Here’s a spoiler-free preview for tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown.

– There will be a major update on The Undertaker’s future after the injury he suffered last week. Much of the show will focus on the Undertaker’s situation.

- World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger vs. MVP.

- WWE Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre.

- Rosa Mendes vs. Kelly Kelly.

- There will be a Battle Royal & the winner gets a World Heavyweight title shot.

Read More: *Spoilers* WWE Smackdown Tapings Results For Friday

ABC issued the following press release on 6/3 announcing that WWE superstar Chris Jericho will be the host of a new “high drama” game show this summer:

CHRIS JERICHO NAMED HOST OF “DOWNFALL,” THE HIGH STAKES AND HIGH DRAMA GAME SHOW PREMIERING JUNE 22 ON ABC

Courage and Smarts Play Against the Clock as Contestants Stand On the Edge of a High-Rise Building Trying to Win $1 Million + Prizes

Chris Jericho, a talented actor, television personality, radio host, rock star and WWE superstar wrestler, has been named as the Host of “Downfall.” The unique, high-stakes and adrenaline-pumping game show will put contestants on top of a 10-story building to see who has the focus and fearlessness to avoid his/her own ‘downfall’ — literally. Along the way, they’ll have the chance to win $1 million and a slew of incredible prizes, such as a pair of jet skis, a grand piano, a trip to Paris or a brand new car. The larger-than-life game show from FremantleMedia North America (“The Price Is Right,” “Family Feud,” “Let’s Make a Deal”) will premiere TUESDAY, JUNE 22 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.

Jericho has established himself as a multifaceted performer. Most recently he completed his first book, A Lion’s Tale: Around the World in Spandex, in which he chronicles, with a witty and humorous narrative, his rise in the wrestling business and the pitfalls of the industry. He made the cross-over to film with lead roles in the feature films “Android Apocalypse” and “Albino Farm.” He also appeared on stage before sold-out crowds and received standing ovations when he starred in the hilarious Norm Foster play, “Opening Night,” at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. In addition, Jericho has been invited to appear as a regular guest performer with legendary comedy troupe The Groundlings in the all-improv show, “Cookin’ with Gas.” On TV he starred in the comedy pilot “Ebaum’s World” for USA Network.

Jericho’s knack for comedy is obvious in his regular appearances on VH-1 and E!, lending his talent as a panelist or guest. He’s appeared on over a dozen shows, including G4TV’s “Attack of the Show” and “Filter”; E!’s “Biggest Celebrity Oops” and “Best Week Ever”; plus the “I Love the 70s, 80s and 90s” (and soon to be released 00s) series for VH1. Other recent guest appearances include “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “The Howard Stern Show,” “The Late, Late Show” and “Larry King Live.” Jericho also guest hosted “The Best Damn Sports Show Period,” “MadTV” and “Headbanger’s Ball” on MTV2.

Jericho began wrestling at age 19 and is considered one of the most popular wrestling champions in history. In 2001 he was the first-ever Undisputed Champion of the WWE and is the only performer to have held six different titles in the 44-year history of World Wrestling Entertainment.

For “Downfall,” the six-episode series will be played atop the roof of a downtown Los Angeles high-rise, where contestants will try to answer a series of trivia questions against the clock. Fabricated facsimiles of prizes will be placed on the largest conveyor belt ever seen on TV, with a pile of cash at the end ranging from $5,000 to $1 million. In each round, players will try to answer all the questions before their prizes and cash go over the edge, off the roof and crashing 100 feet to the street below. If the cash goes off the roof, the game is over and that player is eliminated. Each player also risks going over the side of the building — but in this case wearing a decelerator harness to soften the fall.

— In an interview with North Carolina’s Citizen Times newspaper, WWE RAW superstar Edge revealed that the injures he’s suffered in recent years have shortened his career and he doesn’t see himself wrestling more than two years. Edge said:

“I’m coming up on my 20th year, and I’ve definitely had some injuries that have shortened my career. That’s part of the reason I bought up here — we want to retire and listen to the wind in the trees, and we want to do it fairly soon. I may have two more years. With each injury, it’s harder and harder to come back.”

– WWE NXT Season 2 rookie Michael McGillicutty, son of the legendary Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig, posted a message on Twitter explaining why he decided not to use the Hennig family name:

“A lot of folks are asking about my “name”. Lets face it: Michael McGillicutty is the next generation of the WWE, the next World Champion…While on the other hand Joe Hennig was simply the son of Mr. Perfect…I will make a mark in the WWE & on NXT by MYSELF, not my name.”

Here are spoiler results for TNA iMPACT set to air tonight, courtesy of Tim Capture and Wrestlingnewsworld:

* Sting is out. He says not everything is as it seems. Coming from him it might seem ironic but there’s a lot of smoke and mirrors going on. He’s been in this place before where he needs to defend his reputation. He feels he doesn’t have to. He’ll reveal the meaning of his actions soon enough. He doesn’t know RVD that well and RVD doesn’t know him that well. RVD was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. When he takes the title from RVD the curtain will be pulled back and everyone exposed. The arena goes dark and footage of Sting’s recent action plays on the screen. Eric Bischoff comes out using a crutch with Miss Tessmacher. He has the spotlight put on Sting. He’s known Sting a long time and he thinks Sting’s trying to prove to people that he’s a superhero for so long he’s lost sight of the truth. It’s not about him, it’s about the company, not just one person. It’s about the action and tonight he’ll be in action. Samoa Joe sneaks in behind Sting and Bischoff announces him as Sting’s opponent. Joe attacks Sting but Matt Morgan runs down and attacks Joe. Sting and Morgan beat on Joe till RVD runs down for the save. Bischoff says this isn’t over and will continue later as a tag match. Samoa Joe & RVD vs. Sting & Matt Morgan. RVD gets on the mic and says hang on, every guy out here is in it for himself. He asks that the match be changed to a four way. Bischoff says he doesn’t have that authority, then Hogan’s music hits and out comes Hogan. He says RVD is the champ and that gives him some pull around here so you’ve got it brother, this match is a four way.

* Rosie Lottalove (new acquisition Mary Kate Duignan) vs. Roxxi. During the match, Madison Rayne runs down and gives Roxxi a belt shot while the ref isn’t looking. Rosie doesn’t like it and argues with Madison. During this Roxxi schoolgirls Rosie for the win. Afterwards JB interviews Rosie and asks what was going on. She says if Madison thinks she can take out all the ugly people one at a time she’s got another thing coming because she’s big, she’s bad, she’s beautiful and she’s got a whole lot of love for everybody. She lays a big kiss on JB and leaves.

*AJ Styles w/Ric Flair vs Kazarian vs Jay Lethal. Winner via quick roll up, Jay Lethal. The whole match AJ and Kazarian were arguing over who does cooler moves or what to do next to Lethal. Lethal got the win while they were arguing.

