Anthem Sports & Entertainment officially announced that they have entered in a definitive agreement to acquire the majority control of TNA, forming Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC. Ed Nordholm will serve as president of Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions. “We are thrilled to have acquired TNA IMPACT Wrestling,” said Ed Nordholm, Executive Vice...
The first Raw of 2017 drew an average of 3,046,000 viewers, up 191,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. It’s also the best number in a month for Raw. Hour one started with 3,042,000 viewers and then had a rare increase in the second hour to 3,159,000 viewers, before dipping to 2,939,000 for the final hour with the return...
After receiving a one year ban and a $250,000 fine by the Nevada Athletic Commission last month, former WWE and UFC champion Brock Lesnar was also suspended for a year by USADA, the UFC anti-doping partner. The announcement was made by USADA in a press release. Lesnar, who won his UFC 200 fight against Mark Hunt, tested positive twice. He failed...
Former WWE announcer Todd Grisham has been hired by the UFC and will make his debut on the UFC Fight Night broadcast on January 15 live from Phoenix, Arizona. Grisham had a 7-year career with WWE, starting with the company in 2004 doing commentary for Heat and Experience. He hosted the web show Byte This! as well as Bottom Line, before he became...
After a one week absence, Total Divas returns on E! tonight starting at the new time slot of 8PM EST with episode seven of season six titled A Win-Wine Situation. The synopsis for the episode reads, “Paige attempts to hide a serious neck injury and blows up at Eva when she suspects she outed her. Nikki wants to start a winery and is offended...
Judge Kelly L. Banach yesterday dismissed all charges against former WWE Superstar Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka in the 34-year homicide case involving Nancy Argentino, his mistress at the time who was found dead in a hotel. Snuka’s attorney, Robert Kirwan, had been pushing for the judge to dismiss the case based on Snuka’s poor health. Snuka is...
A WWE fan who goes by the name of Tye Dye Guy got moved from his front row seat at Raw last night in Tampa because he resembled Hulk Hogan. The self-proclaimed WWE super fan wrote on Twitter, “For all you fans that saw me get moved halfway through the show it’s because @wwe officials thought I looked too much like @HulkHogan.” WWE...
Five more WWE Superstars have signed up to enter the 30-men over-the-top-rope Royal Rumble match on January 29, sending the total number to seven so far. Joining Goldberg and Brock Lesnar will be Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods of The New Day, as well as Chris Jericho and Braun Strowman. Kofi, for the past several years, managed to came up...
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer is carrying a story that originally appeared in the Austrian tabloid website Krone.at about Alberto El Patron and his brother Guillermo getting arrested over the weekend after a show on Friday night in the country. The two brothers got into a fight with a local guy who ended up hospitalized due to the...
The Raw Women’s title match for the Royal Rumble was set last night on Raw with current champion Charlotte defending the gold against number one contender Bayley. Bayley won the right to face Charlotte after she defeated Nia Jax on the show thanks to some interference from fellow Four Horsewomen member Sasha Banks. The white belt has...
Former WWE Divas champion Paige was photographed entering the Amalie Arena in Tampa and was backstage at Raw however it looks like she has already departed. Paige was accompanied by Del Rio. The young Brit has been in a fair share of trouble with her employer lately, failing a WWE Wellness Program test twice and her relationship with the man...
A new show on the WWE Network will debut tonight following Monday Night Raw hosted by ESPN radio host Peter Rosenberg. The show is titled Bring it to the Table and will see Rosenberg being joined by Paul Heyman and John “Bradshaw” Layfield to debate controversial WWE topics. It’s scheduled to start at 11:08PM EST with a 30-minute running...
The first Raw of 2017 will start with a bang as former World Heavyweight champion Bill Goldberg will be appearing on the show to continue the build-up to the Royal Rumble. Goldberg was the first man to throw his name in the 30-men over-the-top-rope Rumble match the day after the Survivor Series. After Goldberg announced his intentions to step in...
New Orleans is getting the biggest pay-per-view of the year again as WWE has selected the city to host WrestleMania 34 next year. The news was broken by ProWrestlingSheet.com and later confirmed by other sources. The last time WWE held WrestleMania in New Orleans was three years ago, where Daniel Bryan won the WWE World Heavyweight title. That...
Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker are being advertised to appear on the January 9 Monday Night Raw in New Orleans, Louisiana. WWE.COM also added their graphics on the event page. Shawn Michaels had been rumored to be part of the Royal Rumble for quite some time now since the show is happening in his home town of San Antonio, Texas. AJ Styles...
NBCUniversal has extended its talks with Charter Spectrum, averting a blackout of their channels for Charter Spectrum cable subscribers which was supposed to start today. The blackout, which would have effected millions of homes, would have meant that USA Network, which carries all WWE programming, would not be available for those subscribers. WWE...
TNA Impact, now airing on POP TV, drew an average of 311,000 viewers for the year 2016, down from the 327,000 average of 2015. The show lost the majority of its audience compared to 2014 and 2013, where the average was 1.15 million and 1.26 million respectively. Jumping to different networks and different days did not help TNA much. Ever since...
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has two of his movies in the top 20 movies of 2016, one sitting in #12 and one in #19. Disney’s animated adventure Moana, which is still in theaters nationwide, is in 12th place with a total of $199,059,039 in domestic box office revenues. It also has a total of $152,388,904 in international box office revenues...
The final Impact of 2016, titled A Hardy New Year…and a Hardy New Year, drew 224,000 viewers, up from last week’s 209,000 number. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
With no more televised matches set for 2016, WWE.COM listed the top 25 matches of the year and the big winner was NXT as the brand topped the first two places followed by a women’s match. The Revival vs DIY, the 2-out-of-3 falls match for the NXT Tag Team titles at NXT Takeover: Toronto took the big honor as the best match of the year in WWE...
