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WrestleMania 36 Night 1: The Undertaker buries Styles, Strowman wins title

April 4, 2020 John Pollock

John Pollock’s live coverage of the first night of WrestleMania 36 with taped matches from the WWE Performance Center in Florida.

SmackDown viewership steady, drops in the key demo

April 4, 2020 John Pollock

WWE’s final broadcast before WrestleMania saw Friday Night SmackDown stay steady from the week prior but did fall in the 18-49 demographic.

Vince McMahon and Dana White part of call with President Trump

April 4, 2020 John Pollock

On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump will be holding a conference call with the leaders of the major sports leagues including WWE and UFC.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: Decisions loom for WWE, AEW & UFC

April 3, 2020 John Pollock

A look at the many angles surrounding the major companies have been holding events, important info for independent contractors, report on AEW tapings & more.

Empty arena shows cause viewership decline for AEW & NXT

April 2, 2020 John Pollock

Viewership for both AEW and NXT was hit hard on Wednesday continuing the trend displayed by Raw and SmackDown of declines among the empty arena shows.

Khabib Nurmagomedov indicates fight is off, Tony Ferguson responds

April 1, 2020 John Pollock

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has released a statement indicating he won’t be fighting Tony Ferguson with the challenger responding on ESPN.

Valentina Shevchenko off the UFC 251 card due to injury

April 1, 2020 John Pollock

The status of UFC 251 in June may be unknown but it is official that UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will not be fighting on that card.

Jon Jones enters into plea agreement, pleads guilty to DWI

March 31, 2020 John Pollock

UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones has agreed to plead guilty for driving while intoxicated and in turn, will see the other three charges he faced be dropped.

AEW reveals the first four in the TNT Championship tournament

March 31, 2020 John Pollock

On Tuesday’s edition of AEW Dark, the promotion revealed the first four participants for the upcoming TNT Championship tournament that begins next week.

WWE Raw falls to another low for WrestleMania go-home show

March 31, 2020 John Pollock

The final edition of WWE Raw heading into WrestleMania didn’t click with the audience with one of the lowest numbers in the history of the program.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: AEW moving locations this week, per report

March 31, 2020 John Pollock

AEW moving locations this week, WWE TV deal in India, Fite TV offering WrestleMania, WM 32 viewers on ESPN, DAZN withholding rights fees, ‘The Life and Crimes of New Jack’ & more.

WrestleMania to air on Fox apps, additional content on Fox Sports

March 31, 2020 John Pollock

WWE and Fox have announced a new agreement that will see additional content on the Fox platforms including this weekend’s WrestleMania shows.

Bellator postpones all three of their events scheduled for May

March 30, 2020 John Pollock

Bellator MMA has officially announced that their three events scheduled for May have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AEW launching tournament for the TNT Championship

March 30, 2020 John Pollock

On Monday’s release of ‘Road to Dynamite’, AEW announced a tournament will begin next week for its new TNT Championship title.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: Roman Reigns addresses WrestleMania decision

March 30, 2020 John Pollock

Roman Reigns addresses decision to pull out of ‘Mania, Edge provides details behind his return, Daniel Cormier on Jon Jones’ arrest, the latest on UFC 249.

POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE: Historian Dean Silverstone passes away

March 29, 2020 John Pollock

Historian & former promoter Dean Silverstone passes, Chris Jericho discusses segment with Matt Hardy, more from Dana White, WrestleMania airings & more.

SmackDown hits lowest viewership of 2020 on overnight numbers

March 28, 2020 John Pollock

Despite the show posting its best number of 2020 last week, Friday Night SmackDown fell this week to its lowest of the year based on the overnight figures.

Edge, Undertaker, Brock Lesnar & Becky Lynch to appear on Raw

March 28, 2020 John Pollock

WWE is advertising several appearances for Monday’s taped edition of Raw, which serves as the ‘go-home’ edition of the show for WrestleMania 36.

SmackDown Notes: Status of Roman Reigns is not addressed

March 27, 2020 John Pollock

On SmackDown, they did not address the changes to the WrestleMania card with several new matches added and a stipulation for John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt.

Teddy Hart charged with strangulation causing bodily harm

March 27, 2020 John Pollock

Teddy Hart (Edward Annis) was arraigned on Friday following his arrest in Richmond, Virginia and is charged with strangulation causing bodily harm.