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Variety reported yesterday that Nielsen will begin to credit digital ratings for video views on Hulu, Facebook and YouTube. This will not affect the overall TV ratings as those metrics only count for programs online with the same commercial breaks as traditional TV. This will be a separate metric to count more online viewing.
Last night, instead of airing the scheduled "Table for 3" with Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, and Sting, WWE Network quietly added a one-hour special entitled "Ric Flair: Forever the Man" which consists of his retirement match at Wrestlemania 24 and the complete celebration the following night on Monday Night Raw.
Dolph Ziggler spoke with Sports Illustrated giving his appreciation of Ric Flair.
The following line up has been announced for the Raw live event September 29 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota:
Braun Strowman versus Roman Reigns
Battle Royal to determine who will face The Miz later on in the night for an Intercontinental Championship match
Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose versus Sheamus and Cesaro for the Raw Tag Team Championship
The September 30 Smackdown Live event in Boise, Idaho at the Taco Bell Arena has the following matches advertised:
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
WWE CHAMPION JINDER MAHAL vs SHINSUKE NAKAMURA
UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
UNITED STATES CHAMPION AJ STYLES vs KEVIN OWENS
The October 1 Smackdown Live event at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington with the same advertised as above.
The October 1 Raw event in Casper, Wyoming at the Casper Event Center has this advertised line up: This will be your chance to see your favorite WWE RAW Superstars LIVE! See: Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman, Samoa Joe, Bray Wyatt, Neville, Dean Ambrose, Cesaro and Sheamus, Alexa Bliss, The Miz, Enzo, Emma, Big Cass, Sasha Banks, Titus O’Neill, Elias, and many more of your favorite superstars. *Lineup is subject to change.
The October 7 Raw event in Tulsa at the BOK Center which has the following line up advertised:
WWE Live returns to Tulsa’s BOK Center on Saturday, October 7 at 7:30PM. This will be your chance to see: Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Dean Ambrose, RAW Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus, Samoa Joe, Intercontinental Champion The Miz, Sasha Banks, Braun Strowman, Hardy Boyz, Bray Wyatt plus many more of your favorite WWE superstars. *Card is subject to change.
NXT live event in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on September 23 the following line up announced:
NXT Champion Bobby Roode
NXT Women’s Champion Asuka
Aleister Black
Drew McIntyre
Kassius Ohno
Ember Moon
Roderick Strong
Hideo Itami
Andrade “Cien” Almas
And many more!
NXT will also have an event in Coral Gables, Florida on October 6.
For all the events listed above, tickets will go on sale this Friday, August 18.
WWE tweeted the following with Singh Brothers:
Best of luck to @akshaykumar for the release of his new film @ToiletTheFilm!
— Singh Brothers (@SinghBrosWWE) August 15, 2017
Raising awareness for a very important social issue in India. pic.twitter.com/O2ymjzuRFU
WWE Shop has the SummerSlam "BKLYN Blue" Sasha Banks "Bosstown" and Elias "World Tour" T-shirts. They also have championship side plates for SummerSlam.
Videos:
Emma is furious about her latest "chance": Raw Fallout, Aug. 14, 2017:
Akira Tozawa celebrates his WWE Cruiserweight Title win in two languages: Raw Fallout, Aug. 14, 2017:
Alexa Bliss wishes Sasha Banks "good luck" at SummerSlam: Raw Fallout, Aug. 14, 2017:
Samoa Joe is ready for SummerSlam to erupt early: Exclusive, Aug. 14, 2017:
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