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Old 05-01-2019, 09:29 PM   #650
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Originally Posted by Observer
Last night's SmackDown on the USA Network averaged 1.833 million viewers, the lowest number for the show since the 2016 brand split and its move to airing live on Tuesday nights.

The show was down 12 percent from last week and almost 25 percent from the same week in 2018 ...

SmackDown usually finishes in the middle of the top 10 in terms of total cable viewers for the night, but it fell all the way to 15th yesterday. Perhaps more importantly, in the key 18-49 demo, where SmackDown is usually first or second, the show fell to seventh on the night with a 0.54 rating.

SmackDown did air opposite an NBA playoff game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics that did a big audience of 4.404 million. A later game featuring the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets did an even bigger audience of 6.073 million, starting at 10:30 p.m. Even an NHL playoff game finished close to SmackDown in viewers with 1.664 million, and it beat SmackDown in the demo ...

As bad as these numbers are, they could get even lower with the NBA playoffs getting into the deeper rounds and network TV shows soon airing their season finales, which are often the highest rated episodes of the year.
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Beth Phoenix is the latest addition to the NXT commentary team.

She came out during tonight’s NXT tapings at Full Sail University and was announced as the newest member of the commentary team. Percy Watson, who usually joins Mauro Ranallo and Nigel McGuinness on commentary, was not there and his status on NXT is currently unknown.
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Originally Posted by Observer
David Otunga was part of the commentary team for this week's 205 Live and called the show with Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness, and Aiden English.
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WWE Network News reported that a one-hour Pro Wrestling USA video will be tomorrow’s addition to the WWE Network’s Hidden Gems section. Here’s the description for it: “Ric Flair battles Sgt. Slaughter while The Fabulous Freebirds face The Road Warriors and Paul Ellering from Pro Wrestling USA.”
Link: https://www.wwenetworknews.com/2019/...gems-addition/

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Originally Posted by Observer
Lucha Central reported that an agreement has been reached for Jeff Cobb to receive his release from Lucha Underground.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Tickets for the 9/15 AAA debut at Madison Square Garden are slated to go on sale this Sunday 5/5.
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NXT is currently filming its latest set of television tapings from Full Sail. At the tapings, a superstar from the main roster returned to NXT.

Read below if you want to be spoiled.
SPOILER: show

Tyler Breeze is officially back in NXT. Prince Pretty returned to Full Sail to interrupt Velveteen Dream, making it known that he is coming after the NXT North American Title. Breeze said in his promo that he had returned "home" and based on the segment with Dream, looks to be back in NXT on a full-time basis. Breeze would take a selfie with Dream before laying him out.



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Originally Posted by Fightful
Don't count on Tony Khan being the "Mr. McMahon" of All Elite Wrestling.

The authority character has been a staple in pro wrestling for decades, with the role sometimes being portrayed by real-life bosses. While that head honcho spot may be something utilized in the upcoming All Elite Wrestling promotion, don't expect Tony Khan to be the one cutting promos.

"I have thought about it and I'm not going to do it. We have some of the greatest on-air performers in the world and look, I am who I am in the promotion. I am the president and the CEO and the founder of this company but it's not going to be me all over TV and I'm not going to be doing a lot of interviews or backstage segments on television," Khan told WSVN-TV's Chris Van Vliet in a new interview.
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Originally Posted by Fightful
Dash Wilder will be sticking around a bit longer.

Cassidy Haynes of Bodyslam.net is reporting that WWE is adding an extra two months to the contract of Dash Wilder due to time he missed in 2017 with a jaw injury. Wilder's contract was reportedly set to expire in April 2020, but the extra two months will see his contract run until June 2020.

Scott Dawson's contract is still set to expire in April 2020.
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On the most recent episode of What Happened When, Conrad Thompson discussed WWE offering replacements for Undertaker, who was originally booked for Starrcast. WWE offered Ric Flair, Sting, and Eric Bischoff. However, Conrad had already booked them to appear. Then, WWE offered Sting and The APA. Both Sting and Ron Simmons were already booked and Conrad didn't want to book JBL. Conrad asked if in exchange for Undertaker, he could have Shawn Michaels. WWE didn't respond.

Conrad also said originally the plan was for Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon to provide alternate commentary for their ladder match at WrestleMania X. That idea fell through, but Conrad said that Shawn Michaels liked the idea so much he pitched it to WWE and both he and Razor provided alternate commentary for their ladder match at WrestleMania X on WWE's YouTube channel.

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