Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day:
• According to the Wrestling Observer, below are WWE’s top minute-for-minute ratings draws today:
1. Roman Reigns
2. Cody Rhodes
3. John Cena
4. LA Knight
5. Paul Heyman
Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns being at the top of this list doesn’t come as a surprise, as he’s the only man to draw over 3 million viewers on TV in the US for his segment in today’s day & age.
• Brock Lesnar was last seen on WWE programming at SummerSlam 2023, where he lost to Cody Rhodes. Lesnar turned babyface after the match and raised Cody’s hand and hugged him.
According to the Wrestling Observer, Lesnar is now scheduled to return at Royal Rumble 2024, which will take place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida on January 27.
Speaking of Royal Rumble 2024, Jason Latimer (Public Relations Director for Visit St. Pete-Clearwater) revealed that they paid $500,000 of its tourist development tax funding to WWE to secure this upcoming Royal Rumble premium live event.
Below is what Jason said during an interview with The Catalyst:
“The exposure and marketing benefits, and the visitation we’re going to get from this, are astronomical. We can take those monies that we collect from those visitors in their overnight stays and reinvest them in capital projects here, which will increase visitation.”
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