As you can probably imagine, the city of Cardiff will be a very busy one tomorrow with over 60,000 wrestling fans descending on the streets for Clash at the Castle.
There will be several road closures tomorrow as city officials prepare for the arrival of the fans, with a full city center road closure in place starting from Noon to Midnight. No cars will be allowed in or out on health and safety grounds to ensure people can safely enter and leave the stadium.
Meanwhile, those using cars to go to the show should note that access to certain roads will be closed from 7AM to ensure vehicles do not park in the road closure area.
Trains will be running a full timetable on Saturday although as you can probably imagine, they will be packed. There is a train station right in front of the stadium so fans can use that for arrival and departure.
For more information on road closures and train schedule, visit VisitCardiff.com and tfw.wales.
Former WWE creative producer Ryan Katz is returning to the company and resuming his work with NXT. Katz, a member of Triple H’s original black and gold team, was released in January of this year after seven years working in NXT helping to build the brand.
Katz confirmed the news himself during the Oh, You Didn’t Know podcast with Road Dogg and as a result of his return, he is also leaving the podcast he co-created with James.
James, who was also recently re-hired to serve as VP of Live Events, said that both of them got released on the same day and now they are returning almost together.
Katz said that he still is not sure what his title will be or what his role will be moving forward but all he knows is that he’s back and was supposed to start today, but that got pushed back for a few.
The 45-year-old former wrestler joined WWE in May 2015 as Creative Producer at the Performance Center.
Multiple insiders reported today that Bobby Fish has finished up with AEW and his contract ran out yesterday.
Fish is one of those whose contract was not renewed by the company and effectively ends the reDRagon team with Kyle O’Reilly.
The former NXT Tag Team title holder arrived in AEW in October of last year and then joined his former Undisputed Era leader Adam Cole. The two were eventually joined by another former UE member, Kyle O’Reilly.
Fish has not been used much lately and the injury to Adam Cole didn’t help things. He has not wrestled since July on an episode of Dark Elevation and last appeared on TV on August 3.
He is one of the many former NXT talent who were signed to AEW after getting cut from WWE in 2021.
WWE and C&W Communications today announced a major broadcast partnership that will see Flow TV – the leading TV service in the region – become the new home of WWE Network across the Caribbean.
The partnership includes all WWE Premium Live Events, kicking off with Clash at the Castle this Saturday, available for customers subscribed to the Flow Sports packages on Flow Sports Extra Channel 4. WWE Network’s full library of original and archived programming will be available to stream on-demand via Flow TV VOD to all CWC Flow TV subscribers.
Additionally, linear channel Flow 1 will continue to broadcast live weekly episodes of Raw, SmackDown and NXT 2.0 to all CWC Flow TV and BTC TV subscribers.
“We are excited to expand our successful partnership with CWC into the future,” said Matt Drew, Senior Vice President, WWE International. “By delivering our Premium Live Events starting with Clash at the Castle, as well as WWE’s massive content library, we believe it will be easier than ever for fans across the region to enjoy everything that WWE has to offer.”
Britta Reinhardt, Chief Commercial Officer, Consumer Markets said, “Flow/BTC is delighted to be the new home of WWE in the region. This partnership is exciting news for our customers and will deliver thousands of hours of premium entertainment content across our markets. WWE has consistently ranked amongst the most watched content by our subscribers and now with additional access to WWE Premium Live events promises to deliver even greater value for our Flow/BTC customers.”
All WWE live programming, Premium Live Events, original shows and archived content will be available through the Flow Sports App, in a dedicated WWE Network section, later this year. Fans will enjoy the very best of WWE alongside Flow Sports content from UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Bundesliga, IPL, West Indies Cricket (away series), International Cricket, Diamond League, and Championship Boxing.
NXT on USA did 676,000 viewers this week, down just 2,000 viewers for the Worlds Collide go-home episode. The show also did a 0.15 in the 18-49 demo, up 0.01 from last week and placed #6 on the chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
If reports end up being true, a familiar face will be returning to WWE this coming Monday on Raw and that familiar face is none other than former Universal champion Braun Strowman.
PWInsider.com is reporting that multiple sources confirmed to them that Strowman is scheduled to be on Raw this coming Monday, a week after rumors started floating around that WWE is contemplating bringing him back.
Strowman, who was on a fat contract with WWE, was surprisingly released in June 2021 and had his last match for the promotion at Backlash in a triple threat match against Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre for the WWE title.
Since leaving WWE, Strowman has started a promotion of his own with EC3 titled Control Your Narrative and did a few indie appearances as well.
AEW finally confirmed the All Out main event last night on Dynamite, with Jon Moxley defending the AEW World title against CM Punk.
Mox signed an open contract, allowing anyone to come in and take him on. Later in the broadcast, CM Punk decided to go for it after friend Ace Steel urged him in front of the Chicago crowd to give it another shot just a week after losing the title in around three minutes.
The pay-per-view also had another addition with Darby Allin, Sting, and Miro teaming up to take on House of Black in a trios match.
The Zero Hour show, which now replaces the Buy-In broadcast, will see PAC defending the All-Atlantic title against Kip Sabian and Hook defending the FTW title against Angelo Parker.
WWE today announced the free-to-attend fan activities at Cardiff Castle with The Undertaker Experience and Smyths Toys Pop-Up.
Smyths Toys Pop-Up will take place at the South Gate of Cardiff Castle. This event will give members of the WWE Universe an opportunity to interact with exclusive WWE activations including: life-size WWE Wrekkin’ Rampage Rig, WWE Mattel action figure display, Funko Pop photo opportunity, 2K22 gaming stations, plus special appearances by WWE Superstars.
Hours of operation will be Friday from 10:30AM to 6:30PM and Saturday from 9AM to 5PM.
The Undertaker Experience will be inside the Undercroft of the Cardiff Castle, showcasing a memorabilia display from The Deadman’s career. Fans will be able to view Undertaker memorabilia, take a photo sitting on The Undertaker’s throne and purchase exclusive merchandise.
Hours of operation are Friday from 10AM to 6PM and Saturday from 9AM to 6PM.
Last Week’s Rating: 1.049,000 overall; 0.34 in 18-49 demo
We comin’ from the south, south, south, south, south, south, south-side of the Chi’.
Hear me out a second if you will. This Punk thing is ALL a big angle, crescendo-ing with Colt helping him win the belt as he turns heel and they fooled us all along. An absolutely loopy idea. But it’s fun to conjecture.
Ehhh-nyway…
It’s Wednesday night, it’s Dynamite. Let’s go.
The strains of Wild Thing welcomed us to the show, along with JR, Taz, Excalibur. The new champ wasn’t booed as much as might have been expected, but there’s still time. Like, as soon as the music stopped. A cluster of ‘Moxley’ chants fought through the ‘CM Punk’ chants.
‘They’re still wipin’ your boy off the mat!’
Moxley said that he tests people, finds out what they’re made of; Punk wanted a way out: ‘owww my foot hurts’. Still a good number of cheers, dueling chants.
Said he was sorry Punk wasn’t what any of us wanted him to be. Mox went out of his way to remind the fans Punk’s from Chicago. Almost as if they’re worried about the reaction.
Mox revealed an open contract for Sunday which he left in the ring.
‘Anybody, anytime, anyplace, I mean it!’ Light MJF chants. Called himself the ‘embodiment of the sport of professional wrestling.’ More cheers. ‘Wrestling Jon Moxley may be bad for your health. Whoever you are… you’ve been warned.’
Almost untouchable on the mic.
JR then called Sunday ‘All In’. Whoops. Just as Ace Steele came out and grabbed the contract.
Jericho backstage with Tony. Said Stu and Owen might appreciate Danielson’s abilities a little more but would ultimately respect Jericho’s accomplishments. Daniel Garcia interrupted, pledging his allegiance to Jericho and giving him a pep talk for Sunday.
Bryan Danielson vs Jake Hager
Backstory: Hager blindsided Danielson last week during a seg. w Jericho, will face latter @ ppv
Jericho and Regal joined on comms. Regal called Excalibur a small pea he’d like to gobble up. Hager came out with Jericho to the latter’s music. Methinks he might lose.
Both circling warily, Danielson aimed kicks at the legs, keeping the big man at bay until he was flung via hiptoss, then snatched up only to lock-in a front chancery, using the momentum to send Hager outside, striking with a tope but caught as he came off the apron and dropped through the table at ringside.
