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  • Lucha Underground results: Muertes vs Matanza; Rey Mysterio Trios title match

    A recap video recaps the trios tournament, and the title win by Prince Puma, Rey Mysterio, and El Dragon Azteca Jr. We see a bit of the cop drama, and the announcement of Graver Consequences with Mil Muertes and Matanza – a casket match with four coffins in use. Dario meets with the mayor’s goon in a club and gives him his payment — thus explaining why he’s allowed to run an “underground” fight club. The goon tells him that he’s being watched by the police and he probably has at least one person on the inside. Dario is told that the Temple is very important, and that “his employer” will be visiting the Temple. Melissa Santos introduces our first match, for an Aztec medallion – a battle of former partners.

    Mr. Cisco vs. Castro Castro vs. Joey Ryan – Aztec Medallion Match

    Cisco gets a rollup on Castro for 2. Suplex by Castro to Cisco gets 2, while Joey is happy to just hang around on the outside of the ring. Joey Ryan goes for a schoolboy on Castro and beats him. Striker compares this to a flash knockout. Sure thing there, bucko.

    Catrina talks to Mil about waiting 197 years for tonight. She says Mil spent only a few days in stone before she guided him to safety, and saved him from death in Grave Consequences. Tonight, she will lick Matanza’s face and make them immortal. King Cuerno rises from below in their sacred candle room area. Well, that should be a fun match down the line. Mundo is added to the former Trios Championship holders team tonight for a rematch.

    Ivelisse, Son of Havoc, and Johnny Mundo vs. Trios Champions Rey Mysterio, Prince Puma, and Dragon Azteca Jr

    Mundo’s new pink and white gear is something else. Ivie starts out with Azteca, and outwrestles him for a bit. Leg kick to Ivie leads to him leaving and we we get Rey-Havoc. Havoc gets 2 off a standing SSP, while Rey gets 2 off a sunset flip. Rey and Havoc grab one another’s legs to avoid a kick – and agree to break on 3 and actually do. Puma tags in and then Mundo comes in for a slugfest.

    Mundo sends him over the rope to the apron and lands a high kick. Puma blocks a lariat with a high kick. Azteca and Havoc are now in and Havoc sends him up top. Azteca flips down and cradles him for 2. Superman Forearm by Azteca hits, but Havoc recovers and gets 2 off a handspring cutter. Rey and Havoc come in and a victory roll gets 2 for Rey. An argument breaks out and Mundo “accidentally” flying Chuck kicks Ivie.

    Havoc high kicks Rey and gets 2. 619 hits and a tag to Puma leads to the 630 while Striker talks about the torch being passed and a new star being created…off a tag and one move. Taya jumps Ivie after the match. The large funeral march begins to set up Graver Consequences. When combined with the tragic Western music, it’s beautiful and a great way to add a sense of artistic beauty on a wrestling show in a new way. Mil Muertes comes out with Catrina, while Dario leads Matanza down.

    Lucha Underground Champion Mil Muertes vs. Matanza Cueto – Graver Consequences Match

    Mil jumps him and hits a chain of lariats in the corner. Matanza responds with a clothesline from Hell. Mil is tossed over the top onto a casked back-first like he’s HBK – only he’s 300 pounds. Matanza puts a casket next to the other, but Catrina hits him with a chair. It does nothing – but when he goes for Catrina, Mil spears him through chairs. Matanza powerbombs Mil onto the top of one of the three side-by-side caskets. 

    Mil smashes Matanza’s head into the posts, resulting in a wacky “bonk” sound effect. Matanza teases a chokeslam off the apron, but instead eats a Flatliner off of the apron onto the caskets. Matanza drags a casket into the ring, and then Dario gets pulled in – but Matanza saves him. Matanza hits the multiple gutwrench suplex, but Mil recovers, punches him and hits a spear without landing on his stomach.

    Mil grabs the turnbuckle connector hook, but Matanza prevents its use and headbutts him. Matanza goes for the mask with his hands instead and tears it up. Matanza attacks the head with the hook and Striker says it’s to draw blood, and he’s sliced open. Matanza gets chokeslammed onto the casket! Mil grabs a toolbox and gets a lead glove, which Striker says you wouldn’t find that in a regular toolbox. Mil punches away on the mask with that glove. Matanza hits a low blow and a rabbit lariat. Matanza rips the lid off the coffin, and can’t win by tossing him in the mid-ring casket now.

