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CTV News
2 days ago
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Owen Hart Foundation distributes thousands of backpacks stuffed with school supplies to children in need
Thousands of children in need received backpacks stuffed with school supplies Saturday from the Owen Hart Foundation. Martha Hart has always believed in helping young students start the school year off strong. Hart is the founder and director of the Owen Hart Foundation, which hosted its annual backpack giveaway Saturday in Kensington. The annual event hosts children in need, who each receive a backpack stuffed with school supplies and other items to give them a smoother runway when it's time to go back to school in the fall. 'It's so important that children start school year off with the right tools, because it just helps catapult them into a successful year,' Hart said. 'We've had a lot of families come in and say how grateful they are that the Owen Hart Foundation provides backpacks every year for the community, because they really do struggle with just getting the bare necessities for school,' she said. 'And so we're really happy that we could be that community organization, that charity that really helps families that are really struggling financially.' Hart says that when she first launched the backpack initiative, around eight years ago, her charity gave away around 150 stuffed backpacks. Now, it's thousands of backpacks stuffed with a notebook, lined paper, a two -pocket organizer folder, a pack of pencils and another one of pens, crayons, a highlighter, a ruler, glue stick, pencil sharpener and two pink erasers -- and demand shows no sign of tapering off. 'It just speaks to the need that's in our city, and the vital role that the Owen Hart Foundation plays in being able to be that staple charity that really helps families in need, and especially now you know there's so much financial insecurity, so we're really happy that we can do this for our community,' she said. Those sentiments were echoed by Oje Hart, Owen's son. 'It doesn't get any less special,' he said. 'Every year that we do this, the families come in, they're just as grateful as they were the year before, we get families that come in many times. 'It's really important for the parents to know that we appreciate that they're making the effort to bring their kids here, and they want to facilitate the brighter future for their children.' For more information, go here. With files from CTV's Tyson Fedor
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Willow Nightingale Confirms AEW Contract Status
Willow Nightingale is still All Elite. Last week, Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp reported that Willow Nightingale had re-signed with All Elite Wrestling under a multi-year contract. Nightingale, whose previous contract expired later this year, was reportedly happy with her run in AEW, so much so that she looked to stay with the company. Advertisement The Takedown on SI confirmed this to be the case through a new interview with Nightingale. 'That is true, yes. I am happy where I am,' Nightingale told The Takedown on SI's Jon Alba. 'I think there is so much left ahead for me to do at AEW, things that I want to accomplish. But also, I'm just really excited to be a part of something when it's fresh and new and, like, you know, I think we're past the years of finding our footing. But to have been a part of that and continue to water and watch it grow is just a privilege as well as a joy, you know? So I'm excited to continue, to take part in that.' Nightingale, A 10-year veteran, initially signed with AEW in late 2022. Since then, she's notably claimed the TBS Championship. In 2023, she also won the 2023 Women's Owen Hart Foundation tournament by defeating Ruby Soho in the finals. Currently, Nightingale finds herself entangled in the ongoing story involving The Death Riders, The Elite, The Opps, Swerve Strickland, and Kenny Omega. Last week, she helped her allies fend off The Death Riders and The Elite in the main event of AEW Dynamite. RELATED: Willow Nightingale Had The Nickname 'Godzilla' As A Kid For A Hilarious Reason The post Willow Nightingale Confirms AEW Contract Status appeared first on Wrestlezone.
