— The official website of Florida Championship Wrestling has added Jake Carter to their roster page. He is Jesse White, son of former WWE star Vader. He signed a developmental contract with WWE in April following a tryout at the organization’s developmental facility in Tampa, Florida.

White, 25, originally committed to the University of Oklahoma and was touted for the National Football League, but retired following a hip injury. He then followed his dad’s footsteps to the world of professional wrestling.

— Theodore Long kicked off Friday’s SmackDown by announcing that the first match of the night would feature 41 Superstars in the largest Battle Royal in WWE history. Interim Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis then revealed the winner would earn a title match against the champion of his choosing.

Randy Orton won the 41-Man No. 1 Contender’s Battle Royal, last eliminating The Miz. Battle Royal elimination order is as follows: 1. Cody Rhodes, 2. Johnny Curtis, 3. JTG, 4. Michael McGillicutty, 5. Derrick Bateman, 6. Yoshi Tatsu, 7. Titus O’Neil, 8. Matt Striker, 9. William Regal, 10. Percy Watson, 11. John Morrison, 12. Dolph Ziggler, 13. Trent Barreta, 14. Jey Uso, 15. Ted DiBiase, 16. Tyson Kidd, 17. Daniel Bryan, 18. Tyler Reks, 19. Curt Hawkins, 20. Drew McIntrye, 21. Justin Gabriel, 22. Mason Ryan, 23. Primo, 24. Santino Marella, 25. Alex Riley, 26. Kofi Kingston, 27. Zack Ryder, 28. David Otunga, 29. Jimmy Uso, 30. Ezekiel Jackson, 31. Heath Slater, 32. Sin Cara (Negro), 33. Christian, 34. R-Truth , 35. CM Punk, 36. Sheamus, 37. Wade Barrett, 38. Jack Swagger, 39. Jinder Mahal, 40. The Miz.

— Ultimate Warrior is advertised to appear in costume on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Sound Check Hollywood 8872 West Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California. T-Shirts, photos, figurines, posters and other merchandise will be available for purchase. Visit Soundcheckhollywood.com for more information.

— Various cable providers have Gail Kim’s name mistakenly listed as Gayle King in the information page for her appearance on today’s episode of Family BrainSurge on Nickelodeon. The names of John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, The Miz and Eve are correctly listed.

A fan wrote to Kim on Twitter, “How transparent can WWE be?” She responded, “of course it does. Pathetic. Lol. I wish I was oprah’s bff.”

– Fast Five, which features The Rock in a lead role, is currently the top selling DVD in the United States.

— The official Twitter feed of the WWE Insider issued the following statement this afternoon: CONFIRMED: The Board has approved @WWERawGM’s request to have @CMPunk and Triple H face @MiketheMiz and @RonKillings at #Vengeance.”

The match has yet to be announced by WWE.com.

— Eve, Gail Kim, John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, The Miz and kids from the Boys & Girls Club of America appear on Nickelodeon’s “Family BrainSurge” Thursday at 6 ET/5 CT. WWE.com has published photos of their appearance.

— Former WWE Diva Ashley Massaro is advertised to appear at the Boston Super Megafest at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel 1657 Worcester Rd. Framingham, Massachusetts. The event takes place November 19-20. Visit www.supermegafest.com for more information.

— Brock Lesnar will be announced as a “Legend” for THQ’s WWE ’12 video game later this week.

UFC approved of Lesnar’s inclusion in the game on the condition that he was presented as a wrestler and not a mixed martial artist.

There are no plans for Lesnar to be further involved with WWE.

— The Miz celebrated his 31st birthday Saturday by invading WWE’s Raw brand house show in Loveland, Colorado. He and R-Truth ran through the crowd in street clothes to interfere in the WWE Championship Match between Alberto Del Rio and John Cena, causing a disqualification. They knelt down with their hands behind their heads in surrender, but Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston dove onto them from the top rope.

