WWE released a video on Sunday featuring multiple wrestlers making their Super Bowl picks.
This year’s Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will be held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, which previously hosted WWE WrestleMania 31 in 2015. The Seahawks and Patriots also met in the Super Bowl that year.
A few wrestlers interviewed have ties to the teams they picked. Brie Bella’s husband Bryan Danielson is from the Seattle area, Kofi Kingston is a longtime New England Patriots fan from the Boston area, and Xavier Woods said he wanted to pick a team with a bird name.
WWE wrestlers make their Super Bowl picks
Brie Bella: Seattle Seahawks
Kofi Kingston: New England Patriots
Je’Von Evans: Seattle Seahawks
Otis: Seattle Seahawks
Rusev: Does not watch American football, did not make a pick
On a brand-new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, Josh talks to past WWE Tough Enough competitor, retired wrestler, and in-game host for the Party Animals of the Banana Ball Championship League AJ Kirsch.
In their talk, they hit on a lot of different topics including:
AJ’s experience on Tough Enough and how he first got into wrestling
The career-changing decision he made when he realized a full-time WWE in-ring career might not be in the cards
Working for both AEW and WWE in recent years and if anyone there remembered him from his Tough Enough days
Everything you’d ever want to know and understand about the phenomenon that is the Savannah Bananas baseball team and its rival in the Party Animals
His typical game-day activities
Working three (and soon to be four) Super Bowls…and lots more.
WWE will have a presence during Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI broadcast.
According to a PW Insider report, WWE told employees today that “multiple” commercials for WrestleMania 38 will air during the Super Bowl.
Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics reports that a 30-second spot will air during the pregame show, while a 15-second ad will air during the game itself.
WWE will have two commercials during the Super Bowl on Sunday, promoting Wrestlemania. PWInsider broke this earlier.
Additionally, one spot will be a 30-second commercial during the pre-show, the other will be 15-seconds long during the game itself.
This year’s Super Bowl airs on NBC and Peacock. Recent commercials for Peacock have highlighted WWE programming, but the report is unclear as to whether or not the ads on Sunday will be dedicated WWE WrestleMania commercials, or simply ads for the Peacock streaming service.
WrestleMania 38 takes place on Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Super Bowl LVI kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, February 13. The game will feature the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals, and will be held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. SoFi Stadium is also scheduled to host WrestleMania 39 in 2023.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be part of this year’s Super Bowl festivities.
The NFL has announced that Johnson will be making a “special pre-game appearance” at Super Bowl LVI this Sunday.
Johnson wrote about the news: “After all these years, my football dream of standing on the SUPER BOWL field has FINALLY….come true. This will [be] historic. This will be my honor. This will be ELECTRIFYING. I’ll see you THIS SUNDAY! LFG!!! #SuperBowlLVI #SuperGoldSunday 2/13 on @NBC”
After all these years, my football dream of standing on the SUPER BOWL field has FINALLY….come true 😄✊🏾
This will historic. This will be my honor. This will be ELECTRIFYING⚡️🔥
What Johnson will be doing during the appearance hasn’t been revealed.
The Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams are facing off in the Super Bowl. The game is airing on NBC and Peacock. NBC is also the television home of Johnson’s “Young Rock” series, which will have its season two premiere on Tuesday, March 15.
SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles is hosting the Super Bowl. The game is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, and pre-game coverage will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern.
A look at the current WrestleMania card, as well as what big name is being talked with, what big name is not on the card, as well as the Royal Rumble decision making is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We also have complete Rumble coverage including a table with each participant, how long they were in, eliminations, number of entry and exit and more. We look at Vince McMahon’s change in the winners in the last week, the stories told in the Rumble, why the winners were changed, the return of Edge, his new contract, how he got such a big deal, the WWE injuries, the Andrade drug test failure, those who were not in the Rumble and why, business notes on the way and what are expected to be the biggest wrestling crowds of the year. We also look at viewer interest in the show, the interest as compared to the UFC 246 show, plus match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.
The new issue also covers:
The sale of Pro Wrestling NOAH to CyberAgent, more on big companies buying wrestling franchises, plans for NOAH under the new ownership and the relationship with DDT as it stands right now.
UFC 246, with show notes, business notes and match-by-match coverage.
Worlds Collide with match-by-match coverage, star ratings, business notes and what did and didn’t work on the show.
