DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January, the president announced Wednesday. Iran will pay US$150,000 (C$191,500) for each victim, state TV reported, without specifying a timeline […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s premier acknowledged Wednesday that he made a mistake in allowing his finance minister to continue a vacation abroad over the holidays as experts warned the incident undermines the government’s messaging regarding COVID-19 measures. In a brief news conference at a Toronto-area hospital, Ford said he learned roughly two weeks ago that Rod […]
WWE Champion John Cena did not appear as advertised at a scheduled WWE live event for the second weekend in a row. Cena, who was advertised to work the final WWE live event before Sunday’s SummerSlam pay-per-view, did not appear at the show in Portland, Oregon on Friday night. The reason Cena did not wrestle […]
Rajah.com reader Kevin Gill sent along the following: The legendary wrestling industry icon Scott Hall returns to television tonight at 11/10C on Fuse TV! But the bad guy never rolls solo, so he’s got his homies Insane Clown Posse, along with WWE Hall of Famer Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and international superstar Vampiro at his […]
The Monday, September 2nd edition of WWE RAW on the USA Network scored a final cable rating of 2.85, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 2.85 final draw marks a decrease for RAW, and the lowest number for the show since the June 3rd episode. The drop in numbers can likely be attributed to Labor […]
-WWE Superstar Santino Marella returned to television on Monday’s live RAW show from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Santino won his return match against one-half of The Real Americans tag-team, Antonio Cesaro. Additionally, on commentary, Michael Cole, JBL and Jerry “The King” Lawler promoted Santino’s new Battle Arts Academy training facility, which is located in Mississauga, Ontario, […]
-WWE Hall Of Famer Bob Backlund was on the WWE live event loop this weekend, taking photos with fans and signing autographs in the lobby for $30 a piece. -According to reports, with the reduced financial earnings outlook, there is talk of WWE cutting back on live events, such as taking managers and off the […]
WWE sent out the following press release today: WRESTLEMANIA® 30 TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 STAMFORD, Conn., September 20, 2013 – WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced that tickets for WrestleMania 30 will go on sale Saturday, November 16 at 11am ET/10 CT. The pop-culture extravaganza, WrestleMania 30, will take place Sunday, April 6, 2014 […]
– Mick Foley noted on Twitter last night he was getting ready to board an 18-hour flight to entertain United States troops overseas. – Former WWE Diva Kelly Kelly has landed a role in an independent film titled “Angel Investors.” – WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus is currently overdue with her pregnancy, so she’ll […]