Month: July 2020

Editor’s note: Additional details were added by Dave Meltzer The Cruiserweight Classic finale won’t be the last we’ve seen of Kota Ibushi in WWE. WWE announced on Thursday afternoon that Hideo Itami would be teaming with Ibushi in the second annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Ibushi has always been up for working dates in…

A man arrested in New Mexico last week on child abuse and abduction charges was training one of the 11 children at his remote desert encampment to carry out a school shooting, prosecutors have claimed. Siraj Wahhaj, 39, appeared before a magistrate in Taos, New Mexico, on Wednesday. He was arrested on Friday after police,…

An Indian court has, for the first time ever, appointed itself the legal guardian of millions of cows in a move to protect the animals considered sacred to the country’s majority Hindu community. The Uttarakhand High Court not only banned the slaughter of all cattle in the mountainous state 240 miles north of New Delhi, but also the…

1962 Kansas City, Kansas: – Pat O’Connor & Sonny Myers defeated Bob Geigel & Lee Henning via DQ in three falls – Texas Wire Match: Buddy Austin defeated Red Bastien in three falls 1963  Atlanta, Georgia: – Chief Big Heart & Chief Little Eagle defeated Lenny Montana & Tarzan Tyler to win the World Tag…

Lee Keum-seom, 92, had waited over 60 years to see her son, Ri Sang-chol, 71. When she finally set eyes on the old man she had been forced to leave behind in North Korea as a four-year-old child Ms Lee wailed and pulled him to her chest. “Sang-chol!” she cried. Mr Ri wept and pulled…

New Japan Pro Wrestling was back in Singapore this morning for their annual Wrestling World event, held at the Marina Bay Sands. Here are the results: Juice Robinson defeated David Finlay Solid opener. Lots of support for Robinson, who was pretty over with the crowd. Good, basic match leading to a Robinson win after hitting…

At least 18 people were killed in a fire at a resort hotel in China’s northeastern city of Harbin early Saturday, the state news agency said. The disaster added to a string of deadly blazes that have plagued China despite official efforts to improve public safety over the past two decades. A hotel fire broke…

1951 Sioux City, Iowa: – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated Mike DiBiase 1961 St. Paul, Minnesota: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski by countout – AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills – Wilbur Snyder beat Nick Roberts  – Jim Hady drew…

NJCAA North Central District results. February 15th at Worthington, Minn. 1. Iowa Central CC 171.5 2. North Iowa Area College 148.5 3. Ellsworth CC 147.0 4. Iowa Western CC 101.5 5. Iowa Lakes CC 94.5 6. Itasca CC 79.0 7. Ridgewater College 47.5 8. Northland CTC 45.0 9. Minnesota West CTC 24.0 Brackets/Results on TrackWrestling.com…

February 26-28 • Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul State Tournament Individual Results A 106 1st – Ethan Cota, Kenyon-Wanamingo, 11 2nd – Jake Nohre, West Central Area/Ashby/Evansville, 10 3rd – Andrew Nissen, Blackduck/Cass Lake-Bena, 12 4th – Jeron Matson, Medford, 8 5th – Mark Buringa, St. Charles, 8 6th – Austin DeVlaeminck, Minneota, 10 First…