– Above is a new promo for Friday’s WWE SmackDown on FOX episode. WWE has announced that Kevin Owens will address WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns ahead of their Last Man Standing match at the Royal Rumble on the show. Apollo Crews vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E with the title on the line has also been announced, plus Bayley vs. Bianca Belair in Bayley’s Ultimate Athlete Obstacle Course Challenge.
– WWE officials are hoping that WWE Champion Drew McIntyre will be medically cleared in time to compete at the Superstar Spectacle tapings from the Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando later this week, according to PWInsider.
Heading into the first match of the first ever Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament on the Jan. 20 edition of NXT, we only knew of four teams and that one match-up.
Questions about total number of teams and who else would be in the field remained. We also didn’t know who was facing off on
Most of those questions were answered on
The Bump this morning when the bracket was revealed. But there was more news beyond just the possible paths to the Cup.
#WWENXT is proud to announce the signings of:
Zoey Stark (FKA Lacey Ryan)
NXT s Mercedes Martinez Talks Dusty Rhodes Classic and Setting Her Sights on Io Shirai
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Mercedes Martinez made it clear that she was in the hunt for the NXT Championship last week, giving NXT Champion Io Shirai a beatdown and making an immediate impact on the title picture. Soon afterward she also entered the Women s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, where she will be teaming up with Toni Storm for a chance to win the tournament and further cementing 2021 as the year of Mercedes. ComicBook.com had the chance to speak to Martinez ahead of tonight s NXT, and in addition to talking about the Tag Team Classic we also discussed her time with the Robert Stone brand, what it takes to create a lethal tag team, and even some action figure talk.
The viewership for AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT are in.
AEW Dynamite saw an increase while NXT was down. AEW was victorious this week against NXT in both viewership and key demos.
AEW Dynamite: New Year s Smash Night 2 on TNT won this week s Wednesday night viewership battle with 762,000 (0.30 18-49 demo) viewers and finished 31st on cable.
WWE NXT on USA Network drew 551,000 (0.14 18-49 demo) viewers and finished 70th on cable.
Last week, AEW drew 662,000 while NXT drew 641,000, this was impacted by the news coverage of the protests in the US Capitol.