— Cody Rhodes is advertised to defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Booker T at the December 29 SmackDown live event at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
It had been rumored in recent weeks that the six-time world champion would be returning to the squared circle for a program with Rhodes.
— Ezekiel Jackson beat a local competitor in a dark match prior to Tuesday night’s television tapings in Greenville, South Carolina.
— A match pitting Justin Gabriel against Jinder Mahal was taped Tuesday night for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars. Full spoilers are on the main newsboard.
— Matches taped Tuesday night for this week’s episode of WWE NXT were: Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso vs. Johnny Curtis and Tyson Kidd; Kaitlyn vs. Tamina; A.J, Percy Watson and Titus O’Neil vs. Derrick Bateman, JTG and Maxine.
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