First off, this shouldn't be something I need to say but here we are. This is an opinion piece, just reiterating that fact so that incels get the point that not everything revolves around their questionable amount of brain cells. Anyways, women deserve a much bigger seat at the table that is television. TV has […]
Only hours after CBS Studios announced it was delaying the return to production on CBS' NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, and Seal Team, as well as CBS All Access' Why Women Kill and Disney +'s Diary of a Future President after the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health urged TV and film productions to pause […]
CM Punk was a guest on Renee Paquette's new podcast, Oral Sessions (not about 🍆), and it wasn't long before the whole thing turned into a profanity-laden tirade about both stars' former employer, WWE. Punk was talking about WWE's recent struggles with its own employees over Twitch and Cameo accounts and how he always called […]
Hello, ladies… can we interest you in some batshit craziness? Former fake porn star and WWE wrestler Val Venis is absolutely livid on Twitter, aiming his fury at wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer because Meltzer doesn't support the conspiracy theory that widespread voter fraud cost WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump the election. But Venis's disagreement with […]
The card for WWE's TLC PPV, happening on Sunday, December 20th, is starting to shape up, with two more matches officially added as of last night's SmackDown. Three championships are scheduled to be put on the line so far at TLC, which usually features multiple gimmick matches around the Tables, Ladders, and/or Chairs theme. Following […]
Former WWE wrestler and Hollywood megastar Dave Bautista has long feuded with fellow WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump, but Bautista took that feud to a new level recently when he attacked the president for his WrestleMania ring gear. Unlike Bautista, who is known for wearing trunks while he wrestles, President Trump wore a full suit […]
Instead of constantly bashing our heads against our laptops over why Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, Action, and Animation largely get ignored during awards season, why not create an award that recognizes the excellence in those specific genres? That exactly what the Critics Choice Association (CCA) did, with the inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards set to […]
Thirteen years after "The Montreal Screwjob," Bret Hart returned to WWE for a program with Vince McMahon. Facing McMahon at WrestleMania 26, it was the first time Hart had stepped in the ring since a match with Big Sexy Kevin Nash in WCW in October of 2000. But in a recent episode of his Confessions […]
WWE SmackDown's ratings fell last night, resulting in a loss to Shark Tank on ABC for its first hour and a tie for the second hour with 20/20. Smackdown was ranked second for the night in the 18-49 demographic while the show drew less overall viewership than any other network except for the CW, leading […]
In the list of worst moments of his life, the "Montreal Screwjob" must rank up there for Bret Hart alongside the time that sloppy piece of s*** Bill Goldberg kicked him in his head and ended his career. But a question has long loomed over the event: did Vince McMahon screw Bret? Or did Bret […]
A little over a year ago, WWE moved NXT to the USA Network and expanded it to two hours with one purpose in mind: destroying upstart wrestling league AEW and their new show on TNT, Dynamite. It's impossible to know what WWE was thinking before the shows first went head-to-head, but after the first episode […]
Welcome back to another serving of BCTV Sunday Slices, where we personally curate a line-up of articles from the past week in Bleeding Cool's television/cable/streaming/online coverage to offer some additional thoughts and perspectives. Some you'll agree with and some you won't. Hopefully, you'll laugh, get pissed, shed a tear, and even learn a little something […]
Bret Hart is widely considered to be one of the best wrestlers to ever step foot in the squared circle, but his career was ended prematurely by a kick to the head by Bill Goldberg. It's been over 20 years since Starrcade 1999 when the fateful kick occurred, so Bret has probably let go of […]
Welcome back to another edition of BCTV Sunday Slices, where I take a look back at the past week in Bleeding Cool's television coverage and select a few articles to highlight and offer some perspective. This week, we have a righteous amount of topics from all four corners of the pop culture landscape. From Saturday […]
In a startling admission that they don't even know how to count, WWE has announced a new initiative on the WWE Network called "30 Days of the Deadman" which will consist of 5 days of special programming about The Undertaker. Hoping to capitalize on the success of The Last Ride documentary that led to The […]
Welcome back to another serving of BCTV Sunday Slices, where I take a look at the past week in BCTV's coverage to offer a thought or two on the topic. Once again, the views expressed here are my own and don't necessarily reflect on the rest of the fine folks at Bleeding Cool. Which is […]
Using new data from a poll commissioned by them and conducted by YouGov, Variety has released a new article lat week using lots of math, science, and fancy statistics to prove what everyone already knew: the reason people have stopped watching WWE over the past twenty years is that WWE has sucked. The article, written […]
The world of professional wrestling has lost another legendary name with the passing of Joseph Laurinaitis, better known to millions of fans around the world for decades as Road Warrior Animal, at the age of 60. Laurinaitis' official Twitter account and brother Marcus' Facebook account confirmed the news Wednesday morning- with the family planning to […]
It looks like the ratings boost for WWE SmackDown from the ThunderDome may be coming to an end. Though SmackDown held onto its post-SummerSlam increase longer than Raw, ratings and viewership returned to pre-ThunderDome levels, at least according to Showbuzz Daily's overnight report. WWE SmackDown Draws Lowest Viewership Since July Last night's episode of SmackDown […]
Former WWE star Melina Perez has signed with the company and will make a return within the next week, according to PWInsider. Working under the single name Melina from 2004-2011 in WWE, Perez is a five-time women's champion and was regarded as an incredible in-ring talent, especially as a woman in the Divas era of […]
