July 2020 – Page 40

Vikings open NSIC competition with 43-3 win at Northern State

ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Augustana College wrestling team opened Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference duals with a 43-3 victory over Northern State on Wednesday evening. The Vikings are 8-4 in duals, 1-0 in NSIC action and the Wolves are 0-3 overall, 0-2 in NSIC action.

Fourth-ranked Jeremiah Peterson started the dual on the right foot giving the Vikings an early 5-0 lead with a 17-2 technical fall over Northern State’s Tyler Frost at the 141-pound bout. Peterson improved his season record to 7-1.

At 149-pounds Brandon Chesnut downed his opponent in a sudden victory win of 7-5 over Grant Steen to push the Vikings lead to 8-0 after the first two matches.

Northern State’s Sean Havlovic put the Wolves on the board with a 7-0 decision at the 157-pound bout. Followed by the 165-pound division where Augustana’s Parker Swanson regained momentum for the Vikings winning by a technical fall of 17-0 over Blake Perryman. Augustana went ahead 13-3.

In the 174-pound match, Mason Bender won by forfeit to give the Vikings a 19-3 upper hand in the dual. Jeff Nielson battled at the 184-pound bout against David Murphy. Nielson won the close bout with a 6-5 decision to gain a 22-3 lead.

Fifth-ranked Jayd Docken edged out in a close match, 3-2, in the 197-pound bout to push Augustana’s lead to 25-3 with three matches left. At the heavyweight match, Freshman Lane Lettau pinned Northern State’s Quace Wright in 2:15 to give the Vikings a 31-3 advantage. Augustana never looked back taking the final two bouts.

No. 1 TJ North (125 pounds) and Morgan Engbrecht (133 pounds) won by forfeits in their respective weight classes to give the Vikings a 43-3 victory to open NSIC competition.

Augustana returns to the mat Jan. 17 for the Ranger Duals hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, Wis.

Augustana 43, Northern State 3
141: No. 4 Jeremiah Peterson won by a technical fall (17-2) over Tyler Frost; AC 5, NSU 0
149: Brandon Chesnut won by a sudden victory (7-5) Grant Steen ; AC 8, NSU 0
157: Sean Havlovic won by a decision (7-0) over Shawn Hatlestad ; AC 8, NSU 3
165: Parker Swanson won by technical fall (17-0) over Blake Perryman; AC 13, NSU 3
174: Mason Bender won by forfeit over OPEN; AC 19, NSU 3
184: Jeff Nielsen won by a decision (6-5) over David Murphy; AC 22, NSU 3
197: No. 5 Jayd Docken won by a decision (7-4) over Joe Gomez; AC 25, NSU 3
285: Lane Lettau won by pin (2:15) over Quace Wright; AC 31, NSU 3
125: No. 1 TJ North won by forfeit over OPEN; AC 37, NSU 3
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At The Extreme Rules PPV Event, there was a ton of issues happening behind the scenes with the countdown clock in the Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler Match. The audience started counting down from 10 (complete with a buzzer sound) every minute at around the 24 minute mark and according to a backstage source, this irritated Kevin Dunn to the point where he called for the clock to be removed from the big screen in the arena.
This made the situation even worse because not only did the fans start chanting “bring back the clock” but they also started counting down from 10 at random parts of the match, even prompting Ziggler and Rollins to whisper to each other that it was better with the clock up. Eventually it did come back, but afterwards, Rollins was reportedly extremely upset at how everything played out.
According to a source, apart from Hulk Hogan coming off as “disingenuous” to some talent, a lot of people were also “rolling their eyes” at Triple H’s introductory speech in which he warned everyone about the dangers of social media since the two issues weren’t really related and most of the talent have already had their “social media talk.”

WWE’s stock is doing very well right now and some executives including Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Kevin Dunn recently sold off a lot of their shares. According to SEC’s recent posted filings, a number of WWE Executives unloaded stocks while prices were at $82.92 a share. Prices of WWE stock dipped yesterday morning to $81.05, but leveled out at $82.52 a share at market close. WWE Executives sold a total combined amount of stock shares worth $160,807,208.
WWE stock prices have risen steadily since the deal with FOX Sports was announced. SmackDown Live will begin airing on FOX every Friday starting in October 2019 on a five-year deal $1 billion deal.
Vince McMahon sold 3.34 million shares of WWE stock in December 2017 to fund Alpha Entertainment for the 2020 rebirth of the XFL football league. At the time, McMahon unloaded his shares at $32 apiece for an estimated $100 million dollars. If he would have waited and sold his shares with the rest of these executives, he would have made around $276,952,800 million to start the new XFL.

