Month: July 2020

> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) -Corey Graves will host a new WWE Network show titled “WWE Straight to the Source with Corey Graves,” starting tonight after Raw. The press release…

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John Pollock of Post Wrestling reported Monday night that Impact Wrestling VP of production Kevin Sullivan has given his notice and could be working with All Elite Wrestling in the near future. Sullivan has been with TNA Wrestling/Impact for more than ten years over two stints, including a run from 2005-13 as creative director, executive producer, and VP of production. He has also worked with WWE, Fox Sports, and AEW through his KSTV production company,…

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> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) -Jerry Lawler announced on Kevin Cerrito’s “Cerrito Live” on Sports 560 that he is bringing Memphis Wrestling back to Saturday mornings on Channel 30 in…

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For the first time since 2009, KENTA is returning to Ring of Honor. KENTA will be in action at Supercard of Honor XIV in Lakeland, Florida on Saturday, April 4. He’s the third Bullet Club member and fourth NJPW wrestler announced for the show. It will also feature Jay White, El Phantasmo, and Will Ospreay. Villain Enterprises (ROH World Champion PCO, Marty Scurll, Brody King & Flip Gordon), La Faccion Ingobernable (Rush, ROH Television Champion…

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> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) The Jan. 22 episode of WWE Smackdown Live on USA Network drew a 1.54 rating, a small drop from last week’s rating of 1.55. Smackdown…

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Italy’s hard-Right League party filed a motion of no confidence in the country’s prime minister on Friday, advancing a political crisis that could lead to early elections. The move came after Matteo Salvini, the leader of the League and deputy prime minister, said on Thursday that the coalition with the Five Star Movement was irrevocably broken and the country should go to a general election as soon as possible. The League’s high level of support…

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An Iranian tanker detained in Gibraltar for breaching EU sanctions could be allowed to leave on Friday, though a last minute US legal bid to halt it could yet end up back in court, the territory’s chief minister said. Gibraltar decided on Thursday to free the tanker, but did not immediately indicate when or if the ship would set sail after the United States launched a last-minute legal bid to hold it. "She is able to leave as soon…

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Click:JiangHai CD138 400V 7900uF Capacitor A German city is offering a reward of €1m (£900,000) to anyone who can prove it doesn’t exist. The city of Bielefeld in north-western Germany launched the bizarre marketing stunt this week to mark the 25th anniversary of one of the country’s longest running jokes. The Bielefeld conspiracy theory is often held up as proof that the Germans do have a sense of humour after all. The joke, which originated…

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China sent a new batch of troops into Hong Kong on Thursday, as anti-government protesters plan to hold yet another city-wide march and sometimes violent mass demonstrations barrel towards their fourth month.  Chinese state media released images and video of a convoy of armoured carriers and a ship entering Hong Kong before dawn, saying the military had completed a “routine annual rotation” of its air, land and maritime forces.  While People’s Liberation Army troops have been…

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A French court has handed Amazon a record fine of €4 million (£3.6m) for imposing “abusive conditions” on retailers that sell on its platform. The Paris Commercial Court also ordered Amazon to remove the “abusive” clauses from its contracts with vendors within six months. If it fails to do so, it will incur an additional fine of €10,000 (£9,000) per day. The case was brought to court by the French Finance Ministry in December 2017 following a two-year investigation. The…

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