The Rock's "Dwanta Claus" Gets Magazine Cover (Photos), WWE NXT Battle Royal Tonight (Video), Stock

- Above is video of WWE NXT General Manager William Regal announcing a Battle Royal for tonight's NXT live event in Lakeland, Florida. The winner will earn a spot in one of the upcoming qualifying matches to determine the "Takeover: Philly" opponent for NXT Champion Andrade "Cien" Almas. As noted, a series of qualifying matches took place at Wednesday's NXT TV tapings with the winners facing off in a Fatal 4 Way to determine the new #1 contender. Those matches were Trent Seven vs. Killian Dain, Kassius Ohno vs. Johnny Gargano, Roderick Strong vs. Lars Sullivan and Adam Cole vs. Aleister Black.

- WWE stock was up 1.68% today, closing at $28.49 per share. Today's high was $28.55 and the low was $27.81.

- As seen below, The Rock's "Dwanta Claus" alter ego is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, which hits newsstands next week. Rock wrote the following on the issue, which has a special layout on the @DwantaClaus Instagram account. Also below are more photos of Rock dressed up from the EW Instagram account.

Get ready all races and ages. Naughty or nice (hopefully both), @DwantaClaus is coming in hot.
Check out our new @entertainmentweekly cover on stands next week. Had a blast! Let's spread some much needed worldwide holiday JOY.
Ps, Dwanta likes tequila so kindly have that ready for me when I come down your chimney. ?????? *check out the great story in the link in my bio.

Get ready all races and ages. Naughty or nice (hopefully both), @DwantaClaus is coming in hot. Check out our new @entertainmentweekly cover on stands next week. Had a blast! Let's spread some much needed worldwide holiday JOY. Ps, Dwanta likes tequila so kindly have that ready for me when I come down your chimney. ?????? *check out the great story in the link in my bio.

A post shared by therock (@therock) on Nov 30, 2017 at 9:26am PST

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell ROCK! ????????#DwayneJohnson is spreading holiday cheer as the star of our new cover, opening up about his past struggles, current triumphs, and future plans. Click the link in our bio for more. ??: @aspictures for EW #TheRock #DwantaClaus

A post shared by Entertainment Weekly (@entertainmentweekly) on Nov 30, 2017 at 12:23pm PST

Get ready to Rock around the Christmas tree! ????In this week's issue, #DwayneJohnson proves why he's Hollywood's happiest (and hottest) harbinger of holiday cheer. Click the link in our bio for more. ??: @aspictures for EW #TheRock #DwantaClaus

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