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The final rating for Monday's WWE RAW from London was a year-low 2.72 rating, down from the previous week's 2.88 rating. As noted, RAW averaged 3.763 million viewers, also down from the previous week.

Originally Posted by PWI There was a lot of fear over Vince McMahon before the WWE Business Outlook conference call on Monday morning. It's said that Vince feels that his management team, not including George Barrios, led him to believe that they would be getting more for their TV deals. There was some concern over major changes being handed down by Vince but we haven't heard of any departures yet. It was noted that if Vince isn't happy, things are going to happen quickly. People within WWE were actually joking last Friday that maybe these financial troubles will mean that the WWE Network goes away quickly but that is highly unlikely to happen. However, there is still a feeling that the Network isn't producing subscribers as quickly as Vince would want.

Despite the Dow jumping 160 points today, WWE stock continued to tumble. It slid another 0.73% today to close at $10.85.

Originally Posted by Observer We noted before that WWE had an offer on the table for Ric Flair to return to TV in a more prominent role. Flair was scheduled to go to Pittsburgh this week to see Dr. Joseph Maroon for a full cardiovascular physical before WWE brings him back to TV as a regular character. Flair has been working out and wants to get to 225 pounds before returning to TV. He's currently at 230. There's a feeling that Flair has to come in as a babyface but he always prefers to work as a heel so there's on word yet on what role he will play. One idea suggested was to put Flair with The Miz to continue the storyline they began several months ago when Miz began using the Figure Four after Flair's blessing. The hope is that Flair will help elevate Miz as a top babyface. There are some who believe this could be wasting Flair and that Miz is damaged goods. Flair reportedly wants to manage Dolph Ziggler but it's clear WWE hasn't been pushing Ziggler for more than a year now. They also discussed having Flair manage The Shield to continue the angle from RAW a few weeks back but Evolution's future is up in the air.

Enzo Amore, who has been out of action with a broken leg, appeared at his first house show, as the manager of Colin Cassady, so he should be back at TV soon. Jason Jordan & Tye Dillinger look like they are being groomed as a heel tag team.

Originally Posted by Observer Apparently WWE refused to allow Adam Goldberg to use classic footage on his recent episode of ABC's The Goldbergs that was dedicated to The Ultimate Warrior and featured some pro wrestling themes on it. Warrior and his family were reportedly big fans of the show and his wife & daughters were touched by the tribute. Warrior's daughters were invited onto the Goldbergs set for an episode next season.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE is said to be interested in current IWGP Jr. Champion Kota Ibushi, who is considered by some to be the best high-flyer in wrestling. Last year Ibushi became the first Japanese wrestler to sign a dual contract where he's a regular with the DDT promotion but works big shows for New Japan Pro Wrestling.