vince McMahon has sold $100 million worth of WWE stock to fund his new Alpha Entertainment company, which is expected to focus on football. McMcahon also filed five XFL-related trademarks last week.

The SEC Form that was filed for the 3.34 million shares of stock noted the following:

“On December 21, 2017, Vincent K. McMahon (“Mr. McMahon”), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”), sold 3,340,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in a block trade made in accordance with the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Mr. McMahon executed the sale primarily to fund a separate entity from the Company, Alpha Entertainment LLC, which Mr. McMahon established to explore investment opportunities across the sports and entertainment landscapes, including professional football. Mr. McMahon has informed the Company that he has no current plan to sell additional shares of the Company’s stock and that he intends to continue in his capacity as the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the foreseeable future.

The shares sold by Mr. McMahon represent approximately 4.3% of the Company’s total outstanding shares of Class A and Class B common stock. After the sale, Mr. McMahon beneficially owns 32,193,375 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, which represents approximately 82.8% of the Company’s total voting power and approximately 41.8% of the Company’s total outstanding shares of common stock.”

The XFL trademarks were filed back on December 16th even though WWE filed for the trademarks earlier this year. These new registrations are through Alpha Entertainment.

Vince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment has filed for five trademarks to "XFL."

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 21, 2017

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Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling did it’s lowest viewership of 2017.

The show did 161,000 viewers, which is down from the Thanksgiving episode, which did 169,000 viewers. The episode brought in a 0.02 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 161,000 viewers, steady with and down 29% from last week’s 0.02 and 226,000 viewers.

In comparison to last year, the episode (Total Nonstop Deletion) did 329,000 viewers.

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Ryback opens today’s show speaking about WWE Superstars exposing the business, and WWE embracing it through shows like Total Divas. He says that the wrestling business has been exposed now and everyone knows it’s fake, but there’s no need for the Superstars to drive it down our throats by posting pictures with their ‘enemies’ on social media. It’s no secret that wrestling is for kids, but there’s no point in sacrificing more mature audiences by blatantly ignoring television storylines.

He points out that good characters and good stories will make people look past the fact that the wrestling is fake, but WWE has failed to provide either as of late. He doesn’t think shows like Total Divas are doing the business any favours, because that show goes into detail about everything happening behind the scenes at WWE.

Ryback talks about the process of memorizing promos in WWE. He recalls getting the script for one of his promos during his feud with John Cena very late in the day, but he was still able to memorize it pretty accurately. When he got to the building that evening, Vince McMahon had torn the script up and the writers were in the middle of re-writing his promo.

He was set to open the show that night and received the new script right before the show went on air. He hit the bullet points of the promo as best he could because it was impossible to recite the promo word for word with so little time before the show began. He delivered the promo and McMahon was fine with it.

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Nia Jax recently spoke with The Mirror about her time on the main roster and her recent absence from WWE.  Here are some highlights from the interview:

Their impact during their short time on the main roster: “Yeah we didn’t think that, we didn’t think it would come this far. Lex [Alexa] is just a shooting star right now, it’s crazy. She is on fire. We didn’t expect that in NXT at all. It’s very humbling and we’re honoured. Hopefully it continues.”

Nia Jax’s time away from WWE: “Thank you. Well actually I had live events off for the last couple of weeks because that’s just how it worked out, for cycling and stuff, so I got a little rest from TV because I wasn’t in anything storyline-wise, so I had a little rest there. But yeah, it’s been great. I love what we do, I love the storytelling, especially being such a different character and obviously a different size than everybody, we get to play on that and it’s always cool to see where we can go in the ring.”

If WWE fans will see a different side of her on Total Divas: “Yes, definitely. They will definitely see something completely different. On Raw I’m the big mean girl who goes and beats everybody up, on Total Divas they will see a softer vulnerable side of me that definitely isn’t see on Raw. And some very goofy stuff between Alexa and I. Team Rude is definitely in full effect.”

