It all boils down to the final two in tonight’s Best of the Super Junior finals. Hiromu Takahashi and Taiji Ishimori will battle to determine the twenty fifth Best of the Super Juniors winner. With Will Ospreay eliminated, it seems very likely that the winner of tonight’s main event will challenge for the IWGP Jr. heavyweight […]
> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) TORCH TODAY – Wednesday, December […]
Britain was not told of American plans to withdraw up to half its troops from Afghanistan, with officials only hearing of the abrupt shift by its closest military ally from news reports. The decision caused surprise and unease among Western diplomats in Kabul, with one warning it was an early Christmas present to the Taliban. […]
AXS TV is adding a second wrestling promotion, and it couldn’t be more different from the first. The home of New Japan Pro Wrestling in the United States has made a deal with Jeanie Buss (the daughter of Jerry Buss), David McLane, and MGM Television and Mark Burnett, to air the new Women of Wrestling […]
> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) WWE will host a special […]
Five years ago Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, the two Hollywood titans, delivered what many took to be a eulogy for the cinema. The traditional film industry, they said, was approaching a "meltdown," undercut by internet streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, as well as by studios’ over-reliance on superhero movies. However, […]
As part of the NJPW G1 Special coming to San Francisco, CA, in July, our Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez will be holding a live Q&A edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. The ticketed event, held on Saturday, July 7th, will include a VIP meet and greet with Dave and Bryan and the Q&A session afterward, […]
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned Russia on Friday against playing "diplomatic chess games" following the arrest of Paul Whelan, an ex-Marine with dual UK and US citizenship, on spying charges. Paul Whelan was formally charged on Thursday, and could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. It was alleged that he had […]
Click:chinese fan dance props Images: JJ Williams Headlined by a two-ring War Games match, MLW came to the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Thursday for a night of television tapings. – Ricky Martinez (w/ Salina De La Renta) defeated Jake St. Patrick Martinez won with a flying codebreaker. – De La Renta interrupted […]
A second South Korean taxi driver has died after setting himself on fire inside his vehicle in protest at plans to introduce a cut-price ride-sharing service in Seoul. Images of a taxi on fire close to Gwanghwamun Station, in central Seoul, were widely shared in social media on Wednesday evening. The driver was pulled […]