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Originally Posted by Observer
Following the best ratings number Raw has posted since last year's episode after WrestleMania on Monday night, SmackDown had a big jump as well for their post-Royal Rumble show on Tuesday.
The show averaged 2.817 million viewers. That is up 10 percent from last week's total and is the best number for the brand since December 27th, which was the return of John Cena to television after a lengthy absence. It was the third best number SmackDown has done since the live draft special last July.
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Originally Posted by Observer
Dave Meltzer reports that Rollins suffered an injury on Raw in his brawl with Samoa Joe. WWE confirmed the news in an announcement on their website that played into Rollins' storyline with Triple H and Joe. WWE's announcement said that Rollins suffered an injury to the same right knee where he previously tore his ACL.
WWE's post noted that Rollins would be evaluated later this week to determine the extent of the injury.
If Rollins is out for an extended period of time, it would be a blow to the WrestleMania 33 card after Rollins' previous knee injury kept him out of last year's show in Dallas ...
Video of Rollins leaving the building on crutches after Raw is available to watch below:
BREAKING: @WWERollins' right knee was re-injured at the hands of @SamoaJoe this past Monday night on #RAW! More: https://t.co/8aYrlzUHSP pic.twitter.com/VYxpVBoj3J
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Originally Posted by Observer
Seth Rollins posted a series of tweets about the knee injury that he suffered on Raw: "Wanted to take a second to thank everyone who has reached out to me over the last two days. Life doesn't always go your way, but that is no excuse to surrender. If anything, obstacles exist to help us grow and evolve. This reinjury to my surgically repaired knee is real and a lot is up in the air right now, but one thing remains constant: my resolve. This doesn't end for me until I've reclaimed the throne. And for me, fighting and defeating Triple H is the only way. I will work harder than I ever have and push myself beyond what I know. This isn't over. The only way to wear the crown is to slay the king. I know what must be done and there's nothing that can stop me."
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Originally Posted by Observer
Though the card could always change -- especially with the show being over a month away -- WWE is advertising that Kevin Owens will soon get a match with Brock Lesnar.
Madison Square Garden's website lists a "special attraction WWE Universal Championship match" between Owens and Lesnar for the venue's SmackDown brand house show on Sunday, March 12th. If that does happen, it would be the first time Owens and Lesnar have faced each other.
Despite it currently being listed as a title match, that could change with Owens defending his Universal Championship at Fastlane on March 5th.
The inclusion of the two Raw stars is the most noteworthy thing about the advertised MSG card, but some of the show's other matches could give an indication on SmackDown's post-Elimination Chamber booking.
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Found that interesting since WWE could be considering Lesnar and not Goldberg to be the one to take the title off of Owens for their Mania match.
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Originally Posted by PWI
WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley annnounced on Facebook that he was cleared for hip replacement surgery, writing, "I am cleared for hip surgery! It OK couple months, but I was able to get my health insurance back, and by getting my right hip replaced whenever I have a break in my schedule. The bad news is that a hip replacement will not allow me to fly for about six weeks, due to potential blood clotting issues – which can be fatal. Really nothing to play around with. The good news is that the GM position doesn't offer much in the way of long-term job security – so that break might present itself as a natural course of events." Foley noted that he would be keeping all of his scheduled bookings.
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Hinted it likely is going to happen within the next 2-3 weeks. Link to the Facebook post:
https://www.facebook.com/RealMickFol...type=3&theater
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Originally Posted by Observer
ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary on the XFL airs tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET. Basil DeVito spoke to The Post in Athens, Ohio about the documentary.
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Link to the interview:
http://www.thepostathens.com/article...-vince-mcmahon
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Originally Posted by Observer
MLW Radio noted that seasons one and two of Lucha Underground are coming to Netflix on February 15th. The two seasons will also be available on Netflix in Canada.
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Originally Posted by Observer
The third season of Lucha Underground will resume on the El Rey Network on May 31st.
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Originally Posted by PWI
Ricochet aka Prince Puma did an interview with Spain's SoloWrestling.com where he confirmed he is no longer under contract to Lucha Underground but cannot appear for another promotion's TV until Season Three of LU runs its course. There's absolutely been WWE interest in him in the past.
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Some other sheet news includes:
- WWE recently brought back the "Celebrating Black History" playlist for the WWE network which is mostly matches featuring African American wrestlers from recent years but includes a match from 1972 and a few from the 80s and 90s.
- According to PWI, Lucha Underground is currently rumored to be in the process of leaving the El Rey network in favor of becoming a Netflix Original show. http://www.cagesideseats.com/2017/2/...-el-rey-future
- In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, RAW has lost around 46% of its total audience since the 3 Hour Era started in mid-2012. When not factoring in special shows, the real drop is between 20%-25%. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...nce_moving_to/
- NXT rumored to be creating their own version of the Los Ingobernables stable with Andrade "Cien" Almas to be its leader. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...s_is_going_to/