> 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.) RECAP OF THE FINAL SEGMENT OF RAW… Daniel Bryan’s music played for the first time in seemingly ages. Bryan emerged on-stage with a trimmed beard and haircut looking five years younger. Huge chants and applause in his home market. Bryan entered the ring and stood still as the crowd continued to applaud. Bryan soaked up the moment by closing his eyes…

WWE has made a few announcements for tonight’s episode of Raw. WWE uploaded a video with Renee Young today where she revealed that Triple H will be appearing on tonight’s show. Young said that he’ll be addressing the audience tonight as we get closer to WWE’s Super Show-Down pay-per-view in Melbourne, Australia on October 6. Triple H vs. The Undertaker is set for Super Show-Down, with it being billed as the final time they’ll face each other. Ronda Rousey won her first professional wrestling title at SummerSlam last night, defeating Alexa Bliss in a one-sided match to become Raw Women’s Champion. WWE is hyping that Rousey will be celebrating her title win on…

> 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.) Update: A.J. Styles offered similar quotes to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution discussing his WWE debut in an interview promoting next week’s Smackdown TV taping back home in Georgia. Styles on his top goals in WWE: “Everyone wants that WrestleMania moment. That’s another big one for me. I’m hoping I can be a part of that. I’ve already done some amazing things in…

In a surprise, Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler are the new Raw tag team champions. Former champions the B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel) were originally supposed to face The Revival for the titles after both Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson scored wins last week against them. However, Ziggler and McIntyre came into acting General Manager Baron Corbin’s office and wanted a title match. Corbin said that if something were to happen to the Revival, they would need to make other arrangements.  As a result, Ziggler and McIntyre jumped the Revival as they were being interviewed, which led to them being inserted into the title match. The duo won the titles…

> 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.) Monday’s Raw improved slightly in Nielsen’s Twitter TV Ratings with a full house of The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, and Shane McMahon advertised for the show. Raw Twitter TV Ratings Tracking – March 14: Raw generated a unique Twitter audience of 1.315 million, up five percent from last week. Raw’s total impressions were 11.297 million, up 11 percent from last week. The…

Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday rejected an African Union demand to delay announcing final results from its presidential election, compounding the turmoil surrounding a chaotic vote that many fear could fan widespread unrest. In a surprise announcement on Thursday, the AU called for the results to be postponed because of "serious doubts" over the conduct of the election, which was supposed to mark Congo’s first democratic handover of power in 59 years of independence but which the runner-up candidate says was rigged. The final tally will be released once the Constitutional Court has ruled on challenges to the provisional results. It was expected to decide on appeals, including that of opposition leader and…

Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto, who for years was considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world and was a major crossover star in Japan, passed away on Tuesday in Japan. He was 41. Yamamoto had announced on 8/26 that he was battling cancer. Yamamoto was part of a famous wrestling family in Japan.  His father, Ikuei Yamamoto represented Japan in the 1972 Olympics in Munich.  His two older sisters, Miyu and Seiko, were multi-time world champions.  Miyu, who is 44, is a regular star with Rizin. Miyu’s son Arsen, was an age group champion in wrestling and also fights with Rizin. He was recruited into fighting by Enson Inoue,…

> 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.) WWE CEO Vince McMahon granted a rare on-camera interview to ESPN.com backstage at the Hall of Fame ceremony in Dallas. McMahon talked to SportsCenter anchor Jonathan Coachman about the Hall of Fame Night being the “most important night for me and most fun-filled night” along with WrestleMania. “I enjoy this night more than any other in our business. It is an opportunity…

Greece’s prime minister hailed “a new page for the Balkans” on Friday after the Greek parliament narrowly approved a deal by which Macedonia, its northern neighbour, will change its name to North Macedonia. The ratification of the historic accord brings to an end a 28-year diplomatic dispute and opens the way for North Macedonia, a nation of two million people, to join NATO and the EU, in a move aimed at thwarting Russian influence in the region. Despite trenchant opposition to the deal by many Greeks, the 300-seat parliament in Athens voted by 153 votes to 146 to accede to Macedonia changing its name to North Macedonia. The parliamentary debate…

By Bradley Craig for F4WOnline.com To a generation of older Britons, he is one of two names that symbolise the heyday of British professional wrestling on television. Best remembered for his cocky heel persona, the star of ‘Mr TV’ Jackie Pallo transcended the industry and he became a bonafide celebrity in the United Kingdom, a household name of the highest order. The apex of Pallo’s fame occurred on 25th May 1963, during his return contest with Mick McManus which immediately preceded the FA Cup Final (the culminating match of the most prestigious knockout soccer tournament in England). It was the second year in a row that the two rivals would…