WWE SmackDown drew its low ratings the week after Wrestlemania according to Nielsen. The two-hour event averaged just 2.30 million viewers. The first hour saw WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Fox draw 2.372 million viewers. In the second hour, it drew 2.235 million viewers. The telecast drew 0.6 in the A18-49 demo. It drew a […]
WWE employee diagnosed with COVID-19
The WWE notified its staff and performers that an employee of the company was diagnosed with COVID-19. No name was identified although the internal email obtained by wrestling web site Fightful reports that the person is “not an in-ring performer.” According to the email the WWE believes that the performer had limited exposure to others […]
Former pro wrestler Booker T survives Motion to Dismiss in “Call of Duty” copyright lawsuit
Former WWE wrestler Booker T. Huffman survived a major hurdle in his lawsuit against Activision and Major League Gaming as a federal court in Texas denied the gaming company’s Motion to Dismiss is claims of copyright infringement. Booker T filed a lawsuit for the alleged use of his copyrighted, in-ring persona GI Bro as well […]
NXT 693K, AEW 692,000
NXT on USA surpassed AEW Dynamite on TNT for the first time in 2020 according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. NXT drew 693,000 viewers while AEW drew 692,000 viewers. Despite losing the overall viewership, AEW still had a stronger household rating (A18-49) at 0.26 while WWE pulled in 0.19. ADW drew 0.35 in the M18-49 […]
UFC 249 postponed after California steps in
Dana White announced Thursday afternoon that UFC 249 is postponed as well as other fights the company had planned to go forward starting next Saturday. White indicated he received a call from the “highest level you can go at Disney, and the highest level at ESPN” in halting the plans of the promotion. UFC 249 […]