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    ‘Dad’ calls out entire WWE and takes swipe at Logan Paul after Creator Clash victory

    NATHAN Barnatt called out the “entire WWE” and took a swipe at Logan Paul after his dominant Creator Clash win Saturday night.The YouTuber star known as Dad won his fight against AB Starkilla on the pay-per-view event in Tampa, Florida.
    ‘Dad’ fought in Creator Clash on Saturday night in TampaCredit: Instagram/@nathanbarnatt
    He took a shot at Logan Paul and called out the entire WWECredit: AFP
    It was his second straight boxing victory having beaten Matt Watson last summer.
    And the 42-year-old claimed he had a signed WWE contract “for the last ten years” and accused WWE stars of avoiding him.
    He said in the ring: “I would like to call out the entire company of the WWE.
    “If you know me and you’ve been watching me for 20 years on YouTube then you’ll know the WWE sent me a signed contract twice.

    “I still have that contract signed.
    “Triple H knows me, Vince McMahon knows me, half the roster knows me.
    “They’ve been dancing around me for 10 years and I’m not waiting any more.”
    Dad then turned his attention to Seth Rollins and his WrestleMania showdown with Logan Paul.
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    He continued: “So Seth Rollins, you want to go toe to toe with a phoney YouTuber, a con artist?
    “How about you go toe to toe with a boxer, a YouTuber from the original days, who actually wins his fights?
    “I’ll be waiting for you at the front doors of your training facility until you answer.” More

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    Logan Paul calls out Tyson Fury for CAGE FIGHT and says he would ‘choke out’ boxing world champion

    LOGAN PAUL has sensationally called out Tyson Fury for a CAGE FIGHT.YouTuber-turned-Wrestler Paul starred in Wrestlemania 39 on Saturday, facing off against Seth Rollins.
    Logan Paul has called out Tyson Fury for an MMA fightCredit: Splash
    The Gypsy King has weighed up MMA beforeCredit: AFP
    Paul’s brother Jake was recently on the receiving end of a defeat by Tommy Fury, but Logan now wants to get revenge by taking on boxing champ Tyson.
    However, rather than in a boxing ring, Paul wants to face Fury in the Octagon.
    Speaking to BT Sport, he said: “You know what I would do because I saw Tyson talking s***?
    “I would fight Tyson in a MMA fight.
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    “I really would, I don’t really care how big he is if you have not wrestled or done any ground work I don’t care how big you are, you better land the first two punches that you throw and they better knock me out.
    “Otherwise I’m taking you to the ground, I’m taking your back and I’m choking you out.”
    Fury himself has teased switching into the MMA.
    The 34-year-old trained with Darren Till during the build-up to his rematch with Deontay Wilder, while he also told Francis Ngannou he would box him in 4oz MMA gloves inside of a cage.
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    Paul’s one and only pro boxing fight resulted in defeat to KSI – now his business partner for their PRIME drink – who made a special appearance at Wrestlemania.
    The Brit was wearing a PRIME outfit, and attempted to help Paul complete a Frogsplash on Rollins, before he was dragged onto the table for Paul to smash into instead.
    Paul also competed in an exhibition bout against Floyd Mayweather, which Money convincingly won.
    However, this did not stop Paul from declaring he would “knock out” Fury after his brother defeated Tommy, though Jake beating the ex-Love Island star never came to pass.
    The Gypsy King has not been a silent party against Paul either.
    Speaking weeks after Tommy beat Jake, he said: “Logan Paul, you little b****.
    “It seems that my little brother beat your little brother and now you’re both a pair of losers. All the Paul family suck.”
    It comes after talks for Fury’s heavyweight unification bout against Oleksandr Usyk fell through, despite Usyk agreeing to a 70-30 split.
    However, Anthony Joshua now seems to have Fury in his sights once again following his unanimous points win over Jermaine Franklin.
    AJ, 33, said: “Save all that s***. If we’ll f***ing fight, let’s go.
    “Shut the f*** up and that’s just how I feel because I got to save my energy for the fight.
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    “I’ll be real, I’ll be real. I respect the man. He’s achieved a lot.
    “I just feel I don’t need to trash talk, verbally trash talk someone to make myself feel better.” More