— Alberto Del Rio is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Inside Wrestling.

source: PWInsider.com

— Different countries have different artwork for THQ’s upcoming WWE ’12 video game and the original Sin Cara has been chosen for the cover in Mexico.

— Matches have been announced for WWE’s upcoming tour of Japan. November 30, 2011 at Yokohama Arena will feature John Cena vs. Alberto del Rio for the WWE Championship, Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston for the United States Championship, and Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix for the Divas Championship. December 1, 2011 at Yokohama Arena will feature John Cena and CM Punk vs. TBA, Big Show vs. Mason Ryan, and Dolph Ziggler vs. Evan Bourne for the United States Championship.

— Kaitlyn turned twenty-five years old on Friday.

— The official Twitter feed of WWE has announced a 12-Man Tag Team Match for tonight’s Raw SuperShow.

John Cena, CM Punk, Sheamus, Air Boom and Mason Ryan will face Alberto Del Rio, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and David Otunga.

— Shelly Martinez has posted a blog and photos of her appearance this past Saturday at Sign of the Times at the Marriott Los Angeles Airport. She caught up with former WWE Divas Ashley Massaro, Maria Kanellis and Angela Fong, as well as TNA stars Velvet Sky and Christopher Daniels.

— WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Snuka has been added to The Big Event, which takes place November 11 and 12 at the Courtyard Marriott 9010 Ditmars Blvd. East Elmhurst, New York. Visit tmartpromotions.com for more information.

— John Cena appeared in studio on The Johnny Dare Morning Show today to promote tonight’s Raw SuperShow at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Cena teased during the interview that a cage would hang above the ring at the venue. He also discussed films, cars and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Cena stated that he does not want to turn bad because seeing the Make-A-Wish kids with his merchandise makes his day.

Meanwhile, the female sidekick auditioning for the morning show said she was former WWE announcer Jonathan Coachman’s roommate in college. She also claimed to have one night stands with former WWE talent John “Bradshaw” Layfield and Al Snow.

— The Miz and R-Truth “invaded” this past weekend’s Raw live events. The same scenario took place at all three shows; the heel duo would jump WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne immediately following their victory over David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty. Company personnel would then escort the “fired” wrestlers away.

Ring announcer Justin Roberts announced at the start of all three shows that The Miz and R-Truth wouldn’t be on hand due to Triple H’s ruling last Monday on Raw.

source: ProWrestling.net

— Matches scheduled to air on tonight’s episode of SmackDown are as follows:

* Sheamus vs. Heath Slater

* Justin Gabriel vs. Wade Barrett

* A.J. and Kaitlyn vs. Beth Phoenix and Natalya

* Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes

* The Great Khali vs. Jinder Mahal

* Daniel Bryan vs. Sin Cara

* Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston vs. Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso

* Mark Henry defends the World Heavyweight Championship against Christian in a Lumberjack Match

— The Miz announced this afternoon on Twitter that he has launched a YouTube Channel. He posted a video of his first words about being fired by WWE, which was filmed Wednesday during his new Sirius XM Radio show, First and Awesome.

— After R-Truth and The Miz were fired on this week’s episode of WWE Raw SuperShow, WWE.com transferred their respective profiles to the Alumni section.

— A match pitting John Morrison against R-Truth was taped Monday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars.

— Thanks to suggestions from fans, WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne have officially been named “Air Boom.”

— Alex Riley beat Drew McIntyre in the dark match prior to tonight’s Raw broadcast.

— WWE Studios’ Inside Out starring Triple will premiere on DirecTV Cinema on Saturday, September 10.

source: PWInsider.com

– WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio will defend against John Cena at WWE’s upcoming Night of Champions pay-per-view. Cena defeated CM Punk on RAW in a #1 contenders match after Kevin Nash distracted Punk and allowed Cena to hit attitude adjustment.

