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A British businessman will stand trial accused of "granny dumping" an American dementia patient who was flown to the UK and abandoned in a car park.

Roger Curry, 76, was unable to remember his name or personal details when he was discovered outside a bus station in Hereford in November 2015.

The case baffled police and sparked a global appeal to find out who Mr Curry was and how he came to be in Britain – eventually tracking him down to have been once the owner of a burnt down house in a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles.

Prosecuting, Simon Davis claimed Mr Curry’s son Kevin "effectively dumped" his father in Hereford city centre with the help of a Somerset man.

The alleged accomplice, Simon Hayes, 52, of Taunton in Somerset, appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Tuesday charged with one count of fraud, one of perverting the course of justice and two counts of possessing fake letters and references for the use in fraud.

It is understood Kevin Curry remains in California, and faces no charges. His father has been taken back to Los Angeles, where he is being cared for by the city’s authorities.

The act of granny dumping is more common in the US due to the high rates involved for medical care in the American system.

What is granny dumping?

Mr Hayes, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, denied all the charges and will stand trial next April. He was granted bail on the condition he notifies police if he plans to leave England and Wales for any period.

In a BBC Panorama documentary, Kevin Curry said he had nothing to do with the abandonment of his dad.

Mr Curry was cared for at a nursing home in Credenhill, Hereford, for eight months before being flown back to Los Angeles.

Police spent months trying to work out who he was, contacting local care homes, hospitals and even international embassies.

Mr Curry appeared to have been cared for and was found wearing new clothes. He was eventually identified after a viewer responded to a police appeal on BBC Midlands Today.

Simon Hayes, aged 52, from Taunton, SomersetCredit:
SWNS

Debbie Cocker found an old picture from a 1958 yearbook for Edmonds High School in Washington State which appeared to show Mr Curry in his younger days.

Mr Curry was then tracked down by investigators to the burnt-out house which was abandoned as a result of a fire in 2014.

Neighbours identified the mystery man as Mr Curry, a former nurse married with two children.

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1936

Montreal, Canada:
– Yvon Robert defeated Danno O’Mahoney for the AWA (Boston-based American Wrestling Association) World Heavyweight Title

1939

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Orville Brown beat Mike Kilonis in 2 straight falls
– Bob Castle and Prospector Pete went to a draw
– Steve Brody beat Bill Davison
– Don George defeated Abe Freeman

1945

Houston, Texas:
– Dave Levin defeated Bobby Managoff to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

1968

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Dr X beat Wilbur Snyder in 2 out of 3 falls
– Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon
– Bill Watts no contest Harley Race

1972

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Central States Heavyweight Champion Harley Race defeated Bob Ellis
– Roger Kirby & Black Angus & Percival A. Friend beat Rufus R. Jones & Danny Little Bear

1973

Denver, Colorado:
– In a No Time Limit match; The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham by dq
– Ivan Koloff beat Ken Patera in 2 out of 3 falls
– Ricky Romero beat Roger Kirby
– Reggie Parks beat Rene Goulet
– Greg Gagne drew Bob Bruggers

1976

Omaha, Nebraska:
– In a Lumberjack match; Larry Hennig & Jos Leduc beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum in 2 out of 3 falls
– Peter Maivia beat Buddy Wolff

1979

St. Louis, Missouri:
– Dick Murdoch defeated Dick The Bruiser to win the Missouri State Heavyweight title

Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum
– Greg Gagne beat Ray Stevens
– Billy Robinson beat Jesse Ventura dq
– Paul Ellering drew Super Destroyer Mark II

1982

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada:
– Mr. Hito beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by dq
– Bruce Hart & Davey Boy Smith beat Danny Davis & Ken Wayne by countout
– Duke Myers beat Mike Hammer
– Gerry Morrow beat Bad News Allen via dq

Allentown, Pennsylvania:
– Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito defeated Chief Jay & Jules Strongbow for the WWF World Tag Team Titles

1983

Hokkaido, Japan:
– in a non title match; Jumbo Tsuruta beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel

1986

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– In a Non Title match; Nord The Barbarian beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel
– Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers to win AWA Tag Title (Decision later reversed as Somers was ruled to be the wrong man pinned)
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1989

Tokyo, Japan:
– Riki Choshu & Takayuki Iizuka defeated Super Strong Machine & George Takano to win the International Wrestling Grand Prix World Tag Team Titles

1991

Dallas, Texas:
– The Lightning Kid (Sean Waltman) defeated Jerry Lynn in a tournament final to become the first Global Wrestling Federation Light Heavyweight Champion.