Fox News
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Adam Page, Mercedes Moné earn AEW title shots at Double or Nothing; Toni Storm seals win with kiss
Adam Page and Mercedes Moné won their respective Owen Hart Foundation Tournaments and earned shots at their respective All Elite Wrestling world championships at Double or Nothing on Sunday. The stakes were high for both intense battles. "Hangman" Page picked up the victory over Will Ospreay in what may have been the match of the night between the AEW stars. Page and Ospreay gave it their all. Page hit Ospreay with several moves in his bag to try to put Ospreay away, but the English wrestler would not relent. It took both of them going through a collapsed table and one huge Buckshot Lariat for Page to finally pin Ospreay. Before Page celebrated with the tournament belt and trophy, he walked back down the ramp and picked a downtrodden Ospreay up onto his feet and shook his hand. It was the ultimate show of respect between the two wrestlers after a grueling tournament. Page defeated Josh Alexander and Kyle Fletcher to get to the finals. Ospreay topped Kevin Knight and Konosuke Takeshita. On the women's side, it was Moné who got the best of Jamie Hayter to earn her shot at the AEW Women's Championship. She attacked Hayter's back consistently with backstabber after backstabber to keep Hayter down. Hayter did everything she could to try to get Moné down for the count, but Moné showed why she is the current AEW TBS champion and the Revolution Pro Wrestling undisputed British women's champion. She countered Hayter's elbow attack and put both of her arms behind her back before she rolled her up for the pinfall. Now, Page and Moné will get title shots at All In: Texas on July 12. Page will square off against Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship, and Moné will square off against Toni Storm for the AEW Women's World Championship. Storm defended her title against Mina Shirakawa, who recently signed with AEW as a full-time competitor. The two longtime competitors appeared to put their rivalry to rest after the match. The "Timeless" one sealed the win with a kiss to Shirakawa. Moxley was on the team that lost an Anarchy in the Arena match earlier in the night. The team of Kenny Omega, Swerve Strickland, Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, Katsuyori Shibata and Willow Nightingale defeated Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Marina Shafir, Wheeler Yuta, Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson. Elsewhere on the card, the Hurt Syndicate of Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin defended the AEW World Tag Team Championship against Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara, and Kazuchika Okada defended the AEW Continental Championship against "Speedball" Mike Bailey. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Forbes
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
AEW Double Or Nothing 2025 Results, Winners And Grades On May 25
Will Ospreay faces Hangman Adam Page in the finals of the 2025 Owen Hart Foundation Men's ... More Tournament. AEW Double or Nothing 2025 advertised the annual Anarchy in the Arena, pitting the Death Riders and the Young Bucks against Swerve Strickland, Kenny Omega, Willow Nightingale and The Opps. This will be the first intergender Anarchy Arena in AEW history. AEW also advertised two Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals, which book-ended the show as Mercedes Mone faced Jamie Hayter and Hangman Adam Page faced Will Ospreay to decide the likely savior of AEW. Mercedes wore Bret Hart/Owen Hart-inspired sunglasses to the ring, except they were much larger and she did not give them to a little kid. There were dueling chants of 'Jamie Hayter' and 'CEO.' Despite the crowd heat, Mercedes and Jamie seemed to be on two entirely different pages early, resulting in some awkward single-leg crab spots. The match picked up after a great-looking Meteora by Mercedes to the outside. Mercedes mocked Hayter by kissing her biceps beforehand Hayter made her comeback after taking a series of Meteoras, mocking Mercedes right back before delivering a Meteora in the corner. Everybody with knees is going to be sore after this match even Aubrey Edwards who has to get down on her knees to count. Fans got more into this match as the women laid in their strikes. Hayter slipped on the stairsteps while trying to deliver a step-up