July 2020 – Page 21

Last Tuesday night on SmackDown Live, Aiden English attempted to drive a wedge between Lana & Rusev by alluding to some immoral behavior by Lana. English asked Lana if she would tell Rusev about “that one night in Milwaukee” and rumors have been flying ever since. You can check out the segment that took place between Lana, Rusev & Aiden English last Tuesday night on SmackDown Live in the video below:

Many people online have been speculating that English is talking about a sex tape involving Lana & The Rock, and Lana responded to those rumors on a recent episode of The Domenick Nati Show.

“A lot of this stuff online and people questioning about The Rock… This is 2018, why do we go to that immediately? I know we love a good scandal and we love the gossip, but when all of this comes out, there’s going to be no proof. I’m going to be having the last laugh,” Lana said.
“This should be a lesson to everyone that it’s not okay to be slut-shaming people or to be saying these types of things towards women with the #MeToo movement and #TimesUp. We’re all past that and I hope that people will learn that it’s not okay to say or assume certain things.” Lana continued
Lana also claimed that rumors of a video of her and another WWE Superstar are exactly that: rumors. “People love a good scandal,” Lana stated. “We love a good freakin’ scandal and a good soap opera.”
The host then asked Lana about WWE’s storyline process and if the wrestlers have any say in what their characters do.

“I would say it’s 100 percent up to Vince McMahon,” Lana said. “He is our director and we’re kind of a canvas. We have to make it our own but Vince McMahon is the director of the TV show. Its our jobs to bring what they want us to do to life. It’s a collaboration with creative but at the end of the day, he has final say.”

Brock Lesnar has had a hell of a 36-hour stretch: much-discussed elbows of doom on Randy Orton at SummerSlam Sunday night, followed up by a backstage pull-apart altercation with Chris Jericho.

Then on Tuesday morning, Lesnar got word that he’s been issued a temporary suspension by the Nevada Athletic Commission as a result of his multiple drug failures following UFC 200. It’s the first step in a process that will eventually lead to a formal hearing where Lesnar could face a two-year suspension under USADA guidelines.

MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti first reported the news.

The 39-year-old tested positive for hydroxy clomiphene in two separate tests, one on June 28th prior to UFC 200 and then during an in-competition test at the show. Lesnar bested Mark Hunt via unanimous decision in his first appearance back in the UFC in nearly five years.

Now back in WWE, Lesnar returned to in-ring action against Orton and won via TKO after brutal elbows that required 10 staples to close. Lesnar was not on Raw this week, and his storyline future is undetermined as of this point.

Weary of more original content featuring today’s WWE stars when the company is sitting on tens of thousands of hours of classic wrestling somewhere in Titan Towers?

If so, Tuesday is going to be a great day for you according to the good and talented folks at WWE Network News as the company is set to release a slew of matches and clips as part of the WWE Hidden Gems collection.

The website first broke news of the “Gems” collection earlier in the week, and released the list over the weekend.

Here’s a look:

– NWA Champion Lou Thesz vs. Ray Gunkel 2/3 falls (May 30, 1951)

– Gino “Gorilla Monsoon” Marella vs. Dave Ruhl (March 16, 1961)

– Gagne-Metrics — a workout routine from Verne Gagne (September 23, 1964)

– NWA Champion Gene Kiniski vs. Dory Funk Jr. (February 11, 1969)

– Andre The Giant feats of strength (January 12, 1976)

– Vince McMahon interviews Muhammad Ali (June 12, 1976)

– Mid-Atlantic Champion Jack Brisco vs. Roddy Piper (July 7, 1982)

– WWF Champion Bob Backlund vs. NWA Champion Harley Race (September 22, 1980)

– “The Last Battle of Atlanta” | Buzz Sawyer vs. Tommy Rich cage match (October 23, 1983)

– NWA Champion Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (January 20, 1987)

– Undertaker vs. Unabomb (Kane) (August 19, 1995)

– Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin in South Africa (September 14, 1996)

– WWF Champion Bret Hart vs. Terry Funk in ECW (September 11, 1997)

– Samoa Joe vs. William Regal in UPW (October 11, 2000)

– FCW Champion Seth Rollins vs. Kassius Ohno (April 29, 2012)

Perhaps somewhere, someday that Hart vs. Tom Magee match will find its way home as well.

