TNA, Tokyo Dome results, Sylvia's next battle, Death of WCW, Dark Angel, more

- TNA is tonight with Kurt Angle vs. Christian and Homicide vs. Runt in a street fight. Vinny and I will be back late Friday night with a weekend members-only Bryan & Vinny Show to discuss this program, ECW on Sci-Fi, Smackdown and another full ROH DVD. Of course, we'll also be back late Sunday night to discuss the WWE New Year's Revolution PPV with John Cena vs. Umaga. We're back in the swing of things~!

- Tokyo Dome results from earlier today courtesy Stuart at Strong Style Spirit. No major surprises:

NJPW "WRESTLE KINGDOM IN TOKYO DOME", 1/4/07 (WPW/PPV)
Tokyo Dome
28,000 Fans - No Vacancy

1. WELCOME TO TOKYO DOME! New Year Funny Waltz: Masanobu Fuchi All Japan, El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Kikutaro, Nobutaka Araya All Japan & Akira Raijin All Japan (8:20) when Taguchi used the Dodon on Kikutaro.
2. Artistic Tag Team Battle: Jado & Gedo beat NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA (13:06) when Gedo used a Superfly splash on NOSAWA.
3. Rockin' Your Hearts of Fxxxing Outlaws: Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii beat D-Lo Brown All Japan, Buchanan All Japan & Travis Tomko (9:36) when Makabe used a lariat on Buchanan.
4. Dimension Zero: TARU, Suwama All Japan, RO'Z All Japan & Giant Bernard beat Riki Choshu, Manabu Nakanishi, Takashi Iizuka & Naofumi Yamamoto (15:38) when Suwama used a backdrop hold on Yamamoto.
5. Top of the World ~ Arts of War: Koji Kanemoto, Tiger Mask, Kaz Hayashi All Japan, TAKA Michinoku Kaientai Dojo & Wataru Inoue beat Jushin Thunder Liger, Minoru, Milano Collection AT, Shuji Kondo & "brother" YASSHI (13:01) when Tiger used a Tiger suplex hold on YASSHI.
6. Dangerous Rapture: Toshiaki Kawada beat Shinsuke Nakamura (19:02) with a middle kick.
7. Triple Crown: Minoru Suzuki (c) beat Yuji Nagata (17:22) by referee stop (2nd defense).
8. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) beat Taiyo Kea All Japan (17:09) with the High Fly Flow (3rd defense).
9. Super Dream Tag Match ~ "This is Wrestle Kingdom": Keiji Muto All Japan & Masahiro Chono beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima All Japan (18:43) when Chono used a cross-style STF on Tenzan.

- Jim Lampley of HBO boxing busted

- Barbara Goodish is out of town and thus will be rescheduled for next Friday on Figure Four Daily. We're trying to get Larry Matysik on for tomorrow. We'll have a show regardless. The Dave Meltzer show for today is already up for members, discussing as much of MMA and pro-wrestling as you can pack into nearly an hour commercial-free. A fantastic show as always with Dave.

- There is an article here about a boy who hung himself shortly after the execution of Saddam Hussein, and they actually mention wrestling near the end of the article.

- Gabriel Gonzaga, who looked very good in a dark match at Saturday's UFC show, will officially be getting the next shot at Tim Sylvia's title. Brandon Vera hasn't signed an extension and they're not putting him in a title match with one fight left on his contract.

- UFC ring girl Jennylee will be on the new season of Beauty & the Geek.

- Speaking of lovely girls, there is an article here about Dark Angel of CMLL and her dieting down for the CMLL bodybuilding contest a few months back (really). Some really groundbreaking fitness tips in this one, such as that you should eat less and do more exercise.

- Death of WCW, which you can purchase using the link on the right-hand side of this page, was Lance Storm's latest Book Marks selection. You can read all the reviews plus my thoughts on putting it together by clicking this link. RD Reynolds will hopefully have his thoughts up soon. Thanks to Lance for choosing the book and everyone who participated for taking the time to read it. Also, congratulations to Mark, Karen and Eric (not Bischoff) for winning Lance's contest and earning a free three-month subscription to this website.

- Arena Coliseo from Tuesday courtesy Kris Zellner: Mini Fantasy beat Sombrita, Danger & Molotov & Sombra de Plata defeated Caligula & Messala & Super Comando, Arkangel de la Muerte & Hijo del Canek & Nitro beat Fabian el Gitano & Loco Max (subbing for Valiente) & Starman – Loco turned on his partners of course, Hijo del Texano & Leono & Maximo defeated Hijo del Pierroth & Shigeo Okumura & Sangre Azteca, Dos Caras Jr. & Hijo del Lizmark & Rey Bucanero beat Black Warrior & Olimpico & Universo Dos Mil

- WWE(R) Experience on The Score at a new time beginning January 7

- Wrestling School in North Looking to Grow

- A Bright idea from 'The Genius'

- C.M. Punk's excellent adventure

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