This Day In Wrestling History – April 23rd

Posted on October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 by mobanmarket

1935 – Wildcat Pete defeats Tetsuo Higami, to become the first NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Champion.
1960 – Red & Lou Bastien defeat Jerry & Eddie Graham, to win the NWA Northeast United States Tag Team Championship.
1965 – Danny Hodge defeats Hiro Matsuda, to win the NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship.
1966 – Ramon Torres defeats Lorenzo Parente, to win the TSW Missouri Junior Heavyweight Championship.
1976 – Bob Backlund defeats Harley Race, to win the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship.
1978 – Paul Jones & Ricky Steamboat defeat Cyclon Negro & Baron Von Raschke, Gene & Ole Anderson, and Masked Superstar & Ken Patera, to win the NWA (Mid-Atlantic) World Tag Team Championship.
1978 – Ray Candy & Steven Little Bear defeat Ernie Ladd & The Assassin to win the TSW United States Tag Team Championship.
1981 – Giant Baba defeats Bruiser Brody, to win the AJPW Champion Carnival. Elsewhere, Antonio Inoki vacates the NWF Heavyweight Championship, and decides to enter what was then known as the MSG League (currently known as the G1 Climax). Inoki’s NWF Title would remain vacant for nearly 22 years.
1988 – Sting & Lex Luger (with Magnum T.A.) defeat Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, to win what would be the last Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament; NWA will revive the tournament after a 31-year hiatus, later this month.
1990 – Mr. Perfect defeats Tito Santana, to win the vacant WWF Intercontinental Championship.
1991 – Danny Davis defeats El Grande Pistolero to win the USWA Junior Heavyweight Championship.
1992 – The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Pritchard) defeat The Fantastics (Bobby & Jackie Fulton), to become the inaugural SMW Tag Team Champions.
1994 – Chris Candido & Brian Lee defeat The Rock n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), to win the SMW Tag Team Championship.
2003 – Tiger Mask IV defeats Koji Kanemoto, to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
2006 – TNA Lockdown is held at the Impact Zone in Orlando, in front of 900 fans. As with all Lockdown events of this time, all matches were held inside a cage.
– Team Japan (Black Tiger IV, Minoru Tanaka & Hirooki Goto) defeat Team USA (Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal, & Alex Shelley).
– Senshi defeats Christopher Daniels.
– In an Arm Wrestling match, Bob Armstrong (with BG James & Kip James) defeats Konnan (with Hernandez & Homicide).
– In an XScape Match, Chris Sabin defeats Puma, Petey Williams (with Coach D’Amore), Shark Boy, Chase Stevens, & Elix Skipper (with Simon Diamond).
– Samoa Joe defeats Sabu, to retain the TNA X Division Championship.
– In an Anthem Match, Team 3D (Brother Run, Brother Devon, & Brother Ray) defeat Team Canada (Bobby Roode, A-1, & Eric Young) (with Coach D’Amore).
– Christian Cage defeats Abyss (with James Mitchell), to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
– In a Lethal Lockdown Match, Sting’s Warriors (Sting, AJ Styles, Ron Killings, & Rhino) defeat Jarrett’s Army (Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, Chris Harris, & James Storm).
2009 – Bobby Lashley makes his TNA Wrestling debut.
2012 – In a Lumberjill Match on Monday Night RAW, Nikki Bella defeats Beth Phoenix, to win the WWE Divas Championship.
2014 – On a taping of NXT, to be aired the following night, NXT General Manager John ‘Bradshaw’ Layfield strips Paige of the NXT Women’s Championship in order to give other NXT talent a shot at the title. At the time, Paige was also the WWE Divas Champion, having defeated AJ Lee, in her main roster debut no less, for the title on the Monday Night RAW following WrestleMania XXX.
2018 – Monday Night RAW airs its 1,300th episode.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: 16-time WWE World Champion, John Cena (42 years old); WWE Hall of Famer Tony Atlas (65 years old); two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion, Jessie Godderz (33 years old); 2-time Impact GRAND Champion, Moose (35 years old); former TNA backstage interviewer, Bubba the Love Sponge (53 years old); and AEW’s Britt Baker (28 years old, pictured at top).
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Former TNA star to report to the WWE performance center tomorrow

Posted on October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 by mobanmarket

DJ Z To Report To The WWE Performance Center Tomorrow – https://t.co/7WrhI4wOw1 pic.twitter.com/jo0RH9iueM
— Developmental Central (@WWEDevCentral) May 12, 2019

