WWE NXT in viewership and ratings once again.
Wednesday's Dynamite episode drew 730,000 viewers (-12% from last week) on TNT, barely topping the 715,000 viewers (-2%) garnered by the "Takeover: In Your House" go-home edition of NXT on the USA Network by 2%, according to Showbuzz Daily.
AEW ranked #27 in the Cable Top 150, while NXT ranked #45. AEW ranked #71 in viewership, while NXT ranked #72 in viewership.
Last week's Dynamite go-home episode drew 827,000 viewers and ranked #4 in the Cable Top 150, and #62 in viewership. Last week's NXT episode drew 731,000 viewers and ranked #24 in the Cable Top 150, and #66 in viewership.
AEW drew a 0.29 rating (-9%) in the 18-49 demographic while NXT drew a 0.20 (+5%) in the same demo this week. Last week's AEW show drew a 0.32 rating while the NXT episode drew a 0.19 in that demographic.
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June 4, 2020
AEW Dynamite Tops WWE NXT Despite 12% Drop In Viewership
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June 1, 2020
WWE Launches Free Version Of The WWE Network
WWE today unveiled the free version of WWE Network. The free version features a vast portion of its content library with more than 15,000 WWE titles now available for free, with no credit card required.
The free version of WWE Network includes:
* New shows including Raw Talk, streaming Monday nights each week immediately following Raw
* Original series including Monday Night War, Ride Along, Table for 3, Photo Shoot and Story Time
* Recent episodes of WWE's flagship programs Monday Night Raw, Friday Night SmackDown and NXT
* Select historical WWE pay-per-views and NXT TakeOver events
* Weekly WWE highlights, Top 10, WWE's The Bump, WWE Now, The Best of WWE and WWE Timeline
"The launch of WWE Network's Free Version is a key component of our company's digitization strategy and a new way for all fans to be able to experience premium WWE content," said Jayar Donlan, WWE Executive Vice President, Advanced Media. "As we continue to reimagine WWE Network's offering, the Free Version will serve as an effective way to reach a broader group of consumers and allow them to experience the history and spectacle of WWE."
To access WWE Network's free version, download the WWE App on any device, including TVs, gaming consoles, mobile phones, tablets and computers.
May 14, 2020
AEW Dynamite Draws Lowest Viewership In Show History, However Still Beats WWE NXT
Week 31 of the Wednesday Night War saw AEW Dynamite top WWE NXT in viewership and ratings once again.
Wednesday's Dynamite episode drew 654,000 viewers (-11% from last week) on TNT, topping the 604,000 viewers (-9%) garnered by NXT on the USA Network by 8.3%, according to Showbuzz Daily.
AEW ranked #15 in the Cable Top 150, while NXT ranked #46. AEW ranked #65 in viewership, while NXT ranked #67 in viewership.
This is the lowest AEW viewership in the history of the show, and the fourth-lowest NXT viewership since the show came to USA. NXT is also tied for their lowest rating in the 18-49 demo in history.
Last week's Dynamite episode drew 732,000 viewers and ranked #12 in the Cable Top 150, and #66 in viewership. Last week's NXT episode drew 663,000 viewers and ranked #33 in the Cable Top 150, and #68 in viewership.
AEW drew a 0.23 rating in the 18-49 demographic while NXT drew a 0.15 in the same demo this week. For both shows, it was their lowest rating in the demo in history, although NXT has garnered that rating in the demo two other times. Last week's AEW show drew a 0.28 rating while the NXT episode drew a 0.18 in that demographic.
Chris Jericho Talks Having Issues With Triple H In The Past
"I think there's a lot of professional rivalry when you're young full of vim and vigor as they say. It happens in rock and roll bands all the time. Bands will break up, and 10 years later, they'll get back together like why did we waste 10 years of our lives not playing together?"
Jericho recently referred to Triple H as a brother on social media. He believes that Vince McMahon used the animosity that he and Triple H had for each other to get the best out of them inside of the ring.
"I think there's that animosity that drives you to become better, and if you have a case like say Jericho and Triple H, our matches were always great because there was a little bit of real-life animosity between us," Jericho admitted. "'I'm gonna show him. Well, I'm gonna show him. Well, I'm gonna show him,' and I think that's good in a certain way. And I can almost suggest back in those certain days, Vince McMahon would subtly encourage that because you knew you were going to get better results inside of the ring."
