Taylor Swift breaks silence on politics by backing Tennessee Democrat

Taylor Swift has renounced her long-held political neutrality and waded into the US midterm elections, urging her 112 million Instagram followers to vote for Democrats in her home state of Tennessee, and enraging alt-right sympathisers who saw her as their poster girl.

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An analyst on Good Morning America, a leading breakfast show, mused over what “a weaponised Taylor Swift will look like”, while alt-right chat boards exploded in disgust at her announcement.

“She was supposed to be our girl! Why did she break our hearts?” wrote one person on the 4Chan forum, while another added: “They took her from us”.

The 28-year-old, who moved from Pennsylvania to Nashville to pursue her musical career aged 14, rose to fame as a country music star and, in a bid to avoid alienating fans, has vehemently avoided the subject of politics.

But on Sunday night she broke her silence and announced her support for the Democrat candidates in her state.

“In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now,” she wrote.

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I’m writing this post about the upcoming midterm elections on November 6th, in which I’ll be voting in the state of Tennessee. In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now. I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country. I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent. I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love. Running for Senate in the state of Tennessee is a woman named Marsha Blackburn. As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me. She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values. I will be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives. Please, please educate yourself on the candidates running in your state and vote based on who most closely represents your values. For a lot of us, we may never find a candidate or party with whom we agree 100% on every issue, but we have to vote anyway. So many intelligent, thoughtful, self-possessed people have turned 18 in the past two years and now have the right and privilege to make their vote count. But first you need to register, which is quick and easy to do. October 9th is the LAST DAY to register to vote in the state of TN. Go to vote.org and you can find all the info. Happy Voting! 🗳😃🌈

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“I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country. I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent.

“I cannot vote for someone who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love.”

She said she could not support senate candidate Marsha Blackburn, despite wanting to see more women in politics, because “her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me.

She continued: “She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values.”

Singer Taylor Swift says she is speaking out now due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two yearsCredit:
AP

Swift said she will, instead, vote for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives.

“Please, please educate yourself on the candidates running in your state and vote based on who most closely represents your values. For a lot of us, we may never find a candidate or party with whom we agree 100% on every issue, but we have to vote anyway,” she said.

“So many intelligent, thoughtful, self-possessed people have turned 18 in the past two years and now have the right and privilege to make their vote count.”

Swift also urged all her fans – many of them young girls – to make sure they register to vote.

Her post had been “liked” by almost 1.5 million people within 24 hours, but not all embraced her new-found political voice.

Katrina Pierson, a former spokesman for Donald Trump, tweeted: “So, over the weekend Taylor Swift announced that she doesn’t support women and endorsed a rich old white privileged man who supported the Kavanaugh SCOTUS confirmation instead? Weird and extremely tone deaf.”

Taylor Swift, in London in December 2017Credit:
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Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and father of White House spokesman Sarah Huckabee Sanders, mocked her attempt to rally support.

“So @taylorswift13 has every right to be political but it won’t impact election unless we allow 13 yr old girls to vote,” he tweeted. “Still with #MarshaBlackburn.”

Many of her fans refused to believe it.

“That looks ghostwritten,” one wrote.

“All PR nonsense,” said another. “She just doesn’t want to be labelled as a white nationalist. Probably got paid to say all this.”

George Takei, the Star Wars actor and outspoken anti-Trump activist, said it was a sign of the times.

“Guys, things have gotten so dire that even Taylor Swift had to say something,” he tweeted. “#VoteBlue.”

 

Sydney seaplane crash pilot ‘may have been knocked out by passenger taking photos’

A seaplane crash in Australia which killed five British tourists last New Year’s Eve may have been caused by a passenger accidentally turning with a camera and knocking out the pilot, according to the airline’s new part-owner.

Jerry Schwartz, who recently announced a new partnership with Sydney Seaplanes, suggested that investigators were looking at the possibility that the front-seat passenger of the small single-engine plane moved to take photographs of the scenic Hawkesbury River below and struck the pilot with his elbow.

