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NJPW New Beginning USA LA results: Robinson-Williams vs. RPG Vice
Click:flat head slotted copper screw New Japan Pro Wrestling’s New Beginning USA tour began at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday night. The three-show tour was affected by the United States’ government shutdown, with NJPW unable to get visas for their Japanese wrestlers in time. – Katsuyori Shibata did the pre-show greeting with Karl Fredericks (from NJPW’s dojo in California) in the ring with him. He apologized for the issue with the visas but said they and the U.S. dojo all have NJPW in their soul. – Alex Coughlin vs. Clark Connors ended in a 10-minute time-limit draw. – Jonathan Gresham defeated Tyler Bateman via pinfall in 11:36…
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WWE Video – Xavier Woods in weekly interview – will he accept the Wyatt Family invite?
> 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 tag champion Xavier Woods joined Michael Cole for this week’s interview on WWE’s website. Xavier said he will accept the Wyatt Family’s invitation to meet them at the Wyatt Compound, along with his brothers in New Day, Big E. and Kofi Kingston. Xavier said he is still concerned that they’re walking into a trap with no plan of action,…
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Brock Lesnar speaks on potential drug-testing violation
> 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.) By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor Apparently unconvinced of a potential drug-testing violation prior to his UFC 200 fight, Brock Lesnar issued a one-sentence statement Friday night vowing to figure out what happened. “We will get to the bottom of this,” Lesnar said Friday in a statement to The Associated Press. Lesnar was notified by the USADA that he potentially…
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Hogan vs. Gawker Aftermath – several updates in N.Y. Bankruptcy Court & Florida Courts pre-auction
> 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.) Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker Trial Aftermath – July 2016 – July 25 Update: The next big court date is August 9 for the final pre-auction hearing on Gawker’s motion for bankruptcy relief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. Gawker will present their organizational outline for paying off debts prior to the bankruptcy auction scheduled for the following week in mid-August.…
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Arn Anderson no longer with WWE
Arn Anderson, who had been a long-time producer for WWE, is no longer with the company. Click Here: Kangaroos Rugby League Jersey Pro Wrestling Sheet reported overnight that Anderson exited WWE on Thursday and had “apparently been let go” by the company. Further details on why Anderson is departing WWE have yet to be revealed. Rusev tweeted about the news: “Thank you AA for teaching me and letting me sit under the learning tree. #ArnAnderson” WWE has recently hired several new producers, with Jeff Jarrett, Abyss, Sonjay Dutt, Shawn Daivari, and Shane “Hurricane” Helms joining the promotion in behind-the-scenes roles. WWE uploaded a video yesterday that featured brief interview clips…
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PWTORCH T-SHIRTS ARE HERE! Be among the first to proudly wear our logo – see all four designs & colors
> 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.) PWTorch’s T-Shirt store – www.PWTorchTees.com – is now online. Check out the various designs, logos, and colors HERE. http://www.pwtorchtees.com We accept orders from all around the world, not just the United States. Wide range of sizes, high-quality print and fabric, various types of shirts (short sleeve and long sleeve).
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Mystery of Garfield phones on French beach solved after three decades
Click:collagen karseell For more than 30 years, landline phones shaped like Garfield the cat mysteriously washed up on the coast of Brittany. Amused locals never quite understood where they came from. The enigma, however, has now been solved. Locals and environmentalists in Finistere had always suspected that the stray phones came from a lost underwater container. That suspicion was recently confirmed by a resident, who revealed he had come across it after a storm in the 1980s. The container was most likely lost by a ship during that storm. It then drifted against the coast of Brittany and, with the help of the low tide, got stuck in a fissure.…
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Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/05): Goldberg wins WWE Universal title
1929 St. Louis, Missouri: – Jim Londos beat Jim Clinstock – Joe “Toots” Mondt and Richard Shikat drew 1934 Tulsa, Oklahoma: – Leroy McGuirk defeated Hugh Nichols for the World Light Heavyweight Title 1942 Kansas City, Kansas: – Tom Zaharias defeated Orville Brown for the Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title 1949 Pomona, California: – Buddy Rogers defeated Shei Lawrence to win the Jack Pfeffer-promoted version of the World Heavyweight Title 1953 Cleveland, Ohio: – Antonino Rocca defeated Buddy Rogers to win the American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title 1959 Amarillo, Texas: – The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Roy Heffernan) defeated Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas to win the…
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France to throw open archives on Rwanda genocide to clarify its role 25 years after the massacre
President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to shed unprecedented light on France’s murky role in the Rwanda genocide by throwing open the state archives 25 years after the start of the massacre. Mr Macron’s gesture on Friday came after quarter of a century of tense relations over France’s stance before and during the 1994 genocide, in which 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered, many hacked to death with machetes. Rwanda has accused France of backing the ethnic Hutu forces behind most of the killing and of facilitating the escape of some of the perpetrators. Paris has long rejected such claims. An eight-strong commission of historians and researchers "will be tasked with…
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New Japan Cup night eight results: Minoru Suzuki vs. SANADA
NJPW ran their second consecutive sellout night at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on Sunday, highlighted by the conclusion of the second round of the 2019 New Japan Cup. The undercard was much stronger than the day before. The matches without tournament implications all delivered with intensity, and the crowd reacted in kind. The tag matches that provided previews of upcoming Cup matches were strong as well. As for the tournament matches, Cabana and Yano delivered on what had to be one of the most highly-anticipated comedy matches ever, while SANADA and Suzuki followed up with a strong main event. Full results and match recaps are below: YUJI NAGATA, MANABU NAKANISHI &…