Jeff Cobb is getting a World title shot at ROH’s next pay-per-view. ROH has announced that Matt Taven will defend his World Championship against Cobb at Best in the World in Baltimore, Maryland on Friday, June 28. The show is taking place at the UMBC Event Center. Cobb lost the ROH Television Championship to Shane Taylor…
> 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.) Jim Ross is bringing a…
Rob Van Dam vs. Moose is now official for Slammiversary XVII. After Moose challenging RVD to the match aired on last week’s episode of Impact, Impact Wrestling officially announced that RVD has accepted Moose’s challenge. Slammiversary XVII is taking place at Gilley’s Dallas in Dallas, Texas on Sunday, July 7. RVD, Sabu & Tommy Dreamer…
> 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 episode of TNA…
> 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.) Mike Bennett and Maria, formerly…
Ahead of facing Dolph Ziggler at SummerSlam, Goldberg made an appearance on last night’s go-home episode of Raw. Goldberg vs. Ziggler was made official for Sunday’s pay-per-view. A Miz TV segment with Ziggler and Shawn Michaels took place in last night’s main event segment. It was supposed to be the contract signing for The Miz…
Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, has urged the Hong Kong authorities to respect the “rights and freedoms” of its citizens ahead of a huge protest against a controversial extradition bill on Monday, the 22nd anniversary of the handover of the former British colony to China. Demonstrators are expected to flood the streets in the latest…
Musicians at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) have been locked out of the building in a row over proposed pay cuts. In a very public protest, the players have taken to picketing outside the ensemble’s hall with drums, horns and hand-drawn signs reading “Baltimore needs Beethoven" and "Don’t Lose Your BSO, Hon”. The world-class orchestra’s management locked the…
Donald Trump’s embattled Labour Secretary, Alex Acosta, has resigned amid fierce criticism over his handling of a plea deal for financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2007. Announcing the news on Friday, Mr Trump was eager to emphasise that Mr Acosta had made the decision himself and still had his full backing. “This was him, not me,”…
The French army is creating a “Red Team” of science fiction writers to help military strategists anticipate future threats to national security. A report by France’s recently established Defence Innovation Agency says four or five visionaries are being hired to imagine “scenarios of disruption” that might not occur to military planners. The possible sequences of…