Month: July 2020

1945 Des Moines, Iowa:– Earl Wampler beat Ken Fenelon to capture the Iowa State Heavyweight Title  1965 St. Paul, Minnesota:– AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff– Crusher beat Bob Geigel – Billy Red Cloud beat Pampero Firpo – Reggie Parks beat Jack Pesek– Rene Goulet beat Bob Boyer 1969  Atlanta, Georgia:– The Assassins (Jody Hamilton & Tom Renesto) defeated El Mongol & Louie Tillet in a tournament…

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Dave Meltzer revealed today in a breaking news audio update that the company that Impact Wrestling/TNA has been negotiating with is Aroluxe, a company that former wrestlers Ron and Don Harris are involved with. The Harris brothers were mid-level stars in both the WWF and WCW in the late 90s and were brought in to TNA by former owner Jeff Jarrett when the company started. Negotiations are still ongoing. TNA president Dixie Carter was hopeful…

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 WWE Payback Fallout There is no further update on Enzo Amore past what was reported last night. He suffered a severe concussion, and was knocked out at one point, but was released from the hospital.  There was no indication of any injuries past the concussion. It’s impossible to say when he would be able to return to action this early. The Vaudevillains were scheduled to go over in the match last night. Unless they change direction, they’ll probably do…

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The absurdity of “The Final Deletion” ultimately proved to be a success for TNA Wrestling. According to ShowBuzzDaily, this week’s edition of Impact did 410,000 viewers on television, up from 322,000 viewers the previous week. It was the highest rated episode of Impact on Pop TV and the highest rated episode since May 2015. TNA put a lot of effort into promoting the event and generated a significant social media buzz. They sent out screeners of the…

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A German court ordered Friday that a man who allegedly worked as a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden must be returned after his deportation to Tunisia, saying the expulsion was illegal as he risks torture there. "This afternoon’s court decision shows the deportation to be grossly illegal and infringing on basic principles of the rule of law," the administrative tribunal in Gelsenkirchen said in a statement, adding that it "must be reversed". Judges said authorities…

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Israel’s parliament has passed a divisive law declaring that only Jews have the right to “national self-determination” in Israel, prompting angry accusations from Arab citizens that the government is formally codifying racism.  The law, known as the nation state bill, passed by a narrow 62-55 margin early on Thursday morning after hours of fractious debate between MPs in the chamber of the Knesset.   While Israel is known around the world as the only Jewish…

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Family-run footwear brand Giesswein is claiming to have launched the world’s lightest Merino wool sneaker with its latest product launch. The new Giesswein ‘Wool Sneaker’ is only 160g, almost half the weight of an average running shoe, and the equivalent to 100 paper clips, 150 jelly beans, 160 feathers or even 800 raindrops explains the brand. The aim of the new unisex sneaker is to revolutionising a “lightweight feel” by utilising a thin upper material…

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Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 52, Prairie Valley 17 106 Canon Swanson (BBE) Dec. Trever Arceneau (PV) 9-8 113 Justin Mattocks (PV) Fall Tyler Bents (BBE) 1:59 120 Josey Tensen (BBE) Won by Forfeit 126 Miguel Pablo-Lopez (BBE) Won by Forfeit 132 Spencer Amundson (BBE) Fall Austin Carr (PV) :49 138 Dylan Kampsen (BBE) Won by Forfeit 145 Colby Schramel (BBE) Maj. Dec. Tom Leeseberg (PV) 8-0 152 Trever Kern (BBE) Dec. Will Dodds (PV) 5-2 160 Nic Shircliff…

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EDMOND, Okla. — A championship effort in last week’s NWCA Division II National Duals resulted in a move back to the top of the NCAA Division II wrestling rankings for Maryville (Mo.), according to the poll released Wednesday by the Division II Wrestling Coaches Association. The Saints, the No. 1 pick in the first two polls of the season before falling to No. 2 behind Notre Dame (Ohio) in the last ranking, edged the defending…

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Impact Wrestling recently held television tapings in the same venue where Slammiversary emanated from which is The Rebel Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Below are the full spoilers from those tapings: There was a video for “Kids Up Front”, a local group helping underprivileged youths. There was also a moment of silence for the victims of the Toronto shootings that happened on Sunday. The blue ring ropes were back. – The OGz w/Eddie Kingston vs…

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