Month: November 2020

On a recent episode of his Something To Wrestle With podcast, former longtime WWE executive Bruce Prichard spoke about arranging former WWE Diva Sable’s (Rena Lesnar) deal with Playboy magazine. “We were hot at the time and the product itself was hot and Rena was — good god, Sable that character [was] one of the…

— Promoted as one of the stars of the ongoing WWE tour in Japan, Shinsuke Nakamura made an appearance at the house show but was unable to wrestle due to being bitten in the leg by a dog this past Monday. — Sporting crutches, Nakamura addressed the audience but was interrupted by Samoa Joe, who…

— WWE Extreme Rules on July 15 looks to be a long show on paper with eight matches scheduled and possibly three more yet to be announced. Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins in the half hour Iron Man Match is “designed” to be the show-stealer and pretty much guarantees that the PPV will run long.…

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) announcer Kevin Kelly recently spoke with Brian Fritz of the Sporting News outlet. Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview. Click Here: New Zealand rugby store On calling the Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada on the best of three falls match at NJPW Dominion: “To be in…

As noted, WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin recently welcomed UFC Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier to his Steve Austin Show podcast for an in-depth interview. During the show, “The Texas Rattlesnake” asked D.C. about whether or not his Octagon pull-apart with WWE Universal Champion and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock…

— According to Dave Meltzer on the most recent Wrestling Observer Radio, with WWE putting three of the four Horsewomen together at the NXT house show last week, it looks like the company is readying for some sort of match with them all together fast tracking Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir. — Bryan Alvarez noted…

— On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer indicated that WWE has not signed James Ellsworth to any sort of contract. He added that Ellsworth is accepting indie dates all over the country and there was speculation that last night’s involvement at Extreme Rules could be the end again for Ellsworth. — However, Bryan…

Thanks to WSVN-TV’s Chris Van Vliet for sending this in: Hey Rajah, Hope the weekend is treating you well! I had a chance to chat with Tyson Kidd yesterday at That Wrestling Event in Orlando, FL and wanted to pass it along to you. He opened up about his neck injury and told me vivid…

The small Manitoba city of Steinbach has a staggering 40 per cent of COVID-19 tests coming back positive — at least double the rate of other high-profile outbreaks in Canada.  “We’re seeing 30 to 40 positive tests everyday just in Steinbach,” said Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer at a news conference…

OTTAWA — The federal bill revising the rules on medically assisted death in Canada has raised the ire of the Canadian Psychiatric Association over the proposed law’s explicit rejection of mental illness as grounds for ending a patient’s life. The federal government maintains that denying Canadians with debilitating mental illnesses the right to medically assisted…