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Originally Posted by Observer This past Monday's Raw drew its best number since last month's return of Goldberg with an average viewership of 3.107 million viewers. The viewership is the second best number since the start of the NFL season, trailing only the Goldberg return which did a virtually identical 3.129 million viewers. The show opened strong at 3.163 million viewers and basically retained the audience throughout the entire show, doing 3.13 million viewers in hour 2 and 3.039 million viewers in the final hour, bucking a recent trend of a third hour drop.

Originally Posted by Observer Tuesday night's episode of SmackDown was watched by 2.576 million viewers, up three percent from last week's total. It was the show's third biggest number since the start of the Fall TV season.

Originally Posted by Observer Austin Aries joined the commentary team with Mauro Ranallo and Corey Graves for 205 Live last night. He suggested possibly challenging for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at some point in the future.

Originally Posted by Observer The TSR Arena in Phoenix, Arizona tweeted that Elimination Chamber is returning in 2017 and they’ll have details soon.

Originally Posted by Observer Linda McMahon met with President-elect Donald Trump today. When asked if she would have a spot in his administration she said, “That remains to be seen. Stay tuned," The Hartford Courant has an article on the meeting.

Link to the article: http://www.courant.com/politics/capi...ion-story.html

Originally Posted by Observer Will Ospreay will face Dragon Lee and KUSHIDA in a triple threat match at ROH's TV taping on December 4th in Philadelphia.

Originally Posted by Observer Former WCW/WWE Superstar and Tough Enough trainer Bill DeMott sat down with Under the Mat Radio discussing such topics as, how he started using the moonsault, his thoughts on Brock vs Goldberg match at Survivor Series and his thoughts on Goldberg.

Link to the podcast show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/underth...aughing-matter

WWE RAW from 2010 is about three quarters of the way complete, so it could be finished as early as tonight or tomorrow if they pour in with episodes. 2011 needs nearly every episode to be uploaded, plus the three missing episodes from previous years due to copyright reasons that still need to be added. Still, it is very possible within the next week we see all of these shows get added to the service. If all of that happens, RAW will be considered completely available.

Some WWE Network news in regards to RAW's archives.

Originally Posted by WWENetworkNews.com In a WWE Network News exclusive, we can confirm that the WWE has obtained the Heartland Wrestling Association library. Or at least a part of it. The HWA served as WWE’s developmental territory for a brief time. And according to wrestling legend Les Thatcher, who worked with WWE to secure the library, ownership has been transferred. More specifically, Les Thatcher told WWE Network News that the WWE purchased the entire HWA library from 2001 and 2002.. He went further and revealed that the WWE obtained 48 shows total in that time frame. This isn’t even close to being the entire library for the HWA, however it does cover a period of time from when the company was a developmental territory. As a result, video of HWA’s time as a developmental territory is now owned by the WWE. Les would also mention that he’s not sure when or if the content would appear on the WWE Network. Naturally, this is up to the WWE. It seems likely it will appear in the future, however exactly when is anybody’s guess. Talent from that time period who could appear on the service in the future include Nick “Eugene” Dinsmore, Charlie Haas, 3 Count, Raven, former TNA star Shark Boy and even Ring of Honor’s Nigel McGuinness. Other stars would later come out of HWA including Jon Moxley who became Dean Ambrose, Sami Callihan who had a stint in the WWE as Solomon Crowe, and Pepper Parks who currently competes in TNA as Braxton Sutter. Whether the WWE ever obtains footage from the period those individuals were involved is also anybody’s guess, however obtaining content from two years of the company’s history is certainly interesting, and the footage they obtained could very well end up being available on the service in the future.

Originally Posted by PWI At tonight's WWE NXT taping, there will be a three man booth for NXT TV as Corey Graves and Tom Phillips will now be joined by former NXT star Percy Watson.

Originally Posted by PWI Sundance announced the entries for 2017's Film Festival. In the US documentary category is this film: NOBODY SPEAK: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press / U.S.A. (Director: Brian Knappenberger) — The trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, and raised important questions about how big money can silence media. This film is an examination of the perils and duties of the free press in an age of inequality. World Premiere The Sundance Film Festival begins January 19.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE and Ric Flair have come to terms on a new contract and Flair will be a regular going forward on the Raw brand. His appearance on Raw this past Monday was actually added to the show at the last minute, just a few hours before they went on the air.

Originally Posted by SEScoops RAW Superstar Bayley has been dating independent wrestler Aaron Solow and Women’s wrestling news site SquaredCircleSirens reports the couple was engaged early last week. Solow is a high-flyer that served as as an “alternate” stand-by wrestler during this summer’s Cruiserweight Classic tournament. He participated in the ‘CWC Combine’ at the Performance Center, but did not compete in the actual tournament.

Originally Posted by ProWrestlingSheet Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned The Young Bucks have been offered new Ring of Honor contracts … and this time, the company wants to lock them down for a few years. Sources close to the situation tell us Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson were recently presented with awesome new contracts to stay with ROH and they’re currently mulling it over. As we previously reported … the brothers signed a deal with the company last year that also allowed them to work for NJPW, PWG and overseas companies that didn’t interfere with ROH. It’s expected that the Jacksons will make a formal announcement in the near future, but we’re told they do have other offers on the table right now. Their current deals expire December 31st.

Some other sheet news includes:

• Recent episode of The LAW: Live Audio Wrestling podcast show had Christian as its guest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUyInZkmnMQ
• Newest issue of Sports Illustrated had The Rock on the cover. http://www.wwe.com/article/the-rock-...ted-cover-2016
• For those interested, PWI released the newest episode of their paid podcast show for free. Billy Corgan was the guest and topics included his time in TNA, why he sued the company, and his future in the industry. http://www.pwinsider.com/article/106...ences.html?p=1