Month: July 2020

German authorities arrested three Iraqi refugees on Wednesday on allegations they were planning an Islamic extremist bombing attack, and searched properties in three states in connection with their investigation. Federal prosecutors said Shahin F. and Hersh F., both 23, and Rauf S., 36, were taken into custody in an early morning raid by a police…

The first match is official for this year’s Survivor Series pay-per-view. During tonight’s Raw, it was announced that Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey will face SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch in a non-title match at Survivor Series. Rousey and Lynch both retained their titles at Evolution, with Rousey defeating Nikki Bella and Lynch defeating Charlotte Flair…

> 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.) Dean Ambrose is keeping the…

Joshua Trump, an 11-year-old who was bullied because of his surname, was among the guests at the annual State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night. The schoolboy, who had to drop out of school because of the abuse and told his mother he had lost the will to live, was invited to the speech…

Akira Tozawa is coming to Fight Club: PRO. The promotion announced today that the 205 Live star will be making an appearance for the promotions Project Tokyo event at Korakuen Hall on January 7. It wasn’t made clear who he would be facing. Fight Club: PRO made the announcement on their Twitter this morning. Drave…

Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the most prominent figures in British Catholicism, is to be made a saint after Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to him. Newman, a theologian and scholar who was one of the highest profile Anglicans to convert to Catholicism during the Victorian era, will be Britain’s first saint since…

Seven years ago Macky Sall was propelled to victory in Senegal’s presidential election by a vibrant youth movement insistent on sweeping away the old guard. Youngsters from Y’en a Marre (‘Fed Up’) rallied around the opposition candidate as the country stared down the barrel of constitutional crisis when 85-year-old president, Abdoulaye Wade, stood for an unprecedented…

Scuderia boss Mattia Binotto acknowledged that his outfit’s current performance level is unworthy of a team “by the name of Ferrari”. For the second consecutive weekend, the Italian outfit failed to put both its cars into the top-ten in qualifying, with Charles Leclerc left stranded in P11 at the end of Q2, the same result…

If you spot an American tourist in Canada, what should you do? Since border restrictions between us and our southern neighbours were implemented at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Canadians have been cagey about the prospect of people bringing COVID-19 from the U.S. into Canada.  While COVID-19 case rates have decreased dramatically north…

16-time World Champion John Cena will be starring in an upcoming Netflix Comedy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The untitled movie will be directed by Actor Jason Bateman, who will also appear in the comedy. Mark Perez, who wrote Bateman’s 2018 Sleeper Hit Game Night, will pen the project. The story will focus on a…