A Croatian diplomat who admiringly said that "just white Europeans" could be seen on her country’s coastline has been recalled from her post amid accusations of racism.
Screen shots of the comments on the private Facebook account of the Berlin embassy’s first secretary Elizabeta Madjarevic were first exposed on Friday by a local news portal, Index.hr.
“Pure and authentic Europe. Just white Europeans as it used to be only 30 years ago in the whole Europe,” reads one post written earlier this month beneath photos of what looks like the Croatian coastline.
“This should be a good advertisement for vacations. One would think this is no longer possible but luckily it is,” she continued.
In another comment Madjarevic wrote: “Migrants, mostly Muslims, arrive to Europe not just for the social benefits and European passport… but also for the political reasons of islamisation [sic] agenda. Europe, you need to learn to say no and build your self-respect and Christian identity”.
She also shared an article which she claimed showed “how LGBTQ is tied to pedophilia”.
The foreign minister said Ms Madjarevic was “recalled, her mandate is interrupted, she is under suspension”.
He dismissed her earlier claims that her Facebook account had been “hacked”.
“Croatia shares European values, while racism, any forms of xenophobia or other intolerance have no place in diplomacy,” the minister told reporters, saying further punishment would follow.
This week’s episode of SmackDown LIVE was able to generate an average of 2.198 million viewers. This is slightly up from last week’s 2.155 million viewers for The Fastlane Go-Home Episode. This week’s episode of SmackDown LIVE was The Fallout Show from this past Sunday’s WWE Fastlane PPV with an advertised appearance by WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon.
SmackDown LIVE was #8 for the night in viewership on cable, for the third week in a row, behind Curse Of Oak Island, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Hannity, Rachel Maddow Show, The Ingraham Angle, Last Word & The Five. SmackDown LIVE was #2 in the 18-49 demographic this week, behind Curse Of Oak Island. Curse Of Oak Island topped the night on the Cable Top 150 and in viewership with 3.464 million viewers.
The big draw on network TV at 8PM was NCIS on CBS, which drew 12.077 million viewers. In comparison, Monday’s WWE RAW drew 2.819 million viewers, up from last week’s 2.783 million viewers for The Fastlane Go-Home Show.
Below is our 2019 SmackDown Viewership Tracker:
– January 1st Episode: 2.091 million viewers (New Year’s Episode, Taped)
– January 8th Episode: 2.032 million viewers
– January 15th Episode: 2.143 million viewers
– January 22nd Episode: 2.142 million viewers (Royal Rumble Go-Home Episode)
– January 29th Episode: 2.137 million viewers (Royal Rumble Fallout Episode)
– February 5th Episode: 1.841 million viewers (State Of The Union Competition Episode)
– February 12th Episode: 2.034 million viewers (Elimination Chamber Go-Home Episode)
– February 19th Episode: 2.269 million viewers (Elimination Chamber Fallout Episode)
– February 26th Episode: 2.150 million viewers
– March 5th Episode: 2.155 million viewers (Fastlane Go-Home Episode)
– March 12th Episode: 2.198 million viewers (Fastlane Fallout Episode)
NEW YORK — These take the concept of “phallic architecture” to a whole new level. A New York City firm has created sex toy replicas of the unique and controversial buildings in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards.
The erotic objects from the Chinatown-based architecture and design outfit Wolfgang & Hite are reportedly meant to skewer the architecture and excess of the glittering $25 billion West Side development, which opened to much fanfare in March.
“There’s a lot to love in NYC’s recent building boom, but the city and developers have been jerking each other off for decades, so naturally we wanted to join in the fun,” Wolfgang & Hite said in a news release, according to the architecture publication Dezeen.
The line includes scale-model dildos shaped like Hudson Yards’ mammoth skyscrapers, along with stimulating accessories mimicking the complex’s smaller structures.
The project appears to have been in the works for several months — Wolfgang & Hite posted a photo of a mold for one of the toys on Instagram in early April. The firm shared images of the finished products on its page Wednesday morning.
