Tonight from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, WWE will be taping this week’s NXT and SmackDown shows before WWE RAW goes on the air. Here’s what WWE has announced for the final week of programming headed into Sunday’s WrestleMania PPV:
RAW:
– WWE Hall of Famer Pete Rose will host.
– Randy Orton will team with Triple H in a handycap match against TedDiBiase, Cody Rhodes and Sheamus.
– UPDATE: WWE.com is now also hyping a “final face-off” between Batista and John Cena for tonight’s RAW
NXT (Week 5):
All eight NXT Rookies will be in tag matches this week:
– Heath Slater (3-0) & Justin Gabriel (2-1) vs. Wade Barrett (2-1) & Skip Sheffield (0-2).
– Daniel Bryan (0-4) & Michael Tarver (0-2) vs. David Otunga (2-1) & Darren Young (2-1).
SmackDown:
– Beth Phoenix vs. Vickie Guerrero and a 9-man tag team match with Money in the Bank participants.
– SmackDown won’t be a full two hour show as the show that airs on Friday night will contain footage from WrestleMania Axxess in Phoenix.