I wish he’d tell me since we’ve been good friends for so many years. I don’t put a lot of stock in rumors. People look at who is available out there and fans think about who they’d LIKE to see in there. I totally get it but I don’t put a lot of stock in rumors.”

While Jericho isn’t expected to work this year’s Royal Rumble or WrestleMania events, there is speculation that he will be working another New Japan Pro Wrestling event later this year.

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Here are some backstage notes from tonight’s Impact Wrestling tapings, courtesy of PWInsider:

* The company held a talent meeting before the tapings. Talents had to a chance to ask management any questions they had.

* Austin Aries was hidden backstage and came out in street clothes just before he was set to return.

* Sonjay Dutt was not backstage due to his ankle injury.

* Tommy Dreamer was helping out as a producer for the show.

* Kiera Hogan and former WWE referee Marc Harris officially began with the company tonight.

You can read our spoiler report here.

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Impact Wrestling has once again changed the logo for their company. We’ve lost count how many times they have done this now. As you can see in the photo below from tonight’s tapings, they removed the hexagon shape from the logo and changed the green to blue.

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Former WWE Diva Christy Hemme gave birth to quadruplets. Christy had three boys and one girl and all are well and safe.

She announced on Twitter, “Surgery went extremely well! Christy and all 4 babies are safe!”

Surgery went extremely well! Christy and all 4 babies are safe! pic.twitter.com/OI11LPwNAp

— Christy (@hemmepowered) January 7, 2018

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New Japan Pro Wrestling will present the 12th annual Wrestle Kingdom event from the Tokyo Dome in Japan. Coverage of tonight’s event will kick off at 2AM ET. Here is the card for the show:

IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito

IWGP UNITED STATES HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (NO DQ)
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Chris Jericho

IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Jay White

IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Marty Scurll (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi vs. KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay

NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (HAIR VS. HAIR/NOBODY AT RINGSIDE DEATHMATCH)
Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Hirooki Goto

IWGP TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Killler Elite Squad (Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr.) vs. EVIL and SANADA

Cody vs. Kota Ibushi

NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (GAUNTLET MATCH)
Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, and Bad Luck Fale (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, Juice Robinson, and Togi Makabe vs. Beretta, Toru Yano, and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hanson Raymond Rowe, and Michael Elgin vs. Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, and Zack Sabre Jr.

IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Roppongi 3K (c) vs. The Young Bucks

PRE-SHOW
New Japan Rumble

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Cody Rhodes recently spoke with Wrestledope.com. Here are the highlights from the interview:

Being free from WWE: “The Feeling, the sensation behind it is, it’s exciting to cherry pick and select and be your own boss and to be in control of your own brand, however it’s a lot of work.”

Wrestling Kurt Angle in UK: “To have a record crowd for What Culture, to be in there with Kurt Angle and not to be just like Kurt Angle plus garnish. For it instead to be, Kurt Angle V Cody Rhodes, our second match actually, it was very vindicating. It’s also nice, you know, the greatest revenge in all the world is success so it’s nice to be vindicated.”

British Wrestling stars working in the United States: “In America, we have “The British are coming!”, when it comes to the Revolutionary War but I always equate it to the current situation with guys like Will and Marty and Zack where they are literally like invading America with their talent and the effect and the ramifications of that so it’s cool to come over here(UK)”.

Exclusive contracts in the business: “I understand why not. But there is allot of dated minds and allot of old school mentality. It’s like were almost reverting to the most traditional which is just a dang handshake like Hey I’m glad to be here and I’m going to give you my absolute best. I worked for a big corporation for a decade for the majority of my youth. Now I really like the opportunity to essentially play my music on as many brands and stuff as I can and Ring of Honor and Impact have been exceptional. They have been exceptional about that, there has been no pushback, and it’s all lined
up exactly how we hoped.”

Impact backstage environment: “My experience was the utmost engine operating at peak efficiency. Billy and Dixie were extremely wonderful. All had feedback, creative input. My experience from the time I went and filmed with the Corvette in Nashville to when I left the tapings to come overseas was wonderful.”

Working with Billy Cogan: “I’m passed the concept of, oh he’s not a wrestler, he shouldn’t be involved in wrestling. He is an entertainer and they fall in line. An entertainer with a ton of equity, worldwide experience, proven. It’s Billy man, he’s famous!, he’s a rock star!. I thought he was wonderful, great for pro wrestling. He had some music made for me and didn’t know I wanted to use my other music. That was one of the hardest moments of perhaps my life. To see his face when I heard the music and know that I’m going to ask him to use my other music. Especially someone who is a musician. It’s a moment frozen in time. Me and Billy’s’ relationship I want to build off that moment to where we are good buds because that was a tough one!.”

Leaving WWE: “I did make every effort I possibly could. It just was a matter of, no faith in me at a certain juncture turns around well you know what I don’t have faith in you guys either. But let’s not end on such a sour note. It’s rather dramatic and seems sourer than it really is. It’s not, the Rhodes in WWE have a wonderful history. I’m glad they let me go, they are the house that built me and you never now I might be there again one day”.

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