DJ Z

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Chris Jericho On An AEW TV Show: ‘We’re Gonna Be Announcing Very Soon’

Posted on October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 by mobanmarket

In an interview with Cheddar, Chris Jericho spoke about singing the biggest contract of his career with AEW and he claimed that the promotion is going to announce a television deal ‘very soon.’ Here are highlights:
On making the move to join AEW: “It was just the right move for me knowing that I would be doing something that I had never done before, which was starting a company from scratch.”
On women main eventing Wrestlemania: “I think the fact that you had the first-ever women’s main event in the league is just basically the way things are now for the sport of wrestling as they should be. If you go back 10 years ago. Women were wrestling in bra and panties matches and water gun fights, which is fine too, but this brings a much more serious slant to it as well.”
On an AEW TV show: “May 25th is the first show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. We sold it out in four minutes, 12,000 tickets. So there’s a lot of buzz about AEW, and in the Fall, we’re gonna be starting our weekly television on a huge cable company that we’re gonna be announcing very soon so, it’s not a competition, it’s just an alternative and it’s something that I think people and wrestling fans are waiting for because it’s been a long time with just the WWE, just one company.”

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Changes Made To Double or Nothing Pre-Show, Updated Card

Posted on October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 by mobanmarket

The press release announcing that AEW has reached a deal with ITV to bring Double or Nothing to UK television revealed that some changes were made to the pre-show for the PPV event. This comes only a couple of days after the battle royal became the Casino Battle Royale, with new rules. The match will have 21 competitors in total, with five wrestlers starting. Five more wrestlers enter every three minutes with a “Lucky 21” entering last.
More changes to the match include the fact that the winner of the match will now receive a “future title shot against the first ever AEW World Champion.” The participants have been changed as well. Kip Sabian, who was previously announced, is no longer in the match. He will now have a one on one match with Sammy Guevara. New participants include Billy Gunn, Jimmy Havoc, Michael Nakazawa and Jungle Boy. Here’s the updated card:
* AAA World Tag Team Titles: The Young Bucks (c) vs. The Lucha Bros
* ‘Hangman’ Adam Page vs. PAC
* SoCal Uncensored vs. CIMA, T-Hawk and El Lindaman
* Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho
* Dr. Britt Baker vs. Kylie Rae vs. Nyla Rose
* Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes
* BUY-IN Pre-Show Match: Sammy Guevara vs. Kip Sabian
* Casino Battle Royale: Billy Gunn, Jimmy Havoc, Michael Nakazawa, Jungle Boy, Sonny Kiss, Brandon Cutler, Ace Romero, Glacier, Brian Pillman Jr, Sunny Daze, MJF, Joey Janela, Chuck Taylor, Trent BarettaClick Here: Portugal National Team soccer tracksuit

Here’s what is coming up for members of The42 this week

Posted on October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 by mobanmarket

ONE MORE WEEK of level 5 done and dusted and there was even a hint, however brief, of spring in the air.

It would do you good. It’s nice to have something to look forward to, and here at The42 we’ve got another great week of membership content lined up to keep you entertained and, hopefully, informed.

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Your continued support of our work is, as always, greatly appreciated, and we hope you enjoy what we’ve got lined up across another busy week in the sporting world.

This evening you can jump straight into some instant reaction to Ireland’s Six Nations win over Scotland with Murray Kinsella and Garry Doyle on the Rugby Weekly Extra post-match pod.

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On Saturday we’ll have another post-match episode of Rugby Weekly Extra, with immediate reaction to Ireland’s Six Nations meeting with England.

Our latest Bylines Essay is also published this week, and comes courtesy of IFTA-winning director [Heartbreak, 2017], and director of Dublin Oldschool, Dave Tynan.