Changes in the WWE house show business and why. We look at both the positive and negative of it. We also look at the behavior of Vince McMahon at the Rocky Johnson funeral, the incident with Brock Lesnar and Matt Riddle, new contracts signed, wrestler asking for her release, WWE Canadian numbers, Charlotte Flair talks Kairi Sane concussion, new WWE signees, the most-watched shows on the WWE Network and house show coverage.
New Year’s Dash from New Japan, the Jushin Liger retirement ceremony, match-by-match coverage with star ratings and the angles coming out of the show.
A bio on Hercules Ayala, one of the biggest stars of the glory days of Puerto Rican wrestling, covering how he started there, his work outside Puerto Rico, how he first got into Stampede Wrestling, his biggest matches on major stadium events including major bouts with Ric Flair and Randy Savage, his heel turn with Carlos Colon, the aftermath of the death of Bruiser Brody and how he was used to try and get the business back.
NWA Hard Times PPV show.
A bio on Carlos Rocha, the Portuguese star who was one of the biggest drawing cards in North America in 1971 and 1972 with his bloodbaths against The Sheik and Abdullah the Butcher. We look at those feuds as well as look back at The Sheik in Toronto during the period when he was one of the biggest single city draws in pro wrestling history, and how his undefeated streak put limits on the Rocha feud. We look at how Sheik vs. Rocha was the biggest drawing Toronto feud of the era, and why he outdrew Andre, Bruno, Bobo Brazil and all the other major Sheik foes in Toronto. We also look at his return to North America and his retirement run in the WWWF.
Regarding the Wednesday numbers, we’ve got full details, demos that each side won, how every segment did and what match ended up as the difference maker.
Full coverage of all the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.
In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.
Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE
Bryan and I will be back tonight talking Raw and the rest of the news, as well as talking question that you can send to [email protected]
The Super Bowl did 99.9 million viewers yesterday on FOX. If you include FOX Deportes, and streaming, the number will hit 102 million. It had 23 million searches while the halftime show had about 15 million more. That makes the 11 million plus for Conor McGregor’s fight with Donald Cerrone even more impressive.
Several WWE and AEW personnel were at the Super Bowl between the FOX connection for WWE and the Khan family connection for AEW. There was a full page ad for AEW in the Super Bowl program. There were Super Bowl commercials that included Ric Flair, John Cena and Dwayne Johnson. FOX naturally promoted the XFL which those in the television world think will open to a big number but fall over the next two weeks to a more normalized number.
WWE stock continued to fall today, closing at $46.08 per share, the lowest close since before the FOX deal was signed. A big part of the drop was Benjamin Swinburne of Morgan Stanley downgrading the price target from $80 to $54, based on the firing of George Barrios and Michelle Wilson. He said the three things of concern are losing Barrios & Wilson leaves the company without senior leadership at the same time Vince McMahon is starting the XFL, concern about WWE’s capital allocation plans which was part of the dispute, and fear the loss of Wilson and Barrios will affect WWE’s relationships with Fox, Progressive Insurance (a key sponsor) and key talent. He felt the company will be pressured by Wall Street until they hire at least one well-known new executive with a strong track record.
For Raw tonight, there will be Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton interviews talking about Brock Lesnar. There is a Bobby Lashley vs. Seth Rollins vs. Ricochet match to determine who faces Lesnar at the 2/27 Saudi Arabia show, plus a Lana vs. Liv Morgan rematch.
If the stands don’t look full, it’s because a winter storm advisory was called for today in Salt Lake City and people are told to avoid driving until 10 p.m. tonight. There were 211 auto accidents in Utah over a 13 hour period earlier in the day. Most, but not all schools were closed in the city. There were ten inches of snow at the airport which also delayed flights, but didn’t shut down the airport and talent should have all arrived.
AEW
Tomorrow’s Dark numbers will be most interesting with the addition of the Kenny Omega & Riho vs. Kip Sabian & Penelope Ford match from the Jericho Cruise.
Doug Gilbert won’t be appearing Wednesday for the AEW show in Huntsville, AL. The area legends appearing on the show will be Austin Idol, Arn Anderson and Missy Hyatt.
MISCELLANEOUS
Lance Archer has filed for a U.S. trademark on that name.
There is a Dragon Lee vs Bandido TV title match on the next ROH PPV show on 3/13 from Las Vegas. Their most recent singles match in the U.S., a few months ago for PWG, was one of the best matches in PWG history. It was one of the best live matches I’ve ever seen.
