The Season 2 Finale of NXT last night did a 1.02 cable rating, with 1,323,000 viewers. This is up by over 200,000 viewers from last week's taped episode.
September 1, 2010
TV Rating for WWE NXT Season 2 Finale
Strasburg is the Cal Ripken of Washington
The Washington Nationals say Rob Dibble will no longer work as a TV analyst for the team's games, a split that comes after the former reliever made comments critical of rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg.
Dibble lashed out at Strasburg last week for not pitching through pain. Dibble said on Sirius XM Radio that ''You can't have the cavalry come in and save your butt every time you feel a little stiff shoulder, sore elbow.''
Strasburg has since been diagnosed with a torn elbow ligament and will have surgery Friday. He will be sidelined 12 to 18 months.
Two days after making those comments, Dibble was absent from the broadcast both on MASN, the network that televises the games. At the time, MASN said Dibble had requested "a few days off."
source: fox sports
Eric Bischoff on TNA's "Ill-Conceived" Move to Monday Nights, Bret Hart's Comments
Bret Hart's comments about Vince McMahon "stomping out" TNA from Monday nights, the impact "The Hitman" may have had in making that a reality, & what the final outcome would have been for TNA on Monday nights had Bret Hart never come back to the WWE:
"I like Bret so much so it's hard for me to comment about things like this. Bret Hart is a little pre-occupied with the legacy of Bret Hart. Not going to deny it, the move to Monday night was a mistake. It is what it is. It was ill-conceived, it was bad timing, it was a risk, and it was a risk that didn't pan out. I've taken plenty of risks that didn't work out, and I've taken some risks that have. Vince McMahon has taken some risks that worked and taken plenty of risks that hasn't. The move to Monday night was a miss, and I'll take as much responsibility for that as anybody else. I don't think any of it had anything to do with Bret Hart. I think if Bret Hart would have never come back to WWE, the outcome of our Monday night effort would have been exactly the same."
Listen to the complete Bischoff interview at MondayNightMayhem.com.
Another Raw Guest Star Revealed
Johnny Knoxville will be the special guest star on the October 4th edition of Monday Night Raw.
WWE is now referring to the celebrity guest hosts as special guest stars.
This Day in Wrestling History
Ric Flair defeated "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WWF(E) Heavyweight Title.
September 1, 1992
August 31, 2010
Info on WWE NXT Season Three
Season Three will showcase six new Divas (Pros are in parenthesis): Naomi (Kelly Kelly , Maxine (Alicia Fox), Jamie Keyes (Bella Twins), AJ (Primo), Aloisia, & Aksana. Aloisia is known on the indy circuit as Isis the Amazon. She is 6'9" and is teamed with Vickie Guerrero as her Pro. Aksana (Zivile Raudoniene) made her way to the WWE by getting a tape to Triple H after meeting him at a bodybuilding show. Her pro is Goldust.
WWE NXT Results: Kaval Wins Season Two
After the eliminations of Alex Riley and Michael McGillicutty, Kaval wins Season Two of WWE NXT. Full results.
TV Rating for 900th Edition of Raw
The 900th episode of Monday Night Raw scored hours of 3.35 and 3.64, giving it a 3.5 cable rating.
Update on Lucha Libre USA Promotion
The August 28th edition of Lucha Libre USA scored a 0.05 rating and 45,000 viewers. The show aired on a Saturday as opposed to the usual Friday night time slot. Ratings for the series were what MTV expected them to be.
Lucha Libre USA managing director Steve Ship has confirmed that the current run of the show is finished on MTV2. The plan was always to do seasons of the show, like other MTV properties, and the 52-week agreement that they signed was not for 52 straight weeks.
The September 9th event in Corpus Christi, Texas at Whataburger Field as well as other events scheduled will take place as planed. Content will be filmed at these events and used for the LLUSA website and MTV2's website. The footage filmed in Charlotte over the weekend will be used as online content.
For the next season of the show, they will tape from one location, ala TNA Impact, but that location has not been announced yet.
source: 411mania.com
Rumor Mill - WWE Unifying All Titles
WWE will be holding a Unification match for the Divas and Women's Titles at Night of Champions. The talk Monday was that WWE is planning to unify all the titles in the next year and have one World Title, one Tag Team Title, one Intercontinental/US Title and one Women's Title. The idea would be to do the WWE and World Title Unification match at WrestleMania 27.
source: impactwrestling.com & f4wonline.com
J.R.'s Memories of Monday Night Raw
"DX...which helped launch HHH, re-invent HBK and made stars of Billy Gunn, Road Dog, and Chyna. Every one came along at the right place at the right time with the right presentation for their persona's in a male friendly 18-34 demo. To me, this faction was as good as it gets and ranks in the same breath with the Horsemen."...More?
source: jrsbarbq.com
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