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Rich Swann Signs New Two-Year Deal With Impact Wrestling

Posted on October 16, 2022October 16, 2022 by mobanmarket

photo credit: World Wrestling Entertainment

PWInsider recently spoke to Impact Wrestling X-Division Champion Rich Swann, who revealed that he has signed a new two-year deal with Impact Wrestling. His new contract will keep him under the Impact banner through May 2021. Swann discussed how Impact Wrestling helped open doors for him after he was let go from WWE in February 2018 after a domestic issue with his wife. Below are some highlights of the chat, courtesy of PWInsider:
Swann on the current wrestling landscape: “If you look at the landscape of professional wrestling today right now, it’s booming. Somebody would that say with AEW going on and WWE right now, they would say that Impact might be under the radar. But, from being inside the company, and seeing the roster and seeing everything, seeing how it’s grown over the last year, I feel that this is the company that is the best fit for me. I want to be a part of something that is growing right now. I feel like we’re going to make some moves.”
Swann on his new contract with Impact: “It’s a multi-year deal and that’s something we can build off of. Seeing how the company is growing, there’s no reason to think that it can’t become a relationship that lasts even longer. I’m treated very well and I’m very happy there. It’s one of the most packed rosters right now.”
Rich Swann on how Impact Wrestling helped him after his arrest and release from WWE: “Everyone saw how I was after everything happened. I have no ill will towards anybody, but Impact Wrestling they helped me up, they brought me up, when I decided I was going to retire, quotations, quotations. There were a lot of guys – Sonjay [Dutt], Sami [Callihan], Scott D’Amore, Don Callis – they were reaching out and saying, hey, there’s always a place for you right here. You are talented. Don’t stop. They uplifted me. To see that, like that’s something I want to be a part of. That helped me change my mind. Then, being able to be on the road and being with people. It changed my way of thinking. Man…It’s made me grow. I’ve been more mature. Like, focused. More attentive. More happy. I’m saying, I’m a part of something that, other than the wrestling side, people actually care about you, you know what I’m saying? I’m not saying that people in other wrestling companies don’t care [when you work there] but it really comes across and like, something like that is really big for me. That’s what made me to decide to re-sign with these guys and to continue working with them. It keeps me in a good head place. It keeps my head in a good space.“Click Here: FC Barcelona soccer tracksuit

‘He can do everything’ – Monye’s praise for old roommate Earls

Posted on October 16, 2022October 16, 2022 by mobanmarket

UGO MONYE AND Keith Earls had very different experiences while they roomed together on the 2009 British and Lions tour to South Africa.

Earls was only 21 and had played just twice for Ireland when called up to that Lions squad. A nightmare outing in the first game of the tour saw him quickly fall out of favour in terms of selection, and represented a major blow to the young winger’s confidence.

Monye, on the other hand, had his own setbacks but finished the tour on a high thanks to an iconic intercept try in the final Test, signing off as the tourists’ top try-scorer.

“I just thought he was a really humble kid that just wanted to learn and get better,” Monye says.

“He was a young fella back then, new on to the international scene, in many ways like myself although I was a few years older than Keith.

“It’s probably no coincidence as to how he’s kept that kept level of commitment and mindset, and had such longevity in the game.”

The 33-year-old Earls is a very different player to the one who was so badly scarred in South Africa, and heads into this weekend’s Six Nations closer against England as one of Andy Farrell’s form players following an assured performance against Scotland last Sunday.

Earls’ best work in Edinburgh happened without the ball in his hands, but those key contributions in defence went a long way to keeping Ireland in the driving seat and securing the win.

Former England and Harlequins winger Monye was hugely impressed with what he saw, and believes Earls often doesn’t get the credit his performances deserve.

“I think you’ve got fashionable players and non-fashionable players,” Monye continues.

“You’ve got players like Louis Rees-Zammit, who is really fashionable because he’s so fast and he’s cool and he’s young… Then you’ve got Keith Earls who is this old warhorse, but he is exactly that.

“He won a couple of pivotal turnovers (against Scotland).

“But they are not fashionable things to chase balls and get your head over a ball and win turnovers. They kind of go unnoticed, but they don’t go unnoticed by your teammates and the coaches, and that’s why he’s such a valuable component for Munster and Ireland right now.”

Earls isn’t the type of attacker who is going to shoot the light out – he has scored just seven tries in his last 31 Tests – and earlier this week he spoke about how his role within the team has changed, describing himself as more of a defensive winger now.

Ugo Monye and Keith Earls on tour with the Lions in 2009. Source: INPHO/Billy Stickland

His employers clearly place a big value on that side of his game, rewarding Earls with a new central contract earlier this month.

“When the IRFU offer you a new contract, we’ve got to believe and trust that they kind of know what they are doing, right?” Monye says.

“They’re not handing out contracts like confetti, you know? He’s deserved the right to be offered that and that’s through consistency, his body is obviously feeling great and he’s performing.

