Evans Snubbed Again, ROH Preview, Duggan Talks Bout With Akbar & More
– You can check out an interview with Urban Wrestling Federation wrestler Black Jeez, who also wrestles for CZW, at this link. Jeez talks about how he got into the business, why he believes CZW is successful and not as bad as fans make it out to be, gives his thoughts on the 5-way scramble match he competed in at UWF Hood Justice and more.
– "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan will face Mohammad Akbar at the "AWE Wrestling: Night Of The Legends" Pay-Per-View on October 15th, live from Augusta Expo in Fishersville, Virginia. "I fight a lot of guys like Akbar who want to make a name for themselves by fighting me," said Duggan of his opponent. "They may be younger, faster and stronger, but, you can't measure the heart. When I come into the ring with everybody chanting, 'USA,' I can't be beat, especially by somebody like this who is anti-American." You can get more details about the event by clicking here.
– Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans finds himself out of a title shot for the third time this year. Evan's hand injury has forced him bow out of a proposed fight with champion Jon Jones. Jones will now face Lyoto Machida at UFC 140 in December. You can get Evans' response to the change, as well as UFC President Dana White lashing out at critics of the new match-up, at FightLine.com by clicking here.
– Tickets for the December 3rd ROH event in Spartanburg, SC (link) and December 4th in Greensboro, NC (link) go on sale today.
– Here is the preview for this weekend's ROH TV, featuring Davey Richards vs. Roderick Strong for ROH World Title:
Lucas Rojas contributed to this article.