Thursday, February 3, 2011
NEWS ON SURVIVOR SERIES
As noted before, WWE is looking at changing the Survivor Series again this year. Internally on pay-per-view listings, Survivor Series is still on the books but there is a side note that says “New Name/Concept TBD.”
RIKISHI UNHAPPY WITH THE USOS
Prior to the match pitting Mark Henry and The Great Khali against Jimmy and Jey Uso on RAW, The brand’s General Manager switched the bout to a dance-off. The World’s Strongest Man and The Punjabi Playboy notched the victory with their unorthodox dance moves.
Former WWE star Rikishi, father of the Uso brothers, took to Twitter to express his unhappiness for the angle.
“My thoughts on my sons’ dance off? Didn’t really need it,” he wrote. “Creative Team WTF!! Its not that hard to figure in talent.”
He added, “Tag Teams in the WWE are not really the focus as we can see. Soon Usos will be in singles.”
Former WWE star Rikishi, father of the Uso brothers, took to Twitter to express his unhappiness for the angle.
“My thoughts on my sons’ dance off? Didn’t really need it,” he wrote. “Creative Team WTF!! Its not that hard to figure in talent.”
He added, “Tag Teams in the WWE are not really the focus as we can see. Soon Usos will be in singles.”
ALEX RILEY FINALLY ON RAW, WRESTLERS REMOVED FROM SMACKDOWN
WWE has finally added Alex Riley to the RAW roster finally while Paul Bearer and Joey Mercury have been removed from the SmackDown roster. At last word, Mercury was helping out in WWE developmental and Bearer was written off TV in Kane’s feud with Edge.
PSYCHO SID WANTS A ONE LAST TIME WITH WWE
It was noted on “Psycho” Sid Vicious’ MySpace that the former World Champion is considering retirement. Sid, who was recently arrested on drug charges, has been working independent shows as of late but is still interested in one final run with WWE. He is also training for an upcoming bodybuilding contest, his second.
KEVIN NASH'S DREAM COMES TRUE, ADVICE FOR TNA
Kevin Nash has took to Twitter to defend his recent praise for WWE and offer some advice for Dixie Carter. He wrote the following last night:
“My 1st priority is WWE. Whatever they need and want me to do, I will. Vince brought me back. Boston crowd showed me the love. I bleed WWE!
I’m not kissing Vince’s ass. I’m thanking him for letting me go out the way I feel I deserve to. Ever have a dream come true? I just did.
When wcw took over the WWE for the short time we did, it’s bc Ted Turner paid HUGE $ for talent. Wanna put tna on the map, Mrs. Carter? Set aside $50m. Start with Cena and work backwards. Don’t walk into a Mercedes showroom and ask what new AMG S-63 I can buy for $25K.”
“My 1st priority is WWE. Whatever they need and want me to do, I will. Vince brought me back. Boston crowd showed me the love. I bleed WWE!
I’m not kissing Vince’s ass. I’m thanking him for letting me go out the way I feel I deserve to. Ever have a dream come true? I just did.
When wcw took over the WWE for the short time we did, it’s bc Ted Turner paid HUGE $ for talent. Wanna put tna on the map, Mrs. Carter? Set aside $50m. Start with Cena and work backwards. Don’t walk into a Mercedes showroom and ask what new AMG S-63 I can buy for $25K.”
RAW 2/1 VIEWER STATS
As noted before, the January 31st episode of WWE RAW scored a 3.48 cable rating with 5.29 million viewers. This was the most viewers for RAW since March 29th, 2009, the night after WrestleMania where Shawn Michaels gave his farewell. This was also the highest rated episode of RAW since August 30th, 2009, the 900th episode special.
This week’s show opened strong with a 3.81 quarter rating. In a segment breakdown, Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov vs. Nexus lost 784,000 viewers, which is very bad for that point in the show. Randy Orton punt kicking Husky Harris and the confrontation with Ted DiBiase & Jerry Lawler gained 337,000 viewers.
Daniel Bryan vs. Tyson Kidd lost 304,000 viewers where Edge vs. The Miz gained 220,000 viewers in the 10pm segment. This is better than last week’s Edge vs. Miz at 10pm segment but still low.
Eve Torres & Natalya vs. LayCool and the Usos vs. Mark Henry & The Great Khali dance-off lost 129,000 viewers. The preview of The Chaperone with Triple H lost 172,000 viewers while the RAW Rumble main event gained 1,198,000 viewers and did a 4.04 final quarter rating. This was the first time RAW had an overrun rating of over 4.0 in a while.
