Month: July 2020

After what happened to Kofi Kingston during last Sunday night’s WWE Fastlane PPV, he would recently take to Twitter and he would issue a warning to WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon ahead of tonight’s episode of SmackDown LIVE from Dayton, Ohio. As previously reported, last Sunday night’s WWE Fastlane would see WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon “screw” Kofi once again after teasing that he would be inserted into The WWE Title Match with…

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Gable Steveson has won 167 consecutive matches, and another victory lap at the high school wrestling state tournament would leave the Apple Valley star with the highest winning percentage in prep history before he takes his heavyweight prowess to the University of Minnesota. Some clashes were memorable, like his viral takedown of Daniel Kerkvliet, who like Steveson is ranked No. 1 in his weight class nationally, during a Feb. 2 dual meet with Simley. Most…

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Minnesota Area wrestlers competing at the 2018 NCAA Division I National Championships on March 15-17 in Cleveland, Ohio. Session 5 Wrestling for a National Championship: South Dakota State 133 – Seth Gross Other Minnesota Wrestlers 174 – Mark Hall (Penn State) Place Matches: Minnesota 125 – Ethan Lizak – 4th Place South Dakota State 174 – David Kocer – 7th Place 157 – Luke Zilverberg – 8th Place Other Minnesota Wrestlers 184 – Taylor Venz…

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Jake Erckenbrack of New York Mills has committed to wrestling for MSU-Moorhead next season. Erckenbrack is a two-time state placewinner. He was the Class A 195-pound sixth-place finisher this season. He placed fourth at 195 pounds as a junior. Erckenbrack is projected to wrestle at 197 pounds for the Dragons. #MSUMWrestling is pleased to welcome @JErckenbrack18 to the @MSUMDragons family! #DragonMatMen pic.twitter.com/vxBhLc20T3 — MSUM Wrestling (@MSUMWrestling) May 2, 2018 The Guillotine Wrestler Files Jake Erckenbrack,…

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Roman Reign’s first singles match since last October will take place at WrestleMania 35. He formally accepted the challenge from Drew McIntyre tonight on Raw. McIntyre came out and brought up the distinction between Roman Reigns and “Joe”, asking if he has put his family through enough already, saying that they’ll have to watch him lose. Roman then came out and accepted McIntyre’s challenge. He also said that the next message wouldn’t be coming from…

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Image: WWE.com Johnny Gargano is the new NXT Champion after outlasting Adam Cole in a 2-out-of-3 falls match at NXT TakeOver New York Friday night, capping an outstanding night of in-ring action. After taking out the Undisputed Era at ringside, Gargano got hit with two Cole superkicks and the Last Shot but kicked out at two. Another Last Shot attempt missed and Gargano clamped on the Gargano Escape. Cole almost made the ropes, but Gargano…

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Last night’s SmackDown averaged 2.219 million viewers on the USA Network, up two percent from last week’s post-WrestleMania show. It was down over 20 percent from the 2018 version of SmackDown’s Superstar Shake-up episode. The decline year-over-year was not quite as steep as Raw the night before, so the show retained 83 percent of Monday’s audience. With the NBA playoffs starting, the next few months should see lower ratings overall, especially after the opening rounds. Last night’s SmackDown…

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> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) E! announced Monday their Fall 2016 TV Season schedule, including the official premiere date and timeslot for WWE reality show “Total Bellas.” The spin-off show…

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> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) WWE will soon be racking up more legal fees after being sued by former WWE/WCW star Buff Bagwell in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut.…

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Due to an injury suffered by Jeff Hardy, The Hardy Boyz are no longer SmackDown Tag Team Champions. Matt & Jeff Hardy appeared on SmackDown tonight and announced that they have to vacate the titles because of Jeff’s injury. In storyline, the injury was blamed on Lars Sullivan attacking The Hardys after they won the SmackDown Tag Team titles three weeks ago. Jeff said he needs surgery and claimed that he’ll be out of action for…

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