News & Notes: The Miz Record Chase, Flashback Friday, WWE Poll

WWE Did You Know – The Miz’s Road to the Intercontinental Championship Record

In a “WWE Did You Know” type fact, The Miz recently passed the Honky Tonk Man to become the third longest reigning Intercontinental champion in terms of total days in WWE history. Miz currently has been an Intercontinental champion for a combined 455 days over seven reigns and needs only 87 more days to pass Don Muraco for second all-time in WWE history. Pedro Morales currently holds the record at 619 combined days as Intercontinental champion.

Here’s the list on Wikipedia.

This Week’s Episode of Flashback Friday is Goldberg Themed

This week’s episode of Flashback Fridays on the WWE Network will be focused on Goldberg and his careers in WCW and WWE. The set features five episodes including his recent feud with Brock Lesnar and Episode 10 of WWE’s Monday Night War series.

The list of episodes:
* WCW Monday Nitro from 9/22/1997 featuring the debut of Goldberg in WCW.
* WCW Monday Nitro from 10/13/1997 featuring the main event of Diamond Dallas Paige versus Curt Hennig for the United States Championship.
* RAW Flashback from 10/17/2016 featuring Goldberg’s return to the WWE after twelve years and accepts Paul Heyman’s challenge for Brock Lesnar’s Universal Championship.
* WCW Monday Nitro Top 10 with Diamond Dallas Paige as the host.
* Episode 10 of Monday Night War focusing on Goldberg’s rise and dominance in WCW.

WWE Holding Fan Poll on Which Tournament Should be Held Next

WWE is currently holding a poll on their official website asking fans which tournament they would like to see next on the WWE Network. The choices are Tag Team, Women’s, Heavyweight, Hardcore Rules, Six-Man Tag Team, WWE Germany Championship, and Celebrity.

As of the time of this report, Hardcore Rules tournament was leading with 43% of the fan vote followed by a second Women’s tournament at 20% of the vote.