“The investigation has shown that safety is good and it’s actually believed to not be pilot error,” Mr Schwartz told The Australian.

“The current belief is the passenger at the front actually knocked out the pilot.”

The tragic crash occurred during a routine flight from the exclusive waterside Cottage Point Inn restaurant, about 20 miles north of Sydney, to Rose Bay on Sydney harbour.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the crash and is due to present a final report early next yearCredit:
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Aside from the Canadian-born pilot Gareth Morgan, the five passengers aboard were Richard Cousins, the 58-year-old head of catering giant Compass, his sons William, 25, and Edward, 23, his fiancee Emma Bowden, 48, and her 11-year-old daughter Heather Bowden-Page. All six were killed.

Investigators have focussed on an “inexplicable” steep right-hand turn by the pilot, who veered off course before the plane’s nose dropped and it plunged into the water.

The plane, a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, crashed during clear conditions at about 3pm on December 31.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the crash and is due to present a final report early next year. A preliminary report found the aircraft had no obvious defects and the pilot was well qualified and healthy.

Aaron Shaw, the managing director of Sydney Seaplanes, also raised pilot incapacitation as a possible cause.

“Something definitely happened to the pilot to incapacitate him,” he told The Australian.

Mr Cousins had travelled with his fiancée and their children to Australia to spend Christmas and New Year together.  His first wife died of cancer in 2015. He and Ms Bowden, the art editor for OK! magazine and daughter of former Conservative MP Gerry Bowden, had been due to be married in July. 

British senior coroner Peter Bedford said earlier this year that post-mortem examinations in Australia found the five British passengers died of head injuries or drowning or a combination of both. 

Mr Cousins reportedly left the bulk of his estate – about  £41 million – to Oxfam after specifying in his will that he would leave most of his money to the charity in the unlikely event that he and his sons died together.

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Turkey ‘will not allow a cover up’ as Saudi Arabia admits Jamal Khashoggi was killed at consulate

Turkey vowed on Saturday that it would not allow any cover up in the Jamal Khashoggi case after Saudi Arabia admitted its operatives had killed the journalist but insisted that Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince, was not involved.  

After more than two weeks of protesting its innocence, Saudi Arabia changed course and said that Mr Khashoggi, 59, died during “a fist fight” inside the Saudi consulate on October 2.

The kingdom said it had arrested 18 Saudis in connection with the killing and sacked General Ahmed al-Assiri, the deputy intelligence chief, and Saud al-Qahtani, a close aide to Crown Prince Mohammed. 

Saudi officials insisted that the crown prince had no knowledge of the murder or subsequent cover up. King Salman tasked him with reforming the Saudi intelligence services, a sign that Crown Prince Mohammed’s position remains secure. 

"Turkey will reveal whatever had happened. Nobody should ever doubt about it,” Mr Celik said. “We are not accusing anyone in advance but we don’t accept anything to remain covered [up].”  

His statement stopped short of saying Turkey did not believe the Saudi explanation but indicated that Turkish officials did not intend to immediately accept Riyadh’s version of events. 

Turkish police continue to search for Mr Khashoggi’s body. Saudi Arabia said that his killers handed the corpse to a local accomplice and that the kingdom did not know where it was. 

Turkish officials also claim to have gruesome audio tapes showing Mr Khashoggi was tortured before he was murdered and cut apart with a bone saw. The tapes, if confirmed, could undercut Saudi Arabia’s claim about a fist fight. 

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, became the first major leader to say she did not accept the Saudi explanation of the "horrific events" in Istanbul. “They still haven’t been cleared up and of course we demand that they be cleared up,” she said on Saturday.

The Saudi government has been under days of intense pressure to explain what happened to the dissident journalist after he entered the consulate more than two weeks ago.

 

Jamal Khashoggi death | The unanswered questions

Saudi officials said that the kingdom had issued a general order for Saudi dissidents to return home but that Gen Assiri had acted on his own to plan an operation to capture Mr Khashoggi in Turkey.

"There were no orders for them to kill him or even specifically kidnap him," a Saudi official said. 

