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NJPW's February 9 event will feature Tetsuya Naito vs. KENTA for both the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships.

NXT has announced live events for:
- Wisconsin on February 21 and February 22
- Minnesota on February 23

Ronda Rousey and D-Von Dudley discussed WWE influencing Ronda's UFC work.

Ruby Riott was recently at the WWE Performance Center. There is no update on her being cleared to return to the ring.

Raw's "reverend" was restrained by security on his way to the ring because they were initially unaware he was authorized to be part of the show. Honestly that's really funny.

NWA's most recent tapings had Simon Diamond, Homicide, Crimson, and Trevor Murdoch as producers. Diamond did a similar role in Impact.

Jushin "Thunder" Liger commented after retiring, reiterating that he doesn't attend to wrestle again.

EVOLVE 143 has announced:
- NXT's Brendan Vink vs. AR Fox
- NXT's Dexter Lumis vs. Curt Stallion
- NXT's Denzel Dejournette vs. Adrian Alanis
- NXT's Indi Hartwell vs. Brandi Lauren
- NXT's Santana Garrett vs. Avery Taylor

EVOLVE 144 has announced:
- NXT's Dexter Lumis vs. Josh Briggs for the EVOLVE Championship
- NXT's Mansoor vs. AR Fox
- NXT's Joaquin Wilde vs. Leon Ruff
- NXT's Rik Bugez vs. Anthony Greene
- NXT's Denzel Dejournette vs. Joe Gacy
- NXT's Brendan Vink vs. Stephen Wolf

The Bella Twins were at CES 2020 on behalf of WWE.

UNICEF is doing a WrestleMania sweepstakes. Great move from WWE.

Ricochet is on Booker T.'s latest podcast.

Eric Angle has pled guilty for being part of a dark web steroid ring.

WWE ice cream sandwiches are coming back from Good Humor, with John Cena, Randy Savage, Roman Reigns, and Becky Lynch featured. Very funny following C.M. Punk coming to Backstage. I wouldn't think the two are related, but it's good to see the idea finally come true.

Raw drew 2.39 million viewers Monday night. While that's down from last week, the three hours were the highest on cable for viewers aged 18-49.

NJPW's New Beginning USA tour will feature Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Colt Cabana, The Rock 'n' Roll Express, Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Jeff Cobb, TJP, Lance Archer, Rocky Romero, the Guerrillas of Destiny, and Chase Owens among others. ROH not having access to a lot of those U.S.-based talents in addition to the names who left for AEW has really hampered them. 

Booker T. has asked to compete in the Royal Rumble in his hometown of Houston, and continues to tease working with The Revival. I hope he gets to achieve both. 

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. Not by a long shot! They've got more than a dozen more shows left as part of their deal. 

2. If Iran or someone in Iran signs a big enough check to WWE, I wouldn't be shocked at all to see it someday. 

3. I'm not qualified to have a definitive answer here, but I'd say Seth Rollins and Adam Cole belong in the conversation. I also think Jon Moxley deserves credit for having important matches in three different prominent promotions. 

4. It's looking increasingly likely he'll do at least one last match, but there are no guarantees.

5. I very strongly doubt it. That level of wear and tear would put him at significant risk for further injury. 

More wrestling coming up.