Here is your fight size update for Friday, April 29, 2022:
- The major story of today is the WWE releases from NXT including Malcolm Bivens, Dakota Kai, and more. Learn more here.
Be a part of this man’s success! https://t.co/9SMOYSWqwr
— Austin Creed (@AustinCreedWins) April 29, 2022
- Per Wrestlenomics, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, following IMPACT on 4/28/22, was watched by 46,000 viewers on average, including 5,000 aged 18 to 49, the lowest the show has so far recorded, and the equivalent to a 0.00 P18-49 rating. Compared to last week, New Japan was down 10% in total viewership. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 50% from last week's 10,000.
- WWE Shop has an Undertaker WrestleMania 30 mini championship and casket set.
- Chris Jericho - I Don't Take It For Granted That Fozzy Has A Gold Record In 2022 (via Loudwire).
It means everything to me. It’s the dream come true. I remember seeing pictures of the Beatles in 1966 getting a gold record for Rubber Soul and they’re all standing there smiling. And then hearing Ozzy talk about “gold discs and platinum discs” in Decline of Western Civilization, and thinking, “Man, that’d be so cool.” And then seeing something on MuchMusic which was Canada’s version of MTV where there was Rudolf Schenker of the Scorpions at his house showing off all these gold and platinum albums on his wall. I was just thinking, “God, that would be so cool. Someday, you never know.”
So about a year ago we started hearing that if it keeps up at this pace, it’s gonna go gold. And we’re like, “Really? What are you talking about? Who’s buying records nowadays?” And how things have changed was that in the past a gold album was 500,000 units sold. Now, in 2022, a gold album is a combination of sales and streams. Well, how many streams do you need for a gold record, 500,000? No, 75 million. Think about that. That’s the equivalent of what you need to equate to 500,000 in sales. So at that point it was at 60 million. Then it was 62 million, 65 million, and you combine that with 100 to 150,000 actual units sold, and suddenly, it’s like, “Guys, in three weeks, it’s gonna go gold!” Two weeks, one week, then we’ve got it.
But here’s something I didn’t know. When you get the sales tabulated, you then have to send it to an accountant, an official RIAA accountant who then has to supervise to see if you have the sales. So then we got it. And then it all starts. It’s like picking out wallpaper. You have to pick the design of the gold record. How is it going to look? What’s the plaque going to look like? What’s the wording of the plaque? Who’s going to get them? Guys in the band, guys who were in the band, radio stations that supported us, managers - the Michael Alago’s of the world. Who gets them? And I’m like, “Are you fucking kidding me? We’re sitting here having to pick out a design of a gold record and who gets them? It really just blows my mind.” I do not take it for granted that in 2022 Fozzy has a gold record.
It also puts you on a different level. There are thousands and thousands and thousands of working rock bands who’ve been around for decades that don’t have a gold record and we do. I’ll never take that for granted and it means everything to me to be able to say that we’ve done that. If there’s any other issues of our legitimacy or that Chris Jericho is a singer in a rock band, well now you can really shove it up your ass. Actually, you can shove our gold record up your ass if you don’t like it.
- When the market closed today, WWE stock was trading at $58.39 per share
- Mia Yim - DJ YIM! The Radio Station 深夜放送
- Davey Richards has to miss VXS due to a family emergency.
Davey Richards will no longer be appearing at today’s NJ seminar and VxS event.
— VxS プロレス (@vxswrestling) April 29, 2022
We apologize for the inconvenience and will look for a suitable replacement for Tony Deppen tonight at #VxSLD2
Sending nothing but positive vibes to both Davey and his family. https://t.co/cOzvwoKCmH
- Larry Dallas has joined AAA.
Put pen to paper. Officially signed with AAA.
— Larry Dallas (@LarryDallasAAA) April 28, 2022
Very excited to start this journey with them. All kicks off this Saturday with a loaded Triplemania!
- Austin Creed fills us in on the WWE WrestleMania sponsor Battle
I know y’all are wondering what happened between me and @BaronCorbinWWE in the epic battle of Team @WWEGames vs. Team @Snickers…
— Austin Creed (@AustinCreedWins) April 29, 2022
Spoiler alert: We both ended up satisfied!
Because eating Snickers WHILE playing #WWE2K22 ROCKS! --
ItHitsDifferent #SnickersSatisfies #ad pic.twitter.com/Yo0bVUXNaZ
- Danhausen’s biggest unboxing video yet wow you will not believe
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- Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey look to Beat The Clock: WWE Now, April 29, 2022
