--As of yesterday afternoon, Randy Orton was not scheduled for Raw tonight but he is scheduled for Smackdown in Tucson tomorrow and the plan was to advertise his return for Friday on Raw tonight. Orton is in the Royal Rumble. Orton actually returned yesterday in Las Cruces, NM, doing a house show attack on Wade Barrett after it being announced earlier in the show that he wasn't there and was being replaced by Ted DiBiase (who is actually injured and didn't wrestle either).
--Hulk Hogan's return to the U.K. looks like it will lead to a lot of publicity for himself and TNA this week. He is booked on ITV1's lunchtime show "Loose Women," which would be the U.K. equivalent of "The View" on Wednesday at 12:30 a.m. The show is watched by around 1 million viewers daily. He's then appearing on talkSPORT radio in the U.K. on Wednesday on the Hawskbee & Jacobs show between 1 and 4 p.m. (thanks to Stephen Lyon and Lee Wall)
--The Indian TV network Colors, which is available in both the U.K. and the U.S. (DishNetwork Asian package and AT&T UVerse international package) debuts Ring Ka King, the show currently being taped by Jeff Jarrett and crew in India on both Saturday and Sunday nights at 8 p.m. Eastern, the same time slot local time it airs in India. We're looking for a correspondent to cover the shows, which feature a lot of major wrestlers both in TNA and former WWE talent like Chavo Guerrero and Harry Smith.
--There was a major screw up with the WWE Axxess VIP tickets presale this morning. The packages were supposed to go on sale for $130, however everyone who ordered due to the screw-up was charged $60, which was the General Admission charge. This went on for about 25 minutes until Ticketmaster fixed the problem. The WWE has agreed to accept all of those tickets purchased at the low price with the screw-up. You can get tickets today before the public using the code AXXESS. (thanks to Kevin O'Brien)
--With Johnny Gargano out of action, the new Friday night Dragon Gate USA card for Los Angeles at the Airport Westin is:
Cima & Ricochet vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Jimmy Susumu for the Open the United Gate title
Akira Tozawa vs. Pac
Masato Yoshino vs. Naruki Doi
Young Bucks vs. Chuck Taylor & Rich Swann
Low Ki vs. BxB Hulk
AR Fox vs. Sami Callihan in an anything goes match
Jon Davis vs. Caleb Konley