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Originally Posted by Observer Raw on Monday did 2.85 million viewers, down three percent from last week, which has to be considered a good number since the Dallas Cowboys win over the Detroit Lions did the best Monday Night Football number of the season with 18.61 million viewers ... The three hours were: 8 p.m. 2.97 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.88 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.72 million viewers

Good news being the hourly drops were very small compared to typical weeks and the bad news being the numbers weren't that strong to begin with. Real key is the next few weeks now that MNF is over since if RAW doesn't generate a strong rebound, could mean the streak of poor Road to Mania ratings continues next year.

Originally Posted by Observer In a Facebook post, Mick Foley provided an update on the status of his health and the hip replacement that he needs. Foley wrote that he had intended to get the operation at the start of 2017, but never set a date because he doesn't have health insurance. He claimed that the surgery would cost $60,000 out-of-pocket. In the post, Foley clarified that he's on a handshake deal with WWE and doesn't have a contract in his role as general manager of Raw.

Link to Foley's Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/RealMickFol...060633590736:0

Originally Posted by PWMania For what it’s worth, WWE officials have not decided on WrestleMania 33 plans for current United States Champion Roman Reigns with less than 100 days to go until the big event in Orlando. It sounds like there could be a big coronation for Reigns at the Royal Rumble next month as he faces WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens with Owens’ title on the line, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. That match will feature Chris Jericho suspended above the ring in a shark cage. Regarding WrestleMania 33, Meltzer noted that there are different ideas being discussed for Reigns and one includes a big surprise that’s probably not happening. No word yet on exactly what that surprise might be. However, none of the WrestleMania plans being discussed have anything to do with another Reigns coronation.

Originally Posted by Observer Also on last night's show, America Alpha won their first tag team titles since being promoted to the main roster. Dissension between Randy Orton & Luke Harper was teased at the finish. Heath Slater appeared to suffer a leg injury during the match, but tweeted that everything is (mostly) fine on Wednesday.

Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/HeathSlaterOMRB/...45878911422464

Originally Posted by Observer Chris Hero will be wrestling for EVOLVE at their two shows over Royal Rumble weekend in San Antonio, Texas on January 27th and 28th. Hero will face Zack Sabre Jr. on the 28th.

Originally Posted by Observer New Japan World has made every title match of 2016 free to stream through January 4th.

Link to the matches: http://njpwworld.com/c/t_0000_2016_40

Originally Posted by Observer Tajiri returns to main roster TV on next week’s edition of 205 Live. On last night’s episode, Neville defeated Rich Swann in a non-title match which likely sets up a Cruiserweight Championship match between the two down the road.

Originally Posted by PWI In a sign that relations between WWE and Hulk Hogan are certainly improving, Curtis Axel brought back his old Axelmania gimmick last night at the Royal end in St Louis. Axel wore his old "Axelmania" bandana and did the entire Hulk Hogan Greatest Hits routine including dropping a leg drop.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE attorneys filed a motion on 12/23 once again seeking the dismissal of the latest lawsuit filed against the company by dozens of wrestlers, some whom were contracted by WWF/WWE and some who worked on a per match basis as well as requesting the United States District Court of Connecticut sanction attorneys Konstantine Kyros, Brenden Leydon, S. James Boumil, Anthony Norris, Erica C. Mirabella, and R. Christopher Gilreath. That motion was followed by one filed personally by Vince McMahon seeking the same ... The 12/23 motion to dismiss noted that the Amended complaint from November filed against WWE alleges, incorrectly, that "all of the deceased wrestlers who have been studied to date had CTE" and that "several hundred wrestlers died from Alzheimer’s or dementia related injuries" according to the Cauliflower Alley Club's website and "that WWE knew that wrestlers received repetitive head trauma that dramatically increased their risks of developing neurological disorders because of its relationship to the CAC." The motion also seeks to shoot down the claims that WWE would be legally responsible and obligated to former talents of World Championship Wrestling (WCW, which WWE purchased in March 2001) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW, which WWE purchased the assets and right to via the bankruptcy proceedings of ECW parent company HHG, Inc., also in 2001) ... On the claims made by former WWE Diva Ashley Massaro upon her joining the lawsuit several months back, WWE stated, "The Amended Complaint falsely alleges that WWE attempted to persuade Plaintiff Ashley Massaro not to report an allegation of sexual assault on a military base in Kuwait to the appropriate authorities. This baseless and inflammatory allegation is wholly unrelated to the claims in this case and was presented for the improper purpose of generating negative publicity against WWE in violation of this Court’s prior admonitions."

Link with more details (best to have an ad blocker enabled due to how bad PWI's website can be without it): http://www.pwinsider.com/article/106...-more.html?p=1

Originally Posted by PWI At the house show last night in St. Louis, MO WWE announced that the 2017 Money In The Bank Pay-Per-View will be held June 18 at the Scottrade center in St. Louis. The pre-sale password is: MITB.

Currently rumored to be a Smackdown exclusive event based on people who were at last night's house show.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE began building to John Cena challenging AJ Styles for the WWE championship at the Royal Rumble on 1/29/17 in San Antonio, Texas last night on Smackdown Live and Talking Smack. It is interesting to note that before there were changes to the creative team earlier this month, the pitch for the Rumble was Undertaker challenging Styles.

Originally Posted by PWI The Bollywood Boyz haven't been on 205 Live in recent weeks as the edict was made to keep them down in WWE NXT to allow them to get additional seasoning after their bouts on 205 didn't click in management's eyes.

Originally Posted by PWI Jim Ross announced that Alex Riley would be his guest on his podcast next week, Riley's first interview anywhere since departing WWE. Riley worked on the new Netflix GLOW series, although in what capacity has not been revealed.

Some other sheet news includes:

• WrestlingDVDNetwork had a recent interview with DDP in regards to his upcoming DVD set planned for a March 2017 release. http://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com/d...lu-ray/128167/
• According to the Associated Press, Big Show was recently involved in a fake celebrity death prank after some random website claimed he recently died from a car accident. Both the WWE and Big Show himself quickly debunked the news and rumors once it became public.
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Dean Ambrose had the most moments of tv shows ending with him standing tall and/or having his music out of everyone in the WWE at 25.5 shows. Next closest was Roman Reigns with 14.5 shows overall. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._often_at_the/