MACON, France – It was a golden night for the U.S. men’s freestyle team at the 2016 Junior World Championships with Spencer Lee and Mark Hall both claiming gold medals and hoisting the American flag at night’s end. The American duo gave the U.S. its first two gold medalists at the Junior Worlds this week,…
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SCSU Wrestling earns top spot in NSIC Preseason Poll
The two-time defending NCAA National Champions of St. Cloud State sit on top of the 2016-17 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Preseason Wrestling Coaches’ Rankings. The Huskies had 79 points and five wrestlers ranked number one in their weight class. Upper Iowa was second with 57 points and Augustana was third with 33. Northern State was…
Daily Update: Rey Mysterio, NXT notes, Tenille Dashwood
THE ROUND-UP THE LATEST NEWS CM Punk vs. Mike Jackson official for UFC 225 In Chicago Rey Mysterio reportedly added to the Greatest Royal Rumble Undertaker now facing Chris Jericho at WWE Greatest Royal Rumble New details on Brock Lesnar’s contract, WrestleMania finish NXT TV taping spoilers: Fallout from TakeOver New Orleans WWE NXT…
Ronda Rousey wants WWE title gold
> 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.) UFC star Ronda Rousey wants…
Daily Pro Wrestling History (04/26): Edge wins World Heavyweight title at Backlash 2009
1934 St. Louis, Missouri: – Richard “Dick” Shikat beat Everette Marshall to earn a match with World Champion Jim Londos – Orville Brown and Gino Garibaldi drew (30:00) – Jugat Singh beat Jimmy Parker 1951 Kansas City, Kansas: – Dennis Clary defeated Tarzan Kowalski to win the Central States Title 1962 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: –…
Nick Bockwinkel dies at age 80
> 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.) Nick Bockwinkel, one of the…
Our questions about UFC 224: Can Amanda Nunes sell PPVs?
Image: MMA Junkie It’s a busy Saturday night in combat sports with two MMA shows and a boxing main event that has a lot of people interested. Let’s focus on Saturday’s UFC 224, a well-rounded PPV that has a lot of intrigue for the hardcore MMA crowd but doesn’t appear to be a big draw…
WWE Notes – Post-WM32 Raw pre-sale, unmasked La Sombra talks WWE signing, Bayley on Regal’s influence, NBCU on Raw ratings, new merch line
> 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 sent out a…
PWG Bask In His Glory results: Keith Lee's farewell
Report by Brian Reznick If this was the final PWG show in Reseda, they went out with a very good show that really picked up as it went on. This was not an all-time classic PWG show or anything, but it was very good. Before the first match, Excalibur did his normal intro. He said…
Saturday Torch Today – Brock is Back, Cena daps NXT, McMahon & Co. travel overseas, wrestlers doing good, NJPW prelude to Tokyo Dome, post-ROH PPV interviews, Barrett wants no part of SOTY, Kenny Dykstra update, Batista, Guatemala, Balor/EPL, Video – Carmella interview
> 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.) TORCH TODAY – Saturday, December…