Nasty looking fall, though Hager was very careful to land BD on his back. A suplex on the outside followed, the big man in control as we progressed back into the ring, Hager landing heavy shots to the face, trapping BD in the corner, break time.
Perched up top as we returned, Hager still laying in shots to the grill, Danielson flying with a dropkick as Hager talked with the ref. Crowd hot. Shot to the stomach, Yes! kicks, culminating with a wicked shot to the head for a count of 2.
Hammer and anvil countered by Hager, BD looking for the juijikitami, Hager countering again into ground and pound, then a powerbomb before landing more shots in g&p. Hooking in the Lebell Lock, Danielson looked for the submission but Hager reversed into the ankle lock, Danielson back into the Lebell Lock, crowd begging for a tap, Hager reaching the ropes to loud boos.
Nice sequence of counters.
After ducking a clothesline, Danielson struck with the Busaiku Knee for the victory. Nice to see him win with that for a change. Excellent opener with lots of smooth transition wrestling. A receptive crowd certainly helped.
2.0 hit the ring but the BCC fought them off, Claudio ragdoll-ing Switchblade. After fighting their away to the back, Jericho was left with a cornered Danielson, and a chair. Garcia came down to take it away, distracting Lionheart, allowing Danielson to plant Jericho with another Busaiku Knee.
WINNER: Bryan Danielson
The Wingmen were in the ring as we returned. Did they come back from ads too early? Ryan Nemeth with more promo time in a company where so many talented people can’t get screen time. Ironically, yet another new talent interrupted, W. Morrisey, to almost no reaction. Despite running through all four, the crowd were still pretty non-plussed. Can’t blame them. Stokely Hathaway offered the big guy his card.
Schiavone asked Hathaway about the cards, Stokely got annoyed as a very loud ‘Tony!’ chant broke out. Schiavone much more over than the new act.
Ospreay interview. Don Callis interrupted, kissed Ospreay’s ass before passive aggressively reminding the Brit that last time he faced Kenny in a tag he was pinned via One-Winged Angel.
Toni Storm & Hikaru Shida vs Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter
Backstory: The 4 will compete for the interim Women’s Title @ All Out
Hayter came out to Britt’s music; Shida to Storm’s: guess we know who the real contenders are.
Hayter and Shida kicked things off, the Brit running through the Japanese until Hayter was drilled via a nasty looking headscissors. Quick tags in and out from the faces until Jamie escaped, grabbing a tag as Britt came in, eating a bunch of elbow strikes to the face until the other heels tripped Storm. And you know what that means!
Back from the break, Hayter countered a double-team suplex into one of her own, Britt coming in with a neckbreaker, was rolled up for 2 by Shida but struck back with a thrust kick. After missing a curb stomp, she blasted Shida with an elbow and went for the glove, letting Shida land a dropkick before dropping Hayter off the apron. Allowing Toni to hit Sweet Cheeks Music on Britt, transitioning into a swinging ddt off the apron, rolling Britt back inside where Shida finished her off. Shows what I know!
Good, pacy match from what we saw. Crowd dead as usual for the women.
WINNER: Shida & Storm
Kip Sabian/Pac package, no pun intended. Kip said last week was a masterplan. Pac will be the first to ‘embrace the change’. Seems they’re wrestling for that belt they debuted at the last ppv that we never see. I used to like Kip, and Pac’s awesome but this just doesn’t feel like an angle with anything behind it.
Miro package. Called God a ‘coward’ for making a pact with the devil to take him out. Allin joined, saying the other HOB members didn’t need Malakai as much as he needed them, soon they’ll realize it. Sting joined briefly: ‘enemy of my enemy’ and all that. Effective.
Cult of Personality hit as a reticent, almost embarrassed CM Punk came out, hands in pockets. Discussed his injury in detail, stopping to address a heckler in the crowd. Said he’d come back too early but it wasn’t the first time he’d been ‘beat-up in Cleveland.’
His foot is 100%. But it’s a ‘new 100%’ and he’s not sure it’s good enough anymore. Felt like he’d let the fans down, along with his dog and his little sister in the front row. Seemed like he was giving up until interrupted by Ace Steele. Steele apologized for interrupting the ‘promo’. Sigh.
Steele said Punk had always been an underdog, that they were family and you don’t let family down. He then slapped Punk and insisted he sign the contract as the crowd chanted ‘CM Punk’. Pretty sure there was an F-Bomb in there.