“[Crown Prince Mohammed] had no knowledge of this specific operation and certainly did not order a kidnapping or murder of anybody. He will have been aware of the general instruction to tell people to come back.”

In the Saudi explanation, the 15-man squad confronted Mr Khashoggi when he entered the consulate and a fight broke out, resulting in the journalist’s death.  

A Saudi statement said the interaction between Mr Khashoggi and his kidnappers “did not go as required and developed in a negative way, led to a fight and a quarrel between some of them”. 

Mohammed bin Salman's reputation as a reformer has come under scrutiny amid questions over Khashoggi's deathCredit:
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All 15 men, mainly spies and soldiers, were arrested along with two consular staff and a driver. Saudi Arabia said the 18 would be tried in Saudi courts. Three other intelligence officials were also sacked.

Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer and director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings Institute, said it was “ludicrous” to claim Saudi officials had mounted the elaborate operation without Crown Prince Mohammed’s knowledge. “If this is the best cover up they’re going to be able to put forward it’s not going to pass muster,” he said.

Regional allies – including Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates – issued statements in praise of the king.

Critics of Saudi Arabia pointed to several tweets by Mr al-Qahtani as evidence that the crown prince was fully aware of what his aides were doing.

In one 2017 tweet, Mr al-Qahtani said he would never act on his own initiative and described himself as “a faithful executor” of the orders of the king and crown prince. On the same day he warned a Saudi dissident living in London that the “assassination file has been reopened”.

After his sacking, Mr al-Qahtani tweeted his thanks to the king and the crown prince for the "great confidence" they put him in and said he would continue to be "a loyal servant".

Mr Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, tweeted in Arabic: "The heart grieves, the eye tears, and with your separation we are saddened, my dear Jamal," she said, also asking "#where is martyr Khashoggi’s body?"

Saturday’s announcements confirmed days of speculation that the royal family would blame Gen Assiri for Mr Khashoggi’s death. The commander, who trained at Sandhurst, had only recently taken up the number two position in the Saudi intelligence community.

It was not clear if he would face any judicial proceedings. 

Supporters of Saudi Arabia insisted that the dismissal of senior officials was proof that the kingdom was not engaging in a cover up to protect the crown prince. "This is unprecedented," said Ali Shihabi, founder of the pro-Saudi Arabia foundation. 

Antonio Guterres, UN secretary-general, is "deeply troubled" by the admission, said a spokesman.

The UN chief called for a "prompt, thorough, transparent" probe into the circumstances of Khashoggi’s death and urged full accountability for those who were involved.

The alleged killing has sent shockwaves through the world, dwarfing outrage over the kingdom’s recent arrest of women’s rights activists and its involvement in the deaths of civilians in the war in Yemen.

The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi

In the past few days, foreign diplomats have suspended scheduled visits to the kingdom and more than two dozen senior officials and executives from the US and Europe have cancelled plans to attend the Future Investment Initiative, dubbed the “Davos of the Desert”.

The announcement that Mr Khashoggi was killed at the consulate will heap more pressure on Britain to act against Saudi Arabia.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is considering the "next steps" in Britain’s response to the case, officials said.

Mr Hunt had earlier warned there would be "consequences" for the UK’s relationship with Saudi Arabia if it was found the journalist was murdered.

 

Identity politics was taken to new extremes in the cultural warfare of the 2018 midterms

The 2018 midterms have set-up two years of a divided Congress with the House now in Democrat hands and the Republicans extending their lead in the Senate.

Analysis of the results from Tuesday’s voting shows that US voters are also becoming increasingly oppositional with identity politics playing an increasingly pivotal roll in determining who people vote for.

In a trend seen across the Western world, factors such as age and education are splitting how populations vote to larger and larger extents while issues like the strength of the economy are taking a back seat.

A growing generational divide

America’s widening identity divides are laid bare when analysing the gap between the generations.

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Defeat on €13B Apple tax bill delivers big blow to EU’s Vestager

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Europe’s “tax lady” is in trouble.

The EU General Court on Wednesday overturned the landmark 2016 decision by EU competition czar Margrethe Vestager that Ireland should claw back €13 billion in unpaid taxes plus interest from Apple.

