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Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Issue #7384
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//->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR

I did get my WrestleMania ticket but I think in a year or so, I won't be able to afford another ticket for this show. The prices are just insane.

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WRESTLEMANIA 41 TICKETS ON PRE-SALE THIS MORNING

- The pre-sale for the two-day combo tickets for WrestleMania 41 kicked off today at 1PM ET / 10AM PT on Ticketmaster.com. The pre-sale code you can use is MANIA. The show was being promoted on the front page of Ticketmaster.com yesterday ahead of today's pre-sale. Tickets for WrestleMania 41 will go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 25 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT also on Ticketmaster.com. Tickets purchased in the first 10 rows of floor sections, 1, 4, 6, 8, and 11 will sit in one commemorative WrestleMania chair during the event and will be able to take one chair home at the event with a valid ticket for that seat at the conclusion of the show. WrestleMania 41 takes place on Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20, 2025 live from the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

WRESTLEMANIA 41: THE MOST EXPENSIVE WWE EVENT EVER IN HISTORY

- WrestleMania 41 tickets went on pre-sale earlier today to extravagant prices, making this WrestleMania the most-expensive event ever in WWE history. Service fees for each ticket were the amount of a regular ticket, with well over $300 in fees for regular tickets. There was a service fee, facility charge, order processing fee, and the Las Vegas Live Entertainment Tax, which is another 9% of the total price. Tickets in the rafters were going for $1,000 each, something which drew ire from fans. "For two nosebleed 2-day tickets for WrestleMania. This is insane," said one user on X, showing a total of $2,344.74. That included $447.50 in service fees and $156.24 in taxes. "Ticket fees really should not be the amount of another ticket," said another one, with $1,200 per ticket amounting to $3,261.14 including taxes for two. $839 of that amount were all taxes and fees. "Worse seats than last year that I paid $1500 total last year," said another. "The @wwe is greedy." A photo posted on X showed six tickets for a total of $8,964.92, with $2,370 of which were taxes and fees. Tickets went on pre-sale at 1PM ET using the code MANIA.

TWO NEW MATCHES ADDED TO HALLOWEEN HAVOC

- Two new matches were added to this Saturday's NXT Halloween Havoc premium live event with the card now finalized with the usual five matches. Kelani Jordan will defend her NXT Women's North American title against one member of Fatal Influence, with the Halloween Havoc Wheel stopping on a Spinner's Choice match. Also, former Chase U team mates Andre Chase and Ridge Holland will meet each other in an ambulance match, a week after Chase returned to NXT following a beating from Holland at the No Mercy event last month. These two matches join Trick Williams vs Ethan Page for the NXT title, Tony D'Angelo vs Oba Femi for the NXT North American title, and Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade vs Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer on the card.

AUSTRALIAN STAR DELTA DEBUTS ON NXT UNDER NEW NAME

- Australian star Delta has made her debut in NXT, now using a new name - Zaria. Videos hyping up her arrival have been airing for the past few weeks on NXT television and it was implied that she would be making her first appearance at Halloween Havoc this weekend. Her arrival came at the end of NXT, after Fatal Influence did the spin the wheel gimmick for the match against Kelani Jordan. With the credits done and the wheel stopped, the lights went out and images of Zaria showed up, along with the Halloween Havoc logo. But then she stepped out in the WWE Performance Center in front of a bright white backdrop wearing a red outfit and looking like an absolute monster. "Booker, she's here," screamed Vic Joseph on commentary. "Woooow," added Booker T as the broadcast went to black. She is the latest to join the NXT women's division following the arrival of Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer. You can see her debut at

RAW RATING

- Raw this week had the best number since switching to two hours, drawing 1,580,000 viewers, up 40,000 viewers from the previous week. The show has remained in the 1.5 million average for the past month. Raw started with 1,610,000 viewers and then decreased to 1,550,000 viewers in the second hour. It faced an NFL game airing on ABC and ESPN which did 16 million viewers in total. Raw was #3 and #4 in the top 50 cable chart for the night among the 18-49 demo with 0.51 rating across both hours, putting it #3 overall on cable TV and #5 in all of television. It was up 0.07 from last week's number and the best one since August 26. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