lariat. The announce team tried to gaslight viewers by saying the move was more devastating due to the slip. It wasn't. Mercedes hit four consecutive Backstabbers before locking in the Statement Maker. Hayter brilliantly countered an O'Connor Roll with a rear-naked choke in the middle of the ring. Mone reversed it into a rollup for a nearfall. Hayter countered a second Statement Maker into an ugly Ushigoroshi followed by a Lariat for a nearfall that everybody fell for. Moments later, Mone kicked out of a Tombstone to the disgust of Glendale. Mercedes countered another Lariat with an ugly schoolboy rollup where Jamie landed right on her head, ultimately winning the tournament. FTR was little-brothering Daniel Garcia as Cash Wheeler gave him a sarcastic hug. Excalibur had to correct Tony Schiavone, who undersold what FTR tried to do to him. To Tony, FTR tried to bully him. Excalibur made it more dramatic by implying they tried to paralyze Schiavone. Garcia received a big pop for his signature dance, and Nigel received an even bigger pop as he tagged in and went toe-to-toe with Dax Harwood. The crowd reacted to this match like it was any other tag team match. There was no 'underdog heat" for Nigel like there was for Pat McAfee against Gunther at Backlash, because Nigel is an actual wrestler who hung with his foes and even towered over them. After FTR accidentally clotheslined each other, Nigel and Garcia locked in dueling submissions. StokelyHathaway tried to interrupt, but was thwarted by Daddy Magic. After FTR escaped the submission, Garcia hit multiple top-rope superplexes from different corners of the ring. It was the super Three Amigos, but Dax countered with a spinning suplex from the top rope of his own. After a Shatter Machine on the outside, FTR confronted Tony Schiavone. They then turned their attention to Daniel Garcia as Dax locked Garcia in a Sharpshooter. Garcia passed out. Two matches into a nine-match show and it's been an hour. This is going to be a long night. Ricochet missed a shooting star onto the stretcher for a big reaction. Briscoe capitalized by paying homage to Mick Foley with an elbow to the outside, then to Sabu by throwing a steel chair. Briscoe continued his domination by shining Ricochet's bald head with Mr. Clean. Briscoe attempted a Sabu-like Triple Jump dive but Ricochet interrupted by throwing a chair at Briscoe. Ricochet took control, busting Briscoe wide open to the tune of 'you sick F' chants. Ricochet stuffed Briscoe in the ambulance and tried closing the door, but Briscoe blocked it with a crutch. A bloody Briscoe came back with a J-Driller inside the ring. Briscoe followed up with a 'Froggy Bow' (Frog Splash/Flying Elbow Combo.) Ricochet came back with his trusty scissors on Briscoe, who was now bleeding worse than viewers when Ricochet is on television. MJF walked out with The Hurt Syndicate to a rousing ovation. The Sons of Texas came out of the breaks firing as Dustin laid in the strikes while Speedy Sammy laid into Shelton with his own high-flying offense. MJF attacked Sammy Guevara on the outside, then appeared to lambaste the fans as they cheered him on. Guevara made the lukewarm tag to Dustin Rhodes, who opened up on Benjamin with Lashley still on the apron, where he spent most of the match. MJF distracted the referee, which opened the door for Rhodes to kick Shelton in the nether region with the Unnatural Kick. MJF tried to give Shelton his Dynamite Diamond Ring right in front of Aubrey Edwards, who did nothing to stop him. Instead, Bobby Lashley did Aubrey's job for her and stopped MJF from using the ring. After MJF gauged Dustin Rhodes' eyes, a proud Bobby Lashley speared Rhodes through the barricade. Benjamin was late to cutting off a Sammy Suicide Dive, leading to a Hurt Syndicate win. Mike Bailey accidentally kicked the stairs, hurting his leg, but he followed up by doing the Crane pose on his good leg. Bailey worked very hard with dives to the outside and running shooting-star presses, but Okada worked more like a big man by cutting him off and slowing down the offense. Tony Schiavone noted the breaths were coming out heavy for Speedball, but not so much from Okada. That's because, true to form in AEW, Okada really wasn't working all that hard. Okada avoided a superkick and countered with a middle finger. A shooting star from the top rope was met with double knees from Okada. Okada hit an impressive dropkick and tried the Rainmaker, but Bailey