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3 essential factors to consider when betting on wrestling

By
Daniel Street
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Betting on boxing brings a lot of fun, just like betting on all the other sports. To bet on boxing, you need to have a keen interest in the fundamentals of the game. To be safe, you should not pick on any bet without analyzing and understanding the opponents.

Understanding the opponents entails digging deep into their boxing history, like how many fights they have fought in the past. Besides, you should also find out how many they worn, how many they lost, and how many they drew. Knowing the types of boxing is also crucial in guiding you on which boxers have higher stakes in a boxing match. Here are the factors you must consider before placing a bet in boxing

  1. It Helps if You Consider What It Entails

It’s best to understand the benefits and risks of putting your bet on established and famous boxers. The fact that a boxer is popular is not a surety that they will win a match. Remember that a single loss can lead to you losing many games. Besides, playing boxing is not like playing judi poker online, where if you lose in one stake, it does not interfere with other stakes. It will help if you do thorough research on both the boxers so that when placing a bet, you are sure of your choices

  1. Believing in The Game is Crucial

Being a punter, you should update yourself with the current news and developments in boxing games. Try your best not to go with public opinion; instead, your bets should be based on your research’s prior findings. Besides, once in a while, you should be unique by going against public opinion. Outcomes of games as boxing depend on aspects like the boxer’s skills and ability; it’s not like other games where your luck is the determinant in your winning. If you feel like you have a higher chance of winning, you can over-bet or even pick a site the offers better odds.

  1. Considering Boxing Betting Types is a Good Idea

Boxing has different betting types that you can consider before placing your bet on a fight. These are examples of betting types

  • Which boxer will win outrightly?
  • Whether the rounds are odd or even in number
  • The judge’s scorecard totals
  • The number of rounds in the fight

Learning about prop bets is also a good idea because of their unique wagers. The advantage of prop bets is that you can place them on anything. The pro bets differ in one website to another, so you can choose the comfortable site and place your bet.

Unless you are betting for, it would be best if you don’t place a bet on every match going on. To win money, you can bet on a few matches hence increasing your chances of getting a payout. Like before playing Judi poker online, you need to research the games well before placing your bet on selected matches. It best if you make a habit on betting in a smaller bet to increase your chances of getting a payout.

Nia Jax orders heavily-edited photo of herself to be changed with original

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Colin Vassallo
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Nia Jax was none too happy about her new WWE.COM photo render where she posed with the WWE Women’s tag team title following her win with Shayna Baszler.

Jax’s face was heavily edited and Jax said that she knows that facetune is popular now but she’s not a fan. “I wear enough makeup and have great hair installed to pick up where I lack in looks, Facetune is a bit much,” Jax wrote in a post on Instagram comparing the original photo with the edited picture.

“Yes, in my untouched pic you can see a big zit on my chin, whatevs. I have asked WWE to please replace my obviously facetuned pic with the untouched, I’m not happy with the message it sends,” she added.

Jax received positive feedback from fans on social media for what she did, with the majority supporting her decision.

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Tay Conti signs with AEW

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Colin Vassallo
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Tay Conti, the former NXT star who was part of the AEW Deadly Draw tournament, has officially signed with the promotion. The news was announced by AEW in a social media post, welcoming Conti to the roster.

Conti teamed up with Anna Jay in the Deadly Draw tournament but lost to the eventual winners of Diamante and Ivelisse in the semi final.

The 25-year-old Brazilian spent two-and-a-half years in NXT, participating in the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament and even appeared in the WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal that year. She was let go from the promotion in April after WWE made several cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

All Out fallout on Dynamite on TNT tonight

By
Colin Vassallo
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Dynamite will have the fallout from last weekend’s All Out tonight, with four matches and three segments already announced.

The matches so far include Brodie Lee vs Dustin Rhodes for the TNT title, Chris Jericho and Jake Hager vs Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss in a no disqualification match, Nyla Rose vs Tay Conti, and The Lucha Bros vs Jurassic Express.

Also, Jon Moxley will speak, Kip Sabian will reveal his best man for his wedding, and probably the most anticipated segment of the night will have Matt Hardy addressing fans following his injury at the pay-per-view.

