The Original Finish For Intercontinental Title Match At TLC-- The planned conclusion for the Intercontinental Championship Match at last night's WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view was for Dolph Ziggler to catch the belt when it slipped from the grasp of Kofi Kingston and Jack Swagger. Instead, Ziggler picked the belt up after it had fallen to the mat.
-- As noted earlier, last night's WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view will be released on DVD on Jan. 18.
-- As previously reported, the WWE Tribute to the Troops special scored pulled in 2.34 million viewers. They also pulled in a 0.7 in the 18-49 demographic.
Original Finish For Divas Table Match At TLC, Cena/Big Show-- The conclusion to last night's Divas Tag Team Tables Match between Michelle McCool & Layla and Beth Phoenix & Natalya reportedly went as planned as the table used in the bout was tested beforehand to make sure that it would not break when the Divas Champion shoved Lay-Cool off the turnbuckle. Natalya then splashed them to break the table, giving her and Phoenix the win.
-- The WWE All Stars video game is scheduled for a March 29th release date to take advantage of the WrestleMania 27 promotional synergy.
-- Knucklehead and Legendary are both now available for streaming via Netflix.
-- Wade Barrett was trending on Twitter last night after the TLC PPV concluded.
SD! Talents Backstage At RAW, Lawler Teams W/ Diva, Rio-- WWE's next special edition magazine will be a "Year in Photos" issue, featuring hundreds of photos from the past year.
-- Alberto Del Rio's personal ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez worked under under a mask at Friday's Florida Championship Wrestling Christmas Supershow in Fort Myers, Florida, losing to Richie Steamboat. He performed as Chimaera, a character he portrayed on the independent circuit before joining WWE.
-- With RAW and SmackDown! going live on back-to-back nights, and both airing on USA, SmackDown! talents have been called to RAW and RAW talents to SmackDown!.
-- WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler partnered with WWE developmental women's wrestler Sonia at Friday's Florida Championship Wrestling's Christmas Supershow in Fort Myers, Florida, a talent who previously performed for his Memphis Wrestling promotion. They defeated the pairing of Trent Baretta and Rosa Mendes in a tag team bout.
Booker T & Wife Backstage At TLC PPV, WWE Week, More-- With this being "WWE Week" on the USA Network and live episodes of RAW and SmackDown! airing on USA tonight and tomorrow, there will be some talent crossing over to the other brand's show. As noted earlier, SmackDown! stars are currently arriving to RAW as I write this.
-- According to Jim Ross (http://www.JRSBARBQ.com), former world champion Booker T, his wife Sharmell and their twins were backstage last night at the TLC PPV. Ross had posted the following… "Early start out of H-Town. Good seeing Booker T, wife Sharmell & their infant twins @ the arena Sun. Beautiful babies & mom/dad doing well."
Royal Rumble Main Event?, + Morrison-WWE Backstage UpdateFollowing John Morrison's win over Sheamus in the #1 Contender's match at Sunday's Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view, the main event of January's Royal Rumble event is expected to be Morrison challenging The Miz for the WWE Championship.
Speaking of Morrison's performance last night, many within WWE saw it as a star-making breakout performance. Some compared it to the TLC match that put the Hardy Boyz, Edge and Christian "on the map" as top-tier performers. Despite his impressive performance, it really does come down to how WWE management pushes him and it's not a sure thing that he will be treated as a main eventer in the long term.
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