— The official NXT site has announced that WWE Diva AJ Lee and her new associates Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston are set to make an appearance at the January 9 live WWE NXT event. The event will be held at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida.
— WWE’s YouTube views increased 20 percent for the week of December 13-19. This included the TLC PPV pre-show. According to the weekly YouTube rankings on Deadline, WWE drew 5,665,656 weekly views which was up 20% from the 4.74 million views of the previous week. The TLC views did not top the Survivor Series week though. For the week of November 15-21, WWE drew 6.39 million views on YouTube.
— This week’s WWE SmackDown replay on Syfy scored 31,559 in social media activity. This is about half of the 2012 average on Friday nights. Smackdown was ranked #3 on cable TV Friday night, trailing a big number for the Bulls vs. Knicks NBA game and Nick’s SpongeBob SquarePants show.
The replay score was ranked #4 out of 5 replays this year. Only the April 13 replay of the April 10 post-Wrestlemania 28 special drew a lower social media activity score.
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WWE: Nikki Bella on Her Still Hoping To Be Back From Broken Ankle Injury By June, Backstage Update on Nikki Blackheart’s WWE Signing, Parker Boudreaux Says He Was Released from WWE Right After Getting A Pay Raise
Various: Gage Goldberg on Pressure of Following His Father’s Legacy for Potential Pro Wrestling Career, Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano MMA Event on Netflix Drew 17 Million Peak Global Viewers, Indies/Misc.
Various: Mayu Iwatani Vacates GHC Women’s Title Due To Fractured Big Toe Injury, Lyra Valkyria on Her Being Interested in Wrestling in AAA & Wanting Matches with La Catalina and Flamer, Indies/Misc.
