While speaking to filmmaker Jon Bravo, accused steroids dealer Richard Rodriquez mentioned that he has evidence of Roman Reigns and other celebrities that were clients of his. Rodriquez claims that he has text messages, tracking numbers, and addresses where product was shipped and he will be providing “snippets of proof” over the next week.

“That information with us communicating with Roman via text messages will be provided to the appropriate party which will then be disclosed prior to our documentary that’s going to be filmed soon,” said Rodriguez.

Rodriguez said that his protocol with Reigns would change due to “the varied times in which WWE wrestlers get tested.”

Rodriguez also hinted that other high profile celebrities could eventually be outed as clients and said mentioning names such as Reigns helped his plea deal. Rodriguez will be providing the evidence sometime next week.

You can check out footage from the interview below:

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When asked about possibly returning to the WWE for another run, Cody Rhodes indicated on Twitter that he doesn’t have any plans in the immediate future to return to the company. You can check out the exchange below between a fan and Rhodes:

@CodyRhodes any chances of you ever returning to @WWE? or will it be when pigs fly? You deserved a lot better during your run with WWE in my opinion #KissTheRing

— connor goebel (@goebsy_goebel) December 23, 2017

I had a great run. Met my wife. Made the Mania' walk a bunch of times. Got a chance to see Dad's last elbow. Won a bunch of titles. Made millions without a college education.

but I'm happy where I'm at and where this is going. 2018 will be the most important year of my career. https://t.co/G32flxqPXc

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) December 23, 2017

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Rey Mysterio recently spoke with ESPN. Here are some highlights from the interview:

Being a free agent: “I’m not locked up to any company. I’m an independent contractor, as we say. I could go work wherever I want. That’s the beautiful thing about being on this side of the fence. You don’t have a commitment with only one company. You can go around and pretty much wrestle wherever you want. You can choose when you want your off-days to be. That was one of my main priorities when I left WWE.”

Lighter schedule helping him deal with injuries: “I told myself, once I started feeling aching and I was having hard times getting up from my bed in the morning when I woke up, it was gonna start getting close to that time [to quit]. I was feeling that right towards my end of the last year or so of WWE. It came to the point where I was feeling like that constantly. I didn’t want to fall into another phase of taking either medication to ease my pain. I wanted to use the rest way to heal my body up. Believe it or not, the last two years, I don’t think I’ve felt better.”

WWE exit and the possibility of a return: “This is the way I was thinking at the time, and I still think that to this day. When I left WWE, from my understanding and from the time that we sat down … that I decided not to re-sign another contract with WWE was for me to get some off time. I never meant or insinuated in any way or form that I was gonna leave for good. I think that should say a lot. I wasn’t announcing that was the end of Rey Mysterio’s career. I would definitely love to go back and finish up. Whether it’s one year or whatever the case might be. Whether it’s a farewell. I owe a lot to that company. That company gave me such an amazing opportunity, and I took advantage of every single moment I was with WWE to the fullest. I wouldn’t want to just be remembered as ‘Oh, man, he never re-signed and he never came back.’ I would definitely love to come back and do a last run and say goodbye to my WWE fans. Tell them goodbye in a proper way.”

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While speaking to E! Online, Lana credited Nikki Bella for her help with transitioning from a manager role to an in-ring performer on WWE television. It was Nikki’s assistance that helped her on not giving up on pursing her dream to compete in the ring.

“Nikki has helped me so, so, so much,” Lana said. “There have been times in my wrestling journey—and you’re going to see this on the show—when I’ve gotten discouraged because the success doesn’t come overnight. It’s a lot of getting in there and failing. She was really the person that kept on encouraging me not to give up, to be resilient, to be brave and to have courage. At times, I would think maybe I shouldn’t continue to pursue my dream of competing in that ring, but she kept on telling me not to give up and keep on training. I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for Nikki Bella.”

You can check out the full interview here.

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Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Samoa Joe should be back in the ring by the end of the month. Joe underwent undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery for a torn meniscus — surgery he needed since he started in NXT but didn’t want to take the time off.

Joe also underwent surgery to repair his nose which has been broken eight times and was causing him breathing difficulties. Joe mentioned to Sky Sports that he now feels so much better as he was only breathing at 60 percent prior to the surgery.

“Now it’s the best I’ve ever felt, it really is. I also needed nasal surgery as I’ve broken my nose about eight times in my career so I was only breathing at around 60 percent. You have no idea how invigorating it is now.”

