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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]