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Originally Posted by Observer The combination of the show's ThunderDome debut and being the day after SummerSlam led Raw to its best numbers in more than four months, averaging 2.03 million viewers and a 0.67 rating in 18-49. The numbers were up 23 percent in viewers but more importantly 40 percent in 18-49, so they did have a younger audience checking them out and about 250,000 in the 18-49 demo that haven't been watching Raw in the past several months. It was mostly 35-49 gains since the 18-34 increase was 18 percent. The first to third hour drop of 11 percent is slightly better than most weeks, but in the normal level, so it wasn't people checking out new technology and then leaving. It was a lot of new curious viewers who mostly stayed, which is a good sign. The key to this isn't that the numbers for the day after SummerSlam were good, but they went against heavy competition with the Republican National Convention which averaged 6.54 million viewers on FOX News alone, as well as big numbers on other cable stations. Plus there was NBA playoffs on TNT (2.97 million viewers and 1.34 in 18-49 for the late game; 2.05 million and 0.66 for the early game). It was Raw's best numbers since the day after WrestleMania did 2.10 million viewers. Raw was sixth in 18-49 for the night and 20th overall. As compared with last year, the show was down 20 percent overall, 16 percent in 18-49, and 39 percent in 18-34 ... The three hours were: 8 p.m. 2.14 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.05 million viewers 10 p.m. 1.90 million viewers

Originally Posted by Observer Despite airing outside of its normal day due to the NBA playoffs, ratings for AEW Dynamite held up well on Saturday night. Saturday's Dynamite averaged 755,000 viewers on TNT, down 4.7 percent from the previous week in the regular Wednesday night time slot. It was the lowest rating for the show since July 8, which was night two of Fyter Fest and aired opposite the Keith Lee vs Adam Cole winner-take-all title vs. title match on NXT. In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite finished fifth on cable with a 0.31 rating, down 3.1 percent from the previous week. It trailed three NBA playoff games and the UFC main card on ESPN in that demo. Dynamite's lead-in was an NBA game that averaged 1.607 million viewers on TNT, but it should be noted that a subsequent game on ESPN aired against most of Dynamite and averaged 1.757 million viewers. It's reasonable to assume most basketball fans would've switched over to ESPN rather than stay on TNT for Dynamite. It's not really fair to compare the show with NXT this week since they ran on different nights and NXT had no wrestling competition while Dynamite aired opposite NXT TakeOver XXX, but the individual demo ratings were very similar to what they usually are when both shows air on Wednesday. AEW won every demo except people over 50, where NXT had a huge advantage of 0.42 to Dynamite's 0.25. AEW's strongest demo was men 18-49, where the show did a 0.44 rating to NXT's 0.32

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling The first time AEW ran on a Saturday proved to be effective with young males with the 18-49 audience increasing 16 percent from the Wednesday, August 12th episode. The largest increase was among males 12-34 which were up by 47 percent. They did drop among young females from last Wednesday with the 18-49 audience down 27 percent and 12-34 down 13 percent. Interesting, adults over 50 were basically the same with a 4 percent drop. So, that audience found the show on Saturday and while they never beat NXT in that demo, it shows that the ones that do watch are going to find the show regardless.

Originally Posted by PWI WarnerMedia execs had to the extremely happy with AEW's ratings over the weekend and all signs are that is the case, PWInsider.com has confirmed. Dynamite allowed them to have three of the top five rated broadcasts in the 18-34 demo on cable Saturday night - NBA coverage were the top two broadcasts that night, AEW ranked fifth - and also showed that the audience followed AEW from its usual home on Wednesday to Saturday, even with WWE Takeover taking place at the same time. WarnerMedia ended up with four of the top ten shows that night.

Originally Posted by Observer While appearing on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast, Paul Ellering said there were plans for him to return as AOP’s manager prior to the COVID-19 pandemic: “Well, the idea was to bring me back in to manage them full time on Raw and go on the road with the Authors of Pain, but the pandemic happened. So with Covid going on, I’m not sure what happens next.” AOP’s Rezar is out of action now with a torn biceps.