* Afterwards Flair gets in the ring and yells at AJ. He gave AJ the honor of being his protege and he gets beat by Jay Lethal? He tells him to go home and think about who he wants to be because right now he’s not in Ric’s good graces. He continues belittling AJ and telling him to go home and make a lifetime decision. On his way to the back Angle comes out and gets in AJ’s face. AJ yells some things at him and leaves. Angle heads to the ring. He gets a mic and says he came to show Kazarian the proper respect before he makes him his first victim. He likes to let his opponents know what he’s going to do to him. He plans to retain his belt and Kaz is #10 so at Slammiversary he’s his opponent. Flair asks if he realizes he just past by him? He says he wants his son Reid to be like Angle, the greatest amateur wrestler. Flair came to Angle for help and out of respect Angle did. But now they’re in Flair’s world and whatever Angle did as an amateur he’s done 10 times over. In wrestling he’s a god. He gives Hogan respect, he gives Sting respect and until Angle realizes that he gives him no respect. He tells Angle to leave. He says show him respect and leave before he takes his sport coat off. He says hang on and show me respect and let him show how a god acts. Angle holds the ropes open for Flair and then attacks Flair on the way out. Kaz tries to attack Angle but he tosses him out of the ring.

* Matt Morgan vs. Sting vs. Samoa Joe vs. Rob Van Dam. Hernandez showed up in the stands and distracted Morgan. Samoa Joe grabbed Morgan and gave him a Musclebuster. RVD then hit Joe with a top rope sidekick and then gave Morgan a 5 star frog splash for the win. Afterwards Joe and RVD had words and left.

Taped Wednesday:

*Chrisy Hemme in the ring. She brings out Mr. Anderson to talk Slammiversary. He was looking forward to coming out for a hard hitting interview, but he’s too distracted (he’s staring at her breasts). That doesn’t make him a chauvinist, that makes him an a–hole. Everybody in the crowd called him an a–hole but they’re hoping for a wardrobe malfunction so they’re a–holes too. He has a big announcement and that is that he saw Beer Money didn’t have opponents at Slammiversary and it’s not a party without Jeffrey Nero Hardy so it’s him and Jeff vs. Beer Money. Hardy comes out and says people wonder why he’s teaming with Anderson but Anderson is the funniest a–hole he’s ever met. Anderson says he’s an a–hole but he’s also a cheap a–hole so BYOB. Out comes Beer Money. Robert Roode says this is cute, TNA’s newest BFFs. Roode asks what either of them know about tag team wrestling? Sure, Hardy had a short run with his brother but his brother carried him the whole time. Tag team wrestling is about being a team, like a brotherhood. They’re not a team, they’re a moron and an a–hole. Roode asks why they think they can step in the ring with them? Anderson asks why Roode’s hair is always wet? And why does Storm always wear shades indoors? The only people who wear shades indoors are blind people and jackoffs. This leads to a brawl. Security keeps trying to break it up but it takes a while.

* JB says TNA management has said a match must happen right now so we get: Jeff Hardy vs. James Storm. Winner via Swanton Bomb, Jeff Hardy.

* Robert Roode vs. Mr Anderson. Winner via holding the ropes after sitting down during a sunset flip, Robert Roode. They need to do this as he’s no mere mortal but he’s MR. ANDERSON…ANDERSON. Afterwards, Anderson says any man can be beaten on any given day. He also says the only reason they can beat him is by under-handed tactics and tomfoolery.

* Desmond Wolfe & Orlando Jordan vs. Abyss w/Chelsea & Rob Terry. Winner via chokeslam from Terry to Jordan, Rob Terry & Abyss.

— Chris Jericho has been selected to host a new game show premiering this month on ABC.

Downfall will premiere on Tuesday, June 22 with the WWE star as the host, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ABC has ordered six episodes for the debuting series.

The series has contestants attempting to answer questions while standing on the roof of a Los Angeles high-rise building.

To read The Hollywood Reporter article, click here.

— CM Punk has an ongoing bet with WWE ring announcer Tony Chimel regarding the Stanley Cup Finals. The bet is that if Punk’s Chicago Blackhawks win, Chimel has to announce The Straight Edge Superstar as hailing “from the home of the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago, Illinois.” However, should Chimel’s Philadelphia Flyers win, Punk has to cut a promo in Chicago stating “this city isn’t nearly as good as Philadelphia.”

— The May 21st edition of Friday Night SmackDown! drew a 1.7 broadcast rating. The program averaged 2.75 million viewers over the course of two hours.

(source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— The woman who accused former WWE General Counsel head Jared Bartie of sexual harassment was Vice President of the company’s Sales/Marketing division. She too is no longer with WWE after allegedly being caught giving a oral sex to a man in talent brand management at the company’s Stamford headquarters during office hours. That man who was caught receiving oral sex, was also fired. He was said to be a favorite among many in WWE and was on the “fast track” for corporate advancement before the incident occurred.

— As reported earlier, Undertaker suffered a broken orbital bone, broken nose and a concussion after taking a seated senton from Rey Mysterio during a match taped last week for Friday Night SmackDown. It was not the first time in which he broke his orbital bone as he suffered the same injury while working a match with Mabel (a/k/a Viscera) in 1995. The injury forced him to don a grey mask for a few weeks while he recovered.

— This past weekend’s WWE shows drew above average attendance. Raw on 5/28 in New Orleans, LA drew 6,000 fans for a gate of $225,000. Raw on 5/29 in Monroe, LA did 4,600 and $130,000. The 5/30 show in Memphis, TN did 6,500 and $195,000. SmackDown on 5/29 in Las Cruces, NM drew 7,700 and $250,000. The following night’s show in Rio Rancho, NM drew 5,600 and $175,000.

(source: f4wonline.com)

— John Cena issued praise to one NXT Rookie in particular in a Twitter post yesterday. He wrote of Kaval, “After seeing profiles of nxt2. Keep an eye on kaval. I see somethin there.”

— Former WCW performer Vampiro was allegedly kidnapped Monday night while driving through the Mexican state of Michuacan in the middle of drug wars. He was reportedly held for 23 hours before being released.

— There has been talk of having Justin Gabriel team up with another babyface, possibly Matt Hardy. Many feel his talking ability is lacking and thus needs someone who can speak on his behalf.

— Matches advertised to take place on tonight’s episode of WWE Superstars on WGN America are as follows:

* Christian vs. Chavo Guerrero
* Michelle McCool vs. Tiffany
* Gail Kim vs. Jillian
* Mark Henry vs. Primo

— It’s worth noting that Vince McMahon returned to television this past Monday night on Raw after informing WWE stockholders in April that he had no intention on returning to television.

McMahon said: “No, I don’t intend to be back in the ring. Then again, I never intend to be in the ring and somehow it happens. There are absolutely no plans whatsoever for me to get back in the ring right now. We are hopeful that won’t happen.”

— Due to scheduling conflicts, the SmackDown World Tour live event scheduled on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at the UTC McKenzie Arena has been postponed until Friday, January 14, 2011 at 7:30pm. All tickets purchased for the Saturday, July 10, 2010 live event at 7:30pm will be honored at the Friday, January 14, 2011 Raw World Tour live event.

