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If you watched NXT 2.0 last night on the USA Network, you will remember that in the opening segment we witnessed Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin of Toxic Attraction assault and seemingly injure the leg of former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion Zoey Stark in a backstage segment  It was a quick moment, but an impactful one as it[...]

Hey gang!  So last Tuesday night was no normal episode of NXT 2.0 and was instead a special event in Halloween Havoc  That event was impactful, to say the least, as three different titles changed hands, thus changing up the power structure in NXT  How will that new landscape look going forward?  We will find out as[...]

Hey gang!  After this past Tuesday's successful NXT Halloween Havoc and all the drama that ensued at the event, it's time to get back to our regular programming with NXT 2.0 tonight as we see all the fallout of the titles changes, career-threatening matches, and betrayals that occurred one week ago tonight. NXT North American Champion Carmello Hayes[...]

Hey gang!  It's officially spooky season and that brings one thing to the mind of wrestling fans: Mae Young winning the bikini contest at the 2000 Royal Rumble!  No, nothing tonight will be quite that scary, but NXT will be playing with our nostalgic feels as they again resurrect the beloved Halloween-themed WCW event, Halloween Havoc[...]

Hey gang!  After weeks of teasing and establishing, we are here at the first special event of the NXT 2.0 era, Halloween Havoc With the return of the classic spooky October event comes some big title matches that could change NXT going forward  Nearly every NXT title will be on the line tonight and if that weren't[...]

Hey gang!  We are on the last stop on the road to NXT Halloween Havoc tonight and it's the brand's last chance to set things up for the show, which will be live on the USA Network next Tuesday night  The big matches all appear ready to roll, but there's always room for more, right?  We[...]

 And now seeing as no bad idea stays dead for long and WWE is just the house of bad ideas at the moment, Chucky will make his wrestling return next Tuesday at NXT Halloween Havoc! Chucky, seen here on WCW Nitro in 1998, will return to the world of wrestling at NXT Halloween Havoc next Tuesday[...]

Hey gang!  Tonight is the last stop on the road to NXT Halloween Havoc, which will happen live next Tuesday at 8 pm in the regular NXT 2.o time slot on the USA Network  With that in mind, the brand has slotted in two main events for tonight's show with Halloween Havoc implications. Tommaso Ciampa and Bron Breakker will[...]

 But even with her seemingly lacking any rookie rust to work off, she has now made something of a "rookie mistake" and has been forced to ask the public for help in remedying the situation. Rhea Ripley has asked fans for help in finding her lost gear bag, courtesy of WWE. The former Raw and NXT Women's[...]

Have you noticed an uptick in the, shall we say, "more adult" content on recent WWE shows airing on the USA Network?  More colorful language?  More sadistic behavior from heels?  No, you're not imagining things, as WWE Chairman Vince McMahon himself is keen on bringing his product back to something more in line with its "Attitude[...]

 Among those named were DiBiase and his Heart of David Ministries, along with his sons Brett DiBiase and Ted Dibiase, Jr. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase on the May 18, 2021 episode of NXT, courtesy of WWE. Ted DiBiase's ministry received $2.1 million in welfare through TANF from the state of Mississippi from its inception in[...]

Hey gang!  We're on the road to NXT Halloween Havoc (taking place live in two weeks on October 26) and we have a big title match with big implications to look forward to in tonight's main event  Isaiah "Swerve" Scott is the reigning NXT North American Champion, but he and his team Hit Row were drafted to SmackDown[...]

Hey gang!  One of the longest-running wars in NXT over the past year has been that of Isaiah "Swerve" Scott and Santos Escobar  They were going at each other as singles competitors  They were going at each other as the leaders of their respective factions, Hit Row and Legado del Fantasma[...]

Our line-up of news & opinion topics for today include Dave Chappelle (Netflix), Doctor Who (BBC), The Mandalorian (Disney Plus), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Ismahawk), The Wheel of Time (Amazon), WWE NXT (WWE), The Blade Artist (Buccaneer Media), and DC's Legends of Tomorrow (The CW). Image Credits: Dave Chappelle (Netflix), Doctor Who (BBC), The Mandalorian (Disney[...]

 WWE is well aware of wrestling fans' nostalgia and as such, have used NXT as a way to bring back some beloved WCW events, including The Great American Bash, War Games, and of course, Halloween Havoc  And seeing as it's Halloween season once again, NXT will indeed be dusting off the spooky decorations once more as the brand[...]

