The rating for the Money in the Bank go-home edition of Smackdown was blasted by a whole lot of NBA, and a little NHL to boot. Tuesday night’s episode brought in a 0.56 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 1.827 million viewers. Those numbers were down 20% and 5% respectively from last week’s 0.7 demo rating and 1.931 million viewers. The rating was only slightly above the USA Network low 0.54 from two…
SO, THREE MONTHS since he swapped Ireland for Australia, how has Rob Kearney been acclimatising to his new surroundings? “Well,” laughs Western Force captain Ian Prior, “he lives in a penthouse across the road from the beach, so I’d say he has settled in pretty damn well.” That his colleagues are so amenable to providing an insight into his time so far at Western Force speaks volumes about the impression that Kearney has already made.…
WHILE SOME OF the other Ireland internationals on the pitch weren’t able to replicate their feats against England the weekend before the Pro14 final, Robbie Henshaw simply picked up where he had left off. The Leinster centre’s first touch against Munster on Saturday saw him bursting over the gainline with a direct carry from a clever dummy maul play and he barely let up from there. Henshaw finished Leinster’s title defence having run for 74…
Needless to say, this is pretty big for Sebring. The World Champion almost never performs in my town, let alone does the preshow autograph session. I’ll have quick results after the show. Feels great to be back after a brief time dealing with carpal tunnel syndrome.
EPCR HAS CONFIRMED that Leinster will progress to the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals next weekend. The Irish province were due to face Toulon in the round-of-16 this evening but the game was cancelled after one of the French side’s players tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday of this week. With that player having gone into isolation, Toulon travelled to Dublin for the game yesterday but EPCR pulled the plug on the knock-out fixture hours before…
Wade Keller Part 2 Interview With Jon Moxley talks about WWE pay scale/schedule/Lesnar/Austin and More Here are the highlights from the second part of Wade Keller’s interview with Jon Moxley -He feels like Hayes and Noble are two of the producers who know what they’re doing and loves the creative and freedom in AEW -There’s writers that have amazing ideas but don’t go to Vince because they know it’ll be shot down -SummerSlam was supposed…
AMIDST A YEAR that most will want to forget, Eric O’Sullivan will look back on 2020 as one that yields mixed emotions. Eric O’Sullivan during his international debut last year. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Off the pitch, like everyone else it was still one to forget for the loosehead prop with the Covid-19 pandemic limiting everyone to their sofas for the guts of six months, but on the pitch it was much better as he chalked…
RACING 92′S FRANCE hooker Camille Chat said on Monday he will be sidelined for up to two months with a leg injury suffered in the weekend’s European Champions Cup loss to Bordeaux-Begles. Chat, 25, who won the last of his 33 Test appearances during the Six Nations, was helped off the pitch after 34 seconds of Sunday’s semi-final defeat at Stade Chaban-Delmas. “Fractured tibia. Six to eight weeks out. Thanks for your messages of support,”…
Bray Wyatt stopped by the one and only Tom Savini’s studio on Sunday for a little chat. Savini, the man behind the effects work on Friday the 13th, Dawn of the Dead and many other horror classics, posted a pic of himself and Wyatt in his studio. Savini did Wyatt’s mask for the latest iteration of his gimmick, which is the look for his “Fiend” persona. The post doesn’t say if this was just a…
DAMIAN MCKENZIE BOOTED the Waikato Chiefs to yet another late win in a 26-24 victory over the Wellington Hurricanes today to boost their chances of making the Super Rugby Aotearoa final. McKenzie’s 82nd-minute penalty kick extended the Chiefs’ winning run to five matches, turning around a form slump that blighted the start of their season in the New Zealand competition. McKenzie has been a key part of the Chiefs’ hot streak and captain Brad Weber…