— Both the SmackDown! and RAW crews have returned from the recent tour overseas for this week’s television tapings in North Carolina. The RAW crew had a 14-hour flight yesterday from Qatar to Raleigh, North Carolina.

— Ted Linhart, the VP of Program Research at USA Network announced on Twitter that the “Live + Following 7 days” rating information for the premiere of Tough Enough are in and it’s great news for the future of the show.

With the additional viewership (replays) in the 7 days following the premiere, the total audience increased 19% to nearly four million viewers. The coveted 18-49 demographic went up 17% to 2.3 million viewers.

There is hope that the following shows, even with the drop in ratings, will see similar increases.

* VIDEO of BATISTA’s MMA Training: The Next Brock Lesnar?