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Ronda Rousey signs with WWE

January 28, 2018 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Ronda Rousey has signed with WWE as she made a surprise appearance at the Royal Rumble Sunday night.  ESPN revealed the news after Rousey came down the ramp wearing a jacket given to her by Rowdy Roddy Piper’s son at the end of the show. There was much speculation about Rousey’s appearance tonight as she […]

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McMahon revives XFL

January 25, 2018 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The XFL reboot is going to happen.  Vince McMahon is scheduled to make the announcement on Thursday. Speculation about bringing back the XFL surfaced last month when SEC filings from the WWE indicated that McMahon sold 3.34 million shares of the company to fund a separate entity, Alpha Entertainment, LLC.  The company was established “to […]

Filed Under: Featured, WWE, XFL

Rousey to test WWE waters?

December 6, 2017 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

According to MMA Junkie, it appears that Ronda Rousey’s next appearance will be in the WWE as the former UFC star is taking her talents to the pro wrestling ring. Rousey has made an appearance at a Wrestlemania and admits to being a big wrestling fan.  Her friend, Shayna Baszler, is already a pro wrestler […]

Filed Under: UFC, WWE

Young Bucks receive cease and desist over hand gesture

October 4, 2017 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, legal, pro wrestling, Pro Wrestling Post, WWE

The Ratings Buffet for the week ending June 30th

June 30, 2017 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Bellator MMA, El Rey, ESPN, FS1, Lucha Underground, pro wrestling, ratings, Ratings Buffet, Spike, TNA, TUF 24, TUF 25, TV, UFC, USA, WWE

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