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WWE Raw remained consistent with last week doing 3.06 million viewers, down one percent.
The numbers are likely to trickle down as a general rule the next few months due to the NBA playoffs since the basketball numbers will increase as the playoffs get deeper ...
The drop from the second to third hour was the largest among males 18-49. Traditionally it is the women's number that drops the most in the third hour. Teenagers, both boys and girls, held steady.
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 3.14 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.18 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.88 million viewers
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Showtime Sports has revealed the premiere date and released the trailer for their upcoming documentary on Mauro Ranallo.
The film is called "Bipolar Rock ‘N Roller," a reference to a nickname that Ranallo gave himself earlier in his career. It focuses on his time in broadcasting and the mental health challenges that he's dealt with. The documentary will debut on Showtime at 9 p.m. Eastern time on May 25th, which is part of Mental Health Awareness month.
“I have always tried to do my part to bring awareness to mental health issues,” Ranallo said. “Over the last several years, I allowed my best friend, Haris (Usanovic), to film me at my lowest points as well as at my highest. The idea is simply to show others who suffer that they are not alone and that, even when the outlook is bleak, you can overcome and achieve success. Mental illness is a life sentence -- there is no cure -- but it doesn’t have to be a death sentence.”
Ranallo currently does play-by-play for NXT, Showtime Boxing, and Bellator MMA. He joined the NXT announce team last June, which came after a severe bout with mental health issues and him leaving SmackDown amid allegations that he was being bullied.
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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NAkbSIXxVc
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After regularly appearing at NXT house shows and on television for the past year, Danny Burch is officially back with WWE on a full-time basis.
Burch, who is known as Martin Stone outside of WWE, revealed the news during a speech at Beyond Wrestling's show in Worcester, Massachusetts yesterday. Revolution Pro Wrestling had previously announced that he wouldn't be able to make their May 11th event at York Hall.
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Link: https://twitter.com/LWMaine/status/990730769088868352
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Indie wrestlers Scott Parker & Shane Matthews, who have done enhancement work for WWE before, wrestled as Jean-Paul & Francois against The Authors of Pain last night.
WWE Shop released a shirt for Titus O’Neil that references his slip at the Greatest Royal Rumble.
The second season of Camp WWE is premiering in the on-demand section of the WWE Network this Sunday.
Triple H tweeted about Showtime’s upcoming documentary on Mauro Ranallo: “Amazed by the strength and bravery it takes to stand up in front of the world and show them your struggle, just so others will know they don't struggle alone...@mauroranallo tells the stories of so many people..now it’s time to hear his.” The documentary premieres on May 25th.
Zack Ryder commented on the 11th anniversary of his WWE debut: “11 years ago-5/1/07-I made my @wwe debut. Over a decade of being on the main roster-living the dream-busting my ass & doing whatever it takes to capitalize on opportunities. I’m only 32 years old-I may not just be getting started-but I’m damn sure not even close to being finished”
Mansoor, one of the Saudi tryout attendees who was involved in the segment with Ariya & Shawn Daivari at the Greatest Royal Rumble, responded to the threats that Ariya has received: “Ariya is an absolute class act and it was a pleasure to meet and work with him. I owe him and his brother so much. Please remember all performers are human beings first. Adults should be able to separate reality and fiction.”
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Titus: https://shop.wwe.com/titus-oneil-rum...rr=USD&start=1 , WWE Camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFBvZ83clR8 , HHH: https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/991073257758646272 , Ryder: https://twitter.com/ZackRyder/status/991367108088025088 , Mansoor: https://twitter.com/MannyFaberino/st...03786974380032
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PCW Ultra announced that Ricky Steamboat will be on its 5/4 iPPV show as the referee for a light heavyweight title match with Shane Strickland vs. Douglas James.
Juice Robinson, Hiromu Takahashi, Rocky Romero, Sho, Yoh, and Ryusuke Taguchi have been added to the lineup for the CEO x NJPW show in Daytona Beach on June 29th.
As they continue to announce matches for their War of the Worlds tour, ROH has added Cody Rhodes, Marty Scurll & Hangman Page vs. Rocky Romero, Sho & Yoh and SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) vs. Jay White, Chuck Taylor & Jay Lethal to the lineup for their show in Lowell, Massachusetts on May 9th. Cody vs. Hiromu Takahashi and Punishment Martinez vs. Page are set for Royal Oak, Michigan on May 12th.
Battle Championship Wrestling announced Danielle Moinet (formerly Summer Rae in WWE) vs. Ivelisse for their show in Melbourne, Australia on May 25th. This is Moinet’s first announced independent match since being released by WWE last year.