After defeating Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Backlash, AJ Styles will defend the title for the first time at SmackDown’s upcoming No Mercy pay-per-view.

But it won’t be against just one challenger. It was announced during the opening segment of Tuesday night’s edition of SmackDown that Styles will face both John Cena and Dean Ambrose in a triple threat match for the title at No Mercy.

Styles opened the show with a promo gloating about winning the title at Backlash. Styles continued mocking John Cena, which led to Cena interrupting Styles and making his first appearance on television since SummerSlam.

Cena told Styles that he had something that belonged to him. Styles thought he meant the armband that he took after Cena exited the ring at SummerSlam, but Cena was referring to the title. Cena mentioned tying Ric Flair’s World Championship record by beating Styles, but Dean Ambrose came out and took exception to Cena getting the next shot after Styles had to low blow him to get the win at Backlash. Shane McMahon then came out and made the triple threat match for No Mercy.

No Mercy is scheduled for October 9th in Sacramento, CA.

Submitted by Jim Tighe

Estimated crowd of 2000 at Wesbanco Arena

– American Alpha & Hype Bros def. Breezango and The Ascension

Gable pinned Breeze after the Grand Amplitude after a 13 minute match.

– Baron Corbin def. Jack Swagger

– End came after he hit End of Days after a nine minute match.

– Dolph Ziggler pinnrd I-C Champion The Miz in a non-title match

Ziggler won after hitting a superkick in a 13 minute match.

– WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions Rhyno and Heath Slater def. The Usos

The champs retained when Slater got the pin after a DDT in a nine-minute match.

– Apollo Crews def. Erick Rowan (w/Bray Wyatt) by DQ

Ref called for the DQ after eight minutes when Bray Wyatt interfered. Kane did a run-in and chokeslammed Rowan.

– WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, Naomi & Nikki Bella def. Carmella, Natalya and Alexa Bliss

Nattie tapped to Becky’s Dis-arm-her after a 10-minute match.

– WWE Champion AJ Styles retained the title in a three-way over Dean Ambrose and John Cena

The end came when AJ pinned Cena after a chair shot and low blow in a 20 minute match. AJ took an Attitude Adjustment and Dirty Deeds post-match. Cena then continued the Wheeling tradition of singing “Country Roads” to close the show with the help of the crowd and Ambrose.

North and South Korea have agreed to hold a third summit between leaders Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un in September, amid ongoing tensions between Pyongyang and Washington over the North’s lack of progress in giving up its nuclear weapons.

The agreement was struck between high level officials meeting in the border village of Panmunjom on Monday, although negotiators failed to nail down a precise date.

A joint statement said they had held “consultations in a sincere manner” on the “active enforcement” of the Panmunjom Declaration – a deal signed by Kim and Mr Moon at their first meeting in April, pledging to end the Korean war and work towards a nuclear-free Peninsula and a new era of peace.

But the optimism of April’s ground-breaking summit, during which Mr Moon and Kim frequently held hands and hugged, no longer hangs in the air.

On Sunday North Korean state media lashed out at Seoul, accusing it of foot-dragging over the Panmunjom agreement and of “blind obedience” to US-led sanctions.

Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in shake hands at the inter-Korean border at the start of their first meeting in JuneCredit:
AFP/AFP

"It’s been more than 100 days since the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration was adopted, but no fruit or progress has been produced. It is because of America’s sanctions and the South’s unfair participation in them," it said through the state-run Uriminzokkiri website.

Pyongyang has also hit out at the US, the United Nations and Japan since a historic June meeting between Kim and Donald Trump, the US president.

North Korea has repeatedly called for the US to put an end to the Korean War – which ended in an armistice not a peace treaty – and to repeal crippling economic sanctions as a reward or Pyongyang’s show of good faith in ending its nuclear weapons testing.

The White House has denied such a meeting is currently in the works but analysts believe it could take place in the margins of the assembly.

Evans Revere, a former US diplomat, told The Daily Beast that Mr Trump “might be tempted to use that venue to put on a ‘show’ with his North Korean counterpart that would top what occurred in Singapore".

Yet Washington is outwardly maintaining a firm line with Pyongyang. On Monday, Harry Harris, the new US ambassador to Seoul, said that it was too early to declare a formal end to the war or to lift sanctions.

“The potential for positive change in North Korea is limitless,” the ambassador said, in comments reported by Yonhap.

