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Daily Update: Pat McAfee, Drew McIntyre, Cole Radrick

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  • The amazing life of Bill Mercer and the glory days of World Class Championship Wrestling
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  • Conor McGregor wants to run for President of Ireland
  • TKO exects pocket $278 million in latest transaction
  • Former WWE name openly talks about a return
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  • Mariah May and Harley Cameron’s latest vlog.
  • Kyle Fletcher does the weather report for central Illinois and the surrounding area.
  • Brett Lauderdale took to social media to praise Cole Radrick, who suffered a torn ACL recently that put him out of action: “Cole Radrick is a heart and soul of GCW guy. His passion is 2nd to none and he eats sleeps breathes and bleeds GCW. This timing sucks but thats the rasslin biz & life for ya. I have no doubt he will work hard to get back asap & i look forward to that day.”
  • The GoFundMe for Radrick can be found here.
  • Post Wrestling has more details on the death of independent wrestler Graham Moor, who passed away on March 21 during a Xtreme Valley Wrestling event.
  • Jonathan Gresham is opening up Octopus University, where wrestlers can train with the former ROH Champion. Classes start in May.
  • Josh Alexander has filed a trademark for the term ‘Canadian Strong Style’.

JNPO: The violent & peaceful world of GCW’s Cole Radrick

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Just over a year ago, I saw this clip circulating around social media and was fascinated not only by the gruesome visuals but that they were inflicted on someone I wouldn’t have expected. 

That someone is Cole Radrick, a 25-year-old who has made GCW his primary home for the last few years and has been seemingly on a non-stop tour of wrestling throughout the world with 1000+ matches under his belt.

But he’s not just a deathmatch wrestler which is just one of the things we talked about in our near hour-long conversation on this week’s Josh Nason’s Punch-Out.

Some of the other topics:

  • Finding a home in GCW
  • Making a name as a traditional wrestler against the likes of Mike Bailey, Konosuke Takeshita, Alex Shelley and others
  • Dealing with negative feedback online
  • His friendship with Shigehiro Irie
  • Whether he has to psych himself up differently for a deathmatch vs. a regular match 
  • Learning the ropes as a promoter
  • Reflections on his world travel given his humble upbringing
  • His love of MMA and, yes, sumo wrestling

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Daily Update: AEW Road to, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Cole Radrick

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August 1, 2022 Observer Newsletter: Vince McMahon resigns from WWE

  • In this issue:
  • The life and career of Vince McMahon. His rise, his fall, both sides of the coin, how things could have been different. The fall of the territories, the WCW feud, buying the company from his father, his pre-WWF promotions, announcing, getting on the USA Network, the expansion, Hulk Hogan, Saturday Night’s Main Event, the first WrestleMania, the death of Crockett Promotions, the McMahon family as TV characters, angles with the family he suggested that never happened, a potential sale, Paul Levesque, what brought Vince down, Brock Lesnar, Tony Khan and much more.
  • WrestleMania 2024
  • Full coverage of ROH Death Before Dishonor with business notes
  • SummerSlam and Clash at the Castle notes
  • Full coverage of the G1 tournament, with business, standings, star ratings and all that good stuff
  • Full coverage of Saturday’s UFC show
  • Television ratings for every national wrestling show
  • Details behind the IWGP Women’s Championship and why
  • Stardom PPV coverage from last week and the upcoming shows this week
  • Dragon Gate’s biggest shows of the year this week
  • Why a top Dragon Gate star left the promotion
  • Lots of injury updates
  • New Japan Strong tapings
  • Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame induction ceremony notes
  • Nick Wayne’s flight issues make mainstream news
  • Update on AEW injuries and business
  • Streaming numbers for the week
  • Fedor’s last fight
  • How much Peacock is really losing
  • NXT vs. AEW is back on
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Monday News Update

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  • Raw last night had a video package highlighting past United States champions.
  • Matches taped for this week’s Main Event include Omos vs. Ezekiel and T-Bar vs. Shelton Benjamin.
  • NBA star Dwight Howard, who recently took part in the WWE tryouts held over the weekend, is a guest on this week’s episode of The Bump.
  • Roman Reigns on Twitter commented on reaching the 700 day mark as Universal Champion: “For over 700 days, you’ve sat at MY table and enjoyed MY body of work. It’s not over, I’m not finished, but if you’ve waited until this point to do so… #AcknowledgeME”
  • Cora Jade is the subject of this week’s Canvas 2 Canvas.
  • The Miz’s SummerSlam Diary.
  • Business Insider has an article on eight companies that may be interested in purchasing WWE.
  • Matches added to WWE’s YouTube include Nikki ASH vs. Charlotte Flair from the August 2, 2021 edition of Raw, Drew McIntyre vs. Veer and Shanky from the August 2, 2021 Raw, and Kevin Owens vs. Theory from the January 31, 2022 edition of Raw.
  • Latino Rebels has an article on Rey Mysterio’s 20th anniversary with WWE.
  • Titus O’Neil was on FOX 13 in Tampa Bay, Florida to discuss his $13 for 13 charity.

AEW/ROH

  • This week’s Road to, focusing on Matt Hardy vs. Christian Cage and the Dumpster Match between The Acclaimed and The Gunn Club.
  • The company filed a trademark on August 1 for “All Elite Women”.
  • On Monday’s AEW Dark: Elevation, Cole Karter joined The Factory.
  • Brody King gets tattooed by Paul Booth.
  • Anthony Bowens filed a trademark for “Five Tool Player”, a nickname he used before signing with AEW.
  • This week’s Sammy Guevara vlog.

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Two title changes, Jon Moxley retains at The People vs. GCW

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Game Changer Wrestling presented The People vs. GCW from the Nashville Fairgrounds on Friday. 

New GCW Tag Team Champions were crowned on the show when Los Mazisos (Ciclope & Miedo Extremo) won a triple threat match against The Second Gear Crew and the former champions, BUSSY (Allie Katch & Effy). It is the second time Los Mazisos have held the titles. Their first reign with the belts lasted 1,162 days from May 2018 to July 2021.  

Cole Radrick also won the GCW Extreme title on Friday in a six-way scramble match. He becomes the eighth person to win the title. AJ Gray’s title reign comes to an end after 195 days and nine successful defenses. 

Jon Moxley was the only champion to successfully defend his title on the show. He retained the GCW World Championship by defeating Blake Christian in the main event. 

Nick Gage cut a promo during the event as well. He called out Starrcast promoter Conrad Thompson and complained that no GCW wrestlers were booked for Ric Flair’s Last Match. Gage promised that they would invade the show on Sunday night, leading to Thompson walking out. 

The People vs. GCW took place Friday, July 29 from the Nashville Fairgrounds. Results from the show are as follows:

  • Cole Radrick defeated AJ Gray, Axton Ray, Grim Reefer, Marko Stunt, and Shane Mercer in a six-way scramble match to win the GCW Extreme Championship
  • Tony Deppen defeated Mike Bailey
  • Nick Wayne defeated Alex Zayne
  • Black Taurus, Gringo Loco, & Jack Cartwheel defeated ASF, Komander, & Laredo Kid
  • Psycho Clown defeated Joey Janela
  • Jordan Oliver defeated Bandido
  • Los Mazisos (Ciclope & Miedo Extremo) defeated BUSSY (Allie Katch & Effy) and The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner & Matthew Justice) to win the GCW Tag Team Championships
  • Masha Slamovich defeated Kevin Blackwood
  • GCW World Champion Jon Moxley defeated Blake Christian to retain the title