2020 July

Shooter-themed Hidden Gems coming to WWE Network tomorrow

Content highlighting professional wrestling’s shooters is coming to the WWE Network tomorrow. WWE Network News reports that this week’s WWE Hidden Gems content relates to professional wrestling’s shooters. These matches will feature shoot wrestlers/athletes such as Lou Thesz, Karl Gotch, Danny Hodge, Nobuhiko Takada and Billy Robinson. These matches span several decades in multiple promotions, including […]

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Top Story – Damien Sandow headlines WWE roster cuts

> 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 announced Friday (May 6) […]

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Matteo Salvini wants to ban migrant rescue vessels from entering Italy’s territorial waters

Italy’s hardline interior minister wants to ban all migrant rescue vessels from entering Italian territorial waters, in a sharp escalation of his campaign against asylum seekers. Matteo Salvini has already closed Italy’s ports to NGO ships that rescue migrants at sea but now wants to go a step further, barring them from even approaching Italian […]

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Hulk Hogan added, removed from WWE Crown Jewel event page

UPDATE: For what it’s worth, Hogan has been removed from WWE.com’s event page for Crown Jewel. ********** While no official announcement has been made, a notable name is now being advertised for Crown Jewel. WWE.com’s events page for Friday’s show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia now lists Hulk Hogan among the “featured superstars.” The events page has also […]

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WWE’s “Summerslam Concert” canceled next weekend

> 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.) Aug. 13 Update: The “Summerslam Concert” […]

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Chinese billionaire suspected of interfering in Australian politics on behalf of Communist Party stripped of residency

A prominent Chinese billionaire suspected of making political donations to further Communist Party influence in Australia has been stripped of his residency in the country and barred from returning.  Huang Xiangmo – a property developer who has donated millions to Australia’s two main political parties – has been at the centre of a spate of […]

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Daily Update: New Day special ratings, BJ Whitmer, MMA notes

DAILY UPDATE Latest News Raul Mata passes away at 71 years old ROH announces Mark Haskins for first two shows Matt Riddle added to NXT tag match at WWE MSG house show Best of 2018 episode of WWE 205 Live to air next week Mark Haskins signs with Ring of Honor WWE NXT results: Aleister […]

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British Wrestling Star Martin Kirby Announces Retirement

British wrestling star Martin Kirby has decided to hang it up. The 14-year veteran issued a statement on his Twitter announcing his retirement, and expresses his gratitude for being able to dedicate so much of his life to the business. I first began wrestling 14 years ago, [and] in that time I’ve surpassed any expectations […]

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Former Trump aide Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors, judge rules

Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, intentionally lied to investigators and a federal grand jury in the special counsel’s Russia probe, a judge ruled on Wednesday. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s decision was another loss for Manafort, a once-wealthy political consultant who rose to lead Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and now faces years in […]

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Conviction of Cardinal George Pell for sex abuse contrasts with woolly words and lack of action from the Vatican

The contrast with the woolly words and waffle of the Vatican’s conference on how to prevent clergy abusing children could hardly have been sharper. Just two days after the end of the much-heralded summit, which was widely criticised by abuse victims as having achieved very little, an Australian court revealed that Cardinal George Pell, the […]

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