If you didn’t have a chance to keep up with the latest professional wrestling news over the weekend, let us help you out with a few stories you might be interested in and we’ll give you a link to each one to read more, if you wish.
WWE 1st Quarter Financial Results Released
WWE released their 1st quarter financial report this week, noted by a few key highlights including:
Unique viewership records for both the Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber premium live events.
RAW and Smackdown both increasing viewership by 7 percent, even though overall cable and broadcast television were down 15 and 6 percent respectively.
A 52 percent increase in North American live event ticket sales
WrestleMania setting numerous company records, such as being the highest grossing, most attended, and most viewed event in WWE history.
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NXT Women’s Championship Vacated
With NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell being drafted to RAW this week during the WWE Draft, the champion announced the title will be vacated and a new champion will be named via a tournament beginning next week which culminates at NXT Battleground later this month.
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FITE to Air LIVE MLW Events
Major League Wrestling CEO Court Bauer announced a new partnership with FITE TV to air live MLW events, beginning with MLW Never Say Never on July 8th.
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Bauer said the new partnership will see FITE TV air live MLW events each month moving forward.
Impact World Champion Named Veteran of the Day
Impact Wrestling World Champion Steve Maclin was named the Veteran of the Day, for May 2nd, by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Maclin served in the Marine Corps. from 2007-2011, where he served two deployments in Afghanistan.
The VA cited Maclin's success in professional wrestling and also his charity work for Hire Our Heroes USA, which helps combat veterans find work in their post-military lives.
Sonya Deville Stalker Sentenced to Prison
Phillip Thomas II has been sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by 15 years of probation for the attempted kidnapping of WWE Superstar Sonya Deville, after pleading guilty to all four counts against him, including attempted kidnapping, aggravated stalking, and armed burglary.
In August 2020, Thomas broke into Deville’s home in Florida with a knife, plastic zip ties, duct tape, and mace intending to kidnap her.
Deville fled the house with then-WWE performer Mandy Rose, who was staying at her home, and called 911.
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Those are the biggest and best stories from this weekend. Please leave us some comments, or chat with us and let us know what YOU think about these stories, and any we may have missed.
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