    Matanza realizes this and tosses it outside before taking an even bigger casket off its base and placing it on the floor. Matanza shoves him in the casket, but Mil’s hand raises up through the coffin and slams Matanza’s head onto the casket! Mil smacks him with the ring bell. Dario and Catrina brawl! Matanza has the stone and throws it in a casket. Matanza grabs Catrina and puts her in the casket with the stone. Mil hits a suicide dive to the floor! 

    They come back in and Mil lands a sloppy powerslam to Matanza. Mil opens the lid of a casket and puts Matanza in it, but Matanza survives – only to eat a slew of punches. One big hook allows him to recover. POWERBOMB ON THE CASKET. Matanza hits the Wrath of the Gods rewind powerslam and wins it! They open the casket with Catrina, but she has vanished. Mil Muertes is carried away in the casket by the pall bearers. King Cuerno takes off a hood to reveal himself as one of them.

    More drama as the councilman’s goon brings the money Dario gave them to a limo. He tells “his lord” that Dario thinks his brother is the most powerful being on Earth – but told him that his lord was, and we see a lighter spark and what looks like a cigar being lit up to introduce a new unseen character to the mix. This wasn’t the best episode of the season, but a solid one that built to the future nicely.

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  • F4D: Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm debate whether Ryback was right

    Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm return today with tons to discuss.  As a thought experiment, Bryan and Lance actually debate Ryback’s claim that all wrestlers should be paid roughly the same for taking bumps.  You heard that right.  Plus, Retro Raw thoughts, Bret Hart, and more!  A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • WOL: Adam Rose arrest, potential UFC sale, more!

    Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive are back today to concentrate on the two biggest stories: The potential sale of UFC and the Adam Rose arrest after accusations of domestic violence and witness tampering. We’ve also got phone calls, emails, text messages and more! A packed show as always so check it out~!

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  • Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/11): Executioners win WWWF Tag Team Titles; LAX wins TNA World Tag Team Titles;

    1944 

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Frankie Talaber defeated The Great Mephisto for the Midwest Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1945

    Houston, Texas:
    – Jules Strongbow defeated Hans Schnable to win the Texas Heavyweight Title 

    1949 

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Martino Angelo defeated Billy Fox in Columbus, Ohio for the MWA World Junior Heavyweight Title

    1950

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Lee Henning beat Enrique Torres in 2 out of 3 falls
    – Joe Dusek and Tommy O’Toole drew 1 fall a piece 
    – Dutch Hefner and Mayes McLain drew 
    – Jay Steele beat Jack Moore   

    1954 

    San Francisco, California:
    – Rocky Brown and Leo Nomellini defeated Ben and Mike Sharpe to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title 

    1962 

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – Czaya Nandor and Sandor Kovacs defeated Aldo Bogni and Alexis Bruga to win the Stampede International Tag Team Title 

    1963

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Fritz & Waldo Von Erich beat Verne Gagne & Don Leo Jonathan
    – Pat O’Connor beat Roy Collins
    – Doug Gilbert beat Guy Mitchell
    – Bobby Managoff drew Larry Hennig

    1967 

    Chattanooga, Tennessee:
    – The Blue Infernos defeated Billy and Jimmy Hines for the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Title 

    1968

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Verne Gagne & Bill Watts
    – Mighty Igor Vodik beat Mad Dog Vachon dq
    – Dr X beat Dutch Savage
    – Bob Boyer drew Bob Ramstead
    – Luke Brown beat Big K

    1972 

    Cleveland, Ohio:
    – Don and Johnny (Greg Valentine) Fargo defeated Dominic DeNucci and Tony Parisi to win the National Wrestling Federation Tag Team Title 

    1976 

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – The Executioners (Killer Kowalski and Big John Studd under masks) defeated Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi for the WWWF World Tag Team Title 

    Shreveport, Louisiana:
    – Killer Karl Kox and Bob Sweetan defeated Ted DiBiase and Dick Murdoch for the Tri-State NWA United States Tag Team Title 

    1978 

    Osaka, Japan:
    – Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta won the NWA International Tag Team Title defeating Kim Duk and Kintaro Ohki

    1979

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum
    – Greg Gagne beat Pat Patterson
    – Doug Gilbert (sub Steve Olsonoski) drew Ray Stevens
    – Jesse Ventura (sub Buddy Wolff) beat Billy Robinson dq
    – Jesse Ventura beat Joe Scarpello (sub Paul Ellering)