(source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— Two days before Over the Limit, Randy Orton dislocated his right shoulder while attempting a dunk in pick-up basketball game in St. Louis. This explains why he was favoring the shoulder at the house show in Cincinnati the night before the pay-per-view event.

Orton’s had problems with the shoulder for years as it’s the third time in which it’s been dislocated. He plans to focus on physical therapy before deciding on whether to have surgery. An injury angle was done on Monday’s Raw where Edge hurt Orton’s shoulder to take him out of the evening’s main event. Hence, if he’s not healthy enough to compete at Fatal 4-Way, WWE will have a storyline explanation.

— WWE has a few ideas in mind for Wade Barrett as there was talk of having the NXT winner team up with mentor Chris Jericho to go after the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. There has also been talk of having Barrett face R-Truth or Kofi Kingston for their respective titles.

— CM Punk was kept off the weekend house shows resting up minor injuries.

Fady the Arabian Bull

New Jersey’s Independent Wrestling Federation sent out the following press release on Wednesday announcing that WWE signed one of their wrestlers, “Fady The Arabian Bull”:

Fady the Arabian Bull signs with World Wrestling Entertainment in June 2010, and begins training at Florida Championship Wrestling in July 2010.

Chiseled out of pure granite, Fady The Arabian Bull has put everyone in the IWF on notice. When Fady enters the ring, he is like a runaway locomotive out to derail anyone and anything that stands in his way. He is one of the most powerful athlete’s to step foot inside an IWF ring. He enjoys using his size and strength to his advantage and is able to overpower opponents and manhandle them at will. This tough behemoth is not going to stop his path of destruction until he goes through the entire IWF roster. Proud of his Syrian heritage, he’s as indestructible as Superman, and it won’t be long before championship gold is around his waist.

Fady began training at IWF Wrestling School in August 2007 and graduated from the program in September 2009. Is the current IWF Heavyweight Champion.

Height: 6′ 5″
Weight: 270 lb.
Hometown: Paterson, NJ
Birthday: February 15
Debut: 2008
Finisher: Powerslam
Titles: IWF Heavyweight

– Monday’s episode of WWE RAW drew a 3.2 rating and averagaed 4,525,000 viewers. The show did hours of 3.11 and 3.32. (Credit: PWInsider.com)

– It’s expected that Wade Barrett will be joining the RAW brand.

– Speaking of Barrett, he and David Otunga were tending topics on Twitter last night.

– WWE sent out an alert yesterday reminding fans that this coming Monday’s RAW in Miami will begin at 7:30pm. Some tickets printed have a start time of 8:15pm but since it’s a three-hour RAW, the show is starting earlier.

– WWE officials have been going back and forth on the idea of having one or two Money in the Bank briefcase matches at July’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view. There is also talk of putting CM Punk and a babyface in the World Heavyweight Title match against Jack Swagger, if he is still Champion then.

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with another blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. In this entry, Ross talks about WWE NXT season 1 winner Wade Barrett, how Season 2 is shaping up, a new WWE video game concept and more.

Wade Barrett Winning NXT: “No surprise that Wade Barrett won NXT Tuesday night live in Dallas. Looked like about 10,000 in the AAC. Just as an interested bystander, I would like to see William Regal mentor Barrett at the outset. Something about that pairing that intrigues me. Barrett has the look of a young Billy Robinson one of t”he all time badass hookers who trained in Wigan and who once wrestled the legendary wrestler Jack Brisco all night in an Australian hotel room. 

Season 2 of NXT: “I’m looking forward to season two of NXT and am anxious to see how many new ‘tweaks’ will be utilized. Strictly speaking as a fan I would love to see some of the ‘Tuf Enough’ elements utilized from time to time including the whole crew living in a dorm-like setting. ”

“Some of the names the NXT rookies have been anointed with are eye brow raisers like Curt Hennig’s son Joe is now going to be called McGillicutty. Help me with this one. I understand protecting one’s intellectual property but McGillicutty? Wasn’t that Lucille Arnez’ maiden name on ‘I Love Lucy?’ Bottom line is if the kid is any where close to his dad he can be called any thing he wants.”

“Kaval has unique skills and is hungry for success, that I know. If he doesn’t make it in WWE he should go to Hollywood and use those pipes of his in animated films. Being mentored however by Layla and Michelle McCool will be different.”

New WWE Video Game: “It looks like WWE has lined up a really cool, THQ video game for me to work on and that I will likely be broadcasting along side the King in the game where Legends compete with active Superstars. I’m not sure of the release date or the creative details, etc but the concept, as explained to me, was really cool. I hope to begin my voice overs in the next week or two. We’re burning daylight on this one and need to get rocking. I’m ready! ”

Describing Vince McMahon: “An emailer asked me to describe Vince McMahon in three words. So many words come to mind but to prevent from being moved from the pasture to the feedlot I will go with….”Very, Very, Rich.”

SmackDown *SPOILERS*

Thanks to Kerri P. and Wrestlingnewsworld for these  SmackDown spoilers for Friday night:

* Teddy Long comes out to open the show. He says The Undertaker was found by Kane in a vegetative state over the weekend. Cue the opening video and the pyrotechnics.

* Druids come out signing and walking with a casket to the ring. Kane comes out and says The Undertaker is gone from WWE and he vows to find out who did this to his brother. He says he will hunt them down and make them pay.

* World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger vs. MVP. Swagger comes out wearing an Oklahoma University jersey. Swagger b. MVP with a roll-up. After the match, Vance Archer and Curt Hawkins attack MVP.

* Backstage, Vickie Guerrero asks Teddy Long who will replace The Undertaker in the main event match at WWE Fatal 4-Way. She suggests Dolph Ziggler. Long says there will be a battle royal tonight and the winner will replace him in the match.

* Kelly Kelly and Tiffany are shown backstage talking about how they hate Michelle McCool.

* CM Punk is shown adjusting his mask backstage. Kane storms in and asks him if the Straight Edge Society had anything to do with what happened to The Undertaker.

* A video is shown of last week recapping Drew McIntyre’s feud with Matt Hardy. Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Intercontinental Championship is up now. Matt Hardy comes through the crowd and holds up a ticket before taking a seat at ringside. Matt Hardy gets involved and ends up taking a cheap shot from McIntyre. Hardy tries to retaliate and the distraction is enough for Kofi to hit SOS to get the pinfall and retain the title. Hardy finally jumps Drew after the match and escapes over the barricade. Security chases him off.

* Backstage, Rey Mysterio is shown. Kane comes in and asks him if he had anything to do with what happened to The Undertaker.

* A Tribute to the Troops video is shown.

* World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger out for a promo. He says OU gets no love in Dallas. He starts signing the Oklahoma Sooners fight song. He can barely be heard he’s drawing so much heat. Kane comes out and takes him out.

