Ring of Honor’s Veda Scott worked a tryout match before the Bound for Glory pay-per-view event. Scott wrestled Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s Candice LaRae.
This is Candice’s second TNA tryout. In the past she wrestled a dark match in TNA’s developmental territory OVW.
Source: PWInsider.com
Super Luchas reported during the night that Juan Alvarado Nieves otherwise known as El Brazo brother of Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata, et al passed away last night from complications of diabetes at 52 years of age.
El Brazo, who was still working fairly regularly as both himself and in his exotico gimmick of La Braza has been dealing with diabetes for the past few years and he went into a coma, which he didn’t recover from.
Former WWE and TNA Wrestling Wrestler Low Ki (Kaval/Senshi) is expected to be out of in-ring action for anything between 6 to 8 months, according to various reports in Japan.
The reports indicate that Low Ki suffered broken or crushed ribs in his match with former WrestleMania guest star Akebono during a recent tour of the country.
Former WCW star Ray ‘Glacier’ Lloyd stopped by Inside The Ropes for their latest interview in their ‘Where Are They Now?’ series. Here are some highlights.
On almost being called ‘Stone Cold’ when he got to WCW:
If people go back they can check the times with this. This was early 96, I signed my contract in January 1996. At this point we started working with a special effects company in Atlanta that I recommended to Eric. They hired him to come up with what was the whole Glacier gimmick, with the heavy armour and all that. Of course, we didn’t know what the name was gonna be, we obviously had to make it different enough from the Mortal Kombat names. Similar enough but not so much that we’d be violating anything. So we started off with like 150 names and we kept whittling them down and whittling them down and so we got down to the last ten or so names. I’ll never forget it, Andre, the special effects guy came up to me with a piece of paper with ten names on it.One of those was Glacier but one of the other names, and again if you go back and check this, it was January 96, one of the other names was Stone Cold *laughs* Now that name wasn’t a good fit for me, it didn’t resonate with me. Now Austin at that time ended up taking that name. And looking back I think we can all agree that the right guy got that name.
Time as a talent agent for TNA:
Dusty had come in as the booker. I’d actually moved to Orlando. I was working for the Indiana Jones stunt show at Universal studios. I was really enjoying it and trying to get into acting. So of course, they filmed there and Dusty called me up one days and asked if I’d be interested in coming in as a talent agent. So I came on board. The role of a talent agent is a really tricky role because you’re working with a lot of big egos. I don’t mean that against anyone in particular. But it was great to get a chance to work with Dusty again and work alongside Jerry Jarrett who at that time was working the gorilla position and Jerry would time the show. I got a chance to watch one of the greatest regional bookers and greatest minds ever, got a chance to work alongside him and learn from him and Dusty. It was a great experience, I can put if on my resume and move forward.
On the negativity from fans on TNA at the moment:
My hats off to TNA. I really want them to survive. I say that for the boys, the people that work there. I want there to be a place that’s competitive that people can go and make a name for themselves and make a living. I’ve always been pulling for TNA to survive, I’m pulling for Ring of Honor, hell I’m pulling for the NWA to survive, even if they don’t have anywhere near the power they used to have. I think TNA definitely from things they’ve done recently, have positioned themselves where people have lost respect for them. There’s ways to fix that. If they’re prepared to make some changes and make some hard decisions, they can fix some things there. I know a lot of people that wrestle there and they go in there every day and work their butts off and try to make the product as good as they possibly can. My only thing is there’s obviously some things they need to change and the ratings reflect that. What they’re putting out there is not working. I think they should continue to explore some options.