countered with another kick. Bailey pinned Okada after The Time Adventure, but Okada grabbed the bottom rope right despite referee Rick Knox making the three count. The ref immediately reversed the call. There was more half-and-half chants for Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa. They spent the opening moments trying to outshine one another. Luther tried to stand in front of a charging Mina, but she attacked him and hit a spinning cross body splash on Storm. Luther then took a flying cross body from Shirakawa. Mina worked her ass off, and threatened to beat Toni a couple times, though fans didn't take most of the nearfalls seriously. Storm was in 'imminent danger' while locked in a second Figure Four by Shirakawa, even teasing tapping out. Instead, Storm reached the bottom rope to a polite pop from Glendale. After a Big Package attempt and a headbutt, Storm secured the win with a Storm Zero. Justin Roberts announced this match by saying 'Aww shit, it's time for Anarchy in the Arena!' Swerve Strickland walked out in Predator cosplay. The Deathriders walked out in different areas of the arenas and made a Shield-like entrance. Conspicuous by his absence were Samoa Joe. The Young Bucks walked out to a hilarious Civil War-inspired entrance about how they 'blazed a trail' of a 'land of prosperity for all professional wrestlers.' Roberts read this from a scroll. The Founding Fathers walked out dressed like Founding Fathers to a chorus of boos. Samoa Joe appeared in the concourse to attack Claudio Castagnoli. There was a four-way split screen and Civil War music played on the PA during the match. Omega asked for a music change, and the next track was 'I'm So Excited.' Kenny Omega continued the one-man game of Pass the Aux as he requested 'Bodies' by Drowning Pool. I was hoping Powerhouse Hobbs would get the aux next so I could hear 'Knuck if you Buck.' Wheeler Yuta was tossed off the balcony into a crowd of catchers while Kenny Omega hit a moonsault off the same balcony onto the heels. Hobbs hit a spear through a table on Castagnoli to another big reaction. As the women brawled outside, Marina Shafir loudly said 'hit me' as Willow Nightingale hit he with a bottle. Shafir was busted open. Katsuyori Shibata hit Yuta with a barbed-wire kick. Castagnoli hit the giant swing on Swerve and released it into a speaker as the music stopped. A bloody Shafir continued to scream spots at Willow as the reentered the arena. The camera missed another big Young Bucks spot as Matthew double-stomped Omega on the top rope, causing him to flip into a Nicholas Jackson powerbomb. The heels dominated as Nightingale's ear was literally chained to the post. Fans chanted 'Please help Willow!' Matthew Jackson hit a Swanton Bomb from the top of the screen through a table. Swerve returned on a forklift, where he hit a double-stomp on the Young Bucks. Awesome. Schiavone mocked the Founding Fathers as the 'Floundering Fathers.' Prince Nana protected Black women by unlocking Willow Nightingale just in time to deliver a spinebuster to Shafir and reveal a matching 'Big, Black and Jacked" tee. Matthew Jackson stapled Hobbs, but Hobbs liked it. In fact, he stapled himself. Swerve absconded the staple gun and stapled everything that moved. Marina stapled Swerve's tongue shut, then the woman-on-man violence continued as Willow gave a double-spear to the Young Bucks. Moxley took out Nightingale to massive heat, and Omega hit a snap-dragon suplex on a defiant Marina Shafir. Back came Willow, who reversed a Meltzer Driver as Swerve came flying in to spike Matthew. Hook returned and mauled Castagnoli with a golf club before storming off. Gabe Kidd hit the ring and wiped out the babyfaces with a briefcase. The Young Bucks hit the EVP Trigger with thumbtacks in Omega's mouth, followed by a Bulldog Choke. Samoa Joe broke it up. Mark Briscoe came flying off the stage onto the heels as the action spilled toward the ambulance. I guess this was Eddie Kingston's replacement? With the Death Riders locked in the ambulance, The Young Bucks were left alone. Omega and Swerve hit a stereo V-Trigger and House Call. Prince Nana pulled out a pair of spiked Swerve Answer 3's. After a One-Winged Angel through an exploding table on Matthew Jackson, Swerve hit a spiked stomp on Nicholas Jackson for the win. Swerve showed off the staple on his tongue in celebration. This was an incredible Anarchy in the Arena Match. Every person in the match got to