Month: September 2022

1. Rik Bugez defeated Angel Garza 2. Babatunde defeated Mohamed Fahim 3. Brendan Vink defeated Mansoor 4. Bronson Reed defeated Shane Thorne 5. NXT Tag Team Championship Match The Street Profits (c) defeated The Forgotten Sons 6. Aliyah and Vanessa Borne defeated Karen Q and Lacey Lane 7. Matt Riddle defeated Ridge Holland 8. Bianca Belair defeated Rhea Ripley 9. NXT North American Championship Match The Velveteen Dream (c) defeated Roderick Strong

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1. Saya Iida defeated Hina 2. Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora and Natsu Sumire) defeated Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san and Ruaka) 3. Oedo Tai (Kagetsu and Hazuki) defeated Arisa Hoshiki and Starlight Kid 4. Artist of Stardom Championship Match Mayu Iwatani, Saki Kashima, and Tam Nakano (c) defeated Tokyo Cyber Squad (Hana Kimura, Bobbi Tyler, and Zoe Lucas) 5. Goddesses of Stardom Championship Tokyo Cyber Squad (Konami and Jungle Kyona) defeated Queen’s Quest (Momo Watanabe…

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CONNACHT HEAD COACH Andy Friend said number eight Abraham Papali’i needs to make swift changes to his tackling technique after his third red card since joining the province. Former rugby league player Papali’i was sent off for a high tackle on his Connacht debut against Munster in August of last year and was then banned for five weeks after a second red card for a high tackle versus Zebre in November. Connacht felt that second…

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Immediately following the conclusion of the WWE Network Smackville live event on July 27, the Network will air an original special titled Rebuilding The Big Show at 10PM ET. The one-hour presentation will look at Big Show’s 25-year career in professional wrestling and how he’s recovering from a serious surgery. The former champion has not been seen on WWE television since late November 2018 when he appeared on Smackdown and later suffered a hamstring injury.

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Hulk Hogan’s a legend who put wrestling on the map, but he ain’t the greatest of all-time … at least not according to WWE HOF’er Stone Cold Steve Austin. The guy who wears that crown … is none other than the Nature Boy, Ric Flair. “He’s the absolute greatest of all-time to ever lace up a pair of boots, and the greatest world champ of all-time.” TMZ Sports talked to Stone Cold — hours before…

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THERE MAY BE one more game for Ulster to take care of this season when they travel to Edinburgh on Saturday, but already some of the dissection of this season’s shortcomings has begun ahead of next season. For all the positives that the province can take from this campaign, they are still entering another summer without a trophy to show for their efforts after failing to make the knockouts of the Guinness Pro14 or Rainbow…

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FRANCE CAPTAIN CHARLES Ollivon will miss this summer’s tour of Australia after tearing a cruciate ligament in his left knee in the weekend’s Top 14 loss at Castres, his club Toulon said on Monday. Ollivon, who took over as Les Bleus skipper after the 2019 Rugby World Cup, was helped off the field after a quarter of an hour in his side’s defeat on Saturday. The injury can take up to nine months to heal…

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Lions 28 Japan 10 THE IRISH INFLUENCE was strong as the 2021 Lions got up and running with a promising four-try victory over Japan at Murrayfield, but the win came with an immense toll. Tadhg Beirne and Josh Adams celebrates the Irishman’s try. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Captain Alun Wyn Jones’s tour is over, head coach Warren Gatland has confirmed, while openside flanker Justin Tipuric’s is now in doubt.  Jones suffered a dislocated shoulder after just…

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THERE’S A JOKE that Nick Timoney likes to make at Ulster training when the coaches split the backs and forwards up for separate drills. Timoney often asks where the ‘hybrids’ go. The gag has been getting him a slagging but there is truth in the humour. Timoney is a back row who can run at speeds many outside backs would be proud of. Pace isn’t his only attribute but it is one of his more…

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HE HAD COME straight from the airport with luggage in his hands and bags under his eyes. A quiet, modest man, he was just after being named the Taranaki player of the year after a fine season in New Zealand’s domestic championship. The easiest thing would have been to fire him into a cab and get him to his digs for a bit of kip. Leinster, after all, had signed him on a two-year deal,…

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