The Big Ten Network announced their live programming schedule Wednesday ahead of the start of the 2018-19 season. Minnesota will appear twice on BTN broadcasts during the regular season with both televised duals taking place at Maturi Pavilion. The Gophers will make their debut on the Big Ten Network when they open their B1G conference schedule against Rutgers on Jan. 6, at either 12:00 p.m. or 2:15 p.m CT. Minnesota and the Scarlet Knights last met a season ago in New Jersey with the Gophers coming away with a 20-12 victory. The Gophers defeated the then No. 18 Rutgers by winning six matches in the dual, including an Ethan Lizak tech fall.…

WWE posted this video of Nikki Cross checking out the WrestleMania 35 sign inside the Banker’s Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis before tonight’s SmackDown. In this new bizarre video, Cross says she’s free: Last week, Cross appeared in a video and said the following which appears to tease an attack on Alexa Bliss: “Alexa Bliss, Little Miss Bliss, is hosting WrestleMania this year? Wooo, a surprise so perfect. The perfect toy for Nikki Cross to play with. What would she do? Imagine if Nikki messed up her big party. Because Nikki was never invited to these things, Nikki’s never hosted anything, no one ever paid attention to Nikki. But they’ll pay…

As previously reported, it was recently announced that Allie has signed with All Elite Wrestling and has already finished up with IMPACT Wrestling, according to PWInsider. Allie’s last appearance for IMPACT Wrestling aired on last night’s episode. The report stated that she knew back in January the company wouldn’t be renewing her deal as they look to refresh the roster. Allie was said to be well liked and ended up keeping the news mostly to herself, so when the recent signing broke that was also when many in the company were made aware of her exit. Below is the full live event schedule for Starrcast II at Caesars Palace during…

South Dakota State continues its run of wrestling duals against ranked opponents at the start of the 2018-19 season, hosting fourth-ranked Oklahoma State Saturday night at Frost Arena. Action is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. The dual, which follows SDSU’s Showdown Series football game against the University of South Dakota, can be viewed online via FloWrestling.org (subscription required). The 22nd-ranked Jackrabbits enter Saturday’s dual with an 0-1 record iafter dropping a 30-9 decision to 11th-ranked Arizona State Nov. 11 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls. SDSU received victories from top-ranked Seth Gross at 133 pounds and Zach Carlson, who moved up to 197 pounds. Oklahoma State will be…

STORM LAKE, Iowa – Henry Pohlmeyer, Tanner Sloan and Blake Wolters each won individual titles, while Clay Carlson and Zach Price shared top honors in the 141-pound division to lead a South Dakota State wrestling contingent Saturday at the Buena Vista Open. A junior from Johnston, Iowa, Pohlmeyer dominated the 149-pound division in posting a 5-0 record on the day. He pinned each of his first four opponents before defeating Kyle Rathman of Minnesota State, Mankato, 6-0, in the championship match. Sloan, a freshman from Alburnett, Iowa, continued his strong showings in open tournaments by outscoring his opponents by a combined 64-4. He won three of his matches by technical…

Finn Balor punched his ticket to WrestleMania on Monday at TD Garden in Boston, defeating Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley and Jinder Mahal in a handicap match to set up a title shot with Lashley at MetLife Stadium.  After the show, Balor discussed facing Lashley to try to take his title back:  EXCLUSIVE: After his victory on #RAW, @FinnBalor makes it clear that he’s READY for @fightbobby at @WrestleMania! pic.twitter.com/w5IwoaJcey — WWE (@WWE) March 26, 2019

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Seven Saint John’s University wrestlers competed at the St. Cloud State Husky Open on Saturday, Dec. 8. Junior Noah Becker (Browerville, Minn.) led the Johnnies for the second consecutive tournament with a 2-0 record to take first place in the three-man, 133-pound bracket. He defeated his teammate, freshman Zack Zavadil (Clearwater, Minn./Monticello), via technical fall in his first match and posted an 11-0 major decision over Augsburg’s Quinn Youngs. He is now 9-1 on the young season. Junior Quincy Spiering (Mounds View, Minn./St. Thomas Academy) recorded the Johnnies’ other win on the day and finished fourth with a 1-2 record at heavyweight. He pinned Dominic Tudor…

If there’s one thing we know The Man doesn’t like, it’s a mainstream star who has never had to work their way up through the ranks before getting A-List treatment from the WWE and the latest example Becky Lynch took aim at is former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski.  Rumors are swirling that Gronkowski could make the jump to wrestling now that his career with the NFL is over, and he already made a cameo at WrestleMania 33. Considering Lio Rush already seemed to call Gronk out on Monday Night RAW in Boston this week, there appears to be fire where there’s smoke concerning these reports.  Lynch, who…

1929  St. Louis, Missouri: – Dick Shikat defeated Jim Clinstock – Rudy Dusek defeated Jack Washburn – Joe “Toots” Mondt  – Charles Strack went to a time limit draw 1936 – Everett Marshall defeated Ali Baba for the NWA (National Wrestling Association) Heavyweight Wrestling Title 1941  Kansas City, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff defeated Orville Brown in 2 out of 3 falls – Jack Kennedy beat Steve Brody in 2 out of 3 falls  – Joe Cox beat Rudy Strongberg 1947  Kansas City, Kansas: – Orville Brown beat Jack McDonald to retain the MWA Title – Wally Dusek beat Fred Blassie – Tug Carlson beat Ralph Garibaldi  –…

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