Braun Strowman has not yet been cleared to physically compete and may not wrestle until the Royal Rumble PPV. He is not slated for this weekend's live events but will be at Raw next week.
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair was backstage at Raw last night, but did not appear on camera.
Vince McMahon and Triple H visited the WWE Performance Center yesterday.
Shane McMahon was not at last night's Raw but will be at tonight's Smackdown taping in Jacksonville.
Kane is expected to be in attendance at Friday's Raw event in Knoxville, TN. Obviously, he has ties to the community as the Mayor of Knox County!
The 1/14 Smackdown Live event scheduled for for Chattanooga, TN at the McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee has been pushed back to 9/13. That would mean that the Smackdown roster would be available to work that night's Raw taping if needed going into the Royal Rumble.
WISN in Milwaukee featured coverage of Braun Strowman's Polar Plunge for charity at this link.
Celebrity chef Allison Robicelli teased a WWE project on her Twitter account, which is likely related to the forthcoming WWE Cookbook that Insight Editions is releasing later this year:
Can you smell what I’ve been cooking up over at @WWE? Something big is on the way.. More info next week... pic.twitter.com/o6uE8aKeww
— Allison Robicelli (@robicellis) January 7, 2019
Tye Dillinger noted today was the seventeen year anniversary of the first time he stepped inside a wrestling ring:
17 years ago.
— Ten ???????? (@WWEDillinger) January 8, 2019
I stepped into a ring for the very 1st time. There have been ups and plenty of downs but for those of you who stuck with me, thank you.
Thank you for believing in me when others didn’t, for being my voice when I was afraid to use my own.
I enjoyed it all ????????
Wrestlecon announced the following:
Excited to be a cohost for a @DDPYoga @RealDDP Birthday Bash/Yoga Workshop held at the same hotel as Wrestlecon. Sign up at DDPs website today. Event will be held after Rev Pro and before the Penis Party (different room, same hotel) pic.twitter.com/dLeToSerhK
— WrestleCon (@wrestlecon) January 8, 2019
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