Daily Pro Wrestling History (08/23): HHH wins WWF Title on Raw

1929 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:– Dick Shikat defeated Jim Londos to win the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title 1941 San Francisco, California:– Frank Sexton defeated Bill Longson for the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title 1944  Montreal, Quebec, Canada:– Yvon Robért defeated Frank Sexton to win the Montreal Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Title – Sandor Szabo defeated Dean…

Daily Pro Wrestling History (09/04): Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt; WCW Nitro debuts

Click:BR-25M 4P 1 25kA 1902  Liverpool, England:– George Hackenschmidt defeated Tom Cannon for the European Greco-Roman Heavyweight Title  1911  Chicago, Illinois:– Frank Gotch defeated George Hackenschmidt in two straight falls to retain the World Heavyweight Title 1935  Waterloo, Iowa:– Ed (Strangler) Lewis beat Lou Plummer– Earl Wampler beat Louis Thesz– Dell Guthrie beat Stanley Mayslack…

UFC 203 prelims ratings solid, but not at UFC 202 levels

Saturday’s UFC 203 prelims were watched by 870,000 viewers, headlined by Bethe Correia defeating Jessica Eye in a lackluster three-round decision. The number was down 33% from the 1.3 million viewers who watched the August UFC 202 prelims, but prelim numbers are usually way up for shows with Conor McGregor or Ronda Rousey on the main card. Taking UFC 200 out of…

Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez, Chris Weidman vs. Yoel Romero confirmed for UFC 205

Late Monday night, UFC officially announced Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor for the UFC lightweight title as the main event of UFC 205 in Madison Square Garden on November 12th. Early Tuesday morning, UFC president Dana White confirmed on the Boomer & Carton radio show that Chris Weidman vs. Yoel Romero has also been signed for the show which should…

Spain festival boardwalk collapse: Hundreds injured as platform falls into sea in Vigo

More than 300 people have been injured, five of them seriously, after part of a wooden promenade collapsed at a music festival in Spain. The seafront boardwalk, which was 98ft long, was packed with people watching a rap artist in the northwestern city of Vigo when it suddenly collapsed just before midnight on Sunday. "The causes have…

Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss set for SmackDown in November

The WWE has just acknowledged that Becky Lynch will not be appearing on tonight’s No Mercy pay-per-view in Sacramento. During the pregame show they had Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan tell Alexa Bliss that due to a medical situation that has nothing to do with the ring (as noted earlier today, this was not an injury), that Lynch won’t be…

Vladimir Putin dances at Austrian foreign minister’s wedding 

Click:Flower sleeve making machine  Russian President Vladimir Putin danced arm in arm with Austria’s Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding on Saturday, after receiving an invitation that opposition critics said undermined the West’s stance against Moscow. Putin arrived in a car carrying a bouquet of flowers and accompanied, local media said, by a troupe of Cossack singers booked…

Why the Democrats are staying silent amid the clamour to impeach Donald Trump

The scandals are racking up. Donald Trump’s former campaign manager is a convicted fraudster, his former personal attorney broke campaign finance laws, three other Trump campaign figures have pleaded guilty of crimes and the US president himself stands accused of ordering illegal hush money payments.  For days now the fallout from Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort’s…

Daily Update: NJPW New Beginning, new SmackDown ref, Nate Diaz

THE ROUND-UP The Latest from the F4W Staff NEWS UFC Fight Night 104 live results: Dennis Bermudez vs. Chan Sung Jung ‘The Russian Bear’ Ivan Koloff battling liver cancer Kevin Kelly leaving full-time position with Ring of Honor TNA Impact Wrestling results: Open Fight Night returns AUDIO WOL: Dr. Lucha, Seth Rollins update, Kevin Kelly…