Viewership For The WWE Most Wanted Treasures And “Biography: WWE Legends” Premieres On A&E
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The debut of WWE’s new Sunday night programming block on A&E drew good numbers for the network, according to Showbuzz Daily.
Sunday’s “Biography: WWE Legends” documentary on WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin ranked #6 on the Cable Top 150 for the night, with a 0.38 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. The two-hour special, which aired at 8pm ET, drew 1.062 million viewers.
The premiere of WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures at 10pm ET on A&E drew 766,000 viewers. The one-hour episode ranked #11 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.29 rating in the key demo.
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Beyond tonight s episode of Monday Night Raw, there are a ton of WWE broadcasts this week, as well as the latest episode of NBC s Young Rock.
There are a number of replays for the Biography: Stone Cold Steve Austin documentary and the debut of WWE s Most Wanted Treasures on A&E this week.
Miz & Mrs. following Monday Night Raw will feature the following plot - Mike and Maryse have a pregnancy scare while their moms get ready to step into the dating world.
A new documentary on the old Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles features one of the last interviews ever done with WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper.
Director Stephen DeBro will premiere his “18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story” documentary at the Slamdance Film Festival later tonight. The movie gives a “raw, often surprising” look at what was often called the Madison Square Garden of the West Coast.
“It was a palace of violence,” DeBro told Deadline. “People were fighting for a piece of the dream.”
It was noted that pro wrestlers like WWE Hall of Famers Piper, Gorgeous George and Andre the Giant made names for themselves in the smoky confines of The Olympic. Deadline reports that a riveting Piper gives one of his last interviews ever, if not the final interview, in the documentary as he passed away a few months after it was filmed, on July 31, 2015 at the age of 61.
On January 20, 2K and Saber Interactive added three new wrestlers to WWE 2K Battlegrounds: Rezar, Fandango, and WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper. The Hot Rod is now a playable character in 2K Battlegrounds, but in order to use Piper, you’ll need to unlock him first.
How to unlock ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper in WWE 2K Battlegrounds
In order to unlock ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper in WWE 2K Battlegrounds, select the Superstars tab on the upper-right hand side of the Main Menu. Once you do that, you will see all the wrestlers that have previously been unlocked, as well those who need to be unlocked via Bucks or Golden Bucks.