News & Notes: Ratings Delay, Indie News, Madusa WWE Doc. Status

WWE RAW and Smackdown Ratings Delayed This Week

Due to this week being a Labor Day holiday, the ratings and viewership for both WWE RAW and Smackdown have been delayed a day for each show. RAW’s ratings and viewership will be released this Wednesday instead of the usual Tuesday while Smackdown’s numbers will be released this Thursday instead of the usual Wednesday.

As a side note, GFW Impact Wrestling will not be affected by the delay and have this week’s numbers released on Friday.

Indie Wrestling News & Notes

Ring of Honor announced Kenny Omega has been booked for two of their upcoming shows in Florida for the month of November. He is currently scheduled to appear at a ROH house show on November 11th in Fort Lauderdale and a ROH TV taping on November 12th in Lakeland.

United Kingdom’s PROGRESS announced Zack Sabre Jr. will be making an appearance at this Sunday’s show at the Alexandra Palace in London, England. He will be facing a mystery opponent as part of his open challenge to the locker room.

Matt Riddle and Jeff Cobb were reported to be recently booked by New Japan Pro Wrestling for an upcoming tour, according to a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio show. While details are sparse, Dave Meltzer speculated this might be for NJPW’s World Tag League tournament being held this December.

Update to Status of WWE’s Madusa Documentary Release

As previously reported, WWE originally had plans for a WWE Network documentary focusing on the career of Madusa to be aired during the week of the Mae Young Classic Finals. Those plans were changed last week with the documentary’s air date delayed to a future date instead.

In an update to the status of this documentary, the WWE announced it will be airing later this month on the Network although the date itself was not revealed. WWE also revealed the title of the documentary is ““Traillayzer: The Alundra Blayze Story.”