AEW’s next show will be airing live for free. During an interview at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) on Monday, Kenny Omega announced that Fyter Fest will be streaming live for free on Bleacher Report Live. The show is taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 29. A video that was…
Read moreMonday Night Raw remains above the 2.0 rating mark second week in a row (w/Keller’s Analysis)
> 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.) Last night’s Monday Night Raw…
Read moreAEW announces ticket info for TNT premiere
Tickets for AEW’s first television episode will be going on sale this Friday. AEW has announced that tickets for their TNT premiere will go on sale at noon Eastern time on Friday, August 2. The episode is being held at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, October 2. Tickets will be priced at $250,…
Read moreINTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: A.J. Styles talks to Lilian Garcia about his long journey to WWE, family, religion, 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.) On the latest episode…
Read moreGermany agrees secret deal to return painting stolen by Nazis to Uffizi Galleries in Florence
Germany has negotiated a secret deal with the descendants of a Nazi soldier to hand back a €2 million (£1.8 million) painting said to have been stolen from the Uffizi Galleries in Florence during the Second World War. The painting, Vase of Flowers, by the 18th century Dutch artist Jan van Huysum, was looted in 1944 and…
Read moreHospital sued after wrong family gives permission for patient’s life support to be switched off
A major US hospital is facing legal action for switching off a patient’s life support system after approaching the wrong family for consent. In April, Chicago’s Mercy Hospital admitted an unidentified unconscious man who had been found by police beneath a car, having sustained serious facial injuries. Using mugshots, Chicago Police identified the man as…
Read moreIndian minister says families with more than two children should not be able to vote
An Indian minister has called for families with more than two children to be stripped of voting rights, as a way to combat the country’s burgeoning population. Expressing his concern over the alarming “population explosion” in India, junior agricultural minister Giriraj Singh suggested that couples with more than two children should be stripped of their…
Read moreTrump’s racism is a return to America’s old nativist arguments
It’s sometimes implied that Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant racism is new to the United States – a historical aberration, even among Republicans. An old video of Ronald Reagan praising immigrants is doing the rounds online. The former president says: "Anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American….
Read moreHeatwave in Europe rages on with records broken in France, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium
Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands saw more record temperatures on Thursday as Europe continued to bake under a heatwave that has been linked to climate change. Paris recorded its highest temperatures since records began, with a high of 42.6 C, well above the previous record of 40.4 C in July 1947. In the sweltering…
Read moreNorth Korean soldier crosses heavily fortified border into South in defection bid
A North Korean soldier has crossed the demilitarised zone into South Korea and was in Seoul’s custody early on Thursday. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the man was spotted by thermal imaging equipment moving towards the South near the Imjin River after crossing the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) late on Wednesday night. South Korean…
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