Champions and families clash at next WWE pay-per-view event

By
Daniel Street
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The big WWE event of September comes late in the month with Clash of Champions throwing fists on the 27th. The fourth edition of the now-calendar fixture sees familiar foes slugging it out for championship gold. Many of the fights on the card are yet to be announced but the main events of the pay-per-view are already up in lights. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre continues his feud with Randy Orton after successfully defending his belt against ‘The Viper’ at SummerSlam. Orton is a man who won’t take ‘no’ for an answer, such is his determination to win the title for a 14th time. Graciously accepting defeat was never an option for Orton. His next meeting with McIntyre involved three punt kicks to the head on the subsequent Monday Night Raw. The attack left McIntyre nursing a hairline jaw fracture, which is enough to keep a sane man sidelined. McIntyre, however, is obviously not sane.

Another title shot was not a given for Orton. He had to earn that right through victory in a triple-threat number-one contender match against Keith Lee and Seth Rollins. Chuffed about his achievements and dying to rub them in the face of his presumably-bedridden foe McIntyre, Orton monologued at length about how he would bring about his demise at Clash of Champions. Orton looked like he was going to strut arrogantly out of the arena when a vehicle pulled in next to the ramp. Sure enough, moonlighting as an ambulance driver, it was McIntyre, fit and healthy, perhaps coming straight from the hospital, to give Orton a slice of humble pie.

This feud has been developing nicely and WWE writers may have bigger plans for it in the pipeline. Orton is such a notoriously violent character that it would not be unexpected for blood to spill during this bout. Bigger matches – ones with deadlier concepts, like Hell in a Cell – could be on the horizon and therefore, we consider Orton to be the smart bet. A victory for him will prolong this rivalry and lead to McIntyre fighting twisted fire with twisted fire. Bookmakers like 888Sport offer odds on WWE events and they can be found and held up against competitors on Wincomparator’s website here. That’s not the only match locked in to the Clash of Champions card either. It will be a family affair when Roman Reigns defends his Universal Championship against his cousin, Jey Uso.

Reigns picked up the Universal Championship title at Payback when he beat Braun Strowman and defending champion Bray ‘The Fiend’ Wyatt. Now sporting a heel persona, he made a move to fill a Brock Lesnar-shaped hole in the company by teaming up with Paul Heyman. Having managed many champions in the past, with Lesnar his most famous associate, Heyman is the right person for Reigns to become allies with. Jey Uso, looking to have a proper go at the big titles, won a fatal four-way match on SmackDown to become the number one contender to face his kin. It promises to be a fascinating reunion in what will be a thrilling PPV.

Finn Balor crowned new NXT champion

By
Colin Vassallo
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Three weeks after the NXT title was vacated by Karrion Kross, there’s a new NXT champion in town and his name is Finn Balor.

Balor defeated Adam Cole in the opening match of NXT on USA Network last night to win his second NXT title, becoming only the third WWE Superstar to hold the title more than once along with Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura. Finn won the match after delivering the 1916 DDT from the top rope.

The Irishman won his first title on July 4, 2015 at The Beast From The East in Tokyo, Japan by beating Kevin Owens and held on to the title for 292 days before losing it to Samoa Joe on April 21, 2016 at a non-televised NXT live event in Lowell, Massachusetts.

This is Balor’s first title win since he returned to NXT last year. He last carried a title, the Intercontinental one, while on the Raw roster, winning it at WrestleMania 35. He moved to the Smackdown roster in April and then lost it to Shinsuke Nakamura during the Extreme Rules Kick-Off show.

Marty Jannetty says he didn’t really murder a man and it was part of a wrestling angle!

By
Colin Vassallo
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Marty Jannetty, who earlier last month confessed to murdering a man when he was 13 years old, has now said that the whole story was a wrestling angle and had to drop it after the police got involved.

Jannetty recounted back then how when when he worked at Victory Lanes bowling alley, he tried to buy drugs from someone – who he referred to with a homophobic remark – and this person dragged him around to the back of the building and “you already know what he was gonna try to do…” he wrote.

“That was the very first time I made a man disappear…they never found him..they shoulda looked in the Chattahoochee River,” the former member of The Rockers continued.

But now, Jannetty spilled the beans over the whole story.

“I DID NOT MURDER THAT MAN!!!,” he wrote on Facebook. “It was just the beginning of a damn wrestling storyline..but OH MY GOD, OMG.. Didn’t the WORLD buy it??!! I never knew it could be that easy,” Jannetty continued, listing Inside Edition, People Magazine, TMZ, FOX News, and the National Enquirer as outlets who ran with the story.

