SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Just days after announcing to the wrestling world that he acquired Ring of Honor, Tony Khan confirmed that he would be the head booker for that company as well. Khan revealed the news in the post-AEW Revolution media scrum when talking about his plans for […]
SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… AEW Revolution reportedly did 110,000 buys on Fite TV and Bleacher Report. The Wrestling Observer reported the numbers first and indicate that after factoring in traditional cable and satellite PPV buys the numbers could inflate to as high as 170,000 buys. If that projects out, […]
SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… A new promotion called BattleSlam will launch on April 24 in Atlanta, Ga. with a show called “Vendetta.” The promotion will be run by Baron Black, who also runs the Terminus wrestling promotion with Jonathan Gresham. The promotion will host events that mix wrestling and […]
SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Former WWE Women’s Champion, Mickie James, will be wrestling on night one of Joey Janela’s Spring Break 6 during WrestleMania week. Janela announced on Twitter that James would face Allie Katch on the show. This is James’ first appearance for the company. Oh Hey @MickieJames […]
SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… Jonathan Gresham will appear and compete at Impact Wrestling’s Rebellion PPV event on April 23. Impact announced on Friday morning that Gresham would face Eddie Edwards. Gresham appeared on this week’s episode of television and saved Rocky Romero from an Edwards attack. .@TheJonGresham Returns With […]
SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… WWE announced the traditional singers of “America the Beautiful” for both nights of WrestleMania on Monday afternoon. Brantley Gilbert and Jessie James Decker will perform the song to kick off each night of WrestleMania 38. Gilbert will sing Saturday and Decker will take the microphone […]
AEW is set to hold the third Grand Slam edition of Dynamite later this year. AEW President Tony Khan came out after Wednesday’s TV tapings at the UBS Arena in Long Island, NY, and thanked the New York fans for their support and for giving a home to pro wrestling. Khan then said he […]
Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation, by Bill Schnee. Backbeat Books, 2021. 219pp. $24.49, hard cover; $21.49, Kindle e-book. It was September 2012, and Sasha Matson and I were in Los Angeles to record the singers for his jazz opera, Cooperstown. We had already recorded the instrumental backing with engineer Mike […]
Il est 9 heures dans le port de Cotonou, la corne de brume signale l’appareillage imminent du patrouilleur Premier-Maître l’Her, un navire de la marine française datant de 1981. “Postes de combat de vérifications !” C’est le branle-bas pour les 95 membres d’équipage. La moyenne d’âge est de 26 ans et les traits sont tirés après trois […]
Qu’avons-nous pensé d’"Opération Fortune : Ruse de guerre", la nouvelle comédie d’action de Guy Ritchie avec Jason Statham, dès à présent disponible sur Amazon Prime Video ? DE QUOI ÇA PARLE ? L’agent spécial Orson Fortune et son équipe recrutent l’une des plus grandes stars de cinéma pour les aider dans une mission d’infiltration lorsque la vente […]