WWE has announced a special edition of “Watch With” featuring Renee Young and Paige for later this evening.
On the official WWE On FOX Twitter feed today, an announcement was made confirming the special featuring the two WWE personalities giving special guest commentary as they watch a pair of past WrestleMania matches.
“Relive two monumental WWE Network matches with Renee Young and Paige during this WWE Backstage Watch With tonight at 10e/9c,” read the announcement.
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Relive two monumental @WWENetwork matches with @ReneeYoungWWE and @RealPaigeWWE during this #WWEBackstage Watch With tonight at 10e/9c! pic.twitter.com/5mLRje1bNX
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) March 19, 2020
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With the triathlon calendar currently empty, why not bring the triathlon to you? Well, that’s what 220 Triathlon’s features editor Matt Baird will be doing today, for he’s undertaking a middle-distance triathlon in his back garden in aid of the NHS.
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Matt will start his recreation of the Outlaw Half/Ironman 70.3 Staffs/Slateman Legend, etc, at 1.30pm and plans to spend 50minutes swimming in his 2.6 metre long, waist-height paddling pool (luckily he’s only 5ft 6in, at a push).
He’ll then hit the turbo, planning to cover the 90km in 3.5hrs on Zwift. At around 6pm he’ll start running his 13.1 miles/21km the length of his garden (some 1,400 times) in around 2hrs. The plan is to finish at 8pm with a new middle-distance PB to coincide with the Thursday night round of applause for NHS staff.
Here is a link to his just giving page where you can donate money to the NHS: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/matthew-baird220
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We will be following Matt and posting progress updates throughout the afternoon or you can follow him on Twitter @mattbairdtri
AEW referee Bryce Remsburg took to Twitter yesterday evening to reveal a conversation between world champion Jon Moxley and rising star Darby Allin. Remsburg begins by commending Allin on his explosive offense and daredevil like tactics used in matches, then claims that Moxley once talked Allin out of doing a dangerous move ahead of their main event singles-meeting on an episode of AEW Dynamite.
I have been a wrestling fan for almost 30 years and I have never seen anyone with the explosiveness and snap that @DarbyAllin has. His matches are a sellout at the monitor for the Bryce demographic.That being said, I once sat in a locker room in Indianapolis and listened to Jon Moxley talk Darby out of a particularly dangerous move. JON MOXLEY talked someone out of a DANGEROUS move. “Not trying to squash anyone’s artistic vision, but sheesh” – Mox.
Moxley would win the encounter over Allin by hitting his signature Paradigm Shift finisher off the middle-rope. Check out Remsburg’s tweets below.
That being said, I once sat in a locker room in Indianapolis and listened to Jon Moxley talk Darby out of a particularly dangerous move.
JON MOXLEY talked someone out of a DANGEROUS move.
“Not trying to squash anyone’s artistic vision, but sheesh” – Mox #AEWDynamite
On Easter Saturday Ironman World Champ Jan Frodeno will complete an Ironman-distance triathlon at his home in Spain, a country that has been hit hard by coronavirus.
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He will be swimming the 3.8km in his in-home pool, which is equipped with a counter-current system. Then Jan will get onto his roller trainer for the 180 km bike course, before running the marathon on his treadmill.
You can accompany Jan and his “tri at home” online and even have the opportunity to take a virtual ride along with him as he completes the bike course.
You can even win a day training with the famous champ and bid in auctions that will be raising money for projects in Germany and Spain.
“I’m always training for an Ironman taking place somewhere, but since there won’t be any taking place in the foreseeable future, I’m now organising one for myself at home,” says Frodeno.
“We already thought of this idea a few weeks ago when things slowly started taking shape here in Spain and it became clear that the situation was really getting serious. In the beginning it was actually just a crackpot idea, with me thinking: ‘If I can’t do my race, I’ll just do it at home.’ Then we thought more about how and why we should actually do this: It’s certainly not about showing off. I just want to attract attention in order to raise money. I want to use this event to support those who are currently doing the competition in the hospitals day in and day out.
“The best way to support me is to help the named charities through donations or to participate in our auctions so that we can raise as much money as possible together. If you want to accompany me live, you can do so using the stream we will be offering. Those who have the ‘Zwift’ training platform at home can also accompany me virtually and help me to quickly reach my goal – with the time and speed of the event not having highest priority for a change.
“On www.viprize.org/Frodeno, we will hold raffles for products and ‘money can’t buy’ events, and the proceeds will also be included in the big basket of donations.
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“Mercedes-Benz is announcing my project on all its channels and offers interesting prizes at the auction.”
–Another week is in the books and once again AEW Dynamite pulled out a victory over NXT in the Wednesday Night ratings battle, however, both shows saw significant drops and the gap between them narrowed. In terms of total viewership, Dynamite generated an average audience of 685,000 while NXT came in at an average of 590,000. In the 18-49 demographic, AEW scored a 0.25 rating, good for 37th while NXT checked in with a 0.15 rating in 74th spot. The viewership drops were 16% for Dynamite and 12% for NXT.
1 – AEW Dynamite was simulcast on both TNT and TruTV. 2 – AEW Dynamite did not air this week; NXT airs a taped show. 3 – NXT show was a “Best of 2019” special. 4 – AEW Dynamite matches were pre-taped on Chris Jericho’s cruise.
