WWE: WWE VP on WWE Having No Interest in Potential Future Co-Promoted Event with AEW, A&E WWE Ratings, More News

WWE VP Comments on WWE Having “No Interest” in Potential Future Co-Promoted Show with AEW

As noted before, AEW CEO Tony Khan recently stated that he would be open to the idea of holding a co-promoted show with WWE in the future.

A recent episode of the Sports Media with Richard Deitsch podcast featured WWE Executive Vice President of Talent Relations & Head of Communications Chris Legentil as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Legentil’s thoughts about WWE currently having no interest in the idea of potentially working with AEW for a co-promoted event in the future.

“No interest.

I just want to make clear. There is definitely a variety of excellent talent that don’t currently reside in WWE. There is no shot there that is being fired. It’s just to say, the answer to your question is no conversation has been had in relation to that.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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A&E WWE Programming Ratings – July 28, 2024

This past Sunday’s Biography: WWE Legends doubleheader first episode drew 297,000 viewers on A&E. This episode also drew a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demographic. This was up compared to last week’s episode’s 208,000 viewers but same as last week’s rating. This episode focused on Ted DiBiase.

This past Sunday’s Biography: WWE Legends doubleheader second episode drew 262,000 viewers on A&E. This episode also drew a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demographic. This was down compared to first episode’s 297,000 viewers and 0.07 rating. This episode focused on Paul Heyman.

Source: Programming Insider

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WWE News & Notes

WWE announced that they have recently signed a partnership deal with Wingstop to be the official ring mat sponsor for their SummerSlam 2024 event on August 3rd in Cleveland, Ohio. It was announced that Wingstop logos will be featured in two corners of the ring canvas.

WWE also announced that they have recently signed a multi-year partnership with Aires Tech aimed at “bolstering the personal performance regimens of WWE Superstars.”

WWE Hall of Famers Kane and Rick Steiner reportedly are currently scheduled to travel to Cleveland for this weekend’s WWE SummerSlam 2024 festivities, according to PWInsider.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that former University of Syracuse football player Atrilleon “Trill” Williams is currently scheduled to be among the participants invited by WWE for their upcoming talent tryouts in Cleveland, Ohio.

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that his sources stated that former WWE Tough Enough competitor Eric Watts was recently hired by WWE to be the newest member of their Creative writing team. Sapp reported that Watts will be working as a full-time member of WWE’s SmackDown creative team.

As noted before, a lawsuit against WWE was filed this past March by a person named Richard Bryant claiming that he had suffered hearing injuries over “negligence and carelessness” caused by WWE’s handling of pyrotechnics at a SmackDown show he attended in Orlando, Florida in July of 2022. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Bryant filed a motion on July 24th before the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut requesting for WWE’s motion to shift the lawsuit into arbitration be dismissed based on recent court records. Bryant reportedly is requesting for the lawsuit to continue until the process is completed.

WWE recently released a new video on their WWE Vault YouTube channel featuring the never-before-seen CM Punk’s WWE tryout tag team match with Doug Delicious against The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal).

As noted before, WWE Hall of Famer Jesse “The Body” Ventura was in attendance at this past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In a recent episode of the SI Media podcast, CM Punk gave his thoughts about his backstage meeting with Ventura. Punk stated “I saw Governor Ventura the other day. Absolutely, 100% blown away, one of the coolest things that has ever happened to me in my life is he tells me that he saw I came back, and he said, ‘The place must have changed. If Punk is back, I’ll go back.” Punk also gave his thoughts about taking credit for Ventura’s return to WWE. Punk stated “I can’t take credit for it, but I think a guy like me being back speaks volumes. Obviously, it does.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent episode of The Rich Eisen Show, The Miz gave his thoughts about WWE’s current boom in popularity and the locker room being at an all-time high in terms of positivity. The Miz stated “We’re always evolving as WWE superstars. Whether you’re a superstar or a company in total, we’re always to make sure that the audience gets what they need. We want to give them the best form of entertainment that we can possibly give them and right now, the locker room is at an all time high of positivity. I think that Triple H has really took the reigns and made this show incredible. He’s given chances to people that may not have gotten chances before and you see what’s happening. I’ve never seen WWE so popular in my twenty year career. I’ve never seen so many superstars that we consider what we call over, which means when they come out, the crowd goes estatic. Whether they’re booing or cheering them, they’re highly engaged and there are so many superstars right now, it’s hard to get on a SummerSlam card. Right now, getting on a PLE is very very difficult to have a match.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)