— Cesaro vs. Jack Swagger will take place on this week’s WWE SmackDown broadcast. Paul Heyman and Zeb Colter will be at ringside with their respective guys.
— Speaking of WWE SmackDown, Triple H will be appearing on the show. We’ll have live **SPOILERS** on Tuesday night.
— After both men won qualifying matches to advance in the Intercontinental title tournament on RAW, Wade Barrett will face Rob Van Dam on next week’s RAW broadcast. The winner of that match will go on to face Big E. at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view. This is a change from original plans which called for Cesaro to face Big E. at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view. Clearly, they are going with a feud between Jack Swagger and Cesaro. A match between those two was at one point planned for WrestleMania 30. Now, we’ll see it on this week’s WWE SmackDown broadcast as noted above.
WWE SmackDown Notes: Randy Orton, Damian Priest, & Ilja Dragunov Declared for Men’s Royal Rumble, WWE Accidentally Spoils Bron Breakker Being #1 Entrant for Men’s Royal Rumble
AEW: Bobby Lashley on “Think Of How Big Of A Star You Can Make Will Ospreay, He Checks All The Boxes”, Queen Aminata Neck Injury Update, “Speedball” Mike Bailey on If Pro Wrestlers Count As Being Heroes
WWE NXT Ratings – Jan. 27, 2026 – Viewership Up
