– As noted, tonight’s WWE SmackDown will feature a Fatal 4 Way to crown a new #1 contender to WWE United States Champion Bobby Roode, featuring Zack Ryder vs. Jinder Mahal vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Rusev. Below is video of Ryder backstage at the arena for tonight’s show.
Ryder says he’s sick of saying the same old excuses and fans are sick of hearing it. Ryder is sick of being where he is, sick of being the underdog and sick of being the guy not in the Royal Rumble. Ryder says all 4 competitors in the match deserve to win but he needs to win.
– Monday’s WWE RAW, featuring fallout from the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, drew 3.395 million viewers. This is down from last week’s 4.530 million viewers for the RAW 25th Anniversary special, which was the best RAW viewership since the April 14th, 2014 episode, which drew 4.77 million viewers and the first time RAW has hit 4 million viewers since the post-WrestleMania 32 episode in 2016. This week’s show featured John Cena defeating Finn Balor in the main event, which was an Elimination Chamber qualifying match.
For this week’s show, the first hour drew 3.662 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 4.803 million), the second hour drew 3.461 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 4.641 million) and the final hour drew 3.061 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 4.147 million).
– “The Hurricane” Shane Helms tweeted the following on his surprise appearance at the WWE Royal Rumble on Sunday and how he stayed hidden in Philadelphia. Helms entered the Rumble at #21 and lasted 45 seconds before being eliminated by John Cena.
So how exactly did I sneak into Philly unnoticed in the Social Media era? It wasn’t easy but I was committed and so was @h2hempress! It was all worth it!! @WWE Will talk more about this on “Keepin It 💯” this week. pic.twitter.com/MTTUHgtI4k— Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) January 30, 2018
I’m the Michael Phelps of the Royal Rumble. I’m in! I’m out! Where’s my medal? 😁🤷🏻♂️🏅 #ThatPopTho https://t.co/WxLc1z5M1G— Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) January 29, 2018
Thank you @WWE Universe and Thank You Philly!!! The response and Love was amazing. The ring time might’ve been short, but the memory will last forever!— Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) January 29, 2018
— Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) January 29, 2018
I also want to say that @reymysterio is one of the absolute GOAT’s! And dude’s gear makes everyone jealous. Always on point. Glad to call him my friend.— Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) January 29, 2018
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