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Originally Posted by Observer The combination of the day after the Royal Rumble and the appearance of Dwayne Johnson led Raw to huge numbers last night, averaging 4.09 million viewers over the three hours, up 18 percent from the prior week. The three hours were: 8 p.m. 4.14 million viewers 9 p.m. 4.18 million viewers 10 p.m. 3.97 million viewers

Up by around 600k compared to last week and the highest in terms of both ratings and viewership since June 2015. In terms of historical stuff, last year's post-Rumble show had 320k more people watching and ratings-wise this was the lowest post-Rumble show since 1997.
https://twitter.com/glasgowkjh/statu...09923501621248
https://twitter.com/thewadekeller/st...02949355409408

Originally Posted by Pro Wrestling Sheet Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned AJ Styles not only retained ownership of his name in the new “multi-year” WWE contract he signed, the 38 year-old wrestler also held onto his various trademarks. The contract was signed last week and sources close to the deal tell us WWE surprisingly didn’t have much of an issue with letting AJ keep the pink slip to his famous name. We’re told the deal allows WWE to use all the trademarks surrounding AJ’s character while he’s under contract — and they retain some of the rights to his name in regards to video once he’s gone ... As for the other trademarks AJ retained ownership of in the deal, we’re told they include his nickname “The Phenomenal One” and the name of his finisher “The Styles Clash.”

Originally Posted by Observer TNA announced Tuesday that former TNA Champion Jeff Hardy has signed a new contract with the company. Terms were undisclosed. Hardy had openly talked with friends in recent months about being interested in a WWE run, but TNA has been very aggressive in signing talent of late to significant guaranteed contracts. While not announced yet, given the nature of his recent turn, one would also expect current TNA Champion Matt Hardy to also stay with the company ... TNA also announced the re-signing of TNA Tag Team champions The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) -- two men who were also possibly looking into WWE possibilities.

Originally Posted by Observer There is nothing new on the Hiroshi Tanahashi injury. He was expected to see a doctor today regarding the shoulder he dislocated in a six-man tag team match yesterday. As noted last night on the radio show, this injury came at a time New Japan can least afford it. Tanahashi & Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata were to face Shinsuke Nakamura & Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii in the All-Star match on 1/30 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo which is a major show in Japan because it's Nakamura's last bout with the promotion. So it appears the last Tanahashi vs. Nakamura confrontation was last night.

Originally Posted by Observer Stardust tweeted out today that "Stardust is coming to an end." I believe he later deleted it.

Cody Rhodes has teased a few times before in the past he's dropping the gimmick when he feels ready to go back to the Rhodes name. Didn't want it rushed or seem like he was only taking advantage of Dusty's death to drop the gimmick.

Originally Posted by Observer ROH sent out a Tweet with The Young Bucks, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows and A.J. Styles posed together with a message saying how "now everyone will find out how phenomenal he really is," which was a classy way to do things.

Lot better than how TNA handled the news.

I have a short video showing them return but i’ll explain what happened after in case anyone thinks they were planted for The Rock. So basically they let them come back which got a massive pop. Though of course they didn’t want them on screen to not distract as they were. Cept when the crowd was bored they chanted the Savage (as we saw during the Miz match). The Seats they were put were was the Flo Rida set up was for him and his crew. Once that segment happened those seats were empty for the rest of the night. Now when The Rock came out and the Savage chants started again, The guy actually told the crowd to stop (seemed like he was scared of being kicked out). Then hid his head down under the guard rail. As he looked up is when Rocky saw him then went off script. Was a great moment.

Fan report from RAW about the guys who were dressed in wrestling costumes. http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/the-r...oducers-plans/




Some other sheet news includes:

• WWE recently uploaded another version of AJ Styles Rumble debut which is better than the one shown at the Rumble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuBVcsPVPyQ
• According to 2016 Rumble stats, Reigns was almost 3 minutes away from breaking Rey Mysterio's Rumble record for longest time in the match. Reigns lasted 59 mins, 50 secs while the record is 62 mins, 15 secs. Jericho lasted the second longest in the match at 50 mins, 50 secs.
• Lucha Underground was recently revealed to be getting a mini-comic book series with the first issue currently available for free to read online. Storyline for the mini-series deals with Rey Mysterio's journey to the Lucha Temple. http://comicbook.com/2016/01/26/excl...ound-comic-he/
• This week's wrestling segment on ESPN was revealed to be covering Lucha Underground again. WWE is rumored to have dropped interest for the spot which is why ESPN has been going with other promotions in recent weeks. https://twitter.com/TheRealMorrison/...00582857539584
• According to PWI, Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows rumored to be skipping NXT and going straight to the roster once their deals are made official. https://twitter.com/SoDuTw/status/692047614968217600