    1980 

    Charlotte, North Carolina:
    – The Iron Sheik defeated Jim Brunzell for the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title 

    1981 

    Fort Worth, Texas:
    – Ernie Ladd defeated Kerry Von Erich to win the World Class American Heavyweight Title 

    1985 

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Billy Jack Haynes and Ricky Vaughn defeat Mega Maharishi (Ed Wiskoski) and Kendo Nagasaki for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title 

    1987 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jeff Jarrett defeated Moondog Spot in Memphis, Tennessee to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title
    –  Mark Starr and Billy Travis defeated Badd Company (Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka) for the CWA/AWA International Tag Team Title

    1991 

    Guaynabo, Puerto Rico:
    – Brad Anderson defeated Ricky Santana to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title 

    Shakopee, Michigan:
    – Charlie Norris defeated Golden Idol (subbing for Terminator Rigs) for the Pro Wrestling America Heavyweight Title 

    1996

    AAA TripleMania IV: Chicago, Illinois: 
    -Karis la Momia, Arunyo, & Killer defeated Blue Demon Jr., Torero, & Mascara Sagrada Jr. in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match 
    -Jerry Estrada & Juventud Guerrera defeated Pantera & Super Calo in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match 
    -Picudo, Cibernetico, & El Mosco defeated Octagon, the Ultimo Dragon, & La Parka in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match 
    -WCW U.S. Champion Konnan & Perro Aguayo defeated Pierroth Jr. & Cien Caras in a lumberjack match 

    ECW A Matter of Respect: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – El Puerto Ricano and Damien fought to a no-contest
    – Damien Kane and Devon Storm defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh-Buh Ray and D-Von) by disqualification
    – The Full-Blooded Italians (Little Guido and J.T. Smith) defeated Hack Meyers and Axl Rotten
    – Taz defeated Beef Wellington 
    – ECW World Heavyweight Champion Raven defeated Pitbull #2 and The Sandman in a three-way dance to retain the title
    – Chris Jericho defeated Mikey Whipwreck
    – Shane Douglas defeated ECW World Television Champion 2 Cold Scorpio to win the title
    – Rob Van Dam defeated Sabu 
    – Tommy Dreamer and The Gangstas defeated Brian Lee and ECW World Tag Team Champions The Eliminators

    1997 

    WWF In Your House: Richmond, Virginia:
    – Rockabilly pinned Jesse James 
    – Hunter Hearst Helmsley (with Chyna) pinned Flash Funk 
    – Mankind defeated Rocky Maivia by submission 
    – The Nation of Domination (Crush, Faarooq and Savio Vega) defeated Ahmed Johnson in a gauntlet match
    – Ken Shamrock defeated Vader in a no holds barred match 
    – WWF Champion The Undertaker pinned Steve Austin to retain the title

    2003 

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Taiji Ishimori defeated Super Crazy for the vacant UWA World Welterweight Title

    2008 

    TNA Sacrifice: Orlando, Florida:
    – Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) defeated James Storm (with Jackie Moore) and Sting    
    – Christian Cage and Rhino defeated Booker T and Robert Roode    
    – The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) (with Hector Guerrero) defeated Kip James and Matt Morgan    
    – A.J. Styles and Super Eric defeated Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saeed) and B.G. James    
    – Kaz defeated Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed, Curry Man, Jay Lethal, Jimmy Rave, Johnny Devine, Shark Boy and Sonjay in a TerrorDome match to determine the number one contender to the TNA X Division Championship 
    – Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) defeated Christian Cage and Rhino    
    – The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) (with Hector Guerrero and Salinas) defeated A.J. Styles and Super Eric (Eric Young)
    – Gail Kim defeated Angelina Love, Christy Hemme, Jackie Moore, ODB, Salinas, Rhaka Khan, Roxxi Laveaux, Traci Brooks and Velvet Sky in a 10-woman TNA Knockouts Makeover Battle Royal to determine number one contender to the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship    
    – The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) (with Hector Guerrero and Salinas) defeated Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) to win the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship    
    – Samoa Joe defeated Kaz and Scott Steiner (with Petey Williams and Rhaka Khan) to retain the TNA World Title

  • TNA Impact Wrestling results: EC3 vs Spud cage match; Willow returns (sorta)

    Previously on Impact:

    Last week on Impact, Bobby Lashley defeated Jeff Hardy and Mike Bennett in a triple threat match to become the number one contender for the TNA World title. Lashley and World Champion Drew Galloway had two pull apart brawls including one that took place at a gym.

