Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE officials are unhappy about the drop in viewership numbers for their new Facebook Watch series, Mixed Match Challenge. Apparently “key people” in the company are already sour on the tournament.

“Mixed Match Challenge dropped greatly in viewership. Even before this week’s numbers came in, we had heard they were very unhappy about the huge drop from week one to week two and key people were already souring on it. The second show was really bad. This week’s show felt like a harmless gimmick show but there feels like no important reason to watch.”

Here is the breakdown of the numbers since it’s debut:

Episode 1: 135,600
Episode 2: 91,900
Episode 3: 62,400

As you can see by the numbers above, the show is having a downward trend. It will be interesting to see if WWE makes some changes to the show to try to garner more viewers.

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It was revealed that Alicia Fox, who is currently out with an injury, will be replaced by Mandy Rose in the Mixed Match Challenge series. She will tag with Goldust to face Jay Uso & Naomi on next week’s show.

NEXT WEEK on @WWE Mixed Match Challenge, @Goldust teams with his NEW partner @WWE_MandyRose to take on the husband-and-wife duo of #JimmyUso and @NaomiWWE! #WWEMMC pic.twitter.com/WmdeNhxtqN

— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2018

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Edge opens today’s show speaking about his wife, Beth Phoenix’s horrible travel day which resulted in her having to make her commentary debut on last week’s Mixed Match Challenge on just 2 hours sleep. He says everything that could have went wrong in regards to her travel did so, and she really showed a lot of strength and work ethic in order to get to the show on time and make her commentary debut.

He adds that she beat herself up over the job she did on commentary that night, but he comforted her by pointing out that getting good at commentary will be a work in process. Edge and Christian both say that they loved doing commentary, but it was incredibly difficult. There’s no doubt that it takes a long time before anyone can feel 100% comfortable behind a commentary table in WWE.

Edge and Christian welcome Batista to the show.

Batista points out that at one point in time during his WWE career there was a storyline in place for him that would have revealed him to be a “rape child”, and this was a storyline that he wasn’t happy with. He didn’t think this was one of the creative team’s finer moments, but he was still rather new in the company and didn’t want to turn anything down.

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It was announced earlier this week that Bobby Roode and Charlotte would be pairing up for the upcoming Mixed Match Challenge series that will air on Facebook Watch directly after SmackDown Live for the next several weeks.

BREAKING: @MsCharlotteWWE and @REALBobbyRoode have been named a team by #SDLive General Manager @WWEDanielBryan for @WWE Mixed Match Challenge! #WWEMMC https://t.co/G1f66a7Qmo

— WWE (@WWE) January 3, 2018

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE decided to pair the two together so that they could be called “The Robe Warriors.”

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Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host, Jeff Lane, and Glenn Gilbertti (Disco Inferno).

Russo opens today’s show by asking Gilbertti for his opinion on the Chris Jericho/Kenny Omega match from Wrestle Kingdom 12. Gilbertti thought it was a really good match, and he points out that all Jericho fans need to see this match. Overall, he thought both men told a good story, and he gives the match a thumbs up.

Gilbertti points out that WWE has really hurt Braun Strowman’s character as of late. First they dressed him up as an elf for a social media video, and then he appeared in a backstage vignette with Alexa Bliss, announcing their partnership for the Mixed Match Challenge.

Russo was dissapointed by this as well, and he says that he just wishes WWE would protect some of their stars. He has no good explanation for why A.J. Styles, the WWE Champion, was booked to lose clean two weeks in a row on Smackdown Live, especially being pinned most recently by Sami Zayn.

Gilbertti mentions that it’s pointless to talk about WWE’s booking because they’re not good at building stars anymore – they’re good at burying people. Gilbertti thinks that a 12 year-old can watch this show for a couple of months and then write a show that’s just as effective or more effective at making stars.

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Kurt Angle announced on Twitter that Enzo Amore has been pulled from the Mixed Match Challenge due to having the flu.

Angle wrote, “@real1 has the flu and thus I must replace him in the Mixed Match Challenge. #WWEMMC”

@real1 has the flu and thus I must replace him in the Mixed Match Challenge. #WWEMMC

— Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) January 3, 2018

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