1992

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Ricky Morton defeated Eddie Gilbert for the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title

1995

Tokyo, Japan:
– Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit) defeated Shinjiro Ohtani to win the finals of New Japan’s “Best Of The Super Junior” tournament

1996

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Shane Douglas defeated Chris Jericho, Too Cold Scorpio and Pitbull #2 to win the ECW TV Title

1997

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Doomsday defeated Spellbinder for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title

WCW Bash at the Beach: Daytona Beach, Florida:
– Chris Jericho defeated Ultimate Dragon to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship
– The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated The Great Muta and Masahiro Chono to become #1 contenders for the WCW World Tag Team Championship
– Juventud Guerrera, Héctor Garza, and Lizmark, Jr. defeated La Parka, Psychosis, and Villano IV
– Chris Benoit defeated The Taskmaster (Kevin Sullivan with Jacqueline) in a Retirement match
– Jeff Jarrett defeated Steve McMichael (with Queen Debra McMichael) to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
– Scott Hall and Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Curt Hennig (with Kimberly Page)
– Roddy Piper defeated Ric Flair
– Lex Luger and The Giant defeated Hollywood Hogan and Dennis Rodman (with Randy Savage)

1998

East Rutherford, New Jersey:
– Kane & Mankind defeated Billy Gunn & the Road Dog for the WWF World Tag Team Titles

2008

TNA Victory Road: Houston, Texas:
– Gail Kim defeated Angelina Love (with Velvet Sky)
– Sonjay Dutt defeated Jay Lethal (with SoCal Val)
– The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) (with Salinas and Héctor Guerrero) defeated Beer Money (James Storm and Robert Roode) (with Jackie Moore) in a Lumberjack match to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship
– Taylor Wilde defeated Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saeed) to retain the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship
– Kurt Angle and Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) defeated A.J. Styles, Christian Cage and Rhino   Six Man Tag Team Full Metal Mayhem match
– Samoa Joe fought Booker T to a no contest; Samao Joe retained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

Ethiopia and Eritrea agreed to reopen embassies and borders signalling an end to two decades of conflict between the neighbours as their leaders met for the first time in nearly two decades yesterday.

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed, who has pushed through reforms which have taken the region by surprise, was warmly greeted by Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki as he stepped off his plane in Asmara in scenes that would have been unimaginable just months ago.

The unexpected thaw between adversaries deadlocked for two decades has come after Ethiopia agreed to abide by a 2002 United Nations boundary ruling and cede contested land to its neighbour.

The pair met for private talks on how to end one of Africa’s longest running conflicts. A potential reconciliation has raised hopes of reforms inside Eritrea itself, where government brutality has greatly added to Europe’s migrant crisis.

Mr Isaias has used the conflict as an excuse for repression and in turn created an exodus.

The country is on a permanent war footing and has lengthy universal conscription that is little better than slave labour.

Scenes of the two leaders hugging would have been unthinkable two months ago Credit:
ERITV

Eritreans have made up one of the largest groups heading to Europe in recent years and in 2015 accounted for the biggest number of asylum applications made in the UK.

"Reconciliation would deprive President Isaias of an excuse for maintaining his country in a permanent state of military readiness" that has blocked Eritrea from developing any form of democracy, said Martin Plaut, a senior research fellow with the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London.

The visit comes only three months after Mr Abiy took power. Since then he has led a dramatic agenda of reforms, including freeing journalists and opposition figures from prison and opening up the state-run economy.

In May the Briton Andargachew "Andy" Tsege, one of the Ethiopian government’s most outspoken dissidents, was released after four years on death row.

But Mr Abiy’s decision to fully accept a peace deal that ended a border war between the two East African nations has been most surprising of all.

Ethiopia and Eritrea have not had diplomatic ties since the two-year war that killed 80,000 began in 1998. Skirmishing has continued.

Mr Abiy’s chief of staff, Fitsum Arega, said on Twitter that the visit aimed to "further deepen efforts to bring about lasting peace."

He shared photos of the leaders’ meeting and said Abiy, 42, was "very warmly received" by the 72-year-old Mr Isaias.

"Our two nations share a history and bond like no other," he said. "We can now overcome two decades of mistrust and move in a new direction."

Ethiopia’s foreign ministry called the visit "part of efforts to normalize relations with Eritrea" and said Mr Abiy was expected to talk with Eritrea’s leadership about "how to mend fences."

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Eritrea was once a province of Ethiopia that comprised its entire coastline. It voted to leave in 1993 after a bloody independence struggle and relations between the neighbours degenerated into war five years later.

Mr Abiy has already said Ethiopia’s national airline would soon begin flights to Eritrea, and has expressed interest in his landlocked country having access to Eritrean ports.

