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Thursday, January 23 2020 Issue #5830
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//->> OPENING WORDS FROM THE EDITOR
Colin Vassallo -[mailto:editor@...]-

Good decision with Keith Lee going over last night. He has momentum and I would like him to get a good showing at the Royal Rumble, if NXT will be part of it. It was a very good match and had a great ending.


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NXT WOMEN'S TITLE NOW REFERRED TO AS NXT CHAMPIONSHIP

- It looks like WWE took one giant step towards equality, at least within NXT, as the promotion has dropped the specific gender when addressing their female champion. Just 24 hours after Becky Lynch suggested on Backstage that using "women" is somewhat still holding them back on being on par with their male counterparts, NXT is now referring to their women's champion as the NXT champion. The change was pretty evident on television when Mauro Ranallo referred to Rhea Ripley simply as the NXT champion multiple times yesterday and the WWE.COM review of the NXT show also refers to Ripley as the NXT champion. The company does not refer to the males as "men's champions" and the distinction was only done when it came to the women. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com adds to the story that WWE issued an internal decree that moving forward, the NXT Women's title will be referred to as the NXT Championship. So far, on the WWE.COM page showcasing all the champions, the women are still listed as women
's champions.

RAW RATING

- The go-home episode of Monday Night Raw drew 2,380,000 viewers this week, up 350,000 viewers from last week's record low. Hour one started with 2,548,000 viewers and then went slightly down to 2,492,000 viewers for the second hour before suffering a big drop to 2,101,000 viewers for the third and final hour. Raw was #1, #2, and #4 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and was #7 in overall viewership for the night on cable. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC TOURNAMENT FINALS SET FOR NEXT WEEK

- The final match of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament will be held on next Wednesday's NXT on USA Network. Last night on NXT, The Grizzled Young Veterans and the team of Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne advanced to the final match after they overcame The Undisputed Era and Imperium respectively. The NXT UK tag team of Zack Gibson and James Drake got the best of The Undisputed Era after all four members of Imperium appeared to distract the NXT Tag Team champions. Unfortunately for Imperium though, Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner failed to go past Dunne and Riddle for an all-UK final. To reach the finals The Grizzled Young Veterans went through Alex Shelley and Kushida in the first round and later Fish and O'Reilly while Riddle and Dunne defeated Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster in the first round and later Imperium. With The Undisputed Era out of the tournament it means that first-time winners will be crowned next week. Samoa Joe and Finn Balor, the Authors of Pain, The U
ndisputed Era, and Aleister Black and Ricochet are the previous winners.

BACKSTAGE RATING

- WWE Backstage on Tuesday on FS1 drew 111,000 viewers, and while up 27,000 viewers from last week's broadcast, it must be considered a disappointment considering Becky Lynch was the guest with CM Punk on the panel. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

IMPACT'S REBELLION GETS A DATE

- The upcoming Impact Wrestling pay-per-view Rebellion now has an official date: April 19. While Impact announced the pay-per-view during the Hard To Kill show earlier this month, the date was never revealed except for a mention saying it will be held in April. The show will be held at Terminal 5, a 3,000-seater music venue located 610 West 56th Street, close to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal. This is the second time that Impact will hold Rebellion, a new pay-per-view which made its debut last year in Toronto at The Rebel Complex.


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