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NEWSWIRE: Rock's new TNT show debuts tonight, Ross books Rumble Sunday event, TNA/Amazing Race, UFC fighter mad about Punk, Owen Hart doc wins award, A-Ri talks in-ring return

Dec 12, 2014 - 9:44:28 AM
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By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

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-- WAKE UP CALL: The Rock's new TV reality show, "Wake Up Call," debuts Friday night at 9:00 p.m. EST on TNT. According to a trailer that aired Thursday night during NBA coverage, the first episode will include a cameo by UFC president Dana White. [ LINK: Show Info HERE ]

-- TNA STARS STILL COMPETING: TNA duo Robbie E. & Brooke Tessmacher are still alive on CBS's "Amazing Race" competition show. The next-to-last episode airs Friday night. If they survive, they advance to next Friday's season finale.

-- JIM ROSS'S RUMBLE ENTRY: Former WWE announcer Jim Ross has booked a "Ringside with Jim Ross" one-man show on Sunday, January 25 in Philadelphia to coincide with WWE's Royal Rumble PPV. The event is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. prior to the Rumble. Also that weekend, Ross will be in Sayreville, N.J. on Friday night, January 23 with an 8:00 p.m. show. [ LINK: Full details from Ross's blog at jrsbarbq.com . Full list of Rumble weekend events HERE at Philly.com ]

-- UFC FIGHTER TRASHES PUNK ENTRY: Outspoken UFC fighter Nate Diaz does not like the idea of C.M. Punk entering the MMA world, especially without fight experience. “He might do great, but why does he get a chance?” Diaz asked rhetorically in an interview with MMAJunkie.com. “He’s an amateur. You’re going to put an amateur in there with pros? That makes us all amateurs, so I think it’s ridiculous. As far as I’m concerned, f--- him, f--- the whole situation. Anybody who takes that fight is tripping.”

Diaz added that he feels like Punk is "making a joke out of my serious life and getting compensated more for it." He said he gets it that Punk is going to be a draw and people will buy tickets, but he feels like it "downgrades all the fighters." [ LINK: Full Interview HERE at MMAJunkie.com. Continue to follow this story from an MMA perspective at our sister site, MMATorch.com ]

-- OWEN HART DOC WINS AWARDS: A documentary on Owen Hart spearheaded by his widow, Martha Hart, recently won a handful of awards at the Monaco International Film Festival. As part of Martha's fundraising efforts through the Owen Hart Foundation, the movie will be screened Saturday at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary, Alb., Canada. Comedian Dane Cook is also scheduled for the event.

“It was an emotional journey to create the documentary,” Martha told the Calgary Herald. “It’s sort of like shrapnel in your body that you can’t remove. You can live with it most days but it’s always there and it can still hurt you. But I definitely have come a long ways since the early days and recovered and been successful in my life and moved in a very positive direction.” [ LINK: Full Story & Interview HERE ]

-- ALEX RILEY WRESTLER VS. ANNOUNCER: Alex Riley's WWE TV role calls for him to analyze and commentate, but he says he still longs for a regular wrestling role. Riley wrestled a house show match last weekend against Tyson Kidd and hopes for more opportunities to get back in the ring.

"I wasn't nervous man, I was just excited. I was just so excited to get an opportunity to get back out there again because I really have missed it so much, being inside the ring and continuing to be an athlete doing all that stuff," Riley told Chad Dukes of CBS Radio Washington DC 106.7 The Fan. "I'm getting a hell of an opportunity to be a commentator, but I'm one of those guys who I wake up and its the first thing on my mind, it's the first thing, I wake up I go right to the gym. I'm very dedicated to every single detail of this business and what it takes to be great in this business." [ LINK: Full Interview HERE ]

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