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WWE News: Ted DiBiase Accidentally Mistakes Stephanie McMahon as a Boy in Old Childhood Photo, Raw and Smackdown Top Social Media Rankings for 2018, and Highlights From Mixed Match Challenge Finals

December 22, 2018 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
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As previously reported, Stephanie McMahon shared a throwback photo of herself and Shane McMahon yesterday to wish fans a happy holiday. WrestlingInc.com reports that WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase later responded to the photo and wrote, “two handsome young men,” seemingly mistaking Stephanie McMahon as a young boy.

DiBiase later deleted his tweet. A screenshot of it is still available at the above link. You can check out the tweet initially shared by Stephanie McMahon on Twitter below.

WWE.com published a new article this week touting the social media ratings success for Monday Night Raw and Smackdown Live. Both shows scored among Nielsen’s Top 10 Social Series of 2018. You can check out the details below:

Monday Night Raw and SmackDown LIVE ranked among Nielsen’s top 10 social series of 2018

Raw and SmackDown LIVE both made a strong showing on the “Tops of 2018: Social TV” list released by Nielsen Friday morning. The list ranks the most social series on television this year across Facebook and Twitter.

Ranked on average total interactions per episode, Raw was the second most social series, surpassed only by ABC’s “The Bachelor.” In the process, the red brand topped NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and ABC’s “American Idol.”

Meanwhile, SmackDown LIVE ranked fifth overall, coming in ahead of FX’s “American Horror Story: Apocalypse,” ABC’s “The Bachelorette” and NBC’s “This is Us.”

– WWE released some new video highlights for the finals of the Mixed Match Challenge. You can check out the finals for Alicia Fox and Jinder Mahal vs. Carmella and R-Truth in the player below.