Month: July 2020

Who doesn’t love a good ambush? In the latest WWE Top 10 video, we get highlights of some of the most sinister traps sprung on WWE Superstars over the years. You can catch up with all the cruelty and clever plotting in the video below which stars moments from Vince and Stone Cold, Sid Vicious,…

ROH World Television Champion Jeff Cobb was recently interviewed by Newsarama about the difficulty of wrestling as “The Monster” Matanza Cueto for Lucha Underground, his 2019 goals and who he wants to get in the ring with next year. Below are the highlights from the interview: On switching back and forth to his character Matanza…

The WWE’s television ratings momentum continues to be positive as last night’s Raw did 3.16 million viewers, the best number since the April 17th show which was the superstar shakeup episode, and a show that had far more reasons to do big numbers. Part of the difference seems to be advertising matches in advance, as they…

1966 Fort Worth, Texas:  – Fritz Von Erich defeated Johnny Valentine to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title 1973  Minneapolis, Minnesota: – The Crusher beat Superstar Billy Graham by DQ – AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Wahoo McDaniel & Ken Patera in 2 out of 3 falls – Ivan Koloff…

1951  Honolulu, Hawaii: – Terry McGinnis defeated Ted Travis to win the Hawaii Heavyweight Title  1954  Atlanta, Georgia: – June Byers defeated Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women’s Title 1963  Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Crusher & Dick the Bruiser defeated Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff to win the AWA World Tag Team Titles – Haystack Calhoun…

Image: UFC.com On a week where the eyes of the fight world are on the UFC lightweight champion making his debut in a boxing ring, a budding megastar with a troubled past has once again given the UFC a black eye. TMZ is reporting Tuesday night that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones tested positive…

After a few weeks off, New Japan returns with a busy month ahead, as we not only have three big shows this month, but a few smaller shows in between. Tonight’s Road to Destruction show in Korakuen Hall would fall into the latter category, headlined by a big elimination match. Here are the results: Shota…

1937 Kansas City, Kansas: – Everett Marshall beat Sol Slagel to retain the World title – Lou Thesz beat George Zaharias 1951  Augusta, Georgia: – Don McIntyre defeated Art Nelson in a two of three falls match to win the Southern Heavyweight Title 1952 Des Moines, Iowa: – Pat O’Connor beat Jim Dobie  – Gypsy…

After being dormant for over 12 years, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced last night that the Young Lion’s Cup tournament would be making a return on their Lion’s Gate Project events. It will be called the Kotetsu Yamamoto Memorial 11th Young Lion Cup tournament, in honor of Yamamoto who was a longtime trainer in the New…

1949 Kansas City, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown defeated Wild Bill Longson in 2 out of 3 falls 1971 Nashville, Tennessee: – NWA Southern Tag Team champions Al & Don Greene Brothers wrestled Robert Fuller & Tojo to a double DQ  – Karl and Kurt Von Brauner defeated Dennis Hall & Tommy Gilbert…