Month: July 2020

WWE Hall of Famer and wrestling legend Jerry Lawler and his girlfriend were arrested in East Memphis, TN, early Friday morning on domestic assault charges, resulting in WWE indefinitely suspending him. According to police reports, the 66-year-old Lawler and 27-year-old Lauryn McBride had a disturbingly violent altercation at Lawler’s home with both claiming the other caused them…

1933  Des Moines, Iowa:– John Pesek beat Henry Graber in 2 straight falls – Alan Eustace drew Abe Kashey 1934  Waterloo, Iowa:– Bronko Nagurski beat Earl Wampler (Wampler was a late substitute for Ray Steele) 1940  Des Moines, Iowa:– World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown defeated Allen Lovelock 1942  Des Moines, Iowa:– World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown…

It has already been an eventful night at Full Sail University. Two matches have been made official for the next NXT TakeOver at the tapings tonight in Orlando. As expected, the show on August 20th at the Barclays Center will be headlined by Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Asuka vs. Bayley. Joe and Nakamura have already worked house shows in…

Roman Reigns returns to televised action, and we get one step closer to this week’s official brand split as WWE Battleground takes place Sunday in Washington, DC, on WWE Network. This is the fourth Battleground event in WWE history, and the first held in the nation’s capital. Last year’s show saw then-champion Seth Rollins defend…

The French presidency is to fire a top security aide who beat a protester during a demonstration in Paris in May after saying “new facts” had emerged in a scandal that has deeply embarrassed Emmanuel Macron. A video released this week shows Alexandre Benalla, 26, dragging and hitting a demonstrator while wearing a police helmet…

After claiming that most WWE wrestlers are p*ssies at Friday afternoon’s UFC 202 media conference call, Conor McGregor attempted to clarify that he meant no disrespect to WWE fans in a tweet on Sunday morning. McGregor understandably hasn’t been the most popular person in the wrestling world after his comments, but he again doubled down on…

More than 700 sub-Saharan migrants on Thursday stormed the border fence surrounding the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco, with dozens injured in an incursion of “unprecedented violence”. Sixteen migrants and ten officers from Spain’s Guardia Civil received hospital treatment following Thursday morning’s incident, during which the group bombarded agents with quicklime, sticks, stones and bags…

It appears that Hideo Itami may once again be on the shelf with an injury. According to Dave Meltzer, Itami suffered a significant neck injury at an NXT live event on October 1st. There’s no diagnosis other than that he’s officially not medically cleared to perform and there’s no timetable for his return. Our NXT reporter JJ Williams was…

Click:up to France has just become a country of red, white and now blue wine with the launch of a completely natural, turquoise-coloured variety of its favourite tipple. Blue Nun may be a total no-no in the land of Chateau Lafite but a wine sold "in the colours of the sea" is now on sale in…

They are less hedonistic than their parents’ generation – more likely to be tee-total and less likely to engage in casual sex.  Now millennials are using dating apps, once synonymous with short-lived flings, to boost their increasingly freelance careers.  With a growing number of young people are using the online apps for professional networking or…