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The WWE is to hold its first ever women's wrestling match in Saudi Arabia. The wrestling federation is to host a fight between WWE Superstars Natalya and Lacey Evans at pay-per-view event Crown Jewel tomorrow night (October 31). The match is part of its Riyadh Season, which includes more than 100 events over…

Endeavor Audio held its inaugural upfront tonight at the Neuehouse in New York to discuss its upcoming podcast slate. Among the projects are a fictional series produced by Dick Wolf, a docuseries from Adam Levine’s 222 Productions and a WWE-produced podcast with Corey Graves. Among the projects discussed were Hunted…

Wrestling won the demo battle, but CBS won the total viewership in the network Friday night ratings wars. Fox’s two-hour WWE Smackdown had an 0.8 among adults 18-49 and 2.44 million viewers, handily the night’s demo winner. But the results marked a decline from last week’s 1.0, and are way down from the show’s debut…

WWE Studios and Thinkfactory Media are tag-teaming on Big Show vs. The World: A Giant Abroad (working title), a new adventure docuseries led by one of the pro wrestling outfit’s biggest stars. Through his extensive world travels with WWE, Big Show has collected a lifetime of unusual stories filled with unexplained…

Former Viceland International chief James Rosenstock is swapping hipsters for Hulk Hogan after becoming Executive Vice President, International for WWE. Rosenstock will be responsible for the management of all international operations at the wrestling group. He will oversee the company's eight regional General…

WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown! has its Fox premiere on Friday, and this show is guaranteed to Rock. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said Monday that he will return to his wrasslin’ roots with an appearance on the 20th anniversary program. The pro wrestling juggernaut and Fox Sports are marking the anniversary on October 4…

The destiny of WWE's superstars will be determined during a two-night draft taking place live on Friday Night SmackDown on October 11 at 8 pm ET on the Fox broadcast network and Monday Night Raw on October 14 at 8 pm ET on USA Network. On both nights of the draft, superstars from Raw and SmackDown will appear along…

A waiter spots Stone Cold Steve Austin, glowers at him and hurls down his tray full of wine glasses. A tailgater leaps off a car’s roof and jackknifes a table. A girl wins a spelling bee — the word is “Submission” — and celebrates Becky Lynch-style. Apparently, we’re all champions. And that’s the name of a new promo…

A year after Fox set a deal to take over broadcasts of its longtime pro wrestling staple, SmackDown, USA Network has gotten back in the ring with the WWE and will air its NXT show on Wednesday nights. On its new network, starting September 18, NXT will air opposite TNT’s All Elite Wrestling showcase, setting up an…

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s shortform video platform Quibi is entering the world of women’s wrestling with Fight Like a Girl, an unscripted series toplined by WWE Superstars, from WWE Studios and Critical Content. In each episode, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon pairs a WWE star with a young woman…

WWE star Ashley Massaro, who won the league’s “Raw Diva Search” TV show in 2005 and later appeared on “Survivor: China,” died Thursday in Suffolk County, New York. She was 39 and the cause of death has not been determined, although police have said it appears not to be criminally related. Responders were called to her…

WarnerMedia, which already airs a healthy amount of sports, with rights to the NBA, NCAA basketball and golf, is adding wrestling to the mix through a new partnership with All Elite Wrestling. The two companies said they are forming the first new wrestling circuit to launch in the past 20 years, with primetime…