Hey gang!  So while the NXT 2.0 revamp has been introducing us to new stars, the direction of the show is still a bit unclear  We don't really know yet what anyone is working towards and a lot of the rivalries haven't lasted more than a week  Longform storytelling has been a key to WWE's success[...]

Hey gang!  So while the proper revamp of NXT launched last month, tonight will be another relaunch of sorts for the brand as a result of this past week's WWE Draft, where a number of stars from NXT 2.0 including Ridge Holland, Austin Theory, Mia Yim, Xia Li, Aliyah, and the entire faction of Hit Row were drafted to Raw or SmackDown[...]

Our line-up of news & opinion topics for today include ABC's Big Sky, HBO Max's Peacemaker, WWE NXT, FX's American Horror Story, Disney Plus' The Book of Boba Fett, FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, and NBC's Law & Order: Organized Crime. Images: What We Do in the Shadows[...]

Hey gang!  Going into the third week now of NXT 2.0, NXT set the stage for a big show this week with three different title matches  That's an almost Pay Per View-worthy lineup, but on free TV  Hey, we'll take it!  Along with those bouts, we'll also see a No Disqualification Match and lots more from[...]

Hey gang!  So a decent amount of time was spent on last week's episode of NXT 2.0 setting up matches for tonight's show and now it's time to see if the build-up amounts to a fun night of wrestling action. Zoey Stark & Io Shirai will defend their NXT Women's Tag Team titles against Toxic Attraction tonight[...]

 But while it's Raw and SmackDown that will reap the benefits of the WWE Draft, it's WWE's Tuesday night show, NXT 2.0, that might be supplying the most attention-grabbing names in this year's wrestler grab bag. The 2021 WWE Draft will kick off this Friday on SmackDown and is reportedly set to include many NXT talents, courtesy of WWE. Numerous NXT[...]

We have been presented with a whole lot of new faces of hopeful future WWE superstars in NXT as of late, especially with the recent launch of the NXT 2.0 brand revamp two weeks ago  While fans would be quick (and correct) to assume that WWE management has eyes on heavily featured breakouts like The Creed Brothers and Bron[...]

Our line-up of news & opinion topics for today include a new/old BBC's Doctor Who showrunner, FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia goes on location, Night Court gets an NBC series order, Teen Wolf returns on Paramount Plus, WWE NXT tries to find its "attitude," Netflix's Stranger Things teases a Season 4 teaser, and Netflix's[...]

 It's all a part of what has been dubbed the "woke" culture and WWE decided to jump on board this past Tuesday on NXT 2.0 with the debut of a new personality for former CZW World Heavyweight Champion Joe Gacy, having him portray a very woke character who made note of his white male privilege and microaggressions[...]

If you read my NXT 2.0 recap from this past Tuesday, you will see that at one point well into the show, I note that there was quite a bit of chaos and foul language being used on the episode  The show opened with a donnybrook brawl that spanned from inside the ring with the brand's[...]

Yes! Keighleyanne, your time has come, baby! Overall viewership ratings chart for WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, Impact Wrestling, WWE Smackdown, and AEW Rampage AEW Dynamite Grand Slam was first place in the ratings on cable for Wednesday, with a paltry .48 in the 18-49 demographic, much lower than the .49 that The Chadster's beloved WWE[...]

WWE is ashamed of certain U.S. cities, AEW is getting a new women's title, and Cody Rhodes blasts the haters in the latest wrestling news and hot goss!

Graphic design is my passion. Ratings Wars: The Internet's Only Unbiased Wrestling Ratings Report It was just last week that WWE launched NXT 2.0 Ratings were up, and as far as The Chadster was concerned, they would continue to go up After all, who doesn't like NXT 2.0? The Chadster figured that NXT would continue to grow[...]

Hey gang!  So last week we were introduced to NXT 2.0 and honestly, I enjoyed it!  The matches were good, the show flowed well, and I liked the introduction of new characters to the mix  So despite my (and many other fans') reservations going into it, I was pleasantly surprised and was left looking forward to[...]

Let's get to the numbers. Overall viewership ratings chart for WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, Impact Wrestling, WWE Smackdown, and AEW Rampage Raw increased its average overall viewership this week, thank goodness, with some of those fair-weather fans who abandoned the show last week returning with their tails between their legs to boost Raw back up[...]