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NEWSWIRE: USA claims ratings win, Staples Center main event, NXT Title match insight, Rampage's wrestling mindset

Dec 22, 2014 - 2:50:58 PM
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-- USA'S ANNUAL PRESS RELEASE: USA Network issued their annual year-end press release claiming cable TV ratings victory for the year. Ever since WWE Raw returned to USA nine years ago, USA has claimed the #1 spot in terms of total viewers for the year. USA said in their release that "WWE powered USA to #1 in cable entertainment on Monday Nights for 2014 in all key demos." This is due to Raw being 52 weeks per year, giving USA a steady audience every Monday night. [ LINK: Press Release HERE ]

-- HOLIDAY TOUR MAIN EVENT: WWE sent out an email blast noting John Cena vs. Seth Rollins as the main event of next Tuesday's Holiday Tour show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Randy Orton, who is currently off TV, is also advertised. WWE will be holding a Smackdown TV taping the same night in Virginia.

-- NXT TITLE MATCH INSIGHT: Former NXT champion Adrian Neville talked about Pat Patterson's unscheduled appearance during Sami Zayn's celebration after the NXT Title match at "Takeover" earlier this month. "Pat wasn’t scheduled to come out at all, he happened to be backstage," Neville told The Sun in the U.K. "Apparently, watching the match, Pat wasn’t meant to come out but he just foxed his way through - he said he was going to jump the railings, no matter what Triple H said! He just shook my hand and congratulated me and told me he’d enjoyed the match which coming from someone like Pat is huge." [ LINK: Neville's full interview HERE ]

-- RAMPAGE'S WRESTLING MINDSET: MMA fighter/TNA roster member Rampage Jackson said he enters his MMA fights with a pro wrestling mindset. "I fight with entertainment value in mind. I want the win, of course, but I put entertainment first and winning second. I want an entertaining win. I came from a different culture from fighting in Japan for all those years. That's why I think my brand is what it is now, why some people care about me. I put on exciting fights, and it don't matter if I win or lose," Jackson told FoxSports.com in an interview discussing his hopeful return to UFC. [ LINK: Full Analysis of Rampage's Fox Sports interview HERE at MMATorch.com ]


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