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WWE RETURNING TO JAPAN, BRUNO SAMMARTINO TALKS RECENT PASSINGS, WWE UK COMPETITORS, LOVELACE RECEIVES NXT RING NAME AND MORE WWE NEWS

By Mike Johnson on 2017-02-23 09:15:00

WWE announced they would return to Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 6/30 and 7/1.  Additional details will be announced in March.  Thanks to Paul Jordan.

WWE UK competitors will be working live events in Europe for WWE on their May tour.

The former Heidi Lovelace is now going by the ring name Ruby Riot in WWE NXT.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette featured a piece on Bruno Sammartino reflecting on the passings of George Steele and Ivan Koloff at this link.  Sammartino noted that he helped to discover each and that with all of the surgeries he's racked up over the years, he's often wondered when his own number would be up, but he's "functioning fairly well" despite the toll pro wrestling has taken on his body.   Thanks to Terry Hannan for sending it aling.

John Cena appears on his fourth cover of Muscle and Fitness when it is released this Monday.

WWE has a Raw live event tonight in Numberg, Germany.  If anyone is attending, we are seeking live reports.

Jordan Devlin spoke The Irish Mirror about being a part of the WWE's UK brand.

Tyson Kidd is now going by his real name, TJ Wilson on Twitter, noting the following:

Thanks to Paul Jordan.

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