Month: December 2020

WWE RAW Draws 2.44 Rating

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Monday’s Labor Day edition of WWE RAW drew a 2.44 rating with only 3.385 million viewers, down from last week’s 2.7 with 3.894 million viewers. By comparison, last year’s Labor day RAW did a 2.88 rating.

Here’s the hourly breakdown for this week:

– Hour 1: 3.570 million viewers
– Hour 2: 3.564 million viewers
– Hour 3: 3.021 million viewers

RAW was up against stiff competition on Monday night, including the Ohio State NCAA football game on ESPN which drew 10.585 million viewers.

Raw ranked #3 for the night behind the game and the NCAA post-game show.

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WWE Hall Of Fame 2016 News, Scott Hall On Steve Austin's Podcast

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– The Facebook page for Puerto Rico’s World Wrestling Council is pushing for Miguel Perez to be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2016. Perez passed away in 2005, but worked for WWE in the late 1950s and 1960s.

– Scott Hall is the guest on the latest edition of the “Steve Austin Show – Unleashed” podcast. You can download the show right now by logging on to PodcastOne.com.

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Chris Jericho Makes Surprise Return At Night Of Champions, Breaking Ground

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– As expected, Chris Jericho returned at WWE Night Of Champions on Sunday night to serve as the mystery tag-team partner of Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose in their six-man tag-team contest against all three members of The Wyatt Family. Below is a photo of the trio together right before the match began.

– Below is the complete WWE Night Of Champions 2015 “Kickoff Show.”

– Below is a preview of the WWE Network show “Breaking Ground,” which debuts on Monday, 10/26.

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Renee Young Harassed Online, WWE Divas Come To Her Defense

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Renee Young has been the victim of online bullying in recent months, specifically on Instagram. Trolls have turned the comments section on her photos into a wasteland, calling her names and often accusing her of cheating on Dean Ambrose any time she posts a photo of a guy who isn’t Dean. After it happened again this week, WWE Divas Summer Rae and Eden stepped in to the defense of their friend. Here’s what they wrote:

Summer Rae: “TO EVERYONE IN THESE COMMENTS: I feel so so very sorry for most of you. The fact that you actually take your OWN precious time out of your day to make these lame comments is so weird. Like REALLY odd. Kinda creepy even that the infatuation with someone’s personal life of a person you don’t know could be THAT strong. If you are unsure of what to do with your spare time I would suggest hobbies or volunteering for a local homeless shelter or opening your mind & reading a book. I know it may take a long time for some of you guys but hey, we all have to start somewhere. Think how much better the world would be if all of these internet stalkers trolling around actually got up & put the time it takes to put people down on the internet…to good use! Now that would be a great world to live in! I won’t hold my breathe for that day but hey, a gal can dream.”

Eden: “What was the saying? What if you fell in love with someone and then found out they trolled celebrities on the Internet? My guess…it’s already happened and that’s why trollin’ is all they got!,” Rhodes said.

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TNA Star Turns Down TNA Live Event Booking, TNA's Deal With Sony, More

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– Trevor Lee turned down an opportunity to work at the TNA Wrestling live event in Salem, Virginia on October 3rd. Lee turned down the show so that he would be able to appear instead for CWF, an independent show that took place in Gibsonville, North Carolina. That is apparently where Lee got his start in the business. Lee did end up working the Bound For Glory event later in the weekend in the same state.

– Sony SIX is financing the upcoming TNA tour of India, which will feature some taped episodes of Impact Wrestling, as part of a deal with the promotion to push Mahabali Shera, an Indian talent.

– The following are some recent TNA attendance figures:

* October 2nd in Beckley, West Virginia drew around 250 people
* October 3rd in Salem, Virginia drew 450 fans
* October 4th in Charlotte for Bound For Glory drew 1,800 fans with heavy papering

(Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Undertaker's Entrance In Mexico (Video), NXT Diva Name Change, Breaking Ground

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– WWE Breaking Ground filming will be wrapping soon as tonight’s live event in Orlando, FL is the last NXT live event they are scheduled to film. The show has been sold out for several weeks and a packed venue is expected. The WWE Network will debut the show after RAW on October 26, 2015.

– Though it will likely change, Athena is now using her real name, Adrienne, in NXT. She last worked at the NXT live event on Friday in Tampa, teaming with Asuka and Carmella to defeat Cameron, Emma and Peyton Royce.

– The Undertaker teamed with Kane to defeat Braun Strowman and Luke Harper in the pre-intermission match at Friday’s WWE live event in Merida, Mexico. WWE posted this clip of The Undertaker’s entrance:

Steve Austin Backstage At HIAC PPV, Nia Jax Promo For Wednesday's NXT TV

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– WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is backstage at tonight’s WWE Hell In A Cell pay-per-view in Los Angeles, California. Austin, who has a home in the L.A. area, confirmed that he would be at the show. Below is a photo of Austin arriving earlier today.

– NXT Diva Nia Jax will be back in action on this coming Wednesday’s edition of NXT TV. The official NXT Twitter account tweeted the following promo for her:

Ronda Rousey On If She's Ready For A WWE Run, WWE Focusing On Women

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UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey recently spoke with Rolling Stone about her interest in WWE. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.

On if she’s ready for WWE:

“I’m ready. I’ve seen NXT, I remember Nattie and Charlotte’s match for the title. Nattie was actually training with the original Four Horsewomen to get ready for that fight. I have so many obligations, but I really want to find a way to make it happen. I’m a huge fan wrestling, and I would like to see the position of women in the sport continue to improve, so if I can be a part of it, great.”

On WWE focusing more on women:

“I’m really encouraged by the progress I’ve seen with what they’re doing with the women in WWE, but I feel like there’s a lot more than can be done. They’re doing some of it now, too. I’m really excited that they’ve brought up all these great women from NXT, who are all different from the normal mold they would use for the Divas division. I’m not going to take credit for anything, but I definitely want to be part of it as much as I can.”

On if she will be at WrestleMania 32:

“Uh, well, I’m going to be filming at that time – and I don’t want to ruin any surprises anyway. If you’re a wrestling fan, you’ll just let it happen.”

Taryn Terrell On Becoming A Born-Again Christian, How It Affects Her TNA Career

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TNA Knockout Taryn Terrell recently spoke with FOX411 about her TNA career and becoming a born-again Christian. Below are some of the highlights.

On her decision to share her journey in finding God publicly:

“You know I found that when I was looking for God I didn’t have the resources, and it was hard for me to connect with more mature Christians, so I thought that if somebody could watch my testimony and see me as an infant Christian, you know, I’m just a baby and I’m still learning, maybe they could connect and they could realize exactly how to find God for themselves.”

On if there has been any reaction from her fellow colleagues:

You know, it’s been really cool because a couple wrestlers have texted me or reached out by phone and said, you know, they’re Christians as well and they would love to share their journey with me, and talk. And it’s just a really great way not only that I can connect with other wrestlers who have been in the entertainment field which is a very tempting world but you know that helps me mature as a Christian, and get better connections with my peers which gives me a better connection with God.”

On walking the fine line of being a performer in the wrestling business and remaining a faithful Christian:

That is something I’m actually struggling with now. You know it certainly wasn’t the fault of WWE or the fault of any other entertainment company that I’ve worked for. It wasn’t the fault of Playboy These were all my decisions and these were, you know, my life choices that I made that were, you know, certainly not of a Christian lifestyle. Like you said, the sexiness and, you know, me essentially being a temptation to men and, you know, that’s sort of the thing I learned that I really want to be a role model. I truly do. I want to be able to help other people get saved just as people helped me to be saved so, you know, that is something I’m struggling with now and realizing that, you know, even in the way that I dress it is important to be Christian. It is important to be more modest and I want to use the ability that I have as performing to connect people. You know, I love to perform. I love to entertain. God gave me those skills to do so and I’ve learned that He put me on this Earth to be able to use that and to reach people, and to bring people near God.”

On if not wanting to dress provocative anymore is conflicting with her TNA career and if at some point she might walk away from the business:

Absolutely. I think that I have played, and recently, I have played an even more sexy character than I was used to playing, and it’s something that I prayed on and I know that’s not who I want to portray anymore. I know that’s not who I am and it’s not who I want to portray, and how can I connect with people, and sort of live that double standard. And yes, if I cannot find a way to use God and be godly in the things that I do then yes, it is time to walk away.”

Latest On The Possibility Of The Rock Appearing At WrestleMania 32

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Regarding The Rock and next year’s WrestleMania 32 pay-per-view, according to those close to him it’s doubtful right now that he will work the show.

There are many factors involved, some of which we reported last week such as movie studios being concerned about being able to get insurance for him if he were to get back in the ring due to the high risk of injury.

As things stand right now, The Rock is not only unlikely to work a match on the show as was originally rumored after his appearance with Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 31 earlier this year, but it’s considered doubtful that he will even be able to make an appearance at the show due to his movie schedule.

The latest word going around is that it would be difficult for The Rock to even appear at the show, although it was made clear that things could always change between now and the time WrestleMania 32 rolls around.

(Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)