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Tuesday, January 21 2020 Issue #5828
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WWE ANNOUNCES ANOTHER TV DEAL IN THE UK

- WWE today announced a new partnership with ViacomCBS’s Channel 5 to broadcast highlights of its weekly programs Raw and SmackDown on free-to-air television in the UK. Beginning February 2, Channel 5 will air a one-hour version of Raw on Sundays at 10:30AM and one-hour version of Smackdown on Saturdays at 10:30AM. In addition, NXT UK will air on Paramount Network each Wednesday at midnight. “Bringing highlights of our flagship programming to free-to-air television for the first time in the UK with Channel 5 is a significant step for the WWE brand, and more great news for our passionate fanbase in the UK,” said Andy Warkman, Vice President and General Manager, WWE UK & Ireland. “WWE has strong appeal throughout the UK and across generations so we’re very excited to be bringing their high-quality entertainment to an even bigger free-to-air audience in the UK,” said James Tatam, VP Commercial, Digital and Operations, Channel 5. As part of the agreement, content will be made available on Channel 5’s streaming service My5. In addition, full seasons of Total Divas and Miz & Mrs will be offered to My5 viewers, as well as on ViacomCBS-owned Pluto TV in the UK.

RUSEV PRAISES LANA AND LASHLEY FOR CURRENT ANGLE

- Speaking in an interview with Reel Talker uploaded yesterday on YouTube, WWE Superstar Rusev talked about the current angle involving his wife marrying Bobby Lashley. Asked how he feels with his wife being in an angle with another man, Rusev said that it's no different than what other actors do in Hollywood with certain roles requiring you to do certain things. "You can always say no but we are not those people," Rusev said. "We're always professional." He said that having his wife Lana in that angle is not a problem for him and he knows it's not a problem for her either. "People always come and ask me, 'How are you feeling?'" Rusev explained, before he answers the question with another question. "Why are you asking me? Go ask her. She's the one who has to kiss!" he continued. Rusev put his wife over for being professional and for agreeing to go ahead with the angle and also had big praise for Lashley, who he said is very respectful and a great guy overall. "He's game for anything. It's not like he is a stubborn veteran who thinks he knows everything," he said, before saying again that he's a really good guy.

BECKY LYNCH AND CM PUNK ON WWE BACKSTAGE TONIGHT

- WWE Backstage is set to be an interesting one tonight with CM Punk back on the panel with special guest and Raw Women's champion Becky Lynch. Punk has not appeared on the show in a few weeks and getting him on the broadcast with Lynch booked as the guest will surely get some people talking. Lynch's fiancee, WWE Superstar Seth Rollins, challenged CM Punk when Punk was announced for his first show but Punk brushed the challenge off. Backstage last week drew a very low 84,000 viewers and has not performed well overall in the 11PM time slot.

JERICHO'S THIRD CRUISE SET TO SAIL IN FEBRUARY 2021

- AEW World champion Chris Jericho announced that the third annual Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager cruise will take place in 2021. Titled Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea: Triple Whammy, the cruise will sail on February 1 from Miami, Florida and travel to the Grand Bahama Island and then returning to Miami on February 5. The same ship, the Norwegian Pearl, will be used for the third cruise. More information will be given at chrisjerichocruise.com. The dates next year will also coincide with AEW Dynamite on a Wednesday so just like this year, it's likely that another show will be taking place on the ship.

ROCKY JOHNSON DIED A "QUICK DEATH" DUE TO MASSIVE HEART ATTACK

- In a video posted on Instagram, former WWE champion Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson discussed the passing of his father Rocky Johnson who died last week at the age of 75. Johnson said that his dad had not been feeling well and was battling a cold and infection and on Tuesday he was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis, a blood clot in the leg. "It was a big ol' blood clot that broke free, traveled up his body, and went right to his lung, clotted his lung, and he died very quickly from a massive heart attack...just like that." The Rock added that due to his quick death he didn't get a chance to say goodbye to him. "I'd give anything right now to give him a big ol' hug and a big ol' kiss before he crossed over and just say thank you and I love you and I respect you. But I didn't get a chance to say that. But such is life, as many of you know, based on the messages that you have shared with me, that many of you understand this pain when you lose a parent," he said. The funeral of Rocky Johnson will be held today and his son will be delivering the eulogy. "I've written a lot of speeches for myself over the years, but I have no idea where to start with this one," Johnson said. "But I do have my tequila and I can hear him now, 'Good, that's the way you've got to do it.' I can also hear him now, 'Make sure you put me over in the speech, say good stuff about me.'"


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