– Both the RAW and SmackDown crews flew home from Europe to Columbus, Ohio (site of tonight’s RAW) on Saturday. WWE Champion CM Punk summed up the tour with this tweet:
Thanks Strasbourg, Nantes, Newcastle, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Cardiff and Minehead. I'm shot.
— player/coach (@CMPunk) November 10, 2012
– WWE is expected to release an announcement today regarding how mnay tickets were sold for WrestleMania 29. As reported over the weekend, there were approximately 50,000 tickets sold in the first few days they were on sale, with only $600 and $400 seats available on Ticketmaster.com at one point.
WWE will be releasing more seats in the coming months as plans for the production setup are finalized.
– The announcing team for tonight’s WWE RAW from Columbus, Ohio will be Michael Cole, Jim Ross and the returning Jerry “The King” Lawler. This will be Lawler’s return to the announcing booth after his recent on-air heart attack. Jerry Lawler tweeted on Monday morning:
On the plane about to take off to Columbus, Ohio for my first time back on Raw in nine weeks! Gotta admit, I'm a little nervous, but excited
— Jerry Lawler (@JerryLawler) November 12, 2012
It’s unknown how long Jim Ross will remain on RAW, but we’ll get a Ross-Lawler reunion tonight. A few weeks ago the plan was for RAW to return to a 2-man team (Cole/Lawler), but WWE might keep Jim Ross on board until Lawler gets comfortable.
(Partial Source: f4wonline.com)