Weekend Roundup: WWE NIL Talent Wins Olympic Gold, Tommy Billington Signed AEW Contract, Bryan Danielson Likely to Undergo Neck Surgery, Young Bucks AEW Update, The Andersons Set for MLW Debut, Templario, Indies

Indie / Misc

Steve C.

Aug 11, 2024

WWE

Inaugural WWE NIL class signee Masai Russell won Olympic gold in the 100-meter hurdles race on Saturday in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics Games. Following her victory, WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque congratulated Russell on Twitter stating “Huge congrats to inaugural #WWENIL class member Masai Russell on taking home Olympic gold in the 100m hurdles.“
In their recently released second quarter 2024 fiscal report, Take Two announced that next year’s WWE 2K video game, WWE 2K25, will be released in their fiscal fourth quarter, which would be by March of 2025.
WWE recently released a new video on their WWE Valut YouTube channel featuring the Rey Mysterio vs. Psychosis from WCW Bash at the Beach 1996 event.
In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Cody Rhodes gave his thoughts about his brother Dustin Rhodes teaming up with The Von Erichs in AEW. Rhodes stated “Dustin doing the spot with the Von Erichs was so cool. I have such a love for the Von Erichs. I don’t think Kevin knows this, but I studied Kevin, I watched Kevin, I was so fascinated by Kevin Von Erich. To see his kids and Dustin, it was very touching. In addition to that, behind the curtain are my nephews Dalton and Dylan. They’re close with Dustin, and to see them go from playing around to the point where now I can see it–it’s one of those things where, once you start, you can’t stop. They’re both at the University of Texas and more than anything, my mom would like them to finish. But I look forward to the decisions they make. They’re not ready to wrestle Jacob Fatu just yet, but they’ll get there. It doesn’t–and won’t–end with me. We have our own bloodline.“
As noted before, Bobby Lashley’s contract with WWE is currently set to expire this weekend. In a recent interview with The Laboratory with Plaz podcast, Lashley stated that he already has a boxing match lined up in the future. Lashley stated “I love to be able to push myself to do things that are ridiculous. I set goals for myself every day. What can I do? How far can I push myself? How much can I do? I want to run a marathon. I’m going to try to do that pretty soon. I’ll do jiu-jitsu, I’m going to try and win a world championship in jiu-jitsu. I’m going to do a boxing match. We’ve already talked about this boxing match. I might have an opportunity to do it. I’m boxing somebody in Vegas. There is an opponent.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
In a recent interview with the Talk Is Jericho podcast, AEW talent Bryan Keith stated that WWE never showed any interest towards him unlike AEW. Keith stated “No, nothing. I’ve been at Booker’s for a long time. I did extra work and things like that, but nothing like, ‘Hey, come in and we’ll take a look at you and things like that.’ I watched WWE all the time as a kid. I’m a WWF kid, I never even watched WCW growing up. But I feel like whenever I got older, I gravitated towards the Japanese style of professional wrestling, so in my head, I literally wanted to go to Japan. WWE or TNA and all these other places, it wasn’t the goal. I’d work for them. At the time, if they were giving it, I was gonna see what’s up. But in my head, I was like, ‘Japan, japan, Japan.’ I remember my parents being like, ‘How? How the hell do you think you’re gonna get on the other side of the world and do that?’ Actually, at the beginning of this year, I went for the first time for two weeks. DDT brought me out, and I wrestled out there.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
In a recent interview Love Wrestling, Baron Corbin gave his thoughts about how his second run in WWE’s NXT brand rekindled the fire he had for wrestling. Corbin stated “100% was. It relit that fire that I had when I started. When you’re around those guys, you can’t help it. Like I think maybe at the end of my WWE time, before I went down there, I was complacent. I was, you know, dreading getting on a plane every week and going to work. Now I’m excited. I’m like, hey, is it Thursday? Do I get to get on a plane? I’m like, where’s the show? What are we doing? But also, too, because the WWE universe is hot right now, man. They’re excited for everything. They’re cheering me, which is crazy. I never thought in my lifetime I would see that.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
WWE is currently advertising that Roman Reigns will be making an appearance on the September 13th WWE SmackDown show in Seattle, Washington. This upcoming show is notable for being SmackDown’s return premiere episode to the USA Network.
This past Friday’s SmackDown show in Tulsa, Oklahoma featured WWE holding one dark match following the show. This was a Mixed Tag Team match of Liv Morgan & Dominik Mysterio vs. Kairi Sane & Braun Strowman, which was won by Sane & Strowman.
