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Originally Posted by PWI The Hilsborough County Court has denied a motion from the local Florida media requesting that the evidence in the Sonya Deville stalking case be released to the public. The evidence is listed as video footage from that night, messages sent to Deville via Instagram, photos taken outside and inside her home as well as other online communication. The court ruled on 8/24 that they would not release any evidence before a hearing. A motion was also filed requesting confidentiality for the victims and their personal information, including Deville. In that motion, it was revealed that Deville has received additional threatening online communications "from persons unknown" since her alleged stalker Phillip A. Thomas was arrested on 8/16 inside Deville's home. It was noted in thar motion that Thomas was denied bail out of concern for Deville's safety as well as the safety of other members of her family.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc As previously reported, both AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT scored strong ratings. AEW aired in an unfamiliar timeslot on Saturday night against NXT Takeover on the WWE Network, while NXT aired in its usual spot unopposed. AEW Dynamite drew an average of 755,000 viewers, down 4.7% from the previous week's 792,000 viewers in its normal timeslot. NXT averaged 853,000 viewers on the USA Network without competition from AEW, which was the best audience for the show this year ... Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics released the quarter hour ratings for both shows. Thurston noted that while AEW didn't have specific viewership expectations for Saturday's airing, he was told before the numbers came out that they'd be very happy with an audience over 700,000. Dynamite benefited with the NBA playoff game lead-in, which averaged 1,601,000 and a 0.62 rating in the 18-49 demo. With the strong lead-in, Dynamite averaged 1.002 million viewers in the first quarter and 575,000 viewers in 18-49. The audience dropped 43% in the second quarter, while the 18-49 audience fell 28%. Without the first quarter, Dynamite averaged 720,000 viewers for the remaining seven ... NXT had a strong open with 921,000 viewers for the Johnny Gargano vs. Ridge Holland match, which was the high for the show in total viewers. In the 18-49 demo, the fourth quarter garnered the best audience with the finish of the Legado del Fantasma vs. Breezango & Isaiah "Swerve" Scott match as well as the start of the Pat McAfee - Undisputed Era segment.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Chris Harrington of AEW noted that Dynamite began with 1.4 million viewers following the NBA game and had over one million viewers for the first five minutes of the show.

Originally Posted by Observer Following his TNT title loss, Cody has a new spot in AEW's roster rankings. Cody is ranked third in the men's singles division this week. He lost the TNT Championship to Brodie Lee in the main event of Dynamite last week. On Dynamite this Thursday, AEW will give an update on Cody's condition after the show-closing angle from last week where he was taken out on a stretcher and Lee and The Dark Order attacked Cody and The Nightmare Family. MJF, Lance Archer, Brian Cage, and Scorpio Sky make up the rest of the top five for this week. All four of those wrestlers were ranked last week as well. The women's and tag team division rankings are unchanged from last week. The top four ranked teams in the tag team division will face off in a gauntlet match on Thursday's Dynamite. The winning team will challenge Kenny Omega & Hangman Page for the AEW Tag Team titles at All Out on Saturday, September 5. This week's full rankings are listed below: Men's division -- Champions: AEW World Champion Jon Moxley (15-0 singles record in 2020, 21-2-1 overall record), TNT Champion Brodie Lee (6-1 singles record in 2020, 9-1 overall record) MJF (8-0 singles record in 2020, 13-2 overall record) Lance Archer (12-1 singles record in 2020, 12-1 overall record) Cody (18-2 singles record in 2020, 26-7-1 overall record) Brian Cage (6-1 singles record in 2020, 6-2 overall record) Scorpio Sky (7-2 singles record in 2020, 24-11 overall record) Women's division -- Champion: Hikaru Shida (16-1 singles record in 2020, 21-7 overall record) Nyla Rose (8-2 singles record in 2020, 15-6 overall record) Big Swole (6-3 singles record in 2020, 8-8 overall record) Penelope Ford (7-4 singles record in 2020, 9-7 overall record) Abadon (4-1 singles record in 2020, 4-1 overall record) Britt Baker (4-4 singles record in 2020, 13-8 overall record) Tag team division -- Champions: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page (12-0 tag team record in 2020, 30-9 overall record for Omega, 21-10 overall record for Page) FTR (6-0 tag team record in 2020, 6-2 overall record for Dax Harwood, 6-2 overall record for Cash Wheeler) Best Friends (14-4 tag team record in 2020, 22-15 overall record for Trent Barreta, 21-13 overall record for Chuck Taylor) The Young Bucks (6-2 tag team record in 2020, 20-11 overall record for Nick Jackson, 20-11 overall record for Matt Jackson) The Natural Nightmares (6-1 tag team record in 2020, 15-8 overall record for Dustin Rhodes, 10-11 overall record for QT Marshall) The Dark Order (8-2 tag team record in 2020, 13-5 overall record for Evil Uno, 14-6 overall record for Stu Grayson)

Originally Posted by PWI It was announced on today's edition of The Bump that Renée Young's cookbook, which is currently in the final editing stage, will have the title "Mentally In the Kitchen: Eating Deliciously, Hosting Fabulously and Drinking Copiously". Renée stated the book will not likely be out until the spring ... Kofi Kingston and Cesaro have been announced as the guests for this Sunday's Payback preview episode of The Bump.

