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Here are the matchups for the Women’s 78 KG Judo Weight Class which will get underway early Thursday Morning Eastern Time. Let me just say that this isn’t part of my area of expertiese so if important information is missing or in an illogical order, I apologize. Date/Time (ET) Name Country Name Country 08/14 – 12:00 AM Xiuli Yang China Elena Proskurakova Kyrgyzstan 08/14 – 12:00 AM Heide [...] - [Read more]

BRIAN KNOBBS SPEAKS OUT ON THE RUMORED BRAWL BETWEEN KEN SHAMROCK AND THE NASTY BOYS, OFFERS HIS SIDE OF THE STORY, AND EXPLAINS WHY KEN HAS THE FACTS WRONG By WorldWrestlingInsanity.com The 128th edition of JG’s Radio Free Insanity is on the air and available right now at WorldWrestlingInsanity.com (Flash and MP3 download) This week’s show features [...] - [Read more]

CHIKARA brings “La Loteria Letal” to Easton on September 6th! Next month, we’re gathering up 18 of CHIKARA’s finest and tossing their names into a random lottery. Sixteen of them will be chosen for duty in a tag team tournament, paired together at random and sent in pursuit of three points! On [...] - [Read more]

http://flrankings.proboards80.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=10660 PART 2 OF MY BEST OF FCW PHOTO’S WATCH FOR PART 3 COMING NEXT WEEK! ALSO UNFORTUNATELY I’M STUCK WITH MY BACK UP CAMERA FOR ONE MORE WEEK SO I DECIDED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW WITH MY PHOTO’S IN ALL BLACK AND WHITE. THIS SET INCLUDES NEW PHOTO’S OF BRETT DIBIASE AND CANDICE MICHELLE! ENJOY! RB www.robertbeukema.com [...] - [Read more]

In November, 2002 independent wrestling phenomenon Jeff Peterson lost his long battle with cancer. May 16-17, 2003 saw the beginning of the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup, a sixteen competitor tournament in honor of the fallen star. Each year since the event has grown to international levels. Previous winners of this prestigious tournament are “Reckless Youth” [...] - [Read more]

Please credit Alan J. Wojcik of http://alanwojcik.com if posted, thanks as always. Alan J. Wojcik: Both of you gentleman are from England. Who were your favorites growing up and was wrestling the only profession you aspired to take up? Chris Gray: Growing up in England where football is the biggest sport in the country naturally I was [...] - [Read more]

SOUTHEASTERN WRESTLING NEWS, NOTES, AND NOSTALGIA: 08/13/2008 NEWS and NOTES Tonight’s edition of Peach State Pandemonium features current NWA North American Heavyweight Champion Mike DiBiase. We will also head back into the Wayback Machine with Bobby Simmons. In addition, Tako, the fan who is looking to get Hulk Hogan into the ring per this video, will be [...] - [Read more]

Here are the Qualification and 1/8 Finals Matchups for the 96 KG weight class of Greco-roman wrestling which will be contested tonight at the Beijing Summer Olympics. Date/time (ET) Round Red Country Blue Country 08/13 – 9:30 PM Qualifications Daigoro Timoncini Italy Kenzo Kato Japan 08/13 – 9:40 PM Qualifications Asset Mambetov Kazakhstan Aslanbek Khushtov Russia 08/13 – 9:50 PM Qualifications Ghasem Rezaei Iran Mindaugas Ezerskis Lithuania 08/13 – 10:00 PM Qualifications Oleg Kryoka Ukraine Mehmet Ozal Turkey 08/13 – 10:10 PM 1/8 Finals Tae-Young Han South Korea Mirko Englich Germany 08/13 [...] - [Read more]

Here are the Qualification and 1/8 Finals matchups in Greco-Roman Wrestling in the 84 KG/185 Lbs weight class which will be contested tonight. Date/time (ET) Round Red Country Blue Country 08/13 – 9:30 PM Qualifications Shingo Matsumoto Japan Denis Forov Armenia 08/13 – 9:40 PM Qualifications Brad Vering United States Artur Michalkiewicz Poland 08/13 – 9:50 PM Qualifications Ara Abrahamian Sweden Jung-Sub Kim South Korea 08/13 – 10:00 PM Qualifications Attila Batky Slovakia Yunior Estrada Cuba 08/13 – 10:10 PM 1/8 Finals Aleksandr Daragan Ukraine Saman Tahmasebi Iran 08/13 – 10:20 PM 1/8 [...] - [Read more]