* Rosa Mendes vs. Kelly Kelly. Layla and Michelle McCool watch the match from the top of the ramp. Kelly Kelly won after hitting her finisher. A stare down ensues between Kelly Kelly and McCool & Layla.

* Backstage, Kane is shown yelling at Big Show.

* Battle royal for The Undertaker’s spot at WWE Fatal 4-Way. The match includes Rey Mysterio, Dolph Ziggler, MVP, JTG, Christian, Finlay, Drew McIntyre, The Dudebusters, Chris Masters, Chavo Guerrero, Curt Hawkins, Vance Archer, Luke Gallows, Kofi Kingston, Kane and pretty much everyone that isn’t a Diva. CM Punk and Serena are at ringside. Rey goes under the rope at Punk, Gallows goes under bottom at Mysterio. Punk leaves ringside. Dudebusters, JTG, Masters, Kofi, McINtyre, Ziggler, Christian, Chavo, MVP, Archer, Hawkins, Finlay, Gallows are all eliminated in that order. It comes down to Kane and Rey Mysterio. Mysterio wins the battle royal and the spot in the match.

– The winner of WWE’s first season of NXTwas Wade Barrett. Justin Gabriel was eliminated in round 1 of the eliminations on Tuesday night and it came down to Barrett and David Otunga. Barrett has earned a spot on the RAW or SmackDown rosters and a pay-per-view title match.

– The format of NXT season 2 will see the fans and the Pros both getting 50% of the votes that decide who stays and who goes each week. Season 2 begins next week on SyFy and will be shorter than the first season.

– Congratulations go out to former WWE copule Charlie and Jackie Haas, who are the proud parents of a new baby boy, Thomas Russell Haas II. Both “Russ” and Jackie are doing fine.

– SmackDown star CM Punk currently has a bet going with WWE ring announcer Tony Chimel regarding the NHL Stanley Cup.If the Chicago Blackhawks win, Chimel has to announce CM Punk as hailing from “the home of the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago, IL.” and if the Philadelphia Flyers win the Cup, Punk has to cut a promo where he mentions that “this city is not nearly as good as Philadelphia.”

As announced tonight on the NXT finale, season 2 of the show will begin next Tuesday night on SyFy. Below are the Rookie and Pro pairings for the new season:

* Cody Rhodes and Husky Harris (Duke Rotundo). Rotundo is the son of former WWE star & current agent Mike “IRS” Rotundo. He has been in developmental since 2009 with his brother Bo, who is currently injured.

* John Morrison and Eli Cottonwood (Kip Christianson). Cottonwood stands over 7 feet tall and weighs over 300 pounds. He has been in developmental since 2009.

* MVP and Percy Watson (Chris McNeil). Percy has been in WWE developmental since 2009 and has teamed with former Rookie Darren Young as The South Beach Boys.

* Zack Ryder and Titus O’Neill (Thaddeus Bullard). Titus is a former Florida Gators defensive end and has been in developmental since 2009.

* Michelle McCool & Layla and Kaval (Brandon Silvestry). Kaval is the former TNA and Ring of Honor star Low Ki. Kaval recently recovered from an injury and has been signed to a WWE developmental deal since 2009. Kaval has held the TNA X Division Title twice, the ROH Title once and a number of other titles around the world. Layla and McCool are the first Pros to be Divas.

* Mark Henry and Lucky Cannon (Jon Emminger). Lucky Cannon is the former Johnny Prime and I don’t believe he’s been using the Lucky Cannon gimmick for long. They said on NXT that he was a former sheriff.

* Kofi Kingston and Michael McGillicutty (Joe Hennig). McGillicutty is the son of WWE Hall of Famer Curt Hennig. Up until last week, he was still using the Hennig name in developmental. Hennig has been with WWE since 2008 and has held the FCW Florida Heavyweight Title once and the FCW Tag Team Titles twice.

* The Miz and Alex Riley (Kevin Kiley). Riley has been with WWE since 2007 and is the current FCW Heavyweight Champion. He has worked several dark matches and live event matches for WWE over the years.

Here’s a look at the NXT Seaon 2 rookies’ profile pictures from the Florida Championship Wrestling website:

   

   

 

Warning: The following contains a *Spoiler* for Friday’s WWE SmackDown:

At Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown tapings, it was announced that the Undertaker has withdrawn from the World Heavyweight title match at Fatal 4 Way. As reported here over the weekend, the Dead Man suffered a broken orbital bone during his match with Rey Mysterio on last week’s show.

On SmackDown, Rey Mysterio won a battle royal to earn the final spot in the World Heavyweight title match at Fatal 4 Way.

World Champion Jack Swagger will now defend his title against Big Show, CM Punk and Rey Mysterio in a Fatal 4 Way match.

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Some highlights of what JR said about Monday’s RAW:

Rib Played on Michael Cole: “What we didn’t see was Michael Cole get introduced before the show went on the air and I’m told he was booed out of the arena. Why, you ask? One reason might have been because he came out to my old, entrance music ‘Boomer Sooner’ the Oklahoma fight song which doesn’t play well in the home of the Texas Longhorns. Nice practical joke on Cole who later in the show had an entertaining piece of business with Daniel Bryan and the Miz. ”

Ashton Kutcher: “I thought Ashton Kutcher was a solid ‘Host.’ It was easy to see that Kutcher is a WWE fan as he seamlessly fit into the broadcast. Stars from outside the world of WWE who are fans make the best ‘Hosts’ and Kutcher was spot on with his delivery.”

Evan Bourne’s Push: “It was a great night for Evan Bourne not only interacting with Edge at the beginning of the broadcast but teaming with John Cena in the main event at the end of the broadcast. Bourne’s  perception improved tonight a great deal and the high flier is a good, solid citizen who is deserving of the opportunity that was presented him tonight.”

The Usos: “The Uso’s are going to be really good if they continue to do grow, adjust to life on the road and can stay healthy. The trio has lots of natural talent and athleticism. They match up well with the Hart Dynasty and this personal issue is going to be fun to follow. I like the 3rd generation storyline and am interested to see how it evolves.  “

Former WWE Superstar Eugene (Nick Dinsmore) joined Matt & JD on Ring The Bell Radio. He discussed being cut from the WWE, What Vince and Triple H are really like, and whether he will be appearing on TNA or WWE anytime soon. You can listen to the full interview at: RingTheBellRadio.com.Here are some highlights of what Dinsmore said about:

Whose idea was it for the Eugene Gimmick: “It was my idea; I had the idea of a kids based character that couldn’t do the basic things, but when he got into the ring he would emulate his favorite stars. I remember being a kid watching wrestling feeling that way, having the awe and excitement when I Hulk Hogan or the Junk Yard Dog or Koko B. Ware.

