The next NXT: TakeOver special officially has its main event. Bobby Roode will challenge Shinsuke Nakamura for the NXT Championship over Royal Rumble weekend at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio. In a match that aired on Wednesday night’s episode of NXT TV, Roode won a fatal four-way against Roderick Strong, Tye Dillinger, and Andrade “Cien” Almas to […]
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 […]
The sons of Neil Armstrong are defending Damien Chazelle’s docudrama about the moon landing after conservative pundits decried the film’s failure to show the moment the American flag was planted on the lunar surface. In a joint statement on Friday, Rick and Mark Armstrong, along with "First Man" author James Hansen, denied that Chazelle’s film […]
Image: @JJWilliamsWON Friday night was both the beginning of Royal Rumble weekend and EVOLVE’s two-day farewell to Chris Hero in San Antonio. Unfortunately for Hero, things didn’t quite go as planned. Hero’s main event against Keith Lee was affected by the ropes breaking two different times. The top rope broke just after they had their feeling […]
WWE reintroduced the brand split nearly seven months ago, including almost monthly brand-exclusive pay-per-views for both Raw and SmackDown. Over six months in, it’s now noticeably clear that these shows have had a negative effect on Raw ratings. One can speculate on the reasoning for this, but it makes sense that even hardcore fans might have […]
The US government has announced a new plan to detain illegal immigrant children indefinitely with their parents. It proposed a termination of the so-called Flores Agreement, a court ruling that requires it to release minors after a maximum 20 days in detention. The move was the latest twist in a saga which saw 2,900 children […]
Europe is being taken over by populist leaders who resemble “little Mussolinis”, a senior EU figure said on Thursday, prompting fury from Italy. Pierre Moscovici, European Economic Affairs Commissioner from France, likened the current political climate to the rise of Fascism and Nazism and said he was concerned about the rise of populist parties in […]
Shelton Benjamin announced on Twitter Thursday that he has been cleared to return to the ring following a torn rotator cuff injury. After 9 of the hardest months of my life, I’m happy to announce I have been OFFICIALLY CLEARED to return to action. Effective Immediately! — Shelton J. Benjamin (@Sheltyb803) March 30, 2017 Benjamin, 41, was […]
A woman has become the fastest human on a bicycle, reaching a speed of 183.9mph. Denise Mueller-Korenek, 45, shattered a two-decade-old land speed cycling record which was previously held by a man. Her incredible feat, which has yet to be officially verified by Guinness World Records, took place on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. […]
A third woman has publicly accused Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, of sexual misconduct, claiming he was present at parties as a teenager where girls were “gang raped”. Julie Swetnick, a former US government employee, alleged that Mr Kavanaugh and his friends attempted to “spike” drinks so women would be too inebriated to […]