By Chad Cooper Twitter @thechadcooper We had a fucking tie last week in television ratings…Seriously? A tie? Both NXT and AEW drew a 778,000 television audience and last night’s shows were buried, especially on social media, thanks to the Democrats false sense of hope, which is what they call “impeachment.” Sore losers is much better. Anyway, let’s jump into Week 12 of the Wednesday Night … Continue reading Wednesday Night Wars Recap | Week 12
In this exclusive first reveal, 2x WWE Hall of Famer, Booker T talks to Smackdown Women’s Champion, Bayley. Bayley discusses her character change and who made the decision, working on the independent circuit and how Sasha Banks has been a mother to her. Listen to the full clip and check out additional clips and episodes of the Hall of Fame Podcast here. Continue reading Exclusive: Booker T Talks to Bayley about Character Change, Sasha Banks, Independent Wrestling and More
by Chad Cooper Twitter @thechadcooper Week 8 of the Wednesday Night Wars was very intense. It was the “go home” show for NXT as they have “Takeover” and Survivor Series this weekend while AEW countered with Nick Jackson-Fenix and Moxley-Darby Allin. Head to head TV ratings: Week 7: AEW (957K), NXT (750K) Week 6: AEW (822K), NXT (813K) Week 5: AEW (759K), NXT (580K) Week … Continue reading Wednesday Night Wars Recap | Week 8
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
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
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
2x WWE Hall of Famer, Booker T addressed the Jordan Myles WWE t-shirt controversy yesterday on the latest episode of his “Hall Of Fame” podcast with co-host Brad Gilmore. Booker T addressed the WWE creative process of t-shirt designs and Myles’ comments about ROH star, Jay Lethal being an “Uncle Tom”, which Booker says he’s also been called himself in the past. We have collected … Continue reading Booker T Sets the Record Straight on Jordan Myles and “Uncle Tom” Comments
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
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
By Chad Cooper Twitter @thechadcooper The WWE Draft has come and gone and we here at Flagged Sports have had time to digest the spectacle. What was a cool idea turned into some silliness as both the FOX and USA Network draft/war rooms were a cheese-fest. But hey, it’s sports entertainment and what mattered most is who went where. FOX definitely got the star power. … Continue reading 2019 WWE Draft Grades