Evolve announced 4/3 and 4/4 shows in Tampa at the former Fort Homer Hesterly Armory. Both shows will be at noon. Progress will run on 4/2 in the same building with Cara Noir, Paul Robinson, Kyle Fletcher, Spike Trviet, Jacob Fatu, Josef Samael, Anti Fun Police,The OJMO and Eddie Kingston. wXw will run 4/4 with Bobby Gunns, Amale, Prince Ahura, Maggot, Jay Skillet, Absolute Andy, Avalanche, Jurn Simmons, Julian Pace, Leon van Gasteren, Lucky Kid and Alexander James.
WrestleCon has announced 11 new autograph signing guests for Mania week as Hiroshi Tanahashi, Booker T, Darby Allin, Ariane Andrew (Cameron), Barry Windham, Chris Masters, Missy Hyatt, Chase Owens, Stephan Bonnar and Cryme Time.
The belief is that Dragon Gate will be sending four wrestlers to MLW for an upcoming taping. The two sides have been in talks since the fall and the deal was signed last week and announced on Saturday. Ben K and Shun Skywalker will be one of the first wrestlers coming while Jacob Fatu will be going to Dragon Gate.
New Japan has three Korakuen Hall shows on New Japan World at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday morning. Thursday as a NEVER trios title match with Shingo Takagi & Evil & Bushi defending against Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto & Robbie Eagles.
Progress from yesterday in Cardiff, Wales: Josh Holly b Thomas Winter, Chris Ridgeway b Elijah, Paul Robinson b Danny Jones to keep the Proteus title, Mark Andrews b Ilja Dragunov, Scotty Davis & Jordan Devlin kept the tag title over the No Fun Police, Jinny kept the women’s title in a three-way over Dani Luna and Gisele Shaw, Cara Noir kept the title beating Chris Brookes.
GCW from earlier today in Tokyo: Toru Sugiura & Takashi Sasaki b Kikutaro & KTB, Shlak b Matt Justice, Alex Colon b Violento Jack, Yuji Okabayashi b Chris Dickinson, Matt Tremont & Danny Havoc & Isami Kodaka b Drew Parker & Jimmy Lloyd & Toshiyuki Sakuda, Orin Veidt b Masashi Takeda
Hoosier Pro Wrestling from Friday night in Columbus, IN: Cooter b Scarecrow, Drax O’Brien won three-way over Big D and Dodo Brown, Michael Hayes & Truth Magnum b Flash Flanagan & Bobby Jones, Randall Floyd b Guy Lombardo, Duke the Nuke b Apollo, Jaylee b Alice Crowley, Buck Sexton b Dynamite Dillen. Next show is 3/7.
559 Fights on 2/8 in Orange Cove, CA at the Victor Lopez Community Center. There will be both MMA fights and grappling matches.
An update on Showcase TV in the UK. It has disappeared from the Sky channel listings, which would leave ROH and a number of UK and US promotions off U.K. television on Sky. Impact still airs on 5Star and Xplosion would not have a home. (thanks to Matthew Evans)
CWE on 2/27 in First Nation, Manitoba at the Glnew School Gym. D-Lo Brown will be on the show.
CWA Superbreak on 3/21 in Searcy, AR at the White County Fairground.
Impact tomorrow on AXS has Rosemary vs. Su Yung, El Hijo del Vikingo vs. TJP and Daga & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Jake & Dave Crist. Plus they tease stuff with Tessa Blanchard vs Ace Austin.
Newsday had an obit for John Mair aka Crusher Doogan (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
Anthony Carelli (Santino Marella) is in Colombia right now and wants to resume wrestling. He talks about treatment that would hopefully enable him to make a comeback at
Wrestling Observer Live is back with a dental-inspired solo edition of the show featuring yours truly.
WWE Raw comes to us tonight from a snowy Salt Lake City, Utah, and we’ll let you know what’s planned. Plus, WWE stock watch ’20, Game Changer Wrestling, ROH, Shingo, Producer Dom’s lapsed fan thoughts on Edge-Orton, your calls, and more.
Also, if you don’t like American football, skip the first segment as we speak to poor Dom and hope to make him feel better about Sunday’s results.