PROGRESS Wrestling revealed the bracket for this year’s Super Strong Style 16 tournament, with Kassius Ohno facing Chris Brookes in the first round. On May 6th, Travis Banks will defend his PROGRESS Championship against WALTER in the main event of night two of the tournament.
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BCW: https://www.instagram.com/p/BiL-bc8AzHN , PROGRESS: https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress/...33319986716672 & https://twitter.com/ThisIs_Progress/...07534223970305
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Aro Lucha, the promotion from former Impact Wrestling minority owner and production company Aroluxe, will hold their next TV taping on 6/17 in Nashville, TN at the Nashville Fairgrounds (aka the former TNA Asylum.) No talents have been announced as of this writing, but the taping is being billed as "Rey Mysterio & Aro Lucha present..."
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After watching RAW on Monday and being reminded of the Amazing chemistry that Booker T and Corey Graves have, I was wondering, Was it Booker T's choice to leave the Monday night RAW broadcast team? I think Booker is a more entertaining fit for the group, in my opinion, as that I find Michael Cole and Jonathan Coachman to have the same stale personality.
Booker has said, a few times, that he doesn’t want to be on the road doing Raw full time. He will fill in whenever he is needed, but he doesn’t want to do it full time. I agree with you, I like him a lot on commentary. I think Coach is good too, but Booker brings a fun element to commentary that I enjoy.
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From PWI's weekly Q&A articles on why Booker is no longer a RAW commentator.
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In a wrestling at the box office update, Box Office Mojo reports Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War which features Dave Bautista reprising his role as Drax for the third time, no surprise topped the US box office with $250 million this weekend. Internationally, the ultimate superhero team-up made $630 million worldwide. The film is the biggest box office opening of any film in history.
Rampage starring Dwayne Johnson came in at number four for the weekend behind A Quiet Place and Amy Schumer comedy I Feel Pretty, bringing in $7.1 million in the US during its second weekend. Including international receipts and last week's domestic box office the film has made $334 .6 million
Blockers starring John Cena dropped to number eight at the US box office behind horror film "Truth or Dare" making $2.9 million in its fourth week. Including previous totals, the R-rated comedy has made $75.3 million.
So three of the top ten films star pro wrestlers. What a surreal time.
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A listener in Quebec contacted us regarding Sami Zayn and noted that he did do an interview on Monday for 91.9 Sports in Montreal and addressed his exclusion from the Greatest Royal Rumble. The interview was conducted in French and it was relayed to us that Zayn described it as a “complicated situation where he doesn’t have all the details.” He stated it is his goal to represent both Arabs and Quebecers and was not bothered by the political aspect and feels he is a good influence on WWE each week and being himself. He was disappointed he could not represent Arabs and Quebecers in an Arabic region, but it was out of his control.
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Knox County, Tennessee is holding its Republican primary today with Glen Jacobs seeing the nomination to run for Mayor of Knox County in August. Jacobs is running against Brad Anders and Bob Thomas for the Republican nomination. The winner of the Republican nomination is expected to be favored in the general election this summer against whoever is the Democratic nominee.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
It looks like WWE may have done away with the Flashback Friday programming themes on the WWE Network. The weekly round of programming began airing on Friday afternoons in August 2017 and may have ended in mid-April of this year.
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Impact announced today that former WWE Superstar Santino Marella will be hosting a new weekly show on the Impact Twitch channel. Santino will be hosting the show with Iceman from Destiny Wrestling. The show is set to air on Wednesdays at 4pm EST with the premiere coming this Wednesday. Detail on "Behind The Lights" are in the tweet below:
BREAKING: A brand new weekly @Twitch show featuring @milanmiracle and @DestinyWrestle's Iceman talking all the latest news in the world of pro wrestling and MMA will debut THIS WEDNESDAY at 4pm ET at https://t.co/nFjjBnGAfb! pic.twitter.com/UjJuWDH1oW
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) April 30, 2018 |
Link: https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/...59620973109249
Some other sheet news includes: - Naomichi Marufuji defeated Kento Miyahara in the finals of this year's AJPW Carnival of Champions tournament. https://www.f4wonline.com/japan/ajpw...-winner-256766
- In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, today is the 41st anniversary of Superstar Billy Graham defeating Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Championship. This ended Bruno's 2nd and smaller reign as champion at the time.
- Momo Watanabe defeated Bea Priestley to win this year's Stardom Cinderella tournament.
- CBS Sports' In This Corner podcast show had The Miz as the guest talking about defeating Cena at Mania 27, becoming a father, and thoughts on Daniel Bryan's return. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...reams-when-he/
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