As noted before, Jacob Fatu suffered an ankle injury at WWE’s SumemrSlam 2024 event earlier last Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio. Fatu was seen wearing a walking boot the following day but it is currently not known if Fatu’s injury was just for storyline purposes or a legitimate injury. During this past Friday’s SmackDown show in Tulsa, SmackDown commentator Corey Graves provided an update stating that Fatu is currently out of action for WWE. No other details were given by Graves.
As noted before, Mark Henry’s son Jacob Henry recently signed an official contract with WWE. Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his sources stated that Henry had signed an NIL deal with WWE. Henry reportedly will be continuing his collegiate wrestling career for the University of Oklahoma and is currently planning on trying out for the football team next year.
As noted before, WWE is currently open to the idea of Brock Lesnar making his return to the company in the future if it was something that Lesnar wanted to do. Lesnar’s return is still entirely dependent on WWE’s legal department clearing him first for a potential return. Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his sources stated that WWE officials have held recent talks regarding the idea of Lesnar potentially making his return at next year’s Royal Rumble event. Meltzer reported that those spoken to stated that WWE officials currently have plans for a big surprise for next year’s Royal Rumble event that currently would not be possible but this situation could clear up in time for the event.
As noted before, WWE’s post-shot press conference for SummerSlam 2024 was notable for the online backlash it received over the issues of WWE’s handling of the media that were allowed to be invited for the event. Dave Meltzer reported that his sources stated that the main reason why space was limited in the press area was due to WWE had invited fans for the first time ever to attend a post-show press conference. Meltzer reported that the fans invited were not allowed to ask any questions and as a result of this decision, this meant that fewer members of the press were in the room during the event. Meltzer reported that Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston had tried to ask questions during the press conference but WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque did not call upon him during it. Meltzer speculated that this was likely WWE’s way of limiting any talks in regards to the recent transphobic comments made by Logan Paul and Pat McAfee and also anything related to Shane McMahon’s recent talks with AEW. In regards to the reason why Post Wrestling’s John Pollock was not invited, Meltzer reported it was due to WWE officials had felt that since Thurston and Pollock work together, only one was needed to be at the event. Meltzer reported that this is different from how WWE used to handle inviting reporters who work together but come from different outlets.
WWE’s SummerSlam 2024 event last Saturday reportedly generated around 10,000 pay-per-view buys based on updated late buys purchases, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Meltzer reported that SummerSlam 2024’s buys are currently up 67.2% compared to this past July’s Money in the Bank 2024 event based on the same number of days after the event.
WWE reportedly drew an attendance of 9,500 for their Aug. 2nd SmackDown show in Cleveland, 57,719 (55,858 WrestleTix) for their Aug. 3rd SummerSlam 2024 event at the Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, OH, and 11,171 for their Aug. 5th RAW show in Baltimore, MD, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
WWE reportedly has sold around 11,439 tickets for their Aug. 12th RAW show in Austin, TX, 9,091 tickets for their Aug. 16th SmackDown show in Orlando, FL, 3,058 tickets for their Aug. 17th house show event in Lakeland, FL, 3,305 tickets for their Aug. 18th house show event in Estero, FL, 9,743 tickets for their Aug. 23rd SmackDown show in Washington, DC, 7,518 tickets for their Aug. 26th RAW show in Providence, RI, 1,143 tickets for their Aug. 30th SmackDown show in Berlin, 11,873 tickets for their Aug. 31st Bash In Berlin event in Berlin, Germany, 9,274 tickets for their Sept. 9th SmackDown show in Edmonton, Canada, 6,766 tickets for their Sept. 9th RAW show in Calgary, Canada, 10,885 tickets for their Sept. 13th SmackDown show in Seattle, WA, 8,098 tickets for their Sept. 16th RAW show in Portland, OR, 11,588 tickets for their Sept. 20th SmackDown show in Sacramento, CA, 8,368 tickets for their Sept. 23rd RAW show in Ontario, CA, 5,538 tickets for their Sept. 27th SmackDown show in Oklahoma City, OK, 2,953 tickets for their Sept. 28th house show event in Columbus, GA, 3,305 tickets for their Sept. 29th house show event in Huntsville, AL, 4,667 tickets for their Sept. 30th RAW show in Evansville, IN, 5,093 tickets for their Oct. 4th SmackDown show in Nashville, TN, and 13,342 tickets for their Bad Blood 2024 event in Atlanta, GA as of this past Thursday, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