We’re looking for reports on both New Japan shows this weekend in Tampa and Nashville and reports from the NWA tapings to [email protected]
We’re also looking for your thoughts on both the Royal Rumble and Worlds Collide, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected]
ROYAL RUMBLE IS TODAY AT 5 P.M. EASTERN FOR THE PRESHOW FROM MINUTE MAID PARK IN HOUSTON
*Men’s Rumble – The favorite is Roman Reigns at -200. Drew McIntyre is +300. Cain Velasquez at -550 is listed as a strong favorite as the person to eliminate Brock Lesnar. McIntyre, Reigns, Strowman and Edge are the next favorites.
*Women’s Rumble – The favorite is Shayna Baszler at -300 which is fairly strong odds for a Rumble. Charlotte Flair is +650.
*Bayley is a -230 favorite over Lacey Evans to keep her title. Evans is +170. For me, this is actually a good time for a tile change.
*Sheamus is -700 while Shorty G is +450 for their singles match.
*Roman Reigns is -140 and King Corbin is +100 for their match
*Becky Lynch is -475 and Asuka is +325 for their Raw women’s title match.
*Bray Wyatt is a -600 favorite over Daniel Bryan at +400 for the Universal title. (thanks to WWEleaks.org)
We haven’t seen odds on Humberto Carrillo vs. Andrade for the U.S. title
We’ve got what will be one of the biggest issues of the year, a double issue with a look at the lives and careers of Rocky Johnson, La Parka and Kendo Nagasaki, plus what will be one of the biggest news stories of 2020, the AEW new television extension with TNT through 2023.
The lead story goes into the life and career of Rocky Johnson, the father of Dwayne Johnson and one of pro wrestling’s biggest stars of the 1970s. We talk about Johnson’s death this past week, his ancestry, the story of him being kicked out of the house at 13, his background in boxing and wrestling along with ties to both Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, as well as where the name Rocky Johnson came from.
We talk about his main skills, his dropkicks, the birth of Dwayne Johnson, the best television match on Roy Shire television of the 70s, his quick rise to main events and championships, and how his run in Los Angeles in 1970 made him into one of the biggest stars in pro wrestling. We cover his years in San Francisco, his landmark program with Jerry Lawler, his headlining in St. Louis, his world title battles, early championships and his brother, as well as how Dwayne Johnson got started in pro wrestling.
The new issue also covers:
Full details of the new television deal between AEW and TNT, including the value, the options, how this relates to the old deal, how this compares to other deals, what we know about the second show, questions this brings up regarding WWE countering, stars that are about to become free agents, Tony Khan talks the new deal, and the ratings in 18-49 and value per episode update on Raw, Smackdown, NXT and AEW and what type of value did TNT get for its money.
The death of La Parka, including his connection with the first La Parka, as well as the uncle of the first La Parka. We look at his career before La Parka, his rise to fame in AAA, his period on top, his biggest feuds, his heel turn and why it flopped, L.A. Park comments on his rival and more on his biggest matches.
The death of Kazuo Sakurada, the Japanese Kendo Nagasaki. We look at his connection with Bret Hart, with comments by Bret Hart, Ross Hart and Fumi Saito. How Dusty Rhodes created Kendo Nagasaki and who it was copied from. Many of his other wrestling names. Sakurada’s tough guy reputation and his days in sumo prior to pro wrestling. How he got into pro wrestling, his original relationships with Giant Baba and Genichiro Tenryu, his day in Stampede Wrestling as one of its biggest tag team stars, his wrestling in Japan, Mid South, WCW and the story of he and Bruiser Brody from Puerto Rico. His fights in the ring,and his one MMA fight.
Next WWE show in Saudi Arabia, a new Dwayne Johnson television show, a new Miz television show, notes on the return of Big Show, Paul Levesque and Paige, Bret Hart filming a WWE show, Brock Lesnar honored, WWE trademarks, WWE BT party in London,WWE European ratings, notes on several new WWE signings as well as a major star who has met with Paul Levesque about coming in. We look at the next MSG show, DVR viewership of WWE programming, plus a look at all the WWE & NXT live events over the past week with results,highlights and business notes.
Update the Royal Rumble and World Collide shows and how tickets are selling for the next round of major WWE events.
The Tessa Blanchard controversy and her winning the Impact title, with comments from many in wrestling and a full rundown of TNA Hard to Kill with match-by-match coverage, star ratings and poll results.
