Wednesday Night Wars Recap | Week 7

by Chad Cooper Week 7 of the Wednesday Night Wars. It’s the first “AEW Dynamite” show after a PPV and NXT continues to push towards War Games & Survivor Series. NXT will nearly a 250K viewership bump last week and AEW saw a 60K increase. This week’s shows went up against the CMA Awards. Who cares, right? Head to head TV ratings:  Week 6: AEW … Continue reading Wednesday Night Wars Recap | Week 7

Wednesday Night Wars Recap | Week 6

By Chad Cooper Twitter @thechadcooper Week 6 of the Wednesday Night Wars as both shows come into the week off all-time low viewership (as marks say due to Game 7 of the World Series). AEW will their “go home” show as their “Full Gear” PPV is scheduled for this Saturday night and NXT invaded RAW & Smackdown, so the stakes were high for both shows. … Continue reading Wednesday Night Wars Recap | Week 6

Degenerate’s Guide to College Football Week 10

By Chad Cooper Twitter @thechadcooper Our run of three consecutive weeks came to a halt last week as we went 7-8 Against the Spread, but…we are 36-27 ATS over the last four weeks. Less games on the schedule in Week 10 yet we would bet on a turtle race if they had them.  Record ATS: 66-68 Over/Under: 8-15 Leans: 37-27 Saturday, Nov. 2 #14 Michigan … Continue reading Degenerate’s Guide to College Football Week 10

Wednesday Night Wars Recap | Week 5

By Chad Cooper Twitter @thechadcooper We head into the second month of the “Wednesday Night Wars.” As both shows continue to heat up with great action, both shows have also trended down each week and have yet to gain viewers from the previous week. A lot of that has to do with the World Series and Wednesday’s ratings won’t be any better as the Washington … Continue reading Wednesday Night Wars Recap | Week 5

Degenerates Guide to College Football Week 9

By Chad Cooper Twitter @thechadcooper It’s been a helluva ride for the last 3 weeks as our picks are on a 29-19 ATS (Against the Spread) run since Week 6 of the college football season.  Record ATS: 59-60 Over/Under: 7-10 Leans: 31-23 Friday, Oct. 25 USC (-11.5) @ Colorado Scoop: CU has dropped 4 in a row while USC comes to Boulder off a blowout … Continue reading Degenerates Guide to College Football Week 9

Nothing New – Nate Diaz Refusing to Fight due to Tainted Supplement

By Chad Cooper Twitter @thechadcooper On a day that UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture suffered a heart attack, Nate Diaz informed the world Thursday night via his Twitter account that he would not make his highly-anticipated fight against Jorge Masvidal next Saturday in NYC because of a failed drug test due to “elevated levels” from “some tainted supplements.”  The fight was scheduled to take … Continue reading Nothing New – Nate Diaz Refusing to Fight due to Tainted Supplement

Wednesday Night Wars | Week 4 Recap

By Chad Cooper Twitter @thechadcooper We are officially 1 month into the “Wednesday Night Wars” and both shows continue to provide quality entertainment. NXT has given us better wrestling matches, but if you are into bigger names and production, AEW has the edge.   Television ratings:  Week 1: AEW (1.409 million), NXT (891K) Week 2: AEW (1.018 million), NXT (790K) Week 3: AEW (1.014 million), … Continue reading Wednesday Night Wars | Week 4 Recap

AEW vs NXT: Wednesday Night Wars | Week 3 Review

by Chad Cooper Twitter @thechadcooper It’s Week 3 of the “Wednesday Night Wars.” AEW Dynamite reigned again in Week 2, but numbers were way down for them and NXT. The excuse? Baseball playoffs. Well, with Astros/Yankees Game 4 being postponed, one would think numbers would increase for both programs.   Television ratings:  Week 1: AEW (1.409 million), NXT (891K) Week 2: AEW (1.018 million), NXT … Continue reading AEW vs NXT: Wednesday Night Wars | Week 3 Review