You can check out the list of The WWE Executives & the amount of WWE stock they sold below:
– Executive Vice President, Television Production, Kevin Dunn: 122,926 shares for $10,193,023.90
– Co-President, Michelle Wilson: 121,181 shares for $10,048,328.50
– Co-President, George Barrios: 120,546 shares for $9,995,474.32

– Chief Brand Officer, Stephanie McMahon Levesque: 17,373 shares for $1,440,569.16
– Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative, Paul Levesque (Triple H): 17,272 shares for $1,432194.24
– President, WWE Studios, Michael Luisi: 16,579 shares for $1,374,730,68

– Corporate Controller, Mark Kowal: 4,913 shares for $407,385.96

Shortly before WrestleMania 34, WWE and Brock Lesnar agreed to a new two-show contract that was to culminate at SummerSlam with the assumption that Lesnar would finally drop the title. That is the reason why Lesnar retained The WWE Universal Title at WrestleMania 34 and at The Greatest Royal Rumble Event. However, there is always an outside chance that Lesnar has secretly signed a new extension with WWE as he has yet to sign with UFC, and technically can’t until September. This may mean that he will once again retain The WWE Universal Title at SummerSlam, but that is yet to be seen and merely a speculation at this point and anything can happen between now and SummerSlam.
Paul Heyman was reportedly backstage at RAW this past Monday, once again helping with the work related to the Bobby Lashley/Roman Reigns storyline as it relates to and eventually leads to a match against Brock Lesnar.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

As reported yesterday, newly reinstated WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan was in the same town as last night’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Hogan teased making his first appearance on the show in over three years before Raw began last night, but “The Hulkster” was nowhere to be seen during the entire show. It now appears that the reason why Hogan was in town last night has been revealed. A new music video for DJ Cedric Gervais is being shot in the city, and the video will apparently feature the new WWE Champion. Hogan and WWE could very well reach a deal that will see him return to the company soon, but as of right now, Hogan is still not under any sort of contract with WWE at all.

BTS ?@CedricGervais? Music Video with PAPA ?@HulkHogan? pic.twitter.com/5UWTwWntVx
— David Grutman (@DaveGrutman) July 30, 2018

So @CedricGervais needed a bass player so we’re taking this show to the top brother. HH #miami #Hulkamania #music #behindthescenes pic.twitter.com/XTvvoi8Reg
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) July 30, 2018

We Made history today @HulkHogan @DaveGrutman pic.twitter.com/ICNi0EJTzK
— Cedric Gervais (@CedricGervais) July 31, 2018

Ring of Honor has reportedly just hired an extremely valuable wrestler to their staff of trainers and producers. It has just been reported by PWInsider that former WWE Superstar Joey Mercury has now been hired by the promotion to begin working as a coach in the ROH Dojo, as well as to produce shows backstage. Mercury also worked as a trainer and a producer throughout most of the current decade in WWE before the company released him from his contract back in 2017. Mercury has been competing on the independent circuit and has also been a guest coach at the ROH Dojo in the past, but it now appears that Mercury will be remaining on board as a trainer and backstage producer for ROH going forward.
One of the matches for All In that was officially confirmed yesterday was a six-man tag team match pitting masked superstars Rey Mysterio, Bandido, and Fenix against the team of The Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, this was not previously the planned match for the event as it once originally involved Kenny Omega. Dave Meltzer says that the original match for All In was set to have The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega face off against Fenix and Pentagon Jr., but since the participants of that match have been changed around quite a bit, Meltzer speculates that there could be a singles match between Pentagon and Omega during the All In event now.

Get a close look at Braun Strowman’s special meeting with his passionate fan Ryan in San Diego, Calif.
Ryan has a genetic disorder which forced him to undergo brain surgery. After telling everyone in the hospital about Braun Strowman, Ryan and his family flew from Ohio to San Diego as part of the first Make A Wish that the Monster in the Bank has ever granted.

