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Friday, January 17 2020 Issue #5825
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ROB VAN DAM'S SEX CELEBRATION VIDEO GETS IMPACT BOOTED OFF TWITCH

- Rob Van Dam's "sex celebration" video from Impact Wrestling got the company banned from Twitch. The video shows Van Dam with his two very scantily clad girlfriends having way too much fun. "A lot of you guys think I was at my best way back in ECW," RVD says as his girlfriend Katie Forbes and their other friend Jennifer continued to grind on him. "What's ECW," Jennifer asks. "They weren't even born yet," Van Dam tells the camera! The video was also removed from YouTube, with the listing now set to private. The comments below the video were also a hilarious read. But Twitch did not appreciate the video and with strict rules against pornography or anything that resembles pornography, the company banned the Impact account. Accessing twitch.tv/impactwrestling, the page gives you a "Sorry. Unless you’ve got a time machine, that content is unavailable" error. Impact's weekly Behind The Lights Twitch show this week was also canceled and Impact saw the funny side of the whole ordeal, writing on Twitter, "There will be no edition of Behind the Lights this week for...fairly obvious reasons," while adding a laughing emoji.

IMPACT USING TNA NAME FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY DURING MANIA WEEKEND

- Impact Wrestling will be using the TNA name for one night only during WrestleMania week for a show part of WrestleCon. The TNA show will be taking place on Friday, April 3 at The Ritz Ybor City in Tampa starting at 7PM ET. Tickets for this show will be on sale on Monday, January 20 at Noon ET. For those who are unable to attend the live event, it will also be broadcast on FITE TV for a fee. The Friday night show will be going head-to-head with the live Smackdown and many other shows that will be held during that weekend. The company used the TNA: Total Nonstop Action name from its inception in 2004 till March 2017.

DYNAMITE RATING

- AEW enjoyed another big win in the ratings on Wednesday night as Dynamite did 940,000 viewers for the Bash at the Beach themed episode, down just 7,000 viewers from last week’s episode. Dynamite did 0.38 in the 18-49 demo and placed #5 in the top 50 cable chart. Dynamite beat NXT in every demo and came close of actually matching the over 50 rating as well, something that NXT usually wins by a good margin. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

WWE TO REPORT Q4 AND FULL YEAR 2019 FINANCIAL RESULTS NEXT MONTH

- WWE will report its fourth quarter and full year 2019 results on Thursday, February 6, 2020 before the opening of the market. Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon and Co-Presidents, George A. Barrios and Michelle D. Wilson, will host a conference call beginning at 11AM ET to discuss the results. A live web cast will be hosted through the corporate web site at corporate.wwe.com/investors. Last time around, Wall Street was not impressed at all with the numbers, driving the stocks down. WWE stocks are currently trading in the low 60s at the moment, down from the high 90s from last year.

NXT RATING

- NXT suffered another big defeat in the ratings this week, drawing 700,000 viewers, down 21,000 viewers from last week’s show. NXT had a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demo and placed #31 in the top 50 cable chart. The rating was almost half of what AEW achieved in that category. The difference between the two shows was of 240,000 viewers, which is up from the 226,000 viewers difference they had last week. Apart from the January 1 taped show, this was one of the least watched episodes of NXT.

KANE RETURNS ON SMACKDOWN TONIGHT

- Smackdown is back on FOX tonight, a show which will feature the return of Kane. The Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee will make his first WWE appearance since mid-September where he first started the night winning the 24/7 title from R-Truth but then ended the night being attacked by The Fiend Bray Wyatt. With the Royal Rumble around the corner, it wouldn't be surprising if the Big Red Machine throws his hat in the match. Three matches have been announced for the show so far. Roman Reigns will go one-on-one against Robert Roode in a tables match and the winner of this match will get to pick the stipulation for the Reigns/Corbin match at the Royal Rumble. Lacey Evans will finally get her hands on Sasha Banks and John Morrison steps back in the ring for a match against Big E.

DWAYNE JOHNSON GIVES FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PASSING OF HIS FATHER

- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson gave his first public comments about the passing of his dad Rocky Johnson who died two days ago at the age of 75. In a long post on Instagram, Dwayne talked about his father breaking color barriers while he became a ring legend as he was sitting in the seats, watching and adoring his hero from afar. "The boy you raised to always be proud of our cultures and proud of who and what I am. The boy you raised with the toughest of love. The intense work. The hard hand. The adoring boy who wanted to know only your best qualities," he wrote. He continued, "Who then grew to become a man realizing you had other deep complex sides that needed to be held and understood. Son to father.
Man to man. That’s when my adoration turned to respect. And my empathy turned to gratitude. Grateful that you gave me life. Grateful you gave me life’s invaluable lessons." Johnson wrote that he wished he had one more chance to tell him that he loves him before he passed away but he was gone fast without a warning. "I'm in pain. But we both know it’s just pain and it’ll pass. Now I’ll carry your mana and work ethic with me, as it’s time to move on because I have my family to feed and work to accomplish." Tell him that he loves him and will always be his proud and grateful son, Johnson finished with, "Finally, I want you to rest your trailblazing soul, Soulman. Pain free, regret free, satisfied and at ease. You lived a very full, very hard, barrier breaking life and left it all in the ring. Go rest high."


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