According to an online report, midget wrestler Short Sleeve Sampson will be appearing at this Sunday’s WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view, likely to be involved in the “WeeLC” pre-show match between El Torito and Hornswoggle. Sampson reportedly retired from pro wrestling last year, but has appeared in the past on WWE and TNA programming in various…
– WWE returns to Albany, New York on Tuesday, November 4th for a Smackdown and Main Event taping. Tickets went on sale last night at RAW. – The original script for last night’s RAW had Daniel Bryan wrestling Batista, according to PWInsider.com. On Monday afternoon, the decision was made for Bryan to face Alberto Del…
As we reported last week, WWE sent out a casting call looking for 14 actors that will be featured in a promo video featuring wrestling legend Sting. The promo begins shooting today, Monday, June 16th. While the news seemed to indicate that Sting would be making his WWE television debut soon, the promo is actually…
– For those unaware, Alexander Rusev, who as previously reported will be going by just “Rusev” from now on, is actually dating his manager Lana in real life. – WWE has been discussing the idea of giving wrestlers time off to recharge and heal up as a strategy for down the line. There is some…
WWE Superstar Batista and UFC legend Georges St. Pierre have signed on to appear in ‘Kickboxer’ – a remake of the 1989 cult classic starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Brian O’Shea’s The Exchange will begin shopping the film to foreign buyers later this week at the Cannes Film Market. Producer Ted Field…
– The next edition of WWE Countdown, which airs this coming Tuesday night on the WWE Network, will focus on the top ten most memorable Superstar debuts in WWE history. – Also on the WWE Network this Tuesday, the latest edition of WrestleMania Rewind will take a look back at the memorable showdown between Hulk…
Since WrestleMania season, there have been numerous reports regarding Sting and the possibility of him coming into WWE for a run with the company. At one point, it was considered to be a lock that he was signing and coming in, however with him still having yet to put pen-to-paper, there are some who are…
The Monday, May 26th Memorial Day edition of WWE RAW, which was also the WWE Payback “go-home” show, averaged 3.59 million viewers, making it one of the lowest numbers for a RAW show in the modern era that didn’t face competition from NFL. The hourly viewership breakdown for Monday’s RAW is as follows: Hour One:…
– WWE reported today that WrestleMania XXX drew 690,000 pay-per-view buys. They previously announced almost 400,000 domestic buys. Considering the fact that the Network had over 667,000 subscribers at the time of WrestleMania, the show could have been viewed by over 1.35 million homes. – SeekingAlpha.com has published an article about why investors should stay away…
– The theme of the next edition of WWE Countdown, which airs on Tuesday night on the WWE Network, will be the top ten “trash-talkers” of all-time. – Below is a list of the top ten most-viewed shows on the WWE Network for the past week: 1. Payback 2014 2. Legends House 3. Main Event…