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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.
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Two more independent wrestlers qualified for WWE’s Global Cruiserweight Series at Saturday’s EVOLVE 61 event in New York.
Drew Gulak beat Tracy Williams in one qualifier, while T.J. Perkins (TJP) beat Fred Yehi in the other qualifier.
Gulak, TJP, Zack Sabre, Jr., Jack Gallagher, and Noam Dar have now qualified for the 32-person tournament field.
GCS Qualifying Matches
– Sunday, April 24: PROGRESS Wrestling hosted two qualifying matches at the PROGRESS 29 event in London.
Zack Sabre, Jr. beat Flash Morgan Webster to advance to the tournament
Jack Gallagher beat Pete Dunne to advance to the tournament
– Sunday, May 1: Rev Pro hosted one qualifying match at The Cockpit 8 in London.
Noam Dar beat Josh Bodom
– Saturday, May 7: WWNLive hosted two qualifying matches at the EVOLVE 61 event in Queens, N.Y.
Drew Gulak beat Tracy Williams
TJP (T.J. Perkins) beat Fred Yehi
Britain, France and Germany have announced a new financial instrument to help European companies circumvent US sanctions in a bid to keep the nuclear deal with Iran alive.
The Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchange (INSTEX), which was registered this week, is designed to facilitate legitimate trade with Iran without exposing European Union firms to US sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
The move is in defiance of Donald Trump’s policy of applying "maximum economic pressure" to the country and underscores the deepening rift between Brussels and Washington over how best to handle Tehran.
Jeremy Hunt, the Foreign Secretary, called the "special purpose vehicle" a "significant step forward" in meeting European commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, which lifted some sanctions against Iran in exchange for halting its nuclear program.
“This is a clear, practical demonstration that we remain firmly committed to the historic 2015 nuclear deal struck with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, for as long as Iran keeps implementing it fully," he said.
“The SPV will facilitate legitimate trade under European and international law. Its immediate focus will be on enabling trade in goods where the immediate need of the Iranian people is greatest, i.e. foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods."
In a joint statement with Heiko Maas, the German foreign minister, and Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, he said the mechanism would initially be used to increase the flow of basic food staples and medical supplies to Iran.
Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement and re-imposed sanctions on Iran in May 2018, complaining that although Iran was in compliance with the deal, it failed to address its missile program or regional meddling.
European governments refused to follow his lead, insisting that the agreement remains the best way to avoid nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.
The US move exacerbated an already deep economic crisis in Iran and deterred many European firms from continuing to trade with Iran lest they fall foul of increasingly restrictive US Treasury sanctions.
A spokeswoman for the US State Department said it was watching the development to learn more about the mechanism, but did not expect it would "in any way impact our maximum economic pressure campaign."
She said entities that engage in sanctionable activity with Iran risk losing access to the US financial system and the ability to do business with US companies.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, told Iranian state television on Thursday that he expected the payment channel to be ready for business in one or two months.
"The next issue is how European companies are willing to join SPV with this mechanism," he said.
It was announced that due to an injury, Taiji Ishimori is off tonight’s show. The opening tag match is now a singles bout between Yota Tsuji and Robbie Eagles.
Robbie Eagles defeated Yota Tsuji
Eagles was in control for a lot of the match. The size difference was real — Tsuji definately has size. Tsuji cut off Eagles with a dropkick. He fired back with punches, but Eagles grabbed him and pinned him with what I would describe as a snapmare into a falcon arrow. Okay match.
Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask and Tomoaki Honma defeated Volador Jr., Soberano Jr. and Ren Narita
This turned into a pretty good match. Narita worked a lot of the match, either being in control or selling and looked good in doing both. He and Honma worked a lot of the match together. Narita rolled up him for a big near fall, but Honma took him down and applied an STF for the submission win.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado defeated ACH and Shota Umino
Much like the previous match, Umino worked a lot of this bout. Maybe it was because he was working Desperado and Kanemaru here, but he seems to be a bit bigger than usual. Umino managed to escape from a Kanemaru camel clutch. ACH finally made a hot tag, then tagged back in Umino, who scored several nearfalls but fell to a stretch muffler.