May 11, 2020
Becky Lynch Vacates RAW Women's Title To Asuka, Announces Pregnancy On RAW
Becky Lynch is expecting her first child.
Asuka danced around and came back to the ring where Lynch was waiting. That's when Lynch announced that she was going to be a mother because she can't fight anymore. Lynch then finally smiled and showed some happiness while embracing Asuka. Lynch made her emotional exit up the ramp, told fans she will miss them, and left to the back as Asuka continued her celebration.
RAW returned from the commercial break and we saw Lynch being congratulated by several Superstars in the backstage area.
Lynch is engaged to Seth Rollins.
May 7, 2020
AEW Dynamite & NXT Viewership Both Rise With Eventful Shows
Per Showbuzz Daily, NXT was up from last week with 663,000 viewers (up from 637,000) and came in at No. 33 with a .18 rating in the 18-49 demographic. That’s lower than AEW’s .28 for the night.
NXT YEAR-TO-DATE RANKINGS
Feb. 19 – 794,000 – 2020 High
March 18 – 542,000 – 2020 Low
May 6 – 663,000 – This Week
AEW DYNAMITE YEAR-TO-DATE RANKINGS
Jan. 1 – 967,000 – 2020 High
April 15 – 683,000 – 2020 Low
May 6 – 732,000 – This Week
Triple H And Stephanie McMahon To Host The Quest For Lost WWE Treasures
A+E Network announced their upcoming programming slate earlier today and it was revealed that WWE's Triple H and Stephanie McMahon would be hosting a future series known as 'The Quest for Lost WWE Treasures'.
A+E Network had already previously announced 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, Booker T, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels 'Biography' specials, with the first three set to air fairly soon.
'The Quest for Lost WWE Treasures' will take 'viewers on the ultimate hunt to find some of WWE’s most iconic, lost memorabilia.' McMahon and 'The Game' will lead a team of collectors, WWE legends and current superstars as they all try to 'investigate, negotiate, bid and travel across the country to hunt down and reclaim some of the most elusive WWE collectibles.'
It's also been said that the show will feature exclusive behind-the-scenes WWE footage and full access to the WWE archives, meaning that a whole host of iconic items are surely set to be unearthed during the series.
There will be ten one-hour episodes overall, but there's still no word on when the show will actually be dropping on our screens.
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AEW Fined $10,000 By The Maryland State Athletic Commission For Jon Moxley Vs. Kenny Omega Match
AEW has been fined $10,000 by the Maryland State Athletic Commission over the "Unsanctioned Lights Out match" between current AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and current AEW World Tag Team Champion Kenny Omega.
The order, seen below, notes that AEW was the promoter for a pro wrestling match between Omega and Moxley at the AEW Full Gear pay-per-view from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on November 9, 2019, a match that saw the licensed talents suffer lacerations that caused blood to be introduced into the ring. The commission determined that administrative charges against AEW were appropriate for alleged violations of Maryland law pertaining to pro wrestling contests and related regulations.
The filing mentions how Moxley and Omega used "foreign objects including a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, a broom with bristles wrapped in barbed wire, and a tool similar to an ice pick." It also states Moxley "used the baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire to strike" Omega three times across his back and cause lacerations from which Omega bled. It also details how Omega used the broom to cause Moxley to bleed from his head, shoulder and back.
May 4, 2020
Triple H And Shawn Michaels Discuss Social Media’s Impact On WWE
Triple H and Shawn Michaels recently appeared on Inside The Ropes. The duo discussed social media’s impact on WWE’s creative process and how fans behave differently now. Triple H said that fans are much more expressive, which makes it more difficult to create heels and faces.
“Everybody has an opinion,” said Triple H. “Everybody has an opinion, but you can’t dictate now, so, like, you’re gonna create a character that everybody’s supposed to dislike, but there’s a large portion of them that are gonna like that. And then when you make somebody that they’re supposed to like, there’s a large portion of them that are gonna dislike that. And if you tried hard to flip them, and I know everybody’s gonna make the Roman thing of this, but there’s something to all that. But that’s a more difficult thing probably now than it’s ever been in this business to come up with a universal one or the other.”
