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After retaining his title at The Bash by questionable means, World Champion C.M. Punk will team with his Bash opponent, Jeff Hardy, to take on the new Unified Tag Champions, Chris Jericho and Edge.

By Bryan Levick Kevin Iole was asked the question of whether or not Diego Sanchez should be the rightful number 1 contender at 155lbs after defeating Clay Guida. Iole was very adamant when he stated that Sanchez is the number 1 contender and will get the first shot at the winner of the BJ Penn-Kenny Florian f...

By Kid Nate Brock is a very smart fighter," Nelson said. "Since his first fight, he went in there and that was more just pure get-in-there, raw aggression, try to run them over like a truck. You could see from that fight to Heath Herring to then with Randy Couture, you see a steady growth in his striking dev...

Former WWE manager Leapin' Lanny Poffo was recently interviewed on novanewsnow.com after returning to the Maritimes in Canada for an independent show. ...

By CagE Video: Thiago Alves Talks Georges St PierreThiago Alves “I wanna get this belt and bring it to Brazil”UFC 100 Video: Thiago Alves Training For GSP With Team Wand The pit bull is ready, with the biggest fight of his career ahead of him at UFC 100, Thiago Alves is looking to training to over com...

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By Kris Karkoski UFC Fight Club members can purchase tickets beginning at 10am CT on Thursday, July 9, UFC Newsletter subscribers can buy tickets on Friday, July 10 at 10am CT, while the general public must wait until Saturday, July 11 before being able to purchase tickets. Pictured: Roger Huerta]

By darthchaosofrspw McMahon’s son, Mr. McMahon, had recently acquired WWE and a national expansion was underway. On Dec. 26, 1983, Bob Backlund lost the WWE Championship to The Iron Sheik when Backlund’s manager, WWE Hall of Famer would lose the title to Hulk Hogan, ushering in a new era in World Wrestling

By darthchaosofrspw McMahon’s son, Mr. McMahon, had recently acquired WWE and a national Championship to The Iron Sheik when Backlund’s manager, WWE Hall of Famer would lose the title to Hulk Hogan, ushering in a new era in World Wrestling Entertainment.

By author Brooke Hogan starts a catfight with Heidi Montag. Not face to face - yet - but with one of her songs on the album Brooke just released. And then Brooke made a video to go along with it. Oh boy, here we go because you know Heidi - and boy toy Spencer Pratt - won’t [...]

By Luke Thomas According to a release circulated by Strikeforce and highlighted by Fanhouse, the promotion is set to dangle some mainstream media bait by hosting a press conference for the Aug. 15 Gina Carano/Cristiane Santos fight at Madison Square Garden’s WaMu Theater on July 14.

Former WWE diva Torrie Wilson says she's very upset with WWE for how she was used in the WrestleMania 25 divas battle royal. She also says her feelings were hurt when WWE "ignored" her requests to support her on the "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here" reality show. ...

By Leland Roling Fighters like Renato "Babalu" Sobral, Mike Whitehead, or even potentially Vladimir Matyushenko could be opponents for Ortiz in Strikeforce, and if Strikeforce could leverage some of Afflction's talent like Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, I'd be more than willing to watch those two battl...

By Jared Barnes(jaredfbarnes@gmail.com) • UFC heavyweight Antoni Hardonk stopped an attempted robbery yesterday in Los Angeles. "I didn't think it was right just to stand by and do nothing," Hardonk said. (Cagewriter) • Dan Henderson thinks that if he can get by Michael...

By Eugene Schelfaut The next season of The Ultimate Fighter (it is up to 10) will also be featured in the festivities: All 16 cast members, including Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson, will be unveiled on Friday, July 10 at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT local time) before signing autographs from 11 a.m. to noon PT at the UFC Fan Expo.

By Adam Wagner Henderson is one of the most decorated fighters in MMA history. The former Olympic wrestler is the only man to concurrently hold two belts from two different weight classes for a major promotion (Pride FC). He is also 1998’s UFC 17 middleweight and PRIDE 2005 welterweight tournament champ...