Shingo Takagi and BUSHI defeated Ryusuke Taguchi and Ayato Yoshida
Tetsuya Naito arrived with the LIJ pair and observed the bout in the crowd. Taguchi worked a lot of this match and looked great. Yoshida came in and worked with Takagi. Takagi hit a lariat and a gory bomb for a nearfall. Takagi then finished off Yoshida pumping bomber for the win. Pretty much the same formula as the other matches on the card so far.
Naito left the crowd and joined up with both BUSHI and Takagi after the match.
Tomohiro Ishii and Rocky Romero defeated Minoru Suzuki and Taka Michinoku
Ishii and Suzuki continued the brawling they’ve done all tour outside of the ring while Romero and Michinoku worked in the ring. Ishii and Suzuki continued to brawl around the arena and finally found themselves in the ring. This match is gonna be wild on Saturday. Suzuki went for the Gotch piledriver. Ishii escaped and countered with a side suplex.
Michinoku and Romero were tagged back in, where they traded near falls until Romero countered a crossface with a la magistral cradle for the surprise win. This was fun.
Once again, Ishii and Suzuki had to be seperated from one another after the match.
Chase Owens and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare
One spot during the match had Owens going to the top rope, teasing he was going to do the high fly flow, but Henare caught him with a boot instead as he jumped off the top rope. Heels continued to get heat on Henare. Tanahashi did get a hot tag, but this crowd was dead for most of the show and the match never really got going except for the last few minutes of the match. Henare tagged back in and eventually fell to the package piledriver by Owens.
SHO & YOH defeated KUSHIDA and Chris Sabin
KUSHIDA and YOH started things off with some chain wrestling. SHO entered but was also taken down by KUSHIDA. Both he and Sabin worked on SHO’s arm. YOH is tagged in and starts to gain the upper hand, but gets cut off by the other team’s, well, teamwork, being taken out with a doomsday device dropkick.
SHO starts taking Sabin out with German suplexes but KUSHIDA catches him. Both he and Sabin kick SHO while his feet were resting on the referee with a cool spot. KUSHIDA misses a moonsault and somehow all four men are down. Sabin starts attacking both but out of nowhere they manage to connect with the 3K, YOH pinning Sabin for the win. This was fine but had no real heat at all. Never felt like it really went to the next level either.
So that makes it a three way tie between Roppongi 3K, Desperado & Kanemaru and BUSHI & Shingo Takagi. After some initial confusion, the announcer said that it would be a three way match at Power Struggle. The other two teams made their way to the ring. Desperado ran down both teams after the match. He promised to win clean.
BUSHI took the mic after, saying they’ll get payback for their loss. Romero then promised that 3K would beat up both teams at Power Struggle.
Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Gedo defeated Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano, Beretta and Chuckie T
Bullet Club worked on Beretta for a good while, teasing a tag to Okada until he finally escapes and tags him in. Okada used the dragon screw on Fale, which is interesting given Okada and Tanahashi’s recent relationship change. Best Friends and Yano get their shine in. Okada comes in and bodyslams Fale and dropkicks Tama Tonga.
Chuckie T came in and missed a moonsault. He and White fought as he blocked a low blow. Gedo came in and blasted Chuckie with brass knuckles. White connected with the bladerunner, and that was it. A solid main event.
White and Okada went at it after the match, eventually being seperated. White mouthed off and walked to the back, but Okada ran after him and brawled in the aisle. White beat up some young lions then leaves. Okada grabbed the mic and promised that White would meet a rainmaker at Power Struggle.
The last four years were the hottest since global temperature records began, the UN confirmed on Wednesday in an analysis that it said was a "clear sign of continuing long-term climate change."
The UN’s World Meterological Organization said in November that 2018 was set to be the fourth warmest year in recorded history, stressing the urgent need for action to rein in runaway planetary warming.
On Wednesday it incorporated the final weeks of last year into its climate models and concluded that average global surface temperature in 2018 was 1 degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial baseline levels.
2016, boosted by a strong El Nino that normally tips the mercury northwards, remains the hottest year on record.
