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Hangman Page wins AEW Casino Battle Royale
In the opener of tonight’s Double or Nothing pre-show, Hangman Page became the winner of the first match in All Elite Wrestling history. After entering as the 21st and final entrant, Page last eliminated MJF to win the Casino Battle Royale. Page is now one of the top contenders for the AEW World Championship. He’ll face the winner of tonight’s Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho match at a later date to decide the first champion. AEW hasn’t announced when that title match will be taking place. Page was originally supposed to face PAC tonight, but their match was canceled due to creative differences. They instead faced each other for Wrestle…
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Clash of Champions update – new matches for Sunday’s PPV
> 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 Monday’s Raw, WWE made several announcements for the Clash of Champions PPV on Sunday… – Rusev vs. Roman Reigns for the U.S. Title was made official. – WWE changed the Raw Women’s Title match to a three-way of Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley. It was originally Charlotte vs. Sasha one-on-one. – Cesaro beat Sheamus in Match #6 of their…
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Three title matches added to WWE Stomping Grounds
Three title matches have been added to the card for Stomping Grounds. Universal Champion Seth Rollins will defend his title against Baron Corbin, Kofi Kingston will defend the WWE Championship against Dolph Ziggler in a steel cage match, and Becky Lynch will defend the Raw Women’s Championship against Lacey Evans. All three of those matches were announced during today’s Super ShowDown broadcast. Rollins vs. Corbin and Kingston vs. Ziggler are both rematches from Super ShowDown. Rollins retained against Corbin at Super ShowDown after Corbin argued with the referee. Corbin tried to bring a steel chair into the ring, Corbin and referee John Cone argued, and Rollins rolled up Corbin to…
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NEWS ITEMS: Undertaker on crutches, Total Bellas viewership, Lucha Underground viewership stabilizes, Elgin replacement named
> 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.) -The second episode of the “Total Bellas” reality TV series on E! network starting John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Brie Bella, and Nikki Bella, with an early on-camera role for John Laurinaitis, drew 756,000 viewers last night. The premiere episode last week drew a moderately disappointing 632,000. Check out our PWTorch report of the show by our “Total Bellas” reviewer Sarah…
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Strowman vs. Lashley falls count anywhere match set for WWE Raw
WWE has made their first match announcement for this coming Monday’s episode of Raw. Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley in a falls count anywhere match is set for the episode. The show is taking place at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. This Monday’s Raw saw Strowman and Lashley face off in a tug of war. Strowman won, but Lashley attacked him after. Lashley targeted Strowman’s eyes with the rope that was used for the tug of war. Strowman defeated Lashley in their match at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia and in an arm wrestling match on Raw earlier this month. On the June 17 edition of Raw, Strowman…
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Interview Highlights: Cody Rhodes talks about his ROH debut tomorrow night, life after WWE, why he left, more (w/Keller’s Analysis)
> 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.) Cody Rhodes talked with Brian Fritz of The Sporting News about his departure from WWE and his ROH debut tomorrow night. The following are key quotes from the interview. You can read the full article HERE. •On the decision to leave WWE for the indy scene: “It’s just so new that I prefer it. I know some people think that’s…
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Chris Jericho vs. Jungle Boy set for December 18 AEW Dynamite
Chris Jericho’s next match on Dynamite will be in two weeks. On tonight’s episode of Dynamite, Chris Jericho came out and said he was contractually obligated to wrestle one more time this year on December 18. He took out what he called the Lexicon of Le Champion. He rattled off a number of names, making sure to repeatedly list Jon Moxley, who ended last week’s episode of Dynamite staring Jericho down in the crowd. The Jurassic Express then came out. Jericho confronted them, saying that it just so happened that dinosaurs and small children were also on the lexicon. Jericho eventually started to run down Jungle Boy, saying that Jungle…
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Interview Highlights: ROH G.M. Greg Gilleland discusses Cody and Bucks contracts, All In on Honor Club, WWE-MSG drama
> 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.) The following are highlights of a CBS Sports Local interview conducted by Chuck Carol with ROH G.M. Greg Gilleland about the MSG drama with WWE, running All-In on Honor Club, and the contract statuses of Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks. The highlights have been sent to PWTorch by Carol, and his full article can be read HERE. •When did…
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Alabama woman charged with unborn baby’s death after being shot in the stomach
Click:national clothing asian costume An American woman who lost her unborn baby after being shot in the stomach has been charged with manslaughter for initiating the fight. Marshae Jones, from Birmingham, Alabama, was five months pregnant when she was shot in the stomach by Ebony Jemison, 23, in December 2018. Ms Jones, 27, was rushed to a nearby hospital and recovered, but her unborn baby girl did not survive. However it was Ms Jones who was charged on Wednesday over the baby’s death. The two women were fighting outside a Dollar General store in December when the shooting occurred. The shooter, Ms Jemison, was initially charged with manslaughter, but police…
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Japanese car rental firms discover new trend of renting vehicles for a nap or quiet lunch
Click:gold buyers Auckland Perplexed as to why many of their rental cars were not racking up any mileage, Japanese rental firms were taken aback to discover that many of their customers are using them as a quiet place to escape from the pressures of daily life. Instead of using the car they have booked to get from point A to point B, many customers just want a private space for an hour or so, the Asahi newspaper reported. Orix Auto Corp and Times24 Co, two of Japan’s largest rental car firms, realised in the summer of 2018 that as many as one in eight of their hire cars were not actually…