MMA Payout has obtained records from the criminal case of Joshua Ramos, the individual suing, Dana White for allegedly breaking an agreement in a sex-tape case. The criminal complaint details the reasons why the authorities found a reason to charge Ramos with extortion. Essentially his crime was using a cell phone to attempt to extort […]
WWE Friday Night SmackDown draws lowest ratings on Fox
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 […]