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    Anthony Joshua claims he would beat Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in boxing AND wrestling

    ANTHONY JOSHUA has claimed he would defeat Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in a boxing clash AND a wrestling match.The former heavyweight world champion takes on Jermaine Franklin on Saturday.
    Anthony Joshua joked he could beat Dwayne Johnson in boxing and wrestlingCredit: PA
    ‘The Rock’ has not fought in WWE since 2019Credit: Getty
    Ahead of the fight he sat down for a Q&A with two kids for DAZN.
    He was asked a range of questions, revealing the celebrity he would most like to date is Beyonce, and suggested he would likely work in construction if he did not take up boxing.
    Next he was asked who would win if he face off against the Rock, in both boxing and wrestling.
    AJ smiled cheekily and replied: “100 per cent me.
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    “You’ve got to have belief in yourself.”
    Joshua, 33, makes his return to the O2 Arena this weekend for his first fight on British soil since his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September 2021.
    And the Brit is well aware this could be his final bout if he loses, but he is confident of success after working under new trainer Derrick James.
    Meanwhile Johnson, 50, has not fought in WWE since 2019.
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    Credit: SUNSPORT
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    He was once the dominant force in the sport before quitting in 2004 to focus on his acting career.
    Johnson topped the highest-paid actors list in 2016, 2019 and 2020 and decided to officially retire from wrestling in 2019 after making a return in 2014.
    Last year he featured in films such as Black Adam and DC League of Super-Pets, and he stars in Red One which is due for release later this year, which may mean his fighting career is over. More

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    Watch Vinicius Jr try to ‘perform a suplex’ on De Jong as feisty El Clasico turns into WWE leaving fans in hysterics

    VINICIUS JR “performed a suplex” on Frenkie de Jong as the two stars got into it during Barcelona’s 1-0 Copa del Rey semi-final first leg win at Real Madrid.Carlo Ancelotti’s side hosted Barca at Santiago Bernabeu, and as per usual there was no love lost between the two sides.

    The rival pair wrestled each otherCredit: Reuters
    Frenkie de Jong appeared to inadvertently grab Vini’s crotch region
    The first major flashpoint occurred mid-way through the first-half, when Vini Jr and De Jong got into a tangle.
    As the pair jostled for the ball, De Jong’s hand appeared to inadvertently grab at Vini’s crotch region.
    The Brazilian subsequently threw his Dutch counterpart to the ground, with some fans likening it to a WWE move.
    It was the Real Madrid star that was penalised, despite replays suggesting that both were at it.
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    One Barca fan argued: “De Jong is literally the one who carries the ball, Vinicius is going to steal it, legal struggle until Vinicius’s German Suplex.”
    Another Twitter user disagreed with this assessment, however, tweeting: “They both get into it, but somehow Vini is the one who gets booked.”
    A second whined: “Vinicius got a yellow for a De Jong foul. Disgusting.”
    And another added: “Vini in WWE.”
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    Vini ‘performed’ a suplex’ on his opponentCredit: EPA
    A further user asked: “Did you see how Vinicius grabbed Frenkie’s neck and slammed him down like it’s a UFC match?”
    With both teams jostling for an advantage – it was Madrid who thought they’d landed first through Karim Benzema.
    But the Frenchman’s sublime finish was subsequently ruled out for offside.
    And the deadlock was then broken by Barcelona, when Eder Militao inadvertently turned into his own net.
    Franck Kessie then looked certain to have put Barca 2-0 up in the second-half… only for his OWN PLAYER Ansu Fati to block the ball from going in.
    Tempers continued to flare late on, with Barca boss Xavi booked in stoppage time for protesting to the fourth official.
    He needn’t have worried, however, as his side managed to hold firm during a late Madrid onslaught to take a 1-0 lead into the second leg at home.
    The duo both looked sheepishly at the refereeCredit: AP
    Franck Kessie fumed at team-mate Ansu FatiCredit: Reuters
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    I’m the former World Cup star who quit football for WWE after chat with Triple H