“It got so hot I had to drop it..when my Columbus, GA. Police Department got involved, I knew I had to drop it,” he continued, adding that he got phone calls from Germany, Japan, Australia, England, France, Scotland, Ireland, Africa, Israel, and Canada to cover the story.

He did say there was some truth to the story in the sense that he did try to buy weed from a gay man when he was 13 from where they worked at and the man did try to make an advance on him but Jannetty refused and the two went back to work and “remained friends.”

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Alexa Bliss to host Uncool podcast on the WWE Podcast Network starting September 22

By
Colin Vassallo
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The WWE Podcast Network has expanded as WWE today announced the launch of Uncool with Alexa Bliss, premiering on Tuesday, September 22 and hosted by former Raw and Smackdown Women’s champion Alexa Bliss.

“Each Tuesday, Alexa will sit down with WWE Superstars and celebrity guests to celebrate all things Uncool. From awkward first dates to fashion faux pas and everything in between, nothing is off limits,” the press release said. “WWE Superstar The Miz will kick off the premiere episode with other weekly guests, including Lance Bass, Nikki & Brie Bella, Ryan Cabrera, James Iglehart, Taylor Hanson, Nikki Glaser, Jon Heder and more.”

Bliss added, “Uncool will take listeners down memory lane by reliving embarrassing, quirky tween moments and reminiscing about younger years while offering laughs along the way. Fans will get to see just how cool it is to be uncool.”

Listeners can subscribe to Uncool with Alexa Bliss on all audio streaming services, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Pandora. Full-length videos of each episode will be available the following week on WWE Network and WWE’s YouTube channel.

This is the third podcast on the WWE Podcast Network along with After The Bell by Corey Graves and Feel The Power by The New Day.

NXT Super Tuesday II tonight on USA Network

By
Colin Vassallo
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NXT will deliver Super Tuesday II tonight on USA Network headlined by a no time limit match for the vacant NXT title.

Unopposed for the fourth straight week but airing on a different night, NXT hopes to deliver the audience tonight as Finn Balor takes on Adam Cole where the winner will be crowned the new NXT champion. The two are the longest-reigning NXT champions but both have one title reign.

Also on the card tonight are Rhea Ripley vs Mercedes Martinez in a steel cage match, Bronson Reed vs Austin Theory, and Killian Dain vs Roderick Strong.

NXT had an audience of over 800,000 viewers for each episode over the past three weeks unopposed but has not reached the 900,000-mark yet in 2020.

WWE to allow talent using YouTube and Twitch under their real names

By
Colin Vassallo
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After a letter sent by Vince McMahon banning all WWE Superstars from creating – and monetizing – their own YouTube and Twitch accounts, the company clarified some of that during a talent meeting at Raw yesterday according to the Wrestling Observer.

The talent were told that they will be allowed to run their YouTube and Twitch accounts as long as they use their real names and not their WWE name. Their WWE name is property of the company and just like they cannot show up in another promotion after they depart WWE using that same name, they cannot use it on any other personal project unless WWE is involved in it. All of them were also told that they need to inform the company if they’re using YouTube and Twitch under their real name.

There were rumors last week that Mark Carrano, the WWE Senior Director of Talent Relations, informed talent that WWE owns the rights to their real names as well, which would prevent them from changing their username to reflect their real name and continue operating as before but that was clarified last night.

The issue of Cameo is still up in the air according to the Observer although the majority believe that they will not be able to do Cameo even with their real name although it wasn’t made exactly clear and it was “super vague” for now.

Ivar of The Viking Raiders suffers injury on Raw

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Colin Vassallo
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One half of The Viking Raiders, Ivar, suffered an injury last night on Raw during an eight-man tag team match.

The injury occurred when Ivar did a suicide dive, landing badly and immediately notifying the official of what happened by doing the X hand sign. The action quickly continued in the ring and after Ricochet missed a 630, Alexander hit him with the Michinoku Driver for the pinfall. Ricochet kicked out at two and even the commentators noted that but the referee ended the match due to the injury by hitting the three count.

WWE acknowledged the injury by issuing a statement after Raw writing, “During the eight-man tag team match on Monday Night Raw, Ivar suffered a cervical injury on a Viking Dive to the floor. As a precaution, Ivar was transported to a local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.”