Here are the first round results in the Super Heavyweight class contested on Day 5 of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine)-5 Def. Robert Alfonso Acea (Cuba)-3 Newfel Ouatah (Algeria)-7 Def. Jose Payares (Venezuela)-5 Zhilei Zhang (China)-15 Def. Mohamed Amanissi (Morocco)-0 Ruslan Myrsatayev (Kazakhstan)-3 Def. Dan Beahan (Australia)-1 R1 Roberto Cammarelle (Italy)-13 Def. Marko Tomasovic (Croatia)-1 Oscar Rivas [...] - [Read more]

Hey, did you know the Olympics are happening right now in Bejing? If you didn’t you will after this week’s edition of the Combat Hooligans.com Show. On this week’s edition: *Why covering Olympic combat sports was a great idea. *Recaps of UFC 87 and TNA Hard Justice. *The greatest defence in a drug test hearing ever…no seriously, this [...] - [Read more]

Here are results from the Light Flyweight class of Olympic Boxing at the 2008 Summer games in Beijing. Heavyweight and Super Heavyweight are also being contested today. Session One Lukas Maszczyk (Poland)-13 Def. Saidu Kargbo (Sierra Leone)-0 Birzhan Zhakypov (Kazakhstan)-7 Def. Pal Bedak (Hungary)-6 Hovhannes Danielyan (Armenia)-9 Def. Thomas Issomba (Cameroon)-3 Nordine Oubaali (France)-8 Def. Rafikjon Sultonov (Uzbekistan)-7 Shiming Zou (China)-11 [...] - [Read more]

Sorry for these being up so late but between internet problems and the fact I’ve not yet been able to convince my body it doesn’t need sleep, certain things are going to be delayed. Anyway, here are the results from the Repechage rounds and the medal matches in the 66 KG and 74 KG classes in [...] - [Read more]

Courtesy of NCsoft Corporation: NCsoft’s Operation Immortality and World-Renowned Pro Wrestler Team Up to Send Genetic Fingerprint to International Space Station AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 13, 2008 — Matt Morgan, known as “Beast” on television’s American Gladiators and a professional wrestling star for Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling, has signed on to have his DNA sequenced and digitized [...] - [Read more]

Men’s -90kg Judo Pools: Pool A: 1) Bye: Irakli Tsirekidze (Georgia) Round of 32 Match 1: Hesham Mesbah (Egypt) vs Sun-Ho Choi (Korea) Winner: Hesham Mesbah via Koka 1-0 Round of 32 Match 2: Elkhan Mammadov (Azerbaijan) vs Negmatullo Asranqulov (Tajikistan) Winner: Elkhan Mammadov via Yuko 11-0 Round of 32 Match 3: Khurshid Nabiev (Uzbekhistan) vs Winston Gordon (UK) Winner: Khurshid Nabiev 100-20 Round [...] - [Read more]

- 70kg Women’s Judo Pools: Pool A: 1) Bye: Anett Meszaros (Hungary) 2) Bye: Yulia Kuzina (Russia) 3) Bye: Ju-an Wang (China) Round of 32 Match: Ka-Yeon Park (South Korea) vs Masae Ueno (Japan) Winner: Masae Ueno 10-1 Round of 16 Match 1: Anett Meszaros (Hungary) vs Yulia Kuzina (Russia) Winner: Anett Meszaros 10-2 Round of 16 Match 2: Ju-an [...] - [Read more]

Here are the results of the opening round of the Heavyweight tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Osmai Acosta Duarte (Cuba)-11 Def. Olanrewaju Durodola (Nigeria)-0 Ilias Pavlidis (Greece)-7 Def. Milorad Gajovic (Montenegro)-3 John Mbumba (France)-11 Def. Blanco Julio (Columbia)-5 Rakhim Chakhkiev (Russia)-7 Def. Ali Mazaheri (Iran)-3 Deontay Wilder (United States)-10 Def. Abdelaziz Touilbini (Algeria)-4 Mohammed Arjaoui (Morocco)-11 Def. Brad [...] - [Read more]

Welcome to Combat-Hooligans.com’s on-going coverage of Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Today’s early session will see bouts in both the Light Flyweight and Heavyweight classes. The evening session will have Light Flyweight and Super Heavyweight bouts. As is the custom, remember to refresh your browser for the latest updated results. I expect to [...] - [Read more]

Last night’s Raw which went head-to-head with preseason football and the Olympics did a 3.1 rating down from last week’s 3.4. - [Read more]

Here are the Semifinal results from the 66 and 74 KG weight classes in Greco-Roman Wrestling which were contested today at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. 66 KG/145.5 Lbs Kanatbek Begaliev (Kyrgyzstan) Def. Nikolay Jergov (Bulgaria) Steeve Guenot (France) Def. Darkhan Bayakhmetov (Kazakhstan) 74 KG/163 Lbs Yongxiang Chang (China) Def. Aleh Mikhalovich (Belarus) Manuchar Kvirkelia (Georgia) Def. Peter Bacsi (Hungary) We’ll [...] - [Read more]