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…
Daily Pro Wrestling History (10/11): Jushin Liger captures junior heavyweight gold
1962 Kansas City, Kansas: – Pat O’Connor & Sonny Myers defeated Bob Geigel & Lee Henning via DQ in three falls – Texas Wire Match: Buddy Austin defeated Red Bastien in three falls 1963 Atlanta, Georgia: – Chief Big Heart & Chief Little Eagle defeated Lenny Montana & Tarzan Tyler to win the World Tag…
Korean families separated by war meet for first time in more than sixty years
Lee Keum-seom, 92, had waited over 60 years to see her son, Ri Sang-chol, 71. When she finally set eyes on the old man she had been forced to leave behind in North Korea as a four-year-old child Ms Lee wailed and pulled him to her chest. “Sang-chol!” she cried. Mr Ri wept and pulled…
NJPW Wrestling World 2016 results: EVIL vs. Katsuyori Shibata
New Japan Pro Wrestling was back in Singapore this morning for their annual Wrestling World event, held at the Marina Bay Sands. Here are the results: Juice Robinson defeated David Finlay Solid opener. Lots of support for Robinson, who was pretty over with the crowd. Good, basic match leading to a Robinson win after hitting…
Hotel fire in Chinese city of Harbin kills 18
At least 18 people were killed in a fire at a resort hotel in China’s northeastern city of Harbin early Saturday, the state news agency said. The disaster added to a string of deadly blazes that have plagued China despite official efforts to improve public safety over the past two decades. A hotel fire broke…