– New WWE tag team champions were crowned on Monday’s RAW, as Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne defeated David Otunga and Michael Mcgillicutty.

– WWE confirmed on RAW that next Tuesday night’s live SmackDown on SyFy special will feature Superstars from the RAW brand. SuperSmackDown Live airs next Tuesday nigiht on SyFy at 8pm EST.

— Luis Ignascio Urive Alvirde, the original Sin Cara, is eligible to resume performing since his thirty-day suspension for his first violation of the company’s drug testing policy expired on Tuesday. Alvirde’s future with the organization, however, remains in doubt. Developmental talent Jorge Arias (a/k/a Hunico) assumed the character at this week’s and last week’s SmackDown tapings and there is talk it may be permanent as company officials are reportedly sour on Alvirde due to his performances and attitude.

— This Sunday’s SmackDown live event in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada has been canceled. A Raw live event scheduled for that day was also canceled.

Meanwhile, Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston are advertised as a tag team for Friday’s and Saturday’s Raw live events in Saskatchewan.

— Jose Vargas, Brodus Clay’s opponent on this week’s episode of WWE Superstars, is California based independent wrestler Orion. He competes for Legion Championship Wrestling.

source: PWInsider.com

— The August 15 episode of Raw scored a 3.29 cable rating, up from 3.10 the week before. Though the overall rating increased from the prior week, it dropped as the show wore on. The first hour drew a 3.4 before dropping to a 3.18 in the second.

Last night’s program averaged 5,055,000 viewers over the course of two hours, up from 4,542,000 viewers

– It looks like we will be seeing more of Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne teaming up. tweeted the following on Monday night after RAW:

“Me and @findevan beat the tag champs tonite AND we’re trending worldwide. Maybe we should team up more often.(*hand on chin pondering) hmm..”

– In another sign that WWE’s tag team division is picking up steam, The Usos wrote on Twitter that that they are watching WWE Tag Team Champions David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty closely.

— The August 13 episode of A.M. Raw did a 0.45 cable rating, with 562,000 viewers. The previous week’s show drew a 0.45 cable rating with 507,000 viewers.

(source: PWInsider.com)

— Tonight’s episode of SmackDown, which has already aired overseas, features a vignette advertising Sin Cara for next week’s show.

WWE announced on July 18, 2011 that Sin Cara had been suspended 30 days for his first violation of the organization’s Talent Wellness Program. He is scheduled to return Tuesday in Sacramento, California, which would indicate that WWE ended his suspension prematurely.

— WWE Champion CM Punk is advertised to appear at Hot Topic on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California next Friday at 5:00 p.m. Those who purchase a CM Punk T-Shirt receive a wristband that guarantees the opportunity to meet the Raw Superstar.

— Kofi Kingston is advertised to appear at the Maverick Store in West Valley, Utah today at 2:00 p.m. The store is located at 3112 South Redwood Road West Valley, Utah 84119.

— Stan Lane turns 58 years old today.

source: PWInsider.com

— CM Punk has been removed from WWE.com’s roster page. He is also no longer listed as WWE Champion.

— WWE Hall Shawn Michaels celebrates his birthday today. He stated on his Twitter account that he turns 46 years old.

— Former WWE Diva Maria is advertised to appear at Dreamwave Wrestling’s Adversity event. The event takes place Saturday, August 6 in La Salle, Illinois. Visit www.dreamwavewrestling.com for more information.

— Kofi Kingston is scheduled to appear at the Maverick Store in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday, August 5 beginning at 2:00 p.m.

In the final round of the WWE Championship Tournament, Rey Mysterio and The Miz meet next week on Raw to determine the undisputed title holder.

Vince McMahon announced at the top of the show that eight of the top Superstars would compete in a WWE Championship Tournament and that a new titleholder would be determined that night. Before Mysterio and The Miz could compete in the final round of the WWE Championship Tournament, McMahon demanded that the ring be cleared due to important business he had to conduct. Triple H then informed McMahon that he had been relieved of his duties as WWE Chairman and that he would be taking his place.

