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Originally Posted by Observer Raw last night dropped nine percent from last week, doing 2.33 million viewers on average. The drop should have been expected since last week's number was heavily boosted by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, and this week was still above the 2.21 million number of two weeks ago, and going against far tougher competition. The show probably got a boost from Sunday's Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. Next week's episode should be high due to the draft. The negative reaction to the main event finish of Hell in a Cell was never going to have a statistical influence on ratings ... The show was down only slightly from the 2.36 million mark the same week last year. The three hours were: 8 p.m. 2.44 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.33 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.23 million viewers

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling The three-hour built around an angle involving boxer Tyson Fury averaged 2,334,000 viewers on the USA Network. Among people 18-49, Raw did a 0.75 for the night and was down from a 0.89 last week.

If the idea was for Fury's appearance to lead to a spike in interest from sports fans or younger viewers, it didn't work.

Originally Posted by PWI TMZ.com was able to acquire a copy of Jeff Hardy's arrest report from his Driving While Impaired arrest on Thursday 10/3. The police report notes that authorities received a tip about a careless driver around 8:40 PM. Authorities located the car in front of a liquor store. Hardy emerged carrying a case of beer. Authorities followed the car and pulled him over when they "observed him weaving badly in his lane." Hardy had "what seemed to be dried blood on his nose" and advisors officers that he and his wife "got into a fight." The police report states that Hardy admitted to having two shots of vodka and admitted to being impaired. He failed a field sobriety test and according to TMZ was "was uncooperative when asked for a breathalyzer or blood sample." A judge signed off on a search warrant, allowing officers to extract a blood sample from Hardy, which was done after Emergency Medical Services arrived on the scene.

Originally Posted by Observer It appears that two expected WWE matches will be made official this Friday. WWE has announced a press conference for noon Pacific time at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday. It will be with Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman, Cain Velasquez, Rey Mysterio, Braun Strowman, Tyson Fury, and Paul "Triple H" Levesque. As of last week, Lesnar vs. Velasquez and Strowman vs. Fury were planned to take place at Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 31.

Originally Posted by Observer MLW has confirmed two new matches for their Saturday Night SuperFight pay-per-view. Tom Lawlor vs. Timothy Thatcher is officially set for the PPV, which is taking place at Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois on Saturday, November 2. MLW National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone will also defend his title against Davey Boy Smith Jr. at the event.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE will kick off the Draft this Friday at the Friday Night Smackdown taping in Las Vegas with personalities from FOX and NBC Universal appearing to help draft WWE personalities to Raw and Smackdown. The word we are hearing is that once the Draft is done, there will be very little crossing over from one brand to another beyond WWE PPVs. The Draft will conclude on this Monday's Raw.

Originally Posted by PWI Several readers sent word that AEW could conceivably be postponed tomorrow from its live airing on TNT. Each National League Playoff series are slated to go to Game 5 tomorrow. Ken McAndrew noted that yesterday, the early game went past the late game start, so they moved the late game to TNT until TBS cleared. Should that repeat itself, it's possible Dynamite's start time could be pushed back with the episode airing late.

Originally Posted by PWI When asked why Havoc and Allin were being given a title oppportunity given that others have had better win/loss records on Twitter, Cody responded that the quality of their wins were being taken into consideration.

Originally Posted by PWI AEW backer Shahid Khan was listed by Forbes as the 61st richest man in America on their most recent list, dated 10/02. Khan was listed as worth $7.8 billion. Vince McMahon also made the list, listed as worth $2.9 billion and ranked at #296.

Originally Posted by PWI An arrest warrant was issued on 9/10 for Zachary Madsen, the man arrested after attacking WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart at the WWE Hall of Fame this past April, after he did not appear in court as scheduled on 9/9 in Kings Criminal Court in Brooklyn that day. Court records indicate the Nebraska native was returned on the warrant (which means he was picked up by authorities) and appeared before the court on 9/24. He is slated for another hearing on 11/12. Madsen is not currently listed as in custody.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Jake Hager was a guest on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday. He said he was recruited to join All Elite Wrestling by Chris Jericho with the two sharing a trainer in Josh Rafferty. Hager is adjusting his training schedule to accommodate his mid-week travel for Dynamite episodes and worked it out with Bellator, who he said was behind his decision to join AEW. Hager’s next fight is on October 25th when he fights Anthony Garrett at Bellator 231 in Uncasville, Connecticut. It’s going to be interesting to see how much they promote his fight on a rival cable network with Hager fighting on the Paramount Network while TNT has a partnership with ONE Championship.

Originally Posted by Fightful Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, Nyla Rose, Kia Stevens, and Jungle Boy spoke on a panel with Yahoo’s BUILD series about the launch of AEW Dynamite, the audience numbers from the debut, and their position in the industry. When asked how he landed in AEW, Moxley said it was Jericho that first alerted him that the company even existed. Moxley said he didn’t tell anyone in WWE, including friends, he was leaving other than his wife and Jericho was the first person he told, and Jericho said he needs to come to AEW. Shortly after, Moxley was on the phone with Cody and brought up to speed on AEW and called it great timing more than any other factor with the added bonus that Double or Nothing was in his hometown of Las Vegas.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling David Lagana notes on Tuesday that former TNA writer Matt Conway is working with the NWA as a producer on the new Power series.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Impact Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH are holding a tryout on Tuesday, October 22nd at the Can-Am Dojo in Windsor, Ontario. The tryout will be run by Naomichi Marufuji and Scott D’Amore with the winner being sent on an excursion to Japan with NOAH.

Originally Posted by PWI John Cena appeared on NBC's Today Show this morning and commented on why he's cut back so much on his WWE performance schedule....and it's not Hollywood. Cena explained that even if it wasn't for his film and TV schedule, he'd be actively performing less, noting, "My body just can't handle the schedule anymore. Cena explained. "When I turned 40, I really took a look in the mirror and said, 'Hey, man, I know you really like this, but instead of two hundred fifty performances a year, from here on out, just do it a hundred times and do it well, and then it became, 'Just do it fifty times and do it well.' Now it's like, 'Hey, you really have to prepare to get ready to perform and then really recover after a performance.' "

Originally Posted by PWI Boom Studios! revealed the creative team behind the upcoming New Day graphic novel set for a 2020 release. The team consists of writers Evan Narcisse and Austin Walker as well as artists Daniel Bayliss The book will chronicle the trio's journey through WWE detailing behind-the-scenes stories featuring each member.

Link: http://www.boom-studios.com/archives...omic-con-2019/

Originally Posted by Lucha Blog AA has announced the Invading LA show is postponed. Dorian Roldan calls it "unexpected" No new date has been determined.

Show was supposed to take place this Sunday.


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