    WITH nearly 300 Bundesliga appearances under your belt and a trip to a World Cup on your CV, you’d imagine you’re at the top of your game.But one German star embarked on a shock career change, seemingly at the peak of his powers, at the age of 32.
    A former Germany international turned his back on football to join Triple H in WWE
    The ex-Bundesliga star even featured in a WWE show in MunichCredit: AFP
    The one-time goalkeeper fought alongside partners Cecaro and SheamusCredit: AFP
    The goalkeeper spent a decade in Germany’s top flight with Kaiserlautern, Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim – and regularly starred in the Champions League.
    He even joined Manuel Neuer in the squad for the 2010 World Cup.
    While he never made it into the starting XI in South Africa – as Germany KO’d England and reached the semi-finals, losing to eventual champions Spain – the 6ft 4in stopper was a giant between the sticks.
    The No1 won the German version of the FA Cup and League Cup once apiece and finished as a Bundesliga runner-up twice.
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    And yet in 2014, he made the bold decision to hang up his gloves and move into WWE.
    The man in question? None other than Tim Wiese.
    In September 2014, Wiese revealed he’d been offered a development contract by WWE to join their NXT division.
    Fast forward less than two years, the German was invited to train at the WWE’s development facility in Florida by legendary wrestler Triple H in June 2016.
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    Tim Wiese most-famously played for Werder Bremen during his Bundesliga careerCredit: AFP
    Tim Wiese earned six Germany caps, including a 2-1 friendly defeat at the hands of England in BerlinCredit: Bongarts – Getty
    At the time, Wiese revealed: “I have been training hard for this, and I am excited for the opportunity.
    “No matter what it takes, my goal is to be in that WWE ring this November. I want that match.”
    Ex-world champ Triple H said: “Tim is tenacious.
    “He continues to be very vocal in his desire to prove that he has what it takes,
    “He has shown tremendous resilience and determination to create an opportunity for himself.
    “This is his break to walk his talk. If all goes well in Florida, he will get his chance in the ring.”
    By November, he’d teamed up with Sheamus and Cesaro to defeat The Shining Stars and Bo Dallas during a star-studded live event in Munich.
    In the build-up to the fight, Swiss legend Cesaro revealed he’d been working with Wiese – dubbed “The Machine” in the wrestling world.
    Cesaro claimed: “I wanted to see what he was made of and he was moving pretty good.
    “It is a big change from football – the real football, if any Americans are reading – to wrestling but he definitely has the build for it.
    “I gave him some tips but he will have to go through some adjustments – WWE is not just a job, it’s a lifestyle, and it’s not for everybody.
    “He says he wants it so now he has the chance to prove it – it’s all up to him.”
    Tim Wiese came out of retirement for one match with German eighth division side DillingenCredit: Getty – Contributor
    However, by 2017, Wiese had left WWE – and dusted off his goalkeeping gloves for a shock return to football.
    Aged 35, he starred between the posts for German eighth division side Dillingen – who averaged 60 fans per game.
    For his debut – a 2-1 defeat at the hands of TSV Haunsheim – 2,000 supporters rocked up to watch the former international star.
    At the time, he vowed to work his way back to the Bundesliga and admitted he regretted his decision to turn his back on football.
    Wiese claimed: “I wonder why I gave up on all of this.
    “Considering it was my first game I think it went well.
    “Now I think of the future. No longer will I play in the sixth series.
    “I think I’m still good enough for the Bundesliga.”
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    WWE superstar Dana Brooke cheers on boxer husband at ringside during London fight night

