WWE San Diego July 31 house show results: Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens, Roddy Piper tribute, pre-sale code for October RAW
Submitted by Sean Hummel – Chris Jericho b Kevin Owens via code breaker in a hot opener. An Owens promo opened the show. – Neville b Bo Dallas with the Red Arrow. – Rusev b R Truth with the Accolade – WWE Tag Team Champions Prime Time Players b New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods)…
Fights To Make Following UFC Fight Night 73
By Ryan Frederick, WrestlingObserver.com Glover Teixeira snapped a two-fight losing streak in the main event of UFC Fight Night 73 from Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday night, scoring a big third-round submission win over Ovince Saint Preux. It was a chance to for a fresh contender to be made in the light heavyweight division, but Teixeira…
On this day in pro wrestling history (August 18): Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk, Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena at WWE SummerSlam 2014
By Brian Hoops, WrestlingObserver.com 1935 – In Waterloo, Iowa; Louis Thesz beat Sol Slagel 1944 – Lou Thesz defeated Ernie Dusek to win the Texas Heavyweight Championship in Houston, Texas. 1949 – Dave Levin defeated George Bollas in Toledo, Ohio for the Jack Pfeffer-promoted World Heavyweight Title 1951 – Frenchy Roy defeated Dale Haddock in Oregon to…
UFC News: UFC issues statement on Rumble Johnson
UFC issued a statement today regarding Anthony Rumble Johnson: “UFC is aware of the situation involving Anthony Johnson. We take these matters seriously and have commenced a formal investigation by a third party law firm. We will act accordingly once we gather more information.” The Johnson situation was reported here in the daily update at http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/44148-wed-update-qrumbleq-brags-about-attacking-woman-summerslam-week-schedule-a-much-more
WWE Smackdown 8/27 TV results & recap: Dudley Boyz return, Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus
By Steve Khan, WrestlingObserver.com – Air Date: August 27, 2015 (Aug 26 in Canada) – Location: Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, RI The Big News: The Dudley Boyz returned to the ring and the new Wyatt guy laid out Roman Reigns again. Show Recap: Smackdown opened with a replay of…
PWG Battle of Los Angeles Night 1 (8/28) results: Young Bucks, Roderick Strong, Zack Sabre Jr.
By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com One of the biggest indie shows of the year took place Friday, in Reseda, CA, with round one of the Battle of Los Angeles tournament. The rest of the first round is Saturday with all the winners advancing to the finals on Sunday: – Brian Cage b Aero Star – Biff…
Israel prepared to go to war to block Iran in Syria, says Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel would rather face a military confrontation with Iran “now than later”, Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, as both supporters and opponents of the Iran nuclear agreement made last-ditch appeals to Donald Trump ahead of his decision on the deal next week. With the clock ticking ahead of Saturday’s deadline for Mr Trump to announce whether…
Sale of Cambodian newspaper sparks fears of crackdown on press freedom
A newspaper regarded as Cambodia’s last independent English daily has been sold to a Malaysian investor whose PR firm reportedly had previous business links to the prime minister, raising fears of a further squeeze on the free press ahead of July elections. On Monday several senior journalists resigned from the Phnom Penh Post, saying that…
Hall of Fame season: The best matches of Akira Taue
Akira Taue- Match History7/2/1988 or 8/25/1988 Akira Taue and Tiger Mask II vs Genichrio Tenryu and Ashuru Harahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q09egO86U2c 198910/14/1989 Akira Taue and Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Abdullah the Butcher and Tiger Jeet Singhhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGawr382gA 19901/2/1990 Akira Taue, Shunj Takano and Akio Sato vs Abdullah The Butcher, Ivan Koloff and Randy Rosehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXlHbAEkE5I 2/21/1990 Akira Taue vs Barry Windhamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grWSMKWkvlc…