This week’s episode was taped before Tuesday night’s Smackdown show. Kane def. Fandango (w/Tyler Breeze) Fandango shushes the crowd and they boo in return. Fandango admires his and Breeze’s outfits. Breeze calls Fandango “Dango.” They both look great. The crowd is mad, but Breeze calls them “peasants.” Kane, having fallen on hard times since losing his job as Director of…

We get a recap of the Rey-Chavo-Azteca Jr. issues and the Worldwide Underground’s issues with Sexy Star. Joey Ryan turning his back on Cortez Castro is shown, and we see Puma do Vampiro’s bidding in attacking Mil Muertes. Sexy Star looks at her title backstage before Dario talks to her and she says she will never…

The Trump administration is imposing a host of new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of a former British spy, after months of discussion about how to respond to the March attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Although the US joined European countries in publicly blaming Moscow within days of the attack, the Trump administration…

A three-year-old boy found buried at a New Mexico desert compound died in a ritual to "cast out demonic spirits," but his extended family believed he would "return as Jesus" to identify "corrupt" targets for them to attack, prosecutors said in court on Monday. Prosecutors’ account of an exorcism-like ritual, allegations of weapons training for children and references…

The Round-Up News Raw ratings down slightly against tough competition from MLB & NFL WWE Tribute to the Troops date set; Royal Rumble tickets presale UFC 204 prelims do lowest ratings in over a year  WWE Raw video highlights: Paul Heyman issues a challenge  Naito vs. Elgin to headline NJPW Power Struggle  Goldberg to answer…

Tsai Ing-wen, the Taiwanese president visited Nasa’s space centre in Houston on Sunday, in a move that indicates deepening ties between Taipei and Washington, but which is expected to infuriate Beijing.  The trip to the Johnson Space Centre in Texas marks the first time a sitting leader from the self-ruling island has entered a US…

On Saturday, UFC president Dana White claimed that UFC 205 “broke all company records”. One record it did not break, however, was the FS1 prelims viewership number. The stacked four-fight card from 8-10 PM EST averaged 1.801 million viewers, almost tripling the UFC 204 prelims numbers but falling short of the company record. This was the third…

Australia’s new prime minister Scott Morrison, a staunch conservative and devout evangelical Christian, yesterday pledged to heal the ruling Liberal party after  a week of infighting that outgoing leader Malcolm Turnbull said left his nation "dumbstruck and so appalled”. Following a brutal party brawl, Mr Morrison emerged victorious as leader in a 45-40 party-room vote…

Here are results for this morning’s Togi Makabe 20th Anniversary show. There’s not a lot to talk about, but overall it was a solid show with some build towards the New Japan Cup. A nice tribute video started us off, highlighting Makabe’s career starting from 1997, when he made his debut against Shinjiro Ohtani, to winning…

Protesters have burned Nike merchandise after the brand announced Colin Kaepernick as a face of its new advertising campaign. Shares in the sportswear giant fell by three per cent as it gained traction on social media following its choice of the American Football player for the 30th anniversary of its "Just Do It" slogan. Over…