Whole Mysterio family whoop Murphy with painful kendo stick shots on Raw

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Colin Vassallo
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The Mysterio family united to whoop Murphy into oblivion with kendo sticks last night on Raw as each member – Rey, Dominik, Angie, and Aalyah – all took their turns and then joined together in beating Murphy.

The street fight between Murphy and Dominik main evented Monday Night Raw and ended with Murphy verbally submitting after he was tied in the ropes and on the receiving end of several dozens of kendo stick shots to the front and back. It started with Dominik, and then Rey joined in. Then they invited Aalyah – Dominik’s sister – to join the party and then it was Angie’s time – Rey’s wife – who first hesitated but quickly changed her mind.

All four hit Murphy from every angle one by one until he submitted and after he was untied from the ropes, the whole Mysterio family battered him with kendo sticks together as the show went off the air with Murphy down in the middle of the ring destroyed.

Balor or Cole – who will walk out with the NXT title tomorrow?

By
Colin Vassallo
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Another unopposed week, another championship match, and hopefully this time, the NXT title will be decided once and for all after WWE failed to deliver a winner last week.

The two longest-reigning NXT champions will be facing each other tonight on NXT on USA Network but who is the favorite to walk out of Full Sail University with the gold? You can check out bet365 Bonuskoodi if you are in the EU for betting offers.

Just like last week Finn Balor was the favorite to win the 60-minute, fatal four-way iron man match, he remains the favorite to win the title tomorrow night with odds of 1/8. Adam Cole has 4/1 odds so far, making him the underdog for the night.

Last week, Balor had odds of 3/5 to finish the match as the champion while Tommaso Ciampa was 43/20, Johnny Gargano was 5/1 and Adam Cole was 6/1. The match ended with Balor and Cole having two pinfalls while Gargano and Ciampa each had one. Rather than going into sudden death ala WrestleMania 12, NXT General Manager William Regal announced that both Balor and Cole would go against each other tomorrow to finally crown the new champion.

The NXT championship was vacated on the NXT show following Takeover: XXX. The champ at the time, Karrion Kross, had to surrender the title because of a shoulder injury he suffered during the title match against Keith Lee. Kross soldiered on during the match and despite separating his shoulder, he was still able to finish the match and perform some wicked power moves on Lee along the way.

Balor held the NXT title last in April 2016 after 292 days carrying it. He won it from Kevin Owens at The Beast in the East in Tokyo, Japan on July 4, 2015 and then lost it to Samoa Joe on April 21, 2016 at an NXT live event in Lowell, Massachusetts. Up until that point, Balor was the longest-reigning NXT champion, beating Adrian Neville’s 287-day record.

Balor successfully defended his title three times, beating Kevin Owens in a ladder match at Takeover: Brooklyn, defeated Samoa Joe at Takeover: London, and defeated Samoa Joe again at Takeover: Dallas before losing it to Joe.

Cole won the title on June 1, 2019 at Takeover: XXV in Bridgeport, Connecticut after he beat Johnny Gargano. He held on the title for 403 days, losing it to Keith Lee on night two of The Great American Bash on July 1, 2020. Cole is the longest-reigning NXT champion so far.

The leader of The Undisputed Era had a tougher time defending the title and had to go through Akira Tozawa at EVOLVE 131, Gargano at Takeover: Toronto II, Jordan Myles on NXT, Matt Riddle on NXT, Daniel Bryan on Smackdown, Seth Rollins on Raw, Pete Dunn at the Survivor Series, Finn Balor on NXT, Tommaso Ciampa at Takeover: Portland, Velveteen Dream on NXT, and Velveteen Dream again at Takeover: In Your House.

Moderators removed access to press who asked pressing questions at All Out post-show media call

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Colin Vassallo
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It was a rough night for AEW on Saturday with All Out, mainly due to the way the company dealt with the Matt Hardy situation. But after the show was over, AEW President Tony Khan faced the press virtually to answer questions about the show, something that he has been doing following every pay-per-view so far.

But this time around, those moderating the questions were trying to make things easier for Khan. Bleacher Report senior writer Jonathan Snowden reported that during the conference call, moderators were removing access from those who submitted challenging questions to Khan, the first time that such thing has been reported following an AEW pay-per-view.

There was also another person who suggested that certain questions submitted were pushed towards the end of the queue and obviously time ran out before Khan got to those questions.

