Steve Austin, RVD and More Celebrating B’Days Today
In today’s wrestler birthday news, Steve Austin turns 51 years old, Rob Van Dam turns 45, Trish Stratus turns 40 and former WWE star Eric Escobar turns 36.
Line-Ups for NJPW’s Final Road to Tokyo Dome Events
New Japan Pro Wrestling will be airing two Road to Tokyo Dome events from Korakuen Hall live on NJPW World at 18.30 JST (5.30AM EST/10.30AM UK) on 12/18. The second and final Road to Tokyo Dome event will air in the morning on 12/19.
Below are the cards for both events:
-Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Jay White vs Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & David Finlay
-Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs Yohei Komatsu & Sho Tanaka
-Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba vs Yujiro Takahashi & Cody Hall
NWA Jr Heavyweight Championship Match:
-Tiger Mask IV vs Jushin Thunder Liger
-Hirooki Goto, Captain New Japan & Mascara Dorada vs Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & BUSHI
-Shinsuke Nakamura vs Ryusuke Taguchi
Special Elimination Match:
-Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, KUSHIDA & Juice Robinson vs Kazuchika Okada,Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Gedo
WWE DVD News
According to The Wrestling Observer, WWE shipped out 106,000 DVD units in October, down 40.4% from the 178,000 in October 2014. They shipped 234,000 units in October 2013 and 165,000 units in October 2012.
The most-shipped DVDs in the past 9 months are WrestleMania 31 with 118,000 units, the Royal Rumble with 59,000 units, The Ultimate Warrior: Always Believe with 54,000 units and the Greatest Superstars of the 90s with 53,000 units.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
