Here's your fight-size update for the morning of January 7, 2020:
- Josh Barnett announced that Jeff Cobb is the first participant confirmed for GCW's "Josh Barnett's Bloodsport" taking place on April 2.
Your first combatant for Josh Barnett's: Bloodsport III is tank of a man. Olympic wrestler and capable of taken any man on earth on a launch into orbit via a suplex.@RealJeffCobb is coming to BLOODSPORT 4/2!@GCWrestling_ #Bloodsport pic.twitter.com/QZ0QU3xpsw
— ------ ------------------ (@JoshLBarnett) January 7, 2020
- WWE confirmed on Raw last night that The Miz will be the special guest on tonight's episode of WWE Backstage to further discuss the return of John Morrison after he briefly appeared on SmackDown the previous night.
- Jushin Thunder Liger made one last tweet after his retirement ceremony at New Year Dash.
昨日無事に引退セレモニーを終える事が出来ました。ファンの皆様、31年間のご声援、本当にありがとうございました!第2の人生も頑張りますので引き続きの応援、よろしくお願いいたします #引退セレモニー pic.twitter.com/Ry5HF8MyjB
— 獣神サンダー・ライガー Jyushin Thunder Liger (@Liger_NJPW) January 7, 2020
- The full cards for NJPW and CMLL's Fantastica Mania tour beginning this week have been revealed.
- The Big Show talks his WWE return last night.
- A reminder that Chris Jericho is auctioning off the t-shirt that he wore at Wrestle Kingdom 14 to help aid in the relief efforts for the massive wildfires in Australia. You can bid on the auction here, with the highest bid being AU $5,100.00 as of this writing.
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