July 30, 2011
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to Captain Lou Albano
July 30, 1933
Danno O'Mahony defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title.
July 30, 1935
Booker T defeated Kurt Angle for the WCW Heavyweight title.
July 30, 2001
July 29, 2011
WWE RAW’s Michael Cole, Zack Ryder Match Bombs After Big HHH Segment
During the WrestleMania build, WWE could generally count on the feud between the heel Michael Cole and the babyface Jerry Lawler to spike viewership interest.
That interest appears to have faded, as a significant portion of Monday’s WWE RAW audience tuned out during Cole’s match with Zack Ryder.
According to a quarterly ratings breakdown at F4WOnline.com, Triple H’s “State of WWE Address” popped an impressive 3.8 cable coverage rating, representing one of the biggest “top of the hour” spikes in a while for the weekly wrestling telecast. The segment with Zack Ryder versus Michael Cole, the match that Triple H’s promo built, fell to a 3.1 rating, which conceivably represents a loss of more than one million viewers.
Given the immense fan interest in Triple H’s follow-up to the angle with Vince McMahon, that segment undoubtedly benefited from “curiosity buzz” that would not customarily trickle over to the next segment. But a drop of this magnitude, especially since the Cole match was plugged during Triple H’s promo, is still a disappointment.
The low rating, of course, also speaks negatively to Ryder’s drawing ability, indicating that his online buzz has not yet translated to television interest.
source: headlineplanet.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Jerry Lawler and Andy Kaufman were on the Late Night Show with David Letterman. Lawler and Kaufman started yelling at each other. Lawler started pushing Kaufman and Kaufman was cussing him out, which led to Andy Kaufman walking off the set. The incident made headlines everywhere and basically gave huge publicity to the two men. We later found out that it was all a work and that they were friends.
July 29, 1982
July 28, 2011
Paul Levesque Granted Another 5000 Shares of WWE Stock
Paul received 5000 shares in September of last year around the time of his promotion. According to the SEC filing, he received another 5000 shares this month. Click here to see a copy of the SEC filing.
C.M. Punk reveals when he decided to stay with WWE, Vince McMahon's thoughts on the angle, More
WWE star C.M. Punk was interviewed by ESPN's Bill Simmons on the new Grantland.com in a podcast interview. Punk acknowledged that he used "The Cult of Personality" in Ring of Honor and thought it would be a fun throwback. He said no other songs were considered.
Punk said his big promo that started the angle "was 100 percent real because it came from the heart." He said he knows where the line is and while he may have went too far in a couple of areas, he knows that things like saying hello to Colt Cabana isn't going to hurt the company.
Happy Birthday Murphy
Paul & Stephanie will be celebrating their middle daughter's third birthday today.
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
