9. Goldberg Launches Combat Crate
Former WWE & WCW World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg has launched a Combat Crate to benefit the wounded warriors.
Thank you! RT @RenzoGracieBJJ: Please follow @CombatCrate and help us support troops wounded in combat. Thanks! pic.twitter.com/nDQEbYEdOk
— Combat Crate (@CombatCrate) December 25, 2015
Below is the press release:
Combat Crate’s Inaugural Launch As we culminate the holiday season, and approach a new year, many of us realize how truly blessed we are.
In doing so, most of us are sincerely grateful for those who have made significant sacrifices so that we, as patriots, may enjoy the freedoms of our great nation. Current headlines and news stories are hyper focused on the recent surge in threats to our way of living. Horrible travesties and cowardly attacks have been carried out on what we consider our birth right as Americans. As our military prepares for possible deployments, we are reminded of those who have suited up in camouflage clad battle dress uniforms and put Country before self; many of whom were killed or severely wounded in the trenches. Those wounded warriors then return home and a role reversal occurs in which they now need the civilians to help them with their next chapter.
I’m sure we are all ready to read a feel good story; this is one we can all feel good about!
Many celebrities, entertainers, athletes, business moguls and people in general have professed their appreciation, love and respect for our wounded warriors. Seldom though, do they actually step up and make an impact. Rarely do they put their passion for helping wounded warriors front and center, above and beyond their passion for profits. Recently, a startup company did just that and it is a very exciting time for fans of combat sports and supporters of troops wounded in combat. Combat Crate allows fans to get their hands of something great and exclusive, while simultaneously doing something amazing for Wounded Warriors. This is a first for the industry and it’s getting the attention of many high profile people.
Combat Crate has promised to release 50 limited edition boxes, each containing rare and exclusive collectibles that relate to combat sports. These crates will contain genuine autographs, celebrity worn items, collectibles, action figures, shirts, and more. The most important part; 100% of the profits will be given to the Wounded Warriors Project. With only 50 units available in their inaugural Wounded Warriors offering, it is expected that they will sell out fast.
A seemingly simple tweet urging followers to support their friends as much as they support celebrities they don’t even know has gone viral with retweets from various big name pro fighters like Jiu Jitsu practitioner Renzo Gracie.
The company’s leadership includes a disabled Operation Enduring Freedom military veteran, an MMA superstar currently ranked at the top of the UFC, a World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and an entertainment impresario. Together, they are pooling their resources, skills, network and passion for Combat Sports and warriors wounded in combat by curating Combat Crates filled with exclusive collectibles. Combat Crate social media indicates an early 2016 launch for the inaugural edition. Fans are limited to three combat crates and wrestlers, boxers, fights and those in possession of items.
Warriors they would like to contribute to Combat Crate are encouraged to step up, reach out and become part of history!
8. Sheamus Wants Brock Lesnar At WrestleMania 32
Former 4 time WWE World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus was recently interviewed by 8 Rock Baltimore and was asked who he would like to face at WrestleMania 32. Below is what Sheamus replied:
“I’d love to face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. I would love nothing more. I would love nothing more than to scrap like that with Brock. I think it would be amazing. It’s what I’ve always talked about and wanted to do for years. But any match for me being WWE World Heavyweight Champion at Mania would be unbelievable.”
7. The New York Times Pays Tribute To Roddy Piper
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The New York Times recently published an article where they took a look back at the top artists & entertainers who passed away in 2015. Late great WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper was also mentioned and below is what they posted about him:
Piper never won a world championship, but he didn’t need to. He was the W.W.E.’s hero, his energy a shot of adrenaline into wrestling’s weary heart. In 2005, he was inducted into its Hall of Fame. And in July, when he died in his sleep from cardiac arrest at 61, it was hard not to think that he had used up all his energy prematurely, keeping all those other clowns afloat for so many years.