The Apple decision was the keystone — partly because of the eye-watering sums involved — of an EU campaign to crack down on tax avoidance and stop countries from offering sweetheart deals to multinationals.

Vestager’s defeat in the appeal of the case by Ireland and Apple comes at a delicate time politically. The failure of her team to win a case that was seen as a big European strategic priority could put her on the back foot in the face of increasing criticism of EU competition enforcement from Paris and Berlin.

Both the French and Germans are ramping up pressure on her to push the competition rule book in a more geopolitical direction, hoping to forge EU champions in the face of U.S. and Chinese rivals, but the Apple case is fast turning into a textbook study of how hard it is to marry strategic ambitions with highly technical legal investigations.

Vestager’s decision in 2016 argued that, by not taxing the bulk of Apple’s global profits that were funneled through Ireland, Dublin was effectively granting an illegal subsidy to the iPhone maker. That subsidy could then be tackled by using the EU’s rules on state aid.

The judges on Wednesday did not challenge the use of the state aid tool but argued that Brussels had not sufficiently proved its case. “The Commission did not succeed in showing to the requisite legal standard that [Apple was granted an illegal advantage],” the court said in a statement.

The General Court added, “The Commission was wrong to declare that [two Apple subsidiaries in Ireland] had been granted a selective economic advantage and, by extension, state aid.” Establishing “selective advantage” is a key part of any state aid case, and it was necessary to show that Apple received a tax perk that would have been unavailable to other companies.

Competition policy is supposed to be one of the EU’s strongest weapons to drive through overarching political priorities, and it is a growing worry for the Commission that the Apple decision forms part of a broader chain of losses, in which the EU court is increasingly rejecting Brussels’ state aid decisions over failings in the legal argumentation. The court accepts that it is legitimate to use state aid law to pursue tax cases, but notes failings in the Commission’s execution.

“The Apple judgment is part of a wider trend in EU judicial review that is particularly visible in recent state aid cases,” said Alfonso Lamadrid, a competition lawyer at the firm Garrigues. “The courts are inclined to endorse the Commission’s approach on points of principle, but they are demanding that the Commission does a more thorough job in its assessment of all the relevant circumstances when it bears the burden of proof.”

The run of defeats on state aid is compounded by other problems for Vestager over the legacy of her battles with Google over abuse of dominance — and whether her remedies are really containing the search giant — and over whether her tough approach to telecoms mergers was justified. Most recently, the General Court also annulled her high-profile decision to block a major telecoms merger in the U.K.

Triple defeat

All three lines of reasoning that the Commission used in the Apple case were annulled.

The court did endorse the Commission’s methodology of applying OECD tax principles to the situation in Ireland, but rejected its conclusions. It regretted “the incomplete and occasionally inconsistent nature of the contested tax rulings [granted by Ireland to Apple]” but added that those defects were “not in themselves sufficient to prove the existence of an advantage,” according to the statement.

“The judgment strikes at the heart of the Commission’s reasoning regarding the allocation of income generated by intellectual property,” said François-Charles Laprévote, a state aid lawyer at the firm Cleary Gottlieb.

Apple said it was “pleased” by the result.

“This case was not about how much tax we pay, but where we are required to pay it,” a spokesperson said, adding that Apple paid more than $100 billion in corporate income taxes around the world in the last decade.

“Changes in how a multinational company’s income tax payments are split between different countries require a global solution, and Apple encourages this work to continue,” the spokesperson said.

The Irish department of finance also welcomed the judgment: “Ireland has always been clear that there was no special treatment provided to the two Apple companies. The correct amount of Irish tax was charged.”

Vestager said in a statement that the Commission would “carefully study the judgment and reflect on possible next steps.”

The Commission can still appeal the case on legal questions with the European Court of Justice, the top EU court, in which case the €14.3 billion would remain blocked on an escrow account pending the final judgment.

Several lawyers questioned whether the Commission would appeal the case.

