Former AEW Wrestler Andy “Butcher” Williams passed away at an independent wrestling show in Pittsburgh. Williams was 48. TMZ confirmed his passing on Sunday morning. In addition to being a professional wrestler, Williams was part of the bands ETID and Atomic Rule. Williams was with his longtime partner, The Blade, in a pro wrestling show […]
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Report: AEW prevents wrestler from performing due to potential crowd reaction
Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer reports that AEW professional wrestler Brody King was prevented from appearing on an episode of AEW Dynamite due to the potential that it would lead to “F*CK ICE” chants. Despite the report, Sean Ross Sapp stated that WBD “did not have any involvement in Brody King’s upcoming AEW schedule.” […]
TNA Wrestling announces new media partner
Earlier this week, AMC (AMC Networks) and TNA (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) signed a multi-year deal making the wrestling promotion the exclusive US TV home for TNA’s weekly show. TNA’s “Thursday Night iMPACT!” will start airing on AMC starting Thursdays from 9-11pm ET on AMC and the AMC app. The wrestling promotion is experiencing a […]
AEW Dynamite (11.19) draws 491K viewers
AEW Dynamite drew 491,000 viewers on Wednesday night as the promotion headed into its Full Gear PPV. The telecast drew 0.10 in the A18-49 demo. The telecast was a decrease of almost 20% from the previous week. The ratings reflect linear television and does not include HBO-Max streaming. The big news of the event was […]
October 6th ep of Raw on Netflix draws 2.4M views
Netflix reported that the October 6th episode of Raw drew 2.4 million viewers over the same day period. Raw ranked #9 for the week globally among English language Netflix TV shows. It was #6 in the US. The viewership was slightly down from the 9/22 and 9/29 which drew 2.3 million viewers. The telecast was […]