Matches for First ROH Taping for 2013

As noted earlier, ROH will hold the first Ring of Honor on Sinclair TV Taping for 2013 this Saturday 1/5 in Baltimore, Maryland at the Du Burns Arena. The following matches are scheduled to take place.

* ROH Tag Team champions The Briscoes vs. Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander.

* ROH TV champ Adam Cole vs. BJ Whitmer.

* Matt Hardy appearing.

* Nigel McGuinness will address the Jay Lethal issue.

* Michael Elgin vs. Mike Bennett.

* MsChif vs. Athena.

* Four Tag Team Gauntlet.

* Top Prospect Tournament.

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Former WWE Star Announces Retirement Plans

Former NWA champion and UFC Hall of Famer Dan Severn announced that with the end of 2012, he is retired as a competitor in the MMA.

Severn noted that he would be taking pro wrestling bookings through the end of 2013 and then he would be completely out of the ring as a performer.

Severn held the NWA title in the 1990s and also had a run in the WWF where he had notable feuds with Owen Hart and Ken Shamrock.

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TNA British Boot Camp Recap – 1/1/13

As noted earlier, TNA debuted their new TV show on Challenge TV in the UK last night. Here is a recap.

Episode 1

The four participants are introduced at a TNA fan-fest in London. Marty Scurll and The Blossom Twins received minimal reception, but Rockstar Spud got a massive pop

The four were advised to go home and get an early night in time for training tomorrow, but decided to have a night out in London instead. Predictably, this didn’t end well. Spud and Scurll came to blows, causing Spud to leave the group temporarily. A particularly pathetic moment saw the pair arguing over who had more Twitter followers.

This night out took up pretty much the entire first episode. We closed with Scurll, The Blossoms and a visibly hungover Spud standing in an industrial estate as a limo pulled up in front of them. The voiceover announced that the man in the limo would serve as their trainer for the next episode. Out stepped UK legend Mark ‘Rollerball’...

Big Match for Weekend TNA Events, Media Covers Hogan Beach Opening

- Embedded below is a video report from WTSP Channel 10 in Tampa of Hulk Hogan opening his new restaurant Hogan’s Beach.