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May 6, 2021 By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet) Daniel Bryan is a free agent. His contract expired following his match with Roman Reigns on Friday’s WWE Smackdown, according to Fightful.com. Bryan has yet to publicly comment on his free agent status. Powell’s POV: It will be very interesting to see what comes next for Bryan. One can only assume that WWE and AEW will make strong offers, but Bryan previously expressed interest in working internationally. He is an outst...

AEW Dynamite Hits The Inner Circle vs. The Pinnacle in a Blood and Guts match: A great WarGames style match until the closing minutes. The actual structure is awesome. I wasn’t a fan of NXT taking the roof off the cage, nor was I a fan of the low roof of the original cage. AEW did the obvious by going with a taller structure to create the best of both worlds. The live crowd was hot, the broadcast team was fired up, the in-ring action was strong, and this was a blast to watch. But I really cou...

AEW Dynamite (Episode 84) Aired May 5, 2021 on TNT [Hour One] The Dynamite intro played, and then Jim Ross, Excalibur, and Tony Schiavone opened the show from the announce desk. They promoted The Inner Circle vs. The Pinnacle in a Blood and Guts match, a grudge match between QT Marshall and Cody Rhodes, and Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa against Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston. Kenny Omega’s music hit, but Don Callis and Michael Nakazawa walked out. Callis called out famous names from Japan...

AEW Dynamite and MLW Fusion coverage, NXT TV and AEW Dynamite poll results, Hiroshi Hase, Brooke Hogan, Chad Patton May 5, 2021 By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet) -All Elite Wrestling Dynamite is live from Jacksonville, Florida at Daily’s Place. The show includes The Inner Circle vs. The Pinnacle in a Blood & Guts match. Join Jake Barnett for his live review as the show airs on TNT at 7CT/8ET. Dot Net Members will hear my same night audio review shortly after the...

May 5, 2021 By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet) The season one finale of “Young Rock” delivered 2.363 million viewers for NBC in Tuesday’s ratings, according to ShowbuzzDaily.com. The viewership count was down from the 2.396 million viewers who watched last week’s episode. Powell’s POV: “Young Rock” drew a .52 in the adults 18-49 demographic, which was up from last week’s .46 rating in the same demo. A “Young Rock” rerun followed the season finale and...

May 4, 2021 By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet) Monday’s WWE Raw television show averaged 1.872 million viewers, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. Viewership was up from the 1.774 million average from last week. Powell’s POV: The first hour of Raw averaged 1.891 million viewers. Hour two drew 1.979 million viewers. The final hour of the show averaged 1.746 million viewers. The three hours of Raw averaged a .53 rating and finished second, first, and third respectively i...

May 3, 2021 By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet WWE Friday Night Smackdown finished with 2.018 million viewers for Fox, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. The overnight number that came out Saturday morning was 1.923 million viewers. Today’s final number is down from the previous episode’s 2.121 million final viewership total. Powell’s POV: Smackdown delivered a .49 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, which was down from the .54 rating drawn the previous week. Smac...

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet) The A&E biography series on WWE wrestlers airs tonight at 7CT/8ET. Tonight’s biography features Randy Savage. -WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures follows at 9CT/10ET on A&E. The teaser lists Jerry Lawler as searching for lost memorabilia from his match with Andy Kaufman, his debut robe and crown, and having to decide if WWE is worthy of obtaining his royal wardrobe. Powell’s POV: A&E will also replay last week’s Roddy Piper biography ...

MLW issued the following press release to promote Wednesday’s edition of MLW Fusion. NEW YORK — Major League Wrestling (“MLW”) today confirmed the league will provide an update on CONTRA’s alleged control of championship bouts for Jacob Fatu this Wednesday, May 5 at 7pm ET on MLW’s flagship weekly series FUSION, available on YouTube, Fubo Sports, DAZN, beIN SPORTS and the Roku Channel.  Learn more about where to watch. Does CONTRA hold all the power? Josef Samael believes so. ...

ET Canada interview with Matt Hardy Host: ET Canada’s Shakiel Mahjouri Interview available via ETCanada.com His Mount Rushmore of pro wrestling brothers either real or fictional: OK, fictional or real, that makes it a little more tricky. I got to be a little egotistical about myself and my brother on it. I’ll put Edge and Christian on it as well. I’ll put the Dudley’s on it, and I can’t go without putting the Roar Warriors, even though they technically weren’t brothers, they were br...