Crossface, the long-talked about movie about the life of Chris Benoit, is back on the radar after many years with the official announcement that director and Academy Award nominee Lexi Alexander is attached to the project. Variety reported the news Thursday, although Alexander (Punisher: War Zone, Johnny Flynton) has teased it on Twitter. It also had been reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter several […]
Editor’s note: NJPW announced earlier today that a spine injury will keep him on the shelf temporarily. This column for this week’s FFW was written before that news. After gutting through a G1 Climax tournament which saw him taped him like a mummy by the end, Katsuyori Shibata finds himself with more on his plate […]
1913 Oxford, Iowa:American Heavyweight Champion Dr. B.F. Roller defeated Charles Cutler 2 out of 3 falls to retain title 1947 Kansas City, Kansas:– Orville Brown beat Joe Dusek 2 falls to 1 to retain the MWA Title, special referee was Jack Dempsey 1952 Kansas City, Kansas:– Heart of America Heavyweight Champion Sonny Myers beat Jim […]
Australian MPs have been inundated with requests for portraits of the Queen thanks to a quirk which means those down under are entitled to request free "nationhood material" from their local politician. Under the little-known “constituents’ request program” voters can receive images of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh as well as national flags and recordings […]
Another four yards and he would have been dead. Antonio Rubino slammed on the brakes of his car just short of the point at which the bridge in Genoa collapsed. A few seconds later and he would have plunged into the void – as did all the cars and trucks in front of him. He […]
By Thomas Gerbasi for F4WOnline.com | Image: Sulaiman Larokko, ReviewFix Columbus Day was a holiday for some. Not for Joe Bellini. The owner of the east coast’s Warriors of Wrestling was preparing for a hectic week that will see him put on shows this Friday and Saturday in Brooklyn and Staten Island, respectively, while also fitting in a […]
A fourteen-year-old and two men were shot at while surfing at a secluded spot in New Zealand in an apparent attack by locals who did not want outsiders “using their waters”. Police believe three shots were fired from the coast at the three surfers, who were in waters that are considered by some locals to […]
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Angela Merkel’s party has come under heavy criticism over suggestions that refugees in Germany should undertake a year of low-paid community service. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, General Secretary of the Christian Democrat party (CDU), and a possible successor to Ms Merkel, said the scheme would mean refugees would become better integrated and more accepted by the public. Marco Buschmann, […]
Jesus Alvarado Nieves, best known as Brazo de Oro, a member of one of the most noteworthy trios of all-time, Los Brazos, passed away today from a heart attack. He was 66. Brazo de Oro was the older brother of Super Porky, Brazo de Plata, who was one of the biggest and most enduring stars in modern […]