— Friday’s edition of WWE SmackDown scored a 1.79 (1.8) cable rating, which is down from the previous week’s 1.88 (1.9) cable rating. The show averaged 2.461 million viewers, which was down from last week’s 2.564 million viewers.
— Chris Jericho is not booked for tonight’s WWE SmackDown taping and will be back on TV next week for RAW. He hosts a Highlight Reel segment with Randy Orton.
— The latest episode of Jim Ross’ “Ross Report” can be found here. Ross and Steve Austin talk about Brock Lesnar vs John Cena at Night of Champions, Roman Reigns, Sting possibly wrestling in WWE and more.
WWE Releases Uncle Howdy (Bo Dallas), Joe Gacy, Alba Fyre, Zoey Stark, & Nikki Cross [Update x6: Kairi Sane, Santos Escobar, Andre Chase, Rowan, & More Also Released, Apollo Crews, Zelina Vega, Aleister Black, MCMG, & Dexter Lumis Believed To Have Departed, Dante Chen Departs]
Jim Ross on Current Relationship Between Aleister Black & AEW Following WWE Release and Reasons Why Black’s Run in AEW Didn’t Work Out For Him
ESPN Signs Streaming Deal with The CW for ESPN Unlimited, WWE NXT Programming Included
