John Cena made a special appearance during the Money in the Bank 2024 and announced his retirement from WWE. Cena announced a retirement tour and said he will hang his boots in 2025. He was also asked about whether he would want to win the record 17th WWE title before hanging his boots.
The United World Wrestling body has lifted the suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India with immediate effect. The Indian wrestling body was under provisional suspension since August 23. However, the UWW has kept a few conditions while deciding to lift it.
"We wrote to the UWW today that the ban imposed on WFI should now be lifted as elections have been held democratically. I am sure the suspension will end soon," a new Wrestling Federation of India President Sanjay Singh said on Friday.
Presence of proven performer Bajrang in the 65kg trials meant that most of the wrestlers in this category preferred to stay away.
Bajrang Punia's presence in the 65kg category of the trials for the Indian World Championship team meant that Shrawan had to withdraw from the particular category.
It is the second big medal for Pooja this season, having won a silver the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Ritu, who won an Asian Championship bronze last year, began with a close 5-4 win against Ukraine's Ilona Prokopevniuk but lost the quarterfinal 2-6 to Finland's Petra Maarit Olli.
Bajrang Punia will be India's best bet for a medal in the World Wrestling Championship as a 30-member team seeks a strong performance in the flagship event.
Kavita Devi, who is the first Indian woman to reach the international level in WWE, is no ordinary sportswoman.
The young grappler had recently won the National championship in Indore, she also bagged a bronze medal at the Asian Championships in May.
This is the second successive World Wrestling Championship where Indian grapplers have returned empty-handed.
After three listless days, the onus was on Sakshi and Vinesh to end India's medal drought but both failed to live up to the expectations.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) announced the squad for the tournament on Friday after the selection trials across weight categories at the STC Lucknow.
Indo-Canadian WWE star Jinder Mahal, who upstaged veteran 13-time world champion Randy Orton, said he feels that the sport is perceived as scripted.
Budapest: India's Narsingh Yadav missed out on a bronze medal after going down 1-6 to Ali Shabanau of Belarus in the repechage final of the 74kg category at the World Wrestling Championships here today. The
Budapest: Asian Champion Amit Kumar settled for silver after going down narrowly in the final of the 55kg category on the opening day of World Wrestling Championships here today.Amit lost to Hassan Farman Rahimi of
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