WWE RAW Superstar Alexa Bliss issued a tweet Sunday that some are linking to post-WrestleMania 35 reports about the level of unhappiness Sasha Banks and Bayley had backstage after losing the women’s tag team championship belts.
Here’s what Ryan Satin tweeted out a few weeks ago:
Heard from a few sources now saying Sasha Banks and Bayley were laying on the floor of the locker room on Sunday, and back at the hotel in front of one of their rooms, loudly making it known they were unhappy about losing the tag titles.
— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) April 12, 2019
Haha ok make fun of me all you want. Like its something new for u guys . Go comfort your friend. I’ll save you guys a spot on the locker room floor
— Lexi Kaufman (@AlexaBliss_WWE) April 28, 2019
Interestingly enough, WWE announced Bayley will face RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch on SmackDown this week. Also, Lynch issued a sarcastic tweet in response to the one posted above by Bliss.
Get her, kween—and her stupid ponytail. #BayleyfearsTheGoddess pic.twitter.com/a7e3nsRp3I
— The Man (@BeckyLynchWWE) April 28, 2019
MANKATO, Minn. — The Minnesota State wrestling team is rated seventh in the 2019-20 NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association Top-25 Preseason Poll.
The Mavericks are one of three Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference teams ranked in the poll. St. Cloud State is rated second, the Mavericks come in at seventh and Upper Iowa is rated 11th.
Minnesota State has five individuals ranked at their respective weight classes, including junior Kyle Rathman (Apple Valley, Minn.), who went 19-5 for the Mavericks a year ago and placed seventh at the NCAA DII Wrestling Championships in earning All-American honors. He is rated No. 4 at 149 lbs.
Senior Louie Sanders (141 lbs.), who is ranked fifth, wrestled his way to a 15-7 overall record and placed second at the NCAA DII Super Regionals where he earned a bid to the NCAA DII Wrestling Championships. Senior Logan Saltou enters the season ranked eighth at 165 lbs., after earning an 18-9 overall record a year ago. He placed third in the NCAA DII Super Regionals and earned a place in the NCAA DII Wrestling Championships. Senior Zach Johnston, who is ranked eighth at 174 lbs., boasted a 14-6 overall record a year ago. He placed fifth at the NCAA Division II Super Regionals. Senior Matthew Blome enters the year ranked sixth at 197 lbs. He is coming off a medical redshirt from a year ago.
NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association Top 25 and Individual Rankings
Minnesota State’s first action of the year is this weekend when individuals will compete at the RCTC Yellowjacket Open on Saturday in Rochester, Minn.
CEV Cup is for the first time in the hands of Roma Volley. Italian team did not face problems in the final against Noliko Maaseik and captured first European title.
Roma Volley in front of home public did not give any chance to Russian Fakel Novy Urengoi in the semifinal, nor Noliko Maaseik in the final match. MVP of the tournament has been elected setter of Roma, Manuel Coscione.
Roberto Serniotti, head coach Roma Volley: "We addict this title to our president Massimo Mezzaroma who made this dream possible. To win in front of such a crowd is wonderful. We kept cool in the most important moments of the game, namely in the end of the first set. Compliments to my players, they did a great job tonight."
"All my compliments to ROMA, they played a great game. We should have won the first set to keep a chance to finish as winners. We learned a lot tonight; and to play in front of such a outstanding audience, that's just great. We would like to come back to Rome," added coach of Noliko Maaseik Vital Heynen.
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Manheim, Pennsylvania – Several upsets sparked a shake-up in the most recent NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll released on Tuesday. Virginia Tech (3-0) made a significant jump, rising seven spots to come in tied at No. 4 this week after the Hokies defeated then-No. 3 Ohio State 21-15 in Columbus. Rider (2-0) entered the Top 25 this week at No. 20 after beating then-No. 6 Minnesota (1-1) in Minneapolis on Friday. The loss dropped the Golden Gophers six spots to No. 12, tied with Pittsburgh (1-1).
Penn State (1-0) remained No. 1 for the 36th straight poll, while No. 2 Iowa (1-0) opened up its dual meet schedule with a 39-0 win over Chattanooga, witnessed by 10,466 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Nebraska comes in No. 3, the highest that program has been ranked since February 17, 2009. Tied at No. 4 with Virginia Tech, Wisconsin (5-0) was last ranked in the top five on February 1, 2011, when the Badgers were ranked sixth. The Badgers peaked at No. 3 during the 2010-11 season.
