Raw ratings down again for show taped in London
Raw fell to yet another non-football season and non-holiday record modern low last night with 2.68 million viewers for the show in London. The audience dropped six percent over the previous low mark set last week of 2.86 million viewers. The last time Raw numbers were at this point outside of football season was 1997,…
WWF Tuesday Night Titans episode 2: The boats of Salvatore Bellomo
Episode two of Tuesday Night Titans from 1984 opens with Vince McMahon and Lord Alfred Hayes. There’s something really cool about seeing McMahon in his pre-evil Mr. McMahon Days. Here, he’s just a creepy, loud suit-wearing huckster who is on the verge of revolutionizing the industry. The show opens with “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff in a…
Former UFC fighter Tim Hague passes away after boxing match
Additional notes added by Dave Meltzer Tim Hague’s sister confirmed today that the former UFC fighter has passed away at the age of 34. Hague had been in critical condition after a knockout loss to former CFL star Adam Braidwood in a boxing match on Friday night in Edmonton. Braidwood had knocked Hague down six times in…
The Week In British Wrestling: Das Ist PROGRESS!
Here are five things you need to know about British wrestling this week: 1) PROGRESS hit Germany with a massive main event PROGRESS Wrestling made their second trip overseas this year (after their appearance at More Than ‘Mania in Orlando in April) with a visit to Cologne’s Live Music Hall last Saturday, as part of a double-bill of…
Donald Trump’s relationship with Kim Jong-un: ‘We fell in love’ after ‘beautiful letters’
US President Donald Trump took his enthusiasm for his detente with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to new heights on Saturday, declaring at a rally with supporters that "we fell in love" after exchanging letters. Mr Trump and Mr Kim have said they want to work toward denuclearising the Korean peninsula, holding an unprecedented meeting earlier…
WWE announces John Cena vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for next week
WWE has announced a big number one contender’s match for next week. John Cena will face Shinsuke Nakamura on next Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown, with the winner going on to challenge Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam. Daniel Bryan made the match on tonight’s show after Nakamura defeated Baron Corbin and Cena interrupted Mahal…
Former South Korean President is imprisoned for 15 years on corruption charges
Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has been jailed for 15 years for corruption. Lee, 76, was sentenced in a court in Seoul on Friday for embezzlement, bribery and abuse of power, crimes committed before and during his presidency from 2008 to 2013. The court fined Lee 13 billion won ($11.5 million) Lee, who denies most of the 16…
Georges St-Pierre drops UFC middleweight title
Image: Esther Lin Less than a month after winning the UFC middleweight title in dramatic fashion, Georges St-Pierre is dropping that title in not-so-dramatic fashion. Due to a condition known as ulcerative colitis (an inflammatory bowel disease), St-Pierre dropped the belt officially Thursday night, saying in a statement that he was going to have to take some…
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking storm leaves trail of devastation in Florida and Georgia
Michael is most powerful hurricane to hit US mainland since 1969 Storm made landfall at Mexico Beach, Florida At least one person killed by hurricane Storm crosses into Georgia Watch latest path of storm in Florida Hurricane Michael has battered Florida with winds of 155mph, leaving a trail of devastation and leaving almost half a million without…
Missing Canadian pianist ‘buried by wrong family’
A Canadian musician known as "Professor Piano" is believed to have been buried by the wrong family in a tragic case of mistaken identity. Scott Cushnie, who played with bands including Aerosmith, went missing in August from his apartment in Toronto. The 80-year-old, who was legally blind, suffered an accidental fall and died after being…