Triple H and Michaels said that this effect holds true for fans in sports and other forms of entertainment. Triple H specifically brought up the music industry. “Same with music, too,” said Triple H. “Artists put out an album now, and you go through the social media when the album comes out, and it’s like, ‘Greatest thing ever,' ‘absolute crap, complete garbage,’ ‘greatest music of all time,’ like, it just…”
Michaels said that, when you’re the one who’s making the content, you don’t necessarily care if the fans love or hate it. “It’s okay if you get on social media, and you say that it’s absolute garbage because that means at least you purchased the album to listen to it, to find out, to make your decision it’s absolute garbage,” said Michaels. “After you purchase the album we’re good. You know what I mean? Whatever decision you want to come up with after that, knock your socks off.”
Triple H said that he loves the fans’ passion, whether the crowd is cheering or booing. “I think sometimes fans think it’s something that we hate or something,” said Triple H. “It’s funny, sometimes I see the internet talk about us manipulating crowd noises. We don’t manipulate the crowd noises. You know, on live stuff, where they think like, ‘Oh and then they turned down the volume because this guy was getting booed and they didn’t want him getting booed.’ No, we didn’t. It’s just what’s happening right, it just is. But they’re so passionate about it, but the fact that, we love the fact that they can express their opinion. We love the fact that they can go out there and say, ‘This is great,’ ‘This isn’t great,’ ‘This guy’s a good guy,’ ‘That person’s a bad guy,’ whatever that is, right, and yet, if they also, if they tell us they dislike something, if we’re smart, we listen to that. Might take a while but we can fix it.”
Finally, Michaels said it’s better to see fans showing some engagement rather than watching them give up entirely. “I’d be more worried if you weren’t engaged, if you didn’t have an opinion,” said Michaels. “Whether you do get tired of it or not, what’s gonna really suck is the day when nobody cares, when nobody wants a picture, when nobody wants an autograph. So, no matter how much, better to have that ‘hassle’ than no hassle at all, and I think that’s how all of us in this line of work look at it. Any kind of engagement, good, bad or otherwise, is better than no engagement at all.”
April 28, 2020
WWE Hit With Multiple Lawsuits On Behalf Of Shareholders, Top WWE Officials Named
WWE and top company officials have been hit with multiple lawsuits on behalf of shareholders.
The class actions mention WWE's recent history with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and make several accusations against top executives in the company, who are named.
The Gross Law Firm recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of shareholders, accusing the company of making "materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose" that they perpetrated a fraudulent scheme. The suit noted that investors would've been affected between February 7, 2019 and February 5, 2020. Full details on the suit are here. The press release on the class action reads like this:
"A class action has commenced on behalf of certain shareholders in World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. The filed complaint alleges that defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: Defendants perpetrated a fraudulent scheme which: (i) deceived the investing public regarding WWE's business and prospects; (ii) artificially inflated the price of WWE Class A common stock; (iii) permitted certain senior executives of WWE to sell more than $282 million worth of their personally held shares at fraud inflated prices; and (iv) caused the public to purchase WWE Class A common stock at artificially inflated prices."
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Stephanie McMahon Joins Board of the Ad Council
The Ad Council is adding several new faces to its Board of Directors following the group’s spring meeting on Tuesday.
Diego Scotti, Chief Marketing Officer at Verizon, is being elected Board Vice Chair, joining additional Board Vice Chairs Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Advertising Sales and Client Partnerships, NBCUniversal, and Jacki Kelley, CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network.
The Board is chaired by David Fischer, Chief Revenue Officer, Facebook who will vacate his seat after his 12 month term is up in July. He’ll be succeeded by Yaccarino.
Other new members are Mel Edwards, Global CEO, Wunderman Thompson, Stephanie McMahon, CBO WWE, Chad Engelgau, CEO, Acxiom, Pete Stein, CEO, Huge, David Creech, VP Brand Creative, North America, Nike and Blake Chandlee, VP Global Business Solutions, TikTok.
The Ad Council also elected two new members to its Leadership Council —Zachary Dominitz, SVP, Partnerships, CBS and Chris Schmicker, VP, Global Brand & Strategy, Xerox.