“But only if Chairman Kim fulfills his commitments to denuclearise. Sanctions will remain in place until North Korea takes concrete and verifiable steps toward denuclearisation. Our two nations are committed to choose the right deal, not just any deal,” he said.

WWE NO MERCY FROM SACRAMENTO

*A.J. Styles vs Dean Ambrose vs. John Cena for WWE title – For the first time, because of the Clinton/Trump debate, they are putting the main event of a show that is the clear cut main event in the opening segment at 8 p.m. This in many ways is a one match show. Styles has never failed to deliver in big matches for a long time, and Cena always works hard. In a lot of ways you can watch the first match and there isn’t much else of major importance past the Miz vs. Ziggler match due to the angle. Right now Styles is a 17-to-1 favorite but it should be noted that no smart money has come in on tonight’s show as of this writing, so the odds mean little.

*The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler IC title vs. career – Cable companies have been given a preview of Tuesday’s show which we’ll have later in the update that would seem to indicate Ziggler losing. We do also know that if he does, it’d be an angle in some form since he’s being advertised on shows next month, although I suppose the right hand and left hand in that company aren’t always in synch. Miz is listed as a -160 favorite but that number only indicates people don’t know.

*Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt – Match should be fine. The angle was kind of silly. Orton is listed as a -185 favorite right now.

*Heath Slater & Rhyno vs. Usos for tag titles – The Usos are -300. Slater & Rhyno are pretty much a gimmick team that they have no long-term plans for, and the big feud was always to be Usos vs. American Alpha.

*Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss for women’s title – This match is not expected to be taking place even though still advertised.

*Nikki Bella vs. Carmella – It is also possible this won’t take place. If Lynch isn’t on the show and they need a title match, Nikki Bella is the most likely new opponent for Bliss. The only other options are Eva Marie and Naomi in the title match.

*Jack Swagger vs. Baron Corbin – Since Swagger won the TV match as a surprise, that would favor Corbin and he is listed at -975. Corbin is winning at all the house shows, and the company’s usual directive is not to put heels over at the house shows unless they see the heel as a much bigger star, or the heel has a title.

Honestly, this looks like the weakest on paper WWE PPV in a long time. The main event will almost surely be good to great. Miz vs. Ziggler was a good match last month and with the stakes higher, should be a bigger match this month. With Styles in the opener, Miz and Ziggler are most likely to close the show.

NEW JAPAN KING OF PRO WRESTLING FROM SUMO HALL IN TOKYO AT 2:45 A.M. EASTERN TIME LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND11:45 P.M. LATE SUNDAY NIGHT PACIFIC TIME ON NEW JAPAN WORLD

Tiger Mask vs. Red Mask
Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi & Will Ospreay vs. Adam Cole & Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi & Bobby Fish vs. Toru Yano & Jado & Rocky Romero & Baretta
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi & Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya
Young Bucks vs. Ricochet & David Finlay for IWGP jr. tag titles
Mark & Jay Briscoe vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa for IWGP tag titles
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin & Kushida & Jay Lethal vs. Tetsuya Naito & Seiya Sanada & Evil & Bushi
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kyle O’Reilly for Never open weight title
Kenny Omega vs. Hirooki Goto for 1/4 IWGP title match
Kazuchika Okada vs. Naomichi Marufuji for IWGP heavyweight title

On paper from the Bucks match on, with the exception of the Briscoes match, this looks great. Okada vs. Marufuji was one of the best matches of G-1. Omega vs. Goto is a G-1 final rematch and that was tremendous. O’Reilly vs. Shibata is a rematch of a great ROH match. The eight-man is likely to set up a few matches on the November PPV in Osaka. New Japan Sumo Hall shows are almost always good and this is a deep lineup.

Raw will be Monday night from the Oracle Arena in Oakland. There will also be a Smackdown brand house show on Monday night in Reno, NV.

Smackdown will be Tuesday night in San Jose at the SAP Center.

We’re looking for your thoughts on tonight’s No Mercy, tonight’s King of Pro Wrestling and last night’s UFC 204, with thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected].

We’re also looking for reports on yesterday’s WWE show in Quito, Ecuador.

