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NWA Power to air on X for next five weeks

Posted on by Joseph Currier

For the next five weeks, the NWA will be airing its content on X/Twitter.

The promotion announced today that, starting this Tuesday and running weekly through October 29, episodes of NWA Power will air on the NWA’s X account at 6:05 p.m. Eastern time. The five episodes will feature matches from NWA 76, the promotion’s yearly anniversary show that was taped in Philadelphia at the end of August.

“We wanted to reward all of our loyal fans domestically and around the globe by allowing them to see our spectacular anniversary show,” the NWA’s Joe Galli said. “Especially to those fans who may have been missing out on NWA Power over the past few months.”

This Tuesday, NWA Power will be headlined by EC3 defending his NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship against Thom Latimer. There will also be a Tag Team title match with Alex Taylor & Kerry Morton challenging Mike Knox & Trevor Murdoch.

The move comes as NWA content is leaving The CW app today. Episodes of NWA Power have been airing weekly on The CW app since February.

WWE NXT premieres on The CW Network this Tuesday with The CW set to be NXT’s television home for the next five years.

WWE clarifies new policy on third party social media mentions

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Regarding a discussion on last night’s Wrestling Observer Radio about WWE talent believing that they could not have hashtags and/or photos that would, in a sense, advertise products as part of the new social media guidelines the company has given regarding Twitter and Instagram, WWE has clarified its position.

The new policy, which they say is not dissimilar to policies they have had for the past several months, is that talent is banned from monetizing their Twitter and Instagram by working with third parties. The company had already had this policy with Twitch, Cameo and other social media channels but had not specifically included Twitch and Instagram.

The example on WOR that myself and Bryan Alvarez discussed about taking a photo casually in front of a make of car or restaurant would not be punishable offenses unless the talent was making money from promoting those things. Again, the post would have to be monetizing the accounts.

WWE is going on the guise that the contractual ownership of the likeness of its performers includes all social media accounts regardless of whether they are listed under their stage names or real names.

First reported by Wrestling Inc., WWE announced a new policy regarding Twitter and Instagram where any monetizing of those properties by talent and not by WWE would be subject to a warning on first violation, a fine on a second violation, and a suspension on a third.

Twitter to simulcast first half hour of WWE Evolution

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE and Twitter are partnering for a simulcast of the first half hour of Sunday’s Evolution pay-per-view.

It was announced today that the first 30 minutes of Evolution will air on the WWE Network and Twitter (via the @WWE, @TwitterLive, and @TwitterSports handles) at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday. Twitter also has custom emojis for the #WWEEvolution, #RondaRousey, and #NikkiBella hashtags.

WWE didn’t announce what will be airing during the first half hour of Evolution. There will be an hour-long pre-show for the event starting at 6 p.m. Eastern.

To promote Evolution, WWE is also airing a seven-hour live stream of past content on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube on Saturday. It will begin at 3 p.m. Eastern and will feature “full-length championship matches, episodes of Ride Along and WWE 24, and much more from WWE Network.”

Here’s the card for Sunday’s PPV:

  • Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Nikki Bella
  • SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending against Charlotte Flair in a last woman standing match
  • Alexa Bliss & Mickie James vs. Trish Stratus & Lita
  • NXT Women’s Champion Kairi Sane defending against Shayna Baszler
  • Battle royal for a future title shot (Ember Moon, Nia Jax, Tamina, Dana Brooke, Alicia Fox, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Asuka, Carmella, Naomi, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Lana, Torrie Wilson, Alundra Blayze, Ivory, Molly Holly, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly, Maria Kanellis, and Zelina Vega announced)
  • Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya vs. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan)
  • Toni Storm vs. Io Shirai in the finals of the Mae Young Classic