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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 Issue #7428
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FENIX DELETES CONTROVERSIAL POSTS FROM X

- Fenix has deleted all his comments related to the "inhumane treatment" saga on X, with the only trace of what was said being a December 7 post which reads, "I will have my chance to speak the truth." On December 8, Fenix posted a controversial message which read, "No one stays in a place where they received inhumane treatment," a comment which sparked several debates and discussions. The following day, he alluded that AEW ignored him for months when he needed a doctor and added that due to contractual issues he can't speak now, but he will have his time. All those comments and replies were deleted, suggesting that the two sides have at least talked since then. Fenix had his contract extended by several months by Tony Khan to make up for his time injured, preventing him from entering free agency and possibly joining his brother Penta in WWE. He last wrestled on the July 27 episode of Rampage.

WINTER IS COMING DYNAMITE TONIGHT ON TBS

- AEW's annual tradition of Winter Is Coming returns tonight live on TBS from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri where a healthy crowd of over 4,000 are expected. Five matches are set to take place including Adam Cole vs Kyle O'Reilly with the winner facing MJF for the Dynamite Diamond ring at Worlds End, Mariah May defends her AEW Women's title against Mina Shirakawa, AEW World champion Jon Moxley teams up with Pac to take on Jay White and Orange Cassidy, and two Continental Classic matches from the gold league featuring Ricochet vs Brody King and Claudio Castagnoli vs Will Ospreay. A Winter Is Coming Rampage will be taped immediately following the conclusion of Dynamite and a Winter Is Coming Dynamite will be taped tomorrow night from the Chaifetz Arena in St Louis, Missouri.

COLLISION RATING

- Collision last Saturday, back in its usual time slot on TNT, drew 278,000 viewers, up 134,000 viewers from the prior week's record low. The show did a 0.07 rating in 18-49, up 0.04 from the previous week and was #8 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

WWE SELLS FORMER PRODUCTION STUDIOS LOCATION

- CTInsider.com is reporting that WWE has managed to sell its former production studios located on Hamilton Avenue in Stamford to Developer V20 Group who intends to convert the site into a high-end warehouse for distribution or other uses. The total value for the location plus two adjacent lands were approximately $7.5 million. The studios featured 33,000 square feet of space on the ground floor on a three acre lot and the adjacent properties had an additional four acres. WWE has moved all of its operations to their new state-of-the-art headquarters at Washington Blvd. Their previous HQ, known as Titan Towers, is still for sale.

RAW RATING

- It was a bad night for Raw this week with the show doing an average of 1,385,000 viewers, down a whopping 324,000 viewers from the prior week. The NFL game was simulcast on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 and drew 18.6 million viewers. Raw started with 1,385,000 viewers in the first hour and then increased slightly to 1,386,000 viewers in the second hour. This was the least-watched Raw since September 23 and the second least-watched of 2024. The show had a 0.43 rating in 18-49, down also a big 0.11 from the previous week. It was #3 on the top 50 cable chart for the night and beat everything else apart from NFL. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

WWE FILMS FOOTAGE FOR LFG SHOW BEFORE NXT

- WWE has started filming footage for the upcoming LFG reality/competition series on A&E, with tapings being held prior to NXT last night at the WWE Performance Center. Elijah Holyfield, the son of former boxing champion Evander Holyfield, was featured in the taping, which had the LFG logo up on screens. Holyfield is a former Cincinnati Bengals NFL player and signed with the company last month. He wrestled Anthony Luke during the taping. LFG will have The Undertaker, Booker T, Bubba Ray Dudley, and Mickie James appearing as coaches throughout the series, with Triple H and Shawn Michaels also part of the show. It will offer a behind-the-scenes look of what it takes to become a WWE Superstar, similar to what they did with the Breaking Ground series which aired on WWE Network.

BRONSON REED UNDERGOING SURGERY TODAY

- Bronson Reed is undergoing surgery today in Birmingham, Alabama to repair the broken foot he suffered at the Survivor Series: WarGames match. Reed's surgery will happen at the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, the go-to medical facility for WWE Superstars for such injuries. He suffered the injury when he leaped off the top of the cage for a tsunami splash on Roman Reigns but Reigns was saved by CM Punk, sending Reed crashing through a table. Unfortunately for him, he landed on his ankle first, shattering it. The Australian star is expected to be out of action for several months and will miss WrestleMania in the process.

NXT NEW YEAR'S EVIL LOCATION ANNOUNCED

- The NXT New Year's Evil episode on The CW will be taking place from Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California. Set for January 7 the day after Raw makes its debut on Netflix, New Year's Evil will be a loaded show with the top two matches already announced: Trick Williams vs Oba Femi for the NXT title and Roxanne Perez vs Giulia for the NXT Women's title. The Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall is located on W Jefferson Blvd in downtown Los Angeles next to the University of Southern California. It's a popular location for concerts and awards ceremony events, with the hall holding upwards of 6,000 spectators. Tickets will go on pre-sale on Tuesday, December 17 at 10AM PT and a general public on-sale follows the following day also at the same time. Those interested can register for the pre-sale at https://www.wwe.com/nye-2025-presale-registration.

SHOTZI RETURNS AFTER 10 MONTHS OUT

- Shotzi made her return to WWE television last night on NXT, aligning herself with Gigi Dolin and Tatum Paxley. Her return came after Dolin and Paxley were being attacked by the trio of Jazmyn Nyx, Jacy Jayne, and NXT Women's North American champion Fallon Henley, with Shotzi coming out to even the numbers. Shotzi was injured in February, tearing her ACL during an NXT episode, and has been out of action ever since. While away from the company, Shotzi also took care of a back injury by traveling to Mexico to get stem cell treatment.


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