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  • *Spoilers* WWE SmackDown Tapings Results For Tonight

    Smackdown opened with Teddy Long to address the World title controversy from Capitol Punishment. Long calls Christian to the ring. Christian says he deserves another title shot. Long tells him he has to earn it, so it’s Kane vs. Christian to determine the new number one contender tonight.

    *Sin Cara defeated Ted DiBiase in a good match.

    *Cody Rhodes came out for his match with Daniel Bryan. Bryan came out and said that unlike what Cody thinks, looks aren’t everything and showed a photo of Dusty Rhodes on the Titantron. He said Dusty may not have been the best looking guy but had charisma and was a good person, something Cody is not. DiBiase comes out when the match begins. Cody gets the win.

    *Johnny Curtis vignette in catering. He stands in front of a table with ketchup, mayo and mustard. He takes the first two and leaves the mustard, because he can cut it.

    *Backstage, Matt Striker interviews Big Show about being attacked by Mark Henry. Show says he’s going to get Henry back when Henry spears him out of nowhere into the set. The referees help Show up and out as Henry walks off.

    *WWE Intercontinental champion Ezekiel Jackson has his first title defense, defeating Wade Barrett.

    *Jack Korpela interviews World champion Randy Orton. He says that Christian getting another opportunity to be the number one contender is comical but if he has to, he will defeat him again.

    *Backstage, Wade Barrett comes across Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel. They mock him for losing to Jackson and say they are going to go out there and do something he can’t – win.

    *Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater defeated the Usos.

    *Jinder Mahal vs. Yoshi Tatsu never happened as Mahal attacked Tatsu and laid him out. Mahal cut a promo saying Great Khali is done kissing fat women and they will dominate.

    *Mark Henry attacked Kane to cause a DQ in Christian vs. Kane. Randy Orton came out to even things up. Teddy Long made it a tag match. Orton nailed Christian with an RKO but Henry nailed Orton with the World’s Strongest Slam and pinned him, so Christian ends up with a title shot at the MITB PPV.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • VIDEO: Z! True Long Island Story (Episode 19)

    Mr. Long Island Iced Z, Zack Ryder has released Episode 19 of the Z! True Long Island Story:

  • HBK On Why He Never Held The Title Again, Returning To WWE

    WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels was a guest on this Monday’s edition of Wrestling News Live. “The Showstopper” joined WNL for a 70 minute interview that can be heard here starting at the 80 minute.

    Below are some of the highlights:

    Shawn’s thoughts on Scott Hall missing his WWE Hall Of Fame induction: “You have to admire him, You’ve gotta start somewhere and I remember Kevin telling me and me thinking “you know what, that’s gotta be a good start. The fact that he is aware of it and I think that’s good as that’s what we all want for(him). I know everything one is synthetic and everyone cares about Scott and we all do and I was actually really happy to hear that he’s at least aware of it to the point where he can make a statement like that. As we discussed that night, we all know there is going to be several other Hall Of Fame moments for some of the dudes in our group.”

    Shawn’s thoughts on his induction into the WWE Hall Of Fame: “It’s one of those things like winning your first world championship that you always tell people about and its moments like that when it is all real. It doesn’t matter what all the nay-Sayers say about our line of work and those moments, it’s the most real thing in the world and to get to share it with your present family and your work family and the guys that were the only family I had for many years on the road and being acknowledged in my line of work and having all the people, my extended family (there), it is very easy for me to well up and cry like a baby when I think about it because there is such an attachment for me to all of those people….. There is such a special connection from me to the people and I think it’s because they they knew how I felt about that line of work and how much it meant to me.”

    Shawn’s thoughts on how the product has changed: “I don’t wana be one of those old timers that continually knock everything because on one hand it’s very tough on the younger talent these days as they are not having the luxury of what we had which is years of experience and countless matches with countless different styles before we came to the WWE. They are getting thrown from the frying pan into the fire.”

