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Monday, November 18, 2024 Issue #7407
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RAW NETFLIX PREMIERE GOING TO INTUIT DOME
- The Raw Netflix premiere will be held live from the brand new Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. The announcement, which was expected, was made today and tickets will go on sale this coming Friday at 10AM PT at Ticketmaster.com. The $2 billion, 18,000 seater arena was inaugurated in August of this year and it is the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. It sits next to SoFi Stadium, where WWE held WrestleMania 39 last year. The Raw Netflix premiere is scheduled to be a star-studded event and will be the first WWE broadcast to air almost worldwide on the streaming platform.
LYNCH HINTS AT WWE RETURN
- Appearing at her Vulture Festival panel yesterday, former multi-time champion Becky Lynch pretty much confirmed that she will be returning to WWE soon. Rumors last week suggested that Lynch was on her way back to WWE and was expected to return to television around the Netflix premiere. "If you think I'm gonna go out with Dominik Mysterio slamming a door in my face, that's not gonna happen," Lynch said, referring to her last match which she lost in a cage to Liv Morgan back in May. Lynch has been without a WWE contract since then and welcomed the crowd with, "The Man has come around to Hollywood...it's been a while since I've said that!" The Man looked much slimmer than the last time we saw her on WWE television. You can see some photos at .
WWE ANNOUNCES SOME MORE DETAILS ON NETFLIX DEAL
- In a press release issued today, WWE announced some additional details to their blockbuster Netflix deal. The press release states that Raw, Smackdown, NXT, and all of the WWE premium live events will be seen on Netflix in "most international markets around the world," although in the United States, only Raw will be aired on Netflix. "Many of WWE's top RAW moments will be available to watch on Netflix, plus select programming and historic PLEs also available outside the United States, from January 1, 2025," it continued. This confirms that not the whole WWE Network content will be moving to Netflix internationally, with many shows going back in the archives. The WWE Network will cease to exist in the current form wherever it still is available around the world. In the United States, Peacock continues to hold the rights for the WWE Network and premium live events until 2026. The press release also states that there will be surprise guests for the Raw premiere on January 6 and Travis Scott's new music will be used as the Raw theme song.
TRAVIS SCOTT COMING TO RAW NETFLIX PREMIERE
- WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H showed up at the Travis Scott concert yesterday at Complexion in Las Vegas and presented him with a custom-made hardcore WWE title. "Yeah, I take this! I take this, I take this," Scott said as fans cheered. The hardcore title was a nod to the name of the record label he founded titled Cactus Jack Records. Triple H then invited Scott to bring the title on January 6, at the Intuit Dome as WWE goes "live to the world on Netflix." You can see the video at .
RED ONE MOVIE WITH DWAYNE JOHNSON DEBUTS AT #1
- Dwayne Johnson's new movie Red One made its debut this past weekend and had a box office of $34 million which was at the top of the projections from industry insiders. The movie ranked #1 for the weekend. The movie was out at 4,032 theaters across the United States. Internationally, the movie is out in several countries and so far has an additional $50 million in overseas box office receipts, sending the total to $84,073,448 according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. The Christmas-themed flick also features Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, and J.K. Simmons in leading roles along with the WWE Superstar. The Rock has another movie coming out in 10 days which is Disney's Moana 2.
NEW FEMALE REFEREE STARTS WITH NXT
- New WWE hire Victoria D'Errico has started her journey as a referee part of the NXT brand. The former boxer had a tryout with WWE during WrestleMania week in Philadelphia earlier this year and is now working the non-televised live events for the developmental brand. She started her training at the WWE Performance Center in September and was given her first assignment this month. She becomes the third female WWE referee along with Daphne Lashaun and Jessica Carr, both of who started in NXT and who are now both on the main roster.
JOSH ALEXANDER STOPS INDIE BOOKINGS
- Former TNA champion Josh Alexander said in a post on social media that he will no longer be performing at independent wrestling promotions regardless of "of what may or may not be" in his future. "I’ve loved my time in the independents these past 20yrs. I’ve done amazing things, worked with amazing people and got to travel the world performing in front of amazing fans," he wrote. "That being said I’m tired of the hustle. It’s time for the next crop to step up and fill whatever void I may leave behind in the Canadian scene." Alexander wrote that he drove cars to the ground, was barely able to afford to eat or pay his bills but he followed his heart so he could get to a show and wrestle and there's nothing he would trade that for. "I’ve met and made lifelong friends. Found my wife along the way and built a life and family to support me for whatever lies ahead," he continued. Alexander thanked all the promotions that booked him and the fellow wrestlers who he shared the ring with along the way, adding that his last indie date will be on January 11 for Wrestle Prestige. The Canadian is under a TNA deal until February of next year.
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