By Jeremy Botter A heavyweight contender’s bout first reported by Inside Fights last week has been moved to UFC 104. The bout, which was originally under consideration for the main event or co-main event of UFC 103 in Dallas, will instead take place underneath the Lyoto Machida vs. Shogun Rua light heavywe...

By Kid Nate If you'll forgive me for getting all meta, there are a couple of interesting pieces today about the way rumors fly about the Internet. In both cases, misinformation was spread about fighters, in one case by a traditional newspaper and in the other by a fairly obscure web site. In both cases, i...

By Kris Karkoski Un-sanctioned MMA events have been frequently held in both Indiana and Hawaii in the past, but the official regulation of MMA opens the doors for major promotions such as the UFC and Strikeforce to hold events in the states. Pictured: BJ Penn]

By Kid Nate After Akiyama was knocked out cold on December 31, 2007, by Kazuo Misaki, he has not been the same fighter. He is slower to react, which is the kiss of death against top competition. Fighting Entertainment Group, the promotion behind K-1 in Japan, was well aware of this, putting him against t...

The June 28th TNA iMPACT! replay scored a 0.2 cable rating. WWE returns to Mexico in October of this year, tickets go on sale July 27th at 11AM through eventosdeluchalibre.tk .

The June 28th TNA iMPACT! replay scored a 0.2 cable rating. WWE returns to Mexico in October of this year, tickets go on sale July 27th at 11AM through eventosdeluchalibre.tk .

The June 26th edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown did a 1.7 rating on WGN America. This is once again well below the 1.9 number that infamously caused Vince McMahon to freak out backstage several months back.

Edge has been banged up recently, which is why he wasn't set for a match at The Bash on Sunday. In a recent interview, he discusses his recent matches, including the ladder match with Jeff Hardy, stating: "That one really took it out of me.

World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy-Good match, I have to believe this is the ever slow heel turn for Punk after cheating to get disqualified in the match, he did lose but didn't lose the title. Hardy went tazz on Punk, but in the end he didn’t win the title again.

Shawn Michaels was shown in the ad for SummerSlam. That that for what it's worth. WWE is apparently now doing TV commercials during PPVs. They did a Gillette chair shot commercial during 'The Bash'.

R-Truth b. Shelton Benjamin prior to tonight's Bash pay-per-view in Sacramento, California. Kane officially returned to WWE at The Bash by interfering during the The Great Khali vs. Dolph Ziggler match. Kane proceeded to hit Khali continually with a chair.

Randy Orton is backstage. He tells Cody and Ted not to worry about losing the match, they need to worry about helping Randy keep his title tonight. Dibiase complains that he and Rhodes aren't anything but henchmen to Orton. Dibiase says 'good luck with Triple H' and walks away.

By Zdot Buy this Item   | Watch this Item Mixed Martial Arts is not a writer’ sport. There are few books out there on the market, if you put aside the instructional books. Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes and Randy Couture published their bibliography but that’s not a very big production, even i...

BILOXI, Miss. -- Former pro wrestler Bobby Lashley improved to 4-0 in mixed martial arts by stopping veteran heavyweight Bob (The Beast) Sapp in the main event of "Ultimate Chaos" on Saturday night at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum.

LONGMONT – They brought their beach towels, their umbrellas, their sunglasses and boom boxes. They sipped soda, ate pizza and soaked up the sun. And as they watched, a rumble went down. Saturday marked the fourth annual Rumble at the Ranch skateboard competition at Sandstone Ranch in Longm...

During Superstars this week a video package aired focusing on recently released WWE wrestler Umaga as a featured star on the show. This comes just weeks after his release from the company so it was an odd slip up.

Smackdown comes to us this week from Milwaukee, WI. Already announced is Chris Jericho and Edge against Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy in a steel cage match.

ATLANTA — A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that Hustler Magazine didn't have the right to publish decades-old nude photographs of the wife of wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed the woman and his young son before committing suicide two years ago.

