Will Ospreay out with possible shoulder injury
After originally being scheduled for Newcastle-based NORTH Wrestling’s July 30th show, Will Ospreay will miss the date because of a possible shoulder injury. The 23-year-old British highflyer has quickly become one of the most highly regarded talents in the wrestling industry, but a demanding schedule and wrestling style has led to some health issues in the…
Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles booked for WWE Backlash
After picking up a definitive win over John Cena at SummerSlam, AJ Styles will be the next challenger for Dean Ambrose’s WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Styles defeated Dolph Ziggler in a match to determine the main event of Backlash on Tuesday night’s edition of SmackDown. If Styles won he would face Ambrose one-on-one, but if Ziggler won…
Malcolm Turnbull outrages Australia by eating pie with knife and fork
Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s prime minister, has been ridiculed for using a knife and fork to eat a meat pie, prompting claims he has upended a venerated tradition and left the nation “forever changed”. In a move likened to Ed Miliband’s awkward consumption of a bacon sandwich in 2014, Mr Turnbull sat down to eat a…
Cody Rhodes' wrestling future to include both TNA & ROH
At this past weekend’s PWG Battle of Los Angeles, our Dave Meltzer was on the scene for all three nights of the action, and got the opportunity to catch up with first-time competitor Cody Rhodes, getting some interesting information revealed first on Wrestling Observer Radio last night. Meltzer reported that Rhodes is going to work…
What is in a name? Can a German really ever call their child Adolf?
Is it acceptable to call a child Adolf? Or has the name been permanently tainted by its association with Hitler? That’s the question a new German film set to open in cinemas this autumn explores. Der Vorname, or The First Name is set at dinner party of old friends that starts to go wrong when…
Daily Update: Ospreay wins ROH gold, NJPW, CMLL, UFC double header
THE ROUND-UP The latest from the F4W Staff And new ROH TV Champion… NEWS Will Ospreay captures the ROH TV title in his debut UFC Fight Night 100 DFS Playbook: Who to target & who to avoid The Week In British Wrestling: NJPW comes to London UFC Fight Night 99 DFS Playbook: Who to target…
Theresa May can still deliver her Chequers plan – but the EU must help her find the space for diplomacy
If there is a faint air of desperation in the British ministerial assault on the chancelleries and presidential palaces of Europe this summer, it only reflects the mood that now hangs over the Brexit negotiations after a bitter week of post-Chequers talks in Brussels. Usually the fanning out of ministers is billed as a diplomatic…
New York’s Met Museum employee caught allegedly taking upskirt photos of women
A long-serving employee at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art accused of taking upskirt photos allegedly told police “this is going to ruin my life” after he was caught. Married Fred Caruso, who has worked at The Met for 23 years, was arrested after a police officer allegedly saw him filming up a teenage girl’s…
Woman suffocates in coffin during ‘pseudo religious’ ceremony
A South Korean woman who was meant to be sleeping in a coffin as part of a spiritual ritual intended to bring her good fortune was found dead after suffocating in the sealed casket. The woman, who has not been identified but was reportedly in her 40s, was taking part in a theraputic ceremony of what police…
German couple convicted of rape after selling young son for sex on dark web
A couple in Germany have been jailed for more than 12 years each for the repeated rape and abuse of the woman’s ten-year-old son, and for forcing him into prostitution. In one of the most disturbing child sex cases ever heard by the German courts, the 48-year-old woman and her partner were found guilty of…