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Premiere Date And Wrestlers Announced For AAA Wrestling On The El Rey Network

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The El Rey Network issued the following:

EL REY NETWORK AND MARK BURNETT’S ONE THREE MEDIA ANNOUNCE PRODUCTION START ON ‘LUCHA UNDERGROUND’

Hour-Long Weekly Series, Shooting in Los Angeles, To Feature Five ‘Luchadores’ From Popular Lucha Libre AAA Franchise

Premiering Wednesday, October 8th at 8:00 PM ET/PT, High-Octane Series Anchors New Night of Original Unscripted Programming; Network Also Unveils Series Key Art

Austin, TX– August 27, 2014 – El Rey Network puts its spin on lucha with “Lucha Underground”, an original action-packed series from Emmy Award®-winning producer Mark Burnett’s One Three Media. Production will begin on September 6th in front of a live audience in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The character-driven, freestyle wrestling series is set to debut Wednesday, October 8th at 8:00 pm ET/PT.

On August 17th in Mexico City in conjunction with the TripleMania XXII produced by Lucha Libre AAA El Rey Network revealed the names of five Luchadores joining “Lucha Underground” directly from Lucha Libre AAA. They are: Blue Demon, Jr, son of the legendary original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and the second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship; Sexy Star, who has held the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship and FILL Women’s Wrestling Championship; Fenix, the inaugural AAA Fusión Champion (March 2013) has also wrestled in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Wave; Drago is a dead dragon, a character brought back to life as an immortal being, to protect La Parka in the last fight against his enemies; and Pentagon Jr. who has spread terror and fear in his adversaries without exception since his introduction in the 2012 War of the Titans. Additional Luchadores will be announced shortly.

“Not since ‘The Contender’ premiered has a new series combined this level of drama and athletic competition.” said executive producer Mark Burnett. “Our Luchadores are fantastic, the action will be intense – and this season is just the beginning.”

Scott Sassa, El Rey Network’s Vice Chair, said: “The ‘Lucha Underground’ franchise is perfect for El Rey Network. It features good versus evil, intense action, humor, drama, great characters and most important great stories from two of the best storytellers in the business- Mark Burnett and Robert Rodriguez. It’s the perfect time and they are the perfect team to bring lucha to America.”

Currently, Lucha Libre’s colorful world of freestyle wrestling is a huge draw in its home country of Mexico with over 85% of television audiences tuning into the high-flying antics of this popular franchise. Each week “Lucha Underground” will bring drama, excitement and action to U.S. audiences as the masked heroes and villains battle it out in the ring for wrestling supremacy.

“Lucha Underground” is produced by One Three Media in association with FactoryMade Ventures for El Rey Network. Executive producers are Mark Burnett, Eric Van Wagenen (also showrunner) and Brian Edwards of One Three Media; Dorian Roldán from Lucha Libre AAA; Alejandro Garcia and Antonio Cué Sánchez-Navarro; El Rey Network co-founder Robert Rodriguez; and FactoryMade Ventures and El Rey Network co-founders John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa. The series will be distributed internationally by One Three Media

Dana White Admits Mistake, UFC Fighter Under Fire For Animal ‘Fondling’

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MMA Dan
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– UFC president Dana White has come out and admitted a mistake was made when he removed MMA judge Howard Hughes this past weekend during an event in China. The promotion recently released a statement in regards to the matter, and White echoed what was said officially during a media scrum in Mexico.

“It’s no secret how fired up I get when there’s bad judging, but I have o apologize to judge Hughes,” White said (thanks to MMAjunkie.com for the quotes). “I did get some misinformation. He didn’t score the second fight 30-27 for the fighter from China. Andy yeah, I got a little crazy, and I overstepped my bounds. It’s not the firs time, and hopefully that’s the last time I’ll ever do that. I was wrong.”

White has been very critical and outspoken when it comes to judges, officials and referees within MMA. Due to the event taking place in China, the UFC was the official athletic commission and hired the judges and officials.

– UFC middleweight contender and former Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold has come under fire for what some have described as “fondling.” Rockhold posted a video of himself sitting next to a tiger on Instagram, and you can see it below.

Rockhold, who does not have a fight currently scheduled, added the caption “For those of u who think it was disrespectful I’m sorry. Was so minor just joking around, I was way too scared and would never do anything harmful to any animal.”

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WWE Main Event Results 8/26/14

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Jim Somers
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Credit: Marc Middleton

– Tonight’s WWE Main Event opens up with Michael Cole and Byron Saxton. We get a look back at Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns on RAW.

Rob Van Dam vs. Seth Rollins

Rob Van Dam is out first followed by Seth Rollins. They go back and forth and meet in the middle of the ring to talk trash. RVD poses and Rollins decks him. They trade holds again and RVD gets the upperhand. RVD sends Rollins to the floor, poses for the fans and leaps out onto Rollins. RVD comes back in the ring for another pop. Rollins regroups on the floor. Rollins suckers RVD in and takes control. We go to commercial. Back from the break and Rollins turns it around. RVD makes a comeback and hits Rolling Thunder for a 2 count. Fans chant “this is awesome” as they go at it and RVD gets sent to the floor. RVD makes it back in at the 9 count and Rollins can’t believe it. They go back to the floor. RVD sends Rollins into the timekeeper’s area and RVD makes it back in before the count out.

