– Diana Hart Smith, mother of former WWE Superstar David Hart Smith, revealed on Twitter that Dave Batista recently earned his blue belt in Jiu Jitsu.
– Matches for today’s episode of WWE NXT include Derrick Bateman vs. Percy Watson, JTG vs. Yoshi Tatsu and Tyler Reks vs. Titus O’Neil. Darren Young, who recently completed a 30-day Wellness suspension, will make his return on tonight’s show and wrote the following on Twitter:
“I’M BACK and its #WHOOPASS Season for #DYOUNG on the season of #NXTiRUN! #nodaysoffapproved”
– In more ratings news from Monday’s three-hour RAW, the over-run segment with The Rock, John Cena, The Miz and R-Truth did a 4.0 rating. The John Cena-Mick Foley segment did a 3.7 rating, making it the second highest-rated segment this week. Monday’s show was the most-watched three-hour RAW since the Slammy Awards show two years ago.
USA Network partner NBC, which featured the controversial “Rock Center” interview with alleged child molester Jerry Sandusky, was dominated by RAW on Monday night by 36% in the key Adults 18-49 demographic. USA averaged a 1.9 Adults 18-49 rating this Monday while NBC did a 1.2 rating in the demographic.
Partial source: F4Wonline.com