After RAW went off the air last night in Jacksonville, Florida, there wasn’t any dark main event or dark segment that took place. The main event of RAW saw Ronda Rousey defeat hometown star Alicia Fox. After RAW went off the air, Rousey and Natalya continued to celebrate in front of the crowd and waved to the fans. They made their exit to the back and that was it for the show. Below are a few clips and tweets from the main event:

It’s MAIN EVENT TIME on #RAW, and here come @AlexaBliss_WWE & @AliciaFoxy! pic.twitter.com/e3qegR53Xn
— WWE (@WWE) August 7, 2018

It’s GO TIME.#RAW @RondaRousey @AliciaFoxy pic.twitter.com/nIt23dkV6d
— WWE (@WWE) August 7, 2018

NO shortage of confidence in former #DivasChampion @AliciaFoxy… #RAW pic.twitter.com/6e5vazSXMV
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 7, 2018

The celebration is ON, because @RondaRousey is officially 1-0 on Monday Night #RAW! pic.twitter.com/apQJYAPNEO
— WWE (@WWE) August 7, 2018

“@AlexaBliss_WWE, it does not matter how tight you hold onto that title, because at #SummerSlam, IT’S MINE!” – @RondaRousey #RAW pic.twitter.com/CbC4Lkdflr
— WWE (@WWE) August 7, 2018

13 days, @AlexaBliss_WWE…#RAW @RondaRousey pic.twitter.com/IVkkNrp2On
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 7, 2018

.@RondaRousey is absolutely PUMMELING @AliciaFoxy on #Raw! pic.twitter.com/yKFKWATuxC
— WWE (@WWE) August 7, 2018

It was a sad day for The Lawler Family as well as The Professional Wrestling Community when Brian Christopher recently passed away. He will forever be remembered as Grand Master Sexay and a member of Too Cool with Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty. He was a former WWE Tag Team Champion with Scotty 2 Hotty during their time in Too Cool. He is also the son of WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler. Speaking of Jerry Lawler, he recently returned to the ring in a match against James Ellsworth. During the match, Lawler paid tribute to his late son, Brian Christopher, by wearing one of his vests to the ring, as seen below:

.@JerryLawler wore his son’s vest to the ring as a tribute tonight for his match with @realellsworth. #RIPBrianChristopherLawler pic.twitter.com/Da5Cxf3iMv
— Dinner With The King (@DinnerWithKing) August 6, 2018

On Tuesday, WWE announced a profit increase but a revenue decrease from the first quarter of this year as compared to last year.

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Profits are up $13.9 million for Q1 2016 as compared to $9.8 million for Q1 2015 while revenue finished at $171 million for Q1 2016, down from the $176.2 million they did in Q1 2015.

The decrease in revenue year to year can be completely attributed to WrestleMania being in the first quarter last year and second quarter this year. That significantly decreased live event revenue in taking out the WrestleMania gate, as well as merchandise revenue.

Given that, actual 2016 Q2 revenue should be up probably $40 million or more as compared to last year, but WWE indicated that second quarter profits would actually be lower than last year. However, they have projected an increase for 2016 as a whole.

While not factoring in the WWE Network, the first quarter was a break-even proposition based on Wrestlemania. Mania had no impact on the profitability year-to-year, but the event and week itself generated a total of $24.9 million. If you factor that out, the first quarter revenue would have been $151.3 million if you’re doing a fair comparision.

Other Notes

There were not a lot of notes coming from the call, since the key figure, network subscribers, was covered in the call after WrestleMania.

The WWE has greatly changed the way it is reporting data, no longer featuring PPV, home video and web merchandise sales in the key performance indicators, and focusing on social media and global video views, as well as the Network and live attendance.

When asked how WrestleMania did on PPV this year, either George Barrios didn’t understand the question or didn’t answer it because he gave numbers of what the show used to do. The person asking ended up moving to the next question instead of following up.

Questions about tiered network subscriptions or whether Raw or Smackdown would be put on the Network during the same week of airing were vaguely answered, with Barrios and company saying they won’t discuss the nature of TV contracts.

PPV and home video have been greatly declining categories while merchandise has been greatly increasing.

Injuries, Shane & New Stars

Vince McMahon noted that due to injuries, they made chicken salad out of the show, and said that within the next 30 days, many stars will be returning, noting in particular Seth Rollins, John Cena, Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt. They talked about adding 13 new stars to the main roster and credited NXT, although the new stars are a mix of outside wrestlers like A.J. Styles, Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows with people like Baron Corbin, Enzo, Cass, and The Vaudevillains who did come via the NXT pipeline.

McMahon said that the injury rate isn’t any higher than before, and just said that the news gets out more, and most injuries are three to four month injuries. He said that the game isn’t any more risky and talked about being “well ahead of everyone else” when it comes to concussion treatment.