Update the changes at Bellator in structuring, who is now in charge and what may be happening next.
More money being sent into MMA with the PFL, its new ownership and revenue sources and how much new capita they now have.
Coverage of the WWE U.K. Takeover show, with show notes, business notes, match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results of the show.
The 2019 Wrestling Observer Awards ballot.
Regarding the Wednesday numbers, we’ve got full details, demos that each side won, how every segment did and what match ended up as the difference maker.
Full coverage of all the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.
In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.
Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE
Just utterly stunned by the death of Kobe Bryant earlier today. He was one of the most iconic sports figures of this generation.
Bryan and I will be covering the Royal Rumble as well as the latest pro wrestling and MMA news tonight with Wrestling Observer Radio. You can send questions to tonight’s show to [email protected]
Lots of the NXT women are in Houston presumably because there aren’t enough spots with the main roster women for the Battle Royal. We were told most of the key stars are there. PW Insider reported Mercedes Martinez as one of them. As we’ve noted all along, Shayna Baszler was expected to be a key part. They also listed Molly Holly, Beth Phoenix and Sasha Banks in the women’s Rumble match.
Tons of rumors regarding tonight. While not confirmed, there is a lot of talk going around regarding Edge as a surprise for tonight’s show. That talk has been going on for months. Mike Johnson has reported that Santino Marella, Shane McMahon, Undertaker, Dominick Gutierrez, Ric Flair are all there and teased the idea of Sting being there to set up something for Saudi Arabia on 2/27. It was noted that it looks like they may have changed standards if Sting is cleared since both he and Edge had years back been flagged due to neck issues from ever taking another bump by WWE. No one has said anything about Ronda Rousey but if she’s coming back to Mania, this is usually right around the time you do so and they like surprises in the Rumble.
As far as Google trends for last night, Worlds Collide didn’t rank, nor would anyone expect that it would since NXT and AEW rarely do and this had less interest than either. Among combat sports, the most interest was Bellator which was No. 12 with 100,000 searches. The UFC show was No. 18 with 50,000, which is low, but there wasn’t a lot of interest in last night’s show even though it drew great.
Killer Kross pulled out of his 2/15 date for NHPW in Perth, Australia and has been pulling out of all dates after the next few weeks. He had recently met with Paul Levesque and has told he’d be fast-tracked. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
WWE
They will be filming a lot of documentary material this weekend.
For the Rumble, the men’s and women’s Rumble both at -150 are the favorites for best match based on Observer star ratings. Humberto Carrillo vs. Andrade at +100 is next. Everything else is listed as a long shot.
Tommaso Ciampa is doing an event on Valentine’s Day to benefit Give Kids the World Village in Kissimmee, FL called Over the Edge. Ciampa is going to rappel down the 32 story Hyatt Regency to raise money. A lot of other NXT stars are also involved in the benefit.
Regarding last night’s show when I brought up that Shaun Ryan may have done the videos that appeared, we were told that wasn’t the case and that the video work was done in Connecticut with the regular crew led by Jeremy Borash.
UFC
Jeremy Stephens vs. Calvin Kattar is being talked about for the 4/18 PPV show in Brooklyn.
Paige VanZant is out of her 3/14 match in Brasilia, Brazil with Amanda Ribas due to a minor fracture of the arm and said she would be ready to fight in May. Ribas will face Randa Markos.
AEW
There is a full page color ad for AEW in the official program for next week’s Super Bowl. It is right next to the table of contents so it’s very prominent. (thanks to Anthony Bergen)
Regarding a question on the commentary on Fite TV during the commercial breaks for Dynamite, you do hear commentary during commercial breaks in matches and occasionally, if there’s not a match, you’ll hear the announcers talking production, talking about what’s up next, often you hear Jim Ross bringing up the rest of the show.
Jamie Hayter won the SWA title today on the Stardom show in Osaka beating Utami Hayashishita. This was on The Kagetsu farewell to Stardom show. Kagetsu is promoting her own retirement show in Osaka on 2/24 where she faces Meiko Satomura.
Former WWE head of security Jimmy Noonan has written a book about pro wrestling, a fictional diary of a world champion. The book is called “Getting Color” and it’s available on Kindle and Amazon.
