TV Numbers Review: How did last week’s wrestling shows fare?

Chris Graham

WWE Monday Night Raw won the week, as usual, drawing 4.576 million viewers and a 1.56 rating in the 18-49 demo. But WWE Friday Night SmackDown may have been the real winner, with 3.142 million viewers, up an impressive 12.3 percent over last week, and a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demo. TNA Impact Wrestling…

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Does the IRS really want to target groups for politics? Robert Hurt votes on partisan bill

Chris Graham

Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Va.) voted in favor of H.R. 3865, the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act, which sponsors say would prohibit the Department of Treasury and the IRS from finalizing regulations that seek to curb the speech of groups in a politically-motivated fashion.

John Cena injury: Real or kayfabe?

Chris Graham

WWE superstar john cena suffered a knee injury on-air during tonight’s WWE Monday Night Raw. The injury appears to be storyline-related to further the feud with the Wyatt Family, who attacked Cena on the live Raw in Green Bay, Wisc. According to WWE.com, WWE medical staff felt some instability and swelling in Cena’s knee and…

Betcha didn’t know this: How much do UFC fighters get paid?

Chris Graham

What would you think a guy like Nate Quarry, a former contestant on The Ultimate Fighter, would get for a main-event title fight on a UFC pay-per-view? No way you’d guess $10,000. “I fought for the world title for $10,000,” Quarry wrote on his blog of his fight against then-UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin in…

WWE Video: WWE in 5

Chris Graham

  This week in WWE in 5 recaps all of the action from this past week’s Raw and SmackDown including WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton matches against Elimination Chamber opponents John Cena and Cesaro, the stand off between The Shield and The Wyatt Family, and the very successful week for Zeb Colter & The…