> SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Fox last night drew 1.919 million average viewers for the two hours, with first hour viewership of 1.941 and a second door viewership of 1.896. It’s the first week on Fox that Smackdown has averaged less than 2 million…
Read moreFears China’s internment camps could spread as area home to Muslim minority signs ‘anti-terror’ deal
Fears are growing that China’s internment camps could spread across the country as a province home to a two-million-strong Muslim minority signs an "anti-terrorism" agreement with Xinjiang, an area which has seen a significant crackdown on Muslims. Local authorities in Ningxia province, home to the Hui Muslim minority, have signed a "cooperation anti-terrorism agreement" with Xinjiang…
Read moreVIDEO: Daniel Bryan speaks after being cleared by WWE
While calling back to the night he retired in February 2016, Daniel Bryan opened SmackDown tonight by speaking about the road he’s taken to being cleared by WWE. Bryan and Shane McMahon’s storyline with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn was mostly left for later in the show, with Bryan saying Owens and Zayn hadn’t arrived…
Read moreDaily Pro Wrestling History (03/26): The final episode of WCW Monday Nitro
1935 St. Louis, Missouri: – Danno O’Mahoney beat Rudy Dusek – Gus Sonnenberg beat Ray Steele by DQ – Orville Brown and Bronko Nagurski drew – Dick Raines beat George Tragos 1954 Waterloo, Iowa: – World Tag Team Champions Art Neilson and Reggie Lisowski beat Hans Hermann and Bill McDaniel to retain titles – Mike…
Read moreNick Bockwinkel dies at age 80
> 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.) Nick Bockwinkel, one of the…
Read more‘President for the rich’: Why Macron is loathed by so many in France
France is in the throes of a "yellow vest" revolt that boiled over into violent rioting in Paris on Saturday the likes of which have not been seen in half a century. Protesters have trained their fury over tax hikes and the high cost of living on Emmanuel Macron, the French president, who many dub…
Read moreIs A.J. Styles interested in WWE?
> 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.) In a new interview, A.J….
Read moreGetty Museum told to hand over famed ancient Greek statue by Italian supreme court
Italy’s highest court has ordered the Getty Museum in Los Angeles to return an ancient Greek bronze statue that was found off the Adriatic coast of Italy by fishermen in 1964. The ruling by the Court of Cassation in Rome is the latest round in a decade-long, acrimonious dispute between the museum and Italy over…
Read moreWWE SmackDown video highlights: Bryan vs. Styles gets interrupted
Before inevitably being interrupted by Shinsuke Nakamura, Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles faced off in the main event of the SmackDown after WrestleMania. The match was announced by Paige, who was revealed as the new SmackDown general manager at the start of the show. Bryan and Styles were both down when Nakamura ran in, hit…
Read moreDaily Pro Wrestling History (05/13): Rick Martel wins AWA World title
1938 Buffalo, New York: – Vic Christy defeated Don McIntyre to win the Montreal and Toronto World Heavyweight Titles 1940 Boston, Massachusetts: – The French Angel defeated Steve Casey for the Boston AWA World Heavyweight Title 1954 Amarillo, Texas: – Dory Funk defeated Roy Shire for the Southwest Junior Heavyweight Title Stockton, California: – Ben…
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