Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas with the final red brand hype for the WWE Royal Rumble.
Former NXT Cruiserweight Champion Tony Nese and 205 Live star Mike Kanellis worked as a tag-team during this weekend’s NXT live events as a test for a potential run on NXT television.
The two won Friday night’s NXT Melbourne live event match against Mohamed and Nick Ogarelli, which was Kanellis’ first bout since he asked for his release last October. They worked as a team again at the NXT Largo house show the following night, losing to the team of Isaiah “Swerve” Scott and Kushida.
Check out several photos from the NXT Largo show on Saturday night that includes their ring entrance and posing in the ring before the match, as well as video footage from their match against “Swerve” Scott and Kushida of what could be Nese and Kanellis’ double-team finishing move below.
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Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown on FOX will take place from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC as the road to the Royal Rumble continues.
Tonight’s WWE NXT episode will take place from the NXT Arena at Full Sail University with the end of the first round of the 2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
It looks like Rusev may be planning on leaving WWE soon.
Rusev recently changed his Twitter bio and indicated that he will become one of the hottest free agents in pro wrestling soon.
The Bulgarian Brute’s Twitter bio now reads like this: “soon to be free agent”
There’s no word yet on if Rusev really is on his way out of WWE, but he is known to mess around with fans on Twitter at times.
It was confirmed back in November that Rusev’s wife Lana recently signed a new five-year deal with the company. It was reported then that Rusev was still in the middle of contract talks with WWE officials, but there’s no confirmation on when his current deal expires.
Rusev vs. Bobby Lashley is scheduled for tonight’s RAW as their feud continues. Liv Morgan is set to be in Rusev’s corner while Lana will be in Lashley’s corner.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky as the road to the 2020 Royal Rumble continues.
WWE has not announced an official preview for tonight’s RAW.
* Tonight’s RAW will feature the first “Fist Fight” with Big Show, Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe vs. Seth Rollins and The Authors of Pain.
* Buddy Murphy vs. Aleister Black
* WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman are scheduled to appear
* Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles
* Rusev with Liv Morgan vs. Bobby Lashley with Lana
* Plus more on the feud between Rey Mysterio and WWE United States Champion Andrade.
Trent Seven vs. Eddie Dennis –
Winner: Eddie Dennis
NXT UK Women’s championship: Kay Lee Ray (c) vs. Toni Storm vs. Piper Niven –
Winner: Kay Lee Ray to retain the NXT UK Women’s Championship
Tyler Bate vs. Jordan Devlin –
Winner: Tyler Bate
NXT UK Tag Team Championship – Ladder Match: Gallus (c) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Imperium vs. Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews –
Winners: Gallus to retain the NXT UK Tag Team Championship
WWE UK Championship: WALTER (c) vs. Joe Coffey –
Winner: WALTER to retain WWE UK Championship
Imperium joined WALTER in the ring. They stood tall. The Undisputed Era came out of the crowd and attack Imperium from behind! Crowd went nuts! Adam Cole stood face to face with WALTER. The entire Era surrounded him like a pack of wolves and took him down. Cole screamed this is what’s coming at World’s Collide. Crowd chants their name.
January 12, 2020 at 12:00 PM ET (Preshow at 11:30 AM ET) – Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, England
WWE UK Championship: WALTER (c) vs. Joe Coffey
NXT UK Women’s championship: Kay Lee Ray (c) vs. Toni Storm vs. Piper Niven
NXT UK Tag Team Championship – Ladder Match: Gallus (c) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Imperium vs. Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews
Tyler Bate vs. Jordan Devlin
Trent Seven vs. Eddie Dennis
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX will take place from the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana as the road to the Royal Rumble continues.
Week 14 of the Wednesday Night War saw AEW Dynamite top WWE NXT once again.
Wednesday’s Anniversary Edition of Dynamite on TNT drew 947,000 viewers, topping the 721,000 viewers garnered by NXT on the USA Network by 31%, according to Showbuzz Daily.
AEW ranked #6 in the Cable Top 150, while NXT ranked #55. AEW ranked #36 in viewership, while NXT ranked #45 in viewership.
Last week’s Dynamite episode drew 967,000 viewers and ranked #13 in the Cable Top 150, and #40 in viewership, so it was only down 2% against a live episode of NXT. Last week’s taped special edition of NXT drew 548,000 viewers and ranked #66 in the Cable Top 150, and #48 in viewership.
AEW drew a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic, beating the 0.19 that NXT drew in the same demo by 89% this week. Last week’s AEW show also drew a 0.36 rating while the NXT episode drew a 0.15 in that demographic.
This week’s NXT episode was the first regular live show of 2020, headlined by the beginning of the 2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and a Fatal 4 Way main event to crown the new #1 contender to NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong, won by Keith Lee. The Dynamite episode was the big Anniversary Edition.
Real Housewives of New Jersey on Bravo topped the night in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.45 rating, beating both NBA games on ESPN. Hannity topped the night on cable in viewership with 4.196 million viewers, ranking #10 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
The Jeopardy special on ABC topped the night on network TV in the 18-49 demographic with a 24 rating, and in viewership with 14.872 million viewers.
Below is 2020 NXT Viewership Tracker:
January 1 Episode: 548,000 viewers with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 8 Episode: 721,000 viewers with a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 15 Episode:
2019 Total: 10.209 million viewers over 13 episodes
2019 Average: 785,307 viewers per episode
Below is 2020 AEW Dynamite Viewership Tracker:
January 1 Episode: 967,000 viewers with a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 8 Episode: 947,000 viewers with a 0.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 15 Episode:
2019 Total: 10.840 million viewers over 12 episodes
2019 Average: 903,333 viewers per episode
Source: Wrestling Inc.
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