NJPW has announced the first set of names for their New Japan Showdown tour in California. There will be two New Japan Showdown events on the tour. New Japan Showdown in San Jose will take place at the San Jose Civic on Saturday, November 9, while the Globe Theatre will host New Japan Showdown in […]
> 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 published a six minute […]
The final episode of SmackDown on USA Network included a match announcement for the show’s FOX premiere. Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair will team against Sasha Banks & SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley on SmackDown’s FOX debut. It’s taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Friday, October 4. Click […]
> 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 returns to New York […]
Once the preserve of pastis-sipping retirees of Provence, the French pastime of pétanque, or boules, has become a surprise hit among the country’s youth amid a fashion for all things retro and a desire for simple, “authentic” pleasures, say experts. Among France’s 302,000 registered boules players, some eight per cent are now “minors”, according to […]
Oscar-winning actress Faye Dunaway has been sued for discrimination after an assistant alleges she referred to him as “a little homosexual boy”. Michael Rocha worked for the Florida-born actress, 78, from April 5 until June 12. At the time Dunaway was starring in a Broadway play as Katherine Hepburn in the play Tea at Five. […]
India is considering introducing a ban on e-cigarettes saying it fears an "epidemic", potentially jeapordising plans laid by vaping companies to access the lucrative market. India’s health ministry proposed the ban on the production and import of electronic cigarettes, in documents seen by the Reuters news agency. The proposals have stoked fears in India that […]
Donald Trump launched a new Pentagon command dedicated to space warfare on Thursday, with US military officials wary of ceding an advantage to China and Russia in the newest military frontier. "This is a landmark day, one that recognises the centrality of space to America’s security and defense," Mr Trump said in a White House ceremony. "SpaceCom will […]
Turkey has threatened to allow millions of Syrian refugees to cross into the West unless the US agrees to help establish a safe zone to resettle them in northern Syria immediately. "We will be forced to open the gates,” said Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We cannot be forced to handle the burden alone.” Mr […]
Donald Trump vowed to hit the Taliban "harder than ever" as the United States marked the 18th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that led to its longest war in Afghanistan. The US president also blamed the Taliban for the abrupt cancellation of planned peace talks at Camp David, which followed the death […]