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 […]
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The Wrestling Post: The Hitman seconds Ring; new WWE IR channel; TNA show cancelled
Welcome to another edition The Wrestling Post. In this edition, Nick Ring gets a boost from Bret Hart, the WWE unveils its Investor Relations channel and a TNA show is axed. Bret Hart to walk to Octagon with Ring Nick Ring will be escorted to the ring by hometown hero, WWE superstar Brett Hart (via […]
Direct TV-Viacom impasse means Spike TV, MTV, other channels blacked out
Ad Age reports that negotiations between Direct TV and Viacom have reached an impasse and Viacom-owned networks on the DTV will be pulled July 10th at midnight as a result. For MMA and pro wrestling fans, it means that they will be left without Bellator and TNA Wrestling until an agreement can be reached. The […]
The Pro Wrestling Post: WWE announces new show on ION network
Television By Numbers reports that the WWE will debut a new one hour show on the ION Network starting October 3rd. “WWE Main Event” will feature WWE superstars from the Raw and Smackdown rosters according to a press release from the WWE. As MMA fans recall, ION was the home for a couple UFC Prelims […]
The Wrestling Post: WWE Twitter partnership and a new strategy for its studios
In this week’s wrestling post we take a look at WWE Studios and its partnership with Twitter to deliver expanded tweets. WWE becomes Twitter partner Earlier this week it was announced that the WWE and Twitter have entered into a partnership in which it would enable the WWE to embed content previews, view images, play […]