Police in Chacago are seeking a follow-up interview with actor Jussie Smollett amid reports he may have faked a hate-crime assault. Smollett, 36, a gay African-American actor who appears on hip-hop TV drama Empire, told police he was attacked on January 29 by two masked men who yelled racial and homophobic slurs. According to Smollett’s account, his assailants…
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ROH adds intriguing singles matches to next show
> 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.) – Ring of Honor announced…
Ladder War match confirmed for ROH Final Battle
A Ladder War match for the Tag Team titles has been confirmed for next month’s Final Battle pay-per-view. On this week’s episode of Ring of Honor television, The Young Bucks faced The Briscoes in a match to determine which team would challenge for SoCal Uncensored’s (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) Tag Team titles at Final…
Italy’s Five Star Movement bombs in Sardinia poll in result that could presage European elections
Italy’s Five Star Movement, which forms one half of the governing coalition, suffered a fresh humiliation on Monday after winning an estimated 11 per cent of votes in Sardinia’s regional election. If confirmed once counting is completed, it would mark a precipitous decline from the 42 per cent of votes that the party won on the island during…
Big Vito vs. WWE Concussion Lawsuit Updates – WWE seals exhibits with business info, McMahon Family members deposed & not deposed, WWE’s 45-page document Friday requesting summary judgment, both sides motion for cooperation
> 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.) There was significant activity over…
Daily Update: Dakota Kai, Dana White, UFC notes
DAILY UPDATE The Latest News UFC 231 live results: Holloway vs. Ortega, Shevchenko vs. Jedrzejczyk WWE Main Event results: The B-Team & Ryder win again MLW Fusion results: Rush makes his debut Ospreay returning for Tag League Finals, NJPW reveals full card The Latest Audio F4D: Lance Storm on Raw, Smackdown, WWE raiding indies, ‘winning’…
Italian man has life sentence halved after court rules he killed lover in ‘passionate storm’
An appeals court in Bologna has halved the sentence of an Italian man who murdered his girlfriend, citing a "passionate storm" of jealousy as one of the mitigating factors. Michele Castaldo will only serve 15 years of a 30-year sentence for the killing of Olga Matei in 2016. The controversial reasoning for the reduction sparked anger and…
UFC 200 Fallout – Mark Hunt goes off on UFC, Brock Lesnar & more (MMATorch)
> 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.) App/Mobile Users: Press HERE to…
Stardom coming to the US for WrestleMania weekend
Another promotion is heading to the New York City area during WrestleMania weekend. Stardom announced tonight that they will be running a show on April 5, 2019 at the NYC Arena in Queens called American Dream in the Big Apple 2019. Tickets will go on sale Christmas day starting at midnight EST. The show will start…
Severe turbulence injures 30 on flight from Istanbul to New York
Severe turbulence injured 30 people aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul that landed safely at New York’s Kennedy International Airport on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Spokesman Steve Coleman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said 28 people were taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center after the plane landed at 5.35pm. Two…