How he pitched the idea to Vince: “In the developmental system (OVW) WWE used to send down members from the creative team. They said I had great in ring ability but I needed a gimmick. So I pitched the Eugene gimmick to them. They really didn’t care for it and at the time I got really frustrated. I was about to ask for my release and go to Japan or Mexico, and then I found myself in a meeting with Mr. McMahon. He looked at me and said “I want to get back to character based wrestling!” Going into the meeting I had no idea what I was going to say, but once he brought that up, I told him my idea. He sat back and laughed and said “Sounds great, you’ll start on Monday”.

Working for WCW and how it compared to WWE: “Late 98-99 I wrestled two Thunders, two Nitros and about 10 Saturday Nights. It seemed to be a bit more stressful for sure. Things weren’t ironed out as smoothly as with WWE. I remember one Nitro that they didn’t even have the line up of what was going to happen until 5 minutes after the show actually started. In WWE though it’s the same thing, but I think the “machine” and more well oiled than in WCW.”

Toughest Opponent: “Hands down….Kurt Angle. I wrestled him for about 6 weeks straight. He pulled my hair, bloodied my lip, blackened my eyes, and dropped me on my head! He was one of the most aggressive guys out there, but at the same time very professional. He was great to wrestle with but you knew you were going to be in for a fight.”

Thoughts on TNA: “TNA has the platform to do something completely different in the wrestling business right now. All of the pieces are in place in TNA right now that were in place when WCW made more money than any wrestling company in history. People are expecting things to happen immediately in TNA and you can’t make the magic happen like that. If you remember Hogan was in WCW for almost 2 or 3 years before the NOW finally took off. You just have to wait for everything to fall into place, but for TNA it’s looking good all the way around.”

– John Cena wrote the following on Twitter last night about Evan Bourne:

“CeNation. Evan is for real. I have always felt he has been overlooked, and it was a privlidge to be his team mate.”

– Randy Orton was told over the weekend that he shouldn’t be wrestling for three weeks, according to f4wonline.com. Besides the attack from Edge last night, Orton isn’t expected to take many bumps over the next few weeks leading up to Fatal 4 Way.

– Jim Ross wrote the following on Twitter regarding last night’s RAW:

“Michael Cole entered Raw 2nite in Austin to what music? ‘BOOMER SOONER!’ Now THAT’S heat.”

“Sign Guy’s got front row seats @ Raw. Raw feels fresh 2nite. Like the newness. Truth’s elevating, Bryan’s excellent, Uso’s & Bourne…yes!”

Here is the official poster and synopsis for WWE’s first-ever Money in the Bank pay-per-view, which takes place on July 18th from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Synopsis: On Sunday, July 18th, a heart-pounding WWE match-up will take place 20 feet above the ring…in a steel briefcase! Don’t miss one second of the action as Jack Swagger, John Cena, Randy Orton, Triple H, Rey Mysterio, and all your favorite WWE Superstars battle it out in “WWE: Money in the Bank! Catch it live on Sunday, July 18th, on Pay-Per-View!

Here’s a live recap of what we didn’t see on television at Monday’s WWE RAW from Austin, Texas:

Before RAW:

– Dos Caras beat Yoshi Tatsu.  Caras got a lot of heat with the crowd by first cutting a babyface promo in Spanish and then cutting a heel promo on the crowd in English.

– Superstars match: Mark Henry beat Primo.

– Superstars match: Gail Kim beat Jillian Hall.

– Edge then came out and said that RAW hasn’t started but he was going to stand in the ring and say what he wanted, and nobody could stop him. He was interrupted by Evan Bourne, who said he was out there to make a name for himself. Bourne said he would start by challenging Edge for his spot in the Fatal 4 Way main event. They went at it and that’s when RAW started.

After RAW:

– After RAW went off the air, Edge came back out and speared Evan Bourne. Edge cut a promo on John Cena before Bret Hart out. Bret said Edge would wrestle John Cena right then and there Edge said he wasn’t ready but the bell rang anyway. Cena ended up winning with the STF. Cena then called Evan Bourne back out and Bourne hit another Air Bourne on Edge. Bourne and Cena left while Edge took the mic, recovered and said if he ever sees the fans again in the arena, he will slap the taste out of their mouths.

Report by Kendra:

RAW this week starts with Edge stomping the heck out of Evan Bourne! Edge gets down in Evan’s face, and talks smack about Evan getting in Edge’s face, in Edge’s ring. King and Cole say that Evan came out to make his own place on RAW. Edge sends Evan to run the ropes and Evan gains the upper hand on Edge. Kicks to Edge and Evan climbs. SSP, but Edge rolls out. Evan recuperates as Edge sets up. Spear to Evan. Edge grabs a mic and says what happened to Evan will happen to his opponents at Fatal 4 Way. Sheamus, Cena, Orton. No matter how many times Edge proves his dominance people like Evan Bourne disrespects him, the fans disrespect him. At Fatal 4 Way that changes. He’s nothing like his opponents. Cena, he’s our superhero, possibly the strongest man in this industry. Sheamus, doesn’t care who gets in his way. He’ll bulldoze his way through and takes what he wants. Then there’s Orton, the viper. “You suck!” chants. He’ll wait there in the grass and pounce. But they love it, RKO, right? “RKO” chants. The fans are sheep who hopped in the snake pit, wait for the viper to bite them. At Fatal 4 Way he’ll prove everyone wrong when he becomes a ten time, count them, ten time Champion. Orton’s music and out he comes. Edge asks if he’s out there to drop Edge? Well, Edge knows Orton’s not 100%. He can see it in Orton’s eyes. He has an option for Orton, because he can hurt Orton at Fatal 4 Way. Look into Edge’s eyes, he’s not kidding. Orton hits an RKO, shakes out the arm and then poses up on a corner. Video replay of the RKO and Orton holding that shoulder. Orton stares off into space. Cena and Orton will face Edge and Sheamus later tonight in a tag match.

Ashton Kutcher will be out next.

– Commercial

Ashton Kutcher backstage reading something. Eve in and hugs between them. Ashton talks about how Zack Ryder talking smack on Twitter about Ashton. Because of the movie Ashton was just in, he’s putting a hit on Zack tonight and it could be anyone who’s doing it. Miz is there and says he knows Ashton wants to see Miz because he want’s Miz’s star power in Killers 2. Ashton says he’d been talking to Bret Hart about a match for Miz. They have a one night contract with this guy Miz might know, Daniel Bryan. Miz says he’ll take Bryan apart. Ashton says it’s hard to do when Bryan makes Miz tap out. Miz tells Ashton to get his Nikon. Ashton threatens to put the Nikon so far up Miz’s… Eve stops Ashton and reminds him RAW is PG. Ashton tells Miz he doesn’t want to see ‘the farmhand’. Miz stomps off and Eve asks to see ‘the farmhand’.

Justin announces the new US Champion, R-Truth. He comes out singing and the fans are HOT. Video of Miz and R-Truth facing off last week. Miz was sure he’d regain ‘his’ US Championship, but R-Truth beat him and won the title. Cheap pop from R-Truth in the ring and they eat it up! Jericho out to face R-Truth. Cole says it’s a 13,000 people capacity crowd.