AEW & ROH

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that one source close to “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington stated that Billington is currently believed to have recently signed an official contract with AEW. Sapp reported that it is currently not known if Billington was signed to a full-time or a tiered style deal. Sapp also reported that WWE had been interested in signing Billington for the NXT developmental brand but it did not lead to anything in the end.
Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan reported that his sources stated that AEW officials have held recent talks regarding potential plans for British indies wrestlers Michael Oku and Amira to make an appearance at their All In 2024 event later this month in London.
Saturday’s AEW Collision show also featured a sit-down interview segment with Bryan Danielson. During his interview with Jim Ross, Danielson stated that he likely will be undergoing neck surgery at the end of 2024. Danielson stated “Mostly I think of my neck and I think of concussions when I think of that, as far as things that I worry about or things that, okay, I have to be really cognizant of this when I go out to the ring. But honestly, I also think of all the ways that my body served me well and the way that, you know, I’ve put my body through a lot. A lot of the wrestlers who have wrestled for a long period of time, a lot of them haven’t done the crazy stuff that I did on the independents just to get noticed…I look back on it and like, what was I thinking? But that’s kind of what I had to do. And when I look back on it now and even the way I feel right now, I mean, the odds are I’m going to have to get neck surgery before the end of this year. That’s the reality of it, and that’s kind of something that I’ve accepted. It’s coming down the pike relatively soon.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)
Saturday’s AEW Collision also show, AEW announced two new matches for the cards of this week’s AEW Rampage and Collision shows. In regards to Rampage, a singles match of Nick Wayne vs. Kip Sabian was announced for the August 16th Rampage show. In regards to Collision, a tag team match of Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor) was announced for the August 17th Collision show.
Saturday’s AEW Collision show also featured Thunder Rosa defeating Deonna Purrazzo in a Texas Bull Rope match, Following the match, AEW held a digital exclusive backstage interview with Purrazzo discussing her thoughts about her loss to Rosa. Purrazzo stated “Thunder Rosa, you might have won the battle tonight, but the war never had anything to do with you. This all started over the AEW Women’s World Championship. This is a game of chess. The pawns are disposable, but ‘The Virtuosa,’ she’s forever.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
AEW also recently announced one new segment for the card of their AEW Dynamite show on August 14th at the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. This is a “Film by Mariah May” segment.
AEW CEO Tony Khan announced on Saturday on Twitter that AEW will be making some “most important announcements in AEW history” soon. Khan stated “Thank you all who watch AEW as we approach indelible times in our history with #AEWAllIn London @wembleystadium weeks away, + the most important announcements in AEW history looming large now! Don’t miss Saturday Night #AEWCollision 8pm ET/7pm CT, up NEXT On @TNTdrama TONIGHT!“
Bryan Alvarez reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Live that his sources stated that the reason why The Young Bucks have not made regular appearances in AEW over the past several months is due to their current contract status in the company. Alvarez reported that when the Young Bucks signed their new deals with AEW, it included terms for them to work a limited number of dates than before. Alvarez reported that it is currently not known if the Young Bucks had used up too many dates earlier in the year or if AEW is storing up dates for their end of the year plans for the Bucks. Alvarez also reported that the reason for the Young Bucks not appearing as much during the summer is not due to them deciding to take a break and instead its due to money and dates related issues and Tony Khan simply decided to not use them regularly during this time. (Source: Cultaholic.com)
In a follow-up report, Dave Meltzer reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that the Lucha Bros’ Rey Fenix and Penta El Zero Miedo had wanted to have a meeting with the Young Bucks recently but were unable to do so due to the Bucks not being around backstage. Meltzer reported that Rey Fenix and Penta had already made up their minds on leaving AEW for WWE prior to wanting this meeting with the Young Bucks.