shine and it delivered on its ominous match title. Worth the price of admission for this match alone. Lance Archer randomly appeared on commentary alongside Don Callis. The crowd was quiet throughout, but not nearly as dead as I expected them to be after such a wild Anarchy in the Arena Match. This was just move, after move from one Dave Meltzer teacher's pet after another. There was a good reaction for a series of spots with the barricade on the outside, but fans were mostly watching politely. After the Don Callis Family win, Brodie Lee and Tomohiro Ishii came out followed by Hiroshi Tanahashi. The babyfaces evened the odds ahead of Forbidden Door. There was a great video package for both Hangman Adam Page and Will Ospreay. Hangman emphasized that he needs this, and his vignette featured several callbacks to his feuds over the past two years. There was a faint 'Holy shit' chant as the match began, followed by chants of 'Cowboy shit!' Ospreay hit a springboard forearm, but he landed awkwardly on Hangman's knee, appearing to hurt his back. Thankfully, Ospreay waved off the injury and continued the match. The announcers pointed out how Ospreay was appealing to the crowd much more than Hangman was. At the halfway point of the match, the audience reaction wasn't dead, but it didn't feel like a main event reaction either. In hindsight, Anarchy in the Arena should have gone last. Fans finally came to their feet after a running Spanish Fly from Ospreay. Hangman paid homage to Christopher Daniels with the Angel's Wings for a nearfall. Page tried another homage with a BME, but he stumbled a bit and missed. Ospreay followed up with a Styles Clash from the apron to the floor. The match broke down into a fight as Ospreay pummeled Hangman, drawing boos from the crowd. Hangman briefly contemplated a Buckshot Lariat, but Ospreay kicked him off the apron. An increasingly heelish Ospreay bashed Hangman's head into the announce table as the boos continued. Ospreay went for a Stormbreaker on the table, but Ospreay tried to counter with a Deadeye as the table collapsed before he hit the move. Both Ospreay and Page removed their arm pads and charged at each other, but Ospreay took the Buckshot Lariat for a great nearfall. After a second Buckshot Lariat attempt, Ospreay intercepted him with a Hidden Blade for a nearfall. Ospreay invoked Kenny Omega with a V-Trigger, but Hangman countered a One-Winged Angel withSwerve's Made in Japan finisher. Hangman hit another Buckshot Lariat for the win. After the match, Hangman Adam Page returned to the ring to console a desolate Ospreay. The two shook hands.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mercedes Moné Is Blown Away By Toni Storm: I've Never Seen A Woman So Captivating
One of the most popular names in the current era of women's wrestling is the current AEW Women's World Champion 'Timeless' Toni Storm. Some might even say that the 4-time AEW Women's World Champion is by far the best character in the Jacksonville-based promotion. Recently, the current TBS Champion Mercedes Moné shared her thoughts on the Timeless One's current run in AEW. Recently, the CEO, Mercedes Moné, was interviewed by Denise Salcedo. During the interview, Moné shared that she was blown away by the character of 'Timeless' Toni Storm. She also mentioned that Storm is one of the most captivating characters in professional wrestling. Moné also can't wait to take all of Storm's success away from her. Advertisement 'Man, I am blown away by her work. Before I even thought about signing with AEW, Toni [Storm], I've just been watching her weeks upon weeks. And I was just so captivated by her charisma, by her character, by her presence. I think she is not one of the best women, one of the best talents in the whole world. I've never seen a woman captivate a character so… Just like… Just so on demand like she does. She brings so much to AEW. And I can't wait to take that all away from her,' Mercedes Moné said. Read More: Toni Storm Reveals Which Film Stars She Would Like To Wrestle Mercedes Moné recently qualified for the finals of the Owen Hart Foundation tournament. She will be wrestling Jamie Hayter and the winner will compete for the AEW Women's Championship at the All In pay-per-view. Advertisement Do you think 'Timeless' Toni Storm is the best wrestling character of all time? The post Mercedes Moné Is Blown Away By Toni Storm: I've Never Seen A Woman So Captivating appeared first on Wrestlezone.
