Month: July 2020

Police in Japan have questioned a farmer as part of a widening investigation into the illegal sale and smuggling of sperm and fertilised eggs from the nation’s prized “wagyu” beef cattle to China. Known as the “Rolls-Royce of beef”, “wagyu” comes from just four domestic Japanese breeds and cattle are famously fed beer and massaged…

> 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.) By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant…

An NWA title match has been added to this month’s Ring of Honor television tapings. The NWA has announced that PJ Black will challenge for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship at ROH’s TV tapings at Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, January 12. Nick Aldis is the NWA Champion and will defend his title…

Anxious passengers booked on the same model of plane as the Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed on Sunday are being denied refunds or transfers if they are too scared to fly.  Norwegian and TUI airlines are both continuing to run Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes and said its standard terms and conditions will apply to…

Image: WWE Overnight, Pro Wrestling Sheet ran a story on how Dana Warrior, wife of the late Ultimate Warrior, joined the WWE writing team to offer more of a female perspective. Our Dave Meltzer reports that the role is that of a consultant and not a member of the writing team, although that may change in…

WWE announced on Monday that WrestleMania 36 is being moved from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, with no crowd. The big event is still scheduled to air on April 5 at 7pm ET, on pay-per-view and the WWE Network. Ticketmaster started updating their listings today with the…

Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister, said on Monday gun law reforms would be announced in 10 days, after meeting her cabinet for the first time since the massacre in Christchurch. The shock of the attacks, in which 50  people were killed and dozens wounded at two mosques, has led to calls for an immediate tightening of laws to…

As noted earlier at this link, Matt Hardy has been tweeting about his AEW Dynamite debut last night and the early success of his first AEW merchandise. He also interacted with Cody Rhodes at this link. Matt continued tweeting this evening and said the second coming of “Broken” Matt Hardy will be much different than…

Thailand’s military-backed party was on Sunday night headed for an unexpected win over a populist party leading a “democratic front” in the country’s first election since a 2014 coup. Early partial results announced by the Southeast Asian nation’s election commission after it had counted 89 percent of votes put Phalang Pracharat, led by military junta chief…

Après une sélection 2011 controversée, le Conseil d’administration de la Société des réalisateurs a décidé de ne pas reconduire Frédéric Boyer dans ses fonctions de Délégué Général. C’est Edouard Waintrop, ancien critique à Libération, qui prend les rênes de la section parallèle. Suite à l’éviction de Frédéric Boyer le mois dernier, le Conseil d’administration de…