Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. This edition we’ll take a look at THQ’s bankruptcy, the Survivor Series buy rate and Daniel Bryan makes a young boy’s dream come true. THQ goes bankrupt The Wrestling Post takes a look at THQ’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing and what that means for the WWE. According […]
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Bellator moves to Thursdays
Bellator officially announced its debut on Spike TV for Thursday night, January 17th. It will be in a two hour block starting at 10:00PM PT/ET. Via Bellator Press Release: Emanating from The University of California’s Bren Center in Irvine, CA, featherweight world champion Pat Curran defends his title against explosive knockout artist Patricio Pitbull, while […]
ESPN Poll shows MMA big in key demos
The Sports Business Journal and Figure Four Online examined the annual ESPN Poll which took a look at the popularity of Boxing, MMA and professional wrestling. The poll suggests that MMA is primed to take over the fight landscape. The conclusion is that the UFC is primed to take over boxing and it is buoyed […]
The Pro Wrestling Post: WWE Sat mornings, Rock-Cena in prime time, Vince talks UFC ratings
Welcome to another edition of The Pro Wrestling Post. This week we look at the WWE’s return to Saturday mornings, NBC shows Rock-Cena later this month and Vince McMahon calls out the UFC. WWE returns to Saturday AM The LA Times reports that the WWE will have a half hour Saturday morning show named the […]
The Pro Wrestling Post: Raw reaches 1000
This past Monday was Raw’s 1,000th episode. The show did very well from a ratings and attendance standpoint with big numbers. Cageside Seats reports Raw 1,000 received a 3.84 rating with an average of 6 million viewers. Broken down, it received an average of 5.44 million viewers in Hour 1, 6.32 million viewers in Hour […]