Wrestling matches provide an action-packed story time at US libraries, in photos
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Wrestling matches provide an action-packed story time at US libraries, in photos - Lemmy.zip
>BENICIA, Calif. (AP) — The handwritten sign at a Northern California public
library warned patrons to expect more noise than usual. That warning quickly
proved to be an understatement as professional wrestlers, accompanied by booming
music, thundered into the reading space and jumped into a ring flanked by row
upon row of bookshelves. > >Dozens of children and adults greeted the theatrics
with hoots and hollers at the Benicia Public Library in Benicia, California. >
>Welcome to “Lucha Libro,” a high-energy, action-packed story time that is
bringing live wrestling matches to libraries across the U.S. to promote
literacy. Founded in 2024, “Lucha Libro” plays off the name of the popular
Mexican-inspired sport of Lucha Libre. Libro means book in Spanish. (The article
then has a bunch of pictures of the event) >Libraries are typically sedate
places, but the wrestlers did not hold back. They body slammed their opponents
and aerial kicked each other in the chest. > >Among the brawny wrestlers was
“Llama Jack,” sporting a black mask with furry ears, who read “Llama Llama Time
to Share,” before being interrupted by his rivals barging into the ring. He took
them down in minutes and then finished the story. > >Over 40 events are planned
this year at libraries from California to New Jersey. One of the most popular
wrestlers on the circuit is the fighting librarian, “Richard Shhnary.” > >The
idea started in 2024 when Lucha Libro’s CEO, Jerry Rocha, and co-founder, Victor
Dwight, were approached to put on a show at a local library, Rocha said in an
email. Dwight wrestles as “Victor Von Richter.” > >A year later, Lucha Libro
debuted at the Benicia library. > >Two worlds that were never meant to cross
paths have since collided in the most spectacular way, Rocha said.
SquaredCircle’s Meme Monday Thread! (June 8th, 2026)
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WWE shareholder trial has officially been cancelled
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WWE shareholder trial has officially been cancelled - Lemmy.zip
>The WWE shareholder trial has officially been cancelled. > >On Friday, the
trial was removed from the Delaware court calendar just days before it was set
to begin on Monday. > >Tamara Burton, the Court Administrator for the Delaware
Court of Chancery, confirmed to POST Wrestling’s Brandon Thurston on Saturday
evening that the trial has been cancelled. > >> The WWE merger trial has been
cancelled, Court Administrator for the Delaware Court of Chancery Tamara Burton
confirmed to me this evening. >> >> We haven’t confirmed whether a settlement
has been agreed to or is being worked on. >> >> The trial was previously
scheduled to start on Monday. >> >> — Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) June
7, 2026 >> >It has not been confirmed if a settlement has been reached. > >The
trial was scheduled to take place in Delaware over four days this week and
presided over by Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster. > >The plaintiffs allege that
the 2023 transaction to merge WWE with UFC undervalued the former, naming Vince
McMahon, Nick Khan, Paul Levesque, George Barrios, and Michelle Wilson as the
listed defendants. The plaintiffs allege that McMahon steered the transaction
toward Endeavor and did not allow the bidders, KKR and Liberty Media, to engage
in a fair bidding process for WWE.
AEW Collision 6-6-26 Discussion Thread (SPOILERS!)
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AEW Collision 6-6-26 Discussion Thread (SPOILERS!) - Lemmy.zip
It’s Saturday, you know what that means! AEW Collision comes to us from Covelli
Centre in Youngstown, Ohio! Tonight’s card includes: Owen Hart Foundation 2026
Women’s Tournament Quarter Final Match: Hazuki vs. Persephone AEW Women’s World
Tag Team Title Match: Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) © vs. TayJay
(Anna Jay & Tay Melo) And surely more! Enjoy the show and have fun!
The Butcher And The Blade Now Free Agents After AEW Contracts Expire
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The Butcher And The Blade Now Free Agents After AEW Contracts Expire - Lemmy.zip
>The Butcher and The Blade have departed AEW. > >Fightful Select reports “The
Butcher and the Blade are free agents after their AEW contracts have expired.” >
>Full details are available for subscribers. > >The duo signed with AEW in 2019,
debuting on the November 27, 2019 episode of AEW Dynamite. They have not teamed
on AEW TV since January 2024 due to Blade being sidelined with a spine injury. >
>While Blade was sidelined, Butcher did compete in singles matches in All Elite
Wrestling. He has not wrestled for the promotion since February 2025 when he
lost to Gabe Kidd on an episode of Collision. Blade returned to the ring on
December 13, 2025 after undergoing spinal fusion surgery in September 2024.
To Have & Toehold: Eve Bateman vs Liam Slater // NORTH STORIES
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AEW Dynamite Discussion Thread- 06/03/26 (Spoilers)
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AEW Dynamite Discussion Thread- 06/03/26 (Spoilers) - Lemmy.zip
Tonight’s Dynamite comes to us live from the Siegel Center in Richmond, VA! The
card includes: Owen Hart Foundation 2026 Women’s Tournament Quarter Final Match-
Alex Windsor vs. ??? Non Title Owen Hart Foundation 2026 Men’s Tournament Semi
Final Match- Mark Davis vs. Will Ospreay AEW TNT Title Match- Kevin Knight © vs.
Mike Bailey AEW World Title Match- MJF © vs. Rush And more? Enjoy the show!
AEW Shop Releases Rebel Merchandise, 100% Profits Going To Those Affected By ALS
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AEW Shop Releases Rebel Merchandise, 100% Profits Going To Those Affected By ALS - Lemmy.zip
>On May 1, former AEW talent Rebel announced that she had been diagnosed with
terminal ALS. > >Rebel was previously with AEW as the manager to Britt Baker.
The company has supported Rebel in her battle since the announcement, with
references made on television and Tony Khan speaking about her at the Double or
Nothing post-show press conference. > >On Tuesday, All Elite Wrestling announced
the Rebel Heart merchandise line to support Rebel and those affected by ALS. >
>From AEW: > >Join us in supporting a cause close to our hearts: #RebelHeart tee
and bracelet – both available now on @ShopAEW in honor of @RebelTanea and
#LouGehrigDay. !00% of profits go to @iamalsorg and @TeamGleason, benefiting
those affected by ALS. @AEWTogethe ❤️ >
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Here’s a link to the merch page. [https://shopaew.com/en-us/collections/rebel]
Noches de los Grandes may not be as big a success as the IWC thinks
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Noches de los Grandes may not be as big a success as the IWC thinks - Lemmy.ca
>No attendance was announced, surprising me. Maybe there’s a press release out
by the time you’ve read this. Forget everything else, the tickets, the ratings,
the streams (I wrote 73k on AAA’s stream and 280K on WWE’s stream after the main
event, but I know it crossed over 300K when the unmasking was actually
happening). This is a no-numbers situation. The Noches de Grande show is a
success if TripleMania is part of a deal with a new media partner for AAA. Los
Noches de Grande is not a success if TripleMania airs on YouTube for free.1
That’s it. It’s incredibly unfair that this show will be remembered entirely
based on what happens next – my long-standing internal metric is that “any major
AAA show you can walk away from in one piece is a success” – but that’s the
reality of the situation. This show is either a milestone event in the history
of the promotion that finally catapults AAA to the sustained US success they’ve
been dreaming about for 30 years, or it goes down with Lucha Underground and a
bunch of other ideas as extremely important to people but not the world-changing
event they hoped for. It’s in the hands of the judges now. as of This afternoon
the show is up to 1.7 Million views in English and nearly half-million in
Spanish
SquaredCircle’s Meme Monday Thread! (June 1st 2026)
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