Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer
— Trendrr.TV reports that Monday night’s RAW social media score was a 376,761, up 18 percent from last week’s show. RAW ranked #2 on cable TV Monday night behind VH1’s Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, which doubled RAW’s score. RAW has not ranked #1 on Monday nights since the 1,000th RAW episode on July 23rd.
— Cody Rhodes and Hornswoggle did a ton of media this morning in Green Bay, WI to promote tonight’s WWE SmackDown tapings.
— Michael Cole missed a big call during Monday night’s WWE RAW main event. CM Punk used a “Rock Bottom” on Jerry Lawler towards the end of the match, something Cole was supposed to make a big deal of to further the upcoming Rock vs. CM Punk match. Cole did not mention the spot at all and after RAW went off the air, he got major backstage heat for it.
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