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#11,701
#11,701
Big fear, they'll vacate the titles and have Bautista win a tournament just in time for the Guardians of the Galaxy release.
 
#11,705
#11,705
Ouch...

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#11,712
#11,712
I just found out I'll get to go to Raw in Knoxville. When they announced the date I decided to pass since its a pre-PPV show and I usually hate those. But, best friend has an employee that ended up with 2 extras, so we'll be there.

My last live event was Wrestlemania 27, so feel free to blame me if the show is terrible.

Come to think of it, the last live thing I went to in Knoxville had the thrilling main event of a "Christ Masters Master-lock Challenge".

Barf.
 
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NBCUniversal Reaches Multi-Year Deal With WWE for 'Monday Night Raw' on USA & 'Smackdown' on Syfy


NBCUniversal Reaches Multi-Year Deal With WWE for 'Monday Night Raw' on USA & 'Smackdown' on Syfy

via press release:

NBCUNIVERSAL CABLE ENTERTAINMENT REACHES MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH WWE® FOR MONDAY NIGHT RAW® ON USA NETWORK AND Smackdown® ON SYFY

NEW YORK AND STAMFORD– May 15, 2014 – NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced a multi-year strategic partnership for WWE’s flagship programming and ratings juggernauts MONDAY NIGHT RAW® for a three-hour block on USA Network and the top-rated Friday Night Smackdown® on Syfy. The two programs are the longest-running weekly episodic entertainment programs on cable TV with a combined reach of 10.8M viewers each week. The announcement was made today by Paul “Triple H®” Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President Talent, Live Events & Creative, from the stage at the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment upfront presentation at the Javitz Center in New York.

“USA Network President Chris McCumber, Syfy President Dave Howe and I are incredibly pleased to renew this strategic partnership with WWE,” said NBCUniversal Cable Chairman Bonnie Hammer. “In today’s TV landscape, live event programming is an extraordinarily valuable asset, and WWE remains the only entertainment franchise that consistently delivers this on a 52-week a year basis. We look forward to bringing WWE’s action-packed and unique brand of drama to the wide audiences across our cable networks for many years to come.”

“We are proud to continue our long-standing partnership with NBCUniversal given their premiere position in the marketplace and vast promotional platforms,” said WWE Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Vince McMahon. “We are excited about our future as we further the reach and popularity of our live, family-friendly entertainment programming 52 weeks a year.”

WWE weekly programming averages more viewers than the NBA, NASCAR, MLB, NHL and UFC. Both MONDAY NIGHT RAW and FRIDAY NIGHT Smackdown feature a star-studded cast of WWE Superstars and Divas, and deliver a shot of adrenaline to viewers with over-the-top action, feats of athleticism and high octane drama.

MONDAY NIGHT RAW on USA is the most-watched, regularly scheduled, year-round program on cable, airing a live three-hour block every Monday night, 52 weeks a year. RAW has been a cable mainstay for more than 20 years and is consistently a top ten show on television. The three-hour block on USA averages 2.2M P18-49, 2.3M P25-54 and 5M total viewers P2+. The 2-hour Friday Night Smackdown on Syfy averages 1.2M P18-49, 1.3M P25-54 and 3.2M total viewers P2+. The two programs have reached 37.5M people 2014 to-date.

In addition, E! -- in partnership with WWE and Bunim-Murray Productions -- will continue to broadcast the reality series TOTAL DIVAS, an unprecedented look inside the professional and personal lives of the WWE's leading ladies.
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#11,716
#11,716
Just curious do any of you watch Total Divas? I really haven't watched wrestling in a couple of years but hope to get back into it over the summer. I was flipping the channels and saw this and they were showing wrestling. I didn't realize the show was based around the WWE Divas.

The reason I mention is because it was featuring the injury that you guys were talking about a page or so back as the guy is apparently married to one of the Divas.
 
#11,717
#11,717
Surgery was a success. Rumor is that he's expected to miss 3 months. If so, I'd expect him to be stripped of the title. Hard to see them risking up to 3 PPVs without a title defense. Supposedly something definite will be decided by the next Raw.
 
#11,718
#11,718
CagleMtnVol said:
Just curious do any of you watch Total Divas? I really haven't watched wrestling in a couple of years but hope to get back into it over the summer. I was flipping the channels and saw this and they were showing wrestling. I didn't realize the show was based around the WWE Divas.

The reason I mention is because it was featuring the injury that you guys were talking about a page or so back as the guy is apparently married to one of the Divas.
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My wife watches and I halfway pay attention. There's 2 or 3 married wrestling couples on the show.
 
#11,719
#11,719
I caught the total divas on and it drew me back into wrestling! I enjoy the behind the scenes as much as the show! Would be a good time to split the titles up and have a tourney for the wwe and another for the hw. Then they could build a ppv for those 2 to fight to reunite!
 
#11,720
#11,720
I would hate to see the titles broken up again. They are just now starting to make the case for the IC and US belt to have significance again. No need for two HW belts if they make the other belts meaningful like they should.

Will be interesting to see what happens though. WWE stock took a BIG hit with the new TV deal, so my educated guess would be WWE has to bring the biggest title into play right now. That's not good news for Daniel Bryan.
 
#11,724
#11,724
Gonna be awesome at Payback when this guy comes back and wins the title

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5HwSRo36Kg[/youtube]
 
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