Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. We talk about Jerry Lawler’s new t-shirts, a new WWE partnership and the color Pink. “Long Live the King” T-Shirts emerge after near tragedy A week after a near tragedy on live television, WWE capitalized on the situation by selling Jerry Lawler T-shirts. Lawler suffered a heart […]
Strikeforce fighters compensated despite event cancellation
MMA Junkie reports that the fighters from Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy were paid their show money from the recently cancelled card. Several fighters confirmed payment and sources indicated that all 19 fighters scheduled for the card would be compensated. The report did not state the amount of money each fighter received although the speculation is […]
Strikeforce event canceled due to Melendez injury
Strikeforce announced late Sunday night that it was cancelling its event scheduled for September 29th in Sacramento, California. The cancellation comes with an injury to headliner Gilbert Melendez. Melendez apparently separated his shoulder according to the Strikeforce light heavyweight champ in an interview with Inside MMA. Showtime officials stated that the lack of its headliner […]
TUF 16 Episode 2: 872,000 viewer average
MMA Junkie reports that the ratings for the second episode of The Ultimate Fighter 16: Carwin vs. Nelson on FX dipped to an average of 872,000 viewers. Broken down, the numbers included a 0.8 rating for M18-49 and a 0.7 for M18-34. The ratings for the two hour debut of season 16 scored 972,000 viewers. […]
UFC 152: Payout Perspective
Welcome back to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 152 coming from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. Jones survives scare, subs Phenom A first round armbar out of nowhere and Jon Jones almost saw his unblemished (let’s not count Hamill DQ) record go away and one […]