Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 15, 2011 at 9:58 am
Carl Dantes sent the following updates on Shawn Michaels:
Shawn Michaels and Under Armour have agreed to an endorsement agreement for the upcoming year. Follow Shawn on Twitter @ShawnMichaels_ , his agents at Encore Sports & Entertainment LLC @EncoreSports @lwmunson and Under Armour @UnderArmour for updates. Speaking of Shawn, He & his co-host Keith of “Shawn Michaels’ MacMillan River Adventures” will be on the air on mrahunting.com on December 16th, Friday at 8:30pm EST / 7:30pm CST / 6:30pm MST / 5:30pm PST. They will be having their 2nd LIVE VIDEO CHAT/Q&A interactive discussion w/ their fans. Those who want to participate may log on to mrahunting.com now and HAVE to register to submit questions and they will answer and discuss it on air live.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 15, 2011 at 9:56 am
John Morrison had been planning for a while to take time off when his contract with WWE expired. Word among those close to Morrison is that he made the decision as far back as July that he would be leaving WWE.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 15, 2011 at 9:18 am
Before this week’s RAW, the talk was that Kane would return in January to pick back up on the feud with World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 15, 2011 at 9:17 am
On this week’s episode of The Soup, the clip of the week was from the Zack Ryder vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Cody Rhodes match on RAW where Bryan and Rhodes traded pin attempts.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 14, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Regarding a WWE return for Chris Jericho in 2012, it’s believed that he will only be back for a temporary run but that’s not confirmed.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 14, 2011 at 10:37 pm
It’s said that Alberto Del Rio’s stock isn’t as high as it was a few months ago within WWE. There’s a feeling that RAW is lacking a top heel and while The Miz is good, he’s not seen as someone who can be the brand-carrying heel. Del Rio was supposed to be that heel but the feeling is that he’s not quite at that level either.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 14, 2011 at 10:36 pm
WWE reportedly had Kelly Kelly change her new website from barbarablank.com to wwedivakellykelly.com.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 14, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Rey Mysterio was telling people at this week’s WWE TV tapings that he isn’t rushing himself to return and risk messing up his surgery. He is looking at returning to the ring in May, so he will miss WrestleMania.
Regarding Sin Cara, he’s been telling people he will be back in four months and will be back in time for WrestleMania because he doesn’t want to miss the payday.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 14, 2011 at 10:31 pm
WWE’s Legends House reality show will reportedly be filmed in Tampa, Florida.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 14, 2011 at 7:51 pm
WWE announced today that they have hired Andrew Judelson as Executive Vice President of Sales & Partnership Marketing. Judelson has previously worked for the NHL, Sports Illustrated and the US Ski & Snowboard Association. He starts with WWE on January 2nd, 2012.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 14, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Despite previous reports, there is no plan in place to try and used the masked Kane to break the world record for most masks in one place at WrestleMania 28. It was pointed out by a source that just because Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara are injured, they could always get Mysterio to make an appearance and get the crowd to put on masks to set the record.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 14, 2011 at 10:51 am
Word going around among independent wrestling promoters is that John
Morrison is asking a hefty $5,000 to make appearances.
Morrison has been approached by some top indy promoters with good offers but he is asking $5,000.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 14, 2011 at 8:21 am
Monday’s Slammy RAW was re-written several times throughout the day and at one point, Triple H wasn’t even scheduled to appear.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 13, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Credit – PWTorch
The three-hour WWE Raw on Monday, December 12 scored a 2.84 rating for all three hours and a 2.98 rating for the standard two hours. Last week’s Raw scored a very similar 2.97 rating.
– Raw averaged 4.11 million viewers for all three hours, which was down 600,000 viewers compared to the three-hour Raw on November 14 for The Rock’s TV return ahead of Survivor Series.
Raw’s extra first hour averaged 3.67 million viewers (vs. 4.31 million on Nov. 14). The standard first hour (overall second hour) then averaged 4.49 million viewers and the final hour averaged 4.16 million viewers, one of the lowest 10:00 p.m. EST averages of the year.
– Looking only at the standard two hours, Raw averaged 4.33 million viewers, which was fewer than last week’s episode, which averaged 4.35 million viewers.
Also related to the standard two hours, it marked the eighth consecutive week and 12 out of the last 15 weeks where the final hour declined in viewership from the 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. hour.
– On cable TV Monday night, Raw ranked #7 behind ESPN’s Monday Night Football, which drew a below-average rating, TNT programming, and History Channel programming. Raw continues to take a hit in the final hour against History programming.
The bright spot for Raw was a #2 ranking in males 18-34 and males 12-34 behind football. Among adults 18-49, though, Raw trailed football and “Pawn Stars.” Also, Raw ranked #7 among teen males 12-17.
The loss of younger viewers continues to be a big story for Raw, which is being dominated by Cartoon Network programming in the final hour. Compared to last year’s Slammys edition of Raw, this year’s Slammys was down 39 percent in the m12-17 demo.
Overall, WWE is losing viewers on both ends, especially during the final hour – History is drawing older adult viewers and cartoon/family-related programming is drawing younger teen viewers.
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on December 13, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Credit – ProWrestling.net
WWE Hall of Famer issued an apology on Twitter after forgetting his rap lines during Monday’s Raw. “Sorry I embarrassed the team,” Ross wrote to Jerry Lawler on Twitter. “Huge brain fart! Cole’s face made me go blank. Rap career dead!”
Ross also included how his lines were supposed to go. “Michael Cole you’re a damn fool. King beat you like a government mule. I should call Raw, you’re not in my class. You kissed King’s feet now you can kiss my ass.” Follow Ross online at Twitter.com/JRsBBQ.
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