Chael Sonnen cast for new season of The Apprentice on NBC
Chael Sonnen has been announced for the cast of the new season of NBC’s “The Apprentice” television show. The show, which will be hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger and filmed in Southern California. Its debut on the network has not been announced. Sonnen currently works for ESPN doing analysis of major UFC shows. He is under suspension from fighting…
Daniel Bryan retirement speech boosts WWE RAW ratings
It was very clear that Raw was not going to do well last night until the interest generated when mainstream media picked up on the Daniel Bryan retirement story. The show’s audience increased greatly, but ironically, likely due to the show not ending until 11:26 p.m., the third hour with the Bryan farewell speech fell greatly. Raw did 3.68 million viewers,…
Monday: WWE vs. UFC, Wrestlemania main event, Cerrone dominates, & Lesnar on RAW
WWE vs UFC – SUNDAY NIGHT WAR by Dan Velten Last night, WWE and UFC went head to head in the SUNDAY NIGHT WAR! This has happened only a handful of times previously, and usually, UFC has fared better. This will be interesting as both shows are effectively free. UFC’s show aired for free on…
WWE Superstars results: Natalya vs Summer Rae
The Big Takeaway: Neville beat half of The Ascension with his move while the main event saw Natalya carry an improving Summer Rae for the best part of nine minutes. ***** Neville beat Viktor (w/ Konnor) (3:50) There’s no real explanation for why The Ascension are in singles action her tonight. On commentary they say…
Rocket man: How Kim Jong-un emerged from his father’s shadow to silence the doubters
Once described by Kim Jong-il’s personal sushi chef as a "chip off the old block", Kim Jong-un has succeeded in carving out his own reputation as a ruthless leader to be taken seriously. When his father died in December 2011, remarkably little was known of the heir apparent. He was believed to be in his 20s…
Daily Update: WWE finances, NXT releases, Brock vs Wellness
WWE Q2 Financials The key takeaways from the WWE financials are that the company took in $199 million in revenue for the WrestleMania quarter, an all-time record. Profits for the quarter were only $800,000, but they had projected only breaking even, so that wasn’t a surprise. For the Mania quarter, they actually lost money in the network division (Network, PPV) due…
Erdogan rattled by a challenger from his own heartland
The voters that have kept Recept Tayyip Erdogan in power for the last 15 years come from places like Elmalik. Nestled at the foot of the mountains an hour’s ferry ride from Istanbul, life in the quiet village centres around the mosque and three tea shops in the main square. Nearly 70 per cent of…
Salvini thanks Libya for rescuing migrants as he lands in Tripoli for talks
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s hardline interior minister, thanked Libya’s coast guard for picking up more than 800 migrants in the Mediterranean as he flew to Tripoli for the first time to discuss the migration crisis. The migrants were returned to Libya after Italy’s new populist government prevented humanitarian organisations from rescuing them. “I thank from the…
German spy agency acknowledges employing Himmler’s daughter in the 1960s
The daughter of Heinrich Himmler was employed by Germany’s intelligence service in the 1960s, despite remaining a fervent Nazi until her last breath, it has been revealed. Gudrun Burwitz, known by some as the “Nazi Princess”, and who died at the age of 88 last month in Munich, had worked for Germany’s BND spy agency…
If Dean Ambrose is going to be Mick Foley, he is going to need a big win
If the barbed-wire-bat passing segment on last Monday’s Raw is any indication of WWE’s plans for Dean Ambrose moving forward, his role as a main event level star will be something much more akin to that of Mick Foley than Steve Austin. In some ways, that’s just fine. Foley still managed to become one of his generation’s biggest…