BETH PHOENIX RETURNS TO WWE AND MORE NEWS AND NOTES

WWE officially announced this afternoon WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix was joining their announcing team as part of the Facebook Watch series Mixed Match Challenge.   Phoenix will be joining Michael Cole and Corey Graves at the announcing position.  Byron Saxton and Renée Young will be the hosts of the 12 week series, which debuts on 1/16 at 10 PM Eastern.

Rockstar Spud and Shayna Baszler are among those backstage at tonight's Smackdown taping.

WWE Network announced they will be conducting maintenance tomorrow 1/3 from 7 - 10 AM Eastern, so you may have issues with the Network during that time.

Matt Hardy commented on Goldust teaming with Cedric Alexander last night:

WWE issued the following:

WWE®’s George Barrios to Participate in Citigroup’s 2018 TMT West Conference

01/02/2018

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WWE (NYSE: WWE) announced that its Chief Strategy & Financial Officer, George A. Barrios, will participate in a presentation at Citigroup’s 2018 TMT West Conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, January 9, 2018.

A live audio webcast will be available online at corporate.wwe.com/investors. Mr. Barrios’ remarks are expected to begin at approximately 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET). A replay of the presentation will be available after the actual event and will be available for 90 days following the conference.

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