Dave LeClair
Dave LeClair is a freelance writer and contributor at the Inquisitr. He studied marketing at Post University and started writing professionally over 10 years ago. Dave enjoys publishing on gaming, technology, wrestling, and sports. He started playing hockey at 10-years-old and has never looked back.If there’s one thing the WWE seems to be incredibly good at, it’s setting record new lows for the ratings. For this week’s episode, the WWE managed to kick the show off strong but it didn’t stay that way. However, by the third hour, the show actually saw the largest first to third-hour drop of… Continue reading WWE News: ‘Raw’ Ratings Set Another Record This Week
Two of the people who are heavily involved in the day-to-day operations of Impact Wrestling appear to be leaving for the WWE, according to a report from PWInsider. Current Impact Hall of Famer Abyss and one of the main members of the company’s creative team Sanjay Dutt are both believed to be departing the company… Continue reading WWE Rumor: Two Top Performers From Impact WWE Bound, Per ‘PWInsider’
If there’s one thing fans of the WWE have been left wondering, it’s when Alexa Bliss will make her return to in-ring competition. She’s been on the shelf for quite some time due to issues with concussions, and she was always very cryptic in regards to when she would return to the ring. On this… Continue reading WWE News: Alexa Bliss Announces In-Ring Return
The WWE is continuing to make moves and shake things up. While most of those moves apply to wrestlers, there are also some moves taking place on the commentary side of things. One major switch is happening on 205 Live, where current main roster performer Aiden English is joining the commentary team, as announced on… Continue reading WWE News: Current Superstar Joins ‘205 Live’ Commentary Team
If there’s one thing fans know about Braun Strowman, it’s that he’s not finished with Roman Reigns yet. During the long feud between “The Monster Among Men” and “The Big Dog,” the two actually appeared to form a real-life friendship. In a recent paparazzi-style interview, WrestlingNewsCo caught up with Braun Strowman and asked him a… Continue reading Braun Strowman Provides Update On Roman Reigns’ Health
The professional wrestling landscape is constantly shifting, and it’s moving much more quickly than ever with the announcement of All Elite Wrestling. The new company has forced the WWE to make some changes already, most notably in the way it treats its performers. In the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer talked… Continue reading WWE Rumors: WWE Planning To Push Unhappy Talent To Stop AEW Jumps
One of the big questions on the minds of wrestling fans is whether Matt Hardy is coming back to the WWE as an active wrestler. Matt Hardy recently took to Twitter to provide fans with an update on his in-ring status. It all started with Matt Hardy promoting a new WWE action figure from Ringside… Continue reading WWE News: Matt Hardy Provides Update On His Wrestling Future
Fans have been wondering what Finn Balor is going to be up to at this year’s Royal Rumble event. The WWE just posted on Twitter that Balor will be participating in the men’s Royal Rumble match, as he did at last year’s event. While he didn’t win the match, he did stick around for an… Continue reading WWE News: Finn Balor’s Plan For WWE ‘Royal Rumble’ 2019 Announced
The WWE is set to air a new documentary on a rather unexpected character. It’s not someone who’s been dazzling fans with impressive moves in a WWE or NXT ring, as one might expect. Instead, it’s going to The Nigel McGuinness Story, a documentary about a wrestler-turned-commentator, who entertains fans with his knowledge and voice,… Continue reading WWE News: Nigel McGuinness Documentary To Air Next Week
After his controversial return at WWE’s Crown Jewel Event in Saudi Arabia, it looks like the WWE is going to give Hulk Hogan another chance, as the company just announced that he will return to Monday Night Raw this week to honor the life of “Mean” Gene Okerlund. Some of Hogan’s most famous promos started… Continue reading WWE News: Hulk Hogan To Return To ‘Raw’ This Week To Honor ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund
Early this morning, Chris Jericho attempted to defend his IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Tetsuya Naito and he came up short. The match was contested under no disqualification rules, and it was quite an intense affair. When the match was over and Jericho had lost, that led many to believe that he would be moving on… Continue reading Chris Jericho Says He’s Not Done With New Japan Pro Wrestling
In the professional wrestling world, there are several major events that take place each year. The biggest is obviously WWE’s WrestleMania, but New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom is up there in terms of importance and excitement. The event draws massive crowds in the Tokyo Dome each year, and tons more people watch it on… Continue reading Multiple Title Changes Take Place At NJPW ‘Wrestle Kingdom 13’
