coronavirus Archives

Val Venis has abandoned Twitter after the service claimed the Right to Censor, taking refuge on Gab to spread anti-masker conspiracies.

Nyla Rose isn't the only person in wrestling for whom the coronavirus has messed up plans lately WWE Champion Drew McIntyre is out o action with the virus just a few weeks away from a planned title match with Goldberg at the Royal Rumble, and unnamed stars across multiple companies, including several others in WWE,[...]

I'm here to talk to you about marijuana, amigos! That's right, El Presidente is always down with getting baked, my friends! And now, you can get protected from COVID-19 at the same time! Washington DC based marijunana advocacy group DC Marijuana Justice has a novel plan to get people to to take a coronavirus vaccine: they're giving[...]

Alison Brown, who was the retail and front of house manager at London's Cartoon Museum since 2006 has died, after catching the coronavirus She had been in hospital with a stomach infection last month and had been recuperating in a hospital ward Diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday the 9th of January, on Sunday she was[...]

Triple H will be on WWE Raw tonight to replace Drew McIntyre, who will cut a promo (remotely) about his positive COVID-19 test tonight.

It's unknown how McIntyre contracted the coronavirus, but it may have been from fighting the virus in hand-to-hand combat for WWE's 2021 Happy New Years ad. It's unknown where Drew McIntyre contracted COVID-19, but WWE should have probably never let him in the ring with this guy. WWE has had a difficult relationship with the coronavirus pandemic[...]

Joe Glass, former Bleeding Cool reporter and comic book creator/publisher, may be the first person in comics to get vaccinated against the coronavirus He's the creator of the comic book The Pride, available on ComiXology Originals and about to be published in print from Dark Horse Comics, but he also has a second life[...]

It's a new year." When a fan thanked Nash for being outspoken in favor of coronavirus safety, against injustice, and against fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump, Nash replied, "Thank you But I don't see this going away Snow storms halt vaccine distribution, our rail system is pretty snow efficient." When another fan hoped for Nash[...]

One reason for this that hasn't been mentioned much is that in a number of prominent cases, this has been down to the artist or artists in question catching coronavirus and being all but knocked out by it This has been especially common, so I am told, among publishers who rely on South American artistic[...]

Appearing on New Year's Eve on Jools's Annual Hootenany on BBC2, Tom Jones told Jools Holland that he has already had the coronavirus vaccine, After all, he is eighty Apparently, it's one of the perks. Jools' Annual Hootenanny is a TV show presented by musician and broadcaster Jools Holland on New Year's Eve as an end-of-year special[...]

Two different views on 2021 from two very different comic book store owners - Chuck Rozanski/Bettie Pages, President of one of the biggest comic book mail

Four wrestlers are off the ROH Final Battle PPV due to pre-travel testing, the company announced Friday in a press release.

We can't answer all of those claims, but we can aim to be more fair and balanced in our coverage of wrestler's tweets by showcasing more tweets from the batshit-crazy right, like wrestler turned cannibis budtender Val Venis, who recently took to Twitter to advance his campaign to prove the coronavirus pandemic is a plot carried[...]

But Venis's disagreement with Meltzer is nothing compared to claims that COVID-19 is a conspiracy by banking cartels to spread communism, demands that the governor of California be arrested for coronavirus protection measures, and a call to overthrow the government of Canada, all things that have happened in the past 48 hours on Venis's Twitter[...]

Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista took aim at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this week after McConnell said he won't consider a coronavirus relief bill until President-Elect Joe Biden takes office in January McConnell's stance is despite attempts to put together a bi-partisan relief package supported by both Democrats and the Trump administration[...]

The release schedule for Christmas Day at movie theaters looks extremely solid and it could not be happening at a worst time.

WWE star Nia Jax plans to look to God to protect her from coronavirus instead of a vaccine, according to a recent Instagram story Captured by WrestlingNews.co, in the Instagram post, Jax wrote, "The Covid Vaccine is 90% effective after 8 months of development when the flu vaccine is 40% effective after 70 years of[...]

Former WWE star "The Big Guy" Ryback lashed out at Nevada governor Steve Sisolak after Sisolak advocated for staying at home to prevent coronavirus spread Instead of fearmongering about the coronavirus, Ryback urged the media to promote healthy eating habits and supplements and engaged in whataboutism about auto accidents and other non-COVID deaths. Screencap from "It's[...]

In news that will surely come as a shock to the various coronavirus truthers that populate the WWE performance center including coach The Road Dogg and multiple NXT wrestlers, a new outbreak of COVID-19 could impact tonight's NXT Halloween Havoc According to Dave Meltzer at F4WOnline, the outbreak happened on Friday and several people were[...]

Oh, you didn't know WWE coach The Road Dogg was a COVID truther?! Your ass better caaall somebody! (Like an ambulance for when you get sick.)

NotComics: Earlier this week, the political blog I cartoon for, Guido Fawkes, leaked the following letter from James Mellor, News Editor of British Sunday

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported that legendary comics retailer Buddy Saunders of MyComicShop in Texas revealed a little of what went down between DC

Unsurprising to anyone who has followed WWE's months-long bungling of the coronavirus pandemic, even in Florida, a state that has itself led the world in bungling of the pandemic, WWE facilities in the state are apparently being investigated as potential "hotspots," locations from which the virus may be spreading throughout the community. A news report from[...]

At times like this the world turns to the wisest of souls for their counsel of the matter of the day, the infection and hospitalisation of President Trump, hospitalised after being infected by the coronavirus Comic creators on social media. Screencap from Spitting Image: President Trump's Coronavirus Infection Tom Brevoort "I hate even having to think about[...]

With the shocking news breaking last night that President Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus, a satisfying ending to the past four years rivaled only by the Ark of the Covenant melting the Nazis at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the world waits with bated breath to learn what the most[...]

The latest wave of infections come despite both companies having testing policies to attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus amongst staff and talent The outbreak doesn't appear at this time to be as extensive as one that struck WWE earlier this year before the company had a real testing policy, which affected nearly forty[...]

WCW star Disco Inferno once needed a diagram to apply his own finishing move, the figure four leglock, so it's no surprise that, after all this time, Disco still hasn't figured out why mask-wearing can help prevent the spread of coronavirus Disco took to Twitter to question the effectiveness of mask-wearing, which is recommended by[...]

He has also just tested positive for the coronavirus The store posted to Facebook; Joe Field Closes Flying Colors Comic Shop (For Now) After COVID Test I hate to give you all this report, but I have tested positive for COVID So for the next week or so, Flying Colors will not be open for business[...]

As a film critic now that new movies are coming out in theaters I am wondering whether I can morally recommend going to theaters during a pandemic.

AEW announced plans to open up Daily's Place for fans, with tickets for next week's Dynamite on sale tomorrow starting at $30.