WWE and AEW engage in an arms race for a Friday night showdown
10-10:30 will be a hectic half hour for pro wrestling fans.
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CM Punk moves the needle for AEW as Rampage viewership dramatically increases
CM Punk's return to pro wrestling resulted in a 65 percent increase in viewership from the debut episode of AEW Rampage.
Domino’s upset over AEW running ad during match’s bloody use of pizza cutter
As Nick Gage sliced Chris Jericho's forehead with a pizza cutter, a Domino's ad ran on split-screen.
AEW Spanish language announcer reportedly fired after making fun of Hikaru Shida’s accent
Urbina was reportedly let go by AEW following the broadcast.
Shaquille O’Neal goes through a couple tables on his AEW debut
Shaq gave it his all and had a great pro wrestling debut on AEW: Dynamite.
“Wrestling 4 Women’s Charity” event cancelled after FiteTV CMO confirmed they weren’t airing it, AEW revoked third-party permission
FiteTV CMO Kim Hurwitz said their platform wasn't carrying this event, and AEW president Tony Khan said his wrestlers wouldn't participate given the connections to Ryan. The event was eventually cancelled.
Pro Wrestling Torch releases longtime columnist Bruce Mitchell after insensitive post about the death of Jon “Brodie Lee” Huber
It's important for someone to be a watchdog for the pro wrestling industry but this wasn't one of those times.
Wrestling fans are checking out of WWE’s Raw & Smackdown closed-set broadcasts
Not the news you want to hear headed into WrestleMania...
Thursday’s Inside the NBA featured Shaq vs. Charles wrestling in the TNT studios
Put the Inside the NBA crew with pro wrestler Chris Jericho, other stars from AEW (All-Elite Wrestling), and...
NXT draws over 1.1 million viewers in USA Network debut
The move to USA seems to be working out for NXT so far, but we'll see if that continues after AEW Dynamite starts.
USA is preempting the second hour of NXT’s first two network debut episodes for Suits
Thanks to the final season of Suits, the second half of the first two WWE NXT episodes on USA will instead air on WWE Network.
All Elite Wrestling lands Wednesday night slot on TNT for new weekly show; how much of a challenge can they give WWE?
Wednesday nights on TNT seems like a good slot for AEW; that won't conflict with TNT's regular-season NBA broadcasts, and they're not going head-to-head with WWE's cable shows.
AEW may have to pay for its television time if Turner deal comes to fruition
Upstart professional wrestling company All Elite Wrestling is slowly building towards becoming a national competitor to Vince McMahon’s...