WWE Championship Tournament Results

* The Miz defeated Alex Riley in the first round of the WWE Championship Tournament

* R-Truth defeated Jack Swagger in the first round of the WWE Championship Tournament

* Kofi Kingston defeated Alberto Del Rio in the first round of the WWE Championship Tournament

* Rey Mysterio defeated Dolph Ziggler in the first round of the WWE Championship Tournament

* The Miz defeated Kofi Kingston in the second round of the WWE Championship Tournament

* Rey Mysterio defeated R-Truth in the second round of the WWE Championship Tournament

— The Sydney Morning Herald has an article on Kofi Kingston, who recalls being a victim of bullying when he was a child.

“When I went to school I was definitely bullied,” Kingston told the children who are part of Underdogs, a Sydney, Australia based anti-bullying support group. “I wasn’t the biggest guy, I grew up in a town [in America] that was affluent – a lot of people had a lot – and while my family wasn’t what you’d call not well off, we didn’t have what others had.

“So, it was tough. For me, growing up was just a matter of dealing with it. You’d try to fight it but there were some days I didn’t want to go to school and come across certain people because I didn’t want the conflict.”

The article on Kingston’s anti-bullying efforts is available here.

— Jim Cornette wrote the following regarding CM Punk mentioning Ring of Honor last Monday on Raw: “@CMPunk Recognizes the best wrestling in the world when he sees it.Thanks Punk. #bitw #ROHbest #findroh.”

— Monday’s issue of The Sporting News has a story on fathers and sons who were pro athletes, and James and Joe Laurinaitis (a/k/a Road Warrior Animal) are mentioned. The WWE Hall of Famer is dressed up like his son in a St. Louis Rams uniform and James is dressed up in a Road Warriors ensemble.

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.

— Former ROH World Tag Team Champions Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli were on hand for this week’s WWE television tapings in New York and Rhode Island. Both worked out in the ring in front of officials before each show.

Castagnoli signed a developmental contract with WWE in November 2006 but was released a short while later for reasons that have yet to be publicly disclosed.

— WWE has released a commercial ad promoting SummerSlam, which takes place August 14, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It is branded as “The Biggest Event of the Summer.”

The commercial features The Miz, Chris Masters, John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, Eve Torres, Alicia Fox and The Bella Twins emerging from the ocean and scurrying to a beach house to watch SummerSlam.

The commercial is available here.

— Damage starring Steve Austin airs tonight on Spike TV at 11:00 p.m.

source: PWInsider.com

– WWE is considering holding a steel cage match at the upcoming Capitol Punishment pay-per-view from Washington, D.C. on June 17th. The cage match would either be for either the WWE championship or the World Heavyweight title.

– John Cena wrote the following on Twitter after RAW about:

Punk’s Ring Attire: “It was a tribute to randy savage. It was f’n awsome. I was proud to be out there with him.”

Alex Riley Attacking The Miz: “Kudos to Alex Riley for finally growing a set. Good fighting tonight kid.”

– Kofi Kingston’s ring gear on RAWwas created by a 6-year-old fan named Luke from Canada. Luke was the winner of a WWE Magazine contest where the readers were invited to design ring gear for a WWE superstar, with the winner’s design getting used on television.

– Chris Jericho wrote the following on Twitter last night about R-Truth, who has been great lately on the mic:

“Here’s a Jericho prediction: @RonKillings is gonna be the next big thing in the WWE. And I have a better track record than Harold Camping”

John Cena is a 10-time World Champion after defeating The Miz and John Morrison in a Steel Cage Match tonight at Extreme Rules.

The match concluded with The Miz teased the Skullcrushing Finale, which was countered by Cena using an Attitude Adjustment from the top rope. Cena made the cover to become the new WWE champion.

