WWE and Fanatics Events announced WWE World at Wrestlemania. A five-day convention centered around WWE’s biggest weekend of its year. The interactive fan event will take place Thursday, April 4 through Monday, April 8 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The company usually holds such events but this time Fanatics Events has repackaged the […]
Wrestling
WrestleMania no longer taking place at Raymond James Stadium
The WWE is following suit with the mandate of cancelling large-scale events and gatherings with the announcement that WrestleMania will no longer take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on April 5th. WrestleMania will still go forward but will be aired at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Payout Perspective: The cancellation is one […]
Ratings for Top Rank, PBC and NCAA Wrestling this weekend
This weekend’s boxing event took a step back from the last couple of weeks as events for Top Rank on ESPN and PBC on FS1 were flat likely overshadowed by the NCAA Tournament. On Saturday night, Top Rank Boxing on ESPN drew 469,000 viewers and 150,000 in the A18-49 demo per Nielsen via ShowBuzz. The […]
Former wrestler sues Activision over video game character
Former professional wrestler Booker T (real name Robert Huffman) has sued Activision claiming that a character in the video game maker’s Black Ops 4 resembles a character he created. “G.I. Bro” is a character created by Huffman for a comic book series. He even wrestled under this name for a short time. The lawsuit claims […]
Benefactors help fund USA Wrestling
The NY Times reports on the big paydays that U.S. Olympic wrestlers might attain if they are able to reach the medal stand in Rio. This is due to wealthy donors supplementing the income of amateur wrestlers. Notably, Jordan Burroughs could earn $500,000 if he strikes gold once again in Rio. Burroughs earned a gold […]