But his radical reforms have caused protest from some partners in his ruling coalition and last month he survived a grenade attack at a massive public rally in support of his agenda.

President Donald Trump’s chauffeur of more than 25 years is suing him for unpaid overtime, describing him in court documents as showing “an utterly callous display of unwarranted privilege and entitlement”.

Noel Cintron, 59, is suing the Trump Organization in court in Manhattan for 3,300 hours of overtime that he says he worked in the past six years, totalling around $178,000 (£135,000).

Mr Cintron, who was the businessman’s driver until the Secret Service took over in 2016, is not allowed to sue for overtime prior to that, due to the statute of limitations.

He also accuses Mr Trump of only raising his salary twice in 15 years – and clawing the second raise back by stopping paying his health insurance.

Mr Cintron said he was paid $62,700 per year until it was increased in 2006 to $68,000.

In 2010 he was given his second raise, to $75,000 – but on condition of surrendering his health benefits, which Mr Cintron alleges saved the Organization nearly $18,000 per year.

Donald Trump's former driver accuses him of not paying him overtime

Mr Cintron, in the court filings, accused Mr Trump of exploiting him “in an utterly callous display of unwarranted privilege and entitlement and without even a minimal sense of noblesse oblige.”

He continued: "President Trump’s further callousness and cupidity is further demonstrated by the fact that while he is purportedly a billionaire, he has not given his personal driver a meaningful raise in over 12 years."

Last year, one of Mr Trump’s luxury golf resorts in Florida was ordered by an appeals court to pay more than $32,000 to a supply company that claimed it was not paid for paint that was used to spruce up the property.

A spokesman for the Trump Organization said: “Mr Cintron was at all times paid generously and in accordance with the law. Once the facts come out we expect to be fully vindicated in court."

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THE ROUND-UP

The Latest from the F4W Staff

ROH: Reloaded Tour; Lockport (Buffalo), NY

ROH Reloaded Pittsburgh, PA, live results: National sports controversy spoofed by The Cabinet – Last night was a wild six way main event when Colt Cabana, Dalton Castle, and Jay Lethal teamed up to take on the Bullet Club. Night two of the ROH Reloaded tour features a traditional tag team main event as Castle and Cabana take on the Briscoes. If WWE were writing this, Castle and Cabana would be called Team Cabastle. Also featured tonight is the grappling cooperative of Mandy Leon and Deonna Purrazzo to take on Taeler Hendrix and Jessicka Havok.

WWE confirms six more cruiserweights headed to Raw – Which six of the 32 made the cut? Joe Currier will fill you in.

NJPW Destruction in Tokyo results: Shibata vs. Bobby Fish; KUSHIDA vs. BUSHI – Check out the results from Japan as covered by our Staff. We sent one staffer ahead in time to report back from Japan.

Bellator 161 live results: Kongo vs Johnson; Warren vs Kakai – If you missed it, don’t worry, Gramps Fontaine has you covered.

UFC Fight Night 94 DFS Playbook: Who to target & who to avoid – Check out what RFred, Gramps Fontaine, and Peach plan to do with their winnings.

WWE Main Event results: Jason Jordan vs. Aiden English; Kane vs. Fandango – As always, Kevin Timothy makes reading about Kane matches awesome!

Don Bass loses battle with cancer – We are sad to report the passing of the Don Bass. Dave Meltzer has the details.

NXT Cocoa, FL, live results: Cedric Alexander vs. Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas – Do you remember your numbers from Spanish class? JJ Williams knows what ‘cien’ means without even having to use Google translate.

WEEKEND SHOWS & TELEVISION SCHEDULE
TONIGHT

UFC FIGHT NIGHT: POIRIER VS. JOHNSON, FROM HIDALGO, TX

UFC Fight Pass at 7 p.m. Eastern

Albert Morales (135) vs. Alejandro Perez (135)
Randy Brown (171) vs. Erick Montano (171)

Fox Sports 1 at 8 p.m. Eastern

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Joey Gomez (135) vs. Jose Quinonez (134.5)
Antonio Carlos Jr. (185) vs. Leonardo Guimaraes (186)
Augusto Montano (170.5) vs. Belal Muhammad (170.5)
Gabriel Benitez (145.5) vs. Sam Sicilia (146)
Maximo Blanco (145.5) vs. Chas Skelly (146)
Chris Wade (156) vs. Islam Makhachev (155.5)
Kenny Robertson (170.5) vs. Roan Carneiro (171)
Evan Dunham (156) vs. Rick Glenn (154.5)
Derek Brunson (186) vs. Uriah Hall (185.5)
Dustin Poirier (156) vs. Michael Johnson (154.5)

Please send reports on these shows: [email protected]

