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WORLDS COLLIDE 2020 LIVE ON THE WWE NETWORK TONIGHT

- Live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, WWE presents Worlds Collide tonight exclusively on the WWE Network. The full card is as follows: The Undisputed Era vs Imperium in an eight-man tag team match; Rhea Ripley vs Toni Storm for the NXT title; Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa vs Tyler Bate and Trent Seven; Ilja Dragunov vs. Finn Balor; Angel Garza vs Isaiah “Swerve” Scott vs Jordan Devlin vs Travis Banks in a fatal four-way match for the NXT Cruiserweight title; and Mia Yim vs Kay Lee Ray in the pre-show match. The Worlds Collide pre-show will kick off at 6:30PM ET and will stream live on the WWE Network, WWE.com, the WWE App, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Charly Caruso, Sam Roberts and Andy Shepherd will be hosting the show.

SMACKDOWN RATING

- The final Smackdown before the Royal Rumble drew 2,469,000 viewers yesterday, down 111,000 viewers from last week's broadcast off hours 2,548,000 in the first hour and 2,391,000 in the second hour. Smackdown beat all shows in all demographics but lagged behind in terms of viewership, losing also the figure skating on NBC. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

FORMER BACKSTAGE INTERVIEWER TODD PETTENGILL BACK ON A WWE BROADCAST TOMORROW

- Former WWE backstage interviewer Todd Pettengill will be making a return to the company tomorrow to be part of the Watch Along YouTube series during the Royal Rumble. Pettengill will be one of the many guests who will be dropping by throughout the broadcast. Up until recently, Pettengill was a DJ for New York-based WPLJ 95.5 and now runs his own web-based show at HeyTodd.com. The 53-year-old worked for WWE between 1993 and 1997, first as a backstage interviewer and then as a host of several WWE shows including Mania, Blast-Off, LiveWire, and Action Zone. When he left WWE in 1997, Pettengill was replaced by Michael Cole. In 2013, the New York native worked with WWE to host segments for the DVD release of The Best of In Your House compilation.

REY MYSTERIO WILLING TO PUT MASK ON THE LINE AT WRESTLEMANIA

- Rey Mysterio is up for anything for WrestleMania, including a big match which would see him put his mask on the line. Discussing his latest feud with TVInsider.com prior to the Royal Rumble, the former champion said that following his ladder match against Andrade, he is ready to put his mask on the line against Andrade's hair for a WrestleMania moment. "Whatever the case might be, whoever ends up winning, I think it would be a huge stepping stone for either of us," Mysterio said. Losing a mask is a huge deal for those who carry it and while Mysterio did wrestle without a mask for a period while in WCW, WWE has always protected his face. It was in 1999 when Mysterio was forced to remove it after losing a hair vs mask match at SuperBrawl IX where Mysterio and tag team partner Konnan lost to Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. At the time, Mysterio was strongly against the idea of unmasking. "I don't think WCW understood what the mask meant to me, to my fans and to my family. It was a very bad move on their behalf. The fans wanted Rey Mysterio with the mask and losing it hurt me a lot," Mysterio said at the time. He also lamented the fact that it was a "throwaway match" and not a meaningful one with a climax to a feud with another masked wrestler. "I think the fans understand that I was in a position where I had no option. I either had to lose my mask or lose my job," Mysterio recounted.

NXT RATING

- NXT on USA Network did 769,000 viewers this week, up 69,000 viewers from last week’s show. NXT was #35 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic with a 0.24 rating. The difference between the two shows was of 102,000 viewers, which is down from the 240,000 difference of last week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

AEW'S DEBUT IN NEW JERSEY A BIG SUCCESS

- Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer is reporting that AEW's debut at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, is looking like it will be an epic one as the company has already sold over 10,000 tickets. Tickets for the March 25 Dynamite went on sale yesterday and were scooped up pretty quickly by AEW fans for the company's debut in the state. Ticketmaster.com doesn't have much tickets left as the near 20,000-seater arena is looking close to a sellout. Obviously, not all 20,000 seats will be used but even WWE has a hard time selling out for their television and pay-per-views in the same arena. There are still tickets available in the $30 range which are in the upper section of the arena.

DYNAMITE RATING

- AEW’s Dynamite, which was taped from the Chris Jericho Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager cruise, pulled in 871,000 viewers, down 69,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. Despite this, the show still beat NXT in the weekly ratings. Dynamite was #5 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and did a 0.35. This was the fourth week in a row that AEW beat NXT when it comes to viewership. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

FIRST TWO NAMES FOR TNA ONE NIGHT ONLY SHOW ANNOUNCED

- Impact Wrestling have confirmed the first two names who will be participating during the TNA one night only return at WrestleMania weekend in Florida. D'Lo Brown and Ken Anderson will be part of the TNA: There's No Place Like Home event representing the Aces & Eights stable which they were a part of during their time with the company. Brown has two stints with Impact, one between 2003 and 2004 and the other between 2009 and 2013. He served as an agent in his second stint there as well as an on-screen character, eventually revealing himself as the Vice President of Aces & Eights. Anderson worked for the company between 2010 and 2016 and joined the Aces & Eights in late 2012. Ironically enough, Anderson was the one who disbanded the group after beating Bully Ray at Turning Point in 2013 where the stipulation was if Ray loses A&E would disband but if Anderson loses, he must leave. The TNA special will be held at The Ritz Ybor City on April 3 as part of WrestleCon. It will air live on FITE TV.

NWA CHAMP NICK REVEALS HE TURNED DOWN AEW CONTRACT

- Speaking with Sports Illustrated ahead of the NWA Hard Times show, the promotion's champion Nick Aldis said that working with All Elite Wrestling is brought up to him daily, revealing that he was offered a deal to go join the revolution but opted to stay with the NWA instead. “If AEW wants to be involved in big, marquee matches, then they have two choices: go out and write some more big checks to some more guys, or they’re going to have to come to the table and work out some super fights with the NWA,” Aldis said. NWA has been proving itself lately with the new YouTube studio show Powerrr and Aldis has been the face of the promotion for a while. The champ did work with some of the folks at AEW for the All In pay-per-view back in September 2018 where he wrestled Cody Rhodes for the NWA title, a match which he lost. He regained the title at the NWA 70th Anniversary Show in a two-out-of-three falls match. Aldis has been champion ever since, a title reign which as of this writing is in its 459th day. “I want to keep having really meaningful moments, like All In with Cody and me, as well as some of our other milestone matches,” said Aldis. “I’ve been able to make my matches feel like the most important thing that day."


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