— According to WWE’s updated live event rosters, CM Punk is set to make a return to touring full-time at the end of December for the Holiday Tour. punk is still advertised for rest of the RAW TV tapings in December. He has been pulled from the Supershow on Saturday, December 15 prior to the TLC PPV. The Supershow will now have a main event of John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler. Punk is also advertised for the first RAW Holiday show on December 26 in Detroit. Punk is advertised for that show with a title defense against Ryback with Paul Heyman set to appear in Punk’s corner. As we reported yesterday here on the website, Punk is not expected to miss any television time but won’t be wrestling.
— Friday’s WWE SmackDown got a social media activity score of 59,266. This is down two percent of the 60,155 score last week. This is a four-week low score for SmackDown. The show is reportedly perceived to be as the less-important show in the WWE “universe” of TV programming. SmackDown ranked #6 this week behind two NBA games, Spike’s Video Game Awards show, SpongeBob SquarePants and a ghost show on Discovery. This was SmackDown’s lowest rank on Friday nights in four months (since August 3).
— Kofi Kingston will be appearing at the Bryant and Stratton College in Richmond, Virginia on December 30th at 11AM.
