Pro Wrestling League 2017

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Pro Wrestling League to be Held From January 2-19

Postponed after organisers claimed that their plans were thrown haywire by demonetisation, the second season of Pro Wrestling League will now be held from January 2-19 here.

ProSportify in association with Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) today announced the revised dates of the competition.

"I am very happy with the new dates. We would be having ample time to be here with our family on Christmas," said Olympic gold medallist Erica Wiebe of Canada.

"Despite challenges, we take pride in hosting this mega wrestling event that features the largest pool of Olympians and World Champions and we promise the participation of top players of the world in large numbers. I am very certain that wrestling enthusiasts would welcome the move despite all the challenges that have come our way," said WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

The six teams participating this year will be from Delhi, Mumbai, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Jaipur. The second edition will follow the same format as of the inaugural season with each team comprising of nine players -- five men, four women; five Indian and four international wrestlers. The tournament will feature a total of 18 ties -- 15 in the league phase, two semi-finals and a grand finale.

About a dozen of Olympic medallist including Olympic and World Champion Vladimir Khinchegashvili, three time Olympic medallist Mariya Stadnik, World Champion Oksana Herhel and Olympic champion Erica Wiebe would be the attraction of this league.

The Indians in action will be Yogeshwar Dutt, Sakshi Malik and Sandeep Tomar.

Pro Wrestling League to be Held From January 2-19 - News18

 

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Clearing the cloud on the speculation that demonetisation was going to impact the schedule of Pro Wrestling League Season 2, the organisers have said that they have fixed the new dates of the league from 2 to 19 January.

PWL 2, which has Sony as its broadcast partner, was earlier scheduled to start its second season in December. The second edition of PWL will generate approximately 100 hours of TV content compared to 36 hours in the first season.

ProSportify, in association with the Wrestling Federation of India, today announced the rescheduled dates for the second season that would witness Delhi as the host city for all the matches.

The announcement on rescheduling is heartily welcomed by the international players and Olympic medallists, Erica Wiebe, Mariya Stadnik, Commonwealth gold medallist Odunayo and silver medallist Yana Rattigan as they get an opportunity to celebrate Christmas.
“I’m very happy with the new dates. We would be having ample time to be here with our family on Christmas,” reiterated Olympic gold medallist Erica Wiebe of Canada.

“Despite challenges, we take pride in hosting this mega wrestling event that features the largest pool of Olympians and world champions, and we promise the participation of top players of the world in large numbers. I’m very certain that wrestling enthusiasts would welcome the move despite all the challenges that have come our way,” said WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

“While the season is rescheduled by a fortnight, the ethos and high standards we have achieved in the second season remain intact. Our focus is on the top medallist and quality players with greater fan experience as our distinguishing factor. We aim to surpass high expectations of wrestling fans worldwide.” said ProSportify founder, promoter Kartikeya Sharma.

The six teams participating this year will be from Delhi, Mumbai, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Jaipur. The second edition will follow the same format as of the inaugural season, with each team comprising nine players, five men, four women; five Indian and four international wrestlers. The tournament will feature a total of 18 ties—15 in the league phase, two semi-finals and a grand finale.

About a dozen of Olympic medallists including Olympic and world champion Vladimir Khinchegashvili, three-time Olympic medallist Mariya Stadnik, world champion Oksana Herhel and Olympic champion Erica Wiebe would be the attraction of this league. Among them, Yogeshwar Dutt, Sakshi Malik and Sandeep Tomar will be the centres of attraction.

Besides, star player of season 1’s winning team and Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Olympian Odunayo Adekuoroye, along with Olympian Vasilisa Marzaliuk and CWG medallist Yana Rattigan, joins the bandwagon with the Phogat sisters, World Champion Bajrang Punia and former Asian champion Amit Dhankar as star attractions in the second edition of the PWL.

Pro Wrestling League 2 to hit the mat on 2 Jan | TelevisionPost.com

 

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Yogeshwar Dutt opts out of Pro Wrestling League 2, Bajrang Punia most expensive Indian wrestler

Star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt opted out of Pro Wrestling League season 2 as he decided not to go under the hammer at today’s auction, where his protege Bajrang Punia became India’s most expensive buy with Delhi franchise signing him for Rs. 38 lakhs.

Overall, Rio Olympics gold medallist Vladimer Khinchegashvili of Georgia emerged as the costliest buy of PWL-2 auctions after being snapped up by Punjab for a whopping Rs. 48 lakh.

Delhi splurged Rs. 47 lakhs on Mariya Stadnik, making her the most expensive women wrestler at the auction, where India ace woman grappler Sakshi Malik bagged only Rs. 30 lakhs.

In fact, Sakshi was pipped by Ritu Phogat, 2016 Commonwealth Championship gold medallist, as the most expensive Indian woman wrestler at Rs. 36 lakhs after being signed by new entrants — Jaipur.

