Month: April 2021

Friday’s SmackDown drew an average of 1.997 million viewers in the overnight ratings, according to Showbuzz Daily. Hour one drew 2.001 million viewers, then hour two went down to 1.992 million viewers. SmackDown also drew an average of 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic, which was tied for #2 for the night. The top spot […]

In an appearance on The Shining Wizards Podcast, Mike Bennett talked about his recent return to Ring of Honor. The former WWE star signed a full time deal with the promotion this past week, and said that he is really happy with the current state of the ROH product. “It’s really cool for me because […]

The NJPW New Japan Cup USA tournament continued on last night’s episode of Strong. Brody King defeated Lio Rush via pinfall to advance to the finals. Tom Lawlor beat Hikuleo via pinfall to also move forward in the tournament. This year’s winner will receive the new NJPW Never Strong Openweight Championship. Last year’s victor, KENTA, […]

WWE is reportedly ready to let Pat McAfee be himself on the air while he calls SmackDown on FOX with Michael Cole each week. As noted, McAfee made his SmackDown commentary debut last night for the post-WrestleMania 37 episode. Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated reports that this platform is an opportunity McAfee has wanted for […]

New WWE photographer Heather McLaughlin apparently made history at WrestleMania 37 by becoming the first female to shoot The Grandest Stage of Them All at ringside for the company. WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon took to Twitter and congratulated McLaughlin this week. She wrote, “This past weekend Heather McLaughlin made history as the first […]

MLW star Calvin Tankman was on a recent episode of The Wrestling Inc. Daily. During the interview, Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman brought up MLW World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu’s recent comments in which the CONTRA Unit member praised Tankman for moving inside the ring like a cruiserweight despite weighing over 300 lbs. “It means […]