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Jesse Ventura teases future involvement with WWE after signing Legends deal

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura has teased that there are more things to come for him in professional wrestling after signing a WWE Legends deal.

Speaking on camera, he said that he feels very good about the deal, coming back to WWE as part of their Legends program.

“You know, I’m 73 years old now and my life has now gone full-circle,” Ventura said. “I got my first fame and fortune in the wrestling industry. I went on to do many, many other things above and beyond wrestling, or outside of wrestling, after I left it.”

He continued, “And now maybe it’s only right that I come back to wrestling in the twilight of my life and finish off with what I always was.”

Ventura then added that after all these years, he never go his shot at Hulk Hogan.

“I’ll just say this, there’s even more bigger and better stuff waiting to happen. Because I’ll finish like this, let’s remember one thing, I never did get my shot at Hogan, did I?”

Britt Baker recovering from strep throat, sends a message to all the “weirdos”

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Colin Vassallo
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Former AEW Women’s champion Britt Baker posted a video on social media, barely able to speak, but saying that she’s feeling better than she sounds after getting sick with a strep throat.

Baker was supposed to wrestle Willow Nightingale on the Tuesday episode of Dynamite but due to her illness, the match was changed to a four-way, which Nightingale still won.

Stuck in Orlando with not much supplies due to the hurricane, she mentioned that she was given antibiotics and IV to help her recover and now feels better even though her voice is still gone.

There were also rumors online that she was not really sick and Baker addressed those people.

“Thank you to everybody who checked in, and to all the weirdos with your f*cking conspiracy theories, like, f*ck off. You’re weird!” she said, while giving the finger to the camera.

Rhea Ripley agrees to new long-term WWE deal

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Colin Vassallo
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PWInsider.com is reporting that WWE and Rhea Ripley have a greed a new, long-term contract which is believed to be a five-year deal.

The site also says that Ripley is getting a “considerable raise” compared to her current deal, certainly reflecting her star power and current standing among her peers.

Ripley has been working with WWE since 2017 and has won every single women’s title there is.

The Aussie’s popularity has skyrocketed ever since she joined The Judgment Day and although she’s no longer part of the faction now, she remains one of the top women in the industry.

WWE entries on Netflix popping up in different regions

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE entries on Netflix have started popping up in several regions around the world.

Entries for Raw, Smackdown, and NXT with their respective graphics and “remind me” buttons were added this week.

Netflix regions such as Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico, and many others are showing the WWE broadcasts with their premiere date, which starts with Smackdown on Friday, January 3, 2025.

These countries, and the majority of the rest of the world, will also get all the WWE premium live events as well along with content from the WWE Network.

Dynamite rating for 10/08/2024

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Colin Vassallo
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Airing at 9PM on a Tuesday away from its usual time slot, Dynamite Title Tuesday drew record low ratings for the company, getting only 329,000 viewers, down 351,000 viewers from the previous week. The show had a 0.10 rating in 18-49, down 0.10 from last week and also a record low. It was #16 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

Swerve Strickland talks “next evolution” of himself at WrestleDream

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Colin Vassallo
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Appearing on the No-Contest Wrestling podcast, former AEW World champion Swerve Strickland said that come WrestleDream, we can expect the “next evolution” of himself.

Strickland said that his return at WrestleDream won’t just be a talking segment, but him conveying new news on himself, his business, and what and who he is now.

“Like, maybe my hair is different. Maybe my look is different. Maybe you’ll just…something is different. You’ll feel something different in the air. And that’s something I always love bringing to the table,” Strickland said while teasing his appearance.

The former champ said that not even AEW President Tony Khan knows what to expect but he knows that whatever is needed from him, he’ll deliver.

“That’s kind of the imprint I have on the show right now, and I love it. I love it. I worked really hard to gain that,” Strickland continued. “And I was patient too. I took a long time, I was patient. I didn’t rush into it.”

Swerve has not been seen on AEW television since his devastating loss to Hangman Page at the All Out pay-per-view last month in an unsanctioned cage match that pushed all the hardcore, extreme boundaries of professional wrestling.

Jesse Ventura signs WWE Legends deal

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Colin Vassallo
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Jesse “The Body” Ventura has announced that he has officially signed a WWE Legends contract.

Ventura made the announcement in a post on his Substack titled, “The Body has come home.”

Back in April, Ventura gave hints that he was back on speaking terms with WWE and a month later said that he was offered a WWE Legends contract and it was with his attorneys for review.

