US sends junior official to open its de facto embassy in Taiwan, as it seeks to avoid Beijing’s anger

The United States is due to open a new embassy in Taiwan on Tuesday, but plans to send a junior minister to avoid igniting a diplomatic row with China. Beijing, which does not recognise Taiwan as a state independent from China, has mounted a concerted campaign over the past two years to lure away the…

WWE UK Talent Banned from Streaming Services, Enzo’s New Look

The WWE roster is about to get whole lot more British over the next few weeks. The company has swiftly responded to the recent resurgence of World of Sport in the United Kingdom by completely refocusing on their UK division. World of Sport’s revival inspired WWE to create last year’s United Kingdom Championship Tournament, but…

Viewership For This Week’s Episode of SmackDown Lowest Of 2018

This week’s episode of SmackDown Live was able to generate an average of 2.195 million viewers. This is down 4.5% from last week’s 2.298 million viewers for the taped show from London and is the lowest viewership of SmackDown Live for 2018. This is also the lowest SmackDown viewership since the Halloween 2017 episode, which…

Updated Card for NXT Takeover: Chicago – 3 New Matches Confirmed

WWE typically goes all out for their five biggest pay-per-views of the year, and while plenty of fans still look forward to watching the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, Money in the Bank, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series every year, the NXT Takeover events that take place on the nights before each of those shows have truly become…

Report: Lesnar Will Drop The WWE Universal Belt Soon

According to Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, Brock Lesnar will drop the WWE Universal Championship either before or at SummerSlam. Barrasso also speculates that since Lesnar is paid per fight under his new contract that this could end his time with WWE.  Since Lesnar is not scheduled for Money in the Bank next week, the likely events where Lesnar would…

TUES UPDATE: Vitor Belfort testosterone article, Kurt Angle statement, Daniel Bryan on concussion, & more

TV/show notes for tonight: Total Divas airs at 9:00 p.m. ET on E! with an episode titled “Some Like It Hot.” Paige announces her engagement, the Bella twins learn that they have a new sibling on the way, and Alicia Fox somehow messes with Trinity/Naomi and Jon/Jimmy’s relationship.  SmackDown will be taped tonight in Corpus Christi…