WWE: “Former WWE Champion” Appearance Teased for RAW Day 1, Shotzi Got Married, More on NXT Dec. 26, 2023 Viewership

“Former WWE Champion” Appearance Scheduled for WWE RAW Day 1 Show

WWE reportedly is currently planning for a “former WWE Champion” to make an appearance at this Monday’s WWE RAW Day 1 show in San Diego, California, according to Fightful Select.

It was reported that talks for a deal between WWE officials and this mystery person were stated to be “on the one yard line” and WWE officials are currently confident they will get it done in time for the show.

In regards to the identity of this mystery person, it was reported that those spoken to stated that this is someone who is currently not on WWE’s roster.

Following Fightful’s report, WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque responded on Twitter stating that he would not confirm nor deny the rumors but for people to tune in to Monday’s show for this potential surprise appearance.

Not going to confirm or deny the rumors of a former @WWE Champion appearing at #WWERaw Day One… but I will say to stay tuned.

New Year’s Day, 8pm ET on @USANetwork

— Triple H (@TripleH) December 30, 2023

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Shotzi Announces She Got Married on Friday Prior to Working at WWE House Show Event

Shotzi recently announced on Instagram that she got married to her fiance on Friday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shotzi also stated that their marriage date was an elope decision and was done prior to her scheduled appearance at that night’s WWE house show event in the city.

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More on NXT Viewership for December 26, 2023

The December 26th episode of WWE NXT saw NXT gain a small increase in overall viewership and a slight increase in key demographic ratings but suffered a small decline in key demographic rankings.

NXT drew 670,000 viewers and a 0.19 key demographic rating on USA Network. NXT’s key demographic ranking was 10th place.

Detailed key demographic viewership breakdowns were not available in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave Meltzer reported that the main reasons for NXT’s increases this week was due to the large gains from their younger female key demographic viewership, older male key demographic viewership, and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 30.8%, 22.8%, and 26.8% respectively compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the tougher than usual sports competition that night from College football and the large decline from their younger male key demographic viewership group, which was down 28.4% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the College football Guaranteed Rate Bowl game of Kansas vs. UNLV drew 2,691,000 viewers on ESPN, the College football First Responder Bowl game of 2,796,000 viewers on ESPN, the NBA game of Indiana Pacers vs. Houston Rockets drew 320,000 viewers on NBA TV, Moonshiners drew 619,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, Curse of Oak Island drew 1,314,000 viewers on History Channel, Catfish drew 414,000 viewers on MTV, 1000-LB Sisters drew 1,005,000 viewers on TLC, and 1000-LB Sisters Supersize drew 571,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, NXT had 253,000 viewers. NXT’s Males 18-34 was 48,000 viewers (down 28.4%), Females 18-34 was 51,000 viewers (up 30.8%), Males 35-49 was 97,000 viewers (up 22.8%), and Females 35-49 was 52,000 viewers (up 26.8%). Meltzer reported that NXT’s male/female viewership split was 145,000 male viewers and 103,000 female viewers for a split of 57.3% in favor of males. Meltzer also reported that NXT’s male skew that week was much lower than what wrestling television shows in general have been averaging for male skews of late.

In terms of yearly comparisons, NXT was up 13.9% in overall viewership and up 55.2% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that NXT’s 18-34 viewership was up 65.1% compared to the same week last year.