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Extreme Rising announce iPPV for Pittsburgh show

    by Vaughn Johnson
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Philadelphia-based wrestling promotion Extreme Rising announced Thursday that its next show in Pittsburgh Feb. 8 will air live on Internet pay-per-view.

For the second event in a row, Extreme Rising will partner with HighSports.com to air the show live on iPPV. Included with the purchase of the event will be a full re-air of Extreme Rising's event from November 2012, the last time the promotion was in the Pittsburgh area.

The headlining match Feb. 8 will be Stevie Richards defending his Extreme Rising World title against Sabu. Bell time is scheduled for 7 p.m. at The Irish Centre in Pittsburgh.

Other notable matches are Luke Hawx versus Rich Ortiz, Rhino versus Devon Storm and former TNA Wrestling star Jay Bradley versus Greek God Papadon.

Matches announced for Philadelphia show

Extreme Rising is scheduled to return to the former ECW Arena in Philadelphia March 1 and announced that Axl Rotten will appear on the show.

The promotion also announced that Sabu will face Damien 666 at the event.