— WWE’s latest music release, WWE The Music: A New Day, fell out of Billboard’s top 200 chart in its third week out. However, it should be noted that it was primarily pushed for downloading on Amazon.com rather than CD purchase.
— WWE ran two tri-branded shows over the weekend in Illinois with both selling out. Friday’s show in Chicago drew 14,500 and $500,000 to the Allstate Arena while the event in Springfield drew 8,465 fans and $200,000.
— Last week’s Jerry Springer-hosted episode of Raw drew a 3.40 cable rating with 4.96 million viewers. The show did a 3.02 in Males 18-49.
Ric Flair Claims He Didn’t Get Invited To WrestleMania 42 Because He Threatened To Beat Up Ludwig Kaiser At WrestleMania 41 & Says Every Wrestling Fan Should Be Thanking Vince McMahon
Hulk Hogan Revealed He Was Taking Deadly Amount of Fentanyl During His TNA Run
Backstage Update on WWE’s Latest Batch of Roster Cuts on April 24th & Who Were Key Decision Makers For Releases
![WWE Releases Uncle Howdy (Bo Dallas), Joe Gacy, Alba Fyre, Zoey Stark, & Nikki Cross [Update x6: Kairi Sane, Santos Escobar, Andre Chase, Rowan, & More Also Released, Apollo Crews, Zelina Vega, Aleister Black, MCMG, & Dexter Lumis Believed To Have Departed, Dante Chen Departs]](https://www.tpww.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Uncle-Howdy-540x304.png "WWE Releases Uncle Howdy (Bo Dallas), Joe Gacy, Alba Fyre, Zoey Stark, & Nikki Cross [Update x6: Kairi Sane, Santos Escobar, Andre Chase, Rowan, & More Also Released, Apollo Crews, Zelina Vega, Aleister Black, MCMG, & Dexter Lumis Believed To Have Departed, Dante Chen Departs]")
