John Pollock

5 days ago | postwrestling.com | John Pollock

WWE will continue its rollout of its tape libraries on YouTube with a channel dedicated to Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The Verge has a story on WWE’s digital success on YouTube, where its primary channel boasts 108 million subscribers and ranks #11 among all YouTube channels worldwide, according to vidIQ.

1 week ago | postwrestling.com | John Pollock

Josh Alexander made his debut for AEW on Wednesday night in Boston and will return for tonight’s second Spring BreakThru event. AEW has announced that Alexander teams with Konosuke Takeshita against Tomohiro Ishii & Rocky Romero on the Thursday night edition of Collision from Boston, Massachusetts. Alexander debuted as the “Wild Card” opponent for Hangman Page in the Owen Hart Cup Foundation tournament, with Page winning the match, but Alexander aligning with the Don Callis Family afterward.

1 week ago | postwrestling.com | John Pollock

AEW Collision experienced a rise in its viewership figures as it achieved its fourth-highest performance of the year. The April 12 episode from Springfield, Massachusetts, averaged 455,000 viewers and 163,000 viewers (0.12) in the 18-49 demographic on TNT and ranking fourth among cable originals on Saturday night. Collision saw increases across the board, including a 52% bump in overall viewership, a 44% uptick in the 18-49 demographic, and a 22% jump in the 18-34 demo.

1 week ago | postwrestling.com | John Pollock

When the clock strikes Midnight, the UFC will exit its exclusive negotiating window with ESPN and enter the open market for its domestic rights. It has been no secret that this window was going to close, nor a guarded detail of the many suitors expected to sit down with TKO brass with hopes of finding access to the UFC and its young male core.

1 week ago | postwrestling.com | John Pollock

The penultimate edition of Friday Night SmackDown before WrestleMania ranked first in prime time on cable this past week. The April 11 edition from Seattle averaged 1,551,000 viewers and 603,000 viewers (0.45) in the 18-49 demographic. The audience fell by 2% from the previous week, while the core demo dropped by 4%. However, it was against lesser competition this week and won the night on cable. In the 18-49 demographic, male viewership dropped 16%, from 417,000 viewers last week to 350,000.