The Israeli military said Friday it had begun airstrikes in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket attack on Tel Aviv — which was the first time the city, some 50 miles north of Gaza, was targeted by rocket fire since a 2014 war against Gaza militants. In a statement early Friday, the army said…
Lagos, Nigeria — Twenty people are confirmed dead in the school building that collapsed in Nigeria on Wednesday, and most of them are children, an official said Friday. Forty-three other people were rescued, Lagos State Health Commissioner Jide Idris told The Associated Press. The disaster occurred in the heart of Nigeria’s commercial capital. Officials have…
Charlotte Flair made her return to WWE TV tonight on Raw, making it clear she was not happy about not being a part of WrestleMania 37. Prior to tonight’s Raw Women’s title rematch between Rhea Ripley and Asuka, Charlotte made her way to the ring. She said she should have been at WrestleMania, saying it…
Friday night’s WrestleMania edition of SmackDown, which featured go-home promos from all three wrestlers in Sunday’s main event as well as matches that essentially served as the Mania pre-show, averaged 2.25 million viewers on Fox. The show trailed all network programming with the exception of a repeat of NBC’s The Blacklist in terms of overall viewers, but it…
The WWE Raw commentary booth will be changing once again as sports broadcaster and personality Adnan Virk is reportedly replacing Tom Phillips as lead commentator starting this Monday. The news was first reported by Wrestling Inc. and confirmed by Mat Men’s Andrew Zarian. Dave Meltzer was unable to confirm as of Saturday night. Virk has…
Image: WWE Last night’s WrestleMania edition of SmackDown on Fox averaged 2.08 million viewers in the fast national ratings, up 2.2 percent from last week. It’s the second-highest overnight viewership for the show in the last two months. The episode averaged 2.06 million viewers in the first hour and rose 1.5 percent to 2.099 million in hour two. Fox…
Image: WWE WrestleMania 37 night one will officially be headlined by a historic main event. WWE has announced that Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship will main event WrestleMania 37 night one this Saturday. Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship will open the night one card. Banks vs….
Image: WWE Raw held steady with 1.70 million viewers. but declined to a 0.52 rating in 18-49 for the go-home show for WrestleMania. The number should be considered good by today’s standards, since the Baylor vs. Gonzaga NCAA men’s basketball final on CBS against the second half of Raw averaged 16.92 million viewers and drew a 4.12 rating…
Christchurch, New Zealand — When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing those in his path, Abdul Aziz didn’t hide. Instead, he picked up the first thing he could find — a credit card machine — and ran outside screaming “Come here!” Aziz, 48, is being hailed as a hero for preventing more deaths during…
As part of WrestleMania week, WWE announced Monday that 25 of their talents will be available for 15 Cameo videos each to be recorded over the next five days. With costs ranging from $500 to $150, the videos will be recorded starting today through Friday, April 9th. The list of currently available talents and costs…