Monthly Archives: July 2020

“Kickboxer” series update – release date for Batista’s movie, Mike Tyson added to sequel

> 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 podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) The “Kickboxer” movie re-make featuring […]

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Watch the XFL announce their teams and venues at 12 PM Eastern

WWE chairman Vince McMahon’s second go-round with the XFL will take another big step Wednesday afternoon as the league will officially announce eight teams and venues that will begin play in 2020. You can watch the announcement below: The rumored cities are New York, Seattle, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Tampa […]

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Bangladesh accuses Myanmar of ‘hollow promises’ as it tells UN it will no longer take in refugees

Bangladesh told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that it cannot take any more refugees from Myanmar, some 18 months after more than 700,000 mainly Rohingya Muslims started pouring across the border fleeing a military crackdown. Attacks on security posts by Rohingya insurgents in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were followed by an extreme crackdown that […]

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WWE announces MSG return date on a Monday, but not a Raw taping?

> 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 podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) WWE is scheduled to return […]

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Gauntlet match teams for Wrestle Kingdom 13 pre-show set

The trios gauntlet match now has a list of participants. The match, which will take place on the pre-show, will determine the number one contenders for the NEVER six man tag team titles which are currently held by Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Taiji Ishimori. The participants are: Hirooki Goto, Beretta and Chucky T Minoru […]

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Dispatch: Liberated Yazidi women burn their veils as Islamic State crumbles

As she emerged from five years captivity inside the Islamic State, Barfe Khalaf Farho wanted one thing more than anything else: fire.  The 26-year-old Yazidi had been forced to wear a niqab every day of her slavery in the homes of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters and their wives.  So when she reached […]

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VIDEO: WWE pays tribute to Pedro Morales

WWE has posted a tribute video for Pedro Morales, which you can see below. Morales’ death was reported on Tuesday, with WWE confirming the news not too long after. Morales has been suffering from advanced Parkinson’s Disease. He is best known for becoming WWE’s first triple crown champion, winning all major titles that the WWE […]

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New Zealand mosque shooting: Australian senator Fraser Anning blames terror attack on ‘increasing Muslim presence’

A far-Right Australian MP has been condemned for his “disgusting” claim that New Zealand’s Muslim migrants were the cause of the terrorist attacks against mosques in Christchurch. Fraser Anning, who is known for his incendiary rhetoric, said the attacks should not be blamed on nationalism but on New Zealand’s migration policy. “I am utterly opposed […]

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Poland snub to Putin over WWII anniversary angers Kremlin

Russia has accused the Polish government of having a "warped mentality" and of falsifying history after Warsaw apparently refused to issue an invitation to Vladimir Putin to commemorations marking the 80th-anniversary of the start of the Second World War. The Russian leader’s absence from the formal events, which will take place on September 1, appears […]

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Fictional president poised to become the real thing as TV comedian brings ‘populism 2.0’ to Ukraine

At a Soviet-era circus theatre just days before Ukraine’s presidential election, the frontrunner in the race held his audience rapt with a mix of boob jokes and vaguely patriotic songs.   “What’s my favourite sex pose?” comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked, supposedly testing the ability of a “body double” to impersonate him. “Missionary style. Because you […]

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