In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it was noted that:
-Brock Lesnar is scheduled to work Elimination Chamber and Wrestlemania
-Stone Cold and the Rock may make appearances at Mania but nothing has been confirmed as of publishing time
-Pat McAfee was offered to wrestle in the Royal Rumble but turned it down due to not having enough time to properly train and time needed for his pregnant wife
-there were several women backstage to serve as alternates if needed for the Rumble, the only one Dave names is Ivy Nile
-John Cena is expected at Mania but will be unavailable for tv due to filming in Australia all of February and most of March
-WWE was paid more than $1 million by Pepsi to run the Mountain Dew Pitch Black match
-Raw 30th anniversary show’s 18-49 rating (.70) topped the 18-49 of the highest rated NBA game for that week (.58
