{"id":169709,"date":"2025-09-26T05:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/169709\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T05:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:37:07","slug":"the-rock-calls-tom-aspinall-a-future-wwe-superstar-i-respect-him-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/169709\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rock calls Tom Aspinall a future WWE Superstar: \u2018I respect him a lot\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welcome to Midnight Mania!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let\u2019s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tom Aspinall has received The Rock\u2019s co-sign for WWE Superstardom. Think it ever happens somewhere down the line, and if so, what would Aspinall\u2019s angle be?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tenshin Nasukawa will officially get his chance to capture boxing gold this November in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tai Tuivasa, the ideal analogue for Islam Makhachev.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is a great answer to the \u201cbeating opponent at their own game\u201d prompt. A couple others that come to mind for me that I haven\u2019t seen mentioned yet are GSP vs. Koscheck 1 and Jake Shields vs. Demian Maia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Megan Olivi \u2014 alongside husband Joseph Benavidez and new baby Vito \u2014 tossing out the first pitch at the Padres game!<\/p>\n<p>Slips, rips, and KO clips<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Per legend, the great Joe Louis was in a hurry to win this fight so he could get back to his wife of less than a dozen hours and celebrate their wedding night. A little extra venom in those right hands \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">You can very easily walk away from a bare knuckle boxing match with an entirely new appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Throwing incredibly powerful straight shots in the middle of absolute chaos \u2014 that\u2019s Jiri Prochazka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Happy Fat Bear Week to those who celebrate!<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Midnight Music: Hip-hop, 1999<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Midnight Mania! 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