Before The ALL IN Event even took place on the night of September 1st, Joey Mercury, real name Adam Birch, was arrested after police found him sleeping in his car. Police ran his information and discovered that he had an outstanding warrant in Orange County, Florida. Mercury was then taken into custody and missed ALL…
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Backstage News on Brock Lesnar’s Status With WWE
Brock Lesnar returned to WWE TV last Sunday night at The Hell in a Cell PPV Event – the first time he has been around since dropping The WWE Universal Title to Roman Reigns at SummerSlam. This came as a surprise to many as most believed that Lesnar had wrapped up his WWE commitments and…
Ring of Honor confirms working relationship with CMLL
Following CMLL announcing last week that they had entered into an official working relationship and talent exchange with Ring of Honor, their American partner confirmed the news on Monday afternoon. ROH’s announcement touted the relationship with CMLL as a global effort in collaboration with New Japan Pro Wrestling. The promotions had been natural partners due to their…
Jericho’s First IWGP IC Title Defense, Kenny Omega Healing Up
Chris Jericho has done it all in the world of pro wrestling as he is a multi-time WWE Champion and even the current IWGP Intercontinental Champion. Ever since Jericho won The IWGP Intercontinental Title several months ago, he hasn’t yet had a single title defense, but that will all change soon as it was recently…
The Week In British Wrestling: Confusion reigns over IPW:UK title
Here’s five things you need to know about British wrestling this week: 1) IPW:UK’s biggest show ever ended in confusion Ahead of their impending 12th anniversary, IPW:UK ran their biggest show ever — funnily enough called Biggest Show Ever — at the Electric in Brixton last Sunday. The show was headlined by an IPW:UK Heavyweight title match between interim…
The Day In Punk: Interesting CM Punk fight license twist, Embedded, photo shoot
#PunkWeek is in full swing, kicking off Tuesday with amateur MMA fighter Dan Velten’s game plan on how he’d advise CM Punk to win in his debut…which is this Saturday at UFC 203 in case you hadn’t heard. But that wasn’t the biggest Punk associated story of the day as how he got his fight license…
WWE confirms six more cruiserweights headed to Raw
In addition to new WWE Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins, WWE.com confirmed six more names that will be joining Raw’s upcoming cruiserweight division when it launches next Monday night. Brian Kendrick, Rich Swann, Gran Metalik, Cedric Alexander, Lince Dorado, and Noam Dar are all headed to the Raw roster. But WWE didn’t reveal which wrestlers will be in action when the revamped…
Hideo Itami teaming with Kota Ibushi in the 2016 Dusty Classic
Editor’s note: Additional details were added by Dave Meltzer The Cruiserweight Classic finale won’t be the last we’ve seen of Kota Ibushi in WWE. WWE announced on Thursday afternoon that Hideo Itami would be teaming with Ibushi in the second annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Ibushi has always been up for working dates in…
New Mexico fugitive ‘was training child to carry out school shootings’
A man arrested in New Mexico last week on child abuse and abduction charges was training one of the 11 children at his remote desert encampment to carry out a school shooting, prosecutors have claimed. Siraj Wahhaj, 39, appeared before a magistrate in Taos, New Mexico, on Wednesday. He was arrested on Friday after police,…
Indian high court appoints itself legal guardian of millions of cows
An Indian court has, for the first time ever, appointed itself the legal guardian of millions of cows in a move to protect the animals considered sacred to the country’s majority Hindu community. The Uttarakhand High Court not only banned the slaughter of all cattle in the mountainous state 240 miles north of New Delhi, but also the…