NEW YORK and STAMFORD Conn. – November 19 2015 – USA Network and WWE will kick off the holiday season with an action-packed “WWE Week.” The week begins Sunday December 20 with SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER followed by MONDAY NIGHT RAW®; the 2015 WWE SLAMMY AWARDS on Monday December 21; a live SMACKDOWN® on Tuesday December 22; and a two-hour WWE TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS special on Wednesday December 23. The week will also include a daytime roadblock featuring interviews with WWE Superstars and Divas.

On Sunday December 20 from 8pm-10pm ET USA will air SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER an original comedy from WWE Studios and 20th Century Fox. The film follows a fast-talking businessman who is given the opportunity of a lifetime to become Santa Claus’ second-in-command. SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER is directed by Gil Junger and produced by Richard Lowell and features WWE Superstar The Miz® and WWE Diva Paige®. AnnaLynne McCord (“90210 ” “American Heiress”) and Eric Keenleyside (“Godzilla ” “The Interpreter”) star.

On Monday December 21 from 8-11pm ET USA will air MONDAY NIGHT RAW live from Minneapolis MN featuring the annual fan-voted SLAMMY AWARDS the WWE’s biggest awards event of the year honoring the best of the year with its own golden statue. On Tuesday December 22 from 8-10pm ET USA will air SMACKDOWN live from Des Moines Iowa. Both RAW and SMACKDOWN will showcase a star-studded cast of WWE Superstars and Divas and deliver a shot of adrenaline to viewers with over-the-top action feats of athleticism and high- octane drama.

On Wednesday December 23 from 8-10pm ET USA will air the 13th annual holiday special WWE TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS. In the tradition of Bob Hope WWE brings together the best of sports entertainment and pop culture with celebrity appearances and performances from music’s most popular acts — performed for our servicemen and women to honor their commitment and dedication to our country. This year Grammy Award-winning rock band Train will perform. WWE TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS has become a holiday tradition and is considered TV’s most patriotic and heartwarming show of the year. It will chronicle WWE’s visit to Florida’s Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena for military personnel and their families stationed at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station Naval Station Mayport and Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base. While in town WWE Superstars and Divas will spend the day giving back to those who serve and their families with visits to each base a Be a STAR anti-bullying rally and military outreach.

WWE also takes over USA DAYTIME from 11am-3pm Monday December 21 – Friday December 25 as host Cat Greenleaf conducts interviews from her iconic stoop with WWE Superstars and Divas.

MONDAY NIGHT RAW on USA is the most-watched regularly scheduled year-round program on cable with a live three-hour block every Monday night 52 weeks a year. RAW has been a cable mainstay for more than 20 years and is consistently a top ten show on television. The three-hour block on USA averages 1.9MM P18-49 2.0MM P25-54 and 4.3MM total viewers P2+. RAW and SMACKDOWN have reached 48.2 Million viewers in 2015.

With more than 800 original episodes SMACKDOWN is the second longest-running weekly episodic program in U.S. television history only behind MONDAY NIGHT RAW. Over the past 15 years SMACKDOWN has been broadcast from 170 different venues in 148 cities in seven different countries including the United States Canada the United Kingdom Iraq Japan Italy and Mexico.

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About USA Network
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About WWE
WWE a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE) is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television programming pay-per-view digital media and publishing platforms. WWE programming reaches more than 650 million homes worldwide in 25 languages. WWE Network the first-ever 24/7 over-the-top premium network that includes all 12 live pay-per-views scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library is currently available in more than 175 countries. The company is headquartered in Stamford Conn. with offices in New York Los Angeles London Mexico City Mumbai Shanghai Singapore Dubai Munich and Tokyo.

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Media Contacts:
Annie Kruger/WWE 203-352-8613 annie.kruger@wwecorp.com
Emily Kaufman/USA 212-664-1555 emily.kaufman@nbcuni.com