MOORHEAD, Minn. – Concordia student/athlete Adam Presler finished off his impressive junior season by earning College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American honors. The CoSIDA award is the highest Academic All-American honor a student/athlete can achieve as it recognizes both top academic and athletic achievement. The Academic All-American honor follows Presler’s NCAA Elite 90 award which he won following the NCAA National Meet for having the highest grade point average of any student/athlete at the national meet. Presler, who is a Mathematics Education major with a 4.00 grade point average, becomes the first Cobber wrestler to earn CoSIDA Academic All-American honors. Concordia has now had 13 CoSIDA Academic…

As reported earlier on Tuesday, Dean Ambrose turned down a renewal of his contract with the WWE and plans to leave the WWE after his contract runs out shortly after WrestleMania in April. WWE.com responded by posting an official statement confirming the reports:  Dean Ambrose (Jonathan Good) will not be renewing his contract with WWE when it expires in April.  We are grateful and appreciative of all that Dean has given to WWE and our fans. We wish him well and hope that one day Dean will return to WWE. BREAKING: Dean Ambrose (Jonathan Good) will not be renewing his contract with WWE when it expires in April. https://t.co/RdxZmUXyuK —…

PARIS, France – U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers competing on the first day of the 2017 World Championships combined for three wins, but none of the four entries qualified for the medal rounds in the evening at the AccorsHotel Arena on Monday. All four were competing in their first Senior Worlds. At 98 kg/215 lbs., 2016 Junior World bronze medalist G’Angelo Hancock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids/New York AC/OTC) reached the repechage rounds at 98 kg/215 lbs., where the 20-year-old was unable to advance. Hancock opened with a strong 3-0 decision over 2016 World University champion Fatih Baskoy of Turkey in his opening match. Hancock scored by forcing a step out then receiving…

ROCHESTER, Minn. – It was a fantastic finish as the final 12 weight classes were determined in the finals series of the USA Wrestling U23 World Team Trials at the Mayo Civic Center on Sunday. All eight men’s freestyle team members were determined, as well as the final four Greco-Roman spots, in a best-of-three series in each weight. This is the qualifying event in all three Olympic disciplines for the U23 World Championships, set for Bydgoszcz, Poland, November 21-26. In a highly anticipated finals, 2017 Junior World champion Daton Fix defeated NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello, who is No. 3 on the Senior National Team, in two straight bouts in the…

As previously reported, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) will be holding a special Double Or Nothing Ticket Announcement Party in Las Vegas, Nevada later on tonight at 9PM ET, which will be streaming live on the Being The Elite YouTube Channel and other various social media platforms. Featured below is the complete announcement that was sent out earlier this week: ALL ELITE WRESTLING SLAMMING INTO VEGAS NEXT WEEK FOR ‘DOUBLE OR NOTHING’ TICKET ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY — The Elite to Reveal On-Sale Date, New Talent and Partnerships on Thursday, Feb. 7 — LAS VEGAS (January 31, 2019) – All Elite Wrestling, the new wrestling promotion headlined by members of The Elite, today…

> 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 released footage of A.J. Styles and Dean Ambrose arriving at AT&T Stadium in Texas for their big WrestleMania matches. For Styles, it’s his first WrestleMania. Styles, wearing a happy-to-be-here WM32 t-shirt, said he started getting excited and nervous for WrestleMania at the Hall of Fame on Saturday night. “A little bit of nerves last night. As we get closer,…

THE ROUND-UP THE LATEST NEWS Eddie Guerrero documentary to air on WWE’s YouTube channel WWE Syracuse, NY, live results: Reigns teams with Ambrose NXT Southaven, MS, live results: Six-man tag, Ciampa vs. Ohno Ryan Bader dominates Matt Mitrione to advance to Bellator Grand Prix final Impact Wrestling ratings down for Bound for Glory go-home show THE LATEST AUDIO F4D: WWE Australia, RAW Monday, Crown Jewel, more! 10/13 WOR: FSM’s Will Cooling on the latest ongoings in the UK 10/12 Today’s schedule includes WWE Raw in Binghamton, NY, Smackdown in Raleigh, NC, NXT U.K. TV tapings in Plymouth, UK, as well as NXT events in Owesnboro, KY and Tampa as well as…

Click:web novel> 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.) Ring of Honor announced Monday a big ROH World Title main event for their next PPV, “Global Wars,” on May 8 in Chicago. ROH champion Jay Lethal will make his next title defense against Colt Cabana in Cabana’s hometown of Chicago. Cabana made a surprise return to ROH at the “Supercard of Honor” show on April 1 in Dallas, setting up…

> 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.) During Raw, WWE announced more title matches for the Extreme Rules PPV in three weeks. Included is New Day vs. The Vaudevillians for the WWE Tag Titles. This followed WWE officially announcing the Vaudevillians as the winners of the #1 contender finals Sunday night at Payback. WWE also announced Charlotte vs. Natalya in a Women’s Title re-match. The added elements are a…

Click:EGP Ice Mint Nicotine Pouches WWE has made a few announcements for next week’s episode of Raw. New Universal Champion Brock Lesnar will be appearing on the episode. It will be the first time he’s been on WWE television since winning the Universal title at Crown Jewel. Lesnar won the title by defeating Braun Strowman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The story for the match was Baron Corbin hitting Strowman with the title belt before the bell rang, Strowman kicking out of three F5s, Lesnar throwing Strowman over the ropes on an F5, and Lesnar finally pinning Strowman with his fifth F5. Lesnar vs. WWE Champion AJ Styles in a non-title champion…