Month: July 2020

Editor’s note: This article references results from NXT television episodes that have yet to air. The first match is set for NXT’s Royal Rumble weekend TakeOver special. Bianca Belair defeated Lacey Evans, Io Shirai, and Mia Yim in a fatal four-way number one contender’s match at tonight’s NXT television tapings and will challenge for Shayna Baszler’s…

Ukraine’s Eurovision entrant has been dropped from the song-contest in a row related to the ongoing conflict with Russia. Anna Korsun, 27, known as Maruv, won the right to appear in this year’s competition three days ago. However, Ukraine’s national broadcaster ditched the singer after she refused to sign a contract that would have reduced her ties…

The schedule has been revealed for this year’s edition of WWE Holiday Week on USA Network. WWE Holiday Week 2018 includes the Monday, December 17 episode of Raw and Tuesday, December 18 episode of SmackDown, along with additional WWE-themed programming. “New Day’s WWE 2018 Pancake Powered New Year Super Spectacular” will air on USA at 10 p.m. Eastern…

New statistics indicate that international sanctions have pushed North Korea’s economy to the brink of collapse, although analysts have pointed out that previous predictions of economic crisis triggering the collapse of the regime in Pyongyang have failed to materialise.  The North Korean economy contracted by 3.5 percent in 2017, a sharp reverse from the 3.9…

As the fallout from Homecoming continued, Impact Wrestling held their first of two nights of television tapings at Fronton Mexico in Mexico City on Friday. Impact tapings — – Impact World Champion Johnny Impact vs. Killer Kross (w/ Moose) ended in a no contest Johnny’s title was on the line. Brian Cage interrupted the match and…

Efforts to deliver the most high-tech Olympic Games in history in 2020 are in jeopardy due to a shortage of one of the most basic components used in Japan’s construction industry – the bolt.  Tuesday marked 500 days until the opening ceremony for Tokyo 2020, which will feature more than 11,000 athletes competing in a…

The situation between WrestleCon and Marriott International has been resolved and the promoters will not have to pay the $114,000 bill that they were hit with due to the chain’s “Cancellation and Refund Policy” that we noted earlier. WrestleCon made the announcement this evening on Twitter. “5:46pm update. Thanks to Marriott Westshore for agreeing to…

DAILY UPDATE Latest News Three-way Junior Heavyweight title match official for G1 Supercard Jushin Thunder Liger set for WrestleCon Supershow Dick ‘The Destroyer’ Beyer passes away at 88 years old First WWE Watch Along to stream on social media during Fastlane NJPW announces ticket information for Royal Quest Ace Romero added to AEW Over Budget…

Mesut Özil no longer plays for the German national football team, and doesn’t even live in Germany, but he still divides public opinion in the country. Reports that he has invited Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to be guest of honour at his wedding later this year have reignited the explosive row that turned many…

A centre-Right alliance has snatched the Italian region of Basilicata from 25 years of centre-Left rule, with Matteo Salvini now setting his sights on success at the European Parliament elections. Basilicata is the fifth successive region that the centre-Right has taken from the Left in recent months, after Sardinia, Molise, Abruzzo and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which…