For the past few years, the WWE has been able to go on cruise control since there was no real competition out there for the company. Organizations like Ring of Honor have made some headway in the North American wrestling market, but it’s never reached a level that would make the WWE feel even remotely… Continue reading Chris Jericho Says WWE Is Watching New Japan Pro Wrestling
While the roster of in-ring performers with All Elite Wrestling might be pretty thin still, their executive team is filling out rather quickly. First, the company announced that Tony Kahn, son of Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan, would serve as the company’s president. From there, Cody Rhodes, Nick Jackson, and Matt Jackson were all announced… Continue reading AEW News: Brandi Rhodes Comments On Being AEW’s Chief Brand Officer
Fans who have been waiting to hear more about All Elite Wrestling and its upcoming Double or Nothing event won’t have to wait much longer. Today, the company put out a press release detailing a Double Or Nothing rally for Tuesday, January 8 — in Jacksonville, Florida — as reported by Wrestling Inc. What makes… Continue reading AEW News: ‘Double Or Nothing’ Rally Official For January 8
The speculation on All Elite Wrestling continues to run rampant across the internet. Quite a bit of information can be gleaned from who All Elite Wrestling follows on Twitter. Recently, the company followed quite a few major arenas around the United States, which of course led to lots of speculation that AEW is working with… Continue reading AEW News: All Elite Wrestling Follows Several Major Arenas On Twitter
Before All Elite Wrestling was even announced, Jim Ross’s name was rumored to be part of the promotion. It was never clear how involved Ross would be, but most wrestling pundits were confident that he’d be connected in one way or another. Recently, Ross took to his podcast The Jim Ross Report (as transcribed by… Continue reading AEW News: Jim Ross Comments On His AEW Involvement
It’s the beginning of 2019, which means it’s time for all kinds of year-end awards. The WWE just announced the nominees for its NXT year-end awards, and the company is calling for fans to vote on who they think should win in each category. Here’s the list of all of the awards the WWE is… Continue reading WWE News: Nominees For NXT Year-End Awards Announced
Apparently, the WWE has noticed the changing landscape in the pro wrestling world with the announcement of All Elite Wrestling. As one might expect, the WWE is about to go on a signing spree to snatch up as much talent as possible. That’s not a surprise at all, but the circumstances around one upcoming potential… Continue reading WWE Rumor: WWE Reportedly Offers Huge NXT Contract To Free Agent, Per ‘Observer’
For the WWE, there’s good news and bad news when it comes to this week’s Monday Night Raw viewership. The good news is that there was a substantial increase over last week’s Christmas Eve episode. The bad news is that the show still stayed under 2 million viewers on average for the New Year’s Eve… Continue reading WWE News: ‘Raw’ Ratings Stay Low For New Year’s Eve Episode
The WWE has been putting on shows without two of its biggest wrestlers for the last few weeks. Braun Strowman has been off the show due to elbow surgery and Universal Champion Brock Lesnar hasn’t been on television recently because of his contract situation. However, it appears that the time of Strowman and Lesnar being… Continue reading Brock Lesnar And Braun Strowman Return To ‘Raw’ Next Week
It’s hard for anyone who follows the independent wrestling scene to keep their excitement about All Elite Wrestling in check. After all, it’s been quite a while since a major new player has entered the professional wrestling scene. Sure, plenty of new independent promotions crop up around the world all the time, but it’s been… Continue reading AEW News: Four More Performers Sign All Elite Wrestling Contracts
Alexa Bliss is going to get her own talk show like many of the great WWE talkers before her. At the end of Monday Night Raw this week, Bliss herself announced that she would host a show called A Moment of Bliss and that her first guest would be current Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey.… Continue reading Alexa Bliss To Host Talk Show Segment Next Week On ‘Raw’
There are two fights fans really want to see before current UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier hangs up the gloves for good — Brock Lesnar and the third fight with Jon Jones. Daniel Cormier sat down for an interview on The MMA Hour where he talked about his future plans, including the rumored fight with… Continue reading Daniel Cormier Says Brock Lesnar Fight ‘Kinda Still Up In The Air’
What happens when someone who’s already incredibly famous decides they want to step into the world of creating gaming videos on YouTube? Apparently, word travels fast and they almost instantly get as many subscribers as full-time content creators who’ve been at it for years. That’s exactly what happened with Jack Black, who just recently launched… Continue reading Jack Black Started A Gaming YouTube Channel And It Has Over 2 Million Subs Already
A new contender is seeking wrestling fans’ time starting in April of 2019, as Beyond Wrestling will start airing a new live weekly wrestling show called Uncharted Territory on IndependentWrestling.TV (formerly PowerBomb.TV), as reported by PWInsider. The new show will start streaming on April 3, 2019, at 8 p.m. ET. Interestingly, that’s the same time… Continue reading Independent Wrestling Promotion Announces New Weekly Show
One of the most exciting stories in the world of professional wrestling is what will happen to The Elite in 2019. Will they stay with ROH and New Japan? Will they sign with Vince McMahon and the WWE? Will the group decide to start their own promotion under the rumored name All Elite Wrestling? The… Continue reading The Young Bucks Tease Huge Announcement On New Years Eve
Right now, the WWE is taping the New Year’s Eve episode of Monday Night Raw, and as the company usually does, it taped Main Event right before the big show. While Main Event isn’t the most watched show in terms of what the WWE puts out each week, it’s always interesting to see which performers… Continue reading WWE Spoilers: Results For Next Week’s ‘Main Event’ Episode
Ever since he announced his diagnosis with leukemia, Roman Reigns hasn’t made very many public appearances and hasn’t offered fans many updates on how he’s doing with his road to recovery. However, in a recent interview with Fox 2 News in Detroit (as transcribed by WrestleZone), Seth Rollins offered a brief update on his SHIELD… Continue reading WWE News: Seth Rollins Offers Roman Reigns Health Update
California is known for a lot of stuff, but one thing the state does really well is music festivals. Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is looking to toss his hat into the music festival ring as he’s slated to host his own festival in February 2019. The event, which is called The Kind Music… Continue reading Mike Tyson Set To Host Cannabis-Themed Music Festival In February
If there’s one thing the WWE likes to talk about, it’s the company’s social media presence. It loves to hype up its Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube followings. It’s with that in mind that Forbes dug into WWE’s YouTube channel to find out which videos released by the company drew the most ire from fans.… Continue reading WWE News: Roman Reigns Dominates WWE’s Most Disliked YouTube Videos
Almost every week that the two shows have been on the air, Raw tends to get more viewers than SmackDown Live. Even though both shows are live now and SmackDown is actually an hour shorter than Raw, it almost never wins out in the ratings. However, for the holiday week, SmackDown actually managed to average… Continue reading WWE News: ‘SmackDown Live’ Ratings Beat ‘Raw’ This Week
In a surprise to no one, Monday Night Raw put up a positively abysmal rating for the Christmas Eve episode that aired this week. Not only did the show air on the eve of the giant holiday, but it was an episode taped the week prior, meaning many fans already knew what happened before even… Continue reading WWE News: ‘Monday Night Raw’ Posts Record-Low Rating
Tomorrow, December 28, is set to be a Kenny Omega kind of day, as AXS TV is scheduled to air a 10-hour marathon featuring the best of the wrestling superstar. The marathon begins at 2 p.m. ET and runs until 11:59 p.m. ET. The marathon, which is officially called the Kenny Omega-thon will cover all… Continue reading Kenny Omega Marathon To Air On AXS TV On December 28
Enzo Amore, who now goes by nZo, was released from the WWE in January of this year, but the former professional rapper turned wrestler seems to keep popping up around the WWE, whether the company wants him there or not. His most notable appearance was at Survivor Series where he was thrown out of the… Continue reading WWE News: Enzo Amore Explains His Actions At ‘Survivor Series’
The WWE used to make a big production of awarding its performers at the annual Slammy Awards. However, those awards ended in 2015. Sure, most wrestling websites offer their own best of the year awards, but they don’t offer the same pomp and circumstance as the Slammy Awards. While the big internal awards show may… Continue reading WWE Names Braun Strowman, Becky Lynch Wrestlers Of The Year, Per ‘Wrestling Observer’
When it comes to who makes it to the top of WWE, Vince McMahon is normally the one who decides. While there’s a team of writers within the company, it’s ultimately McMahon who pushes certain superstars to the top. Currently, Mandy Rose is the female superstar Vince McMahon wants to see as a top talent,… Continue reading WWE Rumors: Here’s The Female Superstar Vince McMahon Wants To Make A Star, Per ‘Wrestling Observer’