Jericho up in R-Truth’s face asking something, pointing a finger. R-Truth dances and wiggles, leaving the fans laughing. Shoulder block drops R-Truth. Jericho runs the ropes, then a hip toss from R-Truth. Jericho tries for a code breaker and ends up flying out through the ropes. R-Truth out onto Jericho.

– Commercial

Jericho with a headlock on R-Truth in the center of the ring. During the break it was all Jericho. R-Truth to his feet and elbows out. An arm around Jericho’s waist and takes Jericho down for two. Enziguri to R-Truth for two. Jericho sets R-Truth on the second rope and chokes him there. Then Jericho stands on R-Truth’s back and pulls the top rope up to chokes some more. Suplex to R-Truth. Cole says the locker room doesn’t take R-Truth seriously as the US Champion yet. (Been wrestling 13 years, Jericho 20 years, not that much of a rookie.) That he’s no veteran. Flying forearm to Jericho. Punches to Jericho drops him. head scissors sent Jericho flying. Boot to Jericho’s face. Bulldog to R-Truth. Jericho goes for a lionsault, R-Truth moves out of the way. R-Truth misses his bicycle kick. R-Truth slams Jericho to the mat face first in a way that looks kinda wrong. Jericho drops R-Truth for two. R-Truth into his dancing moves but misses his spinning kick. Jericho locks on the walls but R-Truth spins his hips and somehow locks on a small package for three!

– Winner: R-Truth

Jericho sits in the ring looking shocked at the loss while R-Truth looks in at him. Video of R-Truth’s win. Jericho still looks lost as R-Truth poses with some young fans and dances around.

– Commercial

King and Cole talk about the Fatal 4 Way PPV coming up and who would qualify for the RAW main event. Video of Batista in the ring last week, all beaten up and in a wheel chair, screaming his head off. Justin announced the new RAW GM, Bret Hart. Bret said Batista needed to qualify for the Fatal 4 Way. Batista threatened to quit because he couldn’t wrestle. Bret announced the winner via forfeit, Randy Orton. Batista then quit the WWE.

Backstage Zack Ryder is backstage with Fox talking about this hit on him. He says maybe he’s doing the hit, it’s Bret. Natalya in with a hug. The Hart Dynasty asks about who attacked them. Bret said he signed them, they’re the Usos. They obviously want to make names for themselves, what will the Dynasty do about it?

Santino and Eve out to the ring together. It might be a PG show, but Eve’s quite nipply in her pink and black outfit!

– Commercial

Eve and Santino in the ring. Santino’s showing her the move he learned last week. Maryse out in a new red studded outfit that makes her look rather scrawny before removing her jacket. Regal and Kozlov out to the ring. Regal will be tagging with Maryse! Santino on mic says for the good of George Mucas, please stop playing this wannabe Darth Vader music. Why does Kozlov insist on coming out with Regal when the opportunity to become the greatest tag team of the WWE Universe? Think about it. The irremovable object versus the unstoppable force. Plus, if Kozlov is his partner, she’ll make love to him. Eve freaks out. I mean Eve would love for Kozlov to be his tag team partner. Plus there’s his cobra.

Eve and Maryse start. Maryse laughs at Eve in the ring, over and over. Eve moves in and Maryse knees her in the gut. Eve rolls over Maryse’s back and dropkicks her. Maryse’s hand took the whole kick and the camera easily kicked it up. Maryse tagged in and made Eve back off by yelling at her. Regal and Santino in. “Santino” chants, Santino laughs and put his hands up. Santino puts on some fancy footwork, Regal punches Santino to the mat. Forearms to Santino’s face in a corner. Santino whipped and comes out into a clothesline. Regal throws Santino down and then lock on a submission. Eve in and kicks Regal to break it. Maryse in on Eve. The ref distracted by the Divas and Kozlov in. Kozlov choke slams Regal to the mat. Santino slides over and pins Regal for three. Kozlov stomped up the ramp with Maryse chasing, or maybe fleeing.

– Winners: Santino & Eve

Santino was confused about who they won. Video of Kozlov’s attack. Santino realizes that Kozlov helped him and he’s thrilled.

Backstage Bret Hart’s heading for the ring.

– Commercial

Video for the soldiers and fallen soldiers.

Justin announces Bret Hart to the ring. Bret out in jeans, a button down, leather jacket, sunglasses and his hair slicked back and tied. King and Cole talk about how amazing it is that Bret’s the GM of RAW after all these years. He says he’s been the GM for about a week and he’s been having so much fun. In fact, he got together with Teddy Long and they’ll do something real special next week. They’ll have all the RAW and SD! stars under one roof. It will be a special night. It will be three hours to fit in all the fun and games. The best part about it, Teddy and her were talking and they thought the fans should participate. Superstars with ideas, bring them to Bret. Monday night RAW will be a night to remember and a whole lot of fun. Ted DiBiase comes out with Virgil in tow. Of course Virgil up first to hold the ropes for Ted. Ted says if Teddy and Bret are accepting suggestions, make Ted GM for the night. Not guest host, GM, he wants complete control. He’s willing and able to pay Bret and Teddy whatever it takes. Is that right? asks Bret. Ted says Bret’s not too good to be bought. Ted says his father says everyone has his price. Bret says to take it up with Teddy, he’s fine. Ted says he knows Bret came back because he needs money, so don’t let his pride get in the way. All he has to do is name his price. Bret just stares. Ashton on the tron. He says before Bret gives that power to Ted, think of this. Why not have next week be a viewer’s choice. Give the power to the viewers to handle everything. Ted says Bret’s not actually thinking of doing that, is he? Bret says it’s a good idea. Next week’s RAW will be a viewer’s choice night. Out comes Vince McMahon. He’s all smiles and strutting out to the ring. This is the first time he and Bret have seen each other since WM, says Cole. Vince gets some pop from the fans. Then he says to hear it for Vince McMahon. Then, let’s hear it for Bret Hart. Vince says Bret looks ten years older than at WM. Look at Vince, never looked better or felt better. But he wasn’t feeling to well with his whole family there and Bret bashed him with the steel chair over and over and over. How many times did Bret hit him with the chair? Bret says 18. Vince says it would have injured a normal man. He asks Bret if he got everything out of his system from all those years? Bret says, most of it. “You tapped out!” chants. Vince says he didn’t really. Vince says he must have because Bret jumped on the opportunity to become GM of RAW. Why would Vince allow this? Maybe it’s a nefarious plot against Bret. Maybe it’s that old keeping enemies closer. Or maybe he thinks Bret’s the man for the job because the fans do. Bret’s been making popular decisions. Vince will be tuning in next week. Not all decisions will be popular. You need to treat these people like children, he means it in the most complimentary ways. They can’t make the best decisions for themselves, he has to make some tough decisions. Is Bret ready for them to boo him out of the building. Bret says he can handle it. He’s really there to wish Bret luck. Does he believe it? Bret says no. Vince says it’s a wonderful story, a man banned 13 years ago returns to become GM. He just hopes Bret’s story as GM has a happy ending. Bret glares. Vince calls for more pop for himself, then even louder! Vince is smirking and strutting around as Bret just stares at him. Vince leaves the ring, salutes Bret and leaves with a smirk.