The pink silicone dildos range in size from about eight inches to more than 12 inches, according to Curbed. One modeled after the double-barreled tower at 15 Hudson Yards features a “clitoral stimulator” resembling The Shed, the performing arts venue erected at the site.
There’s also a “butt plug” shaped like The Vessel, the polarizing interactive sculpture that’s been compared to a shawarma and a beehive. (Hudson Yards’ developer, The Related Companies, is still soliciting ideas for a permanent name for the object.)
The nation’s #1 ranked senior Daniel Gregory Kerkvliet has verbally committed to wrestle for the Ohio State Buckeyes in college.
It is a massive pickup for tOSU, who just graduated three-time NCAA champion Kyle Snyder this year. Kerkvliet’s announcement comes just two days after visiting Columbus, where he was seen on field at “The Horseshoe.” Continue reading at www.flowrestling.org
EVOLVE Wrestling recently held their EVOLVE 124 PPV Event which emanated from The La Boom in Queens, New York. The show was headlined by NXT North American Champion The Velveteen Dream & EVOLVE Tag Team Champions The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) taking on The Unwanted (Eddie Kingston, Joe Gacy & Shane Strickland) in a Blockbuster 6-Man Tag Team Match as the main event. Below are the full results from the show:
– Priscilla Kelly def. Brandi Lauren via pinfall with a small package. After the match, Brandi Lauren attacks Priscilla Kelly and Darby Allin comes out to make the save. Anthony Henry runs out to attack him and we’re on for the next match of the evening.
– Darby Allin def. Anthony Henry via disqualification after Henry waffled him in the face with a chair. After the match, Priscilla Kelly makes the save and Henry is about to nail her with the chair as well when JD Drake comes down to talk some sense into his teammate. Anthony backs off but TPK hauls off and slaps him across the face. Henry goes to superkick her but she ducks and Allin takes it, so he goes ahead and beats him down more and chokes him out with a dragon sleeper.
– Harlem Bravado def. John Silver via pinfall with Straight Cash, Homie.
– Adrian Jaoude def. Wheeler YUTA via submission with the cross heel hook.
– Curt Stallion def. Leon Ruff via pinfall.
– Adrian Alanis def. Anthony Greene, Liam Gray & Mike Orlando via pinfall with a DDT on Gray.
– Josh Briggs def. AR Fox via pinfall with an avalanche M5. After the match, we take something of an impromptu intermission because Briggs appeared to screw his knee up during the match.
– JD Drake (c) def. Austin Theory via pinfall with the moonsault to retain The WWN Title.
– NXT North American Champion The Velveteen Dream & EVOLVE Tag Team Champions The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) def. The Unwanted (Eddie Kingston, Joe Gacy & Shane Strickland) with Dream pinning Strickland after The Rolling Death Valley Driver & Purple Rainmaker. After the match, The Unwanted jump the victors from behind and Strickland delivers an arm breaker using a chair to Montez Ford.
The Itasca wrestling team participated in the annual Yellowjacket Open with two wrestlers ending with a fourth-place finish.
Returning 197-pound All-American Corey Schmidt placed 4th along with 157-pound freshman Cody Sawyer. Schmidt was winning 3-0 before injury defaulting out of the tournament in his 3rd place match.
The Viking’s Drew Vanvleet at 125 pounds and Dalton Barnett at 174 pounds both wwere 2-2 on the day finishing top eight in their brackets.
Tanner Reetz at 141 pounds and Brandon Held at 157 pounds also went 2-2 on the day in large brackets.