“In the light of the limited nature of the Irish activities as established by the Court, it will be difficult for the Commission to find grounds of appeal with the ECJ,” said Raymond Luja, a tax law professor at Maastricht University.

Lamadrid said the Commission’s chances of appeal were “slim.”

Annabelle Lepièce, a partner at law firm CMS, noted that the Commission had not appealed a very similar annulment on Starbucks’ tax treatment in the Netherlands. But the amount in that case (€20 million-€30 million) was much lower.

The Commission would have better chances if it re-ran the Apple case, two lawyers said.

Lepièce said the Apple case posed big questions about the continued use of state aid in tax cases.

“Apple was the biggest state aid case ever. The General Court ruling is in line with several recent annulments involving Starbucks and a Belgian tax scheme and shows that state aid is probably not the way to go towards fiscal harmonization,” she said.

But Vestager in her reaction said that the Commission “stands fully behind the objective that all companies should pay their fair share of tax.”

She noted that in 2011, of around €16 billion in recorded European profits of Apple’s Irish subsidiary, Ireland only considered €50 million taxable in the country.

The Commission would “continue to look at aggressive tax planning measures under EU state aid rules” but the enforcement would need to go “hand in hand with a change in corporate philosophies and the right legislation to address loopholes and ensure transparency,” Vestager added.

Transatlantic trouble

The Apple case and the EU’s broader policy of labeling these sweetheart tax deals as illegal subsidies has triggered tensions between the U.S. and the EU.

U.S. President Donald Trump called Vestager the “tax lady” who “really hates the U.S.”

The administration of President Barack Obama weighed in with a letter from Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew to then-Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker arguing the Commission’s “sweeping interpretation” of state aid system threatened to “undermine” the progress made by the international community in tax policy.

But the U.S. in the meantime took a step back from the main global stage for tax reform, the OECD.

“Most recently, the United States have asked that the OECD-led process be put on hold. This provides a good opportunity to rethink the way that global tax rules are being set,” said Tove Maria Ryding, a tax justice coordinator at NGO Eurodad.

“Today’s court decision illustrates how difficult it is to use EU state aid rules to collect tax,” she said.

CORRECTED: This story has been amended to correct the recovery order on Starbucks. 

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Pipestone Area 43 Jackson County Central 42

Pipestone Area 43 Jackson County Central 42

 Pipestone wins on criteria H, more first match points scored 14-10

 106   GRANT BUDDEN (PIPEST)            PIN     1:58     COLE KAPPLINGER-8 (JCC)
 113   HUNTER BURNETT (PIPEST)          PIN     2:29     MATTHEW MOHNING-8 (JCC)
 120   MICHAEL SUDA (PIPEST)            PIN     0:59     GRANT SCHLAGER-9 (JCC)
 126   JUSTIN HECKARD-9 (JCC)           PIN     2:00     CARSON WIPF (PIPEST)
 132   ZACH POELAERT-10 (JCC)           PIN     1:46     EMMET BAATZ (PIPEST)
 138   JACOB TVINNEREIM-10 (JCC)        FOR     FF       FORFEIT Z (PIPEST)
 145   LOGAN PREUSS-11 (JCC)            PIN     3:35     EMERSON WINTER (PIPEST)
 152   LOGAN STEENSTRA (PIPEST)         PIN     1:46     ZACH NEAL-9 (JCC)
 160   DALTON WAGNER-10 (JCC)           PIN     1:35     MCKINLEY BUSH (PIPEST)
 170   GARRETT PLOEGER (PIPEST)         PIN     1:34     SAM DUNKER-8 (JCC)
 182   JAMISON VANDERWAL (PIPEST)       PIN     2:46     KALEB BENTZ-9 (JCC)
 195   LUKE PYGMAN-12 (JCC)             PIN     2:00     DUSTIN OLSEN (PIPEST)
 220   KEEGAN MOORE-12 (JCC)            PIN     0:10     DYLAN ARNDT (PIPEST)
 285   BLAKE WOLTERS (PIPEST)           PIN     1:18     MICHEAL MILLER-12 (JCC)