Showing readers that it is possible to still train and ‘race’ within lockdown, the ‘race’ started with a 50-minute swim with his legs tethered to his 2.6m paddling pool, before a bottom-numbing 90km turbo bike leg with Zwift, which took 3:30hrs. The half-marathon run involved 1,400 lengths of Matt’s garden, with his children manning the aid station and neighbours cheering over the fence as Talking Heads’ ‘Road to Nowhere’ played on repeat.
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Matt finished the run in 2:10hrs and broke the toilet roll tape in a total time of 6:40hrs. Here’s how the ‘triathlon’ unfolded…
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You can still donate money via his JustGiving page www.justgiving.com/fundraising/matthew-baird220 – let’s get him over the £3k mark!
.@mattbairdtri has now started his garden half-Ironman in aid of NHS good luck Matt! pic.twitter.com/abArnL7aff
Our ‘Garden Half-Ironman’ for @NHSuk charities is in full swing! Here’s our @mattbairdtri approaching the end of his 1.9km swim pic.twitter.com/HQ4EvlA0vM
— @220Triathlon (@220Triathlon) April 9, 2020
.@mattbairdtri is now on the bike leg of his garden half-Ironman in aid of @NHSCharities I hope there’s a beer ready for you at the finish line Matt! #gardentriathlon #garden703 #NHSheroes pic.twitter.com/QRpsGXTqRQ
— @220Triathlon (@220Triathlon) April 9, 2020
Our #gardentriathlon is starting to make @MattBairdUK suffer a bit… With only a couple of km left of the 90km static bike ride he’s about to start the 1406 laps of his garden.
Please share and sponsor to help raise money for @NHSCharities – thanks!https://t.co/9WqRqyQHUG
Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has announced on Twitter that he will be hosting virtual rides, where people can join in with him and chat about his experiences. There are selected dates during May and each session costs £50 per person with the money raised will go to the Brownlee Foundation, which is “committed to giving children all over the UK a positive sporting experience and supporting the development of coaches and teachers in sport”.
Check out a virtual bike experience with me. Something different in these extraordinary times! Money raised to go to the @brownleefdn. @Airbnb https://t.co/pTsyoqnYzI
— Alistair Brownlee (@AliBrownleetri) April 15, 2020
The sessions are to be hosted on Airbnb and the 10 participants will virtually meet up in his home training lab where he says on the Airbnb website: “I will show you my setup and we’ll warm up together over group introductions, where we’ll learn about each other’s favourite rides, tours, courses, and neighbourhoods! Over the next 40 minutes, I’ll take you on a journey that weaves my life story and lessons learned from sport through five of my favourite rides around the world, with each being its own marquee triathlon venue. We’ll stop in Yorkshire, London, Leeds, Rio, and Kona.
“At each virtual stop, I’ll take 5-10 minutes to share some photos from my experience, talk logistics like what makes each course challenging, and then have a 3- to 5-minute interval training for the specifics of the course, before a rest and time for questions. You’ll get an inside feel for my strategies that led to success at each destination.”
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To find out more and book your place visit www.airbnb.co.uk/experiences
Endurance athlete and BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin has announced today that she will be taking on an a very special challenge this week – riding 100 miles on Zwift in ‘The Big Bike In’ for charity. Plus, she’s looking for 220 readers to join her and a host of special guests!
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The ride this Thursday, 23rd April at 5pm, will be to raise much-needed funds for BBC Children In Need and Comic Relief to support local charities and projects in the UK, so they can provide essential support to people who really need it through the coronavirus crisis.
Challenge Louise
Louise Minchin is no stranger to big challenges. Over the last few years she has transformed herself from beginner to full-on endurance triathlete, completing some of triathlon’s toughest races including Patagonman and Norseman and inspiring people to take up the sport through her book Dare To Tri.
If you join The Big Bike In you can ride for as long or as short a distance as you like. Join Louise for the full 100 miles – a full six laps of the Road To Ruins course – or just for a few minutes. It’s a fun ride, so you can either stay with Louise or go at your own pace. There will be a planned break at 8pm BST to join in the Clap for Carers or have a breather!
Louise Minchin at the start of 2019’s Norseman race. Image: Lars-Erik Blenne Lien/NXTri
Special Guests
Special guests along the way have been confirmed including Jodie Stimpson, Laura Siddall, and Louise’s BBC Breakfast co-presenter Dan Walker (who Louise tells us ‘has only ever been on a bike for 20 minutes before!’). Other names will be announced throughout the week with some big surprises to come.
You can also follow live updates on Twitter or Instagram and the link for donations is: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/the-big-bike-in. Find the Zwift live event info here: zwift.com/events/view/595468
Ironman have released the following race update about Ironman UK:
“We are committed to the safety and well-being of everyone in our race community in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been following and will continue to follow the direction and recommendations of public health agencies and local authorities. In alignment with Bolton Council and in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, we can confirm that the IRONMAN UK, IRONKIDS UK and Night Run Bolton originally scheduled for the July 10-12 weekend will not take place in 2020 and has been rescheduled to return on July 2-4, 2021.
“In what has been a continually evolving and challenging time globally, we recognise that this decision due to the above-mentioned unforeseen events may come as a disappointment. Athletes will receive an email with further details.
“While we are prevented from holding the event on the original event date, we are looking forward to providing athletes with an exceptional event experience in the future. We appreciate your patience in this very dynamic time.”
Rio silver medallist Lauren is one of 12 celebrities that will be put through a psychologically demanding and physically challenging endurance course, designed and run by ex-Special Forces soldiers. Every part of it is based on the authentic SAS selection process. Will Lauren be able to endure it to the end? Come on Lauren show the world how tough triathletes are!