Lehigh (1-0) moved up three spots to No. 7 after beating then-No. 4 Oklahoma State 21-20 on criteria in Bethlehem on Saturday. Oddly enough, the Mountain Hawks find themselves tied, again, with Oklahoma State as the Cowboys slid three spots to sit in a tie at No. 7 with Lehigh. NC State (4-0) won four duals over the weekend, beating Old Dominion 22-11 on Friday before dominating three non-Division I opponents at home a day later. With the movement inside the top 10, Arizona State slid to No. 10 after a pair of wins over Division II opponents at home.
Iowa State (1-0) moved up a spot to No. 11 after a win at home against Bucknell.
Princeton didn’t compete, but again with all the movement, the Tigers crept upward. With the move to No. 14, Princeton holds its highest ranking in school history. Northwestern (1-1) evened its record after Sunday’s win over then-No. 14 Northern Iowa (0-1). Missouri (0-2) slid to No. 18 after a loss to unranked Illinois on Thursday. North Carolina (1-1) fell to Stanford, dropping the Tar Heels two spots to No. 19. Despite ranked victories this week, Illinois, Stanford and Michigan State received votes but didn’t enter the poll. Michigan State (2-0) won weekend duals over Kent State and then-No. 20 Oklahoma, which fell out of the poll this week.
Ranked duals this week: Top-ranked Penn State puts its dual meet streak of 60 wins in a row on the line on Friday at No. 10 Arizona State; No. 9 NC State will face No. 15 Cornell, while No. 7 Lehigh will face No. 14 Princeton and No. 12 Pittsburgh on back-to-back days. No. 3 Nebraska faces No. 17 Northern Iowa, No. 12 Minnesota takes on No. 7 Oklahoma State in Stillwater, while No. 2 Iowa heads to Ames to take on No. 11 Iowa State.
Methodology: The NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll is voted on by two coaches from each Division I wrestling conference. Each first-place vote is worth 25 points, 24 points for a second-place vote, 23 for a third-place vote and so on through to one point for a 25th-place vote.
Ricochet now represents the only babyface Superstar from RAW to head into the Money in the Bank men’s ladder match this Sunday at the XL Center in Hartford.
On the Monday Night RAW go-home show, Ricochet lost his match against fellow ladder match competitor Baron Corbin. Later in the show, Braun Strowman lost a Falls Count Anywhere match to Sami Zayn, losing his spot in the ladder match to Zayn in the process. As a result, Ricochet, Zayn, Corbin and Drew McIntyre are representing RAW in the match.
After RAW went off the air, Ricochet taped a promo with WWE Exclusive that was released on WWE’s YouTube channel. The One and Only says he will expect the unexpected in his first ever MITB match. You can watch his promo below:
Skra Belchatow is champion of volleyball Plusliga in Poland. Asseco Rzeszow Resovia lost the third final game at home with Skra PGE Belchatow 1:3.
For the fifth time a team from Belchatow reached the championship title. The public in the Rzeszow hall saw the match after two meetings in Belchatow. In spite of great effort of home team, Belchatow controlled the game and deserved the victory in the last final game. The final match can be described as a dignified final of PlusLiga.
“I knew that before own audience Resovia play a completely different way. They have fantastic supporters here which have made a really amazing show. I am delighted that after so many years I finally managed to win the gold medal”, said Piotr Gacek “They were very efficient and this brought them to the intended effect. We were very keen to take us here and we wanted to extend the final series. We did not succeeded at least we can proudly say goodbye to the fans. They believed to the end in us and they were with us”, commented the last game spiker of Rzeszow Marcin Wika.
Coach of Skra Belchatow Daniel Castellani: “I am very pleased that my work in Skra has been finished with the gold medal, in a team which created the best conditions. I won three times polish championship with Belchatow. Now I will work with Polish national team”.
Dragon Wrestlers Fall to Northern State 29-7 in NSIC Opener
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Despite wins from sophomores Evan Foster and Mason Schulz, the Minnesota State University Moorhead wrestling team came up short on the road on Thursday, falling to Northern State 29-7 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference opener for both teams in Aberdeen, S.D.
