– On this day back in 1993, WWE RAW debuted on the USA Network.
– It was “NXT Night” at the Ringling Bros. Circus in Gainesville, Florida on Friday night as Bill DeMott, Sara Del Rey and other NXT talents attended with their families.
– NXT’s Byron Saxton did ring announcing at Friday night’s WWE live event in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
– NXT star Alexander Rusev worked Friday night’s WWE live event in Wilkes-Barre. He defeated Justin Gabriel, who had to be helped to the back after taking a stiff shot from Rusev.
– Speaking of Rusev, his NXT valet Lana tweeted that she and Rusev were better than Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar while watching Friday night’s SmackDown.
“@Themik1988: @LanaWWE & @RusevBUL are like the Heyman & Lesnar on NXT.” they are good but we are better. #RusevLegacy for 1000s of years
— LANA (@LanaWWE) January 11, 2014