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Originally Posted by Observer
Raw fell to yet another non-football season and non-holiday record modern low last night with 2.68 million viewers for the show in London.
The audience dropped six percent over the previous low mark set last week of 2.86 million viewers.
The last time Raw numbers were at this point outside of football season was 1997, when it went head-to-head with Nitro ...
In the past, being taped hadn't hurt the rating but it does appear that was the case here. Next week will be more evident because if the number is in the same ballpark for a live show, that would be a very bad sign.
The three hours were:
8 p.m. 2.83 million viewers
9 p.m. 2.85 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.42 million viewers
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Emma was injured at today's house show in Liverpool, England. Banks did the double knee spot and covered Emma, who was supposed to kick out, but didn't. The ref counted to three and then waved off the call. The other four women in the match (Bayley, Banks & Mickie James vs. Alexa Bliss, Emma & Nia Jax) brawled and realizing Emma was hurt, Banks went to pin her again and the ref counted three again. She left under her own power holding her arm and shoulder ...
Emma wrote that she's off of the remaining European tour dates and headed back to the United States to get tests on her injured shoulder.
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Link to the announcement by Emma: https://www.instagram.com/p/BT3IK9ajo9k/
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Originally Posted by Observer
Rusev posted a video where he said that he's coming to SmackDown next week to look for answers from Shane McMahon. An angle was set up on the show two weeks ago where he said that he would only join the brand in the roster shakeup if he got a WWE title shot at Money in the Bank. He's been out of action since having shoulder surgery in March.
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Kairi Hojo, one of the elite woman wrestlers in the world, who signed with WWE in March, but had personally kept it quiet, should be reporting to the Performance Center shortly.
Hojo, real name Kaori Housako, 28, announced at Saturday's Stardom show that she is leaving the promotion. She never mentioned WWE, because talent is not allowed to mention they are going to WWE until WWE announces it first.
We had reported Hojo's negotiations and signing as the story was playing out from last year. WWE was after both Hojo and Stardom's top star, Io Shirai. Shirai was brought to Orlando not that long ago to train, which was not supposed to go public but due to a communications issue, was briefly mentioned on the WWE website.
Shirai hasn't signed with WWE at this point.
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In a video that WWE posted, Scott Dawson said that The Revival plan to be back in six weeks. Dash Wilder is currently sidelined after fracturing his jaw.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Thaddeus Bullard, who works as Titus O'Neil in WWE, had a lawsuit filed against him in Los Angeles County Superior Court stemming from a incident filming the WWE Network show "Swerved".
TMZ originally broke the story.
Donald Anderson, who worked on the show as a cameraman, claimed the incident took place on May 18, 2015, and is suing for more than $1.2 million in damages.
According to his complaint, Bullard was zapped with an electric shock as part of the show. Anderson claimed that when that happened, Bullard kicked the camera out of his hands, causing serious inury to his hand, fingers, and wrist.
Anderson said that when it happened, he was told to leave the premises immediately for fear of further attacks.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne will once again be facing off with the WWE United Kingdom Championship on the line.
It was announced at yesterday's[Sunday] UK TV tapings in Norwich that there would be a UK title defense at NXT TakeOver: Chicago on May 20th. The participants for the match were then confirmed today, with Dunne set to challenge for Bate's title.
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Originally Posted by Observer
WWE officially announced that the NXT Women's Championship match at TakeOver: Chicago is now a triple threat with Asuka defending against Ruby Riot and Nikki Cross. Ember Moon was removed from the match due to what WWE claims is a grade one shoulder sprain.
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Several standout independent wrestlers attended WWE's tryouts in the UK this week. WWE confirmed that Jurn Simmons, Flash Morgan Webster, Chris Brookes, Travis Banks, and TK Cooper were among the names there.
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Jim Ross announced today on his blog that he will be the play-by-play announcer for the WWE U.K. television show, teaming with Nigel McGuinness.
The first shows were taped on Saturday and Sunday in Norwich, England, with results on the front page of the site.
As of what we've heard, the shows will be broken up into weekly one-hour shows, similar to NXT, airing on the WWE Network. At the tapings yesterday, it was announced that the first episode would be debuting before the end of the month.
Triple H also tweeted the same thing.
Ross will continue to also do weekly television for AXS and New Japan Pro Wrestling due to the unique contract situation he has, so he will be announcing for the two largest pro wrestling companies in the world at the same time.
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Originally Posted by WresteInc
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon took to Twitter today and wished Batista a happy anniversary. As seen below, the man behind Marvel's Drax The Destroyer responded and said he has "a f--k ton of unleashing left" in him:
15 years ago today, @WWE unleashed The Animal @DaveBautista on the WWE Universe. Happy anniversary, "Drax."
— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) May 9, 2017
I still have a f--k ton of unleashing left in me! Thanks for showing me the world boss! #DreamChaser https://t.co/ufoXLcdtWL
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Originally Posted by PWI
Earlier today, PWInsider.com noted that a source at Impact Wrestling disputed that the company had filed for trademarks related to the "Broken Universe" Hardy-related characters in April (government documents list it as 4/28/17) but had actually filed back in January.
In response to our report, Matt and Rebecca Hardy each took to Twitter, knocking that claim:
The days of "working" figures & statistics (aka lying) in this industry are OVAH.. Especially government documented records. https://t.co/CHCi0QTAEo
— The VESSEL of MMH (@MATTHARDYBRAND) May 9, 2017
Again, government records list 4/28/17.
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Originally Posted by Pro Wrestling Sheet
Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Braun Strowman is scheduled to be out of action following tonight’s Raw taping to undergo a minor procedure to fix some issues with his elbow.
Sources tell us Strowman will be gone four to eight weeks due to the undisclosed injury/surgery, causing creative to re-tool plans for Extreme Rules and Great Balls of Fire.
Braun’s character on TV is supposedly suffering from a torn rotator cuff — even though he’s been wrestling Roman Reigns in street fights on the UK/European tour — and his injury angle was furthered at the TV taping tonight to officially give him time to get fixed up.
Strowman came out in a sling to wrestle Kalisto, but Reigns quickly interrupted. The segment ended with Roman hitting Braun’s arm with a steel chair on the steps.
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Bring It To The Table returned to the WWE Network last night after RAW. It was the first episode since March, which was believed to have been the catalyst in Mauro Ranallo's WWE departure.
Corey Graves, JBL and Peter Rosenberg made light of the controversy during the opening of last night's show. Rosenberg noted that there has been controversy over his comments about Roman Reigns, while Graves said that there has been controversy over his own comments regarding Shane McMahon. The camera then cut to JBL, who had a humorous guilty expression on his face, who simply introduced himself before saying that he "won $24 last week playing golf."
As noted, Mauro Ranallo and WWE parted ways in late April. While Mauro remains under WWE contract until August 12th, he will be able to commentate for non-wrestling shows until then.
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During the same episode JBL said he rather be captured by ISIS than ever hang out with Sami Zayn. Was done as one of those commercial cut-in type segments PTI does on ESPN but those usually have some context while JBL's statement had no context with the show itself.
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Originally Posted by PWI
WWE has green-lit a new WWE Network series starring R-Truth, PWInsider.com has confirmed with multiple sources.
WWE secretly filmed a pilot for what would be the Network's first-ever game show with Truth as the host back in March and we are told the series has been picked up for a first season.
The plan is for the series to debut in late summer/early Fall.
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