Last Friday’s Bellator 147 event averaged 656,000 viewers on Spike TV, headlined by former Strikeforce lightweight champion and UFC fighter Josh Thomson knocking out Pablo Villaseca. This was the final show of the year for Bellator, and the average viewership for their regular Friday night shows was 655,833 viewers – virtually identical to what they did Friday….
Month: July 2020
Spoilers For This Week’s WWE Main Event, Indie Wrestler Works RAW
Prior to last night’s episode of RAW which emanated from The Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, WWE taped two matches for this week’s episode of WWE Main Event. Below are the spoiler results for this week’s episode of WWE Main Event: – Apollo Crews def. Zack Ryder in one-on-one action to kick…
Daily pro wrestling history (12/18): Daniel Bryan becomes WWE World Champion
1947 Kansas City, Kansas:– Orville Brown beat Al Lovelock to retain the MWA Title– Fred Blassie beat Yukon Eric (as Eric Holmback) 2 falls to 1 1965 Minneapolis, Minnesota:– Non Title: Verne Gagne & Mighty Igor Vodik beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race– Chris Markoff beat The Crusher dq– Ivan Kalmikoff…
Daily Update: CMLL, UFC 195 and NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10
No major wrestling shows tonight in the U.S., although there is an iPPV starting shortly from Arena Mexico. CMLL IPPV FROM ARENA MEXICO AT 6 P.M. EST TODAY WATCH HERE Estrellita & Princesa Sugei & Vaquerita vs. Amapola & Dallys & Zeuxis Blue Panther Jr. & Esfinge & The Panther vs. Cancerbero & Raziel & Virus Atlantis & Marco Corleone…
Daily pro wrestling history (01/14): Christian Cage wins TNA/NWA World Title
1943 Kansas City, Kansas: – Lee Wyckoff defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis for the Kansas City Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title 1946 Hollywood, California: – Ernie Piluso defeated Red Berry to win the World Light Heavyweight Title 1958 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: – John DePaulo and Bobby Jones defeated Stan Mykietowich and Ted Stefanyk for the…
The Rock leads to huge WWE RAW ratings
Click:food grade tea tin The combination of the day after the Royal Rumble and the appearance of Dwayne Johnson led Raw to huge numbers last night, averaging 4.09 million viewers over the three hours, up 18 percent from the prior week. For a comparison, the new audience brought in by the usual Rumble bump and…
ROH Nashville, TN, TV tapings results: Jay Lethal, Moose, KONGO, 7-team gauntlet match
Submitted by Lee Thomas & Josh Baker Overview: ROH returned to Nashville for their 1st event at the Municipal Auditorium for four episodes of ROH TV. It was a long night that ran five hours with not a great crowd. The Municipal was a terrible venue for ROH IMO as the whole upper level was curtained off. Black…
NXT Albany, NY, live results: Finn Balor & Austin Aries vs. Baron Corbin & Samoa Joe
Report by Jonathan Leung, thank you also to John Gugarty and Jim Caldwell. I attended tonight’s NXT show in Albany. Crowd size, at least visually, seemed significantly bigger than their show last May. The wait to get into the Armory was wrapped around at least a few blocks. Both the merchandise and food stands were immediately packed upon entry,…
Daily pro wrestling history (03/04): Stan Hansen wins the AJPW Triple Crown
1954 Toronto, Ontario, Canada:– Emil and Ernie Dusek defeated Al and Tiny Mills for the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Titles 1958 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:– Frenchy Champagne and George Eakin defeated John DePaulo and Bobby Jones for the Madison Wrestling Club Tag Team Titles 1962 Denver, Colorado:– Don Leo Jonathan defeated Killer Kowalski in a…
Donald Trump shows Kim Jong-un Hollywood-style video laying out the stakes of summit
Donald Trump, the former reality television star with a knack for theatrics, tried a dose of Hollywood drama as he sought to sway North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their historic summit. Using an iPad, Mr Trump said, he showed Kim a short video made on his behalf, laying out the opportunities that could come…