Rewritten just hours before the show went on air, this week’s Smackdown did 1,911,000 viewers, down 251,000 viewers from last week’s show against heavy competition from the CNN debate. The CNN debate with the Democratic front-runners did 8.6 million viewers against Smackdown. Smackdown was #5 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #12 in overall viewership for the night on cable. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com) click here for the 2019 Wrestling TV Viewership gridClick Here:

According to a source in #WWE, Nikki Cross, Alexa Bliss and Samoa Joe are just a few of the Superstars from #RAW who are currently scheduled to be on #SDLive tonight. — Brad Shepard (@TheBradShepard) August 6, 2019 Click Here:

Decider recently interviewed AEW President Tony Khan, who admitted that AEW took bath financially on the recent free live shows on Bleacher Report Live, and he personally took a big hit financially on those events. As noted, both AEW Fyter Fest and Fight for the Fallen were available for free on the Bleacher Report Live streaming service. Meanwhile, AEW All Out will be available on pay-per-view this month, similar to Double or Nothing. Below are some highlights. Khan on AEW taking a bath on the free shows and why he did it: “In terms of putting shows out there for free, we took a bath financially on that and I…

WWE has released a new theme song collection Uncaged 9 via iTunes, featuring the following songs: 01 – Then, Now, Forever (WWE Signature) 02 – Prime Time Open (Prime Time Wrestling 1988) 03 – I Like It Raw (WWE Raw 1995) 04 – High Voltage (Livewire 1997) 05 – Imminent Danger (Cage Lowering) 06 – Sunday Night Heat Theme (Sunday Night Heat 1998) 07 – Astros (Super Astros 1998) 08 – Rage (WrestleMania 15) 09 – No Mercy (No Mercy 2002) 10 – Confidential (WWE Confidential 2002) 11 – Velocity (WWE Velocity 2002) 12 – End (WWE Judgement Day 2003) 13 – Vengeance (WWE Vengeance 2004) 14 – Great American…

Alex Shelley Posts interesting Story About TNA’s Booking Issues & Pay Cuts Alex Shelley shared a story on Twitter tonight about TNA’s booking issues that included current IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada, The Young Bucks, and Brian Kendrick. Shelley started off by sharing a photo of the group with the X-Divison title and explaining how he and the rest weren’t booked for TV that day in Orlando. They weren’t even recognized by the runner that TNA sent out to get tourists to take photos with the title and come to the studio. “We decided to get our picture with the belt as a total piss take,” shared Shelley. “The runner…

WWE has sent out a press release announcing that the Firefly Funhouse playsets they had available on WWE Shop sold out in under three hours. There were only 500 boxes made for $39.99 each, and WWE will not be making any more. The boxes are now showing up on eBay for prices of $225, $249 and $250. Here’s the press release: Limited edition Firefly Funhouse sells out in under 3 hours! For the first time ever WWE Shop sold a limited edition Firefly Funhouse box and Yowie Wowie did the WWE Universe ever respond! 500 boxes containing exclusive Bray Wyatt merchandise sold out in under 3 hours. Each box contained:…

Show: Wrestling Epicenter Guest: Ken Shamrock Date: 08/22/19 Your Host: James Walsh UFC Hall of Famer and the first Impact Wrestling champion ever (back when it was the NWA World Title) “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” Ken Shamrock steps into the Epicenter for the first time since 2004 this week to discuss his new venture of which he is the President of – VALOR Bare Knuckle Fighting. During our conversation, we discuss why now is the right time for bare knuckle’s return to combat sports, how he got involved, why gloves became the norm in UFC/MMA, and, of course,w e talk a little wrestling as well discussing his return to…

The ratings and viewership for this week’s Smackdown edged in opposite directions this week in comparison to last week’s numbers. Tuesday night’s episode brought in a 0.68 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 2.142 million viewers. Those numbers are up 1% and down 1% from last week’s 0.67 demo rating and audience of 2.164 million. The rating was the highest for the show since the May 29th episode had a 0.69, while the audience was still up from the 2.088 million from two weeks ago. Smackdown ranked #1 among cable originals for the night per Showbuzz Daily, beating out Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo (0.48 demo…

1. Kevin Owens defeated Sami Zayn -After the match, Zayn cut a promo but Matt Hardy came out and gave him a Twist of Fate. 2. Andrade defeated Matt Hardy 3. Ember Moon defeated Charlotte Flair -After the match, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville attacked Moon but The Kabuki Warriors made the save. 4. The Kabuki Warriors defeated Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville 5. Street Fight Roman Reigns defeated Samoa Joe 6. WWE Intercontinental Championship Match Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Ali 7. Randy Orton defeated Rey Mysterio 8. WWE Championship Match Kofi Kingston (c) (w/Big E) defeated Daniel Bryan (w/Erick Rowan)Click Here: