Month: July 2020

Though The Boss isn’t featured in one of main title matches at Sunday’s SummerSlam show in Brooklyn, Sasha Banks is still enjoying herself as part of the WWE promotional contingent in New York.  In a video provided by WWE, Banks chats with Cathy Kelley while taking in the sights in the Big Apple. Here’s an…

One thing that is really a shame from last night is that the Michael Bisping story of capturing the title walking off a movie set on two weeks notice was trumped so badly by the other big stories that took place.  It’s created an interesting dynamic because Bisping has always been the guy in the middleweight…

1939  Hollywood, California:– Leroy McGuirk defeated Jon Swneski to win the World Junior Heavyweight Title  1941  St. Louis, Missouri:– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo beat Bronko Nagurski– Don McIntyre beat Cherry Vanilla – Warren Bockwinkel defeated Joe Dusek 1958  Kansas City; Kansas:– Bobby Bruns, Thor Hagen and Joe Scarpa beat Emil Dusek, Ricci Sexton and…

From the Big Sandy Superstore Arena courtesy of reader Lou Pickney – Golden Truth over Breezango – Apollo Crews over Heath Slater (w/ Bo Dallas) Slater got a local guy pop which Crews seemed confused by. – Darren Young (w/Bob Backlund) def. I-C Champion The Miz (w/ Maryse) by DQ when Maryse interfered. – Enzo and Cass…

Submitted by Matt Holmes from the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre – No Way Jose defeated Hugo Knox Knox took a lot of the match until No Way Jose made his comeback and won with the wind-up punch followed by his slam. – Andrade “Cien” Almas defeated Wesley Blake Blake was working out a new…

In addition to earlier news that Shelton Benjamin would soon be joining the SmackDown roster, another veteran is joining the brand. Rhyno made his main roster return on tonight’s first post-draft edition of SmackDown, attacking fellow free agent Heath Slater. Rhyno hit the Gore on Slater, who had come out to demand that Shane McMahon sign him.…

Two years after he was released into the Spanish Pyrenees as part of a conservation programme, Goiat the brown bear faces expulsion over a predatory rampage that has enraged local farmers. The 31-stone male was captured in Slovenia and transferred to the Alt Pireneu (High Pyrenees) National Park in Catalonia in 2016 as part of…

  SUMMER SLAM ON SUNDAY STARTING AT 5 P.M. EASTERN ON WWE NETWORK/PPV Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton – This is scheduled for last.  Much of the talk around the match is if they will punish Lesnar by having him lose here, and will there be an appearance of Bill Goldberg and/or Bray Wyatt in the presentation. For what it’s…

An explosive wildfire tore through two small northern California communities on Thursday before reaching the city of Redding, destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands to flee. The body of a bulldozer operator, who had been hired privately to clear vegetation in the path of the flames, was found by rescue crews. Meanwhile, local television…

One of the most striking things about WWE these days is not just that they struggle to avoid repeating past mistakes, but their complete inability to understand their successes. Their efforts to build on the buzz generated by this year’s Cruiserweight Classic is yet another example of this as, at every turn, they’ve misunderstood what made the tournament such…