In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Chris Jericho gave his thoughts about the creation of his The Learning Tree group and online criticisms he has faced on social media over his group taking up time on AEW shows. Jericho stated “I’m a big proponent of letting the story lead you, not the other way around. That allows me to evolve. The whole Learning Tree is taking negativity from social media and getting a reaction out of it. That’s what wrestling is all about–getting people to react to what you’re doing. There’s a serious side, too–look at the vicious beatdowns we’ve given Samoa Joe and Hook and [Katsuyori] Shibata. It’s something I made a career out of, and it’s one of the reasons I’ve been doing it for so long at the highest of levels, which makes some people mad. This is what I do. I’ve never wanted to be a nostalgia act, I’ve never wanted to rest on my laurels. I’ve also never been afraid to take chances and do something different, and that’s what we’re doing right now. I think Big Bill is great–I loved him as Cass and I wanted to work with him. Tony Khan suggested Bryan Keith, and the bad apple character was born. The chemistry is great, and we’re putting a spotlight on something new–and that gives us some great stories to tell.“
In a recent interview with The Winning Edge podcast, indies talent and former WWE UK talent Mark Andrews gave his thoughts about WWE’s recent talks for a potential WrestleMania event in London is a direct reaction to how well AEW has been doing in the United Kingdom. Andrew stated “100%. I mean, let’s look at the history books, right? I think it’s kind of pretty proven from the last well, 10 years, the WWE definitely, sometimes misses the boat, and then last minute, reacts a little bit, you know what I mean? That’s not me kind of trying to insult the company because they’re the biggest company in the wrestling world. I think sometimes that they probably have so many plates spinning, they miss things. In my opinion, I’m surprised how long it’s taken up to get to this because, AEW, they sold out Wembley last year at All In. It’s only now, after the second All In is happening in Wembley that the rumors are coming around about potentially having WrestleMania in London. Fans have been wanting it for years, especially in London. So yeah, it feels crazy to me that it’s kind of taken this long, if I’m honest, but I definitely think it’s a direct reaction to how well AEW is doing in the UK.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
In a recent interview with the AEW Unrestricted podcast, “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington stated that his uncle Bret Hart watched his AEW debut match with Dax Harwood. Billington stated “He watched it and he just thought it was so fantastic. He couldn’t be more prouder, especially of me and of Dax, he was actually really proud of Dax for giving such a good effort, for the both of us for doing such a good job. I trust Bret’s words above anybody’s, so having him look it over and give me pointers here and there, I can’t ask for anything better to be honest.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
Indie Wire reported that Warner Bros Discovery revealed in their recently released fiscal report for the 2nd quarter 2024 that their television networks are currently worth $9.1 billion than previously assumed. This would mean that WBD had lost around $10 billion for the past fiscal quarter when factoring other net losses. In the fiscal report, WBD stated that the reason for the networks value depreciation was due to “non-cash goodwill impairment charge” and “difference between market capitalization and book value.”
AEW reportedly drew an attendance of 811 for their Aug. 3rd Collision show at the Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, TX and 2,738 for their Aug. 7th Dynamite show in Winston-Salem, NC, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
AEW reportedly has sold around 1,897 tickets for their Aug. 14th Dynamite show in Norfolk, VA, 692 tickets for their Aug. 17th Collision show in Arlington, TX, 3,334 tickets for their Aug. 21st Dynamite show in Cardiff, Wales, 45,148 tickets for their Aug. 25th All In 2024 event at Wembley Stadium in London, England, 848 for their Aug. 28th Dynamite show in Champaign, IL, 1,351 tickets for their Aug. 31st Collision show in Sioux Falls, SD, 1,510 tickets for their Sept. 4th Dynamite show in Milwaukee, WI, 1,724 tickets for their Sept. 6th Collision show in Chicago, IL, 5,450 tickets for their All Out 2024 event in Hoffman Estates, IL, 1,214 tickets for their Sept. 11th Dynamite show in Lexington, KY, 880 tickets for their Sept. 12th Collision show in Dayton, OH, 1,391 tickets for their Sept. 18th Dynamite show in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and 3,442 tickets for their Sept. 25th Dynamite and Collision Grand Slam 2024 shows at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York as of this past Thursday, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
In regards to All In 2024’s ticket sales and live gate, Meltzer reported that AEW’s event is currently on track to have the second highest ever attendance for an AEW event in AEW history and the second highest ever live gate for a non-WWE wrestling event in wrestling history. Meltzer reported that this year’s All In event will likely end up generating around $6 million for its live gate and would only be behind last year’s event for largest non-WWE live gate in wrestling history.
This past Friday’s AEW Rampage show featured Dustin Rhodes issuing a challenge to The Undisputed Kingdom for their ROH World Tag Team Championship. This led to Undisputed Kingdom’s Matt Taven & Mike Bennett showing up to interrupt and told Rhodes that he did not deserve a title shot. Bennett then gave a low blow to Rhodes and the two walked away after mocking him.