    Shawn’s thoughts on a return to WWE: “One, honestly I really don’t watch much right now and I do that purposely. I’ll tune in every now and then and I’ll tune in for a little bit then see something that I don’t care for and I go away. The reason I do that is because if I watch and I see something I don’t like and I turn away, I know that I’m not ready to come back and look at it objectively yet . I think there will be a time when I’d like to come back and help and contribute in the back if needed but to do that, I feel like I need to have a real washed, clean, objective, constructive point of view and for me personally, it feels like whilst I was working, I did not watch that much as I always felt I was too close to it to be objective.”

    Shawn’s thoughts on John Morrison: “His name comes up a lot, and a lot of people say “I like him but…” and he’s a young guy and it’s my understanding that he just got injured and as much as you hate hearing about a guy getting injured, it’s never good but at the same time, I remember telling John Cena when he got hurt, “Dude they need to see you come back”. It’s part of the “warrior making” stage and so I think John (Morrison) some time but as the kids like to say, “He has to get some street cred”, He’s got to take some lumps, gotta take on a couple of scars, get beaten up a little but I certainly think there is potential there. He certainly has all the physical attributes that he needs. He is a sweetheart of a guy and I think that is what hurts him, I just don’t think he has a bad bone in his body.”

    Shawn on why he choose not to hold the World Title one last time: “No, No I didn’t. That’s(holding the belt) is a full time commitment and the guy that does that needs to make every show, doing absolutely everything and that just wasn’t for me. The deal with me coming back was still worth quite a bit but I didn’t do all the live events and I was taking darn near every Wrestlemania off. That was just something, it was more important to me just to come back and I’m gona be honest, I like it more than the way I did. I know there are some people like “You only held the world title this many times” I just didn’t think it (was fair), I think the guy who does that needs to be the work horse and I no way wanted to be that.”

  • Video Trailer For Shawn Michaels’ New Hunting Show

    A brief video trailer has been released for WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels’ new hunting show “Shawn Michaels’ MacMillan River Adventures” – which premieres later this month on the Outdoor Channel.

    Check Out: Pictures of Shawn Michaels Hunting (See What He Killed)

  • CM Punk Pays Homage To Longtime Fans, Update On Maria

    — CM Punk’s Twitter message Monday concerning his pending departure from WWE was copied verbatim from a post he made in June 2005 on his LiveJournal account (available here) regarding what was to have been his final match for Ring of Honor.

    Days before ROH’s Death before Dishonor III event, Punk wrote: “I knew I was gone at the beginning of the year. I just woke up one day and knew. That’s the way I work a lot of the time. I think it’s creepy too, but it’s really helpful. I honestly knew i’d be history by June. Come say goodbye on Saturday, I promise to go out with a bang. Trust me. XxX”

    Punk defeated Austin Aries to win the ROH World Championship and remained with the organization for an additional two months.

    Fast forward to Monday, Punk wrote on Twitter regarding his pending departure from WWE: “I knew I was gone at the beginning of the year. I just woke up one day and I knew. That’s the way I work a lot of the time. I think it’s creepy too, but it’s really helpful. I knew I’d be history by July. Come say goodbye on July 17th. I promise to go out with a bang. Trust me. XxX”

    — Maria Kanellis announced on Twitter that she has a new booking agent. She is accepting bookings for appearances via celebritysignings@sbcglobal.net.

    The former WWE Diva has immersed herself in numerous entertainment projects in recent months including releasing her own perfume line and hosting a DVD line of “bad” horror movies. She is also advertised to make a wrestling show appearance for DREAMWAVE Wrestling on August 6 at Knights of Columbus in LaSalle, Illinois.

  • Video: Trailer For Batista’s New Action Movie

    House Of The Rising Sun

    The official video trailer has been released for Batista’s upcoming straight-to-DVD action movie, the House of the Rising Sun. Here’s the official synopsis from IMDB.com:

    “Ray, an ex-cop, is starting a new life looking to stay out of trouble. One evening, on Ray’s watch, the nightclub he works for is robbed and the owner’s son is shot dead. As his criminal past is exposed Ray hunts for the person responsible for this crime in an effort to clear his own name. Ray must get to the bottom of this as both the mob and cops start to close in on him as their target suspect.“

    The movie stars Batista, Amy Smart, Dominic Purcell and Danny Trejo is available for pre-order beginning today on DVD and Blu-ray. The movie will be in stores on July 19th. Here’s the trailer:

  • Update On Scott Hall Arrest Story, Creative Team Burnt Out

    — TMZ.com reported Tuesday that Scott Hall was sentenced to ten days in Seminole County Jail for resisting arrest last May. The story also notes that his jail time was reduced to two days for time served. F4WOnline.com reports that the story is incorrect as two days were cut off his sentence.

