— Following yesterday’s announcement that WrestleMania XXX is coming to New Orleans, WWE received a lot of local media coverage.
— R-Truth is back full time with WWE. He had to let the deep cut he suffered on his knee at the December TLC PPV fully heal, due to the threat of infection.
— Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown scored a 1.96 (2.0) cable rating, with 2.68 million viewers. Those numbers are down ten and sixteen percent, respectively, from the week before and it is the end of a five-week streak of post-2.0 rated shows. The show ranked #6 among cable shows for the night, #6 among males 18 – 34 and #5 among males 18 – 49. The male 12-17 was down 45%, possibly due to the All Star weekend lead-ins on ESPN and TNT which lead the night in the ratings.
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2026 Post-Show Media Scrum: Mercedes Mone on Her Match with Maya World, Will Ospreay on His Men’s Owen Hart Cup Victory & Getting To Main Event All In, WWE Running Two Shows The Same Day As All In 2026, “Death’s Door” Circular Steel Cage, Lio Rush, Jay White’s Surprise Return, & More
Various: ROH Announces Special Friday Date For This Week’s ROH TV Show, PRODUCE Announces New Event For This September & To Be Co-Promoted By Joey Janela and Megan Bayne, New Avery Styles Trademark
WWE: Big E on “There’s Life Outside Of Wrestling, And It Ain’t That Bad”, Logan Paul Provides Update on His Torn Triceps Injury & Surgery, Liv Morgan Alleged Stalker Arrest Trial Update




