ROH announces new TV home in Canada
In 2015, ROH TV was paired up with TNA Impact on U.S. TV via Destination America. In 2016, the two shows are being paired up in Canada. ROH announced Monday they signed a “multi-year” deal […]
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Report – HBO responds to “Ballers” lawsuit naming The Rock as defendant
HBO filed a motion last week seeking to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the “Ballers” series starring “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson was lifted from two writers’s proposed idea, reports Deadline. Rock was named as a defendant […]
ROH World champion Jay Lethal’s match set for April 30
Ring of Honor announced Sunday the match for ROH World champion Jay Lethal at the final show of the month. Jay Lethal will face Vinny Marseglia in a “Championship Challenge” non-title match on April 30 […]
Top New Japan stars announced for Global Wars PPV & ROH-NJPW tour
Ring of Honor announced Saturday the full line-up of New Japan stars traveling to the U.S. to be part of the Global Wars PPV and “War of the Worlds” Tour in May. Included is new […]
WWE announces two suspensions for Wellness Policy violations
WWE quietly announced the suspension of two wrestlers Saturday morning on their Corporate website. Adam Rose (Raymond Leppan) and Konnor of The Ascension tag team (Ryan Parmeter) have both been suspended 60 days for violating […]
4/14 WWE Smackdown TV Ratings – Thursday’s show dips, how did it compare to Cena’s new show?
This week’s WWE Smackdown drew almost exactly the same number of viewers as John Cena’s new “American Grit” show on Fox… WWE Smackdown TV Ratings Tracking April 14: Thursday’s Smackdown scored a 1.70 rating, down from […]
4/15 WWE Stock Track – WWE stays in $16 range three straight days
WWE Stock Track 2016 Week 15 – April 11-15 – Friday, April 15: Closing Price of $16.34 per share, up less than a percent from Thursday. For the third consecutive day, there was little price movement, as […]
WWE announces GCS qualifying matches – Zack Sabre, Jr.’s match, EVOLVE 61 hosting matches, more
WWE announced Friday a handful of qualifying matches in the Global Cruiserweight Series. – Sunday, April 24: PROGRESS Wrestling will host two qualifying matches at the PROGRESS 29 event in London. Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. […]
Seven more wrestlers added to WWE’s Global Cruiserweight Series
WWE has confirmed more names for the 32-man Global Cruiserweight Series airing in July on WWE Network. The First Seven included: Zack Sabre, Jr. (U.K.) Johnny Gargano (NXT/indies) Tommaso Ciampa (NXT/indies) Rich Swann (NXT) Akira Tozawa […]
UPDATE – John Cena’s “American Grit” TV viewership – Series Premiere off to very slow start
The series premiere of “American Grit” hosted by John Cena got off to a very slow start Thursday night on Fox. Grit drew a small broadcast TV audience of 2.43 million viewers, scoring a 0.8 […]
WWNLive announces Johnny Gargano’s match for next EVOLVE show
WWNLive announced Friday a big singles match for their next show – EVOLVE 60 on May 6 in Joppa, Maryland. NXT/indies star Johnny Gargano will face international star Marty Scurll. WWNLive has now announced three big […]
WWE announces Nakamura, Styles, Asuka & more stars for Japan return tour
WWE has announced the headline stars for WWE’s return tour of Japan on July 1 and 2. The headliners are Shinsuke Nakamura, A.J. Styles, and NXT Women’s champion Asuka. Plus, Chris Jericho, WWE World Hvt. […]
Smackdown Results – WWE completes First Round of #1 contender Tag Tournament
WWE completed the First Round of a #1 contender Tag Title Tournament on Thursday night’s Smackdown episode from San Diego. The updated bracket includes: 1st: The Usos beat Social Outcasts (4/11 Raw) 1st: The Vaudevillians beat Goldust […]
Who replaced Bray Wyatt in the European Tour main event?
An injured Bray Wyatt was replaced by Sheamus in the main event of WWE’s European Tour stop Thursday night in Florence, Italy. Sheamus lost to WWE World Hvt. champion Roman Reigns in the main event […]
4/13 Lucha Underground Viewers – Streak snapped, but remains above average
This week’s Lucha Underground viewership came back to earth after three strong weeks setting viewership records for the show. Lucha Underground Viewership Tracking April 13: Lucha Underground drew a combined audience of 205,000 viewers on El […]
Indies wrestler Christian Able dies at 32
Christian Able (John Burgess), and independent wrestler most known for his work in AAW, died at the age of 32, according to close friends. The AAW promotion and former indies wrestler/current WWE writer Jimmy Jacobs […]
Balls Mahoney funeral info & how to send a tribute
UPDATE: Obituary and funeral information has been released following the death of Balls Mahoney (Jon Rechner). The visitation and funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, April 30 at O’Brien Funeral Home in Wall, New Jersey. Donation, […]
Update – Bray Wyatt injured on WWE’s European Tour
UPDATE: WWE acknowledged Bray Wyatt’s injury situation Wednesday night, reporting that Bray suffered a right calf injury. WWE did not indicate the severity of the injury. Wyatt was subsequently pulled from the tour and replaced by […]
4/12 TNA Impact Viewers – how did the first week fare without a replay?
TNA Impact Viewership Tracking April 12: This week’s one airing of TNA Impact on Tuesday night drew 286,000 viewers in the 9:00 p.m. EST timeslot. Last week’s airing in the timeslot drew 272,000 viewers, then Impact […]
John Cena Interviews – Cena evaluates NXT stars transitioning to main WWE roster, which star is most under-rated?, not wanting children while on WWE’s full-time schedule, more
The John Cena File – MSN.com published a video clip from John Cena’s interview with Larry King on Ora.TV focusing on the NXT/indies talent being assembled by WWE. A caller wanted to know what Cena thinks […]
WWE Video – Zack Ryder vows to become WWE Champion, reveals cancer in high school, talks WM32 victory
Zack Ryder made his first appearance in Michael Cole’s weekly sit-down interview series for a passionate interview about his journey to a WrestleMania victory. Ryder, who lost the Intercontinental Title the night after WM32, closed […]
PWTorch Report – How much ad revenue is USA Network collecting from Raw & Smackdown?
WWE has made it clear in their quarterly financial reports why Raw will remain three hours on Monday nights despite Creative and TV Ratings struggles. It’s also clear that USA Network is benefiting from three-hour Raw […]
PWTorch Report – How much has WWE spent on Network TV ads, and is it effective?
WWE has undertaken an interesting advertising strategy trying to convert regular TV viewers into WWE Network subscribers to begin the year. According to ad sales information obtained by PWTorch, WWE bought ad time across multiple cable […]
Former ECW star Balls Mahoney dies at age 44, WWE confirms
Former ECW star Balls Money died Tuesday, according to former ECW colleagues. WWE acknowledged his death Tuesday night: “WWE is saddened to learn of reports that Jonathan Rechner, best known for competing in ECW as […]