MSUM is now 0-1 overall and in the NSIC while Northern State is 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the league.
“We came out flat tonight and did not wrestle to our potential,” MSUM head coach Kris Nelson said. “I feel Northern State has a good team and they were much more offensive and aggressive than we were. We have a lot of work to do and need to improve throughout this season.”
The dual started at 157 pounds and Northern State won at 157 and 165 by major decision to open an 8-0 lead. Foster got the Dragons on the board with an 11-4 win over Tanner Wiese at 174.
“Evan Foster wrestled a solid match and stayed in solid position while wrestling physical and aggressive,” Nelson said.
Schulz’s major decision win at 141 ended a stretch of five straight Northern wins, which included a major decision and technical fall.
“Mason Schulz wrestled a great match against a good wrestler and wrestled all seven minutes hard,” Nelson said.
MSUM will host the Dragon Open on Sunday beginning at 11 a.m.
“Hopefully we learn from this dual to come out ready to wrestle and our staff feels that the wrestlers are committed to working hard and getting better,” Nelson said.
Hello AW Universe,
This is a weekly thoughts recap on the week that was in (mostly WWE) wrestling. But, with Clash of Champions this Sunday, predications have to be made. So let’s get right into it.
Cruiserweight Championship
Drew Gulak Vs. Humberto Carrillo Vs. Lince Dorado
Once again, this has to be a Sunday Night Heat match. If feels like Drew Gulak has been champion since Edge retired, so why not keep it on him, right?
Winner: Drew Gulak
United States Championship
AJ Styles Vs. Cedric Alexander
This is interesting. Alexander has been getting a huge push on Monday Night Raw, and he’s come through the angle of “fighting through injuries” and “overcoming the odds” so it wouldn’t be completely surprising to see him go over AJ here. On the other hand, AJ and the Good Brothers have been set up be a huge controlling force on Raw, so having him do the J.O.B. for Alexander would have to be done with a bit of a schmozy finish with The Good Brothers and maybe The Viking Raiders getting involved? Actually, having AJ drop the US title in this way to have him still look strong but allowing him to chase the Universal title makes sense. That’s is. That has to be it.
Winner: Cedric Alexander
Intercontinental Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura Vs. The Miz
The Miz is okay. Frankly, he sucks as a face and it bothers me. Meanwhile, Shinsuke Nakamura’s… manager? Sami Zayn got the Undertaker rub on SmackDown and he’s been great running with this weirdo aggressive version of Shinsuke, so it makes no sense for him to drop the title to The Miz who can eat a lose and move on to something else that I don’t care about.
Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura
SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The New Day Vs. The Revival
Is The New Day run coming to an end soon? Is this setting up for The Revival (aka New Legacy) to hold gold with Randy Orton come Tuesday? It sure feels that way. This match has been set up solely through Randy Orton’s feud with Kofi, with these two teams barely interacting so it’s difficult to get a feel for this (or even really care that much). But, it’s felt like Orton’s going to go over Kofi for awhile now, so I’d say this match goes the way of that feud.
Winners: Legacy… uh, I mean, The Revival.
Women’s Tag Team Championship
Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross Vs. Fire & Desire
Wow, does it ever feel like “Fire & Desire” came out of nowhere to challenge for these titles. But, here we are. Now, I’m not opposed to some questionable and edgy material in wrestling to generate heat. But, the whole “Nikki Cross is so ugly” angle on Raw just wasn’t funny and felt unnecessarily mean. Is this to really push Mandy Rose as a rude heel, or to get Nikki Cross over with sympathy babyface heat? I dunno, it was weird. Anyway, the match! Up until that weird segment, I was pretty convinced that they were going to put the titles on Fire & Desire (which one’s which, by the way?) but now it has to be Bliss & Cross, right?
Yes. It does.
Winners: Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross
RAW Tag Team Championship
Seth Rollins & Braun Strowman Vs. Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
Likely to open the night? That would make sense, right? Dolph & Roode seem to now be honorary members of The Club now, so perhaps there’s a schmoz here too and then Braun gets mad because he feels he was set up? Something of the sort has to happen. It feels strange dropping the belts to a team that have really only pointed at one another and barely spoken but are so synergetic already, but it also seems most unlikely that Seth and Braun leave with these titles.
