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WWE Biggest Returns in 2025: Hulk Hogan’s Last Promo, Brock Lesnar’s Return, and MoreAJ Lee returns on SmackDown, Hulk Hogan’s final WWE appearance, Alexa Bliss surprises at the Rumble, Nikki Bella and Brock Lesnar also return in 2025....

Ex-MMA champ Ben Askren receives lung transplantFormer MMA champion and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren is recovering from a double lung transplant.,Askren's wife, Amy, shared the update in a Facebook post on Monday. ,"We are so thankful to share that Ben has received a double lung transplant," she wrote. "We are forever thankful to the donor and his...

Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder arrested in prostitution stingKyle Snyder, who became the youngest American wrestler to win Olympic gold in 2016, was arrested in a prostitution sting, according to police in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday.,One of the most successful wrestlers in U.S. history, Snyder, 29, was charged with engaging in prostitution following his arrest...

Japan takes 2 wrestling golds; American Kennedy Blades wins silver

PARIS -- Wrestling powerhouse Japan bagged two freestyle golds through Kotaro Kiyooka and Yuka Kagami on the final day at the Paris Olympics on Sunday to boost their bumper crop of medals.,Japan finished its campaign with eight golds -- three more than in Tokyo three years ago -- with Iran, Bulgaria...

Sakura Motoki adds to Japan's wrestling gold rush in Paris

PARIS -- Sakura Motoki won Japan's sixth wrestling gold of the Paris Olympics on Saturday, underlining her country's domination of the mat at the Champ de Mars Arena.,Her victory against Ukrainian Iryna Koliadenko in the 62kg (137 pounds) final extended Japan's big lead in the wrestling medal table ...

Japan captures two freestyle wrestling gold medals

PARIS -- Powerhouse Japan claimed two of Friday's three freestyle wrestling gold medals at the Paris Olympics through Rei Higuchi and Tsugumi Sakurai to maintain their dominance on the mat at the Champ de Mars Arena.,Bulgaria's Magomed Ramazanov won the men's 86kg gold against an injured Hassan Yazd...

Japan's Akari Fujinami ambles to freestyle wrestling gold

PARIS -- Japanese wrestling juggernaut Akari Fujinami extended her outrageous winning streak to claim the women's 53-kilogram freestyle gold of the Paris Olympics at the Champ-de-Mars Arena on Thursday.,The 20-year-old arrived in Paris with a 130-0 record and capped her campaign with ridiculous ease...

Cuba's Mijain Lopez wins fifth consecutive Olympic wrestling gold

PARIS -- Japan's Kenichiro Fumita claimed the first wrestling gold of the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, winning the men's 60kg Greco-Roman event as Cao Liguo of China took silver.,Zholaman Sharshenbekov of Kazakhstan and North Korean Ri Se-ung claimed bronze in the event.,Cuba's Mijain Lopez, 41, won t...