TNA, NJPW, Indies, & Misc. Wrestling

As noted before, wrestling legend and booker Kevin Sullivan passed away this past Friday at the age of 74. During Saturday’s baseball game against the Houston Astros, the Boston Red Sox paid tribute to the late Sullivan. During the game, a message of “In Memoriam of Kevin Sullivan. You will be missed. Love, Red Sox Nation” was shown on the scoreboard in Fenway Park. Sullivan had been a life-long fan of the team.
Saturday’s Never Say Never event for Major League Wrestling featured the announcement of The Andersons, Brock & Arn Anderson, will be making their official debut for the company at their Summer of the Beats event on August 29th in New York City, New York.
Sunday’s Summer Sizzler event for Revolution Pro Wrestling in London, England featured Will Ospreay making a surprise appearance. Following MJF’s victory over Michael Oku for the AEW American Championship after using a Tiger Driver 91, MJF attempted to hit a Tiger Driver 91 to Amira leading to Ospreay running out to save Oku and chased MJF out of the ring.
Saturday’s RevPro Summer Sizzler event also featured NJPW talent Gabe Kidd making a surprise video appearance. Following Donovan Dijak’s victory over Robbie X, Kidd showed up on the big video screen and challenged Dijak to a match at RevPro’s 12 Year Anniversary Show on August 24th in London. Dijak accepted and this match was made official for the event.
Sunday’s Aftermath event for Over The Top Wrestling in Belfast, Ireland featured Big Damo defeating Trent Seven and Man Like DeReiss in a Triple Threat match to become the new OTT World Champion. This belt had been vacated by B Cool following his injury at Saturday’s ScrapperMania VIII event in Dublin.
House of Glory recently announced one new match for the card of their HOG Chicago event on September 5th in Chicago, Illinois. This is a HOG World Championship match of Mike Santana vs. Donovan Dijak.
Friday’s Super Viernes event for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico City, Mexico featured Chris Jericho making a surprise video appearance. During the show, a video aired featuring Jericho wearing a Mistico mask and mocking Mistico ahead of their upcoming match at CMLL’s 91st Anniversary event on September 13th in Mexico City.
CMLL drew an attendance of around 14,000 for their Aug. Super Viernes event in Mexico City, Mexico, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
CMLL talent Templario reportedly is currently in the process of getting a work visa for the United States, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Dave Meltzer reported that his sources stated that Templario is currently expected to get his visa in about a month.
In a recent interview with the Busted Open Radio podcast, former TNA/Impact Wrestling President Scott D’Amore gave his thoughts about why he never liked the name of Impact Wrestling for TNA/Impact. D’Amore stated “When we first started the reclamation project of IMPACT Wrestling, there was a lot of people against us. It was going out and saying, ‘Just give us another chance. Don’t hate what we do before you see it, please.’ To be able to get that company back on its feet and in the right direction and in a real good spot — truthfully, for me, I couldn’t say this while I was there. I always thought the name IMPACT sucked. I thought it sucked. I hated it being IMPACT Wrestling. The decision had been made. I didn’t disagree at the time and we couldn’t change it when I first took over because it had been bounced around. It was TNA, it was IMPACT, it was TNA, it was GWF, it was IMPACT. In my heart, the company where I made my bones and the company I bled and sweat for was TNA Wrestling. I knew from day one when they handed us the reigns, December 1, 2017, after I had been there for months as a consultant, I knew it was TNA Wrestling that needed to rise, not IMPACT. I never cared if IMPACT lived or died. I cared about TNA. I came there with a mission and a direction to revive it and breathe life into it. With a great team, I think we did that.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
The National Wrestling Alliance announced that they have recently signed Trevor Murdoch and Paul Burchill to exclusive contracts with the company.
New Japan Pro Wrestling reportedly drew a paid attendance of 1,711 for their Aug. 3rd G1 Climax 2024 event in Osaka, 3,205 for their Aug. 4th G1 Climax 2024 event in Nagoya, 1,503 for their Aug. 6th G1 Climax 2024 event in Tokyo, 1,504 for their Aug. 7th G1 Climax 2024 event in Tokyo, and 2,906 for their Aug. 8th G1 Climax 2024 event in Yokohama, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Stardom reportedly drew a paid attendance of 707 for their Aug. 4th event in Hamamatsu, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Pro Wrestling NOAH reportedly drew a paid attendance of 949 for their Aug. 4th N-1 Victory 2024 event in Sendai, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Marigold reportedly drew a paid attendance of 293 for their Summer Gold Shine event in Hiroshima, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Game Changer Wrestling reportedly drew a paid attendance of 633 for their Aug. 2nd Now And Forever event in Cleveland, Ohio, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
BodySlam.net’s Cassidy Haynes recently released a lengthy report about Soft Ground Wrestling Uganda’s founder Daniel Bumbash being an alleged scammer over his handling funds sent to the company and other questionable issues in regards to his running of the company.