    Hall will enter jail on July 5 and be released on July 13.

    — Members of WWE’s creative team are said to be burnt out following two consecutive three-hour episodes of Raw, the Capitol Punishment pay-per-view event and conceiving plans for next month’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view event.

    — Drew McIntyre vs. Justin Gabriel headlines tonight’s Florida Championship Wrestling live event at the Orlando Armory in Orlando, Florida. An autograph session will also take place with Kofi Kingston, Ricardo Rodriguez, Mason Ryan, Trent Barreta, Johnny Curtis, Jinder Mahal, Kaitlyn and Bill DeMott.

    source: F4WOnline.com

  • HBK Talks About Making Peace With Bret, Cena, Jericho

    WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels was interviewed this week by Doug Mortman and Dave LaGreca of the Busted Open radio show to promote his new “outdoor lifestyle” (hunting) show.

    Here are some highlights of what Shawn said about:

    His Classic Feud With Chris Jericho & How It Influenced The PG Era:

    “Me and Chris (Jericho) would bury ourselves in the writer’s room…..just continue to add and we didn’t have any direction and I guess that my point, and I guess we just sort of said it ourselves and went from there. The process was phenomenal, thought the angle was phenomenal and truthfully we were the reason the PG thing came down and I bled like a stuck pig, there where people wanted to sponsor something and they saw me bleed like a stuck pig, they left and there was no more of that stuff.”

    His reconciliation with Bret Hart:

    “It was very genuine. He and I, we had been texting each other. I can’t give you a time frame. Some time before that you know me and Tyson Kidd were talking…Holy Cow! This whole thing needs to end. Tyson had passed his number along to me. And he and I had been texting, but not getting in to any detail, but we were testing the waters, like ‘Hey, we can do this, it’s been a long time and it sucks and its time to end to end it.’ We saw each other at Raw, we asked each other, but we didn’t talk about what we were going to do out there. But we did get to have a very long chat about everything and look the man in the eye and tell him I was sorry, for being a pain in his back side and it was very genuine. We have since texted one another, I think we will see each other again next week up in Stanford doing something. It’s been very nice and its been a great weight lifted off our shoulders….it was important to us and it was important to the people that saw it.”

    John Cena As The Face Of WWE:

    “I think John does a great job…..it’s gonna be impossible not to be partial to John. Because I like him and I like him because he is a good guy. He is the hardest working guy in that company. There isn’t anyone who puts in more time then John Cena. The only thing that works against John, and I tell you this with love…..you hardcore guys just decided to dislike him.”

    Staying Loyal to WWE and Vince McMahon:

    “There where times when I was going threw my very tough times, just let me go, just let me go. He would say ‘No, look you would be miserable, they wouldn’t do with you what needs to be done. They wouldn’t know what to do with you, and that fact that they put that kind of time in to me.’ That was really the end of it, that’s why I always sound like a company man….its genuine, and I know the real guy, the real guy has cared for me a great deal, and no one is more committed to this business then he is. It was easy to stay l

    Busted Open airs Mondays and Wednesdays on Sirius 92 and XM 207 from 2-4 EST.

  • Gail Kim Responds To Melina’s Bizare Video

    If you haven’t been following this story over the past few days – we’ve got a new twitter beef underway in the WWE universe between Melina and Gail Kim.

    Earlier this week, Melina wrote on Twitter to Gail Kim:

    “@gailkimITSME You’re totally a Horrible Friend! I’m emotional Bcuz you made me this way! I’m a product of my environment BIOTCH! ;)

    Gail Kim responded to Melina, writing:

    “Good morning..wow a good nights sleep and a direct flight.:) and I’m NOT a horrible friend! @realmelina is emotionally unstable!”

