Month: July 2020

WWE CBO Stephanie McMahon kicked off Monday Night RAW last night by inviting Becky Lynch to the ring. Becky was visibly limping to the ring and the commentators were quick to note that Becky was suffering from a knee injury. After some brief back and forth, Stephanie revealed that Becky had refused to see a…

Ohio State Edges Gophers Bonus points played the role of tiebreaker after No. 12 Minnesota and fourth-ranked Ohio State split their 10 matches on Senior Day at the Sports Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. Four bonus point victories for the Buckeyes outweighed the Gophers’ pair, pushing the visitors to a 24-20 win. The match closed out…

Gable Steveson of Apple Valley (Minn.) is the nation’s No. 1 wrestler in the Class of 2018. He’s a two-time Cadet world champion in freestyle and three-time state champion. Steveson finished his junior season with a 42-0 record and 41 pins. In March, Steveson gave a verbal commitment to the University of Minnesota. He will…

FARGO, N.D. – Four North Dakota State University wrestlers – 133 Cam Sykora, 141 Mitch Bengston, 157 Clay Ream and 165 Andrew Fogarty — have been included in NCAA Division I preseason rankings in their respective weight classes by five different websites, magazines or organizations (WIN Magazine, TrackWrestling, The Open Mat, InterMat, FloWrestling and Amateur…

The Best Friends are back together. Beretta returned from injury tonight at ROH’s Honor for All house show in Nashville, Tennessee. His return stems from an angle where Chuck Taylor defeated Bully Ray by disqualification after Ray intentionally low blowed Taylor. He continued the assault, beating him with a chain. Colt Cabana tried to make…

1963  Omaha, Nebraska: – Omaha and AWA Champion Fritz Von Erich drew Verne Gagne – Fuji Tanaka beat Waldo Von Erich  – Rocky Hamilton beat Harley Race 1965  Davenport, Iowa: – In a Cage Match: The Crusher beat Harley Race – in a Death Match: Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig – Tex McKenzie beat Tiny…

> 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.) That was absolutely insane. Ben…

Sin Cara is currently out of action after undergoing knee surgery on Tuesday. After Sin Cara posted that he was in Birmingham, Alabama yesterday, WWE.com confirmed that he underwent surgery at the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center last night. WWE noted that Sin Cara sensed that something was wrong with his right knee over the weekend,…

> 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.) TORCH TODAY – Thursday, February…

1941  Kansas City, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Lee Wykoff defeated Dorv Roche in 2 of 3 falls – Nanjo Singh beat Steve Brody  – Ray Eckert and Jack Hader went to a 30 minute draw 1958  Kansas City, Kansas: – NWA World Champion Dick Hutton beat Otto Von Krupp 2 falls to 1 –…