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

Russo addresses a tweet sent out by Kevin Gill this past week. Gill implied in the tweet that Russo attracts sexist and racist followers. Russo says that anytime someone says things like this it becomes a personal matter.

Russo’s been married to the same woman for 34 years so he has no idea how he can he be sexist. He says it’s fine to critique his work in the wrestling business, but don’t throw allegations like this around, especially when you don’t know the person you’re talking about. Russo says he hasn’t done a racist or sexist thing in his life.

Lane plays a clip of Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer from this past week, when Meltzer said that nobody goes as far back with the UFC as him and former referee John McCarthy. In the same sentence, Meltzer admitted that he doesn’t work for UFC. Russo laughs hysterically, pointing out that this is classic Meltzer, trying to take credit for things that he has nothing to do with.

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While appearing on Booker T’s Heated Conversations podcast, Samoa Joe discussed his recent injury and how long he’s expected to be out of action for.

“Anytime you miss one of the “Big 4” shows or, really, just shows in general it’s always sad to say. A younger version of me would definitely be stressing out and probably making this situation a lot worse. For me right now, I know what I need to do to get back and be healthy. I understand the time table and what I need to do to exceed that time table. I am more accepting of the process because I realize it’s unavoidable. Now it’s just about concentrating just getting back and being healthy.”

He continued, “As of right now it’s kind of a week to week thing. With these injuries sometimes these things can heal earlier and sometimes later. They are going to do a little bit of an ultrasound every week. They’re going to be giving me treatments. It’s not something that requires surgery. It’s basically a lot of time, rest, elevation and letting it heal. It just depends how quickly it’s going to heal. Hopefully it will be sooner than later. Obviously we’re going to be past the Rumble but I don’t know how much further past that.”

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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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In an interview with NewsHub, New Zealand, WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion, Charlotte Flair talks about a number of wrestling related topics. Here are a few highlights from the interview:

Charlotte revealed that being a professional wrestler felt “natural” and that she immediately realised her dream of making a name for herself in the business. However, the “catalyst” in all of this was the death of her brother, Reid Flair.

Flair went on to talk about her bond and relationship with her fellow “Four Horsewomen”:

“I feel that the four of us will always have a special bond from coming up together through NXT, having created so many firsts together. When the four of us were in NXT together we were fighting tooth and nail to make a big difference – to have women mean something in wrestling. Sasha and Bayley stealing the show at the first ever NXT event in Brooklyn. It was amazing. Together we have had all these amazing moments, and I know personally for me those three women are who I looked up to when I started because I wanted to be as good at this as them. The four of us will always share those moments we had.”

Flair also revealed her thoughts on the possibility of going up against former UFC Bantamweight Champion, Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania, saying that it would be a special Mania Moment. However, Flair has another very special moment that she would like to create at the Shows of Shows with someone very close to her…

“Charlotte Flair vs. Ronda Rousey will create a special Wrestlemania moment, but in saying that another great moment would be my best friend Becky Lynch winning the Royal Rumble and facing me for the title – so many possibilities. I just hope that whoever wins has to face me for the Smackdown Women’s championship at Wrestlemania.”

Finally, Flair ended the interview by making a bold statement regarding the Women’s Revolution:

“With the announcement of the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble match, I feel the women’s revolution is complete.”

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MMA Fighter Colby Covington took to Twitter to take a shot at former WWE Superstar CM Punk for using the “Go 2 Sleep” as his finishing move during his wrestling days. For those who don’t know, the move originally belonged to Hideo Itami before he came to WWE.

Speaking of plagiarizing… @CMPunk, you ever pay Kenta for stealing all his moves? Too bad you can't steal mine to win a real fight you poser.

— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) December 14, 2017

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Dave Meltzer discussed Sheamus’ issues with spin stenosis on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio and mentioned that WWE is protecting Sheamus in his matches.

Meltzer pointed out that Sheamus was barely taking any bumps at all while working the WWE Live Events in Dubai. The company also had him in six-man matches as a way to protect him.

“They are definitely protecting him right now,” Meltzer explained.

As previously noted, spinal stenosis led to the end of former WWE Superstars Steve Austin and Edge’s careers and Sheamus’ career could be in jeopardy. Sheamus has been rehabbing the injury while also working WWE events.

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Alexa Bliss recently spoke with ESPN.  Here are some highlights from the interview:

Idea to act like a brat: “So I was at the airport and this little kid would not go through security and just threw a fit in the middle of the floor and did the whole thing with shaking his legs and arms. His parents were just standing there looking like, ‘We don’t know what to do!’ They were annoyed, and I was like, ‘Man, that’s a really bratty thing to do and I’m going to do it.’”

Her character being the opposite of who she really is: “When it comes to the Alexa Bliss character, everyone says the character has to be an extension of yourself turned up. But I feel like I am the complete opposite of Alexa Bliss. When I came up with the Alexa Bliss character, I wanted to be the girl that everyone knew. There was always that girl in high school who was mean to everybody. She was mean and rude but everyone still voted for her to be homecoming queen. That girl. And I wanted to portray that girl. Because I knew that girl in high school. I knew girls like that.”

Character change in NXT: “When I first joined with Murphy, I had to make a character change. I wasn’t confident in myself about that at all, but I remember my mom telling me that once something clicks with me … I had to … come in and kick the door down and let everyone know who I am.”

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– With their recent tag title wins in NXT, Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly are the first team in history to win tag team titles in WWE, NJPW and ROH.

– Mick Foley is going back to touring comedy clubs from April through June with 20 shows. The hook for the events will be it being the 20th anniversary of his Hell in the Cell match with The Undertaker in 1998.

– James Ellsworth will be taking indie bookings starting in mid-February, when his 90 day non-compete with WWE ends.

– John Cena is currently out promoting the movie “Ferdinand.” The movie will be released on December 14th.

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It was reported a few weeks back that Matt Sydal has officially signed a contract with Impact Wrestling after working for the company since April.

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Sydal is allowed to book his own independent dates rather than having the company book them for him. New talents are apparently under “per-date” deals.

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Triple H defeated Jinder Mahal at today’s WWE Live Event in Delhi, Inida. After the match, Triple H danced with Mahal and The Singh Brothers before he gave one of the Singhs a Pedigree. You can check out footage from the event below:

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