    “Haha it seems like from ur comments people, u r falling for @realmelina s “nice” side. Trust me I did too! I guess ull just have to experience her “emotional” side to understand…:(“

    Melina responded to Gail Kim’s claim that she is “unstable” by posting a rather bizare video, telling Gail Kim, “I may be that, but at least I’m not a horrible friend! Like you. And believe me, after these two weeks in Asia, if you thought I was crazy before, I’m going to be that much crazier when I get back.” She then says “love you” and blew her a kiss goodbye. The video also features on-screen text that reads “Kung fu time, SKANK!!!” and “B!otch No You Didn’t!!”

    Gail Kim has now responded to Melina’s video, writing on Twitter:

    “Haha it seems like from ur comments people, u r falling for @realmelina s “nice” side. Trust me I did too! I guess ull just have to experience her “emotional” side to understand…:(

    All the negative people out there, its ok I know. Misery loves company. I feel sorry 4 u…but good news, @realmelina would love ur friendship! :)”

  • Evan Bourne vs. Sin Cara Booked For RAW Next Week

    As previously reported, Monday’s there were technical difficulties that affected the voting results during Monday’s “Power To The People” episode of WWE RAW.

    During the match to determine who would face Evan Bourne, many people (including Bourne) were surprised to see that Mason Ryan received the most votes – when fellow high-flier and fan favorite Sin Cara seemed like the logical opponent. It turns out – once the voting was properly counted – 90% of the fans did in fact vote for Sin Cara to face Evan Bourne.

    In light of the technical difficulties, WWE is giving the fans what they voted for next week. The WWE website posted the following statement on Tuesday:

    “During Monday’s Raw broadcast, WWE fans were given the option to text A, B or C to 46993 (GOWWE) in order to decide what they wanted to happen on the show. Things went perfectly at first when text votes selected Kelly Kelly (option B) to take on Brie Bella for the Divas Championship. However, our vote tabulating provider’s system became overwhelmed, causing these votes to definitively affect the following contest, in which Mason Ryan (also option B) was voted into a match against Evan Bourne — even though, as it was later discovered, Sin Cara had received 90 percent of the total votes in WWE.com’s Live Chat poll, and should have been Bourne’s opponent.”

  • JR Blog: CM Punk Leaving WWE, His Groundbreaking Project

    WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with another blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of what JR wrote about:

    His New “Groundbreaking” Project: “I need to get back to doing my homework on the WWE project that I will soon be starting that I honestly feel will be one of the most ground breaking projects that the WWE or I have personally have ever done. It’s a fascinating DVD project that will be released later this year. More info as it can be made available.”

    Shane McMahon At The US Open: “Nice seeing Shane McMahon on TV Sunday at the US Open Golf Championship. Shane is involved in a company the represents Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Charles Swartzal, and Ernie Ells, among other top international golfers.”

    CM Punk Leaving WWE: “Big news out of MNR is that CM Punk is apparently leaving WWE after his MITB PPV main event in July in his hometown of Chicago with John Cena for the WWE Title. This quickly has become the talk of the business as Punk is arguably the best antagonist in the ring right now as his work Monday night in Baltimore indicated. Who knows what’s going to happen in Chicago? I certainly don’t. Would a Punk win change MANY things within WWE? Absolutely. Could Punk become a ‘lame duck’ WWE Champion? With question. Would John Cena have to carry the burden of being the guy who lost the WWE Title to a man who has nothing to lose and has publicly stated that he’s leaving WWE? Yes sir. Is Punk leaving the WWE forever? I don’t know as only @cmpunk can answer that one. ”

    “This I do know…the storyline between CM Punk and John Cena/WWE between now and Money in the Bank PPV should be excellent TV and I’m excited and anxious to see how it all plays out as I’m sure are many other fans. I choose not to over examine the matter and simply enjoy MNR for what it is and what this matter means within the body of the program.”

  • *Spoiler* Updated Card For WWE Money In The Bank

    At Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown taping from Hershey, PA, Christian earned the right to face Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship at next month’s WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view.

