Image: JJ Williams The EVOLVE Championship and Tag Team titles are now both held by wrestlers from NXT. Fabian Aichner defeated Shane Strickland at tonight’s EVOLVE 114 event in Ybor City, Florida to win the EVOLVE Championship. Aichner made an appearance earlier in the night and challenged Strickland to the title match. Aichner won their match…
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1933 St. Louis, Missouri: – Everette Marshall beat Dr. Karl Sarpolis – Dick Shikat beat Paul Jones – Orville Brown defeated Chief Chewchki 1944 Des Moines, Iowa: – World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown and World Junior Heavyweight Champion Ken Fenelon wrestled to a draw 1962 Kansas City, Kansas: – Sonny Myers defeated Ivan Zukov –…
Read moreAdam Cole Interview – joining Bullet Club, touring with NJPW in 2016, more
> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) ROH wrestler Adam Cole joined…
Read moreDaily Update: Starrcade card, Cena-MSG, Hidden Gems
DAILY UPDATE The Latest News NXT UK results: Women’s tournament first round concludes WWE SmackDown ratings down coming off Survivor Series Bully Ray vs. Flip Gordon I Quit match added to ROH Final Battle NJPW World Tag League: Updated standings and results Top Wrestle Kingdom 13 matches to air on AXS on same-day delay Miz…
Read moreSaudi crown prince defends China’s right to put Uighur Muslims in concentration camps
Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’’s crown prince, on Friday defended China’s use of concentration camps for Muslims, saying it was Beijing’s “right”. "China has the right to carry out anti-terrorism and de-extremisation work for its national security,” Prince Mohammed, who has been in China signing multi-million trade deals much to the annoyance of his Western allies,…
Read moreRap battle, WrestleMania rematch set for WWE SmackDown
A WrestleMania 34 rematch, along with a rap battle will take place next week on SmackDown. Charlotte will take on Asuka in a singles match ahead of their TLC match with Becky Lynch. Charlotte brought up during the contract signing for the match tonight that she was the one who broke Asuka’s winning streak, retaining the…
Read moreNorth Korean state media brush over Vietnam summit collapse, raising hopes for future talks
North Korean state media brushed over the failure to reach a deal in its coverage of the Vietnam summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, indicating that hope remains for progress in future negotiations. The headline on the front page of Rodong Sinmun, the country’s official newspaper, made no mention of the collapse in talks…
Read moreCarmella & R-Truth win WWE Mixed Match Challenge season two
Season two of Mixed Match Challenge came to an end at TLC tonight. Carmella & R-Truth vs. Alicia Fox & Jinder Mahal in the Mixed Match Challenge finals opened the TLC main card and also streamed live on Facebook Watch. Carmella submitted Fox to win the tournament. By winning Mixed Match Challenge, Carmella and R-Truth will…
Read moreNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe granted rare diplomatic protection by Britain to help secure release from Iran
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British charity worker being held in Iran on spying charges, has been granted exceptionally rare diplomatic protection by the UK government in an attempt to secure her release. The decision escalates Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case from a consular matter to a formal legal dispute between Britain and Iran and one that Jeremy Hunt,…
Read moreBecky Lynch given another storyline suspension, Charlotte set for WM
The storyline for the Raw Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania 35 took another turn tonight. Becky Lynch was given another storyline suspension by Vince McMahon, with the 60-day suspension set to expire after WrestleMania 35. Vince then brought out Charlotte Flair and claimed that Charlotte would instead challenge for Ronda Rousey’s Raw Women’s Championship at…
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