Yellowjacket Open Results
Yellowjacket Open Results for Itasca Community College:
OPEN 125 Drew Vanvleet Champ. Round 1 – Drew Vanvleet (Itasca Community College) received a bye () (Bye) Champ. Round 2 – Erik Gerovac (UW-Eau Claire) won by fall over Drew Vanvleet (Itasca Community College) (Fall 4:46) Cons. Round 2 – Drew Vanvleet (Itasca Community College) received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Round 3 – Drew Vanvleet (Itasca Community College) won by fall over Christopher Romero (MN-West CC) (Fall 1:02) Cons. Round 4 – Drew Vanvleet (Itasca Community College) won by fall over Jacob Ragsdale (Upper Iowa University) (Fall 0:30) Cons. Semi – Kevin Saravia Merlos (Iowa Lakes Community College) won by tech fall over Drew Vanvleet (Itasca Community College) (TF 18-1)
OPEN 133 Jace Geving Champ. Round 1 – Jace Geving (Itasca Community College) received a bye () (Bye) Champ. Round 2 – Jace Geving (Itasca Community College) won by fall over Tristan Eastman (Ridgewater CC) (Fall 2:35) Quarterfinal – Michael Suda (Augustana) won by decision over Jace Geving (Itasca Community College) (Dec 9-5) Cons. Round 4 – Daishaun Felton (Upper Iowa University) won by fall over Jace Geving (Itasca Community College) (Fall 4:14)
OPEN 141 Brandon McClure Champ. Round 1 – Cameron Riggs (Saint Cloud State University) won by tech fall over Brandon McClure (Itasca Community College) (TF 19-2) Cons. Round 1 – Brandon McClure (Itasca Community College) received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Round 2 – Connor Manderfeld (Upper Iowa University) won by tech fall over Brandon McClure (Itasca Community College) (TF 17-2)
OPEN 141 Tanner Reetz Champ. Round 1 – Tanner Reetz (Itasca Community College) won by fall over Jack Fogarty (UW-Eau Claire) (Fall 1:56) Champ. Round 2 – Tanner Reetz (Itasca Community College) won by major decision over Noah Garcia (Harper CC) (Maj 18-7) Quarterfinal – Parker Huss (Rochester-CTC) won by decision over Tanner Reetz (Itasca Community College) (Dec 4-2) Cons. Round 4 – Connor Manderfeld (Upper Iowa University) won by major decision over Tanner Reetz (Itasca Community College) (Maj 17-4)
OPEN 149 Ethan Kiehm Champ. Round 1 – Ethan Kiehm (Itasca Community College) received a bye () (Bye) Champ. Round 2 – Mason Phillips (Saint Cloud State University) won by major decision over Ethan Kiehm (Itasca Community College) (Maj 14-1) Cons. Round 2 – Darian Padgett (Harper CC) won by decision over Ethan Kiehm (Itasca Community College) (Dec 5-4)
OPEN 157 Cody Sawyer Champ. Round 1 – Cody Sawyer (Itasca Community College) received a bye () (Bye) Champ. Round 2 – Cody Sawyer (Itasca Community College) won by decision over Adam Rients (MN-West CC) (Dec 4-1) Quarterfinal – Cody Sawyer (Itasca Community College) won by fall over Don Boone (MS-Mankato) (Fall 2:24) Semifinal – Jared Nickman (Nebraska Weslyn) won by decision over Cody Sawyer (Itasca Community College) (Dec 6-3) 3rd Place Match – David Hollingsworth (Iowa Lakes Community College) won by tech fall over Cody Sawyer (Itasca Community College) (TF 25-8)
OPEN 157 Hunter Manka Champ. Round 1 – Kaven Blazek (Northland) won by decision over Hunter Manka (Itasca Community College) (Dec 8-3) Cons. Round 1 – Hunter Manka (Itasca Community College) received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Round 2 – Nick Martin (Northwestern) won by decision over Hunter Manka (Itasca Community College) (Dec 5-2)
OPEN 157 Brandon Held Champ. Round 1 – Gannon Hughes (Saint Cloud State University) won by decision over Brandon Held (Itasca Community College) (Dec 11-9) Cons. Round 1 – Brandon Held (Itasca Community College) received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Round 2 – Brandon Held (Itasca Community College) won by fall over Kaven Blazek (Northland) (Fall 6:49) Cons. Round 3 – Brandon Held (Itasca Community College) won by fall over Nathan Moore (Southwest State University) (Fall 6:07) Cons. Round 4 – Don Boone (MS-Mankato) won by major decision over Brandon Held (Itasca Community College) (Maj 8-0)
OPEN 174 Dalton Bernett Champ. Round 1 – Dalton Bernett (Itasca Community College) received a bye () (Bye) Champ. Round 2 – Dalton Bernett (Itasca Community College) won by fall over Matthew Fricke (Nebraska Weslyn) (Fall 4:21) Quarterfinal – Shane Siewert (Rochester-CTC) won by decision over Dalton Bernett (Itasca Community College) (Dec 10-3) Cons. Round 4 – Dalton Bernett (Itasca Community College) won by injury default over Haggen Meyer (Northwestern) (Inj. 5:18) Cons. Semi – Dalton Nelson (Upper Iowa University) won by decision over Dalton Bernett (Itasca Community College) (Dec 5-0)