It also said that the 20 warmest years in history all occurred within the last 22 years. "The long-term temperature trend is far more important than the ranking of individual years, and that trend is an upward one," said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas.
"The degree of warming during the past four years has been exceptional, both on land and in the ocean."
The WMO said heightened temperatures also contributed to a number of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, droughts and flash flooding.
Climate forecasts
"Many of the extreme weather events are consistent with what we expect from a changing climate. This is the reality we need to face up to," Mr Taalas said.
The UN body also said that 2019 had picked up where 2018 left off, with Australia experiencing its warmest January on record. It warned that intense heatwaves "are becoming more frequent as a result of climate change."
As parts of the mid-western United States were gripped by a "polar vortex" last week that saw temperatures plunge to lows of -64 degrees Fahrenheit (-53C), Donald Trump, the US president, suggested that the cold weather front cast doubt over the veracity of climate change data.
Key risks associated with climate change
"What the hell is going on with Global Waming? (sic) Please come back fast, we need you!" he said on Twitter.
Mr Taalas said that the deadly cold snap was entirely consistent with the effects of manmade climate change, including the warming of the poles.
"A part of the cold anomalies at lower latitudes could be linked to dramatic changes in the Arctic," he said.
"What happens at the poles does not stay at the poles but influences weather and climate conditions in lower latitudes where hundreds of millions of people live."
As you well know, a lot happens in a year especially in sports and entertainment. When I do my year-end MMA review shows, I am always amazed looking at all the little things that happened in a given month that ended up being bigger things later on.
But, we had never really done a comprehensive month-by-month look at the year that was in pro wrestling, so here we are. I tasked website contributor Josh Molina to help me out and that’s exactly what he did.
There was so much that happened that I had to split this up into four separate posts, the first of which covered January-March and then April-June. We now move into July, August, and September which featured a company other than WWE making moves at MSG, a legend announcing his return to the ring, and Ronda Rousey winning the WWE Raw women’s title.
July
ROH and NJPW announced plans for a combined Madison Square Garden show on April 6, the night before Wrestlemania
WWE announced their first all-women’s PPV, Evolution
Jay Lethal won the ROH world title
Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat had hip replacement surgery
WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar challenged Daniel Cormier to a UFC heavyweight title match after Cormier won the belt
New Japan Pro Wrestling held a show at San Francisco’s Cow Palace. On the show, Josh Barnett shoot got involved in the Jay White vs. Juice Robinson match after a table bump injured Jim Ross
Phoenix Police Department released a report on the sexual assault allegations against Enzo Amore after they dropped the investigation
WWE held a rare mid-year Madison Square Garden house show
Raymondo Rodriguez, the original Piratita Morgan, one of the top mini-wrestler heels in the 1990s, passed away at age 49
Nathaniel Whitlock, a heel manager for Nate the Rat in the USWA, passed away
Tessa Blanchard signed a two-year deal with Impact
Ric Flair had surgery to remove his temporary colostomy bag
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said the earliest he would run for U.S. president is 2024
The Miz & Maryse show debuted on USA
WWE Hall of Famer Nikolai Volkoff passed away
After a three-year suspension, Hulk Hogan returned to WWE
Under his real name Harry Smith, Davey Boy Smith Jr. captured a gold medal in the expert division of he shoot-style Billy Robinson Classic
Ayako Hamada, 37, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years probation for possession of methamphetamine
David Arquette, former WCW champion, had his first wrestling match since 2000
Tom Lawlor and Bryan Alvarez (The Chop & Roll Express) teamed up to battle The Rock & Roll Express
Brian Lawler (aka Brian Christopher) died of suicide while in jail
August
Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at SummerSlam while Ronda Rousey defeated Alexa Bliss easily to become the first woman to hold both the UFC and WWE championships
The ROH/NJPW MSG show sold 9000 pre-sale tickets on their first day and sold out in 19 minutes after the public onsale
