Cal Poly’s two-time All-American Bernie Truax (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Last season, Bernie Truax lived up to expectations, earning All-American status for the second time in his collegiate career. However, Truax was not always a favorite for a national title. In 2018, Cal Poly’s head coach Jon Sioredas struck gold in the small-named … Read more
Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena as the Hawkeyes host Penn State (photos courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) New Brighton, Minnesota – The National Wrestling Media Association released its annual numbers for Division I wrestling dual meet attendance on Friday. The COVID-19 global pandemic caused sports around the world to be forever impacted. For college wrestling in the … Read more
NXT 2.0 is on your airwaves this week. Just like every week. And like every week, Claire’s blog is the best place to be for your wrestling needs. This is the second best place to be so with her at one and me at two, how can you lose? Let’s talk NXT! The What? Time … Read more
In an interview with Chris Mueller of B/R, AEW’s William Regal gave the backstory on who called him to pitch coming into AEW, and how the idea of the Blackpool Combat Club began. “Bryan gave me a call about … it might’ve been three weeks before I debuted,” Regal said. He said, ‘Could you talk … Read more
Episode 143 of AEW Dark is in the books! If you missed the live broadcast click here for the Cageside Seats stream via YouTube. Your commentary team this week was Excalibur and Taz. Let’s get right into the action! Max Caster vs. Tyler Uriah Caster came out 55-28. Platinum, back on my ego trip. Why … Read more
Patrick McKee (center) cheering on Minnesota teammates during their dual with Michigan (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) The year is 2002 and the Ann Arbor Pioneer Pioneers were in a close dual meet against conference rival, the Hornets of Saline. The two teams had battled once earlier in the year as well, with Ann … Read more
Welcome everyone, to Monday Night Raw! This week’s recap is in honor of the late great Notorious BIG’s 50th birthday this coming weekend. Claire is doing no such thing, so the best wrestling blog in the biz is still unfiltered and still the best. Let’s talk Raw! Baby, baby. Things Done Changed Whew. Drama on … Read more
Episode 63 of AEW Dark: Elevation is in the books! If you missed the live broadcast click here for the Cageside Seats stream. The announce team was Tony Schiavone, Mark Henry, Paul Wight and “The Guv’nor” Anthony Ogogo. Let’s talk about what went down (or up) on Elevation this week! Brandon Cutler vs. Bear Bronson … Read more
Army West Point Kevin Ward and his team (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) With an abridged and unusual collegiate season in 2021, it felt great to get back to normal for the 2021-22 season. All DI teams were back in action and generally wrestled full schedules (with a few Covid-related cancellations thrown in). As … Read more
Eric Bischoff continued his jabs directed at CM Punk on the latest episode of the 83 Weeks Podcast after the two got into it this past week on Twitter. The extent of the beef saw Punk subtweeting Bischoff, calling him, “an old head bad faith bad take carny dipsh*t,” and Bischoff mocking the AEW star … Read more