“When I look at that back three, you’ve got Hugo Keenan – who I think has been brilliant by the way – but a young fella. You’ve got James Lowe who is new to international rugby, so you almost need that someone that can be that glue in that back three, that leader.

“Rob Kearney was that player for over a decade. It didn’t matter who came on to the left or the right wing, because Kearney was there. Keith Earls has almost taken on that mantle right now and I think that’s why he’s really important.

Ugo Monye has joined forces with Tackle Your Feelings to encourage people to #BeKind online during the final weekend of this year’s Guinness Six Nations. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO

“You don’t play as many games as Keith Earls has been able to by not being world class, by not being professional, by not being motivated or not being dedicated. He’s done and demonstrated all those things, and that’s why he’s such an important player and that’s why he’ll be a big player this weekend, if he’s selected.

“Like, I retired at 32, and he’s been awarded a contracted at 33, and probably thinking of a Lions tour this summer and maybe the next World Cup. Fair play to him.”

Monye was speaking earlier this week to promote the latest video released by Tackle Your Feelings, which highlights the issue of racist abuse directed at rugby players online.

And Monye, who continues to hold a high profile in the game through his work with BT Sport, believes it has never been more difficult to be a professional rugby player.

“I can play a game on Saturday, not play well, pick up my phone, and the world wants to tell me that I am really bad at my job. And in fact they go further, like character assassination.. ‘You shouldn’t exist on this earth,’ you get that in minutes of playing a bad game,” he says.

“That’s what it (social media) has become. So when you think of the increased demands on rugby players physically, the game is quicker, the ball in play time has never been more, bigger collisions, more matches, and then the mental fatigue and pressure of all of that with the added pressure of social media.

“There’s never been a tougher time to just actually go and do your job. It’s tough.”

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WWE NXT Live Event Results – June 15, 2019 – Casselberry, Florida

Posted on October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 by mobanmarket

1. Kushida defeated Shane Thorne
2. Mia Yim defeated Reina Gonzalez
3. Six-Man Tag Team Match
Brennan Williams, Cal Bloom, and Isaiah Scott defeated Cezar Bononi, Jeff Parker, and Matt Lee
4. Mansoor defeated Kona Reeves
5. Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan defeated The Outliers (Dan Matha and Riddick Moss) (w/Robert Strauss)
6. Jordan Myles defeated Ridge Holland
7. Keith Lee defeated Arturo Ruas
8. Aliyah and Vanessa Borne defeated Karen Q and Xia Li
9. NXT North American Championship Match
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‘CJ has given his heart and soul to the green jersey and the red one’

Posted on October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 by mobanmarket

LONG AFTER THE final whistle, CJ Stander stood out on the pitch in the near-empty stadium, his phone raised in front of him to share the moment with his family back in South Africa.

The reality of no fans has been tough for players during the pandemic, but not having family and friends there has been even harder.

For Stander today, having played his last Ireland Test, it was almost cruel that they couldn’t be with him.

The emotion was clear as Stander’s team-mates shared their congratulations after a stunning 32-18 victory over England on an evening when things clicked for Andy Farrell’s side. They can look to the future with a new wave of momentum but Stander won’t be part of what is to come.

Sadly, his farewell came without fans to clap him off but he bowed out as part of an outstanding Irish performance.

“I’ve just said to him in the changing room that he can be as emotional as he wants to be now because he has given his heart and soul to the jersey, to the green one and to the red one,” said Ireland boss Andy Farrell post-match.

“He has a chance to play in a cup final for Munster next week so we wish him all the best with that.

“It’s been an emotional week. We’ve tried to keep a lid on it the best we can and you can say whether we should have brought that out or not but it is fitting that CJ was able to say goodbye to his friends and tell them the truth from where’s he’s coming from, the reasons why, etc.

Stander and his Ireland team-mates. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO

“How they’ve responded to him and how he’s kept a smile on his face has been totally fitting to what this team is about and we’re delighted that we’re able to put a performance together for CJ to send him off in the right way.

“We’re delighted that we managed to control the emotion in the right way and he’s emotional in the changing rooms, but happy emotional.

“I cannot say enough about him as a bloke. He’s the most kind-hearted, most genuine bloke that you’ll ever meet.”

Aside from sending Stander off in style, it was a hugely pleasing day for Ireland as they finished their Six Nations on a real high by blowing England away.

Farrell took pride in his players’ big final effort even if there will be regrets that they weren’t still in the hunt for the trophy.

