Month: July 2020

WWE issued the following: The Superstars of NXT hit the road this October with three huge Live Events in Missouri, Mississippi and Kentucky, WWE COO Triple H announced today. The tour kicks off Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo. From there, the black-and-yellow brand heads to the Landers Center inRead moreRead more

Gawker Files for Bankruptcy Gawker Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today in New York court, with bankruptcy preceding a sale to Ziff Davis. Davis, who owns IGN and Ask Men has reportedly bid about $100 million for Gawker. Nick Denton, the owner, who is also expected to file for bankruptcy due to the $140 million awardRead moreRead more

On the go-home show leading to Best in the World on pay-per-view, Ring of Honor television from Toronto features ROH all-stars vs. Bullet Club in an eight-man tag team match. Elsewhere, Tomohiro Ishii circles his prey and Steve Corino threatens BJ Whitmer. Also on the show, Dalton Castle shines ahead of him challenging Bobby FishRead moreRead more

Here are five things you need to know about British wrestling this week! 1) ATTACK! kicked off their summer season with Rafflemania. Back just five weeks after their annual Press Start extravaganza, ATTACK! Pro-Wrestling rocked up at the Trinity Centre in Bristol last Friday for Rafflemania II: Stripwrecked, the first of three shows over the summerRead moreRead more

Tonight is the big premier of the 2 hour LIVE Smackdown broadcast featuring the WWE draft. The rules of the draft are a little wonky as Raw will get 3 picks for every 2 Smackdown picks. Raw also gets the first pick, so they’re already setting up Smackdown as the weaker challenging brand attempting toRead moreRead more

Submitted by Chris Flowers from the Thompson-Boling Arena – Golden Truth defeated Breezango Golden Truth got a decent reception, there were lots of comedy spots. – Jack Swagger defeated Curtis Axel Swagger got some USA chants and Axel got decent heat in a fairly boring match. Swagger won, but Axel insisted that he cheated because Swagger threw hisRead moreRead more

Donald Trump is considering revoking security clearances for six top former intelligence and national security officials from the Obama era who have been publicly critical of him, the White House said. The individuals included James Comey, the former FBI Director, and John Brennan, the former CIA Director. Sarah Sanders, the White House spokeswoman, accused themRead moreRead more

Everyone knew that the first week of football season was going to take a bit out of the Raw ratings, but even in a worst case scenario, I don’t think anyone expected this. The feeling was that Raw would struggle to top 3 million viewers, and fall under it some weeks, and probably start out in the 2.9Read moreRead more

An Italian submarine that was sunk by accident by a British warship during the First World War has been found after lying on the seabed for more than a century. HMS Cyclamen mistook the submarine, Alberto Guglielmotti, for a German U-boat and sank her by gunfire and ramming off the island of Capraia, between CorsicaRead moreRead more

Italy’s populist government is rolling back a law that makes vaccinations obligatory for children, pursuing a highly contentious policy that has been strongly criticised by doctors, schools and medical associations. A law passed by the previous centre-Left government in March made it obligatory for parents to give their children 10 vaccinations if they wanted toRead moreRead more