Later in July, Ventura attended his first WWE live event in 15 years, showing up to Raw in St. Paul, Minnesota, a state he knows too well after he was a governor for five years between 1998 and 2003.

“Welcome home, Jesse Ventura,” wrote Triple H on X at the time. “Honored to have one of the all-time greats back to #WWERaw tonight.”

Ventura thanked Triple H and the “whole WWE family” in his reply, and told CM Punk that hell froze over…again.

AEW signs TV deal with FOX Sports Mexico

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Colin Vassallo
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With WWE programming exiting FOX Sports Mexico with the Netflix deal, AEW and the broadcaster announced yesterday a new, multi-year TV deal which will bring all of AEW’s programs, including pay-per-views, to FOX Sports Mexico.

Dynamite, Collision, and Rampage will air on the channel while pay-per-views, starting from this weekend’s WrestleDream, will air on FOX Sports Premium.

In addition, a local show titled All Elite Show will air every Monday night recapping the events of the week while also previews the matches that will take place that week.

AEW TV aired on TelevisaUnivision before but it was dropped earlier this year.

NXT rating for 10/08/2024

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Colin Vassallo
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NXT this week on CW drew 874,000 viewers, down 21,000 viewers from last week’s premiere episode. It was the second most-watched episode of NXT so far of 2024. The show had a 0.24 rating in 18-49, down 0.02 from last week. NXT had MLB and the second hour of AEW as competition for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

Raw rating for 10/07/2024

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Colin Vassallo
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The first two-hour Raw since 2012 this week drew 1,545,000 viewers, up slightly by 29,000 viewers compared to the prior week. Comparing the first two hours only to last week, it would be down by 15,000 viewers despite coming off the Bad Blood premium live event.

The first hour of Raw drew 1,571,000 viewers and the second hour followed with 1,520,000 viewers, with once again the highest-rated segment being the CM Punk one with over 1.7 million viewers.

In 18-49, Raw had a 0.47 rating and was 0.01 down from last week. It was #3 on cable behind the NFL and MLB games which drew 15.8 and 3.4 million viewers respectively. (Ratings credit: Wrestlenomics)

Oba Femi’s record-breaking NXT North American title reign comes to an end

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Colin Vassallo
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Oba Femi’s record-breaking 273-day reign as NXT North American champion came to a halt last night on NXT as “The Don” Tony D’Angelo beat the Nigerian star in a fantastic match on the CW.

Femi originally won the title on January 9 after he cashed in his Breakout Tournament contract, beating Dragon Lee. Since then, Femi had successfully retained the title in all his title defenses but last night, the Illinois native D’Angelo managed to win his first singles title in NXT, becoming the 19th different NXT star to win the title.

D’Angelo won the match after he was set up for a powerbomb by Femi but managed to turn it into a sunset flip for the surprise three-count.

NXT reschedules Florida weekend live events due to hurricane as talent stay in St. Louis

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Colin Vassallo
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The non-televised NXT live events which were scheduled for this weekend have been postponed due to Hurricane Milton.

The hurricane is making landfall soon in the state of Florida and just like TNA two weeks ago, the shows had to be rescheduled for a later date.

The October 11 live event which was set to take place at the St. Petersburg Armory in St Petersburg has now been postponed to Friday, December 20. The next day’s show on October 12 from the Engelwood Neighborhood Center in Orlando is now taking place on Saturday, November 2.

All the talent who participated on last night’s NXT on CW also remained in St. Louis and did not travel to their home base in Florida due to the hurricane. PWInsider.com says that some officials, including Matt Bloom, stayed behind to hang out with them. CM Punk was also at the tapings and traveled with the crew on their bus.

Mr. McMahon Netflix series #6 in global chart in second week

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Colin Vassallo
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The Mr. McMahon documentary on Netflix dropped to #6 on the global Netflix chart in its second week, with 3,400,000 viewers and 19,500,000 hours consumed.

In the major markets, the documentary was #4 in the United States, #7 in the United Kingdom, #4 in Canada, #4 in Australia, #9 in India, and #9 in Italy.

Interestingly enough, the series did not crack the top #10 in Japan and Mexico, two countries where professional wrestling and WWE are popular.

Willow Nightingale to get AEW Women’s title shot at WrestleDream

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Colin Vassallo
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Willow Nightingale earned herself an AEW Women’s title shot last night on Dynamite Title Tuesday after she won a four-way number one contenders match.

Nightingale was supposed to take on Britt Baker in a regular one-on-one machine but it was announced that Baker was ill and was not able to make it to the show.