    Tonight on Impact:

    On tonight’s Impact, the feud between Lashley and Galloway kicks into high gear as we enter Slammiversary season. Also, Jeff Hardy has some questions for Tag Champs Decay, whose interference last week cost Hardy the triple threat match. Last but certainly not least, The Miracle has something nefarious planned for Ethan Carter III. Muah ha ha ha!

    Show Recap:

    –Josh Matthews and The Pope stand ringside and welcome us to tonight’s Impact.

    -Jeff Hardy makes his way down to the ring to a roaring reaction from the crowd. He says he does everything for his fans, also known as The Creatures. He brings up Decay and their interference in last week’s main event. Jeff mentions that he had no problem with Decay and even thought they were cool. Jeff is cut off by Decay’s music and the TNA tag champs make their way to the ring.

    Abyss tells Jeff that it was just business and they actually like him. Rosemary lets Jeff know that they were paid to attack him. Abyss mentions that the individual who paid them off will make himself known when the time is right. A brawl breaks out with Decay getting the better of Jeff until James Storm hits the ring for the save. Storm and Hardy challenge Decay to a title match and Josh tells us that we’ll find out if they accept after the break.

    TNA Tag Team Champions Decay (Crazy Steve & Abyss) w/Rosemary vs. Jeff Hardy and James Storm

    Back from commercial and the match is underway. Decay briefly isolate Storm with double team moves including Abyss chokeslamming Steve onto a prone Storm. Storm made the hot tag to Jeff who ran wild on the champs. Jeff laid out Abyss with the Twist of Fate and then went to the top for the Swanton when the lights suddenly went out. When the lights came back on, Willow, Jeff’s alter ego, appeared on the stage and distracted Jeff. Decay spit mist in Jeff eyes and pinned him to retain the tag belts. Willow disappeared and Josh pointed out the obvious: that it wasn’t Jeff dressed up as Willow.

    – Back from commercial, Jeff is in the back and screaming in pain. Jeff wonders who that was dressed up as Willow. Jeff says that he’s Willow but that wasn’t him out there. Jeff promises to reveal who is behind the Willow mask tonight.

    – Next, we get a great video of Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis attending a Smashing Pumpkins concert. They went backstage to visit lead singer and TNA management Billy Corgan. They pitch some ideas to Billy.

    – TNA World Champion Drew Galloway comes out to the ring. Drew cuts a passionate promo about defending the TNA title and making TNA great again. Drew calls out Lashley to the ring and the number one contender joins him in the ring. They argue back and forth until Drew finally challenges Lashley to fight right now. Instead, Lashley is going to take his title shot next week. Lashley walks away leaving Galloway in the ring.

    – Eli Drake comes out with his Feast or Fired briefcase. He challenges Drew to a title match and luckily for Eli, Drew is looking for a fight tonight. They end up brawling and Josh informs us that the title match is official.

    TNA World Champion Drew Galloway vs. Eli Drake

    Drew doesn’t have his ribs taped up this week, but Josh points out that his ribs aren’t fully healed. Eli got in a good majority of offense and was in control for a good portion of the match. Eli tried to use the world title and Feast or Fired briefcase, but got caught by referee Brian Hebner. Drew caught Eli with the Claymore and Future Shock DDT for the win.

    Post match, Lashley snuck up on Drew and caught him with a spear. Lashley posed with the belt.

    – In the back, EC3 is on his way to the ring and is going to call out Mike Bennett. EC3 has been on fire lately with his promos.

    – Backstage, Maria informs Knockouts Champion Jade and Gail Kim that they’ll have a match later with Sienna at ringside.

    – The catchiest music in wrestling hits and EC3 makes his way to the ring. EC3 comes across like a really big star. The crowd loves him and chants his name. He promises to not talk over the chant. EC3 is a man with a vendetta and calls out The Miracle telling him to bring his wife. The Miracle and Maria make their way to the ring and look stunning.

    EC3 said he’s glad that Bennett wore his sunglasses because it’s always sunny in “doucheville.” This was a funny line and gets a “doucheville” chant from the crowd. EC3 challenges Bennett to another match but Bennett refuses him. Bennett will give EC3 a match if he can beat the “demons” from EC3’s past. He accepts and The Miracle informs him that later tonight EC3 will compete in a cage match, but won’t tell him who his opponent is yet.

