HBO to expose recent wrestler deaths, Ultimo Dragon debut, more
    Submitted by Mr. Tito on Friday, May 30, 2003 at 2:01 PM EST

    HBO's Real Sports, the Home Box Office's controversial sports show that looks in depth at certain issues, is working on a story regarding death rate of professional wrestlers. Mind you, it could pull no punches, since it's on a premium channel with no sponsors to embarrass and it's free to show or say anything without much of a thought of censorship. This probably comes after the high rate of which current WWE or former WCW/WWF wrestlers have died in recent times (Hennig, Rude, Pillman. etc), most of which were drug related or health related from drug muscle enhancer use.

    On WFAN in New York City, the ads for the June 24th Smackdown taping hyped the WWE debut of the Ultimo Dragon. Granted, cards are always subject to change.

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    [ Credit: Dave Scherer @ 1wrestling.com ]



    Rankings for the top 15 programs on basic cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of May 19-25. Each ratings point represents 1,067,000 households. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.



    1. NBA Playoffs: San Antonio vs. Dallas (Sunday, 8:51 p.m.), TNT, 4.0, 4.27 million homes.


    2. NBA Playoffs: Dallas vs. San Antonio (Monday, 9:30 p.m.), TNT, 3.9, 4.21 million homes.


    3. NBA Playoffs: San Antonio vs. Dallas (Friday, 9:20 p.m.), TNT, 3.2, 3.44 million homes.


    4. NBA Playoffs: Dallas vs. San Antonio (Wednesday, 8:30 p.m.), TNT, 3.1, 3.31 million homes.


    5. "WWE Raw Zone" (Monday, 10 p.m.), TNN, 3.0, 3.21 million homes.


    6. "Trading Spaces" (Saturday, 9 p.m.), TLC, 2.8, 3.01 million homes.


    7. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNN, 2.8, 2.96 million homes.


    8. NBA Playoffs: New Jersey vs. Detroit (Tuesday, 8 p.m.), ESPN, 2.7, 2.86 million homes.


    9. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.5, 2.71 million homes.


    10. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.4, 2.54 million homes.


    11. Professional Golf: Bank of America Colonial (Friday, 2:30 p.m.), USA, 2.4, 2.5 million homes.


    12. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Sunday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.3, 2.49 million homes.


    13. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.3, 2.47 million homes.


    14. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Sunday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.3, 2.46 million homes.


    15. "Fairly Odd Parents" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.3, 2.45 million homes.

    [ Credit: Yahoo! News ]



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