In the main event of AAA’ s biggest show Triplemania, El Hijo del Fantasma lost his mask in a four-way match against L.A. Park, Pentagon Jr., and Psycho Clown
Former professional wrestler and MMA fighter Aya Koyama passed away due to cancer at 45
Ed Cohen, WWF arena booker in the 1980s, passed away at the age of 62
Michael Luisi was fired as president of WWE Studios
WWE finally released Neville after he walked out in October 2017
Villano III passed away due to a brain hemorrhage at 66
Former pro wrestling announcer and Roller Derby host Walt Harris passed away at 97
Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart passed away at 63 due to a seizure
Daniel Bryan re-signed with WWE
Kane (aka Glen Jacobs) was elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee
Sami Zayn had surgery on his left rotator cuff
Hiroshi Tanahashi won the 2018 G1 Climax
Colt Cabana filed a lawsuit against CM Punk, claiming breach of contract
September
Shawn Michaels announced his return to wrestling in a tag team match at WWE Crown Jewel in October
All In and Starrcast weekend happend in Chicago to great fanfare and buzz
WWE announced the second season of Mixed Match Challenge
Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte Flair to win the Smackdown women’s championship
An New York State appeals court dismissed concussion lawsuits filed by 60 wrestlers against the WWE
Frank Andersson, one of the most decorated amateur wrestlers to turn professional, passed away at 62 from heart surgery complications
A Go Fund Me campaign raised $10,000 to pay Paul Orndorff’s property taxes. Orndorff, 68, is suffering from severe memory issues
WWE 205 Live became a taped show instead of live
CMLL, the longest-lasting pro wrestling company in history, held its 85th anniversary show
Former UFC fighter and indie wrestling talent Matt Riddle finally signed a deal with WWE and began at NXT
Renee Young replaced Jonathan Coachman on WWE Raw
Ric Flair and Wendy Barlow (Fifi in WCW) got married
WWE announced a show for Helsinki, Finland, in 2019
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Kazuchika Okada at Destruction in Kobe, setting up a brutal beatdown of Okada by Jay White. Gedo also turned on Okada during the angle
New Japan Pro Wrestling held a show in Long Beach, CA
Brie Bella accidentally kicked Liv Morgan in the face during a match doing a Daniel Bryan kick spot, giving her a concussion
October-December coming up later today.
As noted, it was officially announced today that Japanese wrestling legend Jushin Thunder Liger will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania 36 Weekend.
Triple H took to Twitter this afternoon to congratulate Liger on the induction.
“A world-traveled and beloved Superstar, @Liger_NJPW has competed throughout his native Japan and around the world for DECADES! He represents our industry’s history and has done so much to prepare its future. Congratulations and welcome to the #WWEHOF,” he wrote.
WWE NXT General Manager William Regal also congratulated Liger on the induction. Regal tweeted Liger and then looked back at their history together, sharing a promotional poster from 1987 that featured a tag team match they were in.
“@Liger_NJPW Congratulations my friend. November 1986 until now. Very well deserved. As an 18 year old I would be in awe of your ability and you were always so friendly and helpful to me. Best wishes,” Regal wrote to Liger.
He continued in another tweet, “I’m very happy that my long time friend @Liger_NJPW is being inducted into the @WWE HOF. From a show in Cheltnam, England in Nov ‘86 until today, a one of a kind Pro Wrestler, person and dedicated and helpful Pro in every sense of the word.”
You can see the related tweets from Triple H and Regal below:
The mother sobbed uncontrollably as she carried her newborn baby to the manager of the muddy and windswept camp in northeastern Syria. The young Syrian woman tried desperately to explain that the child was just 11 days old, and had become suddenly unwell.
“This is no place to bring life into the world,” she said, holding the tiny swaddled infant up to a gas fire. The boy had turned pale, she said, and was struggling to breathe.
She had to wait a while before she was issued a permission slip to take to the medical point, during which time his condition, which appeared to be hypothermia, had worsened dramatically.
The look in her eyes – the only thing visible through her black abaya – suggested…
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Full results from qualifying for the Styrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, round 2 of the 2020 Formula 1 season.
