Tonight on WWE 205 Live, former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Cedric Alexander looks to get back to his winning ways against the electrifying Lio Rush. Can Cedric Alexander Silence Lio Rush? Since losing The WWE Cruiserweight Title to Buddy Murphy – his first defeat of 2018 – Cedric Alexander has been off his game. And after…

Before we get started this week, we wanted to send our deepest condolences and prayers to Jim Ross and his family. This week in wrestling, PWG had a supposed show of the year contender that nobody except the live crowd can see for months, Katsuyori Shibata (thank the lord not Bad Luck Fale) won the New Japan…

1917  Omaha, Nebraska: – Earl Caddock defeated Joe Stecher by forfeit to win the World Heavyweight Title (Stecher lost the first fall and refused to wrestle the second fall) 1943 St. Joseph, Missouri: – World Champion Wild Bill Longson beat Ronnie Etchison  – Vic Holbrook beat Jack Hader  – Sailor Fred Blassie beat Carlos Rodriquez …

Here are the results from this morning’s NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni event in Beppu, featuring two big title matches and the continuation of the feud between EVIL and Hiroshi Tanahashi: – Jushin Thunder Liger, Hirai Kawato & Tomoyuki Oka defeated Tiger Mask, Katsuya Kitamura & Shota Umino when Oka submitted Umino with the Boston crab. Nice…

This week in wrestling, the worlds went to war in the latest ROH PPV, the age-old discussion on what wrestlers should and shouldn’t do and what wrestling should and shouldn’t be continued on social media, and New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament kicked off in spectacular fashion. Here are our favorite wrestlers this week. Who’s…

Images: CMLL An annual lucha libre tournament continued at Arena Mexico on Friday night in Mexico City where veteran stars teamed with younger luchadores. Caristico teamed with Soberano Jr. to win the B Block of the Gran Alternativa tournament, advancing to the grand final next week where they meet the A Block winners. Soberano got…

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has announced the first four entrants in this year’s Battle of Los Angeles. Three of the competitors will be making their PWG debut, and all four will be appearing in their first BOLA tournament. Flamita, Keith Lee, WALTER, and Travis Banks were the first four entrants announced via PWG’s Twitter account. Flamita, WALTER, and…

1933  Waterloo, Iowa: – Homer (Bearcat) Wright beat Sid Nabors 1937  Kansas City, Kansas: – Lou Thesz drew George Zaharias  – Jim Henry beat Gene Bowman 1964  Kansas City, Kansas: – The Lawman defeated Bulldog Plechas – Bob Geigel defeated Rocky Hamilton  – Pat O’Connor defeated Otto Von Krupp in three falls 1966  Milwaukee, Wisconsin:…

Emmanuel Macron’s grip on the French presidency looked increasingly shambolic on Wednesday after he was forced to accept the resignation overnight of his interior minister, one of his staunchest allies.   In the latest humiliating blow to France’s centrist president, who is facing a nightmarish return from the summer recess, Gérard Collomb, 71, left the interior ministry…

Though Raw didn’t end up retaliating this week, the build to Survivor Series continued on last night’s episode of SmackDown. The first member of SmackDown’s men’s division team was confirmed after Randy Orton faced Sami Zayn in the main event. The show’s women’s team was announced as well, with Charlotte Flair, Naomi, Becky Lynch, Carmella, and…