As of this writing, Brock Lesnar is not scheduled for this Monday’s Raw from Nashville, TN, or the following week’s episode from Lafayette, LA. Lesnar is advertised to appear on the February 25th episode from Dallas, Texas.
Listed below is the updated list of Lesnar’s confirmed WWE RAW appearances heading into WrestleMania 29:
* February 25th from Dallas, Texas
* March 11th from Indianapolis, Indiana
* March 18th from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* April 1st from Washington, DC
Here is the updated list of confirmed RAW dates for Brock Lesnar:
* February 4th from Atlanta, Georgia
* February 25th from Dallas, Texas
* March 11th from Indianapolis, Indiana
* April 1st from Washington, DC
- Evan Bourne says he won’t be back in time for the 2013 Royal Rumble match. Bourne tweeted on Sunday:
“If you didn’t know, the Royal Rumble is my personal favorite PPV/match! But no matter how hard I train, my foot will not be ring ready by RR”
- In an update on the earlier Survivor Series buyrate, the breakdown is reportedly 122,000 domestic buys and 90,000 international buys. This would be down 32% domestically and 32% internationally from 2011.
- Mae Young was backstage at Saturday night’s RAW tapings in Washington, DC but not used. At one point she was scheduled to be on the show and her name was referenced in angle but she never appeared in front of the live crowd.
- As noted before, WWE will return to Washington, DC on April 1st for the final RAW before WrestleMania. The pre-sale began last night but regular tickets go on sale January 24th. WWE confirmed last night that The Rock will be appearing on that show.
- Sin Cara was scheduled to return at last night’s RAW tapings in Washington, DC but did not wrestle. Cara confirmed via Twitter that he was at the arena but was not used.
At last night’s WWE RAW tapings in Washington, DC, John Cena announced that he will be entering in the 30-man Royal Rumble match next month. Cena then promised to win the WWE Title in 2013.
Cena is the first confirmed name for the 2013 Royal Rumble match.
- WWE confirmed via commercials at tonight’s RAW tapings in Washington, DC that The Rock will be appearing live on the January 7th episode.
- Alberto Del Rio vs. Big Show will take place on the January 4th episode of SmackDown.
- WWE will return to Washington, DC for the final RAW before WrestleMania 29 on April 1st. The pre-sale begins later this week and the password is WWERAWDC.
As noted earlier, Monday’s WWE RAW will have a Champion’s Choice theme with champions defending their titles against opponents that they get to choose.
At last night’s tapings in Washington, DC, Kofi Kingston chose to defend his title against Wade Barrett and lost the match. This Barrett’s second run with the Intercontinental Title.
- One of our correspondents at last night’s WWE RAW tapings in Washington, DC noted that a large “END PG ERA” sign was confiscated by officials.
- Washington Redskins quarterback RGIII is in attendance for last night’s RAW tapings in DC. He was acknowledged by John Cena in the opening segment.
- The theme for Monday’s New Years Eve edition of RAW will be Champion’s Choice where titles will be on the line and champions get to choose their challengers.
- The dark match before tonight’s WWE TV tapings in Washington, DC saw Alex Riley defeat local wrestler Mark Jinks in a five minute match.
- The following matches were taped tonight in DC to air on next week’s WWE Superstars:
* The Usos vs. Darren Young and Titus O’Neil
* Primo vs. Brodus Clay
Randy Orton and Sin Cara are expected to be back in action at tonight’s WWE RAW tapings from Washington, DC to air on New Year’s Eve. Orton has been out with a dislocated shoulder while Cara had minor knee surgery. No word yet on Rey Mysterio’s status but there are people within WWE who insist he is injured while others stick to the story that he’s still dealing with major personal or family issues.
WWE will tape the New Year’s Eve edition of RAW tonight from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. No matches have been announced but Ryback vs. CM Punk is advertised locally, although Punk isn’t expected to wrestle tonight.
The USA Network issued a press release announcing a “Spring into 2013″ block of programming anchored by the New Year’s Eve edition of WWE Raw on Monday, December 31. Here is what was mentioned for this coming Raw on New Year’s Eve:
“The Superstars and Divas from the World Wrestling Entertainment Universe take the stage in front of thousands in attendance at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC and millions watching at home. MONDAY NIGHT RAW continues to be the most watched regularly scheduled year-round program on basic cable television and recently celebrated its 1000th episode. RAW Superstars include John Cena, CM Punk, AJ Lee, Daniel Bryan, Kane, The Miz, Eve and Zack Ryder.”
Monday’s Raw will be taped this Saturday night from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. We are expected to have live spoiler coverage.
RF Video’s Rob Feinstein just posted the following on his personal Facebook about former ECW, TWA, and NWF Star DC Drake being found dead:
“Just heard that sad news that DC Drake passed away. I remember DC from old TWA days. He was one of those great brawlers and had some great matches with JT Smith and countless others. I knew he was sick and he blamed it on steroids. So for all of you “workers” out there that think size matters well look at what your doing to yourselves and realize you don’t need to be big to be a great worker. Paul E Normous another incredible guy outside the ring that faced the same fate due to juice. Just food for thought….Ourcondolences go out to the friends and family of DC Drake.”
Drake was a former NWF and TWA heavyweight champion. Drake also had a stint in ECW where he was recruited by Nancy Benoit to help get Cactus Jack out of ECW.
In 1991, Drake was ranked#178 on the PWI Top 500 list.
We will post more details as we receive them.
WWE will not be doing a “Best Of” show at the end of this year after all. They will tape the December 31st episode of RAW on December 29th from Washington, DC.
They will tape the January 2nd and January 4th episodes of Main Event and SmackDown on December 30th from Richmond, Virginia.
The December 24th RAW show will also be a regular RAW but will be taped on December 18th in Pittsburgh, a Tuesday.
There is also a December 19th taping where they will tape the December 21st and December 28th SmackDown but the location isn’t known yet.
Mickie James spoke to Mike Jones of DC101 in Washington, D.C. and discussed current happenings in TNA Wrestling and the Knockouts Division. One particular point of interest was about her biggest career influences. James couldn’t pick one person but gave credit to those who she really likes wrestling with.
“I’ve had so many people who inspired me along the way so it’s hard to pinpoint one person,” she said. “You’re only as good as the people you’re in the ring with, you know, and to be able to work that magic with whoever you’re in there with and have different chemistry with everyone and their styles and move sets, and you just work it, I guess.”
The full audio interview is available here.
