— On Twitter, Goldust commented on his brother, Cody Rhodes, being called a “legend.” He does not agree with the assessment. “Someone said my bro was a legend. No he is far from it,” Goldust wrote. “He must pay his dues, and in time he will become a legend.”
— WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel comments on this week’s episodes of RAW and NXT at http://fans.wwe.com/howardfinkel
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— The USA Network beat out TNT for number one in the cable primetime ratings race this past week, drawing a 2.4 average rating to TNT’s 1.9. SyFy was at 17 with 0.7 and Spike crept back into the top 25 with a 0.6 average, good for 24th. The two hours of RAW came in at 4 and 7, losing out to 3 NBA games. The Celtics and Cavaliers drew 2 of the top 3 spots with a 6.6 and 4.9 rating. In the 18-34 age group neither of RAW’s hours made the top 10, though they came in 5th and 7th in the 18-49 age group.
— For the week ending May 9 in the UK, RAW drew 108,000 viewers for the live show. SmackDown!’s first airing had 157,000. iMPACT! took a big hit, failing to break into the top 10 on Bravo, which means it had less than 48,000 viewers. The replay had 46,000 viewers.
— An article on Jesse White, son of Leon “Vader” White, and his efforts to make it in pro wrestling, is available at http://oudaily.com/