2020 Styrian Grand Prix – Qualifying results
1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:18.188s
1:17.825s
1:19.273s
2
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:18.297s
1:17.938s
1:20.489s
3
Carlos Sainz
McLaren
1:18.590s
1:18.836s
1:20.671s
4
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1:18.791s
1:18.657s
1:20.701s
5
Esteban Ocon
Renault
1:19.687s
1:18.764s
1:20.922s
6
Lando Norris
McLaren
1:18.504s
1:18.448s
1:20.925s
7
Alexander Albon
Red Bull
1:20.882s
1:19.014s
1:21.011s
8
Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri
1:20.192s
1:18.744s
1:21.028s
9
Daniel Ricciardo
Renault
1:19.662s
1:19.229s
1:21.192s
10
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1:20.243s
1:19.545s
1:21.651s
11
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1:20.871s
1:19.628s
12
George Russell
Williams
1:20.382s
1:19.636s
13
Lance Stroll
Racing Point
1:19.697s
1:19.645s
14
Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri
1:19.824s
1:19.717s
15
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
1:21.140s
1:20.211s
16
Kimi Räikkönen
Alfa Romeo
1:21.372s
17
Sergio Pérez
Racing Point
1:21.607s
18
Nicholas Latifi
Williams
1:21.759s
19
Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo
1:21.831s
20
Romain Grosjean
Haas
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The Guillotine Action Photos from the Minnesota High School State Class A Team Championships. March 2, 2017 in St. Paul, Minn.
Photos by Mark Beshey
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US Bank Stadium to host NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in 2020
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced today that the University of Minnesota will host four collegiate championship events within the 2018-2022 championship bid cycle.
In the next five years, the University of Minnesota, Sports Minneapolis and Visit St. Paul will partner with US Bank Stadium, Target Center and Xcel Energy Center to hold nine NCAA championships in the Twin Cities. In addition to the four bids awarded today, Minnesota is also hosting the 2018 men’s and women’s Frozen Four, a 2018 women’s gymnastics regional, and 2018 men’s swimming & diving NCAA Championships. The Gophers will also serve as the host institution for the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four for the fifth time in school history and the first since 2001.
“The University of Minnesota and the Twin Cities have successfully partnered to host NCAA Championships for decades and we’re excited with today’s news that we will be hosting many more in the years to come,” said Mark Coyle, University of Minnesota athletics director. “I believe the same things about this community that help attract amazing students to Minnesota stand out to the NCAA when it places its championships as well: a diverse, world-class city full of great food and entertainment options, state of the art competition venues, a thriving business community, easy access from anywhere in the world and, of course, an outstanding Big Ten institution in the heart of it all. We’re looking forward to showcasing our University and our metro area once again by hosting these upcoming championships.”
Target Center will feature NCAA events for men’s basketball and volleyball during this span. A Minneapolis men’s basketball regional will be held in 2021. The regional marks the 13th NCAA men’s basketball event in school history, and the fifth time the Gophers will be hosting Sweet 16 and Elite Eight competition. The Division I volleyball championships will come to Minneapolis in 2018, the first time the event has ever come to Target Center and just the second time it’s been held in the Twin Cities. Minnesota hosted the 1988 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championships at Williams Arena.
US Bank Stadium will become the largest venue to ever host NCAA wrestling when the event comes to Minnesota in 2020. US Bank Stadium will also be the first non-arena venue to host the national wrestling tournament. The first and only other time Minnesota hosted the NCAA wrestling championship came back in 1996 at Target Center.
The men’s gymnastics championship was also awarded to Minnesota in 2021. This will be the third time in school history Minnesota hosts the men’s gymnastics championship, the first since 2009.
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University of Minnesota NCAA Championship Events
2018 – Men’s Swimming and Diving, Jean K. Freeman Aquatics Center (March)
2018 – Women’s Ice Hockey Frozen Four, Ridder Arena (March)
2018 – Men’s Ice Hockey Frozen Four, Xcel Energy Center (April)
2018 – Women’s Gymnastics Regional, Sports Pavilion (April)
2019 – Men’s Basketball Final Four, U.S. Bank Stadium (April)
2018 – Women’s Volleyball Championship, Target Center ^ (December)
2020 – Wrestling Championship, US Bank Stadium ^ (March)
2021 – Men’s Basketball Regional, Target Center ^ (March)
2021 – Men’s Gymnastics Championship, Sports Pavilion ^ (April)
^ indicates NCAA events announced on April 18, 2017
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