• WrestleMania 39 Sets A New WWE Record
Below are some quick WWE & AEW news updates:
– WrestleMania 39 has set a new record: Highest 1st day ticket sales in WrestleMania history for WrestleMania 39 (aka WrestleMania Hollywood).
– This week’s RAW drew 1.96 million viewers with a 0.54 rating in the 18-49 demo. RAW ranked #1 on Cable.
– Bobby Lashley will defend the United States Championship against AJ Styles on Monday’s RAW.
– Tay Conti has changed her AEW name to Tay Melo.
– This week’s NXT 2.0 drew 597,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is down from last week’s 649,000 viewers with a 0.15 rating.
– This week’s AEW Dynamite drew 972,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is up from last week’s 930,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating.
Also Read: WWE’s Current Plan For The WrestleMania 39 Main Event
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (August 13, 1988) – WWF Los Angeles Sports Arena House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1988, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.
This live event aired on the Z Channel and featured Gorilla Monsoon & Superstar Billy Graham on commentary.
The results can be found below:
Sam Houston defeated Black Jack (sub. for the Iron Sheik) [Wrestling Spotlight – 9/10/88]
The Blue Angel (Owen Hart) defeated Barry Horowitz
The Powers of Pain defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov
Curt Hennig defeated SD Jones [Prime Time Wrestling – 9/13/88]
WWF World Champion Randy Savage wrestled Andre the Giant to a double count-out
Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart
Ron Bass defeated DJ Peterson
Jake Roberts defeated Rick Rude