OPEN 197 Corey Schmidt Champ. Round 1 – Corey Schmidt (Itasca Community College) won by fall over Jack Hessil (UW-Eau Claire) (Fall 2:29) Quarterfinal – Corey Schmidt (Itasca Community College) won by decision over Alex Kerr (Nebraska Weslyn) (Dec 4-1) Semifinal – Jake Meyer (Wisconsin-La Crosse) won by decision over Corey Schmidt (Itasca Community College) (Dec 9-6) 3rd Place Match – James Huntley (UW-Eau Claire) won by injury default over Corey Schmidt (Itasca Community College) (Inj. 4:00)
OPEN 285 Devin Reynolds Champ. Round 1 – Adam Lucast (UW-Eau Claire) won by tech fall over Devin Reynolds (Itasca Community College) (TF 16-0) Cons. Round 1 – Devin Reynolds (Itasca Community College) received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Round 2 – Devin Reynolds (Itasca Community College) won by fall over Morgen Moreno (Rochester-CTC) (Fall 3:42) Cons. Round 3 – Jacob Warengarten (Harper CC) won by decision over Devin Reynolds (Itasca Community College) (Dec 3-1)
It was recently announced by The WWE that they are moving their company headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut to a new office complex in the same city.
“One of the most important elements necessary to execute WWE’s long-term growth strategy is world-class talent collaborating seamlessly to create compelling content. Our workplace initiative will be the foundation to meet these objectives and underpins our ability to deliver long-term value,” said WWE Co-President George Barrios in the official announcement.
WWE is set to lease the space for an initial term of 16.5 years, beginning no earlier than July 1st of this year. They expect the move to happen in early 2021. The original “Titan Towers” building, which was built in 1981, will reportedly be sold.
WWE sent the following press release on the move:
WWE® Announces New Global Headquarters in Stamford
03/20/2019
STAMFORD, Conn.– WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced that the company will move its global headquarters to a new office complex at 677 Washington Boulevard in Stamford, Connecticut. This move will allow the company to bring together its operations, including its production studios and corporate offices at its new site.
“One of the most important elements necessary to execute WWE’s long-term growth strategy is world-class talent collaborating seamlessly to create compelling content. Our workplace initiative will be the foundation to meet these objectives and underpins our ability to deliver long-term value,” said George Barrios, WWE Co-President.
The new headquarters will provide the company with work space suited to its growing and evolving workforce. The site in Stamford’s central business district provides greater access from various means of transportation, floor plans which are well-suited to producing video content and greater flexibility in workplace design. The Company anticipates that it will move to the new headquarters in early 2021.
WWE will lease the space for an initial term of approximately 16.5 years commencing no earlier than July 1, 2019, with five five-year renewal options thereafter. The lease will be accounted for as a finance lease, with the creation of a lease obligation (equal to the present value of future lease payments, which would result in the recognition of interest expense over time) and a right-of-use lease asset (equal to the lease obligation less tenant incentives, which is depreciated on a straight-line basis through depreciation expense). Accordingly, the accounting for the lease agreement is not expected to have a material impact on Adjusted OIBDA. Depreciation expense associated with the right-of-use asset will be reflected in operating income. The Company’s capital expenditure guidance reflects this initiative. That guidance estimated capital expenditures of approximately $70 million to $90 million for 2019 with continued spending in 2020 above the historic range of approximately 4% to 7% of revenue. Additionally, the company expects to sell its owned and operated corporate facility at 1241 East Main Street, exit its leased spaces at 1266 East Main Street, and will evaluate options for its production studio facilities at 88 and 120 Hamilton Avenue based on strategic, operating and financial considerations.
