Month: July 2020

Raw remained at the same levels as recent weeks, doing 2.44 million viewers, up 9,000 viewers from last Monday. The loss of the overrun didn’t help hour three, as the third hour was the second lowest third hour in the modern history of the show. It was likely unfamiliar to most viewers that the key…

South Korea’s government has reportedly come under fire for suggesting a cap on K-pop stars appearing on television shows as the singers look too alike.  According to the Korea Times, guidelines issued by the ministry of gender equality and family sparked controversy at the weekend for recommending restrictions on how many singers could be allowed…

> 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 Stock Track 2016 Week 19…

SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch will be returning to WWE television this week. A commercial that aired during tonight’s Raw advertised that Lynch will appear on tomorrow’s episode of SmackDown. She hasn’t been on WWE TV since SmackDown’s go-home show for Survivor Series, where it was confirmed that she wouldn’t be able to face Ronda Rousey at the…

When Aziz Gilan was posted last year to help try to secure a notorious district south of the Afghan capital, his police unit should have been around 80 strong. Instead when he was deployed to Baraki Barak in Logar province, shortages meant the headcount was only 25 and in the months of fighting with the…

> 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 has released their annual…

Iwate is home to this year’s World Tag League Finals. Guerrillas of Destiny and the team of EVIL and SANADA will battle tonight in the main event, both getting to 20 points and advancing to the finals. If EVIL and SANADA manage to defeat Guerrillas of Destiny, they’re practically a lock to challenge the champions…

A hiking trail in northern France through land owned by the family of John Kerry, the former US Secretary of State, has been opened to the public after a bitter 37-year legal battle. Applications to open the scenic path along Brittany’s breathtakingly beautiful Emerald Coast had been opposed by Mr Kerry’s cousin, Brice Lalonde, a…

> 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.) Monday’s WWE Raw generated similar…

Both of Johnny Gargano’s matches have now been revealed for his EVOLVE return weekend. It was announced last night that Gargano will team with AR Fox against EVOLVE Champion Austin Theory & Josh Briggs at EVOLVE 119 in Brooklyn, New York on Friday, January 18. The match is being hyped as icons of the promotion…