Month: August 2020

The Vatican has been accused of harbouring a bishop wanted for alleged sex abuse offences, as Pope Francis railed against the evils of sexual exploitation on a visit to Thailand. Prosecutors in Argentina have issued an international arrest warrant for Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, who is accused of sexually abusing young trainee priests, known as seminarians.Read moreRead more

Bobby Steveson of Apple Valley has verbally committed to wrestle for Minnesota in 2015-2016. Steveson was an Indiana state champion as a sophomore and he placed fifth as a freshman. Steveson recently moved to Minnesota and will compete for Apple Valley. He was a 2013 Junior Folkstyle National Champion. Steveson was FILA Cadet freestyle runner-upRead moreRead more

The new Universal Champion will not be defending the title anytime soon. Neither WWE nor the SAP Center in San Jose, California, are advertising Brock Lesnar for the upcoming Raw-exclusive Payback show. Also, Brock is not being advertised to appear on any upcoming episodes of Raw for the foreseeable future, A new promotional video forRead moreRead more

After Smackdown Live went off air last night, Shinsuke Nakamura took on Dolph Ziggler in a dark match, with Nakamura coming out on top via pinfall. Also on last night’s Smackdown, fans began a “Fire Bradshaw” chant in response to all the controversy around JBL’s bullying of Mauro Ranallo and other past and present talent.Read moreRead more

On WWE.com’s preview for Payback, it appears the Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt “House of Horrors” match could actually be a non-title match. There is no mention of a title defense or championship anywhere in the preview, and it would also be consistent with why WWE has not attempted any sort of explanation on whatRead moreRead more

The Niagara Falls Comic Convention announced an impressive set of names for its “Legends of Wrestling Reunion” at Scotiabank Convention Center in Toronto on June 2-4. Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman will appear all three days. Ryback will be signing on Saturday only. Mean Gene Okerlund and Tito Santana will appear Saturday andRead moreRead more

A number of new faces are expected to be popping up on NXT from going forward. First and foremost, we’ll have former Tough Enough contestant Patrick Clark appearing regularly on the show. Clark had a video package hyping his debut on the most recent NXT episode, and is going by the name Velveteen Dream. HeRead moreRead more

Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named Wednesday in a case filed in Argentina for crimes against Rohingya Muslims, the first time the Nobel Laureate has been legally targeted over the crisis. Rohingya and Latin American human rights groups submitted the lawsuit in Argentina under the principle of "universal jurisdiction," aRead moreRead more

A lawyer nominated by President Donald Trump to be a federal judge has become an internet sensation after having difficulty answering basic legal questions. As of Friday morning, a video of Matthew Spencer Petersen struggling with questions from Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, had been viewed more than 3 million times. Petersen, who servesRead moreRead more

According to WrestlingDVDNetwork.com, a soon to be released DVD set from the WWE will be called “WWE Unreleased: 1986-1995” and will feature a collection of rarely seen matches and content not currently available on the WWE Network. As the title says, this content will be matches starting from the Hulkamania era and span 9 yearsRead moreRead more