The Rock Entertains On SNL

Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night! Those words were uttered from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and SNL cast member Leslie Jones on Saturday, March 28th when The Rock returned to Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center and hosted the acclaimed late night sketch comedy show, Saturday Night Live for the 4th time. The appearance was highlighted in a WWE video package showing pre-WrestleMania week of Superstar and Diva media appearances and The Rock participated in a WWE-inspired sketch on the show, making fun of backstage interviews with cast members Taran Killam and Bobby Moynihan, two SNLers who have been seen ringside at Monday Night RAW before.

The show opened with The Rock reprising his role as “The Rock Obama”, a character he played from his last time hosting. From a musical opening monologue number by Johnson explaining that he is “Franchise Viagra” for Hollywood, to a parody of Disney’s Bambi starring Johnson in a Furious 7 type trailer, The Rock kept the laughs coming.  With sketches making fun of Starbuck’s “Race Together” campaign with #Genderflect to a a double Dinner Date between Johnson and his British girlfriend (Cecily Strong) and another couple (Vanessa Bayer and Kenan Thompson), it was a strong episode for the iconic show’s 40th season

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Huge Ratings For Post-WrestleMania 31 Episode Of RAW

The USA Network issued the following:

USA NETWORK’S WWE ‘MONDAY NIGHT RAW’ ATTRACTS LARGEST AUDIENCE IN NEARLY THREE YEARS

5.4 Million Total Viewers Tuned-In to See Their Favorite WWE Superstars Live, Following a Record-Breaking WrestleMania

New York, NY – April 1, 2105 – Following WRESTLEMANIA 31, where Seth Rollins won his first WWE World Heavyweight Championship, this week’s WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW delivered 2.4 million adults 18-49, 2.4 million adults 25-54 and 5.4 million total viewers from 8-11 p.m. (live + same). This is the highest total viewers for RAW in nearly three years, since July 23, 2012, the night of the RAW 1000 special.

Monday’s RAW was televised live from the SAP Center in San Jose, CA, and was highlighted by Brock Lesnar challenging Rollins, the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion, to a rematch; United States Champion John Cena defending his title against Dean Ambrose; and Intercontinental Champion defeating Dolph Ziggler.

Monday’s RAW was up vs. last week’s telecast by 27% in adults 18-49, 24% in adults 25-54 and 28% in total viewers 2+. USA was the #1 network Monday night in primetime in adults 18-34 as well as men 18-34 and 18-49 for all of television including the broadcast networks.

RAW was also the #2 most social show of the day with 400,000 tweets, reaching a unique audience of 3.6 million people generating 27 million impressions.

Could Jim Ross Return To WWE?

This past Monday on RAW a irate Brock Lesnar went on a rampage after Seth Rollins refused to give him his rematch for the WWE World Heavyweight Title that night. Lesnar took out the entire RAW broadcast team. Lesnar delivered an F5 to Michael Cole. Later that night Byron Saxton announced that Cole suffered a cervical spine injury from the attack.

Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer is reporting that WWE is trying to do everything they can to get WWE Hall of Famer announcer Jim Ross back. JR attended this past weekend’s NXT show and received a shout-out from Triple H. JR has said several times on his podcast that he doesn’t plan to announce wrestling shows on a weekly basis anymore, but that could change if WWE makes the right offer.

Nobody is expecting that Cole will be back next week. Cole could be kept off the show several weeks, which would leave the play-by-play spot open. Saxton could be used again next week on RAW, but it’s also possible that next week’s show could see the return of the greatest announcer in wrestling history, Jim Ross.

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WWE Releases NXT Star

WWE has released NXT star CJ Parker. PWInsider said WWE released him after Parker requested to be released. Parker tweeted the following:

Former ROH Champion Announced His Departure

Former Ring Of Honor Champion Tommaso Ciampa announced his departure from ROH on Twitter.

The Rock Responds To Ronda Rousey Tweet

Ronda Rousey tweeted about her WrestleMania moment with The Rock, saying we’re just gettin’ started. The Rock responded to her tweet. Below is both tweets from them:

Big Push Coming For Lana?

According to F4WOnline, Vince McMahon is super-high on Lana and reportedly has big plans for her.

I’m guessing the plans will include her competing as a wrestler since it looks like she and Rusev have parted ways. It will be great to finally see her in the ring competing with the other women of the WWE.

Sting Addressed The WWE Universe After RAW

Sting addressed the WWE Universe after RAW exclusively on WWE Network. Sting said because of all the fans he felt right at home at WrestleMania. He said even though he came up short he was glad to finally say that he was there. Sting said he doesn’t know what the future holds. Fans chanted “Undertaker.” Sting said whatever opportunity WWE throws his way he will grab it but if WWE doesn’t throw him any opportunities then it is to bad and a crying shame as far as he is concern.

Bo Dallas interrupted and said he was a Sting fan when he was a kid and Sting even painted his face. Bo then went on to say that Sting loss his entire legacy at WrestleMania and all he has to do is BOLIEVE! Sting grab Bo and hit him with a Scorpion Death Drop.

Neville Made RAW Debut

Former NXT Champion Adrian Neville made his RAW debut by defeating Curtis Axel. It looks like WWE has dropped his first name and he is going to simply be called Neville.

Sheamus Returns

Sheamus made his return last night on RAW. He appeared to be coming out to save Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler from a beat down by Bad News Barrett but instead he attacked Bryan and Ziggler himself. Sheamus was sporting a new look with a Mohawk and braided beard. At one point the fans chanted “you look stupid.” All Sheamus had to say was “I’m back.”

WWE announced that Sheamus will team with Bad News Barrett to take on Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler this Thursday on SmackDown.