— NESN.com reports that John Cena presented World Series MVP David Ortiz with a WWE Championship belt. Ortiz wore the belt during the Red Sox’s World Series win celebration which, while Cena was unable to attend, the World champion did Tweet about.
— Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown drew 2.73 million viewers, up 2% from last week’s 2.68. The show drew a 0.7 in the 18-49 demographic though, which was down a tenth from last week.
UPDATE: Friday’s episode did a 1.9 cable rating, down slightly from a 1.94 last week.
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