Winners: Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
SmackDown Women’s Championship
Bayley Vs. Charlotte Flair
Oh, heel Bayley. It’s getting there. The ring attire and side-pony are still too babyface (although I do like the subtle touch of her and Sasha wearing matching attire), but the attitude and aggression is there. Is Charlotte a heel? She’s sort of operating in a tweener zone and that’s alright. It’ll be interesting to see how this match goes. The tag team match on Raw was incredible, and we know the OG Horsewomen always perform, so the match should be great. Sasha has to get involved here, though because I can’t see Charlotte losing clean.
Winner: Bayley
Roman Reigns Vs. Erick Rowan (No Disqualification)
So this match basically kicked the King of the Ring Final off this card and onto Monday Night Raw, but that’s okay. Rowan was surprisingly good on the mic on SmackDown, and Reigns actually seemed to show some effects from the damage inflicted on him. The spectre of Daniel Bryan is still lingering overt this feud, and the cynical part of me is worried that they’re using this to turn Bryan face, which would be devastating because he’s just a fantastic heel. So the hope is that Bryan is in on all this and he helps Rowan get the win. But, this is Roman Reigns, on a fairly big PPV card. Bryan may still get involved, but Reigns will most likely still pull out the win.
But, let’s dare to dream!
Winner: Erick Rowan
WWE Championship
Kofi Kingston Vs. Randy Orton
As mentioned in the SmackDown title match, this feels like a Legacy/Revival sweep sort of thing here. Kofi went so over Orton on Raw, that it feels like there’s no way he just goes over him clean on the PPV. I have to admit, I’m sort of cheering for Orton here because he’s speaking a lot of truths: they’ve shown that clip of Kofi leg-dropping Orton through that table ten years ago, like, every week since this feud started and it’s the only sliver of glory that Kofi leans on. We get it. You dropped Orton through a table and the crowd went crazy and you thought you were getting a World title push but didn’t. Alright, alright… But, Orton’s also gotta cut the “stupid” thing out. I realize writing this that I am very over this feud. End it already. I don’t care who goes over.
But, I still think all of The New Day takes a hit this Sunday.
Winner: Randy Orton
RAW Women’s Championship
Becky Lynch Vs. Sasha Banks
Ah, when backstage heat meets the ring. It’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it? These two are likely going to put on the match of the night, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see some colour maybe, with one girl bleeding hard-style. Sasha’s had a rocky rollout at as a top heel, but her in-ring storytelling will be better than her mic work, and Becky’s gonna bring it. With Sasha helping Bayley earlier in the night it retain her title against Charlotte, the favour has to be returned here. But… does that mean Charlotte gets involved too…? Are we setting up a Fatal Four-way here? Hell in a Cell is the next PPV… Damn.
Anyway, there’ll be some interference, and Sasha will capitalize.
Boss n’ Hug 4 Eva!
Winner: Sasha Banks
Universal Championship
Seth Rollins Vs. Braun Strowman
Well, after dropping their tag titles earlier both men are gonna be mad at one another and go after each other hard. It should be a good match, and it would be great to see Braun go over, but “The Fiend” has explicitly mentioned both these guys in the last two “Firefly Fun House” segments, so he’s getting involved somehow to lead to Hell in a Cell. That’ll be a hell of a way to end the night… get it?
Winner: No Contest
Thoughts? How will the WWE landscape look heading into a massive week with NXT going live on Wednesday?
Comments are open!
Panathinaikos lead the Greek volleyball league after 10 rounds. First team in ranking won convincingly in Lamia 3:0. Also Olympiakos, EA Patron and Iraklis gained 3 points.
Olympiakos claimed straight three set victory over mediocre Panellionis. Lamia faced second strong opponent in row, in previous round Lamia lost with Olympiacos. Panathinaikos was also the team who is not giving away any points. EA Patron did not have big problems to win 3:0 over Kifisia even without first setter A. Zhekov. EA Patron celebrate the 5th consecutive victory in Greek league.
Seven rounds needed Aris to win the match after the suprisingly victory over Olympiacos in second round. Apollon was in front 2:0 but Aris came back to game and won in tie-break. Iraklis was the winner in the Thessaloniki derby which dropped the curtain of the 10th round. Czech middleblocker J. Kral had a great day (19 points). This is the 5th consecutive defeat of PAOK.