    With that match set, here’s the updated card for Money in The Bank, which takes place on Sunday, July 17th from Chicago, Illinois (CM Punk’s home town):

    WWE Title Match
    CM Punk vs. John Cena

    World Heavyweight Title Match
    Christian vs. Randy Orton

    Money in the Bank Ladder Matches

  • Match Announced For Raw, Pre-SmackDown Dark Match Result

    — In light of the technical difficulties that occurred during the “Power to the People” edition of Raw on Monday night, WWE will make it up to fans by holding a match between Sin Cara and Evan Bourne on next week’s show.

    WWE.com adds: “During Monday’s Raw broadcast, WWE fans were given the option to text A, B or C to 46993 (GOWWE) in order to decide what they wanted to happen on the show. Things went perfectly at first when text votes selected Kelly Kelly (option B) to take on Brie Bella for the Divas Championship. However, our vote tabulating provider’s system became overwhelmed, causing these votes to definitively affect the following contest, in which Mason Ryan (also option B) was voted into a match against Evan Bourne — even though, as it was later discovered, Sin Cara had received 90 percent of the total votes in WWE.com’s Live Chat poll, and should have been Bourne’s opponent.”

    — Johnny Curtis beat Tyson Kidd in a dark match prior to tonight’s SmackDown taping in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

    — Sheamus is scheduled for an autograph signing at Kmart 1155 Oakton Street, Des Plains, Illinois. The signing takes place on Sunday, July 17 beginning at 11:00 a.m.

    source: PWInsider.com

  • HBK Interview: Training His Son To Wrestle, Scott Hall, TNA

    Check out this video WKSBY conducted with WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels.

    HBK talks about his new “outdoor lifestyle” show (don’t call it a hunting show), training his 11 year old son to be a pro wrestler, whether he’s been contacted by TNA, Scott Hall’s recent problems and much more in this interview.

  • WWE – Text Voting Was Inaccurate In Raw’s Power to the People

    WWE issued an apology via WWE.com to those who participated in Raw’s “Power to the People.” The tabulating provider’s overloaded system reported several inaccurate results, prompting WWE management to follow WWE.com’s Live Chat Poll for the night’s final vote.

    Text Voting Inaccurate in Raw’s Power to the People

    WWE would like to apologize for technical difficulties that occurred during the “Power to the People” edition of Raw on Monday night.

    The interactive event aimed to give the WWE Universe the ability to choose what they wanted to see on their television screens. Unfortunately, uncontrollable difficulties created by an influx of heavy voting traffic resulted in not every one of the more-than 697,000 recorded votes to be properly counted.

    During Monday’s Raw broadcast, WWE fans were given the option to text A, B or C to 46993 (GOWWE) in order to decide what they wanted to happen on the show. Things went perfectly at first when text votes selected Kelly Kelly (option B) to take on Brie Bella for the Divas Championship. However, our vote tabulating provider’s system became overwhelmed, causing these votes to definitively affect the following contest, in which Mason Ryan (also option B) was voted into a match against Evan Bourne — even though, as it was later discovered, Sin Cara had received 90 percent of the total votes in WWE.com’s Live Chat poll, and should have been Bourne’s opponent.

    Votes for the third poll’s bout — Kane vs. Mark Henry in an Arm Wrestling Contest — were counted correctly. However, problems began to occur again during the next poll determining a match stipulation between United States Champion Dolph Ziggler and Kofi Kingston. At this point, so many text votes were received that the system overloaded, crashed and had to be restarted.

    With little information to work from, WWE management selected to follow the system’s earliest projections, which determined that the 2-out-of-3 Falls Match had been the people’s choice. It was not until later that it was discovered that “Vickie Guerrero Banned from Ringside” was actually the top vote getter.

    Restarting the tabulating system allowed for things to run smoothly with the voting for the Triple Threat Match to determine a No. 1 contender for the WWE Championship going off without a hitch.

    Regrettably, technical difficulties occurred once more leading up to the night’s Six-Man Tag Team Match main event, when it became apparent to WWE management that text votes were again not being tabulated properly. At this time, a decision was made to turn to WWE.com’s Live Chat Poll for the official judgment. With the power still in the hands of the people, the WWE Universe selected the Elimination Match (option C) by an overwhelming 87 percent, leading to this stipulation being enacted.

  • Video: Melina Posts Bizzare Message Trashing Gail Kim

    Melina posted a bizarre video message this morning in response to Gail Kim writing on Twitter that she’s ’emotionally unstable’.

    Kim wrote, “Good morning..wow a good nights sleep and a direct flight.:) and I’m NOT a horrible friend! @realmelina is emotionally unstable!”

    Melina says in the video message, “Just came back from doing my last workout before I do the tour off to Asia and I read the tweet that Gail said I was emotionally unstable.

    “Gail, I may be that, but at least I’m not a horrible friend! Like you. And believe me, after these two weeks in Asia, if you thought I was crazy before, I’m going to be that much crazier when I get back.” She then says “love you” and blows a kiss goodbye.

    The video also features enclosed captions reading “Kung fu time, SKANK!!!” and “B!otch No You Didn’t!!”

    Check it out:

  • Pictures Of Batista Looking Very Small & Skinny

    Check out these pictures fromm June 2011 of Batista at his MMA gym in Florida – looking MUCH smaller than when we last saw him on WWE television.

    Since leaving WWE and not having to stay in body-builder shape, the former “Animal” is looking a lot thinner:

  • Bourne Getting A Push, WWE Huge On Twitter, PPV Change

    – WWE will tape NXT, Smackdown and WWE Superstars in Hershey, PA. Christian vs. Randy Orton for the World title is being advertised locally, most likely as the dark match main event.

    – Bill DeMott teased on Twitter that he will be at tonight’s WWE SmackDown tapings and said he is “smelling the talks” of a season 2 of WWE Tough Enough.

    – Monday night was a record-setting night for WWE on Twitter.  During the first hour of RAW, eight of the Top 10 worldwide trending topics on Twitter were WWE-related. 18 WWE-related trends made World Top 10 during RAW. Among the trending topics were Sin Cara, Evan Bourne, CM Punk, Mason Ryan, Mark Henry, Kelly Kelly, RAW Roulette, “Batista chants” and “snow angels.”

    – Tough Enough runner-up Luke Robinson was recently interviewed by the NBC affiliate WCSH based out of Maine. Robinsaid said his goal now is to impress WWE enough to get a developmental deal.

    – Sin Cara vs. Cody Rhodes was originally scheduled to be the bonus match at Sunday’s Capitol Punishment pay-per-view, but WWE went with Evan Bourne vs. Jack Swagger instead. Bourne is currently slated to be one of the top superstars featured on the upcoming Money In The Bank pay-per-view, so expect him to get more television time in the coming weeks.

    (Partial Source: f4wonline.com)

  • CM Punk Comments On Leaving WWE: “Going Out With A Bang”

    On Monday’s RAW, CM Punk announced that he plans to leave WWE when his contract expires on July 17th, the day of Money in the Bank. Punk wrote the following on Twitter regarding his upcoming departure:

    “I knew I was gone at the beginning of the year. I just woke up one day and I knew. That’s the way I work a lot of the time.”

    “I think it’s creepy too, but it’s really helpful. I knew I’d be history by July. Come say goodbye on July 17th.”

    “Come say goodbye on July 17th. I promise to go out with a bang. Trust me. XxX”

    WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross also commented on CM Punk’s big announcement:

    “@cmpunk is most interesting man in wwe & he NEVER drinks beer. MITB PPV now has a viable ‘hook.’. Truth’s doing well too.”

  • Kelly Kelly Comments On Title Victory, Tyson Kidd Joins Twitter

    — After being chosen to take on WWE Divas Champion Brie Bella last night on Raw, Kelly Kelly (53%), who beat out Beth Phoenix (36%) and Eve (11%), took full advantage of her opportunity. Kelly relieved Brie of the title to begin her first championship reign.

    An ecstatic Kelly took to Twitter to comment on her title capture. She wrote, “Words can’t describe how happy I am to have won my first divas championship. Thanks to everyone who has supported me I promise to make you proud!”