    TNA Knockouts Champion Jade vs. Gail Kim

    Sienna is ringside for this match. They have a really good back and forth match. Jade scored a close near fall with a German suplex. Gail took over on Jade and they brawled on the outside. Sienna distracted Gail and Jade hits a suicide dive on Gail. Jade sends Gail back in the ring at which point Sienna jumped Jade and knocked her out. Gail and Sienna brawled with Sienna getting the better of Gail.

    – Next, we get a video of Al Snow at the Al Snow Wrestling Academy. Two of his students were competing while Snow cut a passionate promo. Al said that this is how wrestling use to be. He adds that he’s like Donald Trump: he’s not allowing anybody into the wrestling business. He’s going to eliminate Grado and Mahabali Shera.

    Al Snow vs. Mahabali Shera

    Al takes the mic and basically repeats the previous promo from the academy. He tells everyone that he is the Donald Trump of wrestling. Al is going to build a wall around wrestling and will decide who gets in. Al rips the fans as they chant “boring”. There has been a lot of talking on this episode of Impact. Shera comes out and Al quickly gets the advantage. Al uses an illegal object on Shera, but is able to hide it from the referee. Snow went into his tights and pulled out another illegal object, but Grado showed up and distracted Al, giving Shera the chance to pull out the surprise victory.

    – In the back, Jeff is searching for Willow and finally finds him. They brawl around the backstage area as we cut to commercial.

    – Back from commercial, Jeff is beating the life out of Willow when suddenly a second Willow attacks Jeff from behind. The strange new Willow takes out Jeff with the chair. The camera pulls back and it’s revealed that it was three Willows that attacked Jeff.

    – Backstage, Snow cut an insane promo about his loss to Shera. Al points out that it took two guys to beat him. Al calls himself a real athlete and charges off.

    – EC3 comes out for the cage match. Josh reminds us that this is the first match in EC3’s road to redemption. He must win this match to eventually get another match with Mike Bennett. Bennett introduces the first “demon” EC3 must over come is Rockstar Spud.

    Steel Cage Match: Ethan Carter III vs. Rockstar Spud

    Spud charges into the cage full of passion and fire. This is short lived as EC3 quickly takes over. EC3 bounces Spud all over the ring. Spud gets the advantage with a low blow. Spud uses his belt and viciously whips EC3 on the back. Spud kept trying to escape the cage, but EC3 prevented him each time. EC3 bounced Spud off the cage. Spud climbed to the top of the cage but EC3 caught him and gave him a press slam from the top. EC3 hit the One Percenter for the pin and the win.

    Post match, Mike Bennett walked out onto the stage and applauded EC3’s victory to end the show.

    Next Time on Impact:

    TNA World Champion Drew Galloway will defend against “The Destroyer” Bobby Lashley.

  • WWE Smackdown & Main Event spoilers: Kevin Owens & Miz team up, Dana Brooke vs. Becky Lynch

    Submitted by David Andersen

    Dark Match:

    – Dolph Ziggler b Viktor

    WWE Main Event:

    • Big Cass b Curtis Axel (w/ Bo Dallas)
    • Apollo Crews b Stardust
    • Baron Corbin b Zack Ryder

    WWE Smackdown:

    – The show opened with a Dean Ambrose promo. He said they were now even as Jericho took out his plant, and Ambrose took out the jacket; “an eye for an eye”. He said he would take away everything from Jericho like his ego. Jericho’s pyro goes off and arena lights go out. Lights come back on and Jericho is in the middle of the ring standing over a fallen Ambrose. Jericho then puts Ambrose in a straight jacket.

    As Ambrose fights to get out and to his feet, Jericho pummels Ambrose with kicks and punches. Dean manages to get a few kicks in before taking a Codebreaker. Refs out to separate them. Jericho gets in the last shot before leaving the ring. He jumps on the announce table, grabs the mic, and says his gift to all of us is “The Gift of Jericho”. He continues to stand atop the table soaking up the boos.

    – Rusev is shown backstage slamming the lids shut on several rolling cases screaming as Lana follows behind.

    Rusev w/ Lana submitted Sin Cara w/ Kalisto with the Accolade

    – Renee interview with Emma. She asked Emma who Dana Brooke is. Dana cut her off and said she’s a fitness champion. She then ran down Becky Lynch.

    Dana Brooke w/ Emma b Becky Lynch

    – Backstage promo with The Club. AJ tells Anderson and Gallows to take out The Usos tonight.

