Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
— The 9/3 edition of WWE Monday night RAW had 313,000 homes watching the show on DVR or tape delay. That ended up being 90% watching live and 10% watching delayed.
— WWE developmental wrestler Chris Russo has been released. He had been doing commentary work on FCW TV before it was changed to NXT. He was not related to Vince Russo.
— As we’ve been reporting, The Rock has a VERY busy upcoming schedule and will be returning to WWE around the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. It’ll be interesting to see how he handles promoting various events and movies in addition to working with WWE. Here’s his current schedule:
– January 27th – The Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View
– February 17th – The Elimination Chamber Pay-Per-View (Not Confirmed)
– February 22nd – Snitch
– March 29th – GI Joe: Retaliation
– April 7th – The WrestleMania 29 Pay-Per-View
– April 26th – Pain and Gain
– May 24th – Fast Six
NJPW Dominion 2026 Notes: SANADA Competes in First Match Since Injury Return, Aaron Wolf Wins NEVER Openweight Title, United Empire Wins IWGP Tag Team Titles, Shota Umino Wins IWGP Global Title, Gabe Kidd Surprise Return, YOH Wins IWGP Jr. Title, Yota Tsuji Wins IWGP Heavyweight Title
AEW Dynamite Notes: MJF & Mark Briscoe Reveals Teams for Steel Cage Match at Forbidden Door, The Dogs vs. Cope & Cage for AEW World Tag Titles and Bandido vs. Jon Moxley for AEW Continental Title Matches Set for Forbidden Door, Mercedes Mone Advances to Women’s Owen Hart Cup Finals, 6/20 Collision Show Card
Tiger Mask To Compete In Two Matches For His In-Ring Retirement at 7/7 NJPW Tiger Mask Retirement Event