Shane McMahon’s name came up and Vince talked of the great job he’s done as talent, but it was made clear he was working only in a talent capacity.

Barrios talked about long-term strategy such as heavy investments in China that they hope pay off in the long run. He said that while profits were up over last year in the current quarter, a key point was the nature of the video game contract and that more royalties were paid this quarter than at the same time last year. He
noted that would even out, and that the second quarter profit margin would be down from last year. He expects after six months, things would be even. He said they expect growth in profits in quarters three and four.

The company talked OIBDA expectations of $70-$85 million, and indicated more at the high end of that level. Last year’s total was $69 million.

Social Media

What ended up as a key talking point is that when it comes to social media and videos viewed, 70 to 80 percent comes from overseas, while when it comes to revenues, that number is reversed. They were asked if so much social media and video viewing, metrics they are pushing as the most important, would indicate why overseas isn’t generating revenue like stateside. Laura Martin, who has been a strong company backer, even said she wondered if those statistics are meaningless if they aren’t driving revenue.

Barrios, in short form, talked about it as a long term strategy, noting in particular huge consumption in India but that the network, for example, hasn’t done big numbers there.

They indicated, without actually saying it, that 70 to 75 percent of the free subscribers during the WrestleMania ramp up period have been converted to paid subscribers and that they should average 1.5 million paid during the quarter.

Every Superstar dreams of creating a lasting moment at the The Biggest Event of the Summer. Here are the 10 greatest SummerSlam endings of all time. It’s the perfect appetizer to get the WWE Universe ready for 2018’s version of the greatest summer show in wrestling.
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– Mikey Nicholls and Shane Veryzer beat The Authors Of Pain

Early power work by Dhinsa and Selmani with bearhugs, stomps, and overall destroying Mikey. The finish was a flash pin as Shane dropkicked one of the big men which allowed Mikey to get a roll up for the win.

– Adrienne Reese beat Peyton Royce

Early lock-up and mat work before Reese took to the ropes for a big cross body. She hit lots of speed moves and finished Royce off with the top rope jumping stunner.

– Alexander Wolfe beat Josh Woods

Wolfe and tag partner Fulton are out together. Wolfe puts a beating on Woods before the hope spot of Woods catching an ankle lock on Wolfe. Wolfe then hit a big boot for the win. Post match, Fulton and Wolfe cut a promo but were completely drowned out. The gist: Fulton challenged anyone in the back which leads to…

– Angelo Dawkins beat Sawyer Fulton

Hoss match; two large men just throwing each other around. The finish came out of nowhere when Dawkins rocked Fulton with a big punch.

– Chris Girard beat Patrick Clark

Hard-hitting action with Chris taking the attack to Patrick. The finish was a vicious running uppercut by Girard to lay Patrick out.

– Daria and Carmella beat Mandy Rose and Lana

Pre-match promo by Lana saying she is excited to be back in this poor village. This was a safe and basic match. Lana did headlocks when she was in, and Mandy did most of the selling for her team. Carmella ran wild on Mandy and then tagged out to allow Daria the win via submission.

– Tye Dillinger beat Manny Andrade

Great match and they added even more from last night. Early grappling followed by flashy rope running and one upsmanship. Tye had Manny up for an apparent GTS yet it was countered in to a front roll pin attempt and near fall. Big slingshot dive over the top by Manny onto Tye. Action really picked up towards the finish when Tye had Manny up for a powerbomb yet again it was reversed into a forward roll. Yet, Tye countered and kept rolling through and scored the pin. Post-match, the two shook hands and their live event series is 1-1.

Month: July 2020

Augustana 43, Northern State 3

Backstage News on IC Title Match Issues At Extreme Rules, Hogan

HHH, Stephanie & Other WWE Execs Sell Over $160M Of WWE Stocks

WWE News: Lesnar Update, Heyman Backstage At Last Week’s RAW

Why Hogan Was In Miami, ROH Hires Mercury, All In Match Changed?

Braun Strowman Enjoys Emotional Make A Wish Meeting With Fan

What Happened After RAW, Jerry Lawler Pays Tribute To His Son

WWE 2016 Q1 revenue & profit notes, social media relevancy discussion, more

WWE Counts Down Its Top 10 SummerSlam Endings

NXT Largo, FL, live results: Lana in action; Manny Andrade vs. Tye Dillinger