“To win your last game in a tournament is always pleasing because it’s a long time between drinks until the next one,” said Farrell. “To finish off with a W is pleasing but I’m just delighted for the lads because they have come in for a bit of stick.

“Obviously, we’ve lost a couple of games and lost one here to France which we never like to lose but the lads have always believed in how they’re progressing and they’ve always thought there was a performance like that in them.

“The performance wasn’t perfect, there’s still a lot to work on, but I’m so pleased for them that they got over the line with a nice victory against a very good side.”

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Plans to include Pacific Island teams in Super Rugby could wake ‘sleeping giant’

Posted on October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 by mobanmarket

WORLD RUGBY HAS received widespread support for backing plans to include two Pacific Island teams – the Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika – in the southern hemisphere’s Super Rugby competition from 2022, with claims it could change the face of the international game.

Fiji winger Nemani Nadolo said the concept could transform rugby in the Pacific, where there is immense playing talent but scarce financial resources to prevent top stars moving overseas.

“This will be massive exposure playing against some of the world’s best on a constant basis… a sleeping giant will be awoken!!” Nadolo tweeted.

Pacific Rugby Players Welfare estimates about 20% of all professional rugby players come from islander backgrounds.

But major hurdles remain before World Rugby’s push to add the Pacific islands to the southern hemisphere tournament from next year become reality.

The island nations of Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga all boast a rich rugby heritage and a wealth of playing talent, but have battled to overcome financial hardships and geographic isolation.

Players are often lured to foreign clubs and in order to receive lucrative contracts are quietly discouraged from playing for their national teams.

The islanders also lack exposure to top opposition outside of World Cup years and head offshore to develop their playing skills, often switching allegiances to an adopted homeland once they meet residency requirements.

World Rugby said including Pacific teams in Super Rugby would allow top talent to play professionally while remaining in the Pacific region.

“I’m lost for words… this will go beyond improving Pacific island rugby — it will change lives,” said Ben Ryan, the Englishman who coached Fiji’s sevens team to Olympic gold at the Rio 2016 Games.

Ireland beat Samoa at the last World Cup. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO

Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama called it “fantastic news”.

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“Our boys have proved they belong in the Super Rugby circuit. I know I speak for every Fijian when I say it’s time we get this effort over the try line!” he tweeted.

The fate of the two Pacific teams will ultimately be decided by New Zealand Rugby, which has emerged as Super Rugby’s de facto powerbroker in the coronavirus era.

The New Zealanders have made clear in the past that any Pacific teams in Super Rugby must be commercially viable and well-governed.

Crucially, these are areas in which World Rugby has offered to help the Pacific bidders.

The governing body will provide a £1.2m annual funding package for an initial three-year period to help the two franchises to cover costs, as well as supplying administrative and high-performance expertise.

But the World Rugby money alone will not be enough to get the bids over the line financially.

The Fiji Rugby Union last month estimated it needed at least NZ$10 million (€6 million) to be viable.

It said costs included paying for a 37-man playing squad, plus another 28 in coaching and administration, as well as a contingency fund “if we have a bad year or two”.

That will require private backers with deep pockets, which are scarce in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, where the combined population is only about 1.5 million.

Tonga fans at the 2019 World Cup. Source: Photosport/John Cowpland/INPHO

NZR has shown in the past that it will not allow changes that weigh on its bottom line, scuppering plans to include a Pacific team in this year’s Super Rugby because the numbers did not stack up.

The competition’s previous governing body, SANZAAR, did the same in 2018 after weighing up the costs.

NZR head of professional rugby Chris Lendrum said he was confident all criteria could be met this time around.

“There’s still work to be done, finances can’t be pulled together overnight, legal agreements can’t be agreed overnight and there’s obviously still the issue of contracting players and coaches, but we remain really positive,” he said.

Lendrum said NZR was in discussions with Rugby Australia and hoped to confirm plans for the 2022 season “in a few weeks”.

The Pacific bids, should they succeed, offer a glimpse of how Super Rugby could look in a post-pandemic world.

South Africa has already aligned its four Super Rugby teams to Europe’s PRO14, and there is no room for Japan’s Sunwolves or the Jaguares of Argentina.

If borders reopen, there will be five Australian teams — including the Western Force — and five from New Zealand, along with the two new Pacific franchises.

The Fijian Drua would be Suva-based and Moana Pasifika would be based in New Zealand, probably Auckland, focusing on attracting players from Samoa and Tonga.

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