Originally Posted by Observer Dakota Kai’s gear at NXT TakeOver XXX was a tribute to Hana Kimura.

Link: https://twitter.com/DakotaKai_WWE/st...977500161?s=20

Originally Posted by Observer Chris Jericho will be part of the commentary team for this week’s episode of Dynamite. Due to the NBA playoffs, the show is airing on Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Originally Posted by Observer A former WWE wrestler is returning as part of the commentary team for this week's NXT tapings. Pro Wrestling Sheet reported today that Stu Bennett (formerly known as Wade Barrett in WWE) will be doing commentary for NXT this week. Bennett departed WWE in 2016. "Sources tell us this is just a one-shot deal for now and that the former leader of Nexus – who won the first original season of NXT – has not signed a full-time deal to re-join the company," Pro Wrestling Sheet wrote. Bennett joined the NWA's commentary team in December 2019. Vic Joseph, Beth Phoenix, and special guest Corey Graves were the commentators for NXT TakeOver XXX this past weekend. Mauro Ranallo didn't call the event due to being back home with family in Canada.

Originally Posted by PWI Former WWE broadcast personality Renee Young will be appearing on tomorrow's edition of the Bump to discuss her WWE run. JBL and Mandy Rose are also scheduled to appear on the WWE Network broadcast.

Originally Posted by PWI The expectation is that Cody will be off TV for an extended period to sell the beating he took at the hands of Brodie Lee. The timing may have something to do with STARZ Heels series going into production in Georgia as Stephen Amell specifically asked Cody to take part in the series when Amell's casting was announced last year. The timing certainly matches up. AEW has promised an update on Cody this Thursday.

Originally Posted by PWI Dave Marquez announced that Chris Dickinson, who has competed for EVOLVE, AAA and Beyond Wrestling, is the first officially announced competitor for the United Wrestling Network's Primetime Live PPV series, which will deubut on FITE.TV and all PPV and satelllite PPV providers on Tuesday 9/15: ... PWInsider.com is told that the primary booking team for the endeavor will be NWA Champion Nick Aldis, Marquez and Aron Stevens (aka the former Damian Sandow in WWE) and will effectively bring back fresh NWA content after the promotion paused production on NWA Powerrr. Obviously, NWA President Billy Corgan will have a say in the NWA-centric content and matches. One would think NWA Championship matches will be a major part of the presentation for the PPV series.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling One of the individuals who cyberbullied Hana Kimura confessed to her actions while speaking with ‘The Mainichi’. The woman who resides in Eastern Japan said that she created a social media account and partook in the online abuse that led to Kimura taking her own life. She told The Mainichi that she has done a very terrible thing and expressed regret for her role in what happened. She first became aware of Hana Kimura through the show ‘Terrace House’ and initially viewed Hana as “a very nice kid who can cook and greet others properly.” The incident that changed her thoughts about Kimura was when there was an altercation between Kimura and a male housemate who washed Kimura’s ring gear in a washing machine. The gear had a special meaning to Kimura. Kimura reacted by knocking said individual’s hat off of his head which drew a great deal of negativity towards her on social media. The individual who partook in the cyberbullying said her feelings of “disgust” towards Kimura began to grow following the incident. She questioned why Hana had an attitude and saw a handful of other posts directed at Hana Kimura in similar vein and figured that she should send messages to Kimura as well. She never used social media prior to that but created an account just to send negative messages to Hana Kimura and admitted that she felt happy when she received “likes” from other people who agreed with her comments towards Kimura.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling More details have emerged regarding Phillip Thomas breaking into the home of WWE’s Sonya Deville, real name Daria Berenato. Tampa’s FOX affiliate noted in an article that Ariana Johnson, ex of Daria Berenato testified in court and shared that Thomas had been threatening her as well dating back to May of 2019. This led to her deleting her Instagram account. Prosecutors believe Thomas wanted to “get rid of competition” so he could solely pursue the attention of Berenato.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Samoa Joe is the voice behind ‘King Shark’ in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.

