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NXT rating for 04/12/2022

NXT drew 610,000 viewers this week, down 21,000 viewers from last week’s show and the least-watched show since March 1. The show did 0.12 in the 18-49 demo, down 0.02 and the lowest since February 22. NXT placed #47 in the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

Former WWE producer Pat Buck jumps ship to AEW

PWInsider.com is reporting that former WWE producer Pat Buck has jumped ship and is now working in the same role for All Elite Wrestling, starting with yesterday’s Dynamite in New Orleans.

Buck, who handed in his resignation following WrestleMania, originally wrote that he wanted to spend more time with his family and said that that as a producer he felt like he accomplished everything he wanted to do in WWE within the last three years. Buck produced his final two matches – Flair vs Rousey and Lesnar vs Reigns – at WrestleMania.

He originally signed with WWE in 2019 and also worked to get indie talent to appear as extras during his time there.

SummerSlam 2022 tickets to go on sale on April 22

WWE today announced that tickets for SummerSlam will go on sale next Friday, April 22 at 10AM CT.

This year’s SummerSlam will take place from the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, the first time that a SummerSlam will be held in the city.

Tickets for SummerSlam start as low as $25 and will be available via Ticketmaster.com.

Advertised on the graphic for the on-sale date are Becky Lynch, Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins, Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, and Ronda Rousey who is front and center.

SummerSlam Priority Passes, which allows fans to experience VIP access which includes premier seating, a dedicated stadium entrance, premium hospitality offerings and meet-and-greets with WWE Superstars and Legends, can be purchased now through WWE’s exclusive partner On Location at www.onlocationexp.com/wwe or by calling 1-855-346-7388.

7’3″ Satnam Singh debuts for AEW

Last night’s Dynamite saw the debut of Satnam Singh, the 26-year-old, 7’3″ giant who the company signed late last year.

Singh came at the end of the show, attacking the newly-crowned ROH TV champion Samoa Joe and was the surprise of Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt. The show-closing angle came under scrutiny from fans who felt the awesome Suzuki vs Joe match did not warrant that finale.

Singh, who is from India, was part of several NBA drafts but never played in the NBA. He is the subject of a Netflix documentary titled One in a Billion which was released in 2017.

Dave Meltzer of the Observer adds that the ending of the show was designed to further build the relationship between AEW and the Discovery-owned Eurosport India where AEW television airs in the country. Discovery merged with WarnerMedia to create Warner Bros. Discovery and making your television partners happy is a number one priority in making sure better deals come along in the next year or so.

Samoa Joe wins ROH TV title on Dynamite

Samoa Joe walked out of Dynamite as the new Ring of Honor TV champion last night after he defeated Minoru Suzuki in the main event of the show.

This was a rather short stint for Suzuki as champion as he only won it on April 1 at the ROH Supercard of Honor show in Garland, Texas during WrestleMania weekend, beating Rhett Titus. Suzuki has now lost two in a row in AEW after this past October he lost to Bryan Danielson in a match that aired on YouTube.

Joe never won the ROH TV title during his tenure with the indie promotion as the title was introduced after he left. Joe’s celebration on Dynamite was cut short though as Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt had a surprise for him, a surprise in the form of the giant Satnam Singh, the Indian former NBA draftee who was signed with AEW last year.

Tony Khan with another “major announcement” on Dynamite next week

Another Dynamite, another huge announcement incoming.

AEW President Tony Khan will be making what he says is a huge announcement next week, seemingly having one every few weeks to hype up the show. The last time he made such a thing was in early March when he appeared on Dynamite and announced that he has bought Ring of Honor from Sinclair.

There was no hint as to what this announcement might be.

Next week’s show is also a loaded one with the first-ever AEW coffin match between Darby Allin and Andrade El Idolo on the card.

Tonight’s Dynamite on TBS to have an overrun, seven matches announced

Dynamite tonight already has seven matches announced plus AEW President Tony Khan said that TBS has allowed them a few minutes of overrun so the broadcast will end a bit later than the usual 10PM.

Khan said it’s thanks to the “great fans, great ratings, and great card” that TBS granted them the overrun. He labeled tonight’s show as “one of our best Dynamite cards ever” and noted fans wouldn’t want to miss it.

Matches set for tonight are Minoru Suzuki vs Samoa Joe for the ROH TV title, CM Punk vs Penta Oscuro, MJF vs Shawn Dean, Marina Shafir vs Skye Blue, Jurassic Express vs reDRagon for the AEW Tag Team titles, Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland vs Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks, and Chris Jericho, Jake Hager and Daniel Garcia vs Santana, Ortiz and Eddie Kingston.

Rok-C makes her WWE debut at NXT Level Up tapings

Former ROH Women’s champion Rok-C made her WWE debut during this week’s NXT Level Up tapings at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.

Now going by the name of Roxanne Perez, the 20-year-old from Laredo, Texas, defeated Sloane Jacobs in a match that will air this Friday on Peacock and WWE Network.

She signed with WWE last month and dropped her ROH Women’s title to Deonna Purrazzo in January. She was crowned the first-ever ROH Women’s champion at the age of just 19. The young star was trained by WWE Hall Of Famer Booker T.

WWE UK stadium show breaks records for pre-registrations

Alex McCarthy of UK-based talkSPORT tweeted today that WWE informed him that they received nearly 60,000 pre-registrations for tickets for the upcoming WWE premium live event in Cardiff, Wales in just 24 hours after the announcement.

This was a new record for pre-registrations, including WrestleMania, suggesting that tickets for the yet-to-be named September 3 event will be selling big.

WWE has not held a stadium show in the United Kingdom since 1992 when they held SummerSlam at the old Wembley Stadium. The last UK pay-per-view was Insurrextion in 2003 at the Telewest Arena in Newcastle.

The September show will take place at the Principality Stadium, formerly known as the Millennium Stadium, a stadium which holds nearly 75,000 fans in a football setting. It’s the only large venue in the UK which has a retractable roof and due to the unpredictable weather, it made sense to hold the show there.

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Young Rock TV series teases Rock vs Reigns at WrestleMania

During last night’s episode of Young Rock on NBC, they cleverly teased a future Rock vs Roman Reigns match at WrestleMania.

On the episode, as the whole family is watching wrestling on television, a very young Joe (Reigns) goes up on Dwayne and asks to get Samoan dropped. “Acknowledge me,” Joe says as he looks at the camera pointing his finger.

“By the way, that’s my cousin Joe, who would later go by Roman Reigns, future WWE champion,” narrates Johnson in the background.

“Come on Dwayne, let’s wrestle,” Joe says as he puts Dwayne in a headlock. “No. World’s not ready,” says Dwayne. “A match that big can only happen at WrestleMania!”

On the WWE Evil Peacock series, they also teased a match between the two in the episode of Roman Reigns.

The two are rumored to be meeting at next year’s WrestleMania at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Raw rating for 04/11/2022

Monday Night Raw this week drew an average of 1,803,000 viewers, down 298,000 from the post-Mania Raw of last week. This was the fourth most-watched Raw of 2022 so far.

Raw drew 1,836,000 viewers in the first hour, then increased to 1,935,000 viewers in the second hour, before dropping to 1,639,000 viewers in the third hour. Raw had nearly a 300,000-viewership drop from the second to the third hour and the final hour was the least watched since March 7.

Raw did 0.53, 0.59, and 0.51 in the 18-49 demos respectively and was #1, #2, and #3 in the top 50 cable chat for the night with an average of 0.54. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

Three title matches on NXT on USA Network tonight

There will be three title matches on NXT on USA Network tonight and at least new champs crowned in one of those matches.

The NXT Tag Team titles, which were vacated last week after Nash Carter got fired, will be up for grabs in a five-team gauntlet match. Grayson Waller and Sanga, Legado del Fantasma, The Creed Brothers, Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and Pretty Deadly will be battling it out to be the new tag champs.

Also, Cameron Grimes, who won the North American title at Stand & Deliver in an excellent ladder match, will make his first title defense against Solo Sikoa while Dakota Kai, who just lost the NXT Women’s Tag Team titles last week, will be gunning for some more gold as she takes on NXT Women’s champion Mandy Rose.

Rampage rating for 04/08/2022

Rampage, helped by matches from both Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley, had a big uptick in the ratings, getting a total number of 600,000 viewers last Friday. That was up 144,000 viewers from the prior show and in the 18-49 demo, Rampage did a 0.25, up a huge 0.10 over the previous show. Rampage was #4 in the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

Benefits of Information Technology consulting & how to get services

Information technology has, without a doubt, become an important part of every company nowadays. After all, nobody can do business without relying heavily on certain tech solutions that can make their jobs easier and more successful. Given that we are living in a technology-driven world, I suppose that there is absolutely no need for me to dwell on explaining why using technology when running a business is important. You are already perfectly aware of that.

Even though you already know how important technology is for your business, there is a chance that you aren’t quite familiar with all the IT solutions that you can use to your advantage, and that is perfectly fine. After all, you are not an expert on this topic and you definitely don’t need to become an expert in order to be sure that your business will be successful. There are so many different things you need to focus on when running a company, which is why you should let the IT part be handled by IT professionals.

To be more precise, you should rely on IT consultants, and here is what they can do for you: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitchannel/definition/consultant

You have most likely heard of IT consulting services already, but there is a chance that you are not entirely sure what the benefits of using those really are. In addition to that, you are also probably not sure how to get the right information technology consulting services for your business. Those are some rather important questions right there and you undeniably need to get your answers before you actually get these services.

The good news is that I’ve decided to provide you with the answers. So, in the rest of this article, we will talk about two important things. For starters, we will talk about the benefits of IT consulting services. Then, we will proceed to helping you understand how you can find and get these services for your specific company. When you get the answers to those two questions, you’ll be ready to make some important decisions all by yourself.

The Benefits Of IT Consulting

First things first, we need to talk about the benefits of these services, since you need to know what it is that you can expect to gain if you get them. Let me start by saying that there are certainly numerous benefits of IT consulting, meaning that your business will experience some great improvements when you find the best professionals and let them handle the technology part. Since you certainly want to improve your business and lead it towards great success, I guess that this sounds quite appealing, but let us now get a bit more specific about those benefits.

As we have mentioned previously, you are probably not an expert on information technology, which means that you won’t get the right solutions for your business without any help. Well, IT consultants can certainly help you, because they are the experts in this area. So, you will certainly benefit highly from working with experts who will know exactly what your business needs in order to become even more successful.

Furthermore, when you start using information technology consulting services, you will be able to focus on some other core parts of doing business, i.e. on those parts that you actually are an expert in. The same goes for all of your employees. Instead of constantly being frustrated with poor tech solutions and instead of constantly trying to find the best tech solutions for the company, they will have the opportunity to do what they do best and focus on doing their jobs perfectly. Thus, everyone will become more productive and efficient, which is certainly important for every company.

You might be worried about the costs of these services and I can undeniably understand that, since money is certainly something you need to keep in mind when running a company. Well, the good news here is that these services are definitely cost-effective. They won’t cost a fortune and the improvements you’ll notice after you start using them, such as the increase in productivity that I’ve mentioned above, will show you that these services are worth every penny. In short, you’ll get a great ROI.

How To Get These Services

The above area only some of the benefits that you’ll get after you start using IT consulting services, but I think that they are enough to help you decide if you want to use them or not. So, let us now talk about something a bit more specific. Basically, when you decide to use these services, you will want to be absolutely sure that you are choosing and getting the right ones, because making a wrong choice here can lead to you not getting those benefits that we have talked about.

As you might understand already, the quality of these services will certainly depend on the people providing them to you. What does this precisely mean? Well, in the simplest words possible, it means that you will have to focus specifically on choosing the best possible providers, i.e. the best possible companies that can consult you on the IT solutions that you might need to use. Information technology consulting, as explained here, is certainly beneficial, but only if it is done by experts in this field, and that is why you need to be rather careful when making your choice.

The good news is that you’ll easily be able to research all of the providers you come across with the help of the Internet, which will make things pretty simple for you. What you have to do is focus on checking the level of experience and the actual reputation of particular providers, and then proceed towards checking the costs of their services. When checking the costs, you should always keep in mind that quality is more important, meaning that you should be ready to pay a bit more if you find that the quality you’ll get will be amazing.

Rhodes vs Rollins rematch set for Backlash 2022

The second match for Backlash was announced last night on Raw and keeping with the tradition of WrestleMania Backlash, it’s the second rematch from WrestleMania.

Seth Rollins, who saw Cody beat the Miz yesterday, challenged the former AEW TNT champion to a rematch, saying that this time Cody won’t have the surprise advantage.

Rhodes didn’t think long enough to accept Rollins’ challenge, and even said he’d be very happy to oblige if Rollins asked for one earlier in the night when he was a guest on Miz TV.

The only other match announced so far is an I Quit match between Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey for the Smackdown Women’s title. Backlash takes place on May 8 from Providence, Rhode Island.

Tommaso Ciampa joins Raw roster

Former NXT champion Tommaso Ciampa is now officially part of the Monday Night Raw roster and he was introduced last night on the show.

Ciampa, who lost his last NXT match to Tony D’Angelo at NXT Stand & Deliver earlier this month, was being interviewed backstage by Kevin Patrick when Ezekiel interrupted to introduce himself.

The segment also involved Kevin Owens, who came to warn Ciampa that that was not Ezekiel, but it was in fact a clean-shaven Elias.

“Easy mistake, but, that is Ezekiel, Elias’ younger brother,” responded Ciampa. “Am I the only one still sane around here?” questioned Owens, telling Ciampa to “grow up.”

Smackdown rating for 04/08/2022

The post-WrestleMania Smackdown did a final number of 2,230,000 viewers, down 129,000 viewers from last week’s show. This was the third most-watched Smackdown of 2022 so far. The show did a 0.60 in the 18-49 demo, easily winning the night on network television. That was down 0.01 from the pre-Mania Smackdown. In the overnight numbers, the first hour did 2,116,000 viewers and the second hour followed with 2,083,000 viewers. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

WWE announces major stadium event in the UK for September

WWE today announced that it will host the first major premium live event in the United Kingdom in 30 years this coming September.

The show, still untitled, will take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, on Saturday, September 3, 2022.

“Principality Stadium is the perfect place for a major event, hosting our amazing fans from Wales, throughout all of Europe, and around the world,” said John Porco, WWE Senior Vice President, Live Events. “The weekend will be filled with a variety of WWE experiences that we believe will leave a lasting memory, on par with SummerSlam at Wembley Stadium in 1992.”

“Wales will provide an iconic location for WWE’s return to the UK after 30 years and showcase our country to a global audience of millions, including extended reach in the USA,” said Welsh Government Minister for Economy Vaughan Gething. “This is set to be the perfect addition to a huge year of sport, entertainment and culture in Wales that will attract people from across the globe to experience what our country has to offer.” 

“We’re extremely proud that Principality Stadium has been chosen by WWE to host this major event, which is testament to the stadium’s reputation as a world-class venue,” said Mark Williams, Principality Stadium Manager. “Principality Stadium is unique in its position at the heart of the city centre, which will undoubtedly offer WWE fans an unrivaled event experience both inside and outside of the stadium and bring great benefit to the wider city of Cardiff.”
Information regarding event name, ticket on sale and further event updates will be available soon.

Fans can register for the pre-sale at http://link.wwe.com/join/5nl/cardiff-2022

Monday Night Raw TV report for 04/11/2022

Arena: Little Caesars Arena
City: Detroit, MI

Raw opens with highlights of Cody Rhodes VS. Seth Rollins from Wrestlemania.

Miz TV with guest Cody Rhodes.

After the two get done talking, Cody says he can’t wait for his first match back on Raw in 6 years and he is glad it is against the Miz. As Cody engages the fans, Miz tries for the sneak attack, but Cody is ready and shoves Miz out of the ring. The two yell at each other as we go to the next segment.

They show the Bloodline where Roman Reigns tells the Usos to go to Raw and bring him the Raw Tag Team titles.

Dominik Mysterio VS. Veer Mahaan

Dominik quick on the offense, sends Mahaan out of the ring but Dominik gets caught by Mahaan who slams him into the crowd wall. Mahaan throws Dominik back in the ring and quickly applies his clutch hold and automatically Dominik taps out.

Winner: Veer Mahaan

After the match Mahaan applies the hold to Dominik again, referees and other officials attempt to free Dominik. Finally,Mahaan releases the hold only to apply it again. Mahaan finally releases the hold and leaves the ring as medics arrive to cart Dominik out of the arena.

As we come back from break, they show Dominik being loaded into an ambulance. Mahaan then says as he is interviewed, “I strike fear in any man”.

AJ Styles is interviewed backstage, and he said he is afraid of what Edge and Damian Priest is going to make him do to them.

AJ Styles VS. Damian Priest

After throwing AJ out of the ring, Priest kneels down in the middle of the ring and the lights dim.

Winner: No One?

A.J. Styles is interviewed backstage and says what was that he wasn’t done with him.

Cody Rhodes VS. The Miz

Before the match started, Seth Rollins’ music hits and Seth makes his way out. Really good match with the end being Cody hitting the Cross Rhodes to The Miz for the win.

Winner: Cody Rhodes

Seth Rollins gets in the ring with a microphone and as Cody gets off the ropes he sees Rollins, Rollins challenges Rhodes to a rematch which Rhodes said yes to.

Tommaso Ciampa is in the back getting ready to be interviewed when Ezekiel comes up to him and welcomes him to Monday Night Raw. Kevin Owens shows up and calls Ezekiel a liar and tells him to stop lying because he is Elias. Ezekiel says he is Elias’ younger brother and walks away. Owens then tells Ciampa not to listen to him because he is lying that is Elias. Ciampa says easy mistake but that is Ezekiel, Elias’ younger brother. Owens starts yelling “Why are you doing this? Am I the only one sane around here?”

Liv Morgan VS. Naomi

Finish came after several reversals as Naomi rolls over one last time and was able to hold Liv down for the pin.

Winner: Naomi

Bobby Lashley comes out after we are shown what happened last week with MVP turning on him.

Lashley calls out MVP, but Omos’ music hits. MVP does come out with Omos and says he made Bobby Lashley ALL MIGHTY. Before he came back, he was just Bobby Lashley. Now he is looking at the future with Omos. Lashley says he is going to cut Omos down and destroy him like he did at WrestleMania, then he is coming after MVP.

They show double bachelor party with Reggie and Akira Tozawa. R-Truth yelling at Reggie for leaving Dana and the 24/7 championship alone at the double bachelorette party and they are going to crash it.

Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville give Theory a shot at the US title next week and Kevin Owens then comes in and is complaining about the Ezekiel/Elias thing.

Next week Kevin is putting Ezekiel through a lie detector test. Sonya says Bianca’s first championship defense is going to be great and walks away with Pearce being confused.

Bianca Belair VS. Queen Zelina

Bianca overpowered Zelina and hit the KOD and got the win.

Winner: Bianca Belair

Sonya Deville comes out and has Bianca sign the contract and out comes her opponent…and as the drum roll sounds and everyone is looking for someone to come out. Deville takes out her knee and picks up the microphone and says your next opponent is her.

Adam Pearce comes out and asks her what she was doing but she just walked out of the ring.

The bachelorette party turns to chaos as Nikki A.S.H. comes in and pins Dana Brooke, but Tamina was able to break up the count at 2. R-Truth comes in and yells at everyone to stop and says they should all be ashamed of themselves, and he is the only one that ever cared about the 24/7 championship and it’s not the championship that is keeping them all together, it is the love. And he pulls out a certificate showing he is ordained and he orders all attacks on Dana Brooke to stop until he can officially unify these two beautiful couples.

Double wedding next week!

Adam Pearce is talking to Sonya Deville and says she has really abused her power and she says she is the first official to answer an open challenge and she is an official and the match is official and don’t try to stop her. She then tells Pearce to stop being jealous that she is still in her prime and walks away.

RK-Bro VS. Alpha Academy

Gable rolls Orton up for a two count gets up but is met with an RKO.

Winners: R-K Bro

As RK-Bro celebrate in the ring, we are shown the arrival of The Usos in the back.
The Usos come to the ring and issue the challenge to RK-Bro. Before RK-Bro could answer, The Street Profits came out and said they want a match with RK-Bro first, then they will unify the titles.

As they began arguing, Randy Orton grabs the mic and says “Shut the Hell Up, No one wants to watch you argue, they want to watch you fight. So right here right now the Usos vs. The Street Profits.”

Then he asked the crowd and the crowd screamed in agreement.

The Usos VS. The Street Profits

Great back and forth match, Montez hits the frog splash but did not get the pin, the end came when the Usos hit the “1 D” for the win.

Winners: The Usos

After the match RK-Bro, who were watching at ringside, got back in the ring and raised their titles as did the Usos. As RK-Bro were watching the Usos, Angelo Dawkins comes from behind Riddle who attempted an RKO but got pushed off then took Dawkins over the top rope with a hurricanrana. Orton watches as Ford gets to his feet then hits him with an RKO only to turn around into a double superkick from the Usos.

The Usos then pick up all the titles and held them up.

Why was the Attitude Era the best period in WWE?

For those of you who don’t know, the Attitude Era in WWE (WWF at the time) was one of the most thrilling, exciting and hardcore period is wrestling history. It began shortly after the event called “The Montreal Screwjob” and ended shortly after the “invasion” event.

People who like betting on wrestling were rocking point spreads because you never knew what was going to happen. For those brief 15 years, the Attitude Era placed World Wrestling Entertainment formally Federation on the global map. People all over the world would watch events unfold as things got pretty heated as time went by.

Back then, you’d have to wake up in the middle of the night to watch the matches on TV due to different time zones across the world or you’d use your VCR to record while you’ve slept. But what was it about this era that people loved so much? Let’s find out.

Hardcore content

Back when the Attitude Era began, there were no PG restrictions we have today. Therefore, wrestlers were engaged in hardcore duels and fights that often resulted in serious injuries. The most notable injury was Mick Foley’s injuries he got from Mankind vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell, a 16 feet (4.9 m) match during the King of the Ring pay-per-view on June 28, 1998.

After being chokeslammed by the Undertaker through the roof of the cell, Foley received quite the injuries but he continued on until his injuries got even more severe. The result was his early retirement in 2000. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. The introduction of Hardcore Championship belt and Tables, Ladders and Chairs (TLC) matches added more excitement to the already exciting matches.

Austin 3:16

One of the most notable characters throughout the Attitude Era was Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin’s beef with Vince McMahon, the owner of the WWE franchise, was one of the most entertaining series of events in the history of the WWE.

Moreover, Austin had a beef with pretty much everyone including Mike Tyson who made a guest appearance as a “Special Guest Enforcer” referee for the Wrestlemania XIV. This beer-drinking rebel who “flipped off” everyone in his way easily won the hearts and minds of every WWE fan.

Awesome storytelling

After the backlash WWE received for its hardcore content, it was time to tone evreything down. However, storytellers in the industry went out with a bang. The end of the Attitude Era also started the merger of WWF, WCW and ECW but it was made to be entertaining, not a backroom corporate deal.

Hence the so-called “Invasion” began where wrestlers from WCW and ECW would attack wrestlers from WWF at the time. The drama, the violence and unexpected turn of events marked this period as both the end of one era and the beginning of the new one.

As you might imagine, WWF won in the end, which resulted in WCW and ECW wrestlers joining the franchise for SmackDown and RAW. WWF changed their name to WWE after a dispute with World Wildlife Federation and PG-13 criteria was enforced from that moment on.

Closing Words

Let’s be completely honest. People love hardcore content with plenty of violence, even though everyone knows that everything is heavily scripted. Despite all that, it was very entertaining and exciting to follow through the Attitude Era.

WWE content today still provides some of the best entertainment the world has to offer but it’s not the same. But life moves on as so does everyone else. Those who remember the Attitude Era are always going to be slightly disappointed that it ended in the first place.