Nature Boy Ric Flair is currently working for WWE without a contract, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Friday night will be fight night at the Montgomery County Fair. Building on the popularity of Hillsboro native Matt Hughes, one of the nation’s best-known Ultimate Fighting Championship competitors, the fair is hosting a mixed martial arts “Extreme Challenge” event as part of this yea...

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - The Ultimate Fighter season one winner. Former UFC light heavyweight champion. Cover athlete on the UFC 2009 Undisputed video game. Not a bad resume, but now you can add the phrase bestselling author to the list of accomplishments garnered by Mr. Forrest Griffin, whose...

Since then, Batista has been one of wwe's top wrestlers and a huge favorite among the fans. His combination of size, strength, athleticism and intensity have rarely been seen or matched in the history of pro-wrestling. There are rumors that Batista has ...

WWE United States champion Kofi Kingston took part in a Q&A with the Des Moines Register today. A lifelong fan, he noted his favorite wrestlers change based on tapes he watches, but named Owen Hart and Ricky Steamboat. Kingston also noted he has a communications degree based in adverti...

Daily wrestling news & gossip  UK Ric Flair, Shannon Moore and Puerto Rican legend Carlos Colon (father of Carlito and Primo) were among those visiting backstage at Raw. Flair told some people that the current plan is to keep him off TV for a while longer to sell the Orton punt from ...

By Stinger Triple H def. nine other Superstars in a 10-Man Battle Royal Unified WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo def. The Hart Dynasty by disqualification World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk def. Jeff Hardy and Edge in a Triple Threat Match

Access Hollywood TAMPA, FL - A former hairdresser for Linda Hogan has claimed in court that the estranged wife of wrestler Hulk Hogan used some of the $40000 she receives in alimony each month to buy drugs. According to the St. Petersburg Times, Linda Hogan's ...

 UK Take a bunch of local guys," the promoters would always theorize, "and feed them to stars coming off WWE or WCW - and back then World Class or AWA - television programs. My goal was to make new stars. Our own stars. Use the television-established ...

Sports Jun 12, 12:57 pm EDT Chuck Liddell was the unquestioned star of the show at UFC 71, held on May 26, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. He was coming off a dramatic victory over Tito Ortiz at UFC 66 that had sold a record 1.05 ...

 NJ As for the Victoria name, WWE owns it, so she is using the name "Tara" in TNA. When Hogan had his match with Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania 3, was that there first match against each other and was that the first time that Hogan slammed Andre? ...

Mirko Cro Cop is aiming to show fans and critics that he still has what it takes. Hear his plans for his time in the… sports.yahoo.com

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By Cory Brady We’ve heard it all before,”Eat your vegetables so you can grow up to be big and strong”, well that hasn’t exactly been the formula for success that K-1, PRIDE and UFC veteran Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has used in his life to become the man-beast he is today. “I don’t eat vegetables, I’m afraid...

 add Stay tuned. -- You can follow smackdown Diva Maria Kanellis on Twitter at twitter.com/marialkanellis. This is indeed a legitimate account as she confirmed it herself in a blog post Sunday afternoon on the WWE Universe site. Maria wrote: "What's up all ...

In what many would consider a huge upset, Brett Rogers breezed by former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski. For more MMA news and features, check out InsideFights.com. Rogers pressed the action from beginning, landing several punishing punches ... Strikeforce postmortem ESPN

Fight night in Cleveland Another pro matchup has the NAAFS welterweight title at stake when Ryan "The Lion" Madigan squares off against Brendan "The Devastation" Seguin. In a middleweight pro matchup, Sean Salmon defends against Allan Weickert. Approximately 16 other pro and ...

By Sean Meyers On January 25, World Wrestling Entertainment presented its twenty-second annual Royal Rumble event. With two title changes and one of the best Rumble matches in recent history, the pay-per-view lived up to expectations. Content Producer: Sean Meyers Published: Feb 09, 2009