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TODAY'S NEWS: McMahon talks retirement (or not), Rumble prop bet, TNA KO champ films movie scene, Bellator's interest in Punk or Del Rio?, Lashley replaced, former UFC star's wrestling training

Jan 22, 2015 - 6:08:41 PM
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By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

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Today's News - January 22, 2015

-- (WWE): Vince McMahon, who turns 70 in August, was asked this week when he plans to retire from running WWE. “'Til I die,” McMahon unrevealingly told the Fort Worth Star Telegram at this week's WM32 announcement. “And since I’m never going to die...”

McMahon also offered a comparison to like-minded promoter/businessman Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys. “There are some similarities in the two men,” McMahon said. “I am the luckiest man in the world today. He may be the second luckiest.” [ LINK: Full Story HERE ]

-- (Royal Rumble): International bet site Paddy Power has introduced a prop bet on which Royal Rumble spot (1-30) will produce the Rumble winner. The current favorite is #30, which has 5/1 odds. [ Thanks to PWTorch correspondent David ]

-- (TNA): TNA Knockouts champion Taryn Terrell filmed a scene for a new Will Ferrell comedy called "Daddy's Home." Taryn, who is from New Orleans, played a New Orleans Pelicans cheerleader who gets pegged in the face by Ferrell's character on a failed half-court shot. [ LINK: Story HERE ]

-- (MMA): Bellator MMA president Scott Coker talked to Ariel Helwani of the MMA Hour about the promotion's interest in C.M. Punk (who signed with UFC) and Alberto Del Rio.

On Punk, Coker said: "We had talked about it, honestly, but we never reached out to him or made that call. We were not in dialogue with him by any means. It was just like, 'He's never had a fight before. You think he really wants to fight?' I didn't even know if he really, really wanted to fight, so let's see. Let's see how he does in his debut."

On Del Rio, Coker said: "From everything I understand, he's still pro wrestling and he's very busy pro wrestling. Even though he's had some great MMA fights - he fought a couple of big names - at the end of the day, it's a different sport completely." [ LINK: Full Interview Quotes HERE via MMAFighting.com ]

-- (MMA/TNA): TNA World Hvt. champion Bobby Lashley's next MMA fight is being replaced by former TNA roster member King Mo vs. Cheick Kongo at the Bellator 134 event on February 27, airing on Spike TV. [ LINK: Report HERE ]

-- (MMA): Former UFC fighter Phil Baroni is continuing to train to become a pro wrestler. Baroni is currently working at the FSW school in Las Vegas working with Kenny King, D-Lo Brown, and Mike Modest. [ FSW Info HERE ]

[Torch art credit Grant Gould (c) PWTorch.com]


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