NJPW Lion's Gate Project 13 results: Shota Umino vs. Yoshida
At Tokyo’s Shinjuku Face, New Japan Pro Wrestling held their 13th Lion’s Gate Project show on Wednesday. The main event saw K-DOJO’s Ayato Yoshida take on NJPW’s standout Young Lion Shota Umino, before a reported crowd of 364, in a building typically scaled to hold near 500, the smallest crowd to date for a Lion’s Gate Project event. …
Yemeni woman arrives in California to visit dying son after being granted travel ban waiver
A Yemeni mother who was granted a waiver from President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several Muslim majority countries has arrived in the US to say goodbye to her dying toddler son. Shaima Swileh landed at San Francisco airport Wednesday night, and was greeted by a group of supporters carrying placards. Her two-year-old boy Abdullah Hassan,…
WWE Roadblock – NXT Tag Title match added to Network special
> 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 is mixing the main…
Two dead in freak golf buggy accident in Thailand
The bodies of two South Korean men who drowned while golfing in northern Thailand have been found, police said Thursday, after their wives’ buggy collided with their own, knocking them into a river. The group were on a ferry preparing to cross the river that runs through the course when the men – who were…
Police comment on Shinsuke Nakamura dog-bite injury
Bakersfield police have commented on the dog attack that has put Shinsuke Nakamura on the shelf. They have issued the following statement: “On Monday, June 25, 2018, officers of the Bakersfield Police Department Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Team were conducting a protective sweep of the Rabobank Arena in preparation for the WWE Live Summerslam Heatwave…
10-month-old baby girl rescued from collapsed Russian apartment block where more than 30 remain missing
Russian rescuers on Tuesday pulled an infant boy alive from the rubble of an apartment building, some 35 hours after a collapse that killed at least seven people and left dozens missing. They found the baby after hearing cries amid the debris. A section of the 10-story building in the city of Magnitogorsk collapsed on Monday following…
United States title match advertised for WWE SummerSlam
A United States championship match has been announced for SummerSlam later this month. It was announced this afternoon that Shinsuke Nakamura will defend the title against Jeff Hardy. This stems from what happened last month at Extreme Rules, where Jeff Hardy lost the title to Nakamura after a low blow before the bell rang. Once…
Cyntoia Brown to be freed after being jailed for murder as a teen
Cyntoia Brown, a Tennessee woman serving a life sentence in prison for murder and robbery, was granted clemency on Monday after high-profile campaigners brought her case to the public’s attention, sparking debate about life terms for children. The case garnered widespread attention in the US, despite being over a decade old, and the hashtag #FreeCyntoiaBrown trended…
Two more Raw vs. SD matches official for WWE Survivor Series
Two more Raw vs. SmackDown matches have been officially confirmed for Survivor Series. With WWE resolving the Raw Tag Team title situation last night, AOP will face SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus in a non-title champion vs. champion match at Survivor Series. AOP won the Raw Tag Team titles from Seth Rollins last…
Mayor of Rome backtracks on plans to claim coins tossed into Trevi Fountain by tourists
The mayor of Rome has performed an abrupt U-turn on plans to stake a claim over the coins tossed into the Trevi Fountain each day by tourists. Virginia Raggi had wanted the money to be given to the council to be used for social welfare projects and routine maintenance. But following an outcry over the…