Monthly Archives: July 2020

WWE SmackDown ratings up slightly on road to SummerSlam

Tuesday night’s episode of SmackDown on the USA Network averaged 2.584 million viewers, up less than one percent from last week’s loaded show that featured the first-ever match between John Cena and Shinsuke Nakamura to decide WWE Champion Jinder Mahal’s challenger at SummerSlam. This week’s show finished second on cable in terms of total viewers, trailing […]

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Daily Update: Mayweather vs. McGregor, Charlotte, WCPW World Cup

THE ROUND-UP The Latest from the F4W Staff NEWS Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor live results, news & recap AAA Triplemania XXV live results: Psycho Clown vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. Kyle Snyder wins amateur wrestling World Championships for US Eddie Edwards becomes first American to win GHC Heavyweight title Mayweather vs. McGregor preview: Revenue, PPV […]

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Vince McMahon's return boosts WWE SmackDown ratings

Buoyed by the return of Vince McMahon to television, SmackDown on Tuesday night did its best viewership since April and the fourth highest number of the year. The show averaged 2.754 million viewers, good for second on the night on cable in both total viewership and the 18-49 demo. SmackDown trailed Tucker Carlson Tonight in total viewers […]

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Daily Pro Wrestling History (10/04): Undertaker wins World title at HIAC

1956 Kansas City, Kansas: – Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers beat Joe Dusek and Roy Shire 2 falls to 1 1957  Atlanta, Georgia: – Ray Gunkel and Don McIntyre defeated Kurt Von Brawner & Fritz Von Brawner to win the International Tag Team Titles 1960  Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana defeated […]

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Daily Pro Wrestling History (10/24): WCW Halloween Havoc 1999

1935 St. Louis, Missouri: – Gus Sonnenberg beat Chief Little Wolf  – Man Mountain Dean beat Orville Brown   1956  Tokyo, Japan: – Mitsuo Surugaumi defeated Michiaki Yoshimura in a tournament final to become the first Japanese Junior Heavyweight Champion  Kansas City, Kansas: – World Champion Whipper Billy Watson beat Bobby Bruns 2 falls to 1 […]

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Angela Merkel says she will step down as Chancellor in 2021 after bruising regional elections

Angela Merkel signalled the end of a political era on Monday when she announced she will give up the leadership of her political party next month and stand down as German chancellor when her current term expires in 2021. The woman who has dominated European politics for 13 years stunned Germany with the announcement in […]

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RevPro Global Wars UK results: Minoru Suzuki vs. Matt Riddle

Image: @RevProUK. Report submitted by reader Noel Rattigan. Revolution Pro Wrestling presented the second of their two Global Wars UK shows in Walthamstow last night, headlined by a first-time meeting between Minoru Suzuki and Matt Riddle and Will Ospreay challenging for Zack Sabre Jr.’s Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship. – CCK (Travis Banks, Chris Brookes & […]

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South Korean puppies head to UK as country turns on dog meat trade

Eight South Korean dogs are heading to the UK for adoption this Christmas as Asia’s fourth largest economy is turning against eating dog meat. Dermot, Indie, Luna, Millie, Nara, Olive, Robin, Sandie and Tessa belong to a group of 200 golden retrievers, collies, spaniels, Korean jindos and tosas who were recently rescued by the charity […]

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AEW and NXT surge in viewership, with AEW featuring Mike Tyson scoring big viewership leap while NXT gets edge in rating with Riddle-Thatcher pit fight

> SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… AEW Dynamite surged to first night viewership of 827,000, the highest since March 25, likely buoyed by the Mike Tyson appearance. Last week’s viewership 712,000. The eight week average for AEW was 698,000 heading into this week. Meanwhile, NXT had a strong night with […]

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Six-man tag title match announced for ROH Final Battle

The Young Bucks & Hangman Page will be defending their Ring of Honor World Six-Man Tag Team Championship against Flip Gordon, Dragon Lee & Titan at next month’s Final Battle pay-per-view. ROH announced the match yesterday after it was the only thing for the card not revealed at their two most recent sets of television […]

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