Backstage Zack’s trying to find out if it’s Orton who will be taking him out. Orton says if he wanted to take Zack out, they wouldn’t be having this conversation. Then the door Orton’s standing next to opens and then slams closed on Orton’s shoulder. Edge steps out over Orton and leaves. Someone rushes over and yells for help.

– Commercial

Video of Edge’s attack on Orton backstage just before the commercial.

Cole says Orton’s being checked over now. Will he be able to tag with Cena tonight? King says he doubts Orton will be able to wrestle tonight.

The Miz out to the ring. Cole talks about how Miz will teach Bryan some respect and what a useless punk Bryan is. Bryan comes stomping out to the ring in his regular maroon trunks. Video from the confrontation between Bryan and Cole last week. Cole verbally attacked Bryan and tried to slap Bryan before Bryan was pulled away. On the stage Miz verbally attacked Bryan and Bryan went after Miz. Cole says it’s all because Bryan doesn’t have the heart it takes to make it in the WWE.

One big punch drops Miz hard. Arm bar on Miz on the mat, but right in the ropes and he has to let go. Clothesline to the back of Bryan’s head and Miz works him hard. Cole goes on and on about Bryan going back to the indies, to his internet buddies. This guy’s such a nerd, doesn’t even own a TV set! Shoulders and punches to Bryan in a corner. King asked how this all started. Cole says Bryan can’t take criticism. Forearm to Bryan in a corner. If Bryan can’t take it from Cole, what about in the locker room. What’s a vegan anyway? Doesn’t eat meat? King says a lot of people don’t eat meat. Crossface on Miz who fights to not tap out. Miz counters but Bryan backslides Miz for three.

– Winner: Daniel Bryan!!!

King laughs hysterically a Cole who’s jaw drops open in shock. Miz is so pissed he attacks Bryan from behind as the ref raises Bryan’s hand in victory. Forearms to Bryan’s face. Miz throws Bryan from the ring, right in front of announce. Cole says this was the biggest upset in WWE’s history. Miz pulls Bryan up and demands Bryan apologize to the Miz. Bryan elbows Miz in the gut, bounces his face off announce and then launches Miz over announce and face first into Cole’s face! King says that wasn’t exactly an apology. Bryan back into the ring then back out and up the ramp staring at Cole. King tells Cole to get up, he looks like a fool down there. Bryan’s there for one night, pins Miz and leaves Cole on his keester. Get up Cole, laughs King.

– Commercial

King’s all smiles as Cole puts his head set back on. King says they’re back on the air. King asks if he’s alright. Cole says he’s been assaulted, twice in less than a week. Assaulted, nothing short of it. Yes, he was ambushed, the same way the Usos assaulted the Harts last week.

Slam Of The Week – The Hart Dynasty were attacked after their match last week by the Usos and Snuka’s daughter.

The Usos are in the ring with Snuka’s daughter. They have mics. One says as of right now they have the whole world trippin’. they’re wondering who they are and where they’re coming from. Only way for them to make a name for themselves. “You suck” chants. The only way was for them to put the Hart Dynasty on their backs. The other asked who they are. The first says they’re Jay and Jimmy Uso and their girl Tamina. The second brother says they’ll keep it real with the Hart Dynasty. They’re not the only ones who’s family runs deep in this business. If anyone knows about blood thicker than water, it goes way back to the Wild Samoans and then back here to them. They’re not the typical Samoans either. They have fashion, in your colleges, their scholarship money, law firms. The bottom line is they had to make a name and they in the wrong place at the wrong time. Tamina takes a mic and says they’re right. They respect where the Hart Dynasty comes from, a family the Universe respect. Their families don’t get that respect, like her father, Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka. He was put in the corner at the first WM as if he didn’t have anything to offer to the main event. No, that’s not going to happen no more. You know why WWE Universe? They were born and created for one purpose. They all say ‘dominate’ together. The Hart Dynasty’s music and the mics were quickly put down. At first the Harts were on top, but Tamina took Natalya down outside and they were then done in the ring. The Usos and Tamina did their triple splash, if not as cleanly, as they did last week.

King says these are Rikishi’s twin sons. Cole talks about the confrontation between Orton and Ryder backstage, but they first show Orton’s RKO on Edge. Then Edge’s attack on Orton with a door backstage.

– Commercial

Zack Ryder and Fox into the ring. She’s in a satin leopard jumper! Zack goes off on the hit Ashton put on Zack. He’s not waiting to get jumped, but demands to know who it is. He can double Ashton’s Twitter followers in a day if he wanted too. Ashton on the tron. He smiles and says he’ll tell Ashton. King climbs in smiling with a chair in hand. Zack tells King not to do it. King set up the chair in the ring and sits down, still smiling. Ashton tells Zack it’s not King. Khali’s music plays and he comes dancing out and Zack looks a bit nauseated. Fox freaked and they left the ring together. Cole asks King what he was doing in there? King says he was in there, that was him? Ashton then says it’s not Khali either, but this is fun. Khali leaves the ring. Then Goldust comes out, but Ashton says it’s not him. Zack says he’s getting paranoyed. He’s sorry he did it. Ashton says like in his movie Killers, he’ll never see it coming. Fox says she’s sorry about this and doesn’t like this joke. She drops the mic. Zack reaches for it and she kicks Zack in the head. Ashton says it’s Fox and that’s why you don’t mess with Ashton and his Twitter followers. Woo, woo, woo, you know it! Fox bounces from the ring all smiles.

Backstage Edge is getting ready and Sheamus comes in. Sheamus says he saw what Edge did to Orton and liked it. He heard what Edge said earlier, Edge is nothing like him, he is a bulldozer. Edge says he hears him. Orton’s been weakened and they can weaken Cena too. Sheamus agrees, but if Edge takes advantage at Sheamus’ expense, it will be the last mistake Edge makes. Edge nods, sorta.

– Commercial

This Week In WWE History they celebrate the life of the Junk Yard Dog’s life. They showed a great video of his career from the first WM to HOF. He died in a car accident this week in 1998, he was only 45.

Next week the Guest Hosts will be the cast of The A-Team.

Edge out to the ring first. Video of the RKO on Edge, then the door into Orton’s shoulder. In the ring Edge smiles at the tron. Sheamus out next and they stare at each other a bit. Cena out to decent pop. On the stage he says he has some unfortunate news. Lots of heat for Cena. He says thank you, but due to the actions of Edge, Orton’s re-injured his shoulder and won’t be able to wrestle. That would leave Cena without a partner, but every WWE Superstar hates them. His partner is a wrecking ball who Edge worked over earlier and would love to kick in Edge’s teeth. Evan Bourne out and he ran into the ring with Cena. Edge and Sheamus quickly from the ring to give Evan and Cena their moment. “Cena” chants from women and children. Edge and Sheamus discuss who will start.

