Friday night's episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.219 million viewers on Fox, down 1.7 percent from the previous week. It's the lowest audience total for the show since December 16. The show went head-to-head with multiple NCAA March Madness Sweet 16 games that aired on CBS and TBS. SmackDown finished fourth on network television with … Continue reading "WWE SmackDown ratings down slightly against NCAA March Madness"

Vince McMahon has reimbursed costs in relation to the investigation into hush money payments made while he was CEO of the company. According to a securities filing Friday afternoon, McMahon made a $17.5 million dollar payment to WWE on March 23. In addition, McMahon agreed to also reimburse the company for additional costs related to … Continue reading "Vince McMahon reimburses WWE $17.4 million for hush money investigation"

Do we need yet another unearthed recording of the Bill Evans trio? I count 22 albums or boxed sets—a total of 49 polycarbonate or vinyl discs—of posthumously released sessions, many of them in just the last few years. But this latest discovery, recorded in Buenos Aires in September 1979, is a stunner. So, to answer … Continue reading "Revinylization #29: Bill Evans, Inner Spirit: The 1979 Concert at the Teatro General San Martin, Buenos Aires"

This weekend's NXT live events in Florida saw one WWE recruit make his in-ring debut and two others work their first non-battle royal match.  24-year-old former University of Tulsa football player, Tiller Bucktrot, was defeated by Tyler Bate on the show. WWE is billing Bucktrot at 6ft 4" and over 300 lbs.  WWE wrote the … Continue reading "Tiller Bucktrot makes WWE NXT in-ring debut at house show"

Indian women’s hockey team star Rani Rampal is the first woman in the sport to have a stadium named after her, as per PTI.  The MCF Rae Bareli has renamed the hockey stadium as ‘Rani’s Girls Hockey Turf’. Twitter Rani posted photos on the internet.  “Words seem too less to express my happiness and gratitude … Continue reading "Rani Rampal Becomes First Woman In Hockey To Have Stadium Named After Her"

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In the new edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer gave an update on how long Kofi Kingston is expected to be out of action. Kingston suffered an ankle injury on SmackDown last Friday. Meltzer notes that the injury was a "fluke deal" that happened when Drew McIntyre did a flip dive over the … Continue reading "Kofi Kingston expected to miss five weeks after WWE SmackDown injury"

Brace yourselves, some latest new travel inspo just dropped, courtesy TIME magazine. They just released its annual list of World’s Greatest Places, and we’re here to tell you the where are these places. View this post on Instagram Jump To List of 50 “far-flung and familiar spots”Who selects the places and how?Why are Mayurbhanj, Ladakh … Continue reading "TIME's List Of World's Greatest Places Of 2023 Is Released And 2 Indian Destinations Are On It"

MERRIFIELD, VA — Eighth-grader Dahlia Kassim is used to being surrounded by fish, having a pond with hundreds in her backyard. But she and other Luther Jackson Middle School classmates found out fish can contribute to something they didn’t expect: farming. A group of eighth-grade students at Fairfax County’s Luther Jackson Middle School created a … Continue reading "Students' Innovative Farming Feeds Fairfax County School's Food Pantry"

Click:custom forged wheels PALOS PARK, IL — An attorney has sent a “cease and desist” letter to Mayor John Mahoney and other village council members, including current Commissioner Nicole Milovich-Walters, who is running for mayor in the April 4 consolidated election. Attorney Burt Odelson representing Palos Park residents John and Grace Donovan, who are said … Continue reading "Palos Park Mayor, Village Council Ordered To 'Cease and Desist'"