This week’s show opened strong with a 3.81 quarter rating. In a segment breakdown, Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov vs. Nexus lost 784,000 viewers, which is very bad for that point in the show. Randy Orton punt kicking Husky Harris and the confrontation with Ted DiBiase & Jerry Lawler gained 337,000 viewers.
Daniel Bryan vs. Tyson Kidd lost 304,000 viewers where Edge vs. The Miz gained 220,000 viewers in the 10pm segment. This is better than last week’s Edge vs. Miz at 10pm segment but still low.
Eve Torres & Natalya vs. LayCool and the Usos vs. Mark Henry & The Great Khali dance-off lost 129,000 viewers. The preview of The Chaperone with Triple H lost 172,000 viewers while the RAW Rumble main event gained 1,198,000 viewers and did a 4.04 final quarter rating. This was the first time RAW had an overrun rating of over 4.0 in a while.
MISITICO INTERESTED BECAUSE OF ALBERTO DEL RIO
According to Super Luchas, one of the reasons Mistico is interested in joining WWE now is because he sees the push that they have given to Alberto Del Rio. Mistico has said that he wishes he would have signed with WWE when he had a chance back in 2007. Mistico is saying that he wants to make a name for himself in WWE.
LUGER INTERESTED WITH WWE?
Former World Champion Lex Luger is reportedly in talks with WWE for an appearance at WrestleMania 27 in Atlanta this year. No word yet on what Luger could be doing but it may be a Hall of Fame induction or something else.
TIME STATS ABOUT ROYAL RUMBLE, SHORT AND LONG ENTRANCES
While WWE promoted that the Superstars would enter the ring for Sunday night’s Royal Rumble match at every 90 seconds, that’s not what happened. Reader Armando H. sent the following times in between entrances. The longest gap was the 23rd Entrant, Hornswoggle, at 2 minutes and 22 seconds. The shortest gap was the 4th Entrant, Zack Ryder’s entrance, at 1 minute and 20 seconds.
1:30 – Entrant #3
1:20 – Entrant #4
1:30 – Entrant #5
1:47 – Entrant #6
1:30 – Entrant #7
2:01 – Entrant #8
1:37 – Entrant #9
1:22 – Entrant #10
1:40 – Entrant #11
1:30 – Entrant #12
1:26 – Entrant #13
1:31 – Entrant #14
1:30 – Entrant #15
1:30 – Entrant #16
1:30 – Entrant #17
1:30 – Entrant #18
1:30 – Entrant #19
1:23 – Entrant #20
1:31 – Entrant #21
2:09 – Entrant #22
2:22 – Entrant #23
2:06 – Entrant #24
1:30 – Entrant #25
1:36 – Entrant #26
1:30 – Entrant #27
1:39 – Entrant #28
1:50 – Entrant #29
1:38 – Entrant #30
1:32 – Entrant #31
1:29 – Entrant #32
1:31 – Entrant #33
1:31 – Entrant #34
1:30 – Entrant #35
1:43 – Entrant #36
1:36 – Entrant #37
1:38 – Entrant #38
1:30 – Entrant #39
1:34 – Entrant #40
1:30 – Entrant #3
1:20 – Entrant #4
1:30 – Entrant #5
1:47 – Entrant #6
1:30 – Entrant #7
2:01 – Entrant #8
1:37 – Entrant #9
1:22 – Entrant #10
1:40 – Entrant #11
1:30 – Entrant #12
1:26 – Entrant #13
1:31 – Entrant #14
1:30 – Entrant #15
1:30 – Entrant #16
1:30 – Entrant #17
1:30 – Entrant #18
1:30 – Entrant #19
1:23 – Entrant #20
1:31 – Entrant #21
2:09 – Entrant #22
2:22 – Entrant #23
2:06 – Entrant #24
1:30 – Entrant #25
1:36 – Entrant #26
1:30 – Entrant #27
1:39 – Entrant #28
1:50 – Entrant #29
1:38 – Entrant #30
1:32 – Entrant #31
1:29 – Entrant #32
1:31 – Entrant #33
1:31 – Entrant #34
1:30 – Entrant #35
1:43 – Entrant #36
1:36 – Entrant #37
1:38 – Entrant #38
1:30 – Entrant #39
1:34 – Entrant #40
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