WWE News: NXT Talent At Raw, Drew McIntyre Update, Butch Chants, more

-- While WWE has been regularly sending NXT talent to work at TNA tapings as of late, they have also been calling up and using wrestlers at Monday's Raw to work WWE Main Event tapings or possibly dark matches. This week it was Sol Ruca who worked a match.

-- After viewership and ratings figures came out for the first Smackdown back on the USA Network on Friday, WWE officials were said to be happy with the results, according to fightfulselect.com.

-- New WWE commentator Joe Tessitore continues to gain significant praise internally for his performance so far calling TV.

-- Fightfulselect.com reported that WWE creative have been angling for "Butch" chants to be directed towards at Pete Dunn for as far back as a month.

-- As reported yesterday, Drew McIntyre was not at last night's WWE Monday Night Raw in any capacity, not just off TV. This was a scheduled night off for the Scottish superstar.

-- The match between Bronson Reed and Braun Strowman was always scheduled to last one segment and the spot where the top rope broke was of course a pre-planned set-up spot.