MAJOR LAWSUIT FILED BY FORMER "RING BOYS" AGAINST WWE AND MCMAHONS

- DiCello Levitt and Murphy, Falcon & Murphy filed a major lawsuit today against World Wrestling Entertainment, Vincent K. McMahon, Linda McMahon, and TKO Group Holdings, Inc on behalf of five survivors of sexual abuse. The survivors (John Does 1-5) were known within WWE as “Ring Boys,” underaged boys hired by the organization’s ringside announcer and ring crew chief Melvin Phillips Jr. to assist with errands and other tasks in preparation for WWE’s wrestling shows. The lawsuit says that the underaged Ring Boys were groomed, exploited, and sexually abused by Phillips, who targeted children from broken homes. His sexual assaults occurred not only at the wrestling venues, but also in hotel rooms and other locations where Phillips would shuttle the boys in plain sight. Defendants were fully aware of the systemic and pervasive abuse and did nothing to prevent or stop it. The FBI previously identified at least 10 Ring Boys abused by Phillips, but there are likely countless others who have suffered in silence for decades. “Thanks to the bravery of our clients, we finally have a chance to hold accountable those who allowed and enabled the open, rampant sexual abuse of these young boys,” said Greg Gutzler, a partner at DiCello Levitt, who is leading the litigation. “That so many were aware of the sexual abuse of the Ring Boys and did nothing to prevent or stop it is simply unconscionable.” The survivors only recently learned of the depth of knowledge that the McMahons and the WWE had about what happened to them and that sexual abuse in the company started at the top with the McMahons. The filing of Grant v. WWE, et al., No. 24-cv-90 (D. Conn.), the acquisition of the WWE by TKO, and the ouster of Vince McMahon as CEO all have provided new insights, and the possibility of coming forward without incurring the retribution and intimidation of the McMahons. This information, along with recent changes in sex abuse laws, has allowed them to pursue justice in this suit. “The WWE and McMahons had a responsibility to these underaged boys, and they failed them in the worst way possible. We will vigorously fight to uncover the truth about this systemic, insidious, and life-altering abuse,” said Mark DiCello, founding partner of DiCello Levitt. “We commend our clients for their bravery in coming forward and promise to relentlessly seek justice for them.” “These survivors are profiles in courage. One third of child sex abuse victims never come forward, because the shame, humiliation, trauma, and physical and psychological injuries silence them,” said Professor Marci Hamilton, founder and CEO of CHILD USA, a leading nonprofit think tank fighting to preserve and strengthen children’s rights. “Sadly, we know that 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 13 boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18. CHILD USA is fighting child sex abuse and trafficking, and one of the greatest tools in our arsenal is to push for statute of limitations reform so perpetrators and their enabling institutions can be held accountable in cases of delayed disclosure. Due to the Maryland window we fought for, these brave survivors can seek justice.” The case was filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, MD by DiCello Levitt’s Greg Gutzler, Mark DiCello, Bobby DiCello, Adam Prom, and Emma Bruder and Murphy, Falcon & Murphy’s William H. “Billy” Murphy, Jr.

DYNAMITE PREVIEW

- AEW Dynamite is back on TBS tonight with a show from Salt Lake City, Utah for a broadcast headlined by a ladder war for the ROH World title between champion Mark Briscoe and challenger Chris Jericho. Other matches announced for the show are Jack Perry and The Young Bucks vs Daniel Garcia and Private Party in a trios match, Sammy Guevara vs Shelton Benjamin, Queen Aminata vs Camille, and House of Black are in action as well. Plus, AEW World champion Jon Moxley is in the house and AEW is advertising that nobody is in the house with Moxley around.

ADAM COLE CONFIRMS SPLIT FROM BRITT BAKER

- In an interview on Sports Illustrated, Adam Cole confirmed rumors that he and Britt Baker are no longer a couple. Cole suggested the breakup a few months ago when he said during one of his streams that he was heading back home to Pennsylvania, away from where he and Baker lived and where Baker has her private practice as a dentist in Winter Park, Florida. "We are no longer a couple," Cole told SI. "But when I say that we both still love each other and are still friends and still so supportive of each other, that could not be more true." He said that he wants Baker to be as happy and as successful as possible and he knows the feeling is mutual. "We did decide to go our separate ways, but that doesn’t mean that she will not be an incredibly important part of my life. Britt is absolutely one of my best friends. She’s someone that I love dearly and will always love dearly, and there is no ill will between me and her whatsoever," he continued. The two dated for seven years, getting into a relationship in 2017.

BATTLE OF THE BELTS RATING

- Battle of the Belts XII had 304,000 viewers on Saturday following the conclusion of Collision. That is down slightly by 4,000 viewers from BotB XI. In 18-49, it held a 0.08 rating, down 0.01 from the last Battle of the Belts episode in July. (Ratings credit: Wrestlenomics)

CHRISTY HEMME REJOINS TNA IN EXECUTIVE ROLE

- PWInsider.com is reporting that former TNA star Christy Hemme has returned to the company as the new Head of Marketing. The 43-year-old worked for TNA for 10 years starting in 2006, first as a wrestler and then as a ring announcer, backstage interviewer, and creative writer. She departed the company in 2016. Before joining TNA, she worked for WWE for two years, winning the inaugural Divas Search contest in 2004. Hemme has not publicly talked about her new position and has not used her social media in well over a year.


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