Month: July 2020

From the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA, taped for Wednesday in Canada and Thursday in the U.S.: Click Here: West Coast Eagles Guernsey – WWE Smackdown opened with Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose wanting a last man standing match with Kevin Owens at the Royal Rumble.  Sheamus then came out. Owens accepted the match and he and Sheamus attacked Ambrose until Neville…

More than one year after the actual event took place, it appears that the U.S. air date of the “Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows” hopefully, Vince McMahon willing since half his booking ideas seem to come from attempts to gain some sort of personal retribution, will finally put closure to what without question will go…

Lucha Underground returned two weeks ago with the first episode of its long-awaited second season, lovingly received by seemingly everyone not named Jim Cornette. There was a lot to love after all: an incredible match between King Cuerno and Fenix, the post-closing credits return of Dario Cueto (and, by extension, Matanza), a great deal more drama and action…

PRIDE LIVES~! (Bellator MMA Live: Shamrock vs. Gracie) Bellator MMA is live from Houston, Texas with a rematch for the ages as MMA pioneers Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie meet for a third time! Internet sensation Kimbo Slice meets his former bodyguard Dada 5000. By: PeachMachine TONIGHT   Bellator MMA Live: Shamrock vs. Gracie, Bellator’s biggest show…

On this week’s edition of Smackdown that aired in Canada Wednesday and in the U.S. Thursday, WWE announced that Brock Lesnar will wrestle Bray Wyatt at the Network exclusive special on March 12th, emanating from Toronto, ON. This was discussed in recent Wrestling Observer Newsletters and on Wednesday’s Wrestling Observer Radio. Click Here: Maori All Blacks Store This match…

It is only a few months since Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un were trading insults and threatening to launch World War Three, yet on Tuesday morning they laid aside the rhetoric and met for the first time. In a major breakthrough, Mr Trump and Kim signed what the US president said was a "very important"…

New Japan announced on Friday the top three matches for the next major PPV event, a 6/19 show at Osaka Jo Hall.  This is one of the company’s big three events of the year. The big matches are all as expected, with Kazuchika Okada as the challenger for IWGP champion Tetsuya Naito in a rematch from Invasion Attack where Naito won the title.  Hiroshi Tanahashi will challenge…

A powerful earthquake rocked Japan’s second city of Osaka on Monday, killing four people including a nine-year-old girl and injuring hundreds of others, according to an official tally. Television images showed buildings swaying and burst pipes spewing water after the quake, which struck at the height of rush hour in the city of around two million…

Austria has threatened to reinstate border checks if Germany resorts to turning away migrants at its southern frontier, as EU leaders prepare to gather in Brussels on Sunday for a "mini summit" to address the spiralling migration crisis.  Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian chancellor, said he "would be ready and do everything necessary to protect our borders"…

It once lured the likes of Winston Churchill, Princess Grace of Monaco and Ava Gardner, but times have changed in Portofino – and so has the comportment of visitors. Faced with the invasion of hordes of day-trippers whose behaviour often leaves a lot to be desired, the chic resort town on the Italian Riviera has introduced…