AEW and NXT Ratings: Update on AEW expanding its live viewership lead, doubling NXT in key demo, plus 7-day viewership update
> SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Last night, the May 20 episode of AEW Dynamite on TNT drew 701,000 viewers, outdrawing NXT on USA Network which drew 592,000. It was the first 100,000+ lead in…
Amanda Bynes opens up on battle with addiction after public meltdown
Amanda Bynes has opened up on her struggles with addiction following a public meltdown which saw her retire from acting. The former child star – who rose to fame in the 1990s before appearing in films such as What A…
Daily Update: Pre-Raw notes, AJ Styles injury, New Japan Cup
THE ROUND-UP THE LATEST NEWS Briscoes vs. Tanahashi & Lethal set for ROH Supercard of Honor XII Edge & Christian to induct The Dudleyz into WWE Hall of Fame WCW Thunder episodes now available on the WWE Network Mark Henry…
Kurt Angle joins MMA promotion
> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in…
Nigerian president denies dying and being replaced by clone
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday denied claims that he had died and been replaced by a Sudanese impostor or a clone, breaking his silence on a rumour that has circulated on social media for months. Mr Buhari, who is running for…
Conor McGregor in police custody after Thursday incident
Image: MMAFighting.com UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor is in New York police custody Thursday night following a day in which he threw a metal dolly through a van window, injuring several fighters that resulted in multiple fights being canceled. Both…
Belgian museum on Africa reopens after 10-year effort to exorcise the ghosts of colonialism
For more than a century, Belgium’s Royal Museum for Central Africa has stood as a monument to the worst excesses of colonial plunder. After a ten-year “decolonisation” project, the renovated museum will open to visitors for the first time in…
ROH TV taping spoilers: World title change, Best in the World fallout
Following up on Best in the World, Ring of Honor taped four weeks of television in Fairfax, Virginia on Saturday night — and delivered some excellent action. The order that everything will be airing in wasn’t made perfectly clear. – Leon St. Giovanni won…
Strasbourg attack: fourth victim dies as Christmas market re-opens after gunman killed in police raid
A fourth victim of the Strasbourg Christmas market attack died from his wounds yesterday as investigators searched for possible accomplices of the gunman slain after two days of terror. The prime suspect, Cherif Chekatt, 29, was killed on Thursday after…
Violence in India as female worshipers break blockade to secretly enter one of India’s holiest temples
Two women made history by sneaking into one of India’s holiest Hindu temples before dawn yesterday/WED in defiance of hardline activists blockading the shrine from female worshipers. The Sabarimala temple in southern Kerela has been at the centre of a…