Cena and Edge lock up. Edge nails some punches and takes Cena down in a corner. Cena reverses and hits a bulldog. Evan tags in and takes the arm Cena’s holding. Arm bar on Edge. Forearms to Evan’s back. Evan runs the ropes and somehow launches himself to hits head scissors, then a dropkick and then a back kick to Edge. Edge finally leaves the ring to regroup and hold his face in shock.

– Commercial

Punches from Cena to Sheamus’s gut then Evan tags in a hit’s a low dropkick to a sitting Sheamus in a corner. Evan pins Sheamus for two. Many kicks from Evan on Sheamus, but a back elbow dropped Evan. Evan slammed face first into the heel corner. Edge tags in and elbows Evan in the back, then stomps Evan on the lower ropes. Evan hangs out on the apron. Edge from the ring and kicks Evan in the face, then drops an elbow and Evan hit’s the floor. The ref counts, but both back in. Sheamus tags in and Edge keeps Evan from getting anywhere near Cena. Sheamus gets Evan up for a delayed, but Evan kicks out. Kicks to Sheamus, but Sheamus keeps Evan from Cena. Double axe handle to Evan’s head drops Evan for two. Sheamus keeps a foot on Evan while Edge tags and comes in. A kick to Evan, then Evan’s whipped and falls. Edge pins but Evan kicks out! Evan reaches, but no where near Cena. Evan gets free but runs into the big boot from Edge. Cena’s bouncing in his corner. Headlock on Evan in the center of the ring. Cena gets the fans clapping. Evan gets free, kicks Edge and then an enziguri drops Edge. Both are down on the mat. The ref is counting, but they both tag in. Of course Cena gets the hot tag and goes all Super Cena on Sheamus with shoulder blocks, a side slam and then a five knuckle shuffle. The kids and women are hot for Cena! Sheamus to his feet and up for the AA, but gets free. Sheamus slams Cena Sheamus rushes Cena who side steps. Evan bounces up and kicks Sheamus in the back of the head when he makes it to the face corner. Sheamus back up for the AA and Cena hits it. Edge rushes in for the spear, but Cena side steps and sends Edge to the opposite corner and the ring post to the shoulder with the spear. Evan tags in and goes up top. SSP from Evan and he gets the three.

– Winners: John Cena & Evan Bourne

Cena back in and picks Evan up in the air. Then Cena tells Evan to get up there and pose. Cena up on the opposite corner to pose. It’s Evan’s music that’s playing for the win. Video of Evan getting the win over Sheamus. Cena raises Evan’s hand, then they have a half hug as Evan really soaks in what it’s like to win the main even in a televised RAW show. (I know it’s all booked ahead of time, but it was very big of Cena and cool that Evan got the finisher and pin for three there. Very nice!)

Biggest pop
Bret Hart
Randy Orton
Evan Bourne/Cena
Santino

Biggest heat
Edge
Sheamus
Jericho

Jake The Snake Roberts recently gave Matt & JD from Ring The Bell Radio a rare interview. You can listen to the full interview at: RingTheBellRadio.com in the archive section. Here are some highlights of what Jake said about:

Where the Jake The Snake Gimmick came from: “I came up with the idea on my own. I was a Ken Stabler fan, he used to play for the Oakland Raiders. He was a wild child on and off of the football field. His nickname was “The Snake”. I always liked the name Jake, and during that time there was a tv show called Dallas. One of the characters on that show was JR. So I came up with Jake “The Snake” Roberts.

His snake being used in backstage ribs: ”Davey Boy Smith was pretty mean with my snake. He used to take lit cigarettes and throw into the bag because he wanted the snake to attack me once I got out to the ring. Obviously once I got to the ring and opening the bag, the snake was a little upset.. I got my revenge though…I gave Matilda (Davey Boy’s Dog) about 12 hotdogs, some chocolate and maybe some x-lax.  The dog ended up spraying their entire room. I kind of wish it would have been Davey Boy, he was a real piece of. Sh……work anyway.”

Working with the Ultimate Warrior: “Going against Warrior was in no way my idea. He was a blithering idiot! He was a real piece of work and I don’t even want to go into it because it will put me in a bad mood. All I’ll tell you is that Vince McMahon…that’s the worst thing he ever did to wrestling.”

Working in WCW: “Bill Watts had no idea what he was doing. He brought me in, worked one angle with Sting and then he took the snake away from me. That was his weird way of “Besting” McMahon. Like I said he had no idea what he was doing, and if when I die I go to hell I know I’ll have company because I am sure Bill Watts will be there too!”

What Jake “The Snake” is currently doing: ”I’m still wrestling a little bit, but I’m currently writing some books and doing some of my own DVD’s. One is called Snake Tales, which talks about road stories and stuff that went on in the locker rooms. Another one is called Snake Bites Back, which was done around a camp fire with a few friends and I answer some really tough questions not only dealing with wrestling but with my personal life too.”

(source: www.f4wonline.com)

Undertaker suffered a broken orbital bone, a broken nose and a concussion in his match last Tuesday against Rey Mysterio, which aired on Friday’s episode of SmackDown.

It is believed Undertaker suffered injury while taking the seated senton move by Mysterio during the match.

He has been recommended to take time off due to the injury, which would take him past the Fatal 4-Way event. It’s being said that it’s a 50/50 chance as to whether he would be able to wrestle on the show.

Due to the lack of depth on the SmackDown brand, Rey Mysterio has been called back to action to fill Undertaker’s scheduled position on live events and television. He was set to take time off from the road for a scheduled vacation. No decision has been made regarding the World Heavyweight Championship bout at Fatal 4-Way, but logic would have Mysterio as the replacement if Undertaker can’t wrestle.

— Lisa Marie Varon (a/k/a Tara; formerly known as Victoria in WWE) is expected to speak with WWE officials regarding a potential return to the company now that her contract with TNA has expired. However, friends of Varon say it’s possible she’ll return to TNA should WWE not make her a better contract offer as she’s on good terms with management again. (source: www.pwtorch.com)

— According to a recent issue of WWE Magazine, there were tentative plans for WWE to release every single episode of Monday Night Raw from 1993 on DVD. The project has been scrapped in favor of “best of” DVD set highlighting the first two “seasons” of Monday Night Raw — 1993 and 1994. Click here for more information on the upcoming release.

— Former WWE Divas Lisa Marie Varon, Lilian Garcia and Christy Hemme have been added to Wizard World’s Chicago Comic Con taking place August 20-22 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. Other wrestling talent scheduled to appear include Diamond Dallas Page, Mick Foley, Amy Dumas, The Iron Sheik, Shane Douglas, The Honky Tonk Man, Jackie Haas, Charlie Haas, Bushwacker Luke and Rikishi. Click here for more information.