Firing up, Punk said they hadn’t found the guy man enough to beat him, and Moxley wasn’t either. Walking through the crowd, Moxley style, he played to the locals. ‘One pulse’ ran them through. ‘I, We, are Chicago’. He then signed the contract.
This all seemed very rushed, a brief slap making him almost change from one person to a totally different one. Not to mention corny and somewhat desperate in how much it played to the locals.
JR sit-down with Christian and Jungle Boy. As ever, the nice, polite wrestlers agreed to no physicality. The vet reiterated that he’d beat JB even at less than 100%. Jungle Boy said this was the real Christian, to which he agreed. On Sunday Christian’s going to have to ‘fight Jack Perry’. If Jack’s better, why not fight as him all the time?
FTR & Wardlow vs Silas Young, Ren Jones & Vic Capri
Backstory: The faces will face Lethal & the MMG Sunday
Christian was very good here, but the brevity was necessary due to JB’s lack of verbal/acting skills. Still very bland. Again, the insider/’this is real’ stuff totally takes me out of it.
A heavy clothesline from Wardlow led to a crisp snap-suplex from Cash. After laying in heavy chops, Dax tagged both guys in for the Big Rig, then the Powerbomb Symphony.
Hardly worth putting the trunks on.
WINNER: FTR & Wardlow
Straight back from break, Moxley stomped down the ramp with no music. ‘If that’s what your boy wants, that’s what he’ll get.’ ‘If you’ve still got a miracle left in you, you better find it fast.’ Vowed to show the difference between a pretender and a real champion. Seemed like they cut him off with his music.
Still some cheers for Mox. They’ve really gone all out (again, no pun intended) to make sure Punk’s the babyface here.
Dark Order were with Tony: Evil Uno said he’s replacing Vance in the tournament. Andrade interrupted, offering Uno money and a contract if he’d take off the mask and join them. After rejecting the offer, La Faccion beat-up and tasered Uno. Excalibur wondered about Uno’s status going forward.
Wheeler Yuta vs Dante Martin vs Rey Fenix vs Rush
Backstory: All 4 competing in Casino ladder match @ ppv
Sploosh, as Pam might say. This one should be spectacular.
Regal again on comms.
Splitting into pairs, Yuta and Rush with a nice exchange in the ring, Yuta looking for the Octopus but fought off, then blasted with a snap powerslam. Leaving Fenix and Dante in the ring, where the youngster countered out of Gory Special into a Sunset-Flip-Bomb, absolutely amazing. A Hurracanrana from Fenix in response. Both got counts of 2.
Taking to the air, Fenix blasted Rush with a tope con giro in the aisle, Dante following with a tornillo onto all three but met with a headbutt by Rush as he flew back into the ring, the Mexican then flying himself, again taking out all three.
Because you’ve GOT TO GIVE the heel an advantage heading into the ads.
Returning to a release German from the top, Dante collided with Fenix as he landed in a crazy spot. Straightjacket piledriver got Rush a 2. Lots of Rush chants here. Dante then planted Fenix with a sit-out slam for another 2; Fenix responding with a chest-breaker off the shoulder, then nailing Rush with his rebound back-heel kick, sending him to the outside.
With Dante looking for the Nosedive, Yuta intervened, Fenix diving onto Rush outside. Perched up top, Yuta missed as Dante rolled out of the way, leading to Yuta utilizing a beautiful counter from out-to-in off the apron, into a Seatbelt pin as the BCC youngster claimed the victory.
Loooove me a match where you can’t predict the winner. And this was breathless to boot.
WINNER: Wheeler Yuta
Silver & Reynolds backstage with Tony. Reynolds said if they had to take on 3 guys, they would, just as Hangman arrived. Nice response from the Chicago crowd, somewhat surprisingly. Page will join the Dark Order boys Friday in the tournament.
The Elite vs United Empire, Trios Tourn. Semi-final
Backstory: Omega & Ospreay have been ‘feuding’ online for months, the latter’s begun stealing Kenny’s moves & they had a confrontation last week
The crowd seemed to have quieted since the opener, perhaps due to the long spell of interviews/packages. This appeared to wake them up.
During the intro, Justin listed all of Kenny’s accomplishments as compared with Ospreay. I do love Omega’s music, it feels Big Match. The Canadian still had the compression shirt but no shoulder sling.
