Month: July 2020

Two matches have been announced for tonight’s go-home edition of SmackDown. Before Fastlane takes place on Sunday night, WWE Champion AJ Styles will face another one of his challengers in a non-title match. It will be Styles vs. Dolph Ziggler, which comes after John Cena defeated the champion last week to earn his spot in…

> SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER ORLANDO, FLA. AT THE PERFORMANCE CENTER MAY 25, 2020 AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST   Announcers: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, Samoa Joe   Top 10 Moments from Last Week’s Show:  Overview…

A German man who launched a shrapnel bomb attack on the team bus of football club Borussia Dortmund in April 2017 to make money on the club’s shares diving was on Tuesday sentenced to 14 years in jail. A court in Dortmund found Sergej Wenergold, 29, guilty of 28 counts of attempted murder after he…

1965 St. Paul, Minnesota: – The Crusher beat Larry Hennig COR – Mighty Igor Vodik & Ivan Kalmikoff beat Bob Boyer & Tiny Mills – Billy Red Cloud beat Great Dane – Harley Race beat Paul Caruso 1972 – Danny Hodge defeated Dr X to win the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title 1974 San Antonio, Texas:…

> 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.) “Stone Cold” Steve Austin continues…

China is calling for the end of increasingly lavish weddings, claiming they go against the country’s socialist values. The ministry of civil affairs has condemned the practice of holding extravagant ceremonies and giving expensive gifts. Weddings, instead, should “integrate core socialist values and Chinese traditional culture into the construction of marriage and family,” the ministry…

Everyone thought it was Roman Reigns’ night…until it wasn’t. Brock Lesnar retained the Universal championship tonight in the main event of WrestleMania 34. They had a action-packed match where Lesnar repeatedly laid out Reigns with his signature move, the F5. Reigns kicked out every time, resilient despite Lesnar’s dominance. At one point, Lesnar drilled Reigns…

Donald Trump appeared to back the yellow vest protesters in a provocative message to Emmanuel Macron, the French president, claiming that the Paris climate change agreement had triggered the unrest. The US president also claimed protesters were chanting his name on the streets of the French capital, as his rift with Mr Macron continued to…

Fandango is expected to be out of action for an extended period of time due to a shoulder injury. WWE announced today that Fandango will require surgery for a left labrum tear in his shoulder. The surgery is scheduled to take place this coming Tuesday. Click Here: Golf Equipment Online Fandango tweeted this morning: “Seeya…

The last Syrian town under the control of Islamic State fell on Friday, marking a defeat for the jihadists which will prove difficult to come back from. The flag of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US and UK-backed fighters battling Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), was erected in the central square…