Pro wrestling tag team, the Young Bucks (real life brothers Matt and Nick Jackson) are big stars on the independent wrestling scene. Recently, World Wrestling Entertainment sent the team a cease and desist letter for using hand gestures and phrases made popular by WWE characters during their performances. The “Kliq” hand gesture was used in […]
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The Ratings Buffet for the week ending June 30th
Welcome to another week of The Ratings Buffet. We have been a little late with posting this week. Note the TUF Episode rating is down from last week but up from TUF 24’s Episode 11. Saturday Bellator 180 on Spike TV 8:00-10:00pm ET: 758,000 viewers Bellator 180 on CMT: 143,000 viewers HBO Boxing Replay Ward/Kovalev2 […]
The Ratings Buffet for the week ending June 23rd
Welcome to another week of The Ratings Buffet. Saturday Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN2 11:00pm-1:00am ET: 232,000 viewers Monday Raw on USA WWE Raw 9:00pm ET: 3.201 million viewers; 1.09 rating A18-49 WWE Raw 10:00pm ET: 3.029 million viewers; 1.07 rating A18-49 WWE Raw 8:00pm ET: 3.075 million viewers; 1.05 rating A18-49 Bellator: Fedor Returns […]
USPTO refuses registration of Broken Matt Hardy TM application
Matt Hardy was handed a potential setback from trademarking “Broken Matt Hardy.” The USPTO issued an Office Action which is denying the process for the “Broken Matt Hardy” trademark application. The good news is that Hardy has a chance to respond to the initial decision. Hardy applied to register his “Broken Matt Hardy” gimmick with […]
Anthem exec releases portions of Hardy contract in IP dispute
Ed Nordholm, Executive Vice President of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, sent out an email and attachment of portions of Matt Hardy’s contract related to the use of the “Broken Brilliance” creative which is sparking a potential Intellectual Property dispute between the Hardy’s and its former contractors. MMA Payout obtained a copy of the along with […]