Earlier in the evening, Christian beat Alberto Del Rio in a Ladder Match to capture his first-ever World Heavyweight Championship.

The 21-minute contest concluded following interference from Edge, who made an unadvertised appearance to distract Del Rio. Christian proceeded to scale a ladder to capture his first major title in WWE.

Also changing hands was the United States Championship. SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long scheduled an impromptu Tables Match between Kofi Kingston and United States Champion Sheamus, which resulted in the high-flyer smashing The Celtic Warrior through the hardwood to capture the title for a second time.

— WWE has discussed adding a United States Championship Match between Sheamus and Kofi Kingston to this Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

— Jim Ross, who suffered a hand injury on Raw, adamantly stated on Twitter today that he will be ready for his scheduled tag team match at Extreme Rules.

— Jon Moxley of Dragon Gate USA signed a developmental contact with WWE this week. He will report to Florida Championship Wrestling next week.

— Alex Riley celebrates his 30th birthday today.

source: PWInsider.com

— Following Vladimir Kozlov’s victory over Tyler Reks yesterday at WrestleMania Axxess, The Corre attacked the Raw Superstar. The faction used the steel steps to crush The Moscow Mauler’s shoulder against the ring post.

Via WWE.com, SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long announced that – as a result of the assault – Kozlov would not be able to compete in the Eight-Man Tag Team Match at WrestleMania XXVII. Instead, Kofi Kingston will assume his position.

— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be personally giving away free tickets to WrestleMania XXVII. He posted a clue last night on Twitter for fans to be around the Georgia Dome today at noon. He will be releasing more clues in the morning.

— Mark Henry beat Primo this morning at WrestleMania Axxess.

source: PWInsider.com

As reported earlier, WWE conducted an injury angle at this morning’s WrestleMania Axxess affecting the Eight-Man Tag Team Match at WrestleMania XXVII featuring Big Show, Kane, Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. Ezekiel Jackson, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel and Wade Barrett.

Following Kozlov’s victory over Tyler Reks, The Corre attacked the Raw Superstar. The faction used the steel steps to crush The Moscow Mauler’s shoulder against the ring post.

WWE acknowledged the attack on the company website: “Twitter and YouTube has since erupted with photos and videos of the incident. The footage only serves to leave the WWE Universe wondering about Kozlov’s condition, or what condition he’ll be in for the Eight-Man Tag Team Match at WrestleMania.”

The angle will play out with Kozlov being removed from the Eight-Man Tag Team Match and replaced by Kofi Kingston. The announcement is not expected to made until the match takes place.

Kingston dropped the Intercontinental Championship to Barrett last week on Smackdown.

source: PWInsider.com

WWE’s creative team plugged Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov into the Eight Man Tag Team Match with The Corre at Wrestlemania XXVII after it was decided that Christian would be in Edge’s corner when “The Rated-R Superstar” defends the World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio. Christian and Kofi Kingston were originally pegged for the match.

It also said that Marella had “earned a spot on the card” based on his tenure with WWE. Management reportedly feels he “hits a home run” with whatever he is told to do on television and since he hadn’t yet worked a WrestleMania match (WrestleMania XXV nonwithstanding), he was to be rewarded.

In regards to Kingston not being currently slotted for a match at the event, there has been talk in the last day of him facing Drew McIntyre.

source: PWInsider.com

— Tough Enough, which premieres April 4 on the USA Network, wrapped up filming last week. Trainers Trish Stratus and Bill DeMott noted on Twitter that the show concluded “principal shooting” and that the top two finalists have been determined.

— Abdullah the Butcher is expected to be announced as the latest member of the WWE Hall of Fame tonight on Raw.

— Jim Ross said on Twitter that Saturday’s Raw live event at Madison Square Garden in New York City drew 19,000 fans for an estimated gate of $800,000.

— Mark Henry missed last week’s Monday Night Raw taping as he was in Australia promoting WrestleMania XXVII as well as WWE’s upcