11/5 Smackdown TV Rating – no change
WWE Smackdown TV Ratings 2015 — November 5: Thursday’s show scored a 1.50 rating, the same as last week’s TV rating. Both shows were down from a 1.62 rating two weeks ago. One difference from last week […]
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11/2-11/6 WWE Stock Track – no momentum following quarterly report
Weekly WWE Stock Track – Friday, November 6: Closing Price of $17.53 per share, up slightly from Thursday to essentially land at Wednesday’s close. The stock climbed as high as $17.84, which was last Friday’s […]
Cena returning to TV … just not for WWE
WWE top star John Cena is currently on a break following his U.S. Title loss to Alberto Del Rio at the Hell in a Cell PPV in October. However, Cena is returning to TV next […]
Batista not planning in-ring return, but what would draw him back?
UPDATE: Former WWE star Dave Bautista says he “does not have any plans right now to return to the ring,” but the idea of just doing house shows intrigues him. Bautista made the comment to […]
Stone Cold Says So – would push Cena to new heights, talks Rousey, Rock, Romo, beer, more
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin continues to say that he is not wrestling again. But, if he were to have one last match, Austin would face Brock Lesnar, or the top star from the generation that […]
Batista at the Movies – Bond, “Heist” preview, next movie shoot, “Kickboxer” first look
Former WWE star Dave Bautista is suddenly one of the hottest action movie stars in Hollywood. Bautista has as many irons in the fire as “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson and now has two blockbusters on […]
WWE Notes – HBO-Andre doc, JR on Rollins injury, WWE Title odds, Goldberg disses VKM & Trump, Nia Jax on size
– Former ESPN commentator Bill Simmons, who once guest-starred on Raw, is reportedly planning a documentary on Andre the Giant for HBO. According to the New York Post’s “Page Six,” Simmons is bringing documentary filmmaker […]
Social: WM32 Kick-off Party at AT&T Stadium
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin headlined the WWE crew attending the WrestleMania 32 ticket pre-sale party Thursday night, November 5 at AT&T Stadium in Texas. Also appearing were NXT wrestlers for a live, in-ring show, members of the […]
BREAKING – Seth Rollins out 6-9 months, tourney announced
The worst-case scenario for WWE and World Hvt. champion Seth Rollins was realized on Thursday – Rollins is out 6-9 months with a torn knee following an injury at Wednesday’s European Tour show in Dublin, Ireland. […]
Stone Cold on Fox Dallas – says he feels no pain, talks heel/face & WM32
WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin appeared Thursday on the Dallas Fox affiliate’s morning show to promote WrestleMania 32 tickets going on-sale. Austin, who is scheduled to appear at the WM32 kick-off party Thursday night […]
WWE Champ Rollins injured (with Video)
The first night of WWE’s European Tour included a scary moment for WWE World Hvt. champion Seth Rollins. During Rollins’s match against Kane Wednesday night in Dublin, Ireland, Rollins appeared to injure himself attempting a […]
Stephanie’s stock plan generates $2.0+ million this week
WWE executive Stephanie McMahon’s stock trading plan kicked in again at the beginning of November, producing $2.4 million in gross proceeds for the second consecutive month. WWE filed an SEC document on Wednesday disclosing multiple transactions on Monday […]
Smackdown officially staying on Thursdays; premiere date set
WWE Smackdown will officially remain on Thursday nights when the show moves to USA Network. The announced premiere date is Thursday, January 7. The final episode on Syfy will be New Year’s Eve, December 31. […]
Annual Mania study – WM31 economic impact down from WM30, what is predicted for WM32?
WrestleMania 31, WWE’s biggest event of the year, generated less economic impact on the San Francisco Bay Area than last year’s WrestleMania in New Orleans. However, WWE still generated an impressive figure of $139 million in economic […]
Special Report: Big Picture on WWE’s 2015 TV Ratings Decline
WWE has experienced a double-digit decline in TV ratings and viewership through the first 10 months of 2015 compared to 2014. Does the blame mainly go to three-hour Raws, which has trickled down to affecting Smackdown? How […]
WWE announces India live events, will follow TNA tour
NOVEMBER 4 UPDATE WWE and TV partner Ten Sports officially announced two live events in India in January. WWE is scheduled to run Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on January 15 and 16. […]
11/2 Raw TV ratings – Raw down, viewers at 2015 low-point
Monday’s Raw was not able to sustain a season-high TV rating last week. Instead, Raw returned to the same levels from earlier in the fall TV season. Plus, viewership fell to a year-low audience. WWE […]
Week of 10/26 TV Viewership Break Down, with DVR’ing
WWE TV shows made up 90 percent of the TV wrestling pie for the Week of October 26, down from 92% the previous week. This was mainly due to ROH nearly doubling its TV audience and TNA rebounding from […]
Raw Social Media – down 13%, up in rankings
WWE Raw Social Media Tracking — November 2: Monday’s Raw fell 13 percent in Nielsen’s Twitter TV Ratings the week after falling 10 percent for a post-PPV episode. Raw’s unique Twitter audience was 1.373 million, down […]
Stone Cold not wrestling again, talks rushed Raw return, WM32 cameo?
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin says there is a 99.9 percent chance he has wrestled his last match. But, he is reserving the right to have one final match, even though he does not see much […]
Inside WWE’s 37 new advertisers – what worked & did not work
Back in March, WWE and NBC Universal announced a “multi-platform” co-marketing campaign attempting to bring in new advertisers to WWE programming. The campaign has paid off in some respects, but there is still resistance toward associating […]
Raw TV Notes – S. Series TV main event, Usos return, Orton, Paige, Sting, VOTE ON RAW
Raw TV News & Notes 11/2 – The main event of Raw featured Team Reigns beating Team Rollins in a traditional Survivor Series match. This set up the WWE Title match of Seth Rollins vs. Roman […]
Randy Orton injury update – out 4-6 months?
It is possible that Randy Orton will miss 4-6 months, according to WWE acknowledging Orton’s chronic shoulder problems. WWE says surgery on one of his shoulders “seems imminent” because it’s just a matter of when Orton suffers […]
More details on Jerry Lawler’s scary car accident – Lawler comments
WWE announcer Jerry Lawler and his girlfriend, Lauryn, were involved in a serious car accident Saturday night in Memphis. However, Lawler was uninjured. Lauryn got the worst of it, requiring medical attention at a local hospital. […]