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WWE RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss was recently interviewed recently by E! News for the promotion of next week’s Total Divas’ premiere. Below are a few highlights of the interview, where Alexa talks about body positivity, overcoming eating disorders and advice Nikki Bella gave her.

On hoping to share the message of body positivity through Total Divas:

“I’m really big on body positivity, so I’m hoping to get that across with this platform. When I was dealing with my eating disorder, I didn’t really have anyone to look up to that was going through that or had gone through it. I just want to be the person that I wish I had when I was struggling through it because I know body image is an issue with both girls and guys and eating disorders are a big part of that.”

On finding success and overcoming her eating disorder:

“[Eating disorders] can happen to anybody, but it doesn’t need to define you. You can be successful afterward and it doesn’t need to consume your whole life. Of course, every time you talk about something that’s sensitive to you, it is hard, but each time it gets easier and easier.”

About Nikki Bella’s advice to her before the show:

“She was like just have fun with it and make it real. She told me the most important part is to not let it overwhelm you. Just have fun with it. She’s been one of those people that I really look up to career-wise because she’s just so awesome and so helpful.”

You can check out the full interview on E’s website here.

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As previously reported, Nia Jax has been given a leave of absence from WWE for personal reasons. It’s unknown exactly what those reasons are or when she is expected back. PWInsider originally reported that her Total Diva obligations would not be affected moving forward, but that doesn’t appear to be the case anymore.

In an update, Jax was scheduled to film new material for the upcoming season of Total Divas in New York City this Thursday and Friday. According to a source in the production crew, those plans were scrapped and she’s no longer doing any filming this week.

Jax remains off the road for future dates she was scheduled to work for WWE. Attempts have been made to WWE for an comment, but no word has been sent back.

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As previously noted, Daniel Bryan did a Q&A on Twitter Wednesday night commented on Sami Zayn’s SmackDown status after being asked if he still wanted Cesaro to come to the brand. Here is the exchange:

@WWEDanielBryan Do you still wanna see @WWECesaro on Smackdown Live ? ? #TotalBellas

— Kat (@BrieNikkiMode) September 21, 2017

Yeah, but I wanted @SamiZayn on smackdown and that hasn't worked out as well as I thought thus far https://t.co/3apMAdoB15

— Daniel Bryan (@WWEDanielBryan) September 21, 2017

To say the least. https://t.co/rf0jcH6QNq

— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) September 21, 2017

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Eva Marie took to her Twitter account to announce that she is done with WWE. She sent out the following:

Today I'm saying a bittersweet goodbye to @WWE. Thanks to the entire team, and YOU, my fans, for these 4 years! #AllRedEverythingForever pic.twitter.com/1YlYbAqdZ2

— Eva Marie (@natalieevamarie) August 4, 2017

WWE issued the following statement regarding her departure:

Eva Marie and WWE have mutually agreed to contractually part ways as of today, Aug. 4, 2017.
“Today I’m saying a bittersweet goodbye to @WWE,” Eva tweeted. “Thanks to the entire team, and YOU, my fans, for these 4 years! #AllRedEverythingForever”

WWE wishes Eva the best in all of her future endeavors.

Eva signed with the company back in 2013 and was a featured cast member on the Total Divas reality show for six seasons. She last appeared on WWE television back in August of 2016 before she was suspended for 30 days on August 17, 2016 for her first violation of the company’s Wellness Policy.

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PWInsider reports that Tyson Kidd was backstage at Tuesday’s SmackDown Live tapings in San Diego.

Kidd has not been backstage at a WWE event since suffering his neck injury in a match against Samoa Joe back in 2015. WWE removed Kidd from Total Divas before, however it’s been confirmed that he will be back on the next season.

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Randy Orton, Naomi and The Usos are all off this weekend SmackDown Live Events but will return for television this Tuesday.

The reason Orton has had time off is because he has vacation time. Naomi and The Usos have been off filming for an unknown project, which is being rumored to be a spin-off of Total Divas. Orton, The Usos and Naomi are scheduled to return to weekend Live Events next weekend.

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