Today’s biggest story is the arrest of Jerry Lawler and fiance Lauryn McBride in Memphis. There is a story on the front page on it. Lawler has been indefinitely suspended by WWE pending the completion of the case. Final bids have been sent in to UFC for a 100 percent sale of the company. The companies have…
Jerry Lawler’s holiday weekend got off to a good start Friday as domestic assault charges against he and his fiancee were dismissed in a Memphis, TN, courtroom. Later on in the day, his suspension from WWE was lifted, effective immediately according to Pro Wrestling Sheet. The 66-year-old Lawler and 27-year-old Lauryn McBride were arrested several weeks…
The Big News: Shinsuke Nakamura pinned Finn Balor in a ****+ main event. The Medium News: Rhyno challenged NXT champion Samoa Joe to a match, which was made for next week. The Little Beaver Sized News: Greg Hamilton may be the best ring announcer in WWE. The show began with NXT champion Samoa Joe coming…
After her exclusion from last Tuesday’s WWE Draft caused significant uproar online, Bayley finally made her main roster TV debut on Sunday night at WWE Battleground. Sasha Banks previously shot down speculation that she would choose the former NXT Women’s Champion to be her mystery partner, but ultimately did team with her former NXT rival…
The Iraqi cleric whose bloc won the most votes in May’s election has called for a halt to talks to form a new government until the demands of protesters sweeping the south of the country are met. Moqtada al-Sadr, a Shia cleric, whose bloc won the May election in a surprise upset for Prime Minister Haider…
Editor’s note: This orginally appeared in this week’s edition of Figure Four Weekly. By “Dr. Lucha” Steve Sims As of late, the latter part of the summer has been one of the busiest times for year in Mexican wrestling. 2016 won’t be an exception as we’re nearing a 17-day window starting in just two weeks in which things will be coming at…
Police in Rome on Thursday cleared nearly 400 people, including dozens of children, from a shanty camp inhabited for years by members of the minority Roma community, despite a European Union court ruling halting demolition. Residents stood outside the camp with mattresses and other belongings piled alongside vehicles, some protesting against the move with chants…
1935 Waterloo, Iowa: – Earl Wampler wrestled Louis Thesz to a 20 minute time limit draw 1956 Des Moines, Iowa (Frank Gotch Memorial Arena) – Verne Gagne wrestled Roy McClarity to a 60 minute draw Kansas City, Kansas: – In a match for the Central States title; Bobby Bruns beat Tom Zaharias in 2 straight…
A rescue operation in which an Italian towboat rescued more than 100 migrants and returned them to Libya earlier this week may have been in breach of international law, the United Nations said on Tuesday. A spokesman for the U.N. migration agency said it could not establish the location of the rescue, which is key to establishing…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged students to go home on Sunday as police fired tear gas at teenage protesters during an eighth day of unprecedented demonstrations over road safety which have paralysed parts of Dhaka. Students in their tens of thousands have brought parts of the capital to a standstill since two teenagers were…