    WWE superstar Dana Brooke was an interested spectator at ringside in London on Saturday night.The wrestling star was at the O2 Arena where Floyd Mayweather made his UK debut in an exhibition bout against Aaron Chalmers.
    Dana Brooke cheered on her husband from ringsideCredit: ZEUS
    But Brooke had other interests as she watched on from near the ring.
    The WWE star is married to Ulysses Diaz, who fought on the undercard.
    Cuban born boxer Diaz took on Khalass Karim in London on Saturday night in an exhibition draw.
    Diaz and Brooke engaged in 2021 and secretly married last year.
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    The boxer has previously called Brooke the “queen of my heart” and said he is “blessed to call my wife”.
    He also said on Instagram in a birthday post last November: “May God Bless you with many more years & May I be blessed enough to spend them with you. I love you.”
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    Watch footballer spark huge melee with horror ‘WWE style’ flying tackle which leads to TWO red cards

    A HUGE melee from a Sunday League game has gone viral after it was compared to WWE.The football clash took place in the Oakbourne & Coronation League yesterday morning.
    A brawl from a Sunday League game has gone viralCredit: Instagram @northsolihullathletic
    Players from Trooper FC and North Solihull Athletic were involved in the meleeCredit: Instagram @northsolihullathletic
    The shocking incident led to two red cards and a host of yellows being dished outCredit: Instagram @northsolihullathletic
    A cameraman was on hand to capture the chaotic scenes as a mega brawl sparked by two wild challenges led to pandemonium.
    And players and staff from both teams raced over to fight and brawl with each other – leading to the clip going viral on social media.
    The incident occurred as Trooper FC claimed a 3-1 victory over North Solihull Athletic.
    The result kept them top of the Oakbourne & Coronation Football Sunday League thanks to the goals from Ellis Deeney, Dale Hewitt and Lewis Moss at the Marston Green Recreation Ground in Solihull, near Birmingham.
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    But the fiery contest ended on a sour note after a North Solihull Athletic player hacked down an opponent with a flying tackle.
    Instantly, a member of Trooper FC raced over and slid in knee high on the culprit as a number of his team-mates soon entered the fray.
    The referee simply could not get control of the situation as more and more members of each club got involved.
    Eventually, two red cards were dished out along with a number of yellows.
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    But the nasty sequence had fans in stitches online after the footage was shared on Sunday.
    One wrote: “Wooiii man’s thought he was Friday night raw going in like that.”
    Another claimed it looked like a scene from WWE while another comment read: “Wish I was there Yano the 1st foul was naught but that 2footer was sending over the ropes.”
    A fellow follower wrote: “Can’t believe the game carried on after this 😂🤣 that 2 footer is going global I swear 😱.” More

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    I’m a former Premier League star who scored 185 goals across 18 clubs before quitting football and becoming a WRESTLER