WWE Raw in Evansville (all the main stars of the brand headlined by Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Rusev, New Day, Gallows & Anderson, Sami Zayn, Charlotte and Bayley)
WWE Smackdown in Springfield, MO (all the main stars of the brand but no John Cena, with A.J. Styles, Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt, The Miz, Becky Lynch, Natalya, and Dean Ambrose as headliners)
NXT in Omaha (headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode and Asuka)
NXT in Tampa (headlined by Andrade Cien Almas, Buddy Murphy and Wesley Blake)
ROH in Lockport, NY (Honor Rumble, winner gets a title shot on 10/22 in Lakeland, FL, plus Colt Cabana & Dalton Castle vs. Mark & Jay Briscoe, Christopher Daniels vs. Chris Sabin vs. Matt Jackson, Frankie Kazarian vs. Alex Shelly vs. Nick Jackson, Kenny King & Rhett Titus & Caprice Coleman vs. ACH & Jay White & Lio Rush, Kamaitachi vs. Jonathan Gresham, Deonna Purrazzo & Mandy Leon vs. Taeler Hendrix & Jessicka Havok)
House of Hardcore in Philadelphia at the 2300 Arena (Tommy Dreamer with Terry Funk in his corner vs. Matt Hardy with Senor Benjamin in his corner, Ricochet vs. Sami Callihan, Chris Hero vs. Tony Nese plus Brian Myers and more).
SUNDAY

We’ll be looking for reports on these shows tomorrow: [email protected]

WWE Raw in Huntsville, AL (all the main stars of the brand headlined by Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Rusev, New Day, Gallows & Anderson, Sami Zayn, Charlotte and Bayley)
WWE Smackdown in North Little Rock, AR (headlined by A.J. Styles, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt, The Miz, Becky Lynch and Natalya)
NXT in Minneapolis (headlined by Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode and Asuka)
MONDAY

Raw will be Monday night in Memphis. It will be the go-home show for Clash of Champions. Chris Jericho is added to the roster with the other stars on the tour. Cesaro vs Sheamus in match number six of their best-of-seven series will be on the show.

Smackdown will have a Monday night house show in Tupelo, MS, with A.J. Styles, Randy Orton, Dean Ambrose, The Miz, Becky Lynch and Natalya.

TUESDAY

Smackdown and Main Event will be on Tuesday night from Birmingham, AL. John Cena is scheduled for his only show of the week on Tuesday.

Figure Four Weekly, 9/12/2016: More on the Last Battle of Atlanta, wrestling Holy grails, and WWE’s video library – The release of the Last Battle of Atlanta on WWE Network, discussed here last week in advance of it dropping, was met with mixed reaction online. The namesake match itself, Tommy Rich vs. Buzz Sawyer in a cage (with a roof on top for the first time in wrestling history) had become legendary more due to magazine hype and the lack of available footage than anything else… Subscribers click here to continue reading.

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Wrestling Observer Newsletter, September 19, 2016: CM Punk loses UFC debut, TJ Perkins wins Cruiserweight Classic, Backlash review, tons more – The two-year odyssey, odd being the key part of the word, of C.M. Punk to the UFC octagon saw the door shut and the clock strike midnight, not Eastern time, but Cinderella time.

In the end it was simple reality. Starting out at 36 with very limited training past some Jiu Jitsu classes from Rener Gracie, no great athletic gifts and a body beaten up by 15 years of pro wrestling was not going to be able to train for two years and be able to compete in the UFC.

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WON Back Issue, August 23, 1999: WCW Road Wild review, NJPW G1 Climax results, plus tons more – Steve Austin has become the subject of a lot of talk in the past week, with his various injuries, his probable, maybe almost assured dropping of the WWF title at SummerSlam and stories regarding him becoming harder to deal with… Subscribers click here to continue reading.

SATURDAY NEWS UPDATE

The Death of WCW by Bryan Alvarez and RD Reynolds is now available as an audiobook through Amazon.com and Audible. Bryan did the narration for the book and it runs almost fifteen hours, so grab yours today!

WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT

After Daniel Bryan tweeted that he was in storyline contract negotiations with The Miz, WWE issued an update saying the negotiations have broken down and Miz tweeted that he won’t sign unless he’s paid what he’s worth. Bryan called Miz’s terms utterly delusional.
WWE is advertising Seth Rollins vs. Rusev for next Monday’s Raw. The show will also feature the debut of Raw’s cruiserweight division and the sixth match in the best-of-seven series between Cesaro and Sheamus.
At last night’s Raw house show in Louisville, Emma returned as a special guest referee for a six-woman tag pitting Sasha Banks, Bayley and Alicia Fox against Charlotte, Dana Brooke and Nia Jax.
Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae had their wedding yesterday. Gargano’s tag team partner Tommaso Ciampa was in his wedding party, along with fellow wrestlers Chuck Taylor (DUSTIN), Matt Cross (Son of Havoc), and Gregory Iron. There was a lip sync battle at the reception.
Former college football player Mike Rallis, renamed Riddick Moss in WWE, talks his time playing NCAA football for University of Minnesota before signing with WWE.
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

After missing house shows this week with a spinal injury, Katsuyori Shibata returned on NJPW’s Destruction in Tokyo to defend his title against Bobby Fish.
The NY Post has an article about Billy Corgan’s attempt to buy TNA Wrestling. Dave Meltzer disputed the valuation of the company that is mentioned in the article.
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Pete Dunne has been announced for NJPW/Rev Pro’s Global Wars UK night two.
Ring Rust Radio had Ring of Honor World Champion Adam Cole on the show this week, and it was a great episode with plenty of exclusive content. Here is the Blog Talk Radio episode. Below is an excerpt:

Ring Rust Radio: At Death Before Dishonor, you were able to capture the ROH world title for the second time. When we spoke to you last time, you were just coming off an injury that left you sidelined for months. What was the journey from injury to champion like mentally, and now that you have the gold, was all the pain and sacrifice worth it?

Adam Cole: Well, to answer the second part of your question first, I say absolutely everything was worth it. I know this is a cliché answer, but I eat, sleep, and breathe wrestling. When I am not around wrestling, I don’t know what to do with myself. I love the entire environment, the travel, the crowd, the performance and everything. I couldn’t wait when I was injured to come back and push myself to the point of becoming the world champion again. It certainly was a mentally and physically hard road coming back from the three surgeries on my left arm and even recently when I had a bout with pneumonia and lost 17.5 pounds. It was tough, but being able to stand in that ring in Las Vegas and say that I have become the Ring of Honor world champion for a second time and getting a second chance to be with in my opinion the most prestigious title in pro wrestling is really cool.

UFC/MMA

In advance of her first headlining fight at next weekend’s UFC show from Brazil, The Fight Network is airing a three-hour special on Cristiane Justino called “Rise of a Cyborg.” The show airs every day this week at various times.
Legacy FC results from last night on AXS TV – Trevin Giles (8-0) 3rd round sub over Ike Villanueva (11-8) in the main event; Justin Reiswerg (10-6) 2nd round sub over Jason Langellier (4-1); Domingo Pilarte (6-1) 38 second KO over Chris Pham (5-6)
VARIETY
“Kickboxer Vengeance” movie director Dimitri Logothetis discusses working multiple time WWE World Champion Batista and UFC such as GSP and Cain Valesquez in the first movie of the news series and if we can expect more UFC champion in future sequels.
“The HANNIBAL TV” was at the Kickboxer Vengeance Canadian premier last night and interviewed the movie’s star Alain Moussi who plays Kurt Sloane in the film. The interview can be seen here.
“WWE Hall of Famer” Gerald Brisco 30 minute interview video clip where he discusses a variety of topics including his multiple Hall of Fame awards, WWE scouting, fan attacks, Bob Backlund and more. Here is the link.
Great North Wrestling’s full 40 minute shoot interview with Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer is now posted at this link.
Tommy Dreamer stopped by Wrestledelphia Radio ahead of House of Hardcore 18 in Philly. As always, Dreamer held nothing back on why he turned down WWE, the Dudleys leaving, Joey Styles’ firing, and much more.
WWE wrestlers are more recognizable to children than England captain Alastair Cook, according to research by the ECB.
RESULTS: FIST Combat (@fistcombatsc) Watsonville CA: Jheri Giggalo defeated Moondog Madman, Moo Moo Mauler d. Nicky Savage w/roll up and held the tights, Dave Wasted d El Guererro with a roll up, NC 17 d. Mascara Infernal & El Sancho, Seabass d Alexander G Bernard in a NO DQ match, Anarkya won a 4 way match with Big Baby Powder, Mantiz Lee, and Chino Gambino, Kaka Meng & Desi De Rata d. “Jackpot” Scotty Wringer & Sledge w/Samara & AGB when Sledge got fed up and left Wringer.
FIST Combat’s next show is Friday 9/30 at the VFW in Santa Cruz.
RESULTS: Championship Wrestling Entertainment held an event in Orlando, FL at the Team Vision Dojo. It featured their Vixen’s division. Thea Trinidad b Raegan Fire, Ivory Robyn b Layne Rosario, Santana Garrett b Kaci Lennox to retain the CWE Vixen’s title (Lennox challenged Santana to an impromptu match), Mila Naniki b Rex Bacchus (intergender match), Tyranus b Chico Adams to retain the CWE Heavyweight title, Santana Garrett beat Queen Raquel to retain her title and win Raquel’s Queen title, Tyranus b Chico Adams to retain the CWE Heavyweight title, Thea Trinidad won a #1 contender’s over the top rope women’s battle royal (girls kept going through the ropes & told that’s not the rule).
I Believe in Wrestling holds an event tonight at the Team Vision Dojo. 7 matches featuring a no DQ match for the SCW Florida Heavyweight title with Rhett Giddins defending against Brandon Scherer plus a three-way with Santana Garrett vs. Raquel vs. Thea Trinidad. Tickets are $10 & $15.
Former WCW Tag Team Champion Buff Bagwell was the latest guest on the Pancakes and Powerslams Show. He has some controversial things to say about CM Punk fighting at UFC 203, as well as details about his current lawsuit with WWE. Here are some highlights.

