Month: December 2022

PLAYERS HAVE BEEN asked to cover their tattoos during the Rugby World Cup in Japan next year for fear that they might offend the local population. In Japanese culture, tattoos have been associated with the Yakuza crime syndicates and players have been asked to wear vests when training in public gyms or using amenities such as swimming pools. “We will make [Japanese] people aware around the facilities that players will use that people with tattoos…

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During last night’s Halftime Heat, Adam Cole hit Ricochet with a Canadian Destroyer off the second rope, which was called the “Panama Sunrise” by the commentary team. Petey Williams, the wrestler who popularized the move during his time in TNA, wasn’t happy with the name being changed. He wrote on Twitter: I don’t care who does the move. Changing the name of it is the biggest disrespect. Named after the Canadian Destroyer Doug Chevalier. RIP.…

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As previously reported, 90210 and Riverdale star Luke Perry passed away last week. Perry is also the father of AEW talent Jack Perry, aka Jungle Boy. Yahoo! is now reporting that his cause of death was confirmed as a stroke, and it was called an “ischemic cerebrovascular accident.”

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1. Big E and Xavier Woods defeated Eric Young and Killian Dain 2. Carmella and Naomi defeated The IIconics 3. WWE United States Championship – Fatal Five-Way Match Samoa Joe defeated Mustafa Ali, R-Truth (w/Carmella), Rey Mysterio, and The Miz 4. Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte Flair 5. The Hardy Boyz defeated The Bar 6. WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship Match Asuka (c) defeated Mandy Rose 7. AJ Styles and Kofi Kingston defeated Daniel Bryan and Rowan

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THE DELAYED WORK permit kept the All Black scrum-half coiled up and ready to spring from Munster training for long enough. Alby Mathewson made sure the long wait was worthwhile. A veteran of the Hurricanes, Blues, Western Force and most recently Toulon to complement his five New Zealand caps, Mathewson already looks more than just a useful stop-gap solution in the absence of Conor Murray. He went about his business with a swagger against Ulster on…

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Juice Robinson was the latest person to answer ten questions for ROH, and named “everything about” his WWE run as his most embarrassing moment. You can see some of his answers below from the 10 Questions column on ROHWrestling.com: On what he’d be doing if he wasn’t wrestling: “I’d definitely be in the entertainment industry one way or another. I love performing. I’d say I’d probably be an actor.” 2. On the best advice he’s…

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WASPS CAPTAIN JOE Launchbury has been forced to undergo a knee operation to rectify an injury which was worse than first feared, thus ruling him out of the upcoming November internationals.  The second row had an injection in his knee earlier this week in the hope he would be fit for tonight’s Heineken Champions Cup opener against Leinster, but has gone under the knife and will be sidelined for a period of 10-12 weeks.  Launchbury…

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Murray Kinsella reports from Paris COMPOSURE CAN BE a difficult thing to measure accurately but it is a key component of the best teams. As a man well versed in the importance of mental resolve, having helped Ireland to several major achievements, Rory Best recognises that Ulster don’t quite have enough of it at the moment. The northern province are at the beginning of a journey of development and the hope is that big European…

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JAPAN CAPTAIN MICHAEL Leitch said today that the Brave Blossoms are capable of pulling off a shock victory over a weakened All Blacks team this weekend. The New Zealand-born skipper evoked the spirit of Japan’s astonishing 34-32 win over South Africa at the 2015 Rugby World Cup on the eve of tomorrow’s clash with the All Blacks in Tokyo. “When you look at the number of Test matches collectively in the team, it’s not so…

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