Wrestling TV Ratings for Week of August 2 to August 8, 2024

WWE Friday Night SmackDown – 2,179,000 viewers, 0.60 rating (prior week – 2,058,000 viewers, 0.52 rating)
WWE RAW – 1,730,000 viewers, 0.62 rating (prior week – 1,412,000 viewers, 0.51 rating)
WWE NXT – 534,000 viewers, 0.16 rating (prior week – 468,000 viewers, 0.15 rating)
AEW Rampage – 209,000 viewers, 0.07 rating (prior week – 306,000 viewers, 0.10 rating)
AEW Collision – 189,000 viewers, 0.08 rating (prior week – 382,000 viewers, 0.12 rating)
AEW Dynamite – 622,000 viewers, 0.19 rating (prior week – 609,000 viewers, 0.18 rating)
AEW Battle of the Belts XI – N/A (prior week – 308,000 viewers, 0.09 rating)
TNA Wrestling Impact! – N/A (prior week – N/A)
Various – Biography: WWE Legends (doubleheader first) (A&E) – 210,000 viewers, 0.07 rating (prior week – 297,000 viewers, 0.07 rating)
Various – Biography: WWE Legends (doubleheader second) (A&E) – 177,000 viewers, 0.4 rating (prior week – 262,000 viewers, 0.05 rating)

Total wrestling television viewership for the week: 5,850,000 viewers, down 252,000 viewers from the prior week’s 6,102,000 viewers.

The viewership and ratings numbers for the August 1st and August 8th TNA Impact! shows are currently not known.

AEW aired their newest Battle of the Belts special on July 27th.

A&E aired a doubleheader for their Biography: WWE Legends series on August 4th as the season finale for the fourth season.