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Originally Posted by Observer Last night's Raw averaged 2.39 million viewers, down only two percent from last week's wedding show, which would be a good sign, and seems to establish a significant bounce back this year after football season ends. Next week's Raw, which goes against the college football championship game of Clemson vs. LSU, will be the last show against major sports competition until the NCAA basketball finals in April, and usually starts Raw's biggest ratings period of the year ... The audience was up from 2.33 million viewers for the same show one year ago. The three hours were: 8 p.m. 2.56 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.41 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.20 million viewers

Originally Posted by Observer AEW has revealed some more information about the tribute to the legends of Memphis wrestling that's taking place on Wednesday's episode of Dynamite. It was announced today that the legends that AEW is paying tribute to will include Angelo Poffo & Randy Savage, Lance Russell, Eddie & Tommy Gilbert, Brian Christopher, Austin Idol, Dave Brown, The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), and Jimmy Valiant. Poffo, Savage, Russell, Eddie & Tommy Gilbert, and Christopher are being honored posthumously. We have additional notes for the tribute to Memphis Wrestling that will take place on this week’s AEW Dynamite. Dave Brown will be appearing and calling Dark and Excalibur will be trying as best he can to call it as close to a Lance Russell as possible on that show. Doug Gilbert will be appearing to honor Tommy & Eddie Gilbert. Shane Russell, Lance's son, will be there to help honor Lance Russell.

Originally Posted by PWI Since this has come up a few times recently, Matt Hardy's current WWE deal expires on 3/1, so if he does not come to terms on a new deal, he would be free to appear anywhere on that date. Hardy has obviously been preparing for a potential exit with his "Release the Delete" videos online and we are told that the major hurdle between the two sides is how he would be used going forward, not money. Jeff Hardy's deal will not expire at the same time as it has been held up at times due to his legal issues and injuries. Hardy has a hearing on 1/13 on his DWI arrest last year. We are told that WWE has pushed Hardy to address his personal health in the wake of the arrest and Hardy has been working hard at doing so, which is a great thing.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling On the latest edition of New Day’s ‘Feel The Power’ podcast, the trio talked about their experience at WrestleMania 32 where they took on The League Of Nations (Alberto El Patron, Rusev & Sheamus) in a six-man tag. They were also involved in the segment with Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin. It was at that WrestleMania that New Day made their entrance through a massive box of Booty O’s but Xavier Woods revealed that they originally wanted to come out of buttcheeks: “The original idea that we actually had for the entrance was kind of insane too. So, we haven’t done this and hopefully we’ll get to at some point. We wanted to get a big van and have it look like a unicorn but the back doors are taken off and they’ve been replaced with huge buttcheeks that are on springs. So when the van is moving, the buttcheeks are shaking and once it gets to the end of the ramp, it fits in. Essentially, [the] cheeks open up, and then we come out of the van on tricycles with all our unicorn stuff on just having a great time, and so we explained this to Triple H, to Paul, he who shall be named, and he says, ‘I mean that’s great, and we can look into it if you want to, or you could guys could come out of a big box of Booty O’s like the toys’ and we were like, ‘Yes please.’”

Originally Posted by Observer CHIKARA and the Wrestle Factory training school issued a statement announcing that they’ve severed ties with Rory Gulak: “Last week, both CHIKARA, Inc and The Wrestle Factory, LLC severed ties with Rory Gulak. We take allegations of misconduct very seriously. In accordance with this, we cooperate completely and transparently with all law enforcement agencies. Our priority is and always will be the safety of our fans, cast and crew.” ICW also announced that Rory Gulak has been removed from their Gonzo Wrestling show on February 1.

Rumor going around the net is Gulak allegedly being in possession of child porn and on at least one occasion, showed it off to someone who didn't bother to inform the police afterwards. Also other allegations of him being a sexual predator and animal abuser.

Originally Posted by PWI Former WWE developmental talent Eric Angle, brother of WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle, plead guilty for his role in an underground group that manufactured and sold steroid on the dark web, according to Cleveland.com. Angle was part of a group that sold controlled substanances, including steroids, through Internet sites. He and two other co-conspirators were set to go to trial next week but yesterday plead guilty. Angle pleaded guilty Monday to a drug conspiracy charge and admitted that he bought 721 grams of steroids in liquid form for redistribution. Angle who was signed to WWE in the early 2000s and worked in Ohio Valley Wrestling before a biceps injury curtailed his wrestling career. He had a memorable angle where he switched places his Kurt during a PPV bout against the Undertaker, which was well done, leading to his developmental deal. Angle will be sentenced this April.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Prior to Monday Night RAW going live on the USA Network from Oklahoma City, Natalya defeated Chelsea Green, and Mojo Rawley defeated No Way Jose. Those matches were taped for WWE Main Event.

Seems Green (and likely Deonna Purrazzo) was actually called up from NXT since that's her 3rd appearance in a row with the main locker room. Also recently was involved in a photo shoot likely to get new renders for her match graphics on RAW and Main Event.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling On night two of Wrestle Kingdom 14, Tetsuya Naito defeated Kazuchika Okada to retain his IWGP Intercontinental Championship and to become the new IWGP Heavyweight Champion. Naito’s road to that accomplishment was not a smooth one as he underwent right eye surgery in November of 2019, as reported by Yahoo! Japan. It is noted in the article that around May of 2019, the Los Ingobernables de Japon member began to notice something off with his vision. Naito told the publication that while he was in the ring, the ropes began to multiply and it started to look like six ropes instead of three ... Naito is not a fan of hospitals but he could not concentrate during his matches so he decided to visit hospitals that specialized in ophthalmology, brain surgery and otolaryngology. None of the hospitals could find out what was wrong and Naito just figured that he’d finish out his wrestling career with the issue ... There were no results regarding Naito’s eye issue until October at a college hospital where he learned that he had paralysis in his eye muscles. The dual champion continued to wrestle until November 27th and teamed with BUSHI to take on Jay White and Bad Luck Fale during a World Tag League event. The next day, Naito made his way back to Tokyo and on the 29th, he underwent right eye surgery in a hospital in Tokyo. His vision was fixed and he returned to in-ring action on December 19th at the Road to Tokyo Dome show.

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