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Shinsuke Nakamura recently told the Hindustan Times that the UFC offered him a contract back in 2005. Nakamura revealed that he turned down the offer and that he doesn’t regret that decision.

The King of Strong Style had a 3-1 MMA record during his first stint in NJPW. His wrestling style is also similar to that of an MMA fighter.

Here’s what Nakamura told Hindustan Times:

“Around 2005, UFC offered me a chance to fight for them. But, at that moment, I was under contract with NJPW and I decided to stay in pro-wrestling. It was a good opportunity, but I don’t regret my choice.”

Additionally, Nakamura revealed that he has no plans for MMA at this point in his career:

“You have to understand that I am 37-year old now. It has been a long time since my last proper MMA training and although I still train in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, it will take me at least one year to be ready for a proper fight. That is not something I want to do as I am happy in WWE.”

What do you think about this story? Feel free to drop your thoughts in the comments below.

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RAW General Manager Kurt Angle recently spoke with TMZ where he said that he owes his entire pro wrestling career to Ric Flair because he was advised by Ric to join WWE instead of WCW.

“I learned a lot from Ric Flair. He’s the guy that pushed me to go to WWE instead of the WCW.  I was ready to do a deal with WCW and he said, ‘No, go to WWE because Vince McMahon will know what to do with you.’”

The interesting thing is that The Nature Boy was in WCW at the time he advised Kurt.

Dave Meltzer from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter says that Angle’s story could be possibly true but it’s hard to believe that the story was never revealed for 19 years.

“In 1998, Flair was in WCW at the time and all I know is that I’ve never heard that story before and Flair and I have talked countless times about Angle and he never brought that up and nobody has ever brought up Angle when it came to WCW. While I suppose it’s possible, it’s hard to believe a story that Angle was about to sign with WCW was kept quiet for 19 years, especially since I knew about lesser amateur wrestlers that WCW had talked about in that era.”

You can watch the interview here:

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Adam Cole has signed with WWE for the NXT brand and is slated to begin at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida this week, according to PWInsider.

Cole has been rumored for months now that he would be coming to the company. Cole had previously held the ROH Championship three times as well as the promotion’s TV title, the CZW Junior Heavyweight championship and the PWG championship, among other championships.

In regards to his debut, it’s being speculated that he may debut this weekend at the NXT Takeover: Brooklyn event.

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Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane.

Lane presents a clip of Wade Keller, who admits that some of the best information he gets doesn’t come from wrestlers, it comes from the wives of wrestlers who are lonely and are willing to have a conversation with him. Russo thinks this is absolutely disgusting and very creepy.

Russo says that taking advantage of lonely women who are away from their husbands most of the year is not a professional way to get your information, and there’s no guarantee the information is reliable. If there are any issues between the husband and wife, maybe the wife will be out to get her husband and give Keller false information in order to hurt him.

Even if this is the way you get your information, why in God’s name would you admit this? Anyone with any common sense would be turned off by this, and if the wrestlers ever found out that Keller is doing this they’d lose their minds.

A fan tweeted Dave Meltzer this past week asking him if he’s ever been invited to come on Russo’s show. Meltzer says he has never been invited, but there are standards and this show is well below his. Russo laughs and says he has given Meltzer a personal invitation to come on this show multiple times, and he even sent a personal email invitation at one point. He urges Meltzer to stop lying.

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Bischoff opens today’s show speaking about Bruce Prichard’s recent episode of ‘Something to Wrestle With’, which focused on Bischoff’s time in WWE.

Bischoff says that he thinks about his initial WWE interview quite often, when Vince McMahon asked him to interview a broom. He didn’t know that Bruce Prichard was there that day; in fact he couldn’t even see McMahon, he only heard his voice. Looking back now, he thinks this was a genius move by McMahon because by putting people in uncomfortable positions, you’re able to test their confidence and see their ability to improvise.

When Hogan arrived in WCW, Bischoff says that he and Hogan spoke often about his departure from WWE. From Bischoff’s perspective it was easy to see that there was a strong personal relationship between Hogan and McMahon. Although they had their differences, Hogan seemed to regret the way everything played out, and Bischoff didn’t sense any distain or hatred from Hogan when he was talking about McMahon. It was easy to see that there was still some affection there.

During his show, Prichard said that he believes McMahon would have done a lot of the same things Bischoff did during the Monday Night Wars if the roles were reversed, such as giving away the finishes of taped matches.

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