Tonight's NXT Season 4 Premiere, SmackDown Main Event, Grisham-Matthews

January 17, 2021 0 By HearthstoneYarns

WWE will tape tonight’s NXT 4 season premiere and this week’s Friday Night SmackDown from the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio.

– As announced on RAW, the main event of Friday’s SmackDown’s main event will see Edge team with Rey Mysterio to take on World heavyweight champion Kane and Alberto Del Rio.

– SmackDown star the Big Show will be signing copies of his new DVD movie Knucklehead at the Nutter Center arena following the tapings.

– Josh Matthews joined the announcer’s table on Monday’s RAW after Michael Cole was on the receiving end of an RKO at the hands of Randy Orton. According to a source, Matthews was being evaluated last night and is rumored to be replacing Todd Grisham as the lead announcer on SmackDown. Grisham is expected to be replaced very soon.

– Last week’s 12/3 episode of WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown scored a 1.71 cable rating and averaged 2,617,000 viewers.

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(Partial source: f4wonline.com)