                                  FINAL SCORE
       PIPESTONE AREA                   43.00
       JACKSON CC                       42.00

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NXT UK Women’s Tournament Updates, Moustache Mountain, Next Week

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It was previously reported that yesterday’s 3PM ET episode of NXT UK saw NXT UK Johnny Saint & WWE COO Triple H officially reveal The NXT UK Women’s Title. The tournament then kicked off on The 4PM ET episode with Dakota Kai defeating Nina Samuels & Jinny defeating Millie McKenzie. Jinny will now face the winner of Isla Dawn vs. Toni Storm while Kai will face the winner of Rhea Ripley vs. Xia Brookside.
Below is a look at the tournament brackets and all 8 competitors, plus videos from yesterday’s matches and backstage videos:

The semifinals of the @NXTUK #WomensChampionship tournament are taking shape…#NXTUK @JinnyCouture @DakotaKai_WWE pic.twitter.com/54v1SIZJhP
— WWE (@WWE) November 14, 2018

Perhaps the first-ever #NXTUK #WomensChampion will be one of THESE four women! pic.twitter.com/XPm5g9YJqr
— WWE (@WWE) November 14, 2018

Who is YOUR pick to become the inaugural #NXTUK #WomensChampion?! pic.twitter.com/ORfBeQxdQ4
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) November 14, 2018

Below are the post-show segments that took place after yesterday’s episodes of NXT UK on The WWE Network. The Coffey Brothers & Wolfgang took out Moustache Mountain backstage while NXT UK General Manager Johnny Saint gets in between Dave Mastiff & Tyson T-Bone.

Ligero vs. Jordan Devlin and Eddie Dennis vs. Ashton Smith has been announced for next Wednesday’s episode of NXT UK.

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High School Milestones – Wednesday, December 30, 2015

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  • 125th Win – Tyler Shilson, Centennial, 11th, 138 pounds
  • 100th Win – Austin Braun, Woodbury, 11th, 138 pounds
  • 100th Win – Joseph Grove, Moorhead, 12th, 182 pounds
  • 75th Win – Kelby Johnson, Lakeville South, 12th, 145 pounds
  • 75th Win – Boyd Mumbawa, Minnetonka, 10th, 120 pounds
  • 60th Win – Walker Russek, Delano, 11th, 285 pounds
  • 25th Pin – James Agan, Minnetonka, 10th, 160 pounds
  • 50th Win – Dominic Skawiniak, Rogers, 12th, 220 pounds

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Possible Match For Tonight’s WWE RAW, Survivor Series Attendance

It looks like Natalya vs. Ruby Riott will be taking place tonight on RAW from Los Angeles. As seen on The Survivor Series Kickoff Show, Ruby Riott & Natalya fought backstage and were removed from The RAW Women’s Team by Captain Alexa Bliss, replaced by Sasha Banks & Bayley. They had the following exchange after Survivor Series:

I’m disappointed and beyond fed up. I was so excited to be on #TeamRaw. I like how @RubyRiottWWE can say whatever the hell she wants about me and my family but I can’t stand up for myself without being punished. Thanks @AlexaBliss_WWE for absolutely nothing??
— Nattie (@NatbyNature) November 18, 2018

You’re welcome ??? https://t.co/EhEqemZ09X
— Lexi Kaufman (@AlexaBliss_WWE) November 19, 2018

C’mon!!!!! I’m so sick and tired of your crying @NatbyNature! Always poor Nattie!!! Poor Nattie!
You came after me, unprovoked, and got me thrown out of the match, if anyone is the victim here….it’s me! https://t.co/Kfp0AIT77u
— Ruby Riott (@RubyRiottWWE) November 19, 2018

You ruined my night, @RubyRiottWWE and tomorrow I’m going to ruin your day. #Raw https://t.co/7lVQg0RGsU
— Nattie (@NatbyNature) November 19, 2018

Michael Cole announced a sold-out crowd of 16,320 fans in attendance for last night’s Survivor Series PPV Event from The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. 13,600 fans were announced for Saturday’s NXT TakeOver: WarGames II Event in the same arena.

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