Ospreay attacked immediately, the two getting in each other’s face. Good god these two are fast. Stiff chops led to Ospreay bulldozing Kenny into the corner as the tag teams came in, the Bucks sending the Aussies to the outside.
Omega hurled more chops but Ospreay put the burners on, following him into the ropes, sending him over the ropes as the Bucks struck Will with a double team but were caught diving onto Aussie Open, allowing Ospreay to land the Sky Twister Press to the outside.
All were brawling; Ospreay backdropped onto the ramp as the ads arrived.
Wild opening sequence. Crowd loving it.
We returned to Mark Davis running through the Bucks with a double clothesline, then dropping both with a double slam, culminating with a double team cutter from the top as Fletcher came in, Kenny making the save at 2.
Matt countered a double-team into a hurracanrana before tagging in Omega to face off with Davis: lightning-quick dropkick to the knee, Kintaro Crusher, Snapdragon suplexes on both Aussies, then countered Ospreay, the Brit returning the favour, landing on his feet out of a Snapdragon in another amazing display of athleticism. He then took flight for a Space Flying Tiger Drop but Kenny wasn’t there when he landed, sneaking behind to finally drill him with a Snapdragon on the outside.
Headed to the top, AO caught Omega, dropping him via delayed superplex for a 2 broken up by Nick Jackson. The Aussies have looked excellent in this. Ospreay ragged the compression shirt off, revealing bandages underneath, immediately targeting said area as the final break beckoned. Boy my fingers need it.
Nick was running through the ‘best comeback’ as we returned. This is crazy.
Headed topside, a 450 was met by Ospreay’s knees as he drilled Nick with a Snapdragon and did Omegas ‘bang’ pose. Bringing in Kenny, who ducked an enziguri, Ospreay flipping out of a backbreaker into Liger Bomb for 2. United Empire set Nick up for the raised triple-team Oscutter but Nick countered out into a cutter of his own. Omega hit a pop-up pbomb, Superkick Party from the Bucks, Davis broke it up, just.
After an escalera from Nick, Ospreay hit an Oscutter as he attempted the Meltzer Driver, coming in from off camera, taking to the top, 450 package-piledriver for 2.9999999999 as the crowd gasped. Kenny came in with a knee strike, another Superkick Party, Fletcher wobbling to his feet, Elite Superkick Party from all 3.
Omega set-up for the V-Trigger on Fletcher but Ospreay blasted Omega with a V- Trigger of his own. The Bucks, Nick in particular, helped Kenny hit an Indytaker, then a V-Trigger which the camera showed going nowhere near Fletcher’s face, One-Winged Angel, 1, 2, 3.
Kenny fell to one knee after the match, Ospreay looked disconsolate as he sat on the ramp, collecting himself.
I need a drink after recapping that.
If you don’t like the Bucks/Kenny and lack of selling etc. bugs you, you probably wont like this, but you’d still have to appreciate the speed and athleticism on display here. Absolutely incredible.
WINNER: The Elite
Next Rampage:
– Dark Order & Hangman vs Best Friends, Trios Semi-Final – QT vs Ricky Starks – Tay Melo & Sammy Guevara vs Ortiz & Ruby Soho (no, you’re not reading last week’s review)
Next Dynamite:
– Wheeler Yuta vs Daniel Garcia, ROH Pure Title
Added to All Out:
– Casino Ladder Match participants: Claudio Castagnoli, Andrade El Idolo, Rush, Dante Martin, Rey Fenix, Penta, Wheeler Yuta & a ‘Joker’ (aka MJF) (‘Follow that!’ as Shawn Michaels used to say) – CM Punk vs Jon Moxley, AEW World Title – PRESHOW – Eddie Kingston vs Tomohiro Ishii, Hook vs Angelo Parker, Pac vs Kip for the All-Atlantic Title
Overall impressions
A familiar story of late. Excellent tentpoles with nothing much in the middle. Moxley was great but the Punk segment was lame. Perhaps I’m alone in that but I like slow-building progression in my stories, not ‘I’m sad… wait, no I’m not because someone slapped me’.
At least it plays into last week’s finish but I had higher hopes for what they’d do here. It also didn’t seem like the crowd were as into Punk as they’ve been previously. But maybe it was just a smaller audience.
They also crammed a ton of stuff in, meaning not much of it had any impact.
Long story short: watch the wrestling, skip the promos and packages.
Check Out…
• Danielson vs Hager • Elite vs United Empire
Thanks for reading. Won’t be with you Friday so enjoy the ppv if you’re indulging.
All Out week kicks off tonight with AEW Dynamite live from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the first of three live events from the arena over the next couple of days.
Three matches have so far been announced, including Jake Hager vs Bryan Danielson with Chris Jericho on commentary, Toni Storm teams up with Hikaru Shida to take on Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter, and the AEW Trios tournament continues with Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks vs Will Ospreay and Aussie Open.
Plus, with no official main event announced for All Out so far, AEW World champion Jon Moxley will be addressing the crowd.
Appearing on Busted Open Radio as he does every week, AEW President Tony Khan said that the AEW roster will be the “strongest” and “best” it has ever been after All Out.
Khan described the string of injuries that affected several of his top stars as the biggest “star-studded injury list” in the history of professional wrestling, with the likes of Bryan Danielson, Kenny Omega, Adam Cole, and CM Punk to name a few all sidelined at the same time.
He refrained from expanding on what he meant by strongest and best and urged fans to watch All Out this Sunday to see what he means by that.
With no main event announced yet, Khan also said that tonight’s Dynamite will shed more light on the card and promised fans that once complete, this All Out card will be amazing.
The Undertaker will be holding his 1deadMAN SHOW in Philadelphia during Extreme Rules weekend.
Set for Friday, October 7 from The Theatre of Living Arts on South Street, the show will kick off at 10PM with tickets starting from $102 and going up to $352 for VIP tickets with meet & greet included.
Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, September 6 at livenation.com.
This will be the fourth 1deadMAN SHOW following the inaugural one during SummerSlam week in Nashville and then the upcoming two in Cardiff this weekend.
AEW has moved to the suburbs of Chicago for the rest of the week as the company prepares for a busy few days culminating with All Out on Sunday night.
The fun starts tonight with Dynamite live from the NOW Arena. Tickets are available from starting from just $30 from Ticketmaster.com.
Tomorrow, there will be the AEW community charity softball game held at the Parkway Sports Complex in Rosemont. The game will benefit My Block My Hood My City, a non-profit organization empower and inspire the youth of Chicago. Prior to the game, there will be meet & greets with AEW stars participating in the game. Tickets start from $30 for individuals or $80 for a four-ticket family pack and they are available at Eventbrite.com.
Friday it’s Rampage from the NOW Arena with tapings starting at 7PM CT. Tickets for Rampage remain available at Ticketmaster.com starting from $30.
Then on Saturday, there will be the All Out Fan Fest at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Exploration Hall. The party starts at 10AM and will run till 6PM with live stage shows, paid and free meet & greets, merchandise for sale, and much more. Tickets are available through Eventbrite.com for $60.
And Sunday it’s the big one, All Out live on pay-per-view also from the NOW Arena. Tickets remain for All Out starting from $80 all the way to $1,554 on Ticketmaster.com.
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Impact Wrestling announced that one of its stars, Joe Doering, will be taking a step back from wrestling to concentrate on his health after he informed management that his brain cancer has returned.
Doering, 40, had brain cancer six years ago, and will be undergoing surgery to hopefully eliminate it again. He had already undergone surgery, chemo, and radiation for his first bout with cancer and it took him a year to get back in ring shape.
“They told me in 2016 that I would never wrestle again, and I proved them wrong. Guess I’m going to have to do it again,” Doering said. “I try to not get too sad or emotional about it. Staying positive really helped me the first time, and that’s what I’ll do again.”
Scott D’Amore, Impact Wrestling Executive Vice President, said, “I know our fans and the wider wrestling community will join everyone at Impact in keeping Joe and his wife Lindsay in their thoughts and prayers. Joe loves pro wrestling and we all look forward to him returning to action when he’s ready.”
Monday Night Raw continued its impressive run of ratings since the departure of Vince McMahon and this week drew 2,107,000 viewers, up 102,000 viewers from last week and the third most-watched show of 2022 so far.
Raw started with 2,163,000 viewers, then increased to 2,222,000 viewers in the second hour, but dropped to 1,937,000 viewers in the third hour.