Figure Four Weekly 10/4/2016: Comparing ECW to TNA – With its constant scrambling for money, TNA is starting to resemble a much more beloved promotion: ECW. While ECW was not entirely solvent going back to at least 1999, when stories of bounced checks were hitting the wrestling newsletters, the situation got especially dire in the last year or so of the company’s existence. After shutting down in January 2001, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 4th… Subscribers click here to continue reading.

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Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Oct 10, 2016: The saga of TNA continues, Goldberg rumors, more – Exactly who funded the Bound for Glory PPV and tapings this week? TNA President Billy Corgan did media interviews during the week and couldn’t give a direct answer as to whether the tapings would take place… Bill Goldberg will be appearing on 10/5 on ESPN SportsCenter and clips were shown during Raw of Goldberg battling Brock Lesnar in ads for the WWE 2K 17 game. This is not coincidental because as things stand right now, Goldberg will face Brock Lesnar in a singles match as the big match at the 2016 Survivor Series on 11/20 in Toronto… Sasha Banks’ WWE Raw women’s title win over Charlotte, positioned as the main event and focal point of the 10/3 Raw in Los Angeles, was done to set the two up in the WWE’s first-ever women’s Hell in a Cell match. The show will take place on 10/30 at the TD Garden in Boston, on a show that will have two Cell matches… Subscribers click here to continue reading.

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WON Back Issue, September 13, 1999: Best wrestlers of each decade, plus tons of news – The television season of wrestling overexposure began this past week with both good and bad news. But when the numbers came in, virtually all the good news was limited to the World Wrestling Federation. Subscribers click here to continue reading.

SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE

Bryan and I will be back tonight covering No Mercy and taking your quesetions for the show at [email protected]. We have a show up right not that previews tonight’s PPVs, both WWE & NJPW and looks at last night’s UFC show.

Dan Henderson reiterated after his loss to Michael Bisping that he’s retiring. As far as the media scores went, this tells you that the fight could have been fairly judged either way with the key rounds being two and five. Of media scores, 56 percent had it for Bisping, 24 percent had it even and 20 percent had it for Henderson. It wasn’t a robbery in the slightest. It was a close fight.

Becky Lynch missed last night’s show and is expected off the road for a short period of time due to a perosnal health issue that is not serious. The stories going around of a neck injury have been denied to us. She may be hurt in the sense everyone is hurt, but that’s not the issue. Like last month with Randy Orton, WWE has not responded to questions and is still advertising her match. They seem to be the only company left that still operates like that as even AAA when finding out about Alberto at the last minute sent word out immediately of exactly how the card would be changed. Admittedly, New Japan wasn’t exactly forthcoming on Matt Sydal right away but did announce before the show about him not being there and announced the card changes as well. With WWE, we don’t know the new card for certain, although the options are pretty limited, or if they are keeping the title on Lynch or putting the title up in a new match. For what it’s worth, the only women on last night’s show in Portland, OR that aren’t in matches announced for tonight are Natalya and Naomi.

The new Golden 1 Center is expecting 12,000 fans for tonight’s WWE NO Mercy show, which just opened this past week. The opening of the new arena really helped draw the card tonight. The building was also told the show would end at 7:30 p.m. local time, which is much earlier than Raw shows have been ending.

UFC 204 had 500,000 searches which is the normal number. We had less feedback than usual and it felt like less of a buzz to me than any show so far this year, but that number indicates there was a lot of interest. For the weekend, it was behind only Trump, ESPN, Hurricane Matthew and The Girl on the Train as the most searched for items in the U.S.

WWE

Regarding Miz vs. Ziggler, the preview for Tuesday’s Smackdown that was sent to cable companies is, “From San Jose, including the three-way battle for world championship; and a look at Dolph Ziggler’s exit from WWE.”
Another company cable guide’s listing for Tuesday is, just “A look at Dolph’s career as he exits WWE.” (thanks to Jon Southerland)
Noam Dar starts full-time this week with WWE and is at least scheduled to be backstage at Raw.
An interview with Big Show is here.
UFC

This is how the predictions went from last night:

5-0 Me
4-1 Mike Sempervive, Ryan Frederick, Paul Fontaine
3-2 Josh Nason, Mike Sawyer, Steve Juon, John Pollock, David Bixenspan, Frontrow Brian