Additional information is available on the Company’s website, corporate.wwe.com/investors.
SANTA CLARITA, CA — While investigators worked to figure out why a 16-year-old boy shot five classmates at Saugus High School, killing two of them in seconds before turning the gun on himself, the community grieved for the young lives stolen.
Among the five victims, a 15 year-old girl and a 14 year-old boy died Thursday. Authorities identified the pair as Gracie Anne Muehlberger and Dominic Blackwell. The shooter, identified as Nathaniel Berhow died Friday afternoon just after 3:30 p.m., according to the sheriff’s department.
Friends remembered Gracie as a fun-loving teen with a goofy sense of humor. Gracie loved to dance and was devoted to her family. Dominic was a football player remembered as a “lil guy with a big heart.”
Two other teenage girls wounded in the shooting were recovering and could leave the hospital soon, doctors at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills said. A 14-year-old boy is also recovering and was released from the hospital. The gunman — who allegedly carried out the 16-second shooting rampage on his 16th birthday — remained hospitalized in what Sheriff Alex Villanueva called “grave condition.”
Authorities have not identified a motive for the attack, but they acknowledged taking a trove of registered and unregistered weapons from the boy’s home.
“You’re my guardian angel now.”
Alexa Olsen took dance class with Gracie, and remembers her as a cheerful girl who could giggle and dance her way through missteps.
“She was so nice and kind to everyone,” Alexa, 14 told the Los Angeles Times. “You would just smile looking at her. She knew everyone and everyone knew her. It’s sad she passed away at such a young age and didn’t get to experience what other people experience.”
Hundreds of condolence messages have been posted on Gracie’s Instagram page. “I miss you so much already love,” one person wrote.
“It’s so sad that another innocent person has to die,” another said.
A person believed to be her brother wrote on Twitter, “My heart is killing me right now. You are the best sister I could’ve asked for. I just know you’re my guardian angel now. I love you Gracie.”
Flowers and notes have been left outside Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., late Thursday afternoon, Nov. 1, 2019, after a shooting incident there that morning. Authorities said a 16-year-old student shot five students, then himself. (AP Photo/Natalie Rice)
The 14-year-old boy who died was identified as Dominic Blackwell. One of his friends and former youth football teammates posted a team photo on Twitter and wrote, “Today a lil guy with a big heart lost his life in the Saugus shooting. He was always smiling making people laugh always positive. He was the sweetest kid ever and such a good kid. We need more people like you.”
Villanueva said the boy who died was a nephew of a sheriff’s department employee.
All schools in the William S. Hart Union High School District were closed Friday “out of respect for the victims and their families,” Deputy Superintendent Mike Kuhlman said.
“… District counselors and support provided by neighboring districts will be available to students and staff … from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church located at 22833 Copper Hill Drive,” he said.
“I miss him, but I can’t mourn for him.”
For thousands of students and their families, Thursday’s shooting upended their world, and their sense of safety. As they grieve for the young victims, many find themselves struggling with conflicted feelings about the shooter, someone they considered a friend.
“He’s my friend. I miss him, but like I can’t mourn for him,” Logan Marquez, a junior at Saugus and a close friend of the alleged gunman told KTLA. “He did take the lives of others.”
Like so many in the community, Marquez struggled to make sense of the rampage.
SEE ALSO: Saugus High School Shooting Suspect Is Boy Scout, Honors Student
“When you usually think of a school shooter, you would think that they are depressed, they have aggression — he had none of that. He did not fit any of the stereotypes you would ever see. He’s super funny. He was always happy.”
What problems he carried with him, he kept hidden, said Marquez.
“He didn’t talk about his problems at all so we didn’t know anything, which is why this is so hard on us, his close friends,” Marquez told KTLA. “It is because we thought everything was fine, so when he goes out and does something like this, we are so confused. We are trying to piece everything together, but like, we come up with nothing.”
Not a “spur of the moment act”
The shooting, which occurred about 7:40 a.m. Thursday at the school at 21900 Centurian Way, sent students scrambling for cover — some fleeing from the campus and others barricading themselves inside classrooms or offices.