On not believing Samoa Joe is a big draw: “Samoa Joe, to me, I’ve never got that,” Bagwell expressed. “I know he’s very popular. I know he’s very good in the ring, I think he’s a great wrestler, I like to watch him. But when you’ve got a chance to do a storyline, to the world of wrestling fans, who’s going to be Sting’s tag team partner, and the options are Lex Luger, Marcus Bagwell, and Samoa Joe. I mean, who in the heck is Samoa Joe? And Luger wasn’t fit enough, so I fit the part perfectly.” He added, “I really don’t know where [TNA] were going with that, except maybe a push for Samoa Joe? Me and Samoa Joe haven’t spoke 10 words together. He was on one independent show with in in Cleveland, and he got mad because I was in the main event and he wasn’t. To me, Samoa Joe is a fat, out of shape guy who looks like he should not be in a wrestling ring, and I’ve not heard or seen anybody ever draw a dollar with him.”

On CM Punk not passing the “Walmart Test”: “Here’s how I look at it. If I was a promoter like Vince McMahon or Ted Turner, if I was trying to make money in the wrestling industry, I would judge it by having a person walk through Walmart. If CM Punk walked through Walmart even as popular as he is, he’s not going to get noticed as much as Hulk Hogan walking through Walmart. The reason why I say Walmart, is [because] that is our fanbase.”

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A newly opened shopping mall on Mexico City’s south side partly collapsed Thursday after structural problems led the mall’s operators to quickly evacuate the area.

Miraculously, no injuries were reported.

Officials said a support beam failed in a cantilevered office area on the top floors that stuck out from the main mall building.

Restaurant worker Juan Ramon Hernandez said people in the mall were evacuated only about five minutes before the offices sheared off.

"We heard a big noise and they began to evacuate us from the plaza," said Hernandez. "About five minutes later was when the collapse happened."

Witnesses described how the multi-story section collapsed in a cloud of dust and twisted metal, some of which fell into lanes of a major freeway, which had been closed shortly before the collapse.

The luxury mall was evacuated just five minute before the collapseCredit:
RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP

The Artz Pedregal mall opened in March, though parts remain under construction. It had drawn the ire of neighbors worried about the loss of open space, congestion and other issues.

Built on the edge of the city’s main expressway, the mall had suffered previous subsoil slides.

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Mexico City Mayor Jose Ramon Amieva said the collapse occurred in an area of offices, and experts were investigating whether the collapse of the cantilevered area was due to structural defects or soil settling.

"They noticed that a separation was occurring" between the overhang and the rest of the building hours before the failure, Amieva said.

A helicopter flies above the collapsed section of the Artz Pedregal shopping mall Credit:
Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg

Calling it a "case of negligence," the mayor said the mall’s construction permits and other authorizations should be reviewed as investigators try to find out what happened.

In a statement, the mall’s operator said it notified city authorities when it noticed signs the area was collapsing. It said it regretted the impact the accident was having on traffic on the notoriously crowded Periferico expressway. At least two lanes were closed.

The mall was controversial in part because it threatened to clog traffic, and because it was built near a rain catchment basin that serves to regulate the city’s seasonally heavy rainfall.

The risk posed by substandard building has been a longstanding issue in Mexico City, where many poorly built or designed buildings collapsed in the city’s 1985 and 2017 earthquakes.

The city also has notoriously bad subsoil conditions, and developers often build on unstable land.

In 2016, while foundation work was still being done on the mall, a retaining wall next to the expressway partly collapsed.

The father of three children who perished in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine four years ago has condemned Donald Trump for pandering to Vladimir Putin, accusing both leaders of lacking empathy for their fellow human beings.

MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. It crashed on July 17, 2014, after being shot down, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew.

