1911 Des Moines, Iowa: – World Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch beat Fred Beell 2 falls to 0 1952 Kansas City, Kansas: – Heart of America Champion Bob Orton Sr. beat Enrique Torres in 2 out of 3 falls – Jack Kennedy and Sonny Myers beat Ray Eckert and Babe Zaharias 1956 Dallas, Texas: – Pepper…
They’re here! When I read a few weeks ago that WWE was going to bring back enhancement talent to television, I was skeptical. Lo and behold, on the first post-draft Raw, they utilized not one, but two “local athletes”. Enhancement talent, local athletes, local competitors, jobbers, jibbers, oners and doners, dregs of society, whatever you want to…
WTS Yokohama: The women’s race Continuing in her formidable form Bermudan triathlete Flora Duffy has collected the first WTS win in the official Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying period, and her second straight WTS victory of the 2018 WTS season. Advertisement First out of the swim, she remained in the lead bike pack and then stole the…
Donald Trump attacked Elizabeth Warren, the first major Democrat candidate to declare for the 2020 presidential race, saying voters should "ask her psychiatrist" if she could win. Ms Warren,69, the US senator from Massachusetts, announced her White House run on New Year’s Eve, saying she would "fight all the way" against Mr Trump. The two…
France’s most wanted gangster has been caught three months after he pulled off a spectacular, Hollywood-style jailbreak in a helicopter that landed in his prison courtyard. Redoine Faïd, 46, a career criminal dubbed the “jailbreak king” and who has compared himself to Scarface, was arrested along with three others in a dawn raid in a…
WWE Superstar, Kevin Owens recently spoke with Inside The Ropes about his feud heading into WrestleMania 34 and working with Vince McMahon. His WrestleMania 34 feud and being part of Daniel Bryan’s feud: “I think it could have went many ways but obviously the end game of that storyline being Daniel Bryan’s return was better…
GOAL considers which factors could decide the first meeting between the West African giants on Friday GettyGhana vs Nigeria While both nations will relish the prospect of outdoing the other for a World Cup berth, claiming bragging rights in this regional derby represents one of the narratives heading into this double-header. Having largely underperformed at…
LIMERICK’S LEGENDARY GOALKEEPER says he was delighted to see his county finally end their wait for All-Ireland glory in 2018 on his upcoming episode of Laochra Gael. Quaid is the next GAA figure to feature in the series which will be aired on TG4 next Thursday. The episode explores various fascinating aspects of Quaid’s life,…
Kurt Angle posted a message on social media on Monday that has the wrestling world buzzing. Angle, a former longtime WWE Superstar, wrote the following in a new message on his official Facebook page: “I see so much talent in wrestling today, but I don’t believe that wrestling has an identity anymore. The Attitude Era…
While promoting Fighting with My Family, Paige spoke with TooFab about the time The Rock texted her in 2014. Rock initially referred to himself as “DJ” and Paige had no idea who that was at the time, as seen below: “I got a text on my phone and it was like ‘Hey, it’s DJ’ and…