Month: August 2020

For the second straight week, NXT beat out AEW Dynamite in terms of total viewers but lost in the 18-49 demo.  NXT averaged 692,000 viewers on the USA Network on Wednesday night, which was down 1,000 viewers from last week. The show fell to 58th in the 18-49 demo on cable with a 0.17 rating, down…

On Wednesday’s edition of NXT, General Manager William Regal announced that Dexter Lumis is out of the vacant North American title ladder match at Takeover XXX. The reason given was that Lumis sustained an ankle injury at the hands of Timothy Thatcher in last week’s qualifying match. Lumis submitted Thatcher with his Silence choke to…

Johnny Gargano and Velveteen Dream are the final two wrestlers to qualify for the ladder match for the vacant North American Championship at TakeOver XXX. Gargano and Dream won their respective second chance qualifying matches on tonight’s NXT, defeating Ridge Holland and Finn Balor. The five wrestlers in Saturday’s ladder match for the vacant North American…

Lewis Hamilton topped the third and final practice session ahead of this afternoon’s qualifying at Spa, the Mercedes driver edging Renault’s Esteban Ocon by 0.230s. Hamilton set his time in the final minutes of FP3, running on the soft tyre and escaping the massive congestion on the track that hampered the final runs of several…

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete ButtigiegPete ButtigiegScaled-back Pride Month poses challenges for fundraising, outreach Biden hopes to pick VP by Aug. 1 It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process MORE’s campaign on Tuesday released a TV ad in Iowa highlighting national unity as he rises in state and national polls.  The ad, which is Buttigieg’s…

White House hopeful Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on…

Michael BloombergMichael BloombergEngel scrambles to fend off primary challenge from left It’s as if a Trump operative infiltrated the Democratic primary process Liberals embrace super PACs they once shunned MORE’s decision to move toward a presidential bid is frustrating many Democrats, who are adamant there is no appetite for a candidacy from the billionaire former…

New York Mayor Bill de BlasioBill de BlasioProtesters splash red paint on NYC streets to symbolize blood De Blasio: Robert E Lee’s ‘name should be taken off everything in America, period’ House Democratic whip pushes back on calls to defund police: We need to focus on reform MORE (D) took aim at his predecessor, Michael…

Former President Obama cautioned the crowded Democratic 2020 primary field from moving too far to the left, saying voters could be turned off by messages calling for massive societal and government transformations. “Even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision, we also have to be rooted in reality,” Obama said…

Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with…