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Backstage News On WWE Possibly Using Former Retribution Members
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WWE has reportedly dropped the Retribution names for Mia Yim and Shane Thorne.
Yim was known as Reckoning in Retribution, while Thorne was known as Slapjack. PWInsider reports that both names have been dropped internally.
Moving forward, Yim and Thorne will be using their previous ring names, but there’s no word on when we will see them back on WWE TV.
It should be noted that as of this writing, both Slapjack and Reckoning are still listed as RAW Superstars on the official WWE roster, with their Retribution names.
Title Rematch And Bobby Lashley Segment Announced For Monday’s WWE RAW
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WWE has announced a match and a segment for Monday’s RAW episode on the USA Network.
RAW will see WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina Snuka defend their titles against the former champions, Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax.
This will be the second rematch for Baszler and Jax. This week’s RAW saw Natalya and Snuka retain their titles after an explosion that was apparently created by Alexa Bliss and Lilly from the stage. That explosion knocked Reginald to the floor, which led to WWE keeping him off tonight’s SmackDown. There’s no word on why Jax and Baszler are getting another rematch next Monday.
WWE SmackDown WrestleMania Backlash Go-Home Show Draws Lowest Key Demo Rating Since July
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Friday’s live WrestleMania Backlash go-home edition of WWE SmackDown, featuring the final build for the pay-per-view with Cesaro vs. Jimmy Uso in the main event, drew an average of 1.917 million viewers on FOX, according to @SportsTVRatings.
This final number is up 6.5% from the overnight viewership that was released on Saturday morning, which was an average of 1.80 million viewers. This number is down 16% from last week’s final SmackDown viewership of 2.282 million viewers for the Throwback SmackDown episode.
Friday’s SmackDown drew a 0.44 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, but we do not have data for the 25-54 and 18-34 demos. Last week’s Throwback SmackDown drew a 0.65 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, a 0.76 rating in the 25-54 demo, and a 0.43 rating in the 18-34 demographic.