With so many events and matches taking place last week and weekend, we asked our writers and podcasters what their favorite was. As you can see, at least one stood out to a lot of them. NXT Tag Champions The Authors of Pain vs. The Revival vs. DIY | NXT TakeOver Paul Fontaine: My favorite match…
Read moreDaily Pro Wrestling History (04/26): Edge wins World Heavyweight title
1934 St. Louis, Missouri: – Richard “Dick” Shikat beat Everette Marshall to earn a match with World Champion Jim Londos – Orville Brown and Gino Garibaldi drew (30:00) – Jugat Singh beat Jimmy Parker 1951 Kansas City, Kansas: – Dennis Clary defeated Tarzan Kowalski to win the Central States Title 1962 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: –…
Read moreConor McGregor signs deal, negotiations begin with Floyd Mayweather
Dana White and Conor McGregor have come to terms for one side of the Mayweather vs. McGregor boxing match. White announced that tonight on TNT after the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics basketball game. “McGregor’s side is done,” said White, when being interviewed by Shaquille O’Neal, a longtime UFC fan who at one point asked if he…
Read moreDaily Pro Wrestling History (06/07): CM Punk cashes in to win World title
1933 Kansas City, Missouri: – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos beat Everette Marshall by a third fall DQ – Charlie Fischer beat Joe Wilson – Johnny Shoop defeated Joe Ferguson 1951 Kansas City, Kansas: – Gorgeous George beat Heart of America Heavyweight Champion Dennis Clary by DQ – Ray Eckert and Ronnie Etchison went…
Read moreIn an interesting political move, AAA team set for Slammiversary
In an interesting political move, Impact Wrestling will have members of warring Mexican promotions in the same tag team title match. The company today announced for Sunday’s Slammiversary pay-per-view from Orlando, that LAX would defend the Impact tag titles in a four-way match. One team announced today is Drago & El Hijo del Fantasma, who both work for…
Read moreDaily Pro Wrestling History (07/13): WCW Bash at the Beach 1997
1936 Montreal, Canada: – Yvon Robert defeated Danno O’Mahoney for the AWA (Boston-based American Wrestling Association) World Heavyweight Title 1939 Kansas City, Kansas: – Orville Brown beat Mike Kilonis in 2 straight falls – Bob Castle and Prospector Pete went to a draw – Steve Brody beat Bill Davison – Don George defeated Abe Freeman …
Read moreMayor of Italian town famous for welcoming migrants arrested for allegedly aiding illegal immigration
Click:forged wheels The mayor of a town in Italy who has won plaudits from around the world for accepting and integrating migrants has been arrested and accused of encouraging illegal immigration. Domenico “Mimmo” Lucano is the 60-year-old mayor of Riace, a hilltop town in the southern region of Calabria, which for the last 20 years…
Read moreDaily Update: SmackDown tonight, Paige, Cris Cyborg
THE ROUND-UP The Latest from the F4W Staff NEWS Click Here: Golf Equipment Online WWE Raw ratings down a bit, big first-to-third hour drop Chris Jericho cruise to include ROH tournament hosted by Jim Ross WWE Raw video highlights: The last stop before No Mercy The Miz vs. Jason Jordan official for WWE No…
Read moreVladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu to meet for first time since Russian aircraft shot down in Syria
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, is to meet with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, for the first time since July in a sign of thawing relations between two of Syria’s key power brokers. Russia-Israel relations deteriorated sharply after the 17 September downing of a Russian IL-20 spy plane, which saw 15 Russian crewmen killed by…
Read moreDonald Trump vows ‘severe punishment’ if Saudi Arabia murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Donald Trump has promised “severe punishment” for Saudi Arabia if it is proven that the kingdom was responsible for murdering Jamal Khashoggi, the missing journalist. The US president said he was “very upset and angry” about the case and indicated that he was not fully convinced by the Saudis’ repeated claims of innocence. “Could it…
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