Originally Posted by PWI The 2020 WWE Clash of Champions PPV, originally slated for Sunday 9/20 has been pushed back a week to 9/27, PWInsider has confirned.

Originally Posted by PWI Q - Why does WWE always screw up everyone who comes up from NXT? Baszler was a badass who was champ for 13 months and now she’s a nobody on the roster. Now they debut Keith Lee who was NXT big star and have him interrupt Orton the wrestle him in a 4 min match where McIntyre interferes and Lee leaves so now he’s just another person instead of being a star. Matt Riddle debuted lost to Styles now he’s a nobody on SmackDown. A - They do that because once those stars leave NXT, they go from being what HHH sees to what Vince McMahon sees. Like you, I like what HHH sees better. I don’t think Lee is done yet, since he was doing really well with Randy Orton before Drew came out (which made sense in the storyline). Baszler saying she would team with Nia if it meant Nia would leave her alone? Yeah, that would never happen in NXT (and shouldn’t happen in WWE).

From PWI's weekly Q&A articles. Besides issues with Vince, WWE's other biggest problem they still haven't established a reliable call-up bridge between NXT and main roster for the past 8 years. That's why a lot of disconnect ends up happening between main roster Creative and NXT Creative when it comes to the transition phase.

Originally Posted by PWI 8/26 THIS DAY IN HISTORY: SAVAGE AND ELIZABETH WED AT SUMMERSLAM, BLACKJACKS WIN THE WWWF TAG STRAPS AND MORE ... 1991 - WWE holds their Summerslam Pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Billed as "The Match Made In Heaven/The Match Made In Hell" the show actually ended with the "wedding" of Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth. The wedding went off without incident, and WWF gave their viewers a "happy ending" to the show, instead choosing to do an angle with Jake Roberts and Savage at the "wedding reception" which would air on television the following weekend.

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Originally Posted by Post Wrestling The four-way match at Summer Struggle this Saturday for the KOPW title will feature Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA vs. Toru Yano vs. El Desperado after Wednesday’s card at Korakuen Hall in front of 626 fans

Spoiler tags used since its related to today's NJPW Summer Struggle show that had the 1st round of the KOPW tournament for those who haven't watched the show yet.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Last week, Randy Orton revealed during a media call to promote SummerSlam, that Ric Flair’s promo prior to being punted was adlibbed and Flair wasn’t scripted to speak. This week, Flair spoke to Nick Hausman at Wrestling INC and explained his intent: "I just did my own thing. At the end of the day, I think they trust me enough. Now that I’m supposedly more mature, I’m going to deliver something heartfelt… and I didn’t tell him what to say. I said this is designed to get this whole [thing] over, what we’re doing here Randy. It’s designed to enhance what you’re doing right now in the business, and I’ve known him so long. [Orton’s] in the groove. It’s a groove that very few people ever get in. You could be great for a long time, and then you take that step where you’re not just great, you’re whatever the next level is because he’s always been good. He’s at a level that very few people get to, ever."

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Here is a report from listener Jeremy Samples, who was part of the virtual audience on Raw this past week including notes of what they were told and talent addressing the audience during commercial breaks: I participated in my first WWE Thunderdome experience tonight. Some things that happened on it: At the beginning, the crowd producer mentioned that if you were a Nielsen family household doing the Thunderdome to still have your TV turned on with the sound down and your people meter on to count in ratings. They also had Superstars talk to those in the Thunderdome throughout the night. It was weird that they could see everyone’s cameras, but the Superstar wasn’t visible. Some conversations: Drew McIntyre said that he thought the Thunderdome was awesome and that he wanted to do something in the first segment of Raw to interact and include everyone. He said he didn’t know what it would be yet, but to be waiting for it. (Was the thumbs up.) Kevin Owens said Hello. I waved on the camera, and Kevin said he was glad one person waved at him. And, then said, “Yeah, you in the glasses. Nice shirt.” I assume he waa talking to me, which felt really cool to have direct interaction. Kevin Owens then asked everyone to yell really loudly into their Mic. He said that he tried it last night at Summerslam and He heard that 7 people got evicted from their apartments and that he hoped to make it an even 10 after tonight. He then told the audience that he hoped they enjoyed the KO show tonight. Mark Henry said that he thought the Thunderdome idea was cool. That he was glad the WWE Universe could be part of the show again, and that he wanted to give them a segment in the arm wrestling challenge to be excited about, because “That’s What I Do”. Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott came on and Liv asked if those in the Thunderdome who saw her new shirt last week to raise their hands. Then, she asked for those who bought it to raise their hands. Liv said “I’m glad, at least, one of you did.” Ruby said that if anyone felt like it they could buy her shirt also. Apollo Crews came on and said he hoped everyone enjoyed him beating MVP last night at Summerslam. He said that he was excited to be going against Bobby Lashley tonight in the arm wrestling challenge, and that he would appreciate everyones support. Dolph Ziggler came on and asked what was up. He said that it was cool to see so many people in the Thunderdome, especially because it proved that everyone and their small picture were so much more insignificant than him. He said “I see the one guy booing me. I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Raw Underground isn’t the only land I run. You never know when I might be coming after you, so lock your doors and keep watch outside your windows.” He said it as a joke, but it kinda felt weird after the Sonya Deville situation. Lana and Natalya said that they would be on Raw in a few minutes. They said that they had cute outfits to show everyone and that they appreciated everyone’s love and support. To please follow them on their social media, and cheer for them out on the ring. (Which was contradicted by the producer telling the Thunderdome crowd to boo, when they were out in the ring.) They also showed the action that happened in the ring during the commercial breaks of the last two matches. During the women’s lumberjack break, all the lumberjacks started brawling for no reason on the outside while Banks and Ashla traded pinfalls inside the ring. During the main event, Rey and Dom tagged in and out several times while working over Murphy. They hit a pretty cool double team maneuver where Dom springboarded and came off of Rey into Murphy.

