AEW Dynamite on TNT regained the ratings advantage on Wednesday night netting 731,000 viewers per Nielsen according to ShowBuzz Daily. NXT on USA drew 665,000 viewers. It was the first win for AEW in a couple weeks. It drew a 0.25 in the A18-49 demo and 0.31. in the M18-49 demo. It drew 0.29 in […]
WWE reports first quarter 2020 earnings
WWE released its financial results for the first quarter of 2020 on Thursday. Despite layoffs of over 20 performers and employees, the company announced strong earnings with revenues increasing 60% to $291M from Q1 in 2019. But, notably, the earnings call included the news that there would not be a new WWE2K video game. When […]
UFC announces three events in May
The UFC officially announced three events taking place in May with the first one happening on UFC 249. The first event after the break due to COVID-19 will be taking place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. UFC 249 will feature Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje for an interim lightweight title. Also, Henry […]
WWE Smackdown falls to less than 2M viewers in 2nd hour against NFL Draft
WWE Smackdown saw another benchmark in its time on Fox with the second hour of the telecast drawing just 1.978M viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It was the lowest viewership for the program since airing on Fox this past October. WWE Smackdown drew 2.050 million viewers in the first hour and then dropped […]
Bellator champ files lawsuit against former basketball coach
Hawaii News Now reports on the lawsuit filed by current Bellator MMA flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, her sister and one other former student against a Punahou School basketball coach of sexually abusing them while they were students. Notably, the coach, Dwayne Yuen, was never arrested on the claims. Macfarlane graduated from Punahou in 2009. Her […]