Monday's Raw sold out with John Cena return

Monday Night’s Raw show at the Barclays Center, featuring the return of John Cena, is now officially sold out. The event sold out yesterday, with 13,000 tickets sold. Cena vs Albert Del Rio headlines the show. There has only been one major arena Raw sellout since the last time the company ran the Barclays Center, on Aug. 24, the day afterRead moreRead more

Daily pro wrestling history (01/08): Edge defeats John Cena to win WWE Championship

1917  Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania:– Wladek Zbyszko defeated B.F. Roller for the American Heavyweight Title  1925 Kansas City, Missouri:– Wayne Munn defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis to win the World Heavyweight Champion in 2 out of 3 falls 1946 San Francisco, California:– Jim Casey defeated Dean Detton to win the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title Read moreRead more

Daily update: Full Royal Rumble Card, McGregor UFC 197 press conference

We now have the full card for Sunday’s WWE Royal Rumble PPV / Special Event: Pre-show: Darren Young and Damien Sandow vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Ascension vs. Mark Henry and Jack Swagger The New Day (c) vs. The Usos for the Tag Team Championship Charlotte (with Ric Flair) (c) vs. Becky Lynch forRead moreRead more

Benson Henderson signs with Bellator after UFC declines a matching offer

Former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson announced Tuesday that he has signed with Bellator MMA. Henderson’s contract expired after his split decision win over Jorge Masvidal on 11/28 in Seoul, South Korea, and it was well known he was in talks with Bellator since that point. UFC had the right to match the Bellator offer, but declined according to a tweetRead moreRead more

PWG live results: Roderick Strong vs. Drew Galloway; Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Trevor Lee

From the American Legion Hall in Reseda, CA (2/12) courtesy of So Cal Uncensored – Chuck Taylor over Dalton Castle via rollup – Chris Hero over Trent? after a tombstone – Jack Evans over Sami Callihan via schoolboy rollup – Adam Cole over Andrew Everett – Zack Sabre Jr. over Trevor Lee via submission –Read moreRead more

Daily pro wrestling history (2/27): Bruno vs. Gorilla; Neville wins NXT gold

1940 Montreal, Quebec, Canada:– Joe Cox defeated Yvon Robert to win the Montreal World Heavyweight Title  1947 Kansas City, Kansas:– MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat George Becker 2 out of 3 falls– Vic Christy beat Wee Willie Davis 2 out of 3 falls– Jack Kennedy and Dan O’Connor drew  1958 Galveston, Texas:– AlbertRead moreRead more

NJPW Road to Invasion Attack results: New Japan vs. Bullet Club best of 5 series

Tonight’s Road to Show is a themed show! That’s great as these shows are usually a bunch of tag matches with or two singles. We are still getting a bunch of tags (well, three) but we’re also getting a best of five series tonight between New Japan and Bullet Club. Toru Yano, Rocky Romero, BerettaRead moreRead more

US citizen detained during violent Vietnam protests

The US has urged the Vietnamese authorities to release one of its citizens who was among dozens of people arrested during violent protests last week.  Will Nguyen, 32, a Yale graduate who comes from Houston, Texas, was visiting Ho Chi Minh City, en route from the US to Singapore, where he was due to graduateRead moreRead more

Father of Honduran girl whose devastated face shocked America says she is with her mother in Texas

The father of the little girl on the US-Mexico border, whose distraught face came to symbolise the plight of families separated by the Trump administration, has said that his daughter and wife are together, and doing well.   Denis Javier Varela Hernandez, 32, said that his two-year-old daughter Yanela was with his wife Sandra inRead moreRead more

French primary pupils must know national anthem and EU flag to ward off Islamism and Euroscepticism

French primary school children are to be taught to sing the national anthem in public and to recite the “meaning of the construction of Europe” to boost patriotism and ward off the type of Euroscepticism that led to Brexit. It is also hoped the changes to the French curriculum will prevent children born into familiesRead moreRead more