Raw was #1, #2, and #3 in the top 50 cable chart in 18-49 demo with 0.64, 0.59, and 0.54 ratings respectively for a 0.59 average, up 0.04 from last week. Raw was #2 in all of television including network behind The Bachelorette. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Several WWE Superstars appeared on NXT on USA Network last night to promote this Sunday’s Worlds Collide show, giving pep talks to others who will be part of the show and in some cases, even challenging for titles.
Former NXT champions Finn Balor and Tommaso Ciampa, former NXT UK champions Gunther and Butch, former NXT Women’s champion Shayna Baszler, former NXT UK Women’s champion Rhea Ripley, former NXT North American champion Ricochet, along with brand alumni Nikki A.S.H. and Doudrop all appeared on the show in backstage segments or in front of fans.
Their appearances gave NXT Worlds Collide that big show feel as each talked about the importance on winning for their respective brand, or in some cases, continent.
Meanwhile, Ricochet will be on the card as he challenges Carmelo Hayes for the North American title and Nikki and Doudrop will go for the NXT Women’s Tag Team titles against Kayden Carter and Katana Chance.
Week eight of WWE on A&E had the Biography of Rey Mysterio, Rivals featured Rey vs Eddie Guerrero, and Smack Talk rounded up the night.
Biography: Rey Mysterio drew 444,000 viewers, down 9,000 viewers from the previous episode featuring Edge. It did a 0.12 in the 18-49 demo, up 0.01 from last week and placed #33 on the cart.
Rivals with Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero had 316,000 viewers, up 12,000 viewers from the Edge vs Cena episode. It did a 0.09 rating in 18-49, up 0.01 and was #54 on the chart.
Smack Talk at 11PM did 179,000 viewers, up 35,000 viewers from the prior episode and a 0.05 rating in 18-49, up 0.01. It placed #103 on the chart. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
WWE and Amazon today announced joint lawsuits against 13 defendants who attempted to market and sell inauthentic replicas of WWE-branded championship title belts in Amazon’s store including inauthentic replicas of commemorative title belts as well as the WWE World Heavyweight, Universal, Intercontinental, United States and NXT Championship title belt designs.
WWE combined its proactive IP monitoring and enforcement program with Amazon’s Project Zero and Brand Registry protection tools to detect infringing listings, and Amazon removed them. Then WWE partnered with Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit to pursue these lawsuits targeting bad actors who attempted to sell counterfeit products and falsely represent their locations and identities.
One of the defendants was found to be operating their fraudulent business out of New Jersey. In addition to the civil lawsuits, Amazon and WWE worked with the Middlesex County, New Jersey, Prosecutor’s Office to pursue these bad actors which led to felony counterfeiting charges against two connected individuals for sale of counterfeit WWE championship title belts.
“Amazon is the benchmark for collaboration with respect to brand infringement online,” said Vice President of Intellectual Property at WWE, Matthew Winterroth. “Official and licensed WWE products, branded by our IP, are trusted by our fans around the world and we go to great lengths to protect consumers from counterfeits and other types of infringements. It’s our hope that other companies look at Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit as a model of how to partner with companies of any size to help combat this relentless threat.”
“Amazon is committed to the authenticity of products in our store and protecting our customers from all forms of counterfeits, including those impacting fans of iconic entertainment brand WWE,” said Kebharu Smith, director of Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit. “We will continue to work with WWE and Middlesex County law enforcement to bring these bad actors to justice.”
Santana Garrett, who wrestled for NXT until she was released in mid-2021, has returned to WWE and is now a coach at the WWE Performance Center.
Garrett announced the news herself via a tweet, showing a selfie wearing a WWE shirt and writing, “This is NOT a throwback…” and a wink emoji.
The 34-year old Florida native then explained more in detail about her new job in a post on Instagram.
“First day back and I’m in a class helping with new hires. These girls are less than three months in, and they are amazing,” she wrote. “Like, I think back to me three months in and I see these girls and I’m just like, ‘Oh my gosh, I had no chance.’ But then also, to be fair, I just learned how to put my own eyelashes on like a year ago. So, slow learner I guess.
She also thanked everyone for the overwhelming support she received after the tweet.
Garrett, who made her debut in 2009, wrestled for many promotions throughout her career including Impact Wrestling, Shine, Stardom, WOW, AEW, and many indie promotions.
