Minnesota wrestlers receive Wrestling USA Magazine recognition
Several Minnesota high school seniors were honored in the May 30th issue of Wrestling USA Magazine. 2015 Wrestling USA Scholastic All-American Teams Dream Team Lance Benick – 195 pounds – Totino-Grace All-Americans Cameron Sykora – 126 pounds – Border West Louie Sanders – 132 pounds – Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Ben Brancale – 138 pounds – Eden Prairie…
NCAA Panel approves new stalling rules, four-point nearfall
The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved Monday the drop-down rule and the neutral-position stalling rule in wrestling, starting with the 2015-16 season. Both rules were used on an experimental basis last season. Both are now permanent rules, though the panel made a few tweaks before approving so referees will have a clearer understanding of…
Interview with Mat Official Tom Kuisle
An interview with Minnesota/USA Wrestling Mat Officials Director Tom Kuisle. Visit www.mnusawrestling.org to learn how to become a wrestling official.
Stoll reaches Greco-Roman bronze medal bout at UWW Junior Worlds in Brazil
SALVADOR, Brazil – 2013 UWW Junior World bronze medalist Sam Stoll (Kasson, Minn./Minnesota Storm/Hawkeye WC) has a chance to win a second career bronze medal on the final day of Greco-Roman at the UWW Junior World Championships on Wednesday. Stoll, who now competes for the University of Iowa, has reached the bronze-medal round at 120…
Nikki Bella Sets Record Straight On Her Dating Rumors
In a promo video for Wednesday’s Total Bellas episode on E! Network, Nikki Bella talks about playing a joke on everyone, leading people to believe she is dating the man featured on the show. She said despite the episode tease that says she’s “single and ready to mingle” that she is not enjoying getting back into the…
Lucha Underground Results (10/24): New Gift Of The Gods Champion
On last week’s episode, Aerostar, PJ Black, Hernandez, Big Bad Steve, King Cuerno, Jake Strong and Dante Fox battled each other for a chance to face each other again next week for The Gift Of The Gods Title, Killshot took on The Mack in a Singles Match and Jake Strong faced Johnny Mundo in the…
MatBoss: See wrestling’s newest technology in action
MatBoss is wrestling’s groundbreaking video + stats integration technology. The app was designed specifically for coaches to help save precious time and effort allowing them to focus on what they do best. For coaches who have questions about MatBoss or would like to request a demo, visit matbossapp.com
InterMat’s NCAA Division I Wrestling Rankings
MINNEAPOLIS — InterMat has released preseason NCAA Division I wrestling rankings for the 2015-16 season. Penn State begins the season ranked No. 1 in both the tournament rankings and dual meet rankings. The Nittany Lions have a wrestler ranked in all 10 weight classes — with seven of those wrestlers ranked in the top 10.…
Big Change For NXT UK, Fans Not Happy With Taker Tour Tickets
It looks like The WWE Network will start airing two episodes of The NXT UK Weekly Series each Wednesday, starting this week’s episode. The Network schedule currently has two one-hour episodes scheduled for 4PM and 5PM ET on Wednesday. The usual 3PM ET time-slot will now feature a replay of the previous week’s episode. Noam…
Lucha House Party Wins on Raw, Next NWA Contender, Matches for SD
A number of 205 Live competitors have been appearing on Monday Night Raw lately. 205 Live General Manager now works with AOP on Raw while Lio Rush has been managing Bobby Lashley lately. It looks like three more members of WWE’s cruiserweight division have just joined the Raw roster. During last night’s edition of the…