2020 July

Raw ratings up slightly for Royal Rumble go-home show

The loaded up Raw go-home show last night with the easiest competition since August did 3.29 million viewers, up slightly from the 3.26 million last week going against a marquee NBA game. While next week’s show should be way up, probably doing one of the best numbers of 2017 for the day after the Rumble, […]

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Australian Catholics refuse to report child abuse disclosed in confession as church responds to royal commission

Australian Catholic leaders vowed on Friday that the church’s "shameful" history of child abuse and cover-ups will never be repeated, but rejected a national inquiry’s call to report such assaults disclosed in confession. The church was formally responding to a five-year royal commission into institutional child abuse, ordered by the government after a decade of […]

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Brock Lesnar informs the UFC of his retirement from MMA

While nobody has said anything publicly, Marc Raimondi of MMA Fighting reported today that Brock Lesnar told the UFC that he was retiring from mixed martial arts. The story used Ryan Madden of USADA as a source in saying that Lesnar voluntarily removed himself from the UFC’s drug testing program. Lesnar’s name was quietly removed last week […]

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Japan earthquake: Eight dead and dozens missing in landslides as lights go out on Hokkaido

At least eight people were killed and 32 were missing, Japanese media reported, after a powerful earthquake paralysed the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents. Aerial footage showed dozens of landslides exposing barren hillsides near the town of Atsuma in southern Hokkaido, with mounds of reddish earth and […]

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Donald Trump signs order allowing sanctions for US election meddling in bid to protect midterms

Donald Trump has signed an executive order allowing for sanctions over election meddling amid fears Russia, China, Iran and North Korea could target the November midterms.  Any individual, entity or country which authorises, directs, sponsors or supports interference could be hit with economic penalties under the US president’s new order.  The punishments could include blocking […]

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Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/06): Williams & Gordy win AJPW tag titles

1934 Minneapolis, Minnesota: – World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos beat Abe Kashey  1935 St. Louis, Missouri: – Jim Londos beat Ed “Strangler” Lewis  – Ray Steele beat Karl Sarpolis   – Bronko Nagurski beat Karl Davis  – George Tragos beat Pat Murphy  1952  Kansas City, Kansas: – Sonny Myers defeated Enrique Torres to win the […]

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Daily Update: Mayweather vs. McGregor, Mae Young Classic, G1

THE ROUND-UP The Latest from the F4W Staff NEWS Watch the Mayweather-McGregor press conferences: LA, Toronto, New York, and London Talking Smack to no longer air weekly on WWE Network GFW Impact results: Alberto El Patron & Lashley vs. LAX WWE Mae Young Classic taping spoilers: The tournament begins  AUDIO WOL: WWE Talking Smack canceled, […]

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Mystery of Gustave Courbet’s scandalous nude painting laid bare as identity of model revealed

One of the most enigmatic mysteries in art history appears to have finally been laid bare. The identity of the model who posed for the most scandalous painting of the 19th century, Gustave Courbet’s L’Origine du monde (The Origin of the world), has been revealed 152 years after it was painted. Experts insist they are […]

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Rescue operation launched to save stranded British yachtswoman Susie Goodall

A rescue operation is now underway to save a British yachtswoman who has become stranded thousands of miles from land during a round-the-world race. Susie Goodall was taking part in the arduous Golden Globe Race – a single-handed non-stop race around the world – when her yacht capsized and dismasted in a storm in the south Pacific. […]

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Vettel admits to ‘loose talks’ with Racing Point

Amid rumors of a deal for 2021 being negotiated between Sebastian Vettel and Racing Point, the Ferrari driver admitted to “loose talks” occurring between the two parties. Reports alleging that Vettel could remain in F1 next season with Racing Point multiplied at the start of the week, with Sergio Perez also at the center of […]

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