Daily Archives: July 26, 2020

Women's title match set for AEW Fyter Fest

A women’s title match has been announced for Fyter Fest. While conducting an interview with Britt Baker on tonight’s program, Tony Schiavone announced on Dynamite that champion Hikaru Shida would face Penelope Ford. Baker said that Ford only got the title match because she was injured. The segment ended with Big Swole behind the wheel […]

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Two matches set for WWE 205 Live

After defeating Danny Burch last week, Tehuti Miles will face off with Burch’s tag team partner on 205 Live tonight. WWE has announced that Miles vs. Oney Lorcan will air on tonight’s 205 Live episode. Last week’s match against Burch was the first time Miles has gotten a win on WWE television. Miles pinned Burch last […]

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Mike Tyson to appear on AEW Dynamite this week

Click:confetti machines Mike Tyson is returning to AEW programming this Wednesday. AEW confirmed on their social media this afternoon that Mike Tyson will appear on Dynamite this Wednesday. It wasn’t made clear what his role will be. Tyson was a part of AEW Double or Nothing on Saturday, where he was set to present the […]

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Khabib-Gaethje UFC title unification bout likely headed to Fight Island

UFC president Dana White said during a radio interview Tuesday that UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje is likely heading to “Fight Island”. In talking to Chicago’s ESPN 1000, White said that after Nurmagomedov is finished observing Ramadan (May 23rd), he will be ready to fight and they can begin […]

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AEW returning to Florida in May for live & taped Dynamite shows

This post was updated on Friday at 1:30 PM Eastern. In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newletter, our Dave Meltzer reported that AEW is set to return to Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday, May 6th. The new details as of Thursday, according to Melzer, is that stretch will last three weeks, alternating between live and taped.  The May […]

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Renowned conductor James Levine sues New York’s Metropolitan Opera over dismissal

James Levine, one of America’s most renowned conductors, is suing New York’s Metropolitan Opera after being sacked earlier this week following a three month investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. Levine, who was dismissed after more than four decades at the Met, started proceedings at New York State’s Supreme Court. In his writ Levine, 74, […]

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WWF Tuesday Night Titans episode 16: Prepping for Butcher Vachon's wedding, Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Andre The Giant

By Josh Molina for WrestlingObserver.com  – Airdate: Dec. 3, 1984– Run time: 1:30 minutes– Stars of the show: Vince McMahon, Lord Alfred Hayes, Amy McMullan TNT breaks the mold this week with an on-location episode to hype up the “The Butcher” Paul Vachon’s wedding in two weeks. From Macho Man and Liz to Stephanie and Triple […]

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John Oliver’s gay rabbit parody book outsells the original by Mike Pence

British satirist John Oliver has succeeded in lampooning Mike Pence after his spoof book about the vice president’s family’s pet rabbit outsold the original. Oliver, one of the best known political comedians on US television, took Mr Pence’s children’s story about Marlon Bundo and made the bunny gay, mocking the vice president’s conservative views on homosexuality […]

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Syrian troops mass around final rebel enclave in Ghouta as talks stall

The Syrian army is preparing to launch a "huge" operation against the last rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta unless the Jaish al-Islam insurgent group agrees to hand over the area, a pro-Syrian government newspaper reported on Wednesday. Routed by the Russian-backed Syrian army, rebels in other parts of eastern Ghouta are leaving in convoys to insurgent-held areas in […]

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