Month: July 2020

Here’s some notes from today’s NXT tapings as part of Fan Axxess. Three weeks worth of tapings were held in a different part of the Bailey Kay Hutchison Center as the show the night before. It’s clear that a lot of stuff will be added between backstage and probably a lot of videos from the TakeOver shows as they didn’t tease much…

Previously on TNA Impact: In Last week’s main event, Drew Galloway defeated Jeff Hardy in a hard fought battle to retain the TNA World title. Additionally, Matt Hardy, Tyrus and “Miracle” Mike Bennett defeated Ethan Carter III and Beer Money in a six-man tag. In an interesting note and potential spoiler for those who haven’t heard,…

Part 3 of our look back Wrestling Dontaku 2015, which took place on July 5, 2015, features two big title matches. IWGP Jr. Champion Kushida vs. Kenny Omega I forgot just how great this match was. Omega’s work on Kushida’s leg was great. Kushida made such a great comeback. Both of these guys are just simply…

Going against the NBA playoffs and with a taped show, Raw last night broke a new record for the least watched episode on its regular night outside of football season with 3.32 million viewers. The show fell victim to a big third hour drop which led to it falling below the previous low mark set…

The weird thing about tonight’s WWE Payback event on the WWE Network is that it’s pretty much a reboot of WWE storylines. Literally nothing that happened at WrestleMania, aside from Roman Reigns winning the WWE title, was followed through the next night on Raw. AJ Styles, who had lost his match at WrestleMania for no real…

Ryan “Ryback” Reeves released a lengthy statement on his Tumblr account Tuesday night that details his current situation and his current feelings on the wrestling business that are fueling his frustrations. Reeves said that he requested to be taken off WWE TV until he and the company can get a new deal done, something he…

Najib Razak, the former Malaysian prime minister, was arrested on Tuesday over his alleged links to a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal involving a state investment fund that he founded almost a decade ago.   He will be charged in court on Wednesday morning, an investigating task force said in a statement after he was picked up…

UFC had a conference call today for UFC 200. Even though both Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier were there, Brock Lesnar was the guy who got asked the most questions. When asked about Stephanie McMahon’s comments on WWE not supporting his fight necessarily, he said, “I don’t care what she says.” When he was asked what affect it…

The son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the fugitive “caliph” of the Islamic State (Isil), has been killed trying to attack a thermal power station in Syria, the jihadist group said.  Hudhayfah al-Badri was killed in Homs province fighting against Russian forces and Assad regime troops, Isil said in a statement released through its official channels. …

For the fourth time in less than a week, there will be action inside the Octagon as the UFC heads to Sioux Falls, South Dakota for the first time for UFC Fight Night 91 on Wednesday. This event is headlined by a five-round bantamweight bout between exciting young fighters Michael McDonald and John Lineker. Below…