Sheriff’s deputies responding to the school found six people in the campus quad suffering from gunshot wounds. One of them was later determined to be the suspect, who shot himself in the head after firing at five classmates with a .45-caliber pistol he brought onto campus in his backpack, sheriff’s officials said.
Of the surviving victims, doctors said the 14-year-old was shot in a shoulder and abdomen and was in stable condition and “doing well.” The 15-year-old girl had a single bullet wound that entered below her belly button and lodged in her left hip. Doctors performed surgery and were able to remove the bullet, officials said.
Emergency personnel remove an injured person following a shooting at Saugus High School, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2015 in Santa Clarita, Calif. (David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP)
Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the injured students at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center on Thursday.
“A remarkable experience, being with 14-, 15-year-old survivors, that are consoling you, not the other way around,” Newsom told Fox11. “They had this remarkable resilience, smiles on their face, one just coming out of surgery, the other one with two gunshot wounds and just remarkably blessed that they are alive, their families with them.”
Newsom called the spirit of the wounded students “amazing.”
There was still no word on what motivated the gunman, who has been identified by neighbors as Nathaniel Berhow, who turned 16 on Thursday.
Sheriff’s Capt. Kent Wegener said the shooting was captured on surveillance video, which shows the gunman reaching into his backpack, pulling out the gun and opening fire. The weapon, which had no bullets remaining, was recovered at the scene.
At one point it jammed during the attack, and the shooter fixed it and kept firing, reserving the final bullet for himself, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. According to Villanueva, the shooting was random, but it was not spontaneous. This was a planned attack, he told reporters at a Friday press conference.
It was not a “spur of the moment act,” added the sheriff.
“We have not yet established a motive or a nexus between the subject and his victims” other than they were all students at the school, Wegener said Thursday.
Wegener said the shooting appeared to be completely random, with the gunman firing at anyone in his vicinity. Paul Delacourt, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, said there was no early indication the suspect “was acting on behalf of any group or ideology.”
Officials also said there is no history of the teen being bullied.
As of Friday morning, the teen remained in critical condition at Henry Mayo Hospital — although hospital and sheriff’s officials have declined to confirm where the suspect was being treated. Hospital officials confirmed Thursday, however, that four gunshot patients were treated at the hospital, with two of them dying and a third being treated and released — leaving only the suspect as the remaining gunshot patient.
Prayer vigils were held Thursday night at Grace Baptist Church and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, both in Santa Clarita.
A community vigil is being planned at 7 p.m. Sunday at Santa Clarita’s Central Park. Sheriff’s deputies swarmed the Saugus High School campus in response to Thursday’s shooting, and fanned out through the neighborhood, initially uncertain whether a shooter was still at large.
Villanueva noted that three off-duty law enforcement officers — one with the sheriff’s department and officers from Inglewood and Los Angeles — were the first people on scene because they have relatives who attend the school.
After learning the suspect’s name by interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing surveillance video, deputies went to his family’s home in the 22900 block of Sycamore Creek Drive and conducted an initial search to ensure there were no additional victims there, but none were found. Villanueva later said the teen’s mother and girlfriend were being interviewed by detectives.
A cross-country teammate of the suspect said he was shocked the teen could be capable of such a violent act.
“He was such the nicest person. … I don’t know why he would ever do this, especially on his birthday,” the teammate told Fox11.
Neighbors told reporters the family was mostly quiet, noting that the teen’s father had died two years ago, possibly from a heart attack. One neighbor said the father had struggled with substance abuse for years but was in recovery and building a relationship with his son.
Wegener initially said an Instagram account attributed to the suspect included a post Wednesday night saying, “Saugus have fun at school tomorrow.” Instagram said the account did not actually belong to the shooter and has since been disabled “for violating our policies.”
One female student told reporters after the shooting she heard the first gunshot and thought it was a balloon popping.
“The second and the third one is when everyone knew … it was gunfire,” she said, adding that students began scrambling for cover.
“I felt like I was running for my life,” she said. “… At that moment I just prayed and prayed that everyone was OK and safe.”
