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Monday’s live edition of WWE RAW, featuring Braun Strowman defeating Drew McIntyre in the main event, drew an average of 1.774 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Showbuzz Daily. This is down 7% from last week’s 1.907 million viewers. For this week’s show, the first hour drew 1.775 million viewers (last week’s hour […]
In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, former WWE composer Jim Johnston was asked about whether he saw himself ever be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. For Johnson, it feels like that ship has sailed. “I think if they haven’t already, they’re not going to,” Johnston said. “It’s one of those pesky things […]
WWE has announced that they have signed Samantha Irvin to work as a new ring announcer. Irvin made her debut on last week’s WWE 205 Live episode. It looks like she may be working some WWE NXT shows as well. Also known as Samantha Johnson, the new WWE ring announcer was a semi-finalist on America’s […]
It looks like Daniel Bryan will still be able to go to the WWE RAW brand, or even the WWE NXT brand, if he loses the Career vs. Title match to WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns on Friday’s SmackDown. As noted, Bryan vs. Reigns has been announced as Friday’s SmackDown on FOX main event. Per […]
On today’s episode of The Wrestling Inc. Daily, Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman sat down with Wrestlenomics business analyst Brandon Thurston. The NHL have announced seven-year media rights deal with Turner Sports. The agreement will see regular season, Stanley Cup and Stanley Cup Final games televised on TNT and TBS starting next season and running […]
The second “Biography: WWE Legends” documentary on A&E, focusing on WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper, drew 880,000 viewers on Sunday night at 8pm ET, according to Showbuzz Daily. The two-hour doc drew a 0.27 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, ranked #11 for the night on the Cable Top 150. This is down from […]
Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman is back to host the latest episode of The Wrestling Inc. Daily podcast! The Wrestling Inc Daily is released Monday-Friday afternoon on all major podcast platforms. Click HERE to subscribe on iTunes. Today’s episode features: Second City Chicago’s EJ Cameron joining Nick to talk all the pro wrestling news […]
Former WWE Superstar Chelsea Green has filed to trademark the “50 Shades of Green” name. The filing was submitted on April 21. The following use descriptions were included with the USPTO (United States Patent & Trademark Office) filing: “IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: Hats; Leggings; Shirts; Socks; Bandanas; Sweatshirts; Hooded sweatshirts” “IC […]
Veteran WWE talent Bruno Lauer (Harvey Wippleman, Downtown Bruno) is running for office. Lauer sent word that he is running for the Board of Aldermen in Walls, Mississippi, which is in DeSoto County, near Memphis, Tennessee. Lauer grew up in Walls. Absentee voting for the June 8 General Election for Mayor and Board of Aldermen […]
A hot topic backstage at this week’s WWE RAW was how the UFC had a packed house over the weekend. UFC 261 was held this past Saturday at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, and one of the biggest take-aways from the night was the promotion hosting their biggest crowd since the COVID-19 […]