Why he feels WCW is still so popular through DVD releases, documentaries:
I think one of the reasons is because whether people are fans of Eric Bischoff or not, he did something that was monumental at that time in wrestling he assembled one of, if not the best active rosters of wrestlers from around the world all at one time in one place. I give credit to Vince McMahon. There used to be saying where it said ‘Vince McMahon creates stars and Eric Bischoff buys stars’ but Eric came up with something that became so popular that we became the number one company as far as ratings, for 83 weeks in a row. It was a great period. Every segment of the show, with the depth of the roster, was gonna be good, there wasn’t gonna be much down time. The assembling of that roster. I was so proud to be a part of it from 1996 to 2001. Up until probably late 1995 when Nitro started, there were not a lot of people outside the south watching WCW. Then Nitro came along and it was like a whole new company. And for that 5 year period the whole country watched it, a lot of great stuff happened and I loved being a part of it.
To hear the full chat where Ray discusses his run as Glacier from negotiations to the entrance and more, head over to http://www.facebook.com/theinsidenetwork
Former WWE and TNA Wrestling superstar Luke Gallows/D.O.C. will be heading to Japan to wrestle for the Pro Wrestling NOAH promotion, according to a report from The Wrestling Observer.
The former WWE/TNA star last appeared for TNA Wrestling in July.
In an update on the former ECW Arena in Philadelphia, a report from Mike Johnson of PWInsider notes that there has been a lot of construction work done on the arena and that the original hope was to re-open the facility later this month, however the current talk is that the arena won’t open possibly until January 2014.
Former WWE and WCW superstar Juventud Guerrera is said to be returning to the AAA promotion in Mexico in what is being described as a “last chance” move.
Juventud had not been used as of late due to reported disciplinary problems.
Ring of Honor announced on their official website that Paul London will be returning to the company at the ROH Glory By Honor XII event on October 26th at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago, Illinois.
London’s opponent has been announced as former ROH World Champion Roderick Strong. Also announced for the event is Kevin Steen vs. Michael Bennett.
The following results are from a recent Westside Xtreme Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling & Big Japan Pro Wrestling promoted event. The event took place on October 3rd, 2013 at the Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Germany.
Tag Team Match
Carnage & John Klinger defeated Gebrüder Schild (Robert Schild & Vincent Schild).
World Triangle League Block A Tournament Match
Drew Gulak defeated Ricochet.
World Triangle League Block C Tournament Match
Big Van Walter defeated Drake Younger.
World Triangle League Block B Tournament Match
Jonathan Gresham defeated Robert Dreissker.
Tag Team Match
Davey Richards & Freddy Stahl defeated Toby Blunt & Axel Dieter Jr.
World Triangle League Block C Tournament Match
Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Kim Ray.
World Triangle League Block A Tournament Match
AR Fox defeated Zack Sabre Jr.
Eight Person Hardcore Tag Team Match
Aaron Insane, DJ Hyde, Karsten Beck & Sasa Keel defeated Chris Rush, HATE, Mad Man Pondo & Crazy Mary Dobson.
The following results are from a recent Dragon Gate live event. The event took place on October 3rd, 2013 at the Distribution & Information Hall in Kumamoto, Japan.
Pre-Show Match
U-T vs. Yosuke Watanabe went to a 5 minute time limit draw.
Tag Team Match
The Millennials (T-Hawk & Eita Kobayashi) defeated Masato Yoshino & Mike Sydal.
Tag Team Match
The Jimmyz (Mr. Quu Quu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin & Jimmy Kagetora) defeated We Are Team Veteran (Masaaki Mochizuki & “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa). The match lasted only 8 seconds with Mochizuki and Ichikawa demanding an immediate rematch.
Tag Team Match
The Jimmyz (Mr. Quu Quu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin & Jimmy Kagetora) defeated We Are Team Veteran (Masaaki Mochizuki & “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa).
Singles Match
Jimmy Kanda vs. Kzy was declared a no contest.
Tag Team Match
Team Best Friends (Akira Tozawa & Shingo Takagi) defeated CIMA & CIBA.
8 Man Tag Team Match
The Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito, Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kanda) defeated MAD BLANKEY (Naruki Doi, YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Kzy).
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