WWE: Giovanni Vinci Injury Update, Two Men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Classic Matches for Tues. NXT Show, WWE Talks for RAW TV Deal Update

Giovanni Vinci Head Injury Status Update

As noted before, Giovanni Vinci suffered a head-related injury at last week’s WWE RAW Day 1 show in San Jose, California.

During Monday’s RAW show, RAW commentator Michael Cole provided an injury update for Vinci stating that WWE officials currently expect Vinci to be out of action for a “number of weeks.”

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Two Men’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Matches Announced for Tuesday’s NXT Show

WWE recently announced two First Round matches for their upcoming 2024 Men;s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament for tonight’s NXT show.

The first match announced was Gallus (Wolfgang & Mark Coffey) vs. Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin.

The second match announced was Hank Walker & Tank Ledger vs. Axiom & Nathan Frazer.

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The first two matches in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic for TOMORROW are:

🏆 Gallus vs. @BaronCorbinWWE & @bronbreakkerwwe

🏆 @HankWalker_WWE & @TankLedgerWWE vs. @Axiom_WWE & @WWEFrazer

The rest of the bracket and remaining teams will be revealed on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/fq9Gn1rAtW

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 9, 2024

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Update on WWE’s Current Talks for RAW TV Deal – Amazon Rumored to be Likely New Home for RAW

Sports Buisness Journal’s John Ourand reported that he currently predicts that Amazon will likely be the one who secures the television rights for WWE’s next television deal for RAW.

Ourand reported that Amazon would likely keep RAW on Monday nights and would give the company another marquee night of live programming for their Prime Video streaming service alongside Thursday Night Football. Ourand also reported that WWE’s RAW series would in return see a benefit from young males viewership that Amazon currently believes it can see growth for their Prime Video service.

Ourand also reported that Disney could possibly secure the rights for RAW for FX and this scenario would become “likely if WWE is unable to find enough money from ‘Raw’ suitors. But it looks like one media company will step up for that property.”