Smackdown Live Viewership Up Huge From Last Week
— Last night’s Smackdown Live pulled in an average of 2.597 million viewers, up over 25% from the previous week’s 2.072 million. This is on the heels of a strong Raw viewership of over 3 million this week. — Smackdown was fourth on the night among shows on cable after not even finishing in the…
Aries On Kicking Off WrestleMania, Pushing Bananas Over Cereal For Breakfast
Austin Aries continues to make the media rounds, as he promotes his new book, “Food Fight: My Plant-Powered Journey From The Bingo Halls To The Big Time.” In a new interview with The Sporting News, Aries spoke about the honor of getting to kick off the show at WrestleMania 33 this year, among other diet-related…
Velvet Sky Announces She Is Retiring From Wrestling, Going Back To College
Former Impact Wrestling Knockout Velvet Sky announced during a recent interview with WNPR.org that she is retiring from pro wrestling and plans to go back to college. “Wrestling has a shelf life,” said Sky. “College doesn’t. You can be 50 years old and go to college for your degree. You can’t be 50 years old…
Mae Young Classic Tapings Results (Spoilers from Day One)
* Crowd lights are turned off during the matches like the Cruiserweight Classic. Matches have a 15-minute time limit. Episode 1, First Round: * Princesa Sugehit defeated Kay Lee Ray. Crowd is hot and behind KLR. Solid match. They exchange chips in the corner. KLR locks in a Koji Clutch but Princesa turns it into…
WWE Announces Details On Season 7 Of Total Divas
On Tuesday, WWE and E! issued a press release to formally announce the official details regarding season seven of the popular reality series, Total Divas. Featured below is the complete press release that was sent out today. SEASON SEVEN OF E!’S SIZZLING HIT SERIES “TOTAL DIVAS” PREMIERES WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 9PM ET/PT The Bella…
Steiner defends Mazepin pay-driver choice for Haas
Guenther Steiner defended Haas’ decision to recruit well-funded Nikita Mazepin for 2021, insisting F1 currently includes several talented drivers that bought their way in to the sport. Mazepin is the 21-year-old son of Russian billionaire Dmitry Mazepin, a core shareholder and chairman of fertilizer giant Uralchem, who has bankrolled his son’s path to the pinnacle…
Politics And Ideology Push Freeland To Open Spending Taps (Analysis)
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s first economic update is a political document designed to win praise from key Liberal electoral constituencies and silence the Grits’ detractors by claiming fiscal discipline is coming and deeming austerity the wrong approach. The opposition parties gave little indication Monday they will oppose the legislative measures included in the…
A Tree For Boston: How The Halifax Explosion Led To An Annual Christmas Tradition
Every Christmas, a piece of Nova Scotia stands proudly in Boston’s centre square. Nova Scotians send a Christmas tree to the city every year, as thanks for the support of Bostonians following the 1917 Halifax Explosion. Boston was one of the first jurisdictions to send aid, with the governor dispatching a train full of supplies…
The First Nations Water Crisis Won't End When Drinking Water Advisories Do
In October, more than 250 members of the Neskantaga First Nation were evacuated to Thunder Bay after an oily sheen was found on their reservoir. The discovery left the community, located in northern Ontario, without access to running water. The evacuation drew attention to the federal government’s 2015 commitment to end all on reserve long-term…
Daylight Saving Time Can Only Be Permanent In Ontario If U.S. Feds Sign On
For Ontario to actually end the generally dreaded twice-a-year time change, it’s going to need the help of an unlikely ally — Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Premier Doug Ford’s government passed legislation last week to make daylight saving time permanent, contingent on New York State and Quebec doing the same. Quebec Premier Francois Legault…