Originally Posted by Fightful The newest edition of WWE Timeline, which focused on the rivalry between Randy Orton and Christian, has been posted to the WWE Network earlier today and you can check out a sneak peek of it in the video below.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWq8c5e3Cw4

Originally Posted by Fightful Nick Aldis and Bruce Prichard engaged in a war of words in July after Prichard said Aldis lacked the 'it factor.' Aldis responded by saying Bruce hasn't been paying attention to what he's done since his time in TNA and questioned Bruce's booking ability by pointing out the declining ratings. On August 10, Aldis' wife Mickie James returned to WWE Raw and fans were less than thrilled with her presentation. In her first match back on August 17, she lost by count out to Natalya and said after she was disappointed by how her return went. Appearing on the Battleground podcast, Aldis was asked if Prichard, who serves as the executive director of Raw, purposely botched the booking of James due to the feud between the two. "You're not suggesting that the executive director of a publicly-traded company, with stockholders and huge television rights fees to maintain, would be as petty as to devalue one of his own assets just to get revenge over a feud that he himself started, are you? You can't honestly suggest that would be a real thing. It has to be a coincidence," Aldis said sarcastically. "These silly, petty tactics, fans see through it. I don't think anybody saw that and thought, 'Mickie James is a jabronie.' Everyone saw it for what it was. She's an all-time great and doesn't need me to fight her battles. She knows her worth and will make it work, but everyone could smell that stench. It was just sad." James is currently feuding with Lana and Natalya on WWE Raw.

Originally Posted by Fightful Bray Wyatt has used the empty arena to his advantage, creating two separate cinematic matches with a similar theme, but different settings. At WrestleMania, Wyatt battled John Cena in the Firefly Fun House, which was more of a career retrospective than a wrestling match. Speaking to ESPN Africa, Wyatt discussed what it was like working with Cena. "John's such a sweet guy, isn't he? What a sweet guy that John Cena is. What a sweet, sweet guy. I've been through so much with John Cena, you know, it's amazing to me to see him, you know, from the star he always was turned into this gigantic movie star. And John is very much the type of person you have to earn his respect. Because he doesn't just give it, he's very forward that way. So hearing that phrase, for me and Seth [Rollins], it's a big deal because, like I said, John is this huge star. That's a milestone, for me and my legacy, I think it's pretty neat," said Wyatt. "It's pretty wild, really. When I came into the arena, it was like I stepped through a door and then I'm not kidding -- 48 hours, [it] just erased my mind. It was like I was teleported to another place in time. It was pretty wild dude, from what I remember it was, it was pretty wild." Along with the Firefly Fun House, Wyatt also competed in and helped put together the Swamp Fight against Braun Strowman at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules. WWE has leaned on cinematic matches during the empty arena era and though Wyatt enjoys them, he doesn't want them to be overdone. "I think they're fun and all, but like I said, I like being around the people more. And those [matches], they should be select. There should be a few here and there. That's what keeps them special. Especially after the humdinger that Undertaker and AJ Styles put together, because that thing's close to undefeatable. But you know it's something that you get to approach differently, so it's wonderful for your creativity. But they should be finite," he said.

Originally Posted by Fightful Eddie Kingston now has some direction in All Elite Wrestling, and cut a fiery promo to kick it off. However, it wasn't as originally presented. Kingston approached the Lucha Bros. duo of Rey Fenix and Pentagon, as well as Butcher & Blade on the August 22 episode of AEW Dynamite. Taped on August 13, the promo saw some editing, as originally reported by Fightful Select: Fightful has learned that a mention of wrestling legend and current WWE Superstar Rey Mysterio was edited off the taped August 22 edition of AEW Dynamite. Eddie Kingston mentioned Mysterio during his promo with Fenix, Pentagon, Butcher & Blade, but it was removed from the show. We weren't given a reason why. Mysterio has been working in WWE without a contract of late.

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