Instead, a four-way match with Nightingale, Saraya, Nyla Rose and Jamie Hayter was booked, a match which the former TBS champion won after she pinned Saraya following a DVD through a table.

While celebrating on the ramp, AEW Women’s champion Mariah May showed up and repeatedly whipped her with the title.

Randy Orton gets praise after mid-air RKO botch by Je’Von Evans

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Colin Vassallo
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The main event match on NXT last night featured Randy Orton taking on Je’Von Evans and the match was trending for all the wrong reasons at first: a botched RKO.

Evans went to hit his finishing move which is a corkscrew splash and Orton was supposed to counter it in mid air with an RKO. Unfortunately, the timing was not there and Evans was short and Orton RKO’d just air.

Orton then stood up and hit a standing RKO on Evans to finish him off.

After the three-count and some posing, Orton helped Evans up to his feet, who apologized for the botch.

“I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry,” Evans said looking straight at Orton.

“It’s alright. You’re the f*cking man,” Orton responded as he held Evans’ hand up.

The post-match received a lot of positive feedback from fans, who appreciated Orton and noted his maturity and his long way from when he called Kofi Kingston “stupid” multiple times for botching a spot back in 2009.

Daniel Garcia staying with AEW

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Colin Vassallo
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In his first appearance since All Out, Daniel Garcia announced on Dynamite last night that he has decided to stay in AEW because that is where the best wrestle.

Garcia lost his match to MJF during last month’s pay-per-view but got the last laugh when he piledrived MJF from the second rope. Rumors were that Garcia had not signed his deal yet so the powers that be were reluctant in giving him the victory.

There were also rumors that WWE were interested in his services and with no deal signed, AEW decided to keep him off television until a decision was made.

Garcia appeared in jeans, white shirt, and a Steve Austin-like vest and promised that everyone will see a new Daniel Garcia, one who does not cry or complain whenever he loses a match, but a Daniel Garcia which AEW builds its future on.

Stephanie Vaquer makes first in-person appearance on NXT

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Colin Vassallo
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Stephanie Vaquer made her first in-person appearance on NXT last night, aligning herself with Giulia in their battle against NXT Women’s champion Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade.

Giulia interrupted Perez and Jade during their in-ring segment, with Jade inviting her to the ring. Giulia, who stayed on the entrance ramp, looked back and Vaquer made her way out. The two sprinted to the ring and beat up Perez and Jade.

With the NXT Women’s title left in the ring, Giulia and Vaquer both picked it up from the mat and stared down the champion.

Vaquer will make her in-ring debut next week when she wrestles Wren Sinclair.

Collision rating for 10/05/2024

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Colin Vassallo
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Collision Saturday night, going against college football, MLB, and the final one hour of WWE’s Bad Blood, drew just 269,000 viewers, down 166,000 viewers from the prior week. The show had a 0.05 rating in 18-49, down 0.08 from the previous show and placed #15 for the night on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

Dynamite: Title Tuesday on TBS tonight

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Colin Vassallo
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It’s Title Tuesday for Dynamite but unfortunately there’s only one title match announced for tonight’s broadcast which comes on at an unusual time of 9PM ET.

Four matches are currently advertised for the show, with Mercedes Mone vs Emi Sakura for both the TBS and NJPW Strong Women’s title, Bryan Danielson and Wheeler Yuta vs Claudio Castagnoli and Pac, Komander vs Hologram, and Britt Baker vs Willow Nightingale with the winner getting an AEW Women’s title shot at WrestleDream this weekend.

Plus, Jay White is back and Hook calls out his dad’s attacker from last week.

Orton, Uso, Belair, Cargill, A-Town Down Under, and Sexxy Red all on NXT tonight

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Colin Vassallo
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For the second – and last – week in a row, NXT will be coming to you on the road this time from Chesterfield, Missouri for a TV show on the CW from a rather unusual location for a wrestling event.

Tonight’s show will be going head-to-head with AEW’s Dynamite: Title Tuesday between 9PM and 10PM so of course, WWE has loaded up the show more than usual.

Headlining the show is WWE Superstar Randy Orton who is coming to wrestle on NXT for the first time against Je’Von Evans. NXT Tag Team champions Nathan Frazer and Axiom defend their titles against Austin Theory and Grayson Waller, and the other match announced so far is a six-woman tag match between Fatal Influence against Jade Cargill, Bianca Belair, and Kelani Jordan.

Plus, Sexxy Red will have a performance, the NXT champion Trick Williams will be in the house, and Intercontinental champion Jey Uso will also make an appearance.

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