> SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER MAY 6, 2020 AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@JoshuaMChambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR ARENA This week’s episode will broadcast live from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. The 5,500 seat arena hosted AEW’s Fight for the Fallen in July 2019, … Continue reading "5/6 AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER: Omega & Broken Matt vs. Le Sex Gods (Jericho & Guevara), Moxley vs. Kaz, Cody vs. Janela, Archer in action, MJF live"

Japan has taken a step towards relaxing its strict immigration laws with a new bill that could pave the way for an influx of hundreds of thousands of overseas workers. The controversial legislation, which opposition parties attempted to block, was pushed through the lower house of parliament by the ruling coalition. The new bill marks … Continue reading "Japan moves forward on plan to let in hundreds of thousands of overseas workers"

AJ Styles was back in action and Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn continued their firing angle at last night’s SmackDown house show in Trenton, New Jersey. After facing Rusev on the March 13th episode of SmackDown, Styles didn’t wrestle at any of WWE’s house shows last weekend due to an undisclosed injury. He only appeared at … Continue reading "Styles back in the ring, Owens & Zayn appear at WWE house show"

> 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.) Wrestling legend Sting made it … Continue reading "Sting health update – procedure scheduled, “catastrophe” avoided at NOC, more"

Kim Jong-un has cleared his schedule for three days in late December and will use the time for a landmark visit to Seoul, according to a former South Korean government minister. Jeong Se-hyun, the South’s former unification minister, said in a radio interview that he expects the North Korean leader to travel to Seoul on … Continue reading "Kim ‘clears schedule’ for landmark visit to Seoul in late December"

Charlotte Flair will undergo surgery, though not in the near future. A report from PWInsider this afternoon said that Flair will undergo surgery to fix a ruptured implant. She is still scheduled for the European tour that kicks off shortly and will not go for the surgery until sometime after the tour. The ACE Comic … Continue reading "Charlotte to undergo surgery, still set for WWE European tour"

Donald Trump is scrambling to find a new chief of staff after leading contenders for the role reportedly rebuffed his advances.  The US president announced on Saturday that John Kelly would be vacating the post at the end of the year but he has yet to find a replacement to run the White House.  While … Continue reading "Donald Trump scrambles to fill chief of staff role as leading contenders rebuff advances"

With a number of probes moving closer to the Oval Office, Donald Trump and his lawyer unleashed a fresh series of attacks on Sunday on the investigators, questioning their integrity while categorically ruling out the possibility of a presidential interview with the special counsel. The US president and Rudy Giuliani used Twitter and television interviews to deliver … Continue reading "Rudy Giuliani: Mueller will interview Trump ‘over my dead body’"

Italy’s populist coalition has come under intense criticism for removing migrants from the country’s second-largest reception centre, amid concern that some will end up living on the streets. The migrants, some of them in tears, were reportedly given no notice about their removal from the reception centre at Castelnuovo di Porto north of Rome. They … Continue reading "Italy’s Matteo Salvini under fire as migrants removed from one of the country’s biggest reception centres "

Tonight’s Christmas Edition of SmackDown LIVE opens up on a tape delay from The Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The arena is decorated for Christmas as Tom Phillips welcomes us to the show. He is joined by Corey Graves & Byron Saxton. We go right to the ring and out comes R-Truth dressed as … Continue reading "WWE SmackDown LIVE Results (12/25): Nakamura vs. Rusev"