    – New Day in ring promo. They recapped The Vaudevillains interfering on Raw, and said they put their noses in their BootyOOOOOOOOs, that the Vaudevillains “Kanye West’d” them, and interfered when the situation had nothing to do with them. It’s a dated reference but it’s ok because The Vaudevillains are from the 1830s. Out come Vaudevillains who said they are real men from a bygone era. English begins singing Xavier’s WWE Tag Team Champions line. Gotch states the sun will set on The New Day at Extreme Rules and the night belongs to The Vaudevillains.

    – Aiden English b Kofi Kingston

    – Backstage promo with The Family. Roman Reigns told The Usos that if AJ shows his face, he will be out there ASAP.

    – The Usos b Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows via DQ when Gallows hit an Uso with a chair on the outside. Roman Reigns has managed to turn 50% of the audience against The Usos as there were dueling chants of “Let’s Go Usos/Usos Suck”.

    – We got a “Life Lessons with Coach Backlund” segment based on managing time. Bob wants Darren Young to use his watch, calendar, mail, and desktop. Young said he had all that on his phone which upset Bob.

    – The Gorgeous Truth b GoldDango. After the match, Tyler Breeze and Fandango turned on their partners and put the boots to Truth and Goldust.

    – We got a Shining Stars vignette. They arrive next Monday on Raw.

    – We got a Renee interview with Charlotte and Ric Flair. Charlotte said what happened on Monday was a travesty, and how dare the McMahons treat him that way. Ric said he’s the dirtiest player in the game & taught Charlotte everything she knew.

    – Kevin Owens & The Miz w/ Maryse b Cesaro & Sami Zayn when Owens pinned Cesaro after a frog splash.

    No locally advertised main event took place.

  • WOR: Breaking Audio on the rumored sale of UFC

    Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with a breaking news audio looking at the rumored sale of UFC.

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  • “New Era” Raw ratings back down to “Really Old Era” levels

    The continuation of the “New Era” of Raw didn’t ended up being a positive factor in the ratings as the Monday, May 9th edition of the show did 3.23 million viewers, down six percent from last week. It was the second lowest rating for a show outside of football season since 1997.

    A week ago, the combination of a post-PPV show and the first Stephanie & Shane McMahon show did 3.43 million viewers. The modern era low for a show outside of football season or a major holiday was 3.12 million viewers which was set two weeks ago.

    Dancing With the Stars, featuring UFC’s Paige VanZant, remained the most-watched show on television with 11.33 million viewers.

    Raw was third on cable for the night, trailing two NBA playoff games on TNT. The first, which went head-to-head with Raw, did 4.01 milliion viewers while the late night game, which started just before Raw ended, did 6.16 million viewers.

    In this week’s case, the culprit was that the audience at the start was lower than usual. The second hour was the high point, although the first two hours were virtually identical. There was a third hour drop, but it wasn’t as bad as some have been. The real story of the low number wasn’t people tuning out, but that they didn’t tune in at their usual levels to begin with.

    The three hours were:

    • 8 p.m. 3.35 million viewers
    • 9 p.m. 3.36 million viewers
    • 10 p.m. 3.01 million viewers

    Subscribers can access Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez’s Wrestling Observer Radio Raw report here.

  • Andre The Giant film in development

    Variety is reporting that Stone Village Productions and Lion Forge Comics are developing an Andre The Giant film based on the 2015 Graphic novel biography, Andre The Giant: Closer to Heaven.

    The biography covers his early farm life in France and his rise to celebrity status through pro wrestling. Andre’s daughter, Robin Christensen-Roussimoff, will be involved with the production as a consultant.

    Andre is widely regarded as one of the biggest stars in the wrestling business, and eventually became a household name. He was successful in crossing over into Hollywood and had a major role in the 1987 Rob Reiner film he Princess Bride. In the late 80s, Andre had a memorable feud with Hulk Hogan and they headlined Wrestlemania III in front of one of the largest wrestling audiences of all time.

    Andre died on January 27, 1993, after his health had worsened due to issues related to his gigantism. He was the first person inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, created shortly after his death in 1993. He was the solo inductee that year.

  • WOL: Raw recap, WWE earnings report, social media, more!

    Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with tons to discuss, including a look at WWE’s first-quarter earnings report, their social media numbers and how investors are starting to look at them, Raw thoughts from Monday night, calls, text messages and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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