12/28 Raw TV Ratings are in for 2015 finale
Update: Monday’s Raw TV ratings are in for the final episode of 2015 featuring the return of John Cena and re-involvement of Mr. McMahon… WWE Raw TV Ratings Tracking – December 28: Raw scored a 2.47 […]
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WWE announces Network special in March 2016
Without a traditional Sunday night PPV scheduled for March 2016 in-between Fastlane and WrestleMania, WWE is planning a Network special in mid-March. During Wednesday night’s live show in Toronto, WWE announced a return date of Saturday, […]
WWE Interview – Reigns talks WM32 goal, p.o.’ed & “embarrassed” at Rumble, McMahons
The final sit-down interview of the year on WWE’s website featured Michael Cole talking to new WWE World Hvt. champion Roman Reigns, who said his goal for the new year is to defend the WWE […]
WWE Notes – “NXT: Chicago” sells out, Cena Top 5 Celeb, Harbaugh wants WM at Big House
WWE Notebook – Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh drew headlines in the sports world vouching for Michigan Stadium to host a future WrestleMania. During Harbaugh’s weekly radio appearance on 97.1 in Detroit, the topic of […]
IWGP World Champ to ROH, final NJPW roster set
Kazuchika Okada, the current IWGP World Hvt. champion, is returning to the U.S. for Ring of Honor’s 14th Anniversary PPV Weekend on February 26 & 27 in Las Vegas. ROH announced Wednesday that Okada will return to ROH, completing the […]
NJPW champion to make ROH debut
Tomohiro Ishii, the multiple-time NEVER Openweight champion, is coming to the U.S. for Ring of Honor’s 14th Anniversary PPV Weekend on February 26 & 27 in Las Vegas. ROH announced Tuesday that Ishii will make his ROH debut […]
12/28 Raw Twitter Ratings – big rebound from “Slammys” Raw
After last week’s “Slammys” edition of Raw fared poorly in Nielsen’s Twitter TV Ratings, the final Raw of 2015 rebounded in a big way to draw the highest score in four months. WWE Raw Social […]
12/21 Raw live + DVR viewers – “Slammys” falls from post-TLC Raw
WWE Raw on Monday, December 21 declined in both live viewers and DVR viewing the week after the big TLC-Raw angle centered on the return of Mr. McMahon and Roman Reigns winning the WWE World […]
Updated Live Smackdown Ratings – DVR viewers & Replay on Syfy
WWE Smackdown Ratings Tracking – December 24 replay on Syfy: The “WWE Week” edition of Smackdown scored a 0.92 rating in its usual Thursday night timeslot. The Christmas Eve replay drew 1.228 million viewers. If combining […]
Style Battle complete for EVOLVE 53-55 tour
WWNLive has announced the roster for the “Style Battle” scheduled for their EVOLVE shows during Royal Rumble Weekend in Florida. EVOLVE 53 – Jan. 22 in Ybor City – First Round EVOLVE Tag Title tournament matches. […]
Live Raw Notes – Reigns-Cena after Raw went off-air, pre-WM32 Raw location
WWE Raw TV Taping Report December 28, 2015 Brooklyn, N.Y. Report by Mike Omansky, PWTorch correspondent – The “massive” six-man tag match that had been advertised on local TV spots the past two weeks did […]
First entrant in 2016 Royal Rumble
Monday night on Raw, Big Show announced himself for the 2016 Royal Rumble match in four weeks. Show is the first announced entrant in the match. It was unclear if WWE is going with Show […]
Brock Lesnar’s next opponent announced
During Monday’s Raw episode, WWE ran a local ad in Houston advertising Brock Lesnar’s next opponent for the January 8 house show at Toyota Center. The local spot advertised Lesnar facing former WWE World Hvt. […]
Report – Lemmy dies, Triple H posts remembrance
Lemmy of the rock band Motorhead reportedly died on Monday. Lemmy, who just turned 70 on Christmas Eve, provided the theme music for Triple H and Evolution. Lemmy also performed Hunter’s theme music live at […]
The Rock announced for WM32
The teaser that “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson dropped on social media over the weekend is that he will be part of WrestleMania 32 in April 2016 in Texas. In Monday’s announcement, Rock did not say […]
Tanahashi returning to U.S. for ROH PPV Weekend
Hiroshi Tanahashi, the former IWGP World Hvt. champion, is heading back to the U.S. for Ring of Honor’s 14th Anniversary PPV Weekend on February 26 & 27 in Las Vegas. ROH announced Tanahashi on Monday. Tanahashi […]
Jericho’s WM32 status, plus announcement teaser
WWE part-time star Chris Jericho says he will not be part of WrestleMania 32 next April in Texas. Jericho also teased an announcement, and included a sad face emoticon. Sadly no. Big announcement coming. 🙁 https://t.co/7RRcWAc1KY […]
Big update on Nikki Bella’s neck recovery
December 26 Update Five weeks after a report of Nikki Bella starting rehabilitation for her serious neck injury, there is no progress. Nikki will require five-to-seven more weeks of rehab before getting another MRI to determine […]
N.Y. Times on wrestlers in Hollywood – Cena talks playing “John Cena” & WWE future, Edge on TV role post-WWE, Tina Fey captures wrestling’s key issue
In a long-form newspaper article set to print on December 27, the New York Times examined one of entertainment’s biggest stories of 2015 – the rise of pro wrestlers in major movie or TV roles. “The Rock” Dwayne […]
WWE’s latest Fan Survey – Best Matches of 2015?
WWE issued a new survey to its Fan Council asking participants to rate the top matches of 2015. WWE broke up the survey into five questions. (1) The first half of 2015 for male wrestlers, […]
Tribute to the Troops Ratings & Viewers
WWE Week on USA Network concluded with this year’s “Tribute to the Troops” special drawing about half of the Raw audience. Troops on Wednesday night, December 23 scored a respectable 1.25 rating. The show drew […]
Report – Have WWE & Reigns learned from 2015?, Reigns talks negativity & criticism, becoming WWE Champ, monotony, more
At the end of the year, WWE and Roman Reigns have shifted their narrative on Roman Reigns’s ascension to WWE champion. Throughout the year, it was denying and pushing away criticism of Reigns, whether for his […]
12/24 WWE Stock Track – Investors push WWE to two-month high
In an abbreviated week for the stock market, WWE had one of their best weeks of the fall season. By the end of the week, WWE was up nearly three dollars from last Monday’s closing […]
The Rock addresses Slammys win, drops pre-Raw teaser
“The Rock” Dwayne Johnson checked in on Twitter with his thoughts on winning a Slammy with UFC star Ronda Rousey for their role at WrestleMania 31 earlier this year. Rock noted that it was difficult […]