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Friday, May 11th, 2012Will King Mo become the next version of Don Frye, a man who had a wildly successful career as both a pro-wrestler and MMA fighter?
Where the American fight industry stands right now
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010With a collapse in support for pro-wrestling, UFC has positioned themselves as WWE’s chief competition. This has made it even harder for anyone to try to get into the wrestling ballgame.
Paul Heyman lays his cards on the table about what he wants to do business-wise; Update: My new article on where this is all heading
Monday, July 5th, 2010Paul Heyman lays out what he thinks needs to be done to change the landscape in pro-wrestling and why UFC has done so well.
Media thoughts coming off UFC conference call (and UFC 100 buyrate discussion)
Friday, July 31st, 2009How much exposure has Fedor gotten in the States this week thanks to Dana White?
Kurt Angle’s MMA training sessions
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Dave Meltzer is reporting this week that Kurt Angle is now training two times a week in MMA at Eric Hibler’s Pittsburgh Fight Club.
Matt Serra starting to gain some more media traction
Monday, April 14th, 2008We have a lot to get to today, so let’s waste no time. Marketwire: Aussie Soles signs a deal with Matt Serra The Canadian Press: Mark Bocek used to school UFC owners The Rochester Post-Bulletin (MN): It was a big night for Travis Wiuff in Atlantic City Jake Rossen: YAMMA Pit Fighting — the latest […]
About that pro-wrestling crossover…
Thursday, January 17th, 2008If you don’t think UFC takes pro-wrestling’s cross-over appeal seriously, well… TNA has made a business deal with UFC regarding promotion of UFC’s 2/2 PPV show, and in particular the Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir match. Next week’s Impact will include a Brock Lesnar training package, as well as a Kurt Angle interview, where he […]
Thursday evening news update (8/9)
Thursday, August 9th, 2007If you aren’t a subscriber to our radio show, go subscribe now. Friendly links: iTunes feed or RSS feed. Josh Barnett was the guest on our last show. We’ll have a new radio show coming out shortly. So, go subscribe. The latest IFL filing with the SEC. Adam “Pacman” Jones had quite the appearance on […]
Thursday trash talk: North Carolina ready to regulate MMA
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The IFL enters into $12.7 million USD financing. Update: The stock went down to $0.65 USD/share the morning after this news was released. Here are the weigh-in results for the IFL show that will take place tonight in New Jersey. If you haven’t already done so, head on over to MMA Predictions and make your […]
Thoughts on Kurt Angle & TNA
Monday, September 25th, 2006By Sheldon Goldberg Sheldon Goldberg is the President and co-owner of both New England Championship Wrestling and World Women’s Wrestling. He is based out of the Boston, Massachusetts area. The sad part about following pro wrestling these days is that nothing seems shocking anymore. The many deaths and tragedies that professional wrestling has endured over […]
UFC: Used For Cash?
Monday, September 25th, 2006By Dave Ditch UFC is the cool kid everybody wants to be around. Some get to be real friends, while others just want the rub of popularity. PRIDE has been looking for the rub. Kurt Angle’s reference of UFC several months ago on ECW was an attempt to get some rub. Was Kurt Angle’s inference […]
Kurt Angle heads to TNA
Sunday, September 24th, 2006Story information here. My first reaction — with Angle on TNA and Spike TV backing both TNA & UFC, the chances of Angle appearing in UFC (if he goes the MMA-and-wrestling combo route) just increased significantly. Unless, of course (as Dave Ditch pointed out to me), both Angle and TNA used UFC as nothing more […]
Kurt Angle’s future
Friday, September 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Dave Meltzer notes that Kurt Angle is now being buried by the WWE. Either this is a strange angle or else they are really concerned that he is going to work in fact for TNA. In response to a Dave Ditch article about the former Olympian’s future in the fight game, […]
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