1909 Des Moines, Iowa: – World Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch defeated former United States champion Tom Jenkins 2 falls to 0 1922 Minneapolis, Minnesota: – World Heavyweight Champion Ed “Strangler “Lewis beat John Freberg in 2 out of 3 falls match 1936 Waterloo, Iowa: – Bronko Nagurski beat Ivan Vacturoff 1948 Wichita, Kansas; – World…
Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/30): Buddy Rogers wins NWA World title
1948 Wichita, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Lew Newman in 2 out of 3 falls – Don McIntyre beat Harry Cohen in a Hindu mud match – Barney Bernard and Ralph Garibaldi went to a 30 minute draw 1949 Kansas City, Kansas: – Tarzan Kowalski defeated Jim Wright in 2 out…
Meet Microman, the pint sized wrestler leading a ‘lucha libre’ revolution in Mexico
He is less than three feet tall, but he packs muscles, power and swagger in a little frame. Microman is the smallest star in Mexican professional wrestling. Mexico’s "lucha libre," a wildly popular mix of sport and entertainment, long featured small figures and dwarves in a deeply demeaning role: they were "mascotas" – a word that can…
Donovan Dijak headed to WWE
Chris “Donovan” Dijak, who was one of a group of wrestlers that included Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly, that WWE pulled contract offers from after legal threats from ROH back in January, is headed to WWE like the aforementioned pair. Dijak said on the New Age Insiders podcast that he will be finishing up his…
US Senate pushes ahead with Brett Kavanaugh confirmation votes
Congressmen are set to examine the FBI report into alleged sexual abuse by Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday, as the US Senate’s Republican leadership scheduled the first confirmation vote for Friday. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the agency was due to present to the Senate its highly anticipated supplemental investigation report into Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee late…
RevPro Global Wars UK results: Ishii vs. Keith Lee steals the show
Image: @RevProUK. Report submitted by reader Paul Martinovic. In collaboration with NJPW, the first of Revolution Pro Wrestling’s two Global Wars UK shows took place last night. York Hall in London hosted a show-stealing match as Tomohiro Ishii faced off with Keith Lee, then Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay teamed against Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr….
Miss Iraq flees country over threats amid spate of murders of high-profile women
A former Miss Iraq beauty queen has fled the country after receiving death threats, which followed a spate of killings of high-profile women. Shimaa Qasim Abdulrahman, who was awarded the crown in 2015, said she has left for Jordan after receiving a message from a man purporting to be an Islamic State of Iraq and the…
The theory is dubious – but blaming Jamal Khashoggi’s death on a botched interrogation is a convenient way out
For the first 13 days of Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance, Saudi Arabia held fast to its official position: We had no involvement; he left the consulate safely; any suggestion we are responsible is a political smear. But last night things began to shift. Under intense pressure from Washington and business leaders around the world, Riyadh now…
CCTV shows Saudi operative ‘wearing Jamal Khashoggi’s clothes and a fake beard’ in consulate decoy
CCTV footage has been released which appears to show one of the 15 Saudi Arabian so-called “hit squad” members posing as a body double for murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The images, which were published by CNN on Monday, show the decoy leaving the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by the back door, wearing Mr Khashoggi’s clothes,…
One killed, hundreds injured in ‘yellow jackets’ protests over fuel prices in France
A protestor was killed on Saturday when a panicked motorist accidentally rammed one of the hundreds of roadblocks set up across France by so-called “yellow vest” demonstrators angry at rising fuel prices. In Paris, several hundred demonstrators chanting “Macron, resign,” tried to reach the gates of the Elysée, the residence and offices of president Emmanuel…