View Entire Post ›

Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Raw results for May 11, 2020. This week’s episode featured a surprising announcement from Becky Lynch, the return of an iconic tag team, and more. Make sure you’re here tomorrow for the complete Best and Worst of Raw column.

WWE Raw Results:

– Raw opened with Becky Lynch announcing that she’s pregnant, meaning she’s giving up the Raw Women’s Championship to the winner of last night’s Money in the Bank ladder match, Asuka. You can watch highlights from that here.

1. Bobby Lashley defeated Humberto Carrillo by submission with a full nelson. Later in the episode, MVP confronted Lashley and asked him when he was going to “let Lashley out.” He called Lana a cage that Lashley is trapped in. Lana screamed about it.

2. Angel Garza defeated Akira Tozawa with the Wing Clipper. After the match, Drew McIntyre came to the ring and knocked out Garza and Austin Theory with Claymore Kicks. That led directly into the next match.

3. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre defeated Andrade with a Claymore Kick. After the match, McIntyre talked about the upcoming crossover between Raw and Smackdown and revealed that he’ll be fighting King Corbin on next week’s show.

– Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross hosted A Moment Of Bliss, featuring the returning IIconics. They exchanged words and agreed to have a non-title match.

4. The IIconics defeated Women’s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. The IIconics won with their new finisher, an inverted Magic Killer. The IIconics have pinned the Women’s Tag Team Champions!

– Rey Mysterio and Aleister Black didn’t die at Money in the Bank, they fell onto a “secondary roof” and will team up tonight against Seth Rollins and Murphy. Seth Rollins interrupted an interview with Rey and Rey tried to congratulate him for Becky Lynch’s pregnancy, but Rollins refused to shake his hand.

5. R-Truth, Cedric Alexander, and Ricochet defeated MVP, Brendan Vink, and Shane Thorne. Truth also wrestled in his “Pretty Ricky” persona, which is just Truth crossing his eyes and wearing fake teeth. Truth made the referee hold his teeth, which caused a distraction and allowed him to pin MVP after a Lie Detector. After the match, Lashley speared Truth and told MVP they need to talk.

– Jinder Mahal was interviewed and said he wanted his next journey to the top of WWE will be a hero’s journey.

– Shayna Baszler said that Becky Lynch is throwing away her career to raise a “parasite” who will suck because its dad. Later, Natalya decided to defend motherhood by having a match with Shayna.

– AJ Styles got upset about a commercial for Undertaker: The Last Ride.

6. Aleister Black and Rey Mysterio defeated Seth Rollins and Murphy by disqualification. Rollins stood on the apron in a catatonic state and refused to get involved in the match until Mysterio knocked him down. Rollins interrupted a 619 by throwing Mysterio to the floor, which caused a disqualification for some reason. After the match, a furious Rollins shoved Mysterio’s face into the corner of the ring steps so it gouged out his eye.

– After a commercial break, Rollins tried to apologize to Rey. Aleister Black beat up Murphy.

– The Street Profits played basketball with the Viking Raiders. The Vikings played like they’d never seen a basketball in their lives. The Profits won 74-2. It’s a swerve, however, as it turns out the Raiders are actually good at basketball and let the Profits win. Ivar triumphantly dunked.

7. Shayna Baszler defeated Natalya with a knee strike. After the match, Natalya had a tantrum in the ring.

– King Corbin was interviewed and said that next week, he’ll prove why they call him king. Next week’s show has Drew McIntyre vs. King Corbin and a Women’s Tag Team Championship match with the IIconics challenging Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross.

– Edge came to the ring to talk. Randy Orton interrupted, congratulated Edge on defeating him at WrestleMania, and began to walk out. He then revealed that he “couldn’t do it,” returned to the ring, and said he’s the better wrestler because it didn’t take him nine years to heal from his WrestleMania injuries. He challenged Edge to a normal match at Backlash. Charly Caruso said it could be the “greatest wrestling match ever.”

View Entire Post ›

Remember Quibi? Launched just over a month ago, it was supposed to revolutionize streaming by offering “quick bite” content for those on the go, with only tiny increments of time to kill. Trouble is, no one right now is on the go, and everyone has too much time to kill. And despite having what its execs claimed was a promising start, a few weeks later they’re singing a much different tune. In short, Quibi has had a rough first month, and its founder, Jeffrey Katzenberg, blames one target: the pandemic.

“I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus,” Mr. Katzenberg told The New York Times in a new interview. “Everything. But we own it.”

The NYT paints a grim portrait of Quibi’s first month. After only a week Quibi — whose 10-minute shows (or whatever you want to call them) can only be viewed on a phone, and whose images cannot be screengrabbed — fell out of the Top 50 most downloaded apps. As of this writing, it ranks 125th. Despite offering a 90-day free trial, Sensor Tower says it’s only been downloaded 2.9 million times, though Quibi itself says it’s more like 3.5 million. And, as per NYT, of those who have downloaded it, a mere 1.3 million are active users.

Katzenberg says that’s “not close to what we wanted,” and he admits the timing wound up being rather a bit off. “My hope, my belief was that there would still be many in-between moments while sheltering in place,” Mr. Katzenberg said. “There are still those moments, but it’s not the same. It’s out of sync.”

That’s prompted some changes, chief among them addressing some users’ complaints that they can’t watch Quibi on TVs. Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman are now partially back-pedaling on that, allowing Quibi movies like Most Dangerous Game and Chrissy’s Court to be available that way. On top of that, it will be easier to share content on social media, presumably meaning screengrabs will soon be possible.

Some more promising news: Eighty percent of viewers complete the episode they’re watching, though there’s no word if they finish the complete show/season/movie. Katzenberg also feels optimistic that people will start using once life returns to normal. Whenever that is.

(Via The New York Times)

View Entire Post ›

Early on Monday, WWE social media began promoting a “major announcement” from Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, with a follow-up in WWE.com’s Raw preview for Monday night:

As first announced on Twitter, Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch will have a major announcement tonight on Raw. The Man has not been seen on Raw in nearly a month. Just what does she have in store for the WWE Universe?

For once, a promoted “major announcement” was actually major. Per The Man — who, as mentioned in the blurb, hasn’t been on Raw in a month — she’s vacating the Raw Women’s Championship and handing it over to Ms. Money in the Bank, Asuka, due to a real-life pregnancy.

You can watch a clip of the announcement below.

And then, the emotional final line: “You go and be a warrior, ’cause I’m gonna go be a mother.”

Lynch’s title reign comes to an end at 399 days, dating back to her WrestleMania main event victory over Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey on (technically) April 8 of last year. In her personal life, Lynch has been taking on more movie and TV rolls including a guest spot on Billions and an unidentified role in an upcoming Marvel film. She also announced her engagement to fellow WWE Superstar Seth Rollins back in August.

Congratulations to Becky for the blessed life event, with a monster title run to boot.

Anyone whose been parenting throughout the COVID-19 epidemic has probably come close to losing their sanity over the last few weeks. No school. No daycare. No extra-curricular activities. So the cast of “Saturday Night” has a novel approach to the situation, let kids have a drink (or two “if they’ve been good.”)

Let Kids Drink – SNL

www.youtube.com

The images of toddlers taking down martinis was a bit much for some people.

But for 99% of everyone else who understands there’s a difference between a joke about the stresses of parenting during a pandemic and advocating for juvenile alcoholism, it was funny.

What’s that saying? The best things come in the smallest packages?

View Entire Post ›

View Entire Post ›

Police said that “Ink Master” star Daniel Silva was driving the car and will be charged with murder when he is released from the hospital.

View Entire Post ›