2020 July

NEWS ITEMS: WWE planning women’s tournament, more on Sheamus-Cesaro skit participants, Stephanie’s absence, Impact viewership

> 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.) -TNA Impact Wrestling drew a […]

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Daily Pro Wrestling History (09/16): Lesnar vs. Angle Iron Man match

1965 Kansas City, Kansas:  – North American Tag Team Champions, Bob Geigel and Bob Brown beat Mongolian Stomper and The Ox by DQ – Jerry Miller beat Jim Grabmire 2 falls to 1 – Bulldog Plechas drew Thor Hagen  – Corsica Joe beat Paul Caruso 1966 Milwaukee, Wisconsin: – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon went […]

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Kid Rock entering WWE Hall of Fame this year, HBO releases second Andre the Giant trailer, Impact viewership increase holds up

> 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 Kid Rock will […]

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American woman killed by sharks while snorkeling in Bahamas with her family

A California student has died after being attacked by three sharks while snorkeling in the Bahamas with her family on Wednesday. Jordan Lindsey, 21, was snorkeling near Rose Island, east of the capital Nassau at around 2pm when she was attacked. She suffered devastating injuries in the attack where her right arm was torn off […]

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Trump puts himself centre stage as tanks feature in Independence Day ‘show of a lifetime’

Donald Trump will put himself at the heart of America’s Independence Day celebrations today as he oversees a self-declared “show of a lifetime” in the nation’s capital.  Tanks are already positioned in central locations in Washington DC at the request of the US president while fighter jets will be among those aircraft flying overhead.  Mr Trump […]

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Jacinda Ardern’s neighbour reveals he killed New Zealand’s ‘first cat’ by reversing over it

A guilt-ridden neighbour of Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, revealed Wednesday that he was responsible for accidentally killing the nation’s "First Cat" Paddles while reversing out of his driveway. Paddles died in November 2017, shortly after Ms Ardern won office, but the full circumstances of the death were never publicly revealed, leading […]

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being transferred to psychiatric hospital raises hopes for release, husband says

The husband of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran has said her transfer to a hospital psychiatric ward raises hopes of her being released.  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, was arrested at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport while travelling with their young daughter in April 2016 and sentenced to five years in prison after being accused of spying, a charge she vehemently denies. Her […]

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Russian activist’s murder raises fears of wave of anti-LGBT violence

A female activist in St Petersburg has been brutally murdered in what friends fear may be the start of a new wave of violence against LGBTQ people.  Yelena Grigoryeva, 41, was found on Sunday in bushes near her home with stab wounds to her back and face and signs of strangulation, the Fontanka news outlet […]

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Katy Perry guilty of stealing beat for Dark Horse hit from Christian rapper

A jury’s verdict that Katy Perry’s 2013 hit "Dark Horse" improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song represents a rare takedown of a pop superstar and her elite producer by a relatively unknown artist, and sets up a battle over damages that will begin on Tuesday. Monday’s unanimous verdict by a nine-member federal jury in a Los […]

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Italians seek comfort from tarot cards, faith healers and spiritualists amid decade-long slump

A decade of almost zero economic growth has sent an increasing number of desperate Italians into the esoteric embrace of tarot card readers, spiritualists and sects, experts say. Italians concerned about how to pay the rent or whether they have enough money to put food on the table are turning to a growing number of […]

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