Link: https://twitter.com/SamoaJoe/status/...004932608?s=20

Originally Posted by Fightful All Elite Wrestling conducted a set of TV tapings a couple of weeks ago, and with fans in attendance, Fightful was able to gain some notes. - There were a number of fans who were invited to the show, and it was not available for ticket purchase. - Tony Khan came out to encourage the crowd the be loud and rowdy -- without profanity. #FTF - Masks were being strictly enforced, with people patrolling the crowd to make sure masks were up when people weren't eating or drinking. - Though television production made it look like fans were grouped together, that was done by design as an illusion of sorts, and the fans were spaced out several rows apart from other groups. - A thermal temperature scanner was done before entering the venue one at a time, and a waiver was signed to ensure that nobody that entered had been sick. - There were other, prohibited areas taped off to make sure people didn't get into rows they weren't supposed to. - The Britt Baker, Reba, Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford segment originally was filmed in the ring. We're told that AEW ended up re-shooting it due to time constraints. - A back elbow spot in the Dark Order match had to be re-filmed because one of the wrestlers got caught up in the ropes. - Ivelisse & Diamante had to re-shoot their entrance for the match, supposedly because cameras were out of place during it.

Originally Posted by Observer In an interview with Sports Illustrated, KENTA discussed his time in WWE and what his current inspiration in wrestling is: “I’ve felt in my heart that the five years I spent in WWE were the most frustrating days of my life. I’ve talked about this, but I’ll always remember the humiliation in America. Being here reminds me of that regret. And when you’re not good, you tell yourself that. That is what inspires me.”

Originally Posted by Observer The deal with Thunder Rosa, the NWA women's champion, challenging Hikaru Shida for the AEW title on the 9/5 PPV was a deal that Tony Khan worked out with Billy Corgan, so it's not an indication of anything more and the NWA is still targeting a weekly iPPV schedule with FITE TV.

Originally Posted by Observer Despite a well received in-ring debut Saturday at NXT TakeOver XXX against Adam Cole, Pat McAfee has no plans to return to the ring...for now. On his own show and in an interview with ESPN Monday, McAfee said that he doesn't have any additional contract or commitments to NXT but didn't close the door on a return.

Originally Posted by 411Mania There were several taped Raw Underground segments that got scrapped for Monday’s show, according to a new report. Per Fightful Select, WWE tossed three segments for the show, though no reason is known regarding why. The site notes that the following segments were done and then scrappred: Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir both won matches against enhancement wrestlers, with Duke’s running about a minute. Duke reportedly got high praise for her striking in the segment. Titus O’Neil got a spotlight that turned into a fight with Riddick Moss. Finally, Ivar faced Dolph Ziggler, which saw Angel Garza get involved and a ton of “huge bumps.” WWE did have some Raw Underground segments that did air, including Bobby Lashley vs. Ziggler and Lashley vs. Cedric Alexander.

Originally Posted by Observer While Shaquille O'Neal's re-signing with WarnerMedia normally wouldn't make headlines in the pro wrestling world, a sentence in the release caught people's attention Monday. The popular former basketball star will add to his duties with Turner Sports with possibility of AEW being one of those duties: "Could Shaq return to the ring, making a cameo at a future All Elite Wrestling (AEW) event on TNT? We shall see...." The Athletic's Richard Deitsch noted in his story about the new contract said the possibility is "in the embryonic stage at best" but that O'Neal had a message for Cody Rhodes: "I’d love to fight Cody. Write it. Print it. Text it to him. Call AEW up and tell them.” The 48-year-old wrestling fan has made appearances in various top promotions through the years, first in WCW at 1994's Bash at the Beach as he presented the World title to the winner of Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair; a guest host for a 2009 episode of WWE Raw; and backstage with Hogan on a 2012 episode of Impact Wrestling. He appeared as a surprise participant in the 2016 Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 32 and the plan was to work toward a singles match with Big Show at WrestleMania 33 but it never materialized due to O'Neal's schedule.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Inside the Ropes is launching a magazine in September with a big roster of writers including Kenny McIntosh, Bill Apter, Keith Elliot Greenberg, Brian Elliott, Findlay Martin, and Dan Richardson. The first issue will be released next month and there is also an option for an annual subscription on their website.

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