The OtherArena

Paul Wight is now with AEW.

You have to wonder how well AEW is doing financially with so many guys coming in, particularly Wight and Borden who don't come cheap. It's a low level TV deal and they ...

Some of Al's theories were ahead of its time as well. For instance, they did some computer modeling to determine which teams would win based on a teams that were modeled to be big and slow versus dim ...

Al Davis vs. the NFL was decent overall.

One thing they missed out on for the younger viewers is that at one time Al Davis and the Raiders were considered to be well ahead of the curve like Belichi ...

The most recent ‘Match of the Year’ candidate is supposed to be Dax Harwood vs. Jungle Boy. This was pretty good. I was hoping to see kinds like a teenage Benoit vs. Arn Anderson type of match and w ...

I actually watched last night .... well the part I didn't sleep thru. Still looks like independent wrestling. A bunch of kids doing flips. I'm trying to understand what fans today think is good pro wr ...

Ratings rose back to 762K/0.30 for Dynamite.

I believe the drop in the previous week (662K/0.25) was due to the Capital Hill insurrection.

From all of this it appears that AEW has a loyal viewer ...

I watched the Fenix vs. Omega main event from 1/6/21 Dynamite. It was touted as a MOTY candidate. The bad news is if this is the MOTY then 2021 is a bad year for pro wrestling. The good news is tha ...

Ratings for AEW Dynamite.

11/4 - 717K/0.30
11/11 - 764K/030
11/18 - 850K/0.37
11/25 (day before T-Day) - 712K/0.26
12/2 (Sting debut) - 913K/0.42
12/9 (Shaq appearance) - 995K/0.45
12/16 - 80 ...

I'd be interested in Dave's opinions on the subject since he's friends with Bruce and was friends with Jon Huber and seems to have an idea as to what went on with Huber and what happened between Bruce ...

John Huber aka Brodie Lee has passed away at the age of 43 years old due to a non-COVID related lung issue. Some are reporting that it was a lung infection. I was thinking he may have suffered from ...

I only watched a little of last nights episode. It fell to under 800K in viewership. Meltzer just tweeted that their numbers are 'way up' compared to last year at this time, but they are only up due ...

After some bigger numbers the past 2 weeks that were sparked by Sting's appearance and then Shaq's appearance, the ratings fell to 806K and you guessed it...0.32 in the demo.

This is symbolic of AE ...

The AEW with Sting episode did killer numbers (by today's standards). 912K viewers, 0.46 in the demo. They did it correctly by having the segment in the middle of the show and then that got on the s ...

AEW has apparently put together a deal with Impact as they did a screwjob finish to give Omega the title with Don Callis. Sting also showed up last night.

A lot of the wrestlers from Impact and AE ...

I have been watching some of Ring of Honor's PURE tournament.

The rules are the following:

1. Each contestant is allowed 3 rope breaks, whether it's for submission or pinfall. After their 3 ro ...