    A FORMER Premier League hitman has gone from scoring away at the Emirates, Stamford Bridge, Anfield and the Etihad to locking horns inside a professional wrestling ring.The 41-year-old scored 185 career goals in 562 appearances – with 24 strikes coming in the English top flight.
    The ex-Premier League star celebrating winning the 40-man Royal Rumble on his wrestling debut in 2018
    The footballer scored at some of England’s greatest-ever stadiumsCredit: WWA
    He won a 40-man Royal Rumble on his wrestling debutCredit: Twitter @TheSunFootball
    The 185 career-goal striker holding up a you WWE world title belt in a shop as he is set to join the wrestling world
    He most notably played for Norwich City, where he turned out 168 times for the Canaries, helping them win League One in 2010.
    The ex-striker played for 18 clubs at senior level, spending the later years of his career playing in League One, the Scottish Championship and the National League.
    He finally decided to hang up the boots in 2018 – but quickly traded them for wrestling attire.
    In May 2018, the Englishman signed with WAW, a Norfolk-based wrestling promotion run by the legendary Knight family.
    He made his in-ring debut at WAW’s Fightmare event.
    WWE fans may be familiar with the promotion as the first-ever NXT Women’s champion, Paige, competed there.
    The footballer-turned-wrestler is none other than Grant Holt.
    Speaking to talkSPORT in 2021, Holt explained how he got into professional wrestling.
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    He said: “I got approached by WAW to do a charity event and they asked if I’d be interested in going in and doing it, have a bit of swansong at the end and join in.
    “I basically said yes because that’s the kind of guy I am; if someone gives me a challenge I’ll just do it.
    “And it was for charity so why not go and do it? That’s how it started. 
    “I had to pull out of the first one I agreed to do because it clashed with work and I was still playing at the time.
    “So I said ‘look, I’m going to have to cancel’ which is not really like me. 
    “So I said I’ll tell you what I’m going to do: ‘next year I’m definitely retiring. If you put on another show, I’ll do it.’
    “That was it. I retired a little bit earlier than I hoped and then I was it.”
    Holt quickly fell in love with wrestling and says he’d “have been all over it” at a young age if he had people who could have taught him.
    Grant Holt scored 24 Premier League goalsCredit: Action Images – Reuters
    Holt netted away against the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester CityCredit: Getty Images – Getty
    Holt fell in love with wrestling after he retired from footballCredit: Kenny Ramsay – The Sun Glasgow
    The ex-Canaries ace added: “It started off like, I’ll just do it.
    “Then I thought if I’m going to a show, why don’t I do it properly?
    “Why don’t I do it properly for the year and build up to the show.
    “What I didn’t want to be is someone who stands on the apron, comes in, kicks someone and they say ‘oh yeah, that footballer.’ I didn’t want to be that. 
    “I wanted to do it properly, know the holds, the ins and outs. I wanted to give it the deserved effort.
    “If I’d have known what I do now and people could have taught me how to wrestle when I was a kid, I would have been all over it. It just wasn’t there where I was.”
    Holt also brushed shoulders with some of WWE’s biggest names – and even his childhood idols.
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    Holt recalled picking up WWE Hall of Famer, Billy Gunn, from the airport for the event.
    Mick Foley, as well as Hardcore Holly, were other stars Holt got up close and personal with.
    Holt recalled: “It was wild. I remember picking up Billy Gunn from the airport, one of my idols from when I was a kid, and he’s lying sleeping in my car with a WWE Hall of Fame ring.
    “And what a great guy he was – absolutely massive too!
    “You don’t realise. Mick Foley was another great guy.”
    Holt’s journey into pro wrestling could’ve been different, though, starting off at the top.
    The WAW hotshot has revealed that he was meant to go to WWE’s performance centre in London and Florida – but it didn’t end up materialising.
    Holt said: “I was meant to go to the Performance Center in London and then the one in Orlando when I was in Tampa, but both times it didn’t end up happening.
    “Just on a visiting type deal, but it still would have been cool.
    “I’d love to do it. I enjoyed it, it’s a real good, fun thing for me and as I say, I never wanted to just go in there because of my name and where it’s from, I wanted to make sure that if I did it was because I’d done everything around the circuit. 
    “I don’t think it was right to just get bumped up and you should do things properly.”
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    Holt is sure to have enjoyed his debut Royal Rumble win in 2018.
    He dropkicked a rival over the top rope to win a 40-man spectacular.
    Holt took a boot to the face from one grappler, ducked a clothesline before sending one wrestler over the top rope.
    The 6ft1in Carlisle-born sports star has a signature move named after his previous job.
    His finisher is called the Soccer Kick.
    Holt’s new-found love for wrestling hasn’t seen him leave football for good.
    In fact, Holt works as a scout for Prem side West Ham.
    Holt completed his coaching badges and talent iD course during his time recovering from a ACL injury at Wigan.
    Speaking to Jimmy Bullar on a SkyBet show in 2021, Holt said: “I’ve just got a new job as a first-team scout at West Ham.
    “A friend of mine gave me a phone call and said there were a few jobs going there.
    “I’ve been doing it at Norwich for nearly two years now and I thought that it looked like a really good opportunity.
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    “I put my name in the hat and they’ve said ‘come along and have a chat’ and I’m looking forward to it.
    “It’s a great club on the rise, getting into Europe and that. I’m very lucky. It’s a great opportunity for me.”
    The striker’s signature move is called the Soccer KickCredit: Action Images – Reuters
    Holt helped Norwich win League One in 2010Credit: Action Images – Reuters More