    — Tyson Kidd has launched a Twitter account at twitter.com/KiddWWE. He wrote the following yesterday regarding tonight’s television taping in Hershey, Pennsylvania: “Tomorrow will be the first step in the new phase of Tyson Kidd.”

    –- John Morrison and Melina are heading to Singapore today to promote WWE on StarHub TV, the sole cable television operator in the country.

  • HBK On RAW Roulette Next Week, MITB Main Event, RAW Notes

    – CM Punk defeated Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio on Monday’s RAW to earn a WWE title shot against John Cena at Money in the Bank on July 17th. Punk stated that it will be his final match in WWE and vows to leave the company with the WWE championship.

    – WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels has been announced as making a special guest appearance next week on RAW, which will feature a “RAW Roulette” theme.

    – There was no dark match after Monday’s RAW went off the air.

    -Zack Ryder defeated Drew McIntyre in a dark match that took place prior to RAW. Ryder got a nice pop. Apparently he’s a full-fledged babyface now. About a five-minute match. Drew dominated, but Ryder came back and hit the Rough Ryder for the win.

    – In matches taped for Superstars, Gail Kim wrestled Melina and WWE tag champions David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty squared off against Santino & Kozlov.

  • CM Punk Announces He Is Leaving WWE

    On Monday’s episode of WWE RAW, CM Punk defeated Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio in triple threat match to earn a shot at the WWE Championship against John Cena at Money In The Bank on Sunday, July 17th.

    CM Punk then announced what has been reported here in recent weeks – that his WWE contract is expiring soon, and he’s leaving the company.

    UPDATE: CM Punk Comments On Leaving WWE: “Going Out With A Bang”

    Punk says that his contract expires on July 17th, the day of Money in the Bank. Punk vows to capture the WWE Championship and leave with the title.

    It is possible that Punk has signed a new contract, but WWE has capitalized on the real life drama and turned it into a main event storyline.

    COMMENT BELOW: What do you think? Is Punk REALLY leaving WWE? Has he signed a new contract? Will he jump to another company?

  • Title Match Announced For Raw, SD Draws Lowest Rating Of ’11

    — The official Twitter account of WWE Magazine announced that the Divas Championship will be on the line in the first match of tonight’s “Power to the People” edition of Monday Night Raw.

    Brie Bella will defend her title against (A) Eve, (B) Kelly Kelly, or (C) Beth Phoenix. Viewers can vote by texting A, B or C to 46993. Standard texting rates apply.

    — The June 17 episode of WWE SmackDown scored a 1.71 cable rating, down from 1.77 the prior two weeks.

    SmackDown averaged 2.71 million viewers, approximately the same as the previous week. This extends the program’s streak of less than 3.0 million viewers to seven consecutive weeks.

    It is the lowest rated episode of 2011. The previous low was set on May 6 with a 1.73 cable rating.

    — John Cena and The Rock are featured on the cover of the latest issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

  • Waltman Talks Hogan-Warrior, Nash In A Musical & More

    – In an interview with TorontoSun.com, former WWE diva Trish Stratus says practicing yoga helped her avoid surgery. “My body said, ‘I’m really worn out and I need you to start taking care of me so I can last you a little bit longer than this.” When she was sidelined with injuries and surgery was discussed, she decided to explore other options before going under the knife. “I thought, ‘Well lemme see if I can take a different route,’” she said. Once she began yoga, her body responded almost immediately and she was able to continue her career virtually injury-free.

    – Former WWE star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman has updated his blog with his thoughts about the ongoing Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior sage. Waltman addresses “Kharma Collects” video series that Warrior posted online last week as well as several of the rumors circulating regarding both men. To read the full blog, visit RealXPac.com.

    – WWE legend Kevin Nash will be appearing in the new movie “Rock Of Ages” based on the broadway musical. No word yet on what part Nash will play, but the movie is starring Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand. For more information on the show, visit RockofAgesMusical.com.

  • Video: Shane McMahon Attends Sunday’s US Open

    – Former WWE executive Shane McMahon attended the US Open golf tournament on Sunday with the father of Rory McIlroy, the 22-year-old phenom who the tournament. Shane was shown on camera but not mentioned by name.