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Originally Posted by Observer
The one good thing that can be said about the Raw rating last night is that against tougher competition than last week, the show was up four percent.
The 2.24 million viewers was still the second lowest non-holiday episode, but appearances by Vince McMahon, Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan, and Kofi Kingston from SmackDown, including two WrestleMania rematches, kept the show from doing the record low it would have done without the changes ...
In the declines during the show, women 18-49 dropped 15 percent from the first to third hour, men 18-49 dropped 21 percent, Teenage girls, which started remarkably low, dropped seven percent, teenage boys dropped a record setting 41 percent during the show, which has to be the basketball game since the Warriors game was up 85 percent with teenage boys and men 18-49 were up 97 percent from the first game to the second game.
Still, given the competition the success of the show only depended on not setting a record low or not dipping below 1.8 million viewers in hour three.
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 2.47 million viewers
9 p.m. 2.24 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.02 million viewers
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Originally Posted by Observer
Viceland announced that they will be premiering The Wrestlers documentary series starting on May 22 at 10 p.m. ET. Extended cuts of the Dark Side of the Ring series featuring new footage will air an hour before The Wrestlers at 9 p.m. ET.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Former WWE/Impact star Matt Morgan has been named the new mayor of Longwood, Florida after a vote by Longwood City commissioners.
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Originally Posted by Fightful
With WWE gaining much negative press for their association and deal in Saudi Arabia that sees them go there twice a year, a former Women's Champion in Natalya is hoping to change that perception. When speaking to ESPN 1530's No Holds Barred, Natalya says she wants to wrestle in Saudi Arabia.
"I would really love a chance, one day, to go to Saudi Arabia. I think that would be such an incredible thing for women to make some history over there. So one day I hope, in a way that Sasha Banks and Alexa Bliss were able to wrestle in Abu Dhabi, one day hopefully that would be a place (Saudi Arabia) I would like to go to and be able to do something historical for women over there," said Natalya.
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Originally Posted by WrestlingInc
Vince McMahon's new WWE Wild Card Rule could end up leading to issues for the company, as described on Wrestling Observer Radio today ...
The gimmick was created as a response to ratings pressure from NBCUniversal (USA Network) and Fox. Vince did not want to give up the idea of separate brands, but the networks want star power on both shows and there has been a feeling that the brands don't have enough star power individually. Furthermore, it was also reported that Fox wants RAW and SmackDown storylines on the blue brand show when it goes to their network on Friday nights in October. There has been pressure from both networks to have the top WWE Superstars work both shows.
The Wild Card Rule will potentially cause issues for WWE live events, such as false advertising. Due to the way WWE creative operates these days, WWE likely won't plan out these weekly Wild Card Rule appearances in advance, which could lead to incidents where Superstars have been advertised for live events, for weeks or even months, but they're pulled from those live events to appear on TV at the last minute.
While WWE likely won't plan out the Wild Card Rule appearances in advance, it was noted that Roman Reigns is expected to appear on both RAW and SmackDown often. We noted before how NBCU recently asked questions about why WWE gave up a star like Reigns to SmackDown in the 2019 Superstar Shakeup.
We've reported on how WWE has made recent hires to help bring live event business back up, and they noted during the Q1 2019 earnings call that they are focused on bringing that part of the business back to where it should be. The WWE Wild Card Rule could create more of a decline in live event business, at a time where they're focused on getting it back up.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Sasha Banks has said she wants to do a match with Tessa Blanchard. That will take some work and it's not likely. I have a feeling WWE will freeze Banks' contract so long she'll think she's in Antarctica.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Lio Rush was not backstage at Raw last night and is not slated for the European tour.
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Originally Posted by WrestlingInc
Triple H had fans talking on social media this afternoon when he "liked" a fan tweet that was sent to Vince McMahon on why the WWE ratings might be down, and about how talents should have health insurance.
The fan wrote, "@VinceMcMahon maybe the problem with the Raw and SmackDown ratings isn't due to wrestlers injured, it's that you put confusing and pointless storylines. Although it wouldn't hurt if you gave your wrestlers insurance. Just a thought @StephMcMahon @TripleH @WWE"
Triple H un-liked the tweet within 3 hours of liking it, and it no longer appears under the tab on his account. You can see a screenshot of the "like" on Triple H's page before he un-liked it below.
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Originally Posted by PWI
D'Lo Brown, Gail Kim, Petey Williams and Pat Buck (who just finished a run as Guest Coach at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando) worked as producers over the weekend [Impact] TV tapings. Brown got really good reviews as a producer again.
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Originally Posted by Fightful
Eli Drake was abruptly fired by Impact Wrestling, and now we know why.
The outspoken Eli Drake's release from the company has been linked to his refusal to wrestle Tessa Blanchard, a situation in which many figured to be a work. As it turns out, it wasn't, and Impact fired Drake via e-mail as a result -- along with a couple of other reasons.
According to a source, there was also a situation cited where Impact's writers felt Drake had disparaged them on the Wrestling Perspective Podcast, when he said that they "booked him into oblivion" after not being figured in to many plans. That, added to the Tessa Blanchard situation, and Drake mentioning in a tweet that Killer Kross would destroy Jordynne Grace in a real fight, led to Impact Wrestling severing ties with Drake.
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