WWE aired a best of 2018 episode this week, which didn’t seem like the kind of show that would feature any big news. However, the episode ended with a special announcement that current Cruiserweight champion Buddy Murphy would defend his title in a fatal four-way match against the winner against the winners of a series… Continue reading WWE News: Cruiserweight Title Match Announced For ‘Royal Rumble’
One of the most interesting stories in the professional wrestling world is that of Cody Rhodes. The wrestler was signed to the WWE for a little over 10 years, and over that time, many fans feel that the company didn’t fully use the performer. People who felt this way were seemingly vindicated when Cody went… Continue reading Cody Rhodes Says WWE Didn’t Squander Him
Two former UFC fighters are scheduled to go head to head in a match at Ultimate Bar Brawl in Atlanta, GA on January 31, 2019. The professional wrestling match was just announced on Twitter by McAloon Productions, the company behind Ultimate Bar Brawl. The company is also promoting an event called Come Hell or High… Continue reading Ken Shamrock To Face ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawler At ‘Ultimate Bar Brawl’
One of the most exciting additions to smartphones in recent memory was the inclusion of a fingerprint scanner. It made it much easier for users to keep their devices secure without needing to enter a password every single time. Hyundai is planning to bring the same level of convenience and security to its cars, as… Continue reading Hyundai Announces Car With iPhone-Like Fingerprint Scanner
Last night, on a taped episode of SmackDown Live, the WWE shocked fans by having fan-favorite Rusev win the United States Championship from the longtime champion, Shinsuke Nakamura. As one might expect, this led to a lot of happy fans. Even happier, though, was the man who won the championship from Nakamura. However, as happy… Continue reading WWE News: Here’s How Rusev Reacted To Winning The United States Title
The Elliott Advocacy Group is claiming that the glass lids on some top-loading Kenmore washing machines are spontaneously shattering even when the machine isn’t in use. In a blog post, the company quoted two examples of consumers who have had their lids shatter, as reported by Digital Trends. In the post, the company quoted Jocelyn… Continue reading Kenmore Washing Machine Glass Lids Are Randomly Shattering
A man won one of the largest jackpots in British history, and he almost didn’t bother to claim his prize. The ticket was buried in a pile of papers in Andrew Clark’s van for weeks before he finally decided to check and see if he was the big winner, as reported by the New York… Continue reading British Man Andrew Clark Finds $86M Lottery Ticket In His Car After Family Hounded Him To Check His Ticket
When it comes to WWE shows, one thing fans always seem to worry about is the ratings. Fans always want to know how well — or poorly — WWE’s shows are viewed on television. Well, for Tribute to the Troops, the numbers won’t exactly blow anyone away, but they’re not terrible either. According to The… Continue reading WWE News: ‘Tribute To The Troops’ Overnight Ratings
Fans of Tyler Breeze and Fandango — collectively known as the the Fashion Police — are going to get a treat, as it looks like the WWE is set to air a special episode of The Fashion Files on the WWE Network. The show, which is called Fashion Files: Cold Case Unit is currently listed… Continue reading WWE News: ‘Fashion Files’ Special To Air On WWE Network On Christmas Eve
Fans who have been waiting to see the WWE Universal Champion on Monday Night Raw might have to wait quite a while, as Brock Lesnar’s next scheduled event is the January 21 episode of Raw, as reported by Wrestling Inc. That is the final episode before Lesnar faces number one contender Braun Strowman at the… Continue reading Brock Lesnar’s ‘Monday Night Raw’ Return Announced
Today, Impact Wrestling announced that it’s moving to a new network starting in January 2019. The wrestling promotion has called Pop TV its home since November 2015. It first premiered on the channel in January 2016, which indicates the company is ending a fairly long partnership with Pop TV. Impact Wrestling is moving to Pursuit… Continue reading Impact Wrestling Leaving Pop TV For Pursuit Channel In January
On this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, Vince McMahon and the rest of the WWE management team announced that they were going to “shake things up.” The company said that it would “change with the times,” and that we’d get to see some new faces. While the WWE never explicitly said that they’d push… Continue reading WWE Rumor: Fan-Favorite To Finally Receive Major Push, Per ‘Wrestling Observer’
One of the most controversial things that happened in the WWE this year had nothing to do with a storyline written by the company. Instead, the big issue came from the WWE’s decision to run events in Saudi Arabia. The first event in 2018 was controversial mainly because the WWE wasn’t allowed to use any… Continue reading WWE Rumors: Reported Dates For WWE’s Next Saudi Arabia Trip, Per ‘Wrestling Observer’