ROH TV taping spoilers: World title change, Best in the World fallout
Following up on Best in the World, Ring of Honor taped four weeks of television in Fairfax, Virginia on Saturday night — and delivered some excellent action. The order that everything will be airing in wasn’t made perfectly clear. – Leon St. Giovanni won a Future of Honor match LSG avoided a superplex and won with a 450. – A…
Ultima Thule: First photographs taken by New Horizons spacecraft reveal distant world resembles snowman
Nasa has revealed the first photo of the distant world of Ultima Thule, the most distant object that humanity has ever explored. The tiny, icy object resembles a snowman in the photo, which is just the first of a whole host of data that the space agency hopes to receive back from its New Horizons…
Daily Pro Wrestling History (08/12): Okada vs. Omega III
1942 Des Moines, Iowa: – Orville Brown beat Wladek Zbyszko 2 falls to 0. – Tom Zaharias beat Gene Bowman in 2 out of 3 falls – Hans Schultz beat Johnny Seals 1965 Kansas City, Kansas: – Bob Geigel and Bob Brown beat Ronnie Etchison and Mongolian Stomper 2 falls to 1 – Pat O’Connor…
Tropical Storm Pabuk: Stranded Thailand tourists brace for strong winds and 16 foot waves
Tourists marooned on Thai islands hunkered down Friday as Tropical Storm Pabuk edged closer, forcing airports and ferries to close and bringing downpours and massive sea swells hours before its expected landfall. Boats were recalled to shore across the Gulf of Thailand, while two key airports – Koh Samui and Nakhon Si Thammarat – were…
All In: Zero Hour draws nearly 200,000 viewers on WGN America
Saturday’s All In: Zero Hour broadcast, which aired on WGN America at 6 p.m. Eastern time before the All In main card started on pay-per-view, Fite TV, and HonorClub, averaged 196,000 viewers. It’s difficult to say what this means other than that it was the highest rated show on that station on that day. It fell almost…
Suspicious packages spark scares at British consulate and other embassies in Australia
Police in Australia are investigating suspicious packages sent to at least ten embassies and consulates in Canberra and Melbourne, including those of Britain, the United States and New Zealand. The British High Commission in Australia confirmed that the consulate in Melbourne had received a package but said nobody was injured. The commission in Canberra…
Egypt repatriates smuggled artefact from the UK
Egypt has repatriated an artefact that had been illegally smuggled to the UK and put up for auction, the country’s Antiquities Ministry has announced. The relief with cartouche of King Amenhotep I from the 18th dynasty had been on display at a London auction house. The Antiquities Ministry said the relief was originally exhibited at the…
St. Louis reportedly getting XFL team
One of the teams for Vince McMahon’s XFL revival appears to have its home. KSDK TV in St. Louis, Missouri reported on Tuesday that the city will be getting an XFL team for the league’s 2020 launch. They noted that five of the team’s 10 regular season games will be played at The Dome at America’s Center, which…
Seoul implements emergency measures to combat record pollution levels as Thailand deploys rainmaking planes
South Korea has introduced emergency measures in an effort to combat potentially lethal levels of ultra-fine particulate pollution across a large part of the country. Levels of dust pollution in the air reached a record high on Monday, with the amount of ultra-fine particles reaching 194 microgrammes per cubic metre in Seoul, the highest since…
UK and US conduct first joint drills in South China Sea
Click:Flexographic Printing Machine For Sale China’s military is on the leading edge of some of the world’s most advanced weapons systems according to a Pentagon report published this week, as the US and Britain announced they had conducted their first joint naval drills in the disputed South China Sea. The Pentagon found that China, the…