Month: January 2021

The British Fashion Council on Friday announced the provisional London Fashion Week (LFW) schedule, which is to take place from 19 to 23 February. The shortened week will be a digital-only event in response to the UK’s current lockdown situation. Incoming visitors are required to quarantine for 10 days in a government proposed hotel on arrival. The LFW schedule will host 95 designers of which 34 are womenswear brands, 22 menswear, 29 both men’s and…

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WWE Hall of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart was recently interviewed by the UK Sun’s WrestleCast radio show, which you can listen to here. Some highlights: HBK vs. Undertaker: “I’ll be the first to say that I thought Taker v Shawn was the best match at WrestleMania, maybe one of the best matches I’ve seen in years. To a certain degree, I was proud of both of them. I never take away the fact that…

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— For those who haven’t gotten enough of Jesse Ventura in recent weeks, cable channel TruTV has announced the following among its new series slated for the Fall season: CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA: He’s undertaken some of the most dangerous missions in the world as a Navy SEAL. He’s body-slammed giants in the wrestling ring as a WWE superstar. He’s even conquered politics as the governor of Minnesota. Now, Jesse Ventura is about to…

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Courtesy of WWE.com: Mr. Kennedy released Written: May 29, 2009 World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of Raw Superstar Mr. Kennedy (Ken Kennedy) as of today, May, 29 2009. WWE wishes Ken the best in all future endeavors. Early details on Mr. Kennedy’s release from WWE (>>)

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Welcome to my weekly Raw column known as The Raw Deal. What I do here is go over the matches and segments, praise or criticize when need be and wrap it all up in the final section where you’ll see the three stars of the show, my final thoughts and a rating out of ten. To open every edition of The Raw Deal, I’m going to write a paragraph or two about something that’s on…

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— Elijah Burke, apparently commenting on recent dark match with TNA, wrote the following on his Twitter account (twitter.com/dablackpope): “Pope feels renewed, and fresh! No longer a line for me to cross. Just a cross for me to bear. It’s my Destiny!” — The TNA website has added profiles on Amazing Red, Jesse Neal, Raven, and Shane Douglas. — Speaking of Amazing Red, he recently signed a contract with TNA. (source: PWInsider.com). — You can…

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In light of Donald Trump’s blockbuster 15-Superstar trade, ECW is a changed place to say the least. General Manager Tiffany announced at the top of tonight’s show that it’s a new era for ECW as she’s bringing back the New Superstar Initiative. Here is background on the new WWE Superstars that debuted tonight. — Yoshi Tatsu, is Naofumi Yamamoto, 32. He’s been wrestling since 2002 and has worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling in the…

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1950  San Francisco, California: – Ray Eckert won the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title by defeating Sandor Szabo 1956 Baltimore, Maryland: – Buddy Rogers defeated Karl Von Albers for the Eastern Heavyweight Title 1961 Minneapolis, Minnesota: – AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder to retain the title – AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski beat Jack Healy to retain the title 1963  Toronto, Ontario,…

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— As reported earlier, voice actor Seth Green will be the first celebrity guest host of Monday Night Raw, which is set to take place tomorrow night. World Wrestling Entertainment sent out a press release yesterday regarding Green, and it’s also noted that Triple H will take part in a sketch in the season premiere of Robot Chicken on Saturday, July 26th at 11:30 p.m. ET on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Green is one of…

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— The official website of former WWE wrestler Elijah Burke features the TNA logo on the front page. Burke offered no comment on the graphic. You can check out Burke’s website at www.TheElijahExpress.com. — Abyss is the featured guest on the latest edition of Hermie’s Hotseat. Click here to view the video interview. — Next week’s episode of TNA Impact will be the 200th edition of the show. Is a current WWE star thinking about…

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