Anthony Maslin and Marite Norris’ lives were torn apart when their children Mo, 12, Evie, 10 and Otis, 8, died in the plane crash.

The children had been flying back home to Perth with their grandfather Nick Norris, while their parents stayed on in Europe to extend their holiday by a few days.

“Mr Trump, you invented and speak a lot about ‘fake news’. But lets try talking about something that is not fake,” Mr Maslin wrote in a Facebook post, “lets call them irrefutable facts.”

Mo, 12, Otis, 8, and Evie, 10, were all killed when MH17 was downed

Mr Maslin proceeded to list off the facts of the MH17 case: Flight MH17 was shot down by a missile proven to be Russian, killing “our 3 beautiful children and their grandfather, and destroyed our life and many other lives in the process.”

“That the man whose a*** you’ve just been kissing did this, and continues to lie about it, is an irrefutable fact,” Mr Maslin wrote. “It’s not anger that I feel towards the two of you, its something much, much worse. It is pity. You have no empathy for your fellow man, and you clearly have no idea what love is.”

“So you have nothing,” he concluded.

The facts listed by Maslin have been a source of deep contention between Russia and the West since the flight was downed over eastern Ukraine.

Anthony Maslin and Marite Norris with their children Mo, 12, Evie, 10 and Otis, 8, who died in the MH17 plane crash

The Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team recently identified the Russian military unit from which the missile launcher allegedly came, deepening the case against Russia.

Moscow vehemently denies any and all involvement, casting blame elsewhere.

It was not the first time that the families of the MH17 victims have made emotional appears to either side of the divide calling attention to what took place on July 17th, 2014.

Just before the World Cup began in Russia last month, a group of Dutch families who lost loved ones wrote an open letter to the Russian people urging them to understand what happened.

The crash site of the Malaysia Airlines jet near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, 2014 Credit:
Evgeniy Maloletka/ AP

The fresh criticism came as Mr Trump, the US president, was last night forced into a remarkable about-turn over his remarks at a press conference with Mr Putin, during which he failed to blame Russia for interfering in the 2016 US election.

At the jovial Helsinki press conference, during which which the Russian president gifted his counterpart a World Cup football, Mr Trump said "I don’t see any reason why it would be" Russia that meddled in the US election.

On Tuesday, Mr Trump made a statement at the White House that he had meant to say the opposite.

"I used the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t’. I think that probably clarifies things pretty much by itself," he said.

The president added that he had "full faith and support" in US intelligence agencies and accepted their conclusion that Russia was to blame.

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former president of Iran, took to Twitter on Sunday to weigh in on the spat between President Donald Trump and LeBron James, the basketball star, at a time of rising tensions between the two countries.

Mr Ahmadinejad was barred from running in last year’s elections but showed he was still intent on returning to the spotlight with the sort of social media intervention that has come to define presidential politics in the wake of Mr Trump’s election.

“In my opinion everyone especially a President should love all, and not differentiate between them," he wrote on Twitter, which is banned in Iran.

He added that he loved NBA greats James and Michael Jordan, as well as former Denver Nuggets player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.

Mr Ahmadinejad, who served as president from 2005 to 2013, was known for controversial statements that included questioning whether the Holocaust took place and claiming there were no gays or lesbians in Iran.

LeBron James in action for the Cleveland Cavaliers last yearCredit:
AP

His foray into sport commentary may be unusual but as an attack on a sitting US president it is entirely in character.

His thoughts come at a critical time in Iran-US relations. Washington is poised to reintroduce a slew of sanctions and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday said it had held war games in recent days.

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However, his criticism may not be the most wounding for an American president who has put opposition to Tehran at the heart of his foreign policy. For Mr Trump also faces opposition within the White House from his own wife since delivering a sideswipe against James on Friday night.

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It began when the sports star criticised Mr Trump in a CNN interview, designed to promote his work with vulnerable children.

James accused Mr Trump of using sport to divide people.

“Sports has never been something that divides people,” he said, provoking an angry reaction from the American president who ridiculed the basketball player’s intelligence.

Ahmadinejad finds himself allied with Melania Trump, the first ladyCredit:
AFP

However, Melania Trump distanced herself from her husband the next day.

“It looks like LeBron James is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation and just as she always has, the first lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today,” she said via her spokeswoman.

Meanwhile, Monday marks the end of a 90-day grace period after which the US will re-impose the first batch of sanctions since Mr Trump pulled Washington out of the Iran nuclear deal. They cover the purchase of dollar banknotes, the trade in precious metals and the automotive sector among others.

At a glance | Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran’s economy has deteriorated rapidly in recent weeks due in part to uncertainty over sanctions. Protests have been reported in several cities during the past week.

