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1949 Kansas City, Kansas: – World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz beat Lord Albert Mills in 2 out of 3 falls – Bobby Bruns beat Jimmy Coffield 2 falls to 0 – Enrique Torres defeated Big Ben Morgan 1952 Des Moines, Iowa: – Verne Gagne beat Bob Orton in 2 out of 3 falls – Mike …
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During an appearance on The Elvis Duran Show, WWE COO Paul “Triple H” Levesque explained why Roman Reigns’ past history with Leukemia had never been made public prior to Reigns’ announcement that he was dealing with complications from the disease that would cause him to take leave from WWE and relinquish the Universal Title on Monday …
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1933 St. Louis, Missouri: – Everette Marshall beat Dr. Karl Sarpolis – Dick Shikat beat Paul Jones – Orville Brown defeated Chief Chewchki 1944 Des Moines, Iowa: – World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown and World Junior Heavyweight Champion Ken Fenelon wrestled to a draw 1962 Kansas City, Kansas: – Sonny Myers defeated Ivan Zukov …
Read More “Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/08): Nick Bockwinkel wins 1st AWA World title”
A recap of Matanza’s wrath over the past year is shown, followed by the saga of Dante Fox and Killshot and the debut of the Black Lotus Tribe. Johnny Mundo’s road to the title is shown while Rey Mysterio’s elimination of Matanza leads to Sexy Star’s win. Paul London talks about the White Rabbit showing him …
Read More “Lucha Underground results: Sexy Star vs. Johnny Mundo”
The UFC is introducing a new title with one well-known fighter notably missing out of the first match for the gold. On ESPN Tuesday night, it was revealed that former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm will battle fellow bantamweight fighter Germaine de Randamie to become the inaugural UFC women’s featherweight champion. The fight will …
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Although the ratings won’t be in for a little while — it’s hard not to imagine the “revival” of ITV’s World Of Sport wrestling being a success in a slot which will have captured the eyes of many of the nation’s families, sitting down to tea on the last night of the year. Success is, …
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There are few weekends on the Japanese wrestling calendar as fun as the one we have upcoming. The stars of CMLL hit New Japan for what are traditionally some of the most feel-good shows you could find. Fantastica Mania is already underway with smaller events around the New Japan circuit but it’s when they hit …
Read More “Looking ahead to this weekend's NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania lineup”
Cynthia Nixon has urged New Yorkers to look beyond her Sex and the City acting career and see a long-term committed activist, as she took on her rival for the governor of New York in a feisty debate. Andrew Cuomo, running for his third term and part of a political dynasty, attempted to portray Ms …
Protesters have burned Nike merchandise after the brand announced Colin Kaepernick as a face of its new advertising campaign. Shares in the sportswear giant fell by three per cent as it gained traction on social media following its choice of the American Football player for the 30th anniversary of its "Just Do It" slogan. Over …
WWE announced its year-end business numbers at a conference call on Thursday morning, as the company finished 2016 with $729.2 million in total revenue at $33.8 million in profits. The numbers were up from the $658.8 million in revenue and $24.1 million in annual profits from last year. Revenue numbers are the highest in company history. Profits …
Read More “WWE 2016 financials: Network subs up; 205 and UK tour updates”