The Phogat sisters — Geeta, Babita, Ritu and Sangeeta — bagged an overall amount of Rs 70 lakh.

However, Sakshi was happy despite getting less amount at the auction, as her fiance Satyavart Kadian was also bought by Delhi.

“I am happy to be in the same team as Satyavart,” said Sakshi, who bagged a bronze at the Rio Games, becoming the first Indian women wrestler to win an Olympic medal.

London Olympic bronze medallist Yogeshwar, who represented the Haryana franchise last year, had earlier itself casted doubts over his participation in the League as his wedding date was clashing with the tournament, scheduled to be held from January 2-19.

“My wedding and wedding related functions are clashing with the League, so I have decided to give this year’s edition of the PWL a miss,” said Yogeshwar.

India’s lone double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar was already not a part of the League and now Yogeshwar’s absence would certainly take sheen off the event.

Among other top buys during the auction were 2016 World champion Magomed Kurbanaliev from Russia for Rs. 47 lakhs and three-time world champion Sofia Mattsson of Sweden for Rs. 41.50 lakhs — both of whom were bought by Haryana.

Mumbai roped in Erica Wiebe and Georgian Jabrayil Hasanov, who won a bronze at the Rio Games Olympics, for Rs. 43 lakhs each, while the Nigerian woman wrestler Odunayo Adekuoroye went to Punjab for Rs. 32 lakhs.

In the closed bid process, over 200 wrestlers were put up for bidding among six franchises — Mumbai, Delhi, Punjab, Jaipur, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana — and renowned auctioneer Bob Hayton conducted the proceedings.

According to the rules, all teams operated with a Rs. 2 crore cap on the purse to form a nine-member squad that should have five men and four women, five Indians and four international wrestlers.

Haryana: Majored Kurbanaliev (Rs. 47 lacs), Sofia Mattison (Rs. 41.50 lacs), Sandeep Tomar (Rs. 31 lacs), Marwa Amri (Rs. 25 lacs), Abdusalam Gadisov (Rs. 20 lacs), Rajneesh (Rs. 9 lacs), Kiran (Rs. 7 lacs), Indu Chaudhary (Rs. 5 lacs), Sumeet Sehrawat (Rs. 4 lacs).

Mumbai: Jabrayil Hasanov (Rs. 43 lacs), Erica Wiebe (Rs. 43 lacs), Rahul Aware (Rs. 31 lacs), Reineris Salas (Rs. 15 lacs), Carolina Castillo Hidalgo (Rs 15 lacs), Lalita Sherawat (Rs. 13 lacs), Sarita (Rs 10.75 lacs), Vikas (Rs. 9 lacs), Pritam (Rs. 9 lacs).

Delhi: Mariya Stadnik (Rs. 47 lacs), Bajrang Punia (Rs. 38 lacs), Sakshi Malik (Rs. 30 lacs), Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (Rs. 20 lacs), Satyavart Kadian (Rs. 18 lacs), Bekhbayar Erdenebat (Rs. 16 lacs), Parveen Rana (Rs. 9 lacs), Alina Makhinya (Rs. 6 lacs), Sangeeta Phogat (Rs. 5 lacs).

UP: Elitsa Yankova (Rs. 31.5 lacs), Maria Mamashuk (Rs. 29 lacs), Amit Dhankar (Rs. 32 lacs), Livan Lopez Azcuy (Rs. 18 lacs), Geeta Phogat (Rs. 16 lacs), Babita Kumari (Rs. 16 lacs), Mausum Khatri (Rs. 15.75 lacs), Andrey Kviatkovsky (Rs. 15 lacs), Amit Dahiya (Rs. 14 lacs).

Punjab: Vladimer Khinchegashvili (Rs 48 lacs), Togrul Asgarov (Rs 35 lacs), Odunayo Adekuoroye (Rs 32 lacs), Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Rs. 20 lacs), Manju Kumari (Rs. 20.50 lacs), Jitendra (Rs. 11.50 lacs), Krishan Kumar (Rs. 8 lacs), Nirmala Devi (Rs. 6 lacs), Pankaj Rana (Rs. 4 lacs), Manju Kumari (Rs. 2.5 lacs).

Jaipur: Ritu Phogat (Rs. 36 lacs), Elizbar Odikadze (Rs. 25.5 lacs), Jenny Fransson (Rs. 25 lacs), Betzabeth Arguello (Rs. 15 lacs), Vinod Kumar Omprakash (Rs. 12 lacs), Jakob Makarashvili (Rs. 10 lacs), Utkarsh Kale (Rs. 10 lacs), Rahul, Mann (Rs. 9 lacs), Pooja Dhanda (Rs. 7 lacs).