The girl said students had not heard of potential threats targeting the campus.
“We never heard of any threats or any problems,” she said. “This just suddenly happened.
WWE Legend & Hollywood A-Lister Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently took to Twitter and praised WWE Hall Of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin for being a “tough SOB” in the ring.
A few days ago marked The 20th anniversary of Austin’s beer truck bath on The Rock, Vince McMahon & Shane McMahon. The Rock would remember his legendary WrestleMania 15 Match with Stone Cold Steve Austin, which saw Austin defeat The Rock for The WWE Title in a No DQ Match that had WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley (Mankind) as the special referee.
The Rock wrote the following on the match, “My tough SOB brother @steveaustinBSR was operating here with a legit broken neck so we had to be creative with keeping our physicality to a minimum until our big WrestleMania match. The result was one of the most entertaining segments to ever take place on LIVE TV.”
That tweet would then lead to The Rock defending Former WWE Writer Vince Russo.
Former Empire Of Soccer Editor & Wrestling Fan David Martinez would respond to the beer truck video and write, “You know, @THEVinceRusso catches a lot of crap, but segments like these are the ones that captured my imagination as a young fan and had me tuning in each and every week. The writing. The talent. What an amazing time to be a fan. Thanks to all involved!”
The Rock would then respond to Martinez and say that he had a great time working with Russo. The Rock said, “Not sure why @THEVinceRusso would catch crap over this. I had a great time working with that guy. I had some crazy out of box ideas and never once did he bat an eyelash. He’d always say, “f–k yeah let’s do it”. And we did. And we killed. Always fun!”
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— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 22, 2019
Not sure why @THEVinceRusso would catch crap over this. I had a great time working with that guy. I had some crazy out of box ideas and never once did he bat an eyelash. He’d always say, “fuck yeah let’s do it”. And we did. And we killed. Always fun!
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 22, 2019
MOORHEAD, Minn. – The Minnesota State University Moorhead wrestling team lost a tough 19-18 dual to crosstown rival Concordia on Tuesday night at Memorial Auditorium on the Concordia campus. The Dragons won five of the matches on the night but a win by fall at 133 proved to be the difference.
Sophomore Cole Jones started the night at 125 pounds with a major decision win over Jake Nohre, 12-1, to put MSUM up 4-0. Benjamin Bogart pinned Seth Hutchison in 5:58 at 133 to give the Cobbers the lead that they never relinquished.
Concordia won by decision at 141 and 149 to push the lead to 12-4.
At 157-pounds, freshman Braydon Ortloff won a 15-4 major decision over Adam Jaeger to cut the Cobber lead to 12-8.
The Dragons picked up another win at 174 pounds when senior Adam Blees won a 13-5 major decision over Kaden Spindler.
The dual ended with two straight Dragon wins, with Logan Rhode winning 4-2 at 197 pounds and Sam Erckenbrack winning a 7-6 decision at 285-pounds, but the Dragons came up one point short.
The Dragons will open their home schedule on Nov, 30 when they host NSIC foe Northern State before hosting the Dragon Open on Dec. 1.
The Cobbers compete next at the MSU-Moorhead Dragon Open.
Concordia 19, MSU-Moorhead 18 125: Cole Jones (MSUM) maj dec. Jake Nohre (CM) 12-1 133: Benjamin Bogart (CM) fall Seth Hutchison (MSUM) 5:58 141: Bret Wilson (CM) SV-1 Mason Schulz (MSUM) 8-6 149: Ty Johnson (CM) dec. Joey Schumacher (MSUM) 3-1. 157: Braydon Ortloff (MSUM) maj dec. Adam Jaeger (CM) 15-4 165: Travis Deegan (CM) maj dec. Justin Dravis (MSUM) 10-0 174: Adam Blees (MSUM) maj dec. Kaden Spindler (CM) 13-5 184: Nick Gravdahl (CM) dec. Evan Foster (MSUM) 5-4 197: Logan Rhode (MSUM) dec. Jacob Arends (CM) 4-2 285: Samuel Erckenbrack (MSUM) dec. Noah Carter (CM) 7-6
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