At the same time, US officials say Iran has been carrying out naval drills – with as many as 100 vessels – in the Gulf to demonstrate readiness.

Ramezan Sharif, a spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards, told state media: "This exercise was conducted with the aim of controlling and safeguarding the safety of the international waterway and within the framework of the programme of the Guards’ annual military exercises.”

"Pas besoin de stresser, on n’est pas malades !": à l’aéroport de Roissy, près de Paris, où les contrôles de passagers rentrant de l’étranger sont jugés insuffisants, les voyageurs déplorent le "soupçon invraisemblable" qui les vise.

Des professeurs d'hôpitaux parisiens ont déploré l'insuffisance des contrôles contre le coronavirus dans les aéroports, affirmant que des cluster se développaient à partir de gens qui rentrent de voyage.<br />

Samedi, 07H30, à proximité de l’entrée d’un terminal: Vincent Sbraire, 36 ans, café à la main, tente de se réveiller comme il peut. Masque de protection sur le visage, il file d’un pas pressé en direction d’un taxi pour gagner la capitale.Cet homme affable, qui a atterri il y a presque une heure de Singapour, se tend presque immédiatement à l’évocation des contrôles liés au coronavirus dans l’aéroport.”Ici, tout le monde porte un masque, la compagnie prend votre température avant de partir, on signe une déclaration sur l’honneur où on laisse nos coordonnées à l’aéroport. Niveau flicage c’est pas mal, non ?“, s’agace-t-il .Agitant nerveusement son passeport français en l’air, il poursuit : “Je suis Français, je rentre à la maison pour les vacances. Pourquoi nous traiter comme des pestiférés ? Les contrôles sont partout“, exulte-t-il avant de tourner définitivement les talons.A côté, une femme d’une cinquantaine d’années n’a pas perdu une miette de la conversation: “Pas besoin de stresser, on n’est pas malades”, ironise-t-elle.Professeure depuis plus de 20 ans dans un établissement français de Kinshasa (RDC), cette française, qui ne veut pas donner son identité, dénonce le “soupçon invraisemblable” que subissent, selon elle, les Français de retour au pays ainsi que les étrangers.”Le virus ne nous a pas attendus pour circuler en France ! Quand j’entends dire qu’on est responsable de la propagation du virus ça me hérisse le poil, c’est une honte“, dit-elle d’un ton calme et posé.Vendredi, des professeurs d’hôpitaux parisiens ont déploré l’insuffisance des contrôles contre le coronavirus dans les aéroports, affirmant que des cluster se développaient à partir de gens qui rentrent de voyage.“Pas là pour contaminer”Pour le Pr Eric Caumes, chef du service des maladies infectieuses à l’hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, “la seule mesure efficace” contre le virus reste la quarantaine.C’est précisément cette mesure qui irrite les passagers.”J’ai fait un test PCR avant de prendre l’avion. Tout est en ordre, fin de la discussion. On ne vient pas là pour contaminer les gens. Quel est l’intérêt de venir en vacances ici s’il faut passer 15 jours en isolement ?“, s’emporte Richard Stan.Ce Franco-Américain originaire de New-York est venu avec son épouse et ses deux filles, direction “Reims, pour le Champagne”.Jeune trentenaire, Sébastien Torres, arrive lui du Brésil avec sa femme. “On est contents d’être là, dit-il soulagé. C’est un peu irrespirable en ce moment au Brésil“.Pour ce jeune couple qui compte rester en France “au moins jusqu’à Noël“, les contrôles et mesures de sécurité sont amplement suffisants : “La quarantaine, c’est une mesure trop brutale, surtout si vous n’êtes là que quelques semaines“, explique-t-il.Sollicité par l’AFP, le groupe ADP, gestionnaire des aéroports parisiens, rappelle que de nombreuse mesures ont déjà été mises en place comme le port du masque obligatoire dès l’entrée dans le terminal, la mise en place de distributeurs de gels hydroalcoolique ou de caméras thermiques.Les tests virologiques de dépistage du Covid-19, promis dimanche dernier par le porte-parole du gouvernement Gabriel Attal pour les voyageurs provenant de pays classés “rouges”, sont la dernière nouveauté du dispositif, selon ADP.Piloté par l’ARS, ce dispositif “propose” aux passagers en provenance des pays hors de l’UE de se faire dépister. Une mesure “indispensable” pour Marie Peretti, doctorante française de retour du Brésil pour qui, de cette façon, “tout le monde sera rassuré, y compris les passagers“.Click Here: collingwood magpies 2019 training guernsey

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"On n'est pas malades !" A Roissy, des passagers de retour de l'étranger dénoncent "le soupçon" qui les vise