Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
— The 9/3 edition of WWE Monday night RAW had 313,000 homes watching the show on DVR or tape delay. That ended up being 90% watching live and 10% watching delayed.
— WWE developmental wrestler Chris Russo has been released. He had been doing commentary work on FCW TV before it was changed to NXT. He was not related to Vince Russo.
— As we’ve been reporting, The Rock has a VERY busy upcoming schedule and will be returning to WWE around the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. It’ll be interesting to see how he handles promoting various events and movies in addition to working with WWE. Here’s his current schedule:
– January 27th – The Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View
– February 17th – The Elimination Chamber Pay-Per-View (Not Confirmed)
– February 22nd – Snitch
– March 29th – GI Joe: Retaliation
– April 7th – The WrestleMania 29 Pay-Per-View
– April 26th – Pain and Gain
– May 24th – Fast Six