No hockey on USA Network on Wednesday but NXT still set for Tuesday

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Colin Vassallo
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Due to the schedule changes, USA Network will not be airing any NHL on Wednesday night but NXT will still be airing on Tuesday, unopposed, for this week as well.

USA had pre-empted NXT for two weeks in a row due to the NHL playoffs but the way the games turned out, a broadcast on Wednesday on USA Network was not required. But with WWE hyping up Super Tuesday II to crown a new champion, the show will keep the Tuesday time slot for this week and a replay is scheduled to be on SyFy on Wednesday at 8PM. Last week, the NXT replay on SyFy on Wednesday did 183,000 additional viewers.

NXT returns in its regular Wednesday time slot next week, also unopposed, as Dynamite will air on Thursday due to the NBA playoffs.

Matt Hardy released from hospital, Khan says no concussion

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Colin Vassallo
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Matt Hardy was released from hospital yesterday afternoon and AEW President Tony Khan said that he is not suffering from any concussion, contradicting Matt’s wife’s statement on Twitter earlier in the day.

Hardy suffered a nasty head bump on Sunday during his match when he was speared off a scissors lift and missed the table, with his head crashing on the concrete floor. Despite looking totally knocked out, Matt was allowed to continue his match after AEW ringside physician Dr. Sampson cleared him to compete. The decision, which came universally under fire, was defended by Khan.

After Matt was discharged from hospital, Khan took it to Twitter to announce the news. “Matt’s ok, we sent him to the hospital as a precaution & he’s passed the MRI + CT scans, he doesn’t have a concussion, and he’s being driven home now,” he wrote, adding that Hardy will be at Dynamite on Wednesday night.

Matt Hardy still in hospital following head injury at All Out

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Colin Vassallo
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Matt Hardy is still in hospital according to his wife Reby who said he “1000%” has a concussion.

“Anyone with eyes could have told you that tho,” Reby added. Hardy needed additional imaging after he underwent a CT scan yesterday following his match.

Reby is obviously very annoyed with AEW for letting her husband continue his match last night even after Matt said he wanted to continue. Dr. Sampson, AEW’s ringside physician, cleared Matt to continue after administering quick concussion test, and AEW President Tony Khan vehemently defended to decision to let Matt continue the match.

This looks double bad on the company as a few weeks ago they brought in Chris Nowinski, the former WWE Superstar-turned CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, to talk about concussions and CTE.

Fan tries to jump Jon Moxley during entrance at All Out but security takes him down

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Colin Vassallo
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A fan tried to jump on Jon Moxley when he made his entrance at All Out yesterday but a security guard was on top of his game and managed to subdue the fan before reaching Moxley.

The incident, all caught on camera, saw the fan scouting the entrance way and a security guard who was several feet behind him noticing the unusual behavior. As soon as Mox started his entrance, the fan went down the stairs and tried to reach Moxley but the security guard was already moving towards him, sensing what was about to happen and tackled him just in time.

Moxley stopped and turned around to assess the situation and then kept making his entrance as other security personnel helped to escort him out of the building.

You can see the whole incident below.

Tony Khan defends decision to allow Matt Hardy continue with his match despite being knocked out

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Colin Vassallo
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In the post-show media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan addressed the situation with Matt Hardy at the start of the event, explaining what happened.

Khan said he stopped the match, then said he rang the bell to pause the match and send the doctor out to check on Hardy. Khan said that Dr. Sampson administered the concussion test and cleared him despite Matt obviously looking like he was out of it.

Khan noted that he talked to Matt after the match and also at the hospital and sounded okay and said the incident was not something any of them enjoyed and called it a scary moment.

When the first question came in suggesting that Hardy overruled the doctor to continue, Khan completely shot it down saying that Matt would not have been able to overrule the doctor or himself and there was no pressure on the doctor to let Matt continue his match.

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Full Gear 2020 pay-per-view announced for November 7

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Colin Vassallo
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The next AEW pay-per-view will be held on Saturday, November 7, and it will be Full Gear. The PPV name was created last year and looks like it will be a yearly November show.

Assuming that fans still cannot enter and pack arenas to the rafters by November, this show will also take place at The Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. The Daily’s Place has held Double or Nothing and All Out already this year as in on track to host the third out of four 2020 pay-per-views so far.

AEW has already started to allow fans enter The Daily’s Place in limited numbers for both Dynamite and PPVs and will keep allowing up to 15% capacity for now.

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