Combate Americas announced a 2/28 show from Fresno on both Univision and AXS TV as well as on Televisa in Mexico. The show is being pushed as Mexico vs. USA with a main event of Pablo Sabori (9-6) of Mexico vs. Adrian Guzman (6-1) of the U.S. Given the ratings of Combate on Univision, there is no company that gets more out of lesser known talent and has deals with Univision, a strong U.S. station, and Televisa, the dominant station in Mexico. Former Bellator champion Zoila Frausto (14-6) faces Karla Benitez (17-15-1-1, 1 no contest) of Spain.
Candice Michelle was brought to Australia for Wrestling Go in Sydney as a guest ring announcer for a women’s Battle royal. The show was promoted by Albie, an influencer/model who is very popular in Sydney as a fundraiser for the Sydney Assyrian community. Douglas James from Southern California was also on the show. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
KSW’s first show of the decade with big a huge show in Lodz, Poland at the Atlas Arena on 3/21. Mariusz Pudzianowksi (13-7), the former world’s strongest man and top draw, as well as welterweight champion Roberto Soldic (17-3) are headlining.
BCW on Friday night in Melbourne: Cletus won over Cody Swift and Mick Moretti to win the Battle Express title, Sketch b Carlo Cannon, Aysha b Bixsin, Zhan Wn b Big Cuz-COR, Preston Kindred b Brat Pack to keep tag titles, Mortal b Steph De Lander to keep women’s did, Mad Dog NC Gabriel Wolfe for BCW title, Ultimo Dragon b Syd Parker (thanks to Kevin Chiat).
AAW from Friday night in Chicago: Karam b Storm Grayson, Jordan Oliver b Jake Lander, Fred Yehi b ACH, Ace Austin & Clayton Gainz & Stephen Wolf b Nate Webb & The Flip Brothers, AR Fox b Willie Mack, Sami Callihan & Jake Crist b Juventud Guerrera & Aramis, Savannah Stone & Hyan b Jessicka Havok & Kimber Lee, Killer Kross b Ace Perry, Fred Yehi b Killer Kross, Hakim Zane b Paco in a street fight to keep the Heritage title, Mat Fitchett Davey Vega b Jake Something Curt Stallion to keep the tag titles. People were raving in particular about Juventud Guerrera and ACH (thanks to Case Lowe)
Defy on 2/21 in Seattle features Jeff Cobb plus talent from The Crash promotion in Tijuana.
Rise announced a free seminar and multiple promotion tryout event on 3/2 and 3/27 in Berwyn, IL. The tryout will be at zero cost to the participants.
Rhino has a seminar on 3/1 for PWE in Oshawa, ONT at the Royal Canadian Legion.
Georges St-Pierre was in a commercial for BelairDirect Insurance spoofing the Rocky movies which played last week during the NFL playoffs in Canada (thanks to Grant Zwarych)
Northeast Wrestling from last night in Waterbury, CT: Christian Casanova b Richard Holliday to keep the Facebook title, Keith Youngblood & Chris Battle & RJ Rude & Zane Bernardo b Brett Ryan Gosselin & DL Hurst & Danger Kid & Aiden Aggro, Jake Manning b Daniel Evans, Flip Gordon b Brian Pillman Jr., Wrecking Ball Legursky b Sledge, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa b JT Dunn & Mike Verna, Marty Scurll b Vincent when Matt Taven distracted Vince, Dan Maff b Darby Allin to win the NEW title in a no DQ match, Keith Youngblood won 30 man Rumble (thanks to Nick Mahmood)
It’s a special Super Bowl preview edition of “Left My Wallet” as I talk this Sunday’s big game with fellow Killer Kowalski trainee and my former WWE and OVW colleague, Kenn Doane!
Kenn and I are both native New Englanders, grew up only 30 minutes away from each other, and came up through the Northeast indies before our time in WWE. Our career timeline has paralleled, but so has our love for all sports, especially New England sports. On the podcast, Kenn and I discuss the quiet media week so far, Nickell Roby-Coleman thinking Tom Brady has slowed down, Kenn’s big keys of the game for the Patriots, more Tony Romo talk, stories of Kenn calling into Philly radio stations to bash the Eagles, our thoughts on the Madden ’19 Super Bowl simulation, over/under predictions on prop bets, and more!
Kenn is a lifelong Patriots fan and gives an in-depth preview and prediction of what he thinks will take place Sunday. The Super Bowl is only a few days away so come get your wrestling and football fix as I chat with the former Spirit Squad member.
