The U word (“union”) came up again in the WWE as a mid-card wrestler stood up for what he thought was unfair pay. What happens when a WWE wrestler gets in trouble with management? In the case of mid-card wrestler, JTG (real name Jayson Paul), he sent out a tweet expressing his frustration with his […]
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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 Wrestling Post: WWE Earnings for 2nd Quarter
World Wrestling Entertainment announced its 2nd Quarter results for 2012. Revenues were off by $1 million from last year and there was no word on the launch of the WWE Network. The much-talked about Network and the much-maligned film division were the key reasons for the shortfall in this quarter’s revenues. Interestingly, the launch of […]
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 […]