MISCELLANEOUS

Eric Van Wagenen, the executive producer of Lucha Underground, is at the New York Comic Con and talked about touring and merchandise coming up for the product. Talent was given some October touring dates a month ago, but not as definite, and we’re here in October and obviously they aren’t happening.
Lucha Ilimitado takes place on Wednesday night in Yakima, WA at the Sun Dome with Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Jeff Hardy, plus the American debut of Santo Jr., the son of El Hijo del Santo, teaming with his father against Juventud Guerrera & Psicosis, and MVP vs. Sami Callihan as the top matches. For a preview you can go here.
AAA from last night in Berwyn, IL in the finals of the Jim Lynam Memorial tournaemtn: Chris Hero b Mat Fitchett, Prince Ali b Rey Fenix, Zack Sabre Jr. b Jeff Cobb, ACH b Chuck taylor, AR Fox won three-way over Brian Caeg and Drew gulak to keep the Heritage title, Chris Hero b Prince Ali, Zack Sabre Jr. b ACH, Silas Young & Davey Vega b Kongo Kong & Marcus Crane, Jake Crist & Sami Callihan b Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix (Callihan pinned Pentagon and the AAW singles title was at stake in this match), Chris Hero b Zack Sabre Jr. to win the tournament. (thanks to Michael Blanton)
If you remember the movie “Warrior” from 2011 where, among other things, Kurt Angle played the role of Fedor Emelianenko, director Gavin O’Connor is talking about doing a sequel. Even though the movie was a box office flop to the tune of only doing $14 million, and was a big money loser, O’Connor said he thought the movie came too early beause MMA is more popular now than five years ago, and that he felt there were rabid fans of the first movie more than anything he’s ever done.
I Believe in Wrestling on 10/15 at 5 p.m. Eastern at the Dr. Smith Neighborhood Center at www.WWNLive.com will feature Raquel of TNA, appearances by Mister Saint Laurent and Larry Zbyszko, wrestling by Thea Trinidad and the pro wrestling debut of Seth Petruzelli, a former UFC fighter who once headlined CBS against Kimbo.
C.M. Punk was at the New York Comic Con as a moderator in the Marvel Comics panel. He said he had put on 30 pounds since his UFC fight. Sting was also there unadvertised promoting the new WWE Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line. Also there were Ric Flair, Mick Foley, Road Warrior Animal, Jim Duggan, Jimmy Hart, Ted DiBiase and Jerry Lawler among many others. DiBiase has lost some weight according to reports. (thanks to Paul Paster and others)
The debut of the Sabotage promotion on Friday night in Covina, CA featuring two stars from Stardom in Japan: Raze & Shotzi Blackheat b Christi Jaynes & Safari Reign, Delilah Doom b Desi De Rata, Sage Sin over Ray Lyn and Keneisha Moon, Holidead & Thunder Rosa b Mariachi Loco & Lil Cholo to keep the Western States tag titles, Andy Brown & Maritza Janett b Tommy Wilson & Ashley Grace, Diosa Athena b Heather Monroe, Yoko Bito & Kairi Hojo b Kat Von Heez & Kaitlin Diemond, Taya b Thunder Rosa to keep the AAA Reina de Reinas title. (thanks to Scott Bryant)
Alpha 1 Wrestling on 10/23 in Oshawa, ONT at 219 Olive Road.
Braxton Sutter of TNA headlines for Empire State Wrestling on 10/22 in Olean, NY at Good Times of Olean.
Hogtown Pro Wrestling on 11/11 in Toronto at 876 Bloor St. West headlined by Mike Bailey.
Lucha Xtreme TV from yesterday in Fresno: The show now airs at 11 a.m. instead of late Saturday night: Anthony Idol b Chris Nail, Donny Suarez b Shadow James, Homicide b Brandon Groom. Next live show is 10/16 at the Big Fresno Fair at 7 PM. at the Pavilion Stage headlined by Homicide vs. Groom for the championship. (thanks to Jon Southerland)
Mid Missouri Wrestling Alliance from last night in St. Louis: Barackus b Big Jim Hoffarth, Matt Kenway & Jason Roberts b Brandon Espinosa & Ace Hawkins to win tag titles, Everett Connors b J-Ma Swagg, Danny Adams b Brian James to win TV title, Da’Marius Jones b Kevin Lee Davidson, Moondog Rover & Damion Cortese b Jimmy D & BT Daramola, A.J. Williams b Gary Jackson. Lacey & Hollie Von Erich, the daughters of Kerry Von Erich, were there to accept his St. Louis Hall of Fame induction. (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer)
Wrestlemerica from last night in Barnesville, GA before 225 fans: Clang & Bang b Damian Bennett & Stunt Marshall, Jay Romero b Logan Stevens, Iceberg NC Scotty Beach, Iceberg & X-Pac b C.J. Awesome & Scotty Beach, Fry Daddy b David Tita, Tyson Dean b Zane Stevens. They announced Adam Rose on the 11/12 show. (thanks to Kris Zellner)
Kenta Kobashi made a surprise appearance at today’s All Japan show at Korakuen Hall. (thanks to John Carey)
CZW from last night before a larger than expected crowd in Voorhees, NJ. A few guys driving in from Kentucky missed the show because their car broke down. Alexander James b Nathan Cruz, Frankie Pickard b Jimmy Lloyd and Dan O’Hare, Da Hit Squad b Rick Cataldo & Eddy McQueen (they do a drag parody of the Bella Twins as The Fella Twins), Joe Gacy b BLK Jeez, Josh Crane & Dale Patricks b Devon Moore & Conor Claxton, Chris Dickinson & Mike Draztik & Angel Ortiz b Dave Crist & Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz, Joey Janela b Lucky 13, Jonathan Gresham b Homicide to retain CZW title in a great match. Homicide won and was declared new champion but Gresham’s leg was on the ropes and it was restarted and Gresham won after a low blow. Danny Havoc won four-way high stake tangled web match over Ricky Shane Page, Tim Donst and Alex Colon after a superplex through carpet strips a bed of nails and a bared wire spider web. Next show is 11/19 for Night of Infamy with Matt Tremont & Jeff Cannonball vs. Young Dragons, and 12/10 for the annual Cage of Death show. (thanks to Bob Magee)
Mecca Pro Wrestling on 10/22 in Cornwall, ONT at 1950 rue Montreal Rd.
Hoosier Pro Wrestling’s 18th anniversary show on 11/5 in Columbus, IN at the 4-H Fairgrounds.
Here is a story on Short Sleeve Sampson of Syracuse, NY working an indie show in Wichita Falls, TX in front of some of his cousins that he only last month found out about.
A trailer for a Matt Hardy interview is here.
Today in Wrestling History (10/9): Nick Bockwinkel recaptures AWA gold