Yogeshwar Dutt opts out of Pro Wrestling League 2, Bajrang Punia most expensive Indian wrestler | The Indian Express

 

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Sony Max, Sony ESPN to air Pro Wrestling League 2; Sony Liv to live-stream

After the success of the first season last year, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) is all set to broadcast the second season of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) on network channels Sony Max and Sony ESPN.
The league format tournament will run from 2 to 19 January and will be telecast on Sony Max and Sony ESPN channels at 7 pm. It will also be live-streamed on the Sony Liv app and website.
The second edition of PWL hosts a line-up of homegrown talent including Olympic Bronze medallist Sakshi Malik; the Phogat sisters—Geeta, Ritu, Sangita and Babita Kumari; Bajrang Punia, and Sandeep Tomar, to name just a few. In addition, some of the top international wrestlers like Olympic Gold medallist Erica Wiebe, Odunayo Folasade, Sofia Mattsson, Togrul Asgarov and Vladimir Khinchegashvili will be seen battling it out in their respective weight categories.
This season the PWL will have six teams—Jaipur Ninjas, Delhi Sultans, Mumbai Maharathi, CDR Punjab Royals, Haryana Hammers and UP Dangal, which is making its debut this season.
With the success of the recently released movie ‘Dangal’, which chronicles the journey of the Phogat sisters, this season of the PWL has generated high levels of interest.

Sony Max, Sony ESPN to air Pro Wrestling League 2; Sony Liv to live-stream | TelevisionPost.com

 

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Sony not telecasting this in HD! Nowadays watching any sports in SD feels so like 90's..
And Sony Max interrupts wrestling match & switches to movie @9pm!!

 

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PWL 2017: Punjab Royals lift trophy with scintillating 5-4 win over Haryana Hammers

It all went down to the wire before Jitendra thrashed Sumit Sehrawat in the decider which enabled Punjab Royals bag the Pro Wrestling League season 2 title by prevailing 5-4 over Haryana Hammers in a keenly contested summit clash here on Thursday.

Haryana, who remained undefeated so far in the tournament, failed to cross the last hurdle, even as Punjab reigned supreme with their foreign imports Vladimir Khinchegashvili, Vasilisa Marzaliuk and Ilias Bekbukatov, besides India's Nirmla and Jitendra doing the damage in the crucial ties of the day.

With no blocking, it was a keenly-contested match with both teams putting their best foot forward in front of a packed stadium with 5000 plus spectators watching the action.

The encounter of the evening was the fight between two stalwarts -- Sofia Mattsson of Haryana and Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye of Punjab – in which the former prevailed by a solitary point to win it 4-3 in women's 53kg but that could give Haryana the trophy.

Odunayo lost her first bout in the history of the Pro Wrestling League in a keenly-fought match. With determination and resolve, Rio Olympics bronze medallist Sofia kept her nerves to eke out a narrow win over the strong Nigerian wrestler.

Both wrestlers were engaged in a battle of superior offence and defence, delighting the spectators with their maneuvers before Sofia gained the last point to give Haryana an upper hand in a controversial decision.

But Punjab scored the equaliser 4-4 through Nirmla Devi, who beat Indu Chaudhary 5-2 in women's 48kg to take it to the last match the decising tie.

As it came down to the last encounter , it was expectedly a neck-and-neck battle between Sumit and Jitendra in men's 74kg but Punjab's Jitendra made it a one-sided affair as he maintained a healthy lead throughout the bout, and ultimately claimed it easily with a 10-1 victory.

Earlier, Haryana's Abdusalam Gadisov set the tone for the evening, making his and his team's intentions clear from the very beginning.

Gadisov showed ominous signs, taking down Punjab's Krishan Kumar and rolling him over before stepping up his game further to finish off the bout in 2 minutes and 26 seconds in men's 97kg category.

Attacking aggressively. A sight uncharacteristic in heavyweight wrestling, Gadisov won 15-0 via technical superiority.

Marwa Amri stamped her authority on the mat, overpowering Punjab's Manju Kumari 12-0 in the 58 kg Women's category. Rio Olympics bronze medallist from Tunisia overwhelmed her rival by sheer experience and pedigree and made short work of the Indian to give Haryana a 2-0 lead.

Punjab Captain and 2016 Olympics Gold medalist Vladimir Khinchegashvili avenged his group stage defeat to Sandeep Tomar by getting the better of the Indian 0-3 in men's 57kg and gave Punjab their first points of the evening.

Vladimir displayed exemplary defence in a both the rounds and took Sandeep by surprise in the first round with a takedown. Sandeep retaliated by attempting to push Khicnhegashvili out of the protected zone, but was out-muscled by the Georgian grappler.

PWL 2017: Punjab Royals lift trophy with scintillating 5-4 win over Haryana Hammers | Zee News