Winner by Count Out: Rob Van Dam

– After the match, Rollins yells at the referee. RVD comes over and sends Rollins out to the floor.

Curtis Axel vs. Adam Rose

Back from the break and we see Adam Rose and Curtis Axel having a run-in backstage earlier today. Rose says he’s sorry Ryback got injured and invites Axel to party with them. Axel dissed them. Axel waits in the ring now as Rose and the Rosebuds make their way down. Axel dominates most of the match but Rose gets the with a Party Foul.

Winner: Adam Rose

– We see Brock Lesnar’s video on John Cena from RAW. We see more from RAW and get more hype for Cena vs. Lesnar.

– We see Los Matadores and El Torito backstage before going to commercial.

Los Matadores vs. Stardust and Goldust

Back from the break and out comes Stardust with Goldust. Los Matadores are out next with El Torito. Goldust stares and crawls around at Torito. Goldust starts things off with with Fernando. We go to commercial with Stardust and Goldust in control after dominating. We come back and Stardust and Goldust get the win that quick.

Winners: Stardust and Goldust

– After the match, they toss Torito out of the ring for some heat. Trainers check on Torito. Main Event goes off the air with Stardust and Goldust taunting Matadores.

Jeff Jarrett And Global Force Wrestling News: Process Moving Slower Than Expected

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Jim Somers
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Source: PWInsider Elite

Jeff Jarrett is reportedly headed to scout potential buildings for TV tapings in New York, Dallas and Los Angeles in September.

People close to Jarrett and Global Force Wrestling say negotiations are still ongoing for a GFW TV deal but they are moving slow. The promotion hoped to have something locked in by now but they do not.

There should be more announcements coming soon in regards to Scott D’Amore’s involvement with GFW and the company’s relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

The whole process of launching GFW is going a lot slower than officials wanted.

Hulk Hogan On If He Wanted WWE To Fold During Monday Night Wars, WCW Imploding, More

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Brian Grey
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Source: For The Win

For The Win has an interview with Hulk Hogan, who was promoting the new Monday Night Wars series on the WWE Network. Here are a few highlights:

If he thought WCW would win the Monday Night Wars and WWE might disappear:

“I was praying to God that wouldn’t happen. I prayed to God that we would become the No. 1 wrestling show, and that WWE would thrive and stay the monster that they were. WCW might become a little bit [of a] bigger monster. I never wanted anybody to go away. I wanted two different companies so talent could have a choice where they could work and make big, big money.”

If there was a moment when he realized that WWE took control during the Monday Night Wars:

“No, I just know that internally [in the WCW] things just started to fall apart. People got overconfident. I wasn’t [always] there…. When I was there every Monday, I had a really good feel for the direction and what [then WCW executive vice president] Eric [Bischoff] was doing, what the writers were doing. We got to the point where, I wasn’t part-time but I was there like every other Monday, and when I’d come back from being away for a week it was almost like the lunatics were running the asylum. The whole thing changed. There was a bunch of chiefs, and there should have been just one chief. I kind of saw things starting to lose direction.”

If he could book a match between any two wrestlers, past and present, who it would be:

“I’d be wrestling one guy, one more time. It’d be Andre the Giant….. If you’re talking about present, the match everybody missed that we owe everybody is Stone Cold and Hogan. The match I would like to have would be against Cena. It depends on how you look at this thing, there’s a lot of interesting stuff that could happen.”

Hogan also discussed turning heel and joining the nWo, if he expected the fan reaction for his heel turn, how the nWo came together, if he preferred being Real American Hulk or Hollywood Hogan and more. You can read the full interview by clicking here.

Backstage News On TNA Moving To A New Network, Major Changes They Would Have To Make

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Brian Grey
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Source: F4WOnline

As was reported yesterday, TNA has been offered a spot on Discovery’s VELOCITY network, which is available in only HD and less than 50 million homes.

F4WOnline noted that TNA moving to VELOCITY was described as a worst case scenario.

If they take the deal, TNA would have to cut so far back on production and talent that the TNA as we know it would be no more.

Batista Possibly Being Done With WWE And His Future As A Hollywood Star

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Brian Grey
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Source: PWInsider Elite

There are several people within WWE who feel that as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy sees more success, it becomes more likely that we won’t see Batista return to WWE as a full-time performer ever again.

When Batista left a few months ago, there was a belief that he would be back to continue his storyline once the media and appearances for Guardians was over but some are under the impression that it may not happen. Batista’s future with the company was a hot topic backstage at this weekend’s WWE live events.

There’s also the risk of Batista getting injured now that his film career will be taking off. It’s almost guaranteed that Batista will receive a lot more offers for movies because of his role in a blockbuster hit like Guardians. Batista is no longer seen as a guy who acts in indie movies and studios will be hesitant to cast him in movies if he’s performing in a wrestling ring.

Dean Ambrose And Roman Reigns To Team At Night Of Champions?

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Jim Somers
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– We noted before that it’s possible Dean Ambrose makes an appearance at WWE Night of Champions on September 21st as filming for WWE Studios’ Lockdown ends on September 20th. It’s worth noting that the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville is advertising Ambrose and Roman Reigns together as a team. This could mean Ambrose and Reigns are facing Kane and Seth Rollins at the pay-per-view.

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