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More than 800 road bridges in France are at risk of collapsing within a few years, according to a survey carried out for the Transport Ministry that has raised alarm following the Genoa tragedy.

The July report, commissioned by the ministry from two private consultancies, predates the Italian motorway bridge collapse in which four French holidaymakers were killed on Tuesday, but French media have highlighted its findings this week.

It says that about 840 French bridges, a third of those maintained by the state, show evidence of damage that could present “a risk of collapse” if they are not reinforced.

The report also pointed out that bridges in France “are only repaired, on average, 22 years after the appearance of the first deterioration”.

Pressure is mounting on the government to specify which bridges are affected, but no list has so far been made public.

The Transport Ministry is playing down the danger. An official told France Info radio that there was no cause for panic. “When bridges are described as being in ‘poor or very poor condition’, you have to take into account that we are talking about fragility over the long term. No structures will be open to the public if they are not completely safe. If there is the slightest risk, action will be taken immediately.”

But a French engineer who worked with Norman Foster, the British architect, on the design of the “Millau Viaduct”, a four-lane motorway bridge across the Tarn river valley in southern France, was less reassuring.

Michel Virlogeux told France 3 TV: “Money and skilled engineers are needed [to maintain infrastructure]. But I think there are fewer human resources than we had 20 years ago.”

The Transport Ministry says it has increased funding allocated for repairs by nearly 15 per cent to about £600,000 this year. “We wish to make further large increases,” said Elisabeth Borne, the minister. “This decision will be discussed and debated in parliament in the autumn.”

Dominique Bussereau, who served as a junior transport minister under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, said far too little had been spent on maintaining infrastructure in recent years. “We’ve been spending €700 million a year but it should be €1.3 billion.”

1940

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Orville Brown beat Jim Wright 2 falls to 0
– Steve Brody beat Ray Schwartz 2 out of 3 falls
– Jack Hader beat Jim Parker

1958

St. Joseph, Missouri:
– Bob Geigel defeated Bob Ellis in a tournament final to win Central States Title

1973

Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Red Bastien by countout
– Jimmy Valiant beat Bull Bullinski
– Bob Ellis beat Larry Heiniemi
– Superstar Billy Graham no contest Wilbur Snyder
– Pepper Gomez beat Ric Flair

1974

Jacksonville, Florida:
– Canadian Death Match: Jos LeDuc defeated Pak Song
– Florida Tag Titles: Dick Slater & Professor Toru Tanaka defeated Mike Graham & Dusty Rhodes
– Jerry Brisco defeated “Cowboy” Bill Watts by DQ
– Mongolian Stomper defeated Vic Rossitani
– Bob Armstrong & Tony Charles defeated Hollywood Blondes
– Bob Backlund defeated Gil Hayes
– Tony Parisi defeated Gene Lewis
– Frank Hester drew Beautiful Bruce

1979

Nagoya, Japan:
– Giant Baba defeated Harley Race to win the NWA World Heavyweight Wrestling Title (title switch was not planned in advance by the NWA)

1981

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Bodyslam challenge: Hulk Hogan beat Jerry Blackwell
– Andre the Giant won the 15-Man Battle royal for $50,000
– Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Heenan
– Greg Gagne no contest Sheik Adnan
– Tito Santana beat Bobby Duncum by DQ
– Laurent Soucie beat Jacques Goulet
– Buck Zumhofe beat Dizzy Ed Boulder (Brutus Beefcake)

1982

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– John Bonello fought Keith Larson to a 15 minutes a time limit draw
– The Destroyer defeated Mike Davis
– Leo Burke defeated Johnny Weaver by disqualification
– Leroy Brown defeated King Parsons
– Salvatore Bellomo defeated Swede Hanson
– Rudy and Terry Kay defeated Bill White and Private Nelson
– Jimmy Valiant defeated Ivan Koloff in a Siberian salt miner’s glove match
– Buddy Rose defeated WWF Champion Bob Backlund by countout

1983

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Bobby Eaton, Bobby Fulton, The Jaguar, & James Daniels beat Carl Fergie, Lucifer, The Russian Invader, & Jim Cornette
– The Russian Invader beat Tom Prichard
– NWA Women’s Champ the Fabulous Moolah beat Judy Martin
– AWA Southern Tag Champs Dream Machine & Porkchop Cash beat Tommy Rogers & Koko Ware
– Dennis Condrey, Norvell Austin, & Buddy Landel beat The Rock-n-Roll Express & Ricky Gibson
– The Assassins beat Robert Reed & Ken Raper to win the CWA Tag Team championship
– CWA Tag Team Champs The Assassins vs. The Fabulous Ones resulted in a no contest, leading to the belts being held up
– Jerry Lawler & Austin Idol & Dutch Mantell beat The Moondogs (Rex & Spot) & Man Mountain Link

– Johnny Mantell defeated Jimmy Garvin for the WCCW TV title

1984

Fort Lauderdale, Florida:
– The Saint fought Mark Youngblood to a draw
– Jay Youngblood defeated Cocoa Samoa
– Krusher Kruschev & Jim Neidhart & the Saint defeated the One Man Gang & Larry Hamilton & Pez Whatley
– Mike Graham & Superstar Billy Graham defeated Kevin Sullivan & Purple Haze
– Jesse Barr defeated Scott McGhee
– Dory Funk Jr. defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair by DQ

1985

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Brad Batten and Bart Batten defeated Akio Sato and Sheik Abdullah by disqualification
– Edcar Thomas defeated Ricky Starr
– Brett Sawyer vs. Gary Royal ended without a winner as a time limit draw
– Jerry Blackwell defeated an unknown competitor
– Bulldog Bob Brown vs. Marty Jannetty ended without a winner as a double disqualification
– Harley Race defeated The Barbarian (John Nord)

1987

Sheboygan, Wisconsin:
– DJ Peterson won a Street Fight Battle royal
– Jerry Blackwell & Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Tag Team Champions Original Midnight Express by DQ
– AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Tommy Rich
– Adrian Adonis beat Mitch Snow
– D.J. Peterson beat Mr. Magnificent Kevin Kelly
– Dick Slater beat Alan West

1998

Tokyo, Japan:
– Mitsuharu Misawa defeated Kenta Kobashi for the All Japan Triple Crown

2000

Rochester, New York:
– Ivory defeated champion Lita, Trish Stratus and Jacqueline for the WWF Women’s Title

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