Early Numbers For This Week's WWE RAW Broadcast, Big Names Set For SmackDown, & More News

-- I Am Santa Claus, the Morgan Spurlock-produced documentary that features Mick Foley, is streaming on Netflix in the United States.

-- Randy Orton, John Cena and Dean Ambrose will team up against Seth Rollins, Kane and Bray Wyatt on the January 27 WWE Smackdown tapings in Boston.

Also read: Last Night's WWE RAW Rating Is In - How Did The Show Do?

-- It looks like Survivor Series (or more specifically, Sting) brought back the viewers for WWE. Monday night’s episode of RAW drew 4.25 million viewers and a 1.5 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic. Those numbers are up 13% and a great 22%, respectively, from last week’s 3.78 million and 1.23 demo rating. The viewership is the highest since the July 28th episode drew 4.32 million, while the demo rating was the highest since the June 2nd episode drew an identical 1.5.

The show’s hours broke down as follows:

8:00 PM: 4.73 million (1.7 demo rating) 9:00 PM: 3.99 million (1.4 demo rating) 10:00 PM: 4.01 million (1.4 demo rating)

The household rating will be available later.

Several Indy Talents At RAW Tonight, Early WWE SmackDown Rating Numbers Are In, Cena Tweets

Birthdate: 04/23/1977 (age 37) Height: 6'1" Weight: 251 Ib Cena is known as "the face of the WWE for a lon...

-- Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown rebounded from the lower numbers of the past several weeks. The show drew 2.72 million viewers and a 0.8 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic. Those numbers are up 12% and a tenth from last week’s 2.43 million and 0.7; they represent the highest numbers since the October 3rd show drew 2.75 million and the October 10th episode also had a 0.8 demo rating.

The household rating will be available later.

Also read: The Rating Number For Last Friday Night's WWE SmackDown Broadcast Is In - Details

-- Several indy wrestlers from Tennessee will be working as extras on tonight's WWE RAW in Roanoke and tomorrow's SmackDown TV tapings in Knoxville.

-- John Cena tweeted the following after both WWE crews returned home to the United States last night:

"A big thank you to the @WWE Universe in Europe for having us and being so motivating. #ThankYou #NeverGiveUp"

A Video Of The Lucha Underground Main Event + Early TNA iMPACT! Rating Numbers Are In - Details

-- Last night’s episode of iMPACT! Wrestling rebounded in viewership, while the rating stayed the same. The show drew 970,000 viewers, up 4% from last week’s 930,000, and held onto its 0.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The household rating will be available later.

Also read: New TNA Tag-Team Champions Crowned, The Final TNA iMPACT! Rating Is In, X-Division News, More

-- Here is the full main event from last night’s episode of Lucha Underground featuring Fenix, Drago and Pentagon, Jr. in a triple threat match:

Lucha Underground 11/12/14: MAIN EVENT - Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Drago

Early TNA iMPACT! Preview (Video), Meet Gail Kim, & More

-- Gail Kim will appear at Euro Pizza in Staten Island on Saturday, June 28 from 12 PM to 2 PM. This will be the day after a TNA taping in New York City.

Also read: Official Preview For Tonight’s TNA iMPACT! Broadcast

-- Here is a preview of tomorrow's episode of iMPACT! Wrestling:

Preview Thursday's IMPACT WRESTLING on SpikeTV 9/8c

Early WWE Total Divas #'s, Vince McMahon's $350 Million Loss

-- This week's episode of Total Divas on E! scored 1.313 million viewers. The show finished with a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic, which is an increase from last week.

-- Yahoo! Sports' The Post Game has published a story on Vince McMahon's $350 million loss in one day last week.

-- Variety has a report on WWE's conference call yesterday over the stock drop and their new TV deal with NBC Universal.

Another ​Early Preview For Tonight's WWE RAW Broadcast

Here is what has been announced for tonight's edition of WWE Monday Night RAW…

* The final build to the Extreme Rules PPV
* Hugh Jackman appears
* Stephanie McMahon apologizes to Daniel Bryan
* Finals of the IC Title #1 Contenders Tournament: Rob Van Dam vs. Bad News Barrett
* Tag Team Title Match: The Usos © vs. Curtis Axel and Ryback
* Ric Flair appears.

Early WWE SD Rating #'s + Evan Boune's WWE Return?

-- Friday's episode of WWE SmackDown scored 2.67 million viewers and a 0.8 rating in the 18 - 49 demographic. Those numbers are down 2% and even with last week's 2.76 million viewers and an 0.8. The show was up against NBA playoff games, which may have factored into the minor slip.

The household rating will be available later.

-- Evan Bourne, who hasn't been seen on WWE TV for a couple years now due to his nasty foot injury, posted the following to Twitter:

Behind the scenes video of a project I've been working on: Location: Natures Boot Camp @Radney_1, Video Ed… http://t.co/VDVHUE68Mr

— airbourne (@findevan) April 28, 2014

TNA Live Event Tonight + Early TNA iMPACT! Rating #'s

-- TNA will hold an event in Winston-Salem, North Carolina tonight. Here is the official lineup:

*Tables Match: Bobby Roode vs. Bully Ray
*Ethan Carter III vs. Willow
*TNA Tag Team Championship: BroMans (C) vs. The Wolves
*James Storm vs. Gunner
*Magnus vs. Mr. Anderson vs. Samoa Joe
*TNA Knockouts Championship: Madison Rayne vs. Gail Kim

-- This week's episode of iMPACT! Wrestling had such a low rating that it failed to make the top 100 cable shows for the night in the 18-49 demographic. In fact, the three episodes of Cops that lead into iMPACT! actually beat it onto the list.

The show had 1,010,000 viewers, down from last week's 1,415,000 viewers. This is the lowest audience for the show since March 20, when it had 997,000 viewers.

Early Royal Rumble & Elimination Chamber Buyrat...

The first estimates for the WWE Royal Rumble and WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 have been released. They are as follows (both worldwide figures):* Royal Rumble: 445,000 buys* Elimination Chamber: 203,000 buysBy comparison, the final numbers for the 2013 PPVs were as follows:* Royal Rumble: 498,000 buys* Elimination Chamber: 212,000 buys

Early WWE RAW Rating #s + RAW/Hulu Edits, & Mo...

-- The 3/3 WWE RAW did an average of 4.58 million viewers. The first hour did 4.67 million viewers, the second hour did 4.62 million viewers and the third hour did 4.44 million viewers. This number is down from last week's show that did an average of 4.66 million viewers, but the three hours of programming placed in the top 5 most viewed hours of programming last night with the first hour of RAW being the most viewed hour of programming.The final rating will be out shortly.-- Here are th...

Early Preview For Tonights WWE SmackDown Tapin...

WWE tapes Main Event and SmackDown tonight in Detroit, Michigan at Joe Louis Arena.Scheduled to appear are Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Kane, Alberto Del Rio, Big Show, Batista, The Shield, The Wyatt Family, and Triple H.The big thing advertised for SmackDown is the in-ring return of The Big Show. Batista is also sheduled to wrestle.WWE Main Event will air live on the WWE Network and will feature The New Age Outlaws vs. The Usos in a tag-team title rematch from RAW as well as Kane vs. Dan...

Early Preview For Tonights WWE SmackDown Tapin...

The WWE SmackDown & Main Event tapings will be held tonight in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

* Batista, Sheamus, Kane, Daniel Bryan, The Shield, The Wyatt Family, Triple H, Big Show, and Alberto Del Rio are advertised to appear.

* It was announced on RAW that we will get "Batista Unchained," where he will share his feelings on the WWE Universe on the show.

* Tonight's dark match is Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, and Big Show vs. Bray Wyatt, Kane, and Alberto Del Rio.

Early SD Rating #s, The Undertaker At RAW?, & ...

-- Last Friday's edition of WWE SmackDown drew 2,729,000 viewers and a 0.6 rating in the 18 - 49 demo. Those numbers are down 4% and a tenth, respectively, from 2.83 million and a 0.7 the week before. The final rating should be out later this evening.-- The latest edition of JBL & Michael Cole's radio show can be found at this link.-- Earlier this morning, Stephanie McMahon, Sheamus and Natalya hosted a WrestleMania Reading Challenge event at an elementary school in Green Bay, WI.-- ...

Early TNA iMPACT! Rating #s + Hogan/WWE Update...

-- Last night's episode of iMPACT! Wrestling drew 1.09 million viewers, down a huge 30% from last week's 1.42 million. The number is the lowest for Impact since the November 28th (Thanksgiving) show drew 921,000.The 18 - 49 demographic rating wasn't available, but it was outside of the top 100 for cable shows and no higher than a 0.4. Last week it drew a 0.4 rating.-- As confirmed by WWE on Friday, Hulk Hogan will serve as the "host" of WrestleMania XXX, similar to how The Rock was at Wr...