With the build to Roadblock gaining steam, last night’s Raw featured the announcement of the first ever main roster women’s Iron Man match, growing tensions between Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho, Roman Reigns defending the United States Championship against Jericho, and more. More coverage from last night — WOR: RAW report, AJ Styles injury update,…
Read moreBalor, Matanza, Hero: Our top 10 pro wrestling stories of 2016, 6-10
2016 was a banner year for the business of pro wrestling from top stars moving to new in-ring zip codes, new technology affecting everything from how wrestling is presented to how talent gets signed, and several surprising in-ring results and happenings that had our faithful readers buzzing. Unless something else substantial happens in the next…
Read moreDaily Update: Goldberg at Fastlane, Rumble, Mayweather talks McGregor
THE ROUND-UP The Latest from the F4W Staff NEWS SmackDown ratings down slightly for this week’s episode WWE SmackDown video highlights: John Cena takes on Baron Corbin Rich Swann vs. Neville set for the Royal Rumble Mark Hunt files lawsuit against the UFC, Brock Lesnar & Dana White WWE 205 Live results: Swann vs….
Read moreWWE reveals John Cena's Elimination Chamber title challengers
With the Elimination Chamber less than two weeks away, WWE didn’t waste time building to SmackDown’s next pay-per-view on Tuesday night’s show. Shane McMahon announced in the opening segment of SmackDown that AJ Styles, Bray Wyatt, Baron Corbin, The Miz, and Dean Ambrose would challenge John Cena for the WWE Championship in an Elimination Chamber…
Read moreSaudi-led coalition admits deadly Yemen strike on bus was unjustified
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has admitted that an airstrike that struck a school bus last month, killing dozens of civilians, was unjustified. The rare admission of fault comes amid mounting pressure from the coalition’s US backers to limit civilian deaths in airstrikes. The coalition’s Joint Incident Assessment Team blamed "delays" for the incident, which…
Read moreDaily Pro Wrestling History (02/21): WCW SuperBrawl 1993
1951 Sioux City, Iowa: – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated Mike DiBiase 1961 St. Paul, Minnesota: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski by countout – AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills – Wilbur Snyder beat Nick Roberts – Jim Hady drew…
Read moreBelgium faces reckoning over racism after two high-profile cases shock country
Belgium has been faced with a reckoning over racism in the country, after two major scandals in a single week. On Thursday a youth movement that appeared to champion traditional Flemish Conservative values was exposed as a cover for a far right anti-Semitic group that was plotting to infiltrate Dutch-speaking mainstream political parties. In an unrelated…
Read moreOne killed and several injured as dozens of gas blasts destroy homes in Massachusetts
Click:Plastic bag making machine A teenager was killed and at least 10 others left injured after a series of violent gas explosions caused chaos in three towns north of Boston, Massachusetts. The unexplained blasts left dozens of building smoldering and spread fire, creating a scene that was likened to “Armageddon” by one official. Some 8,000…
Read moreKevin Owens and Sami Zayn arrive on WWE SmackDown
The United States Championship is officially on SmackDown. Kevin Owens became the first wrestler to move from Raw to SmackDown in WWE’s “Superstar Shakeup.” The swap figured to be certain once Dean Ambrose brought the Intercontinental title to Raw last night, with Owens dropping a non-title champion vs. champion main event against Ambrose on his…
Read moreHizbollah chief boasts of moving ‘high-precision’ weapons under Israel’s nose
The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hizbollah has boasted the group now possesses "highly accurate" missiles despite Israeli attempts to prevent it from acquiring such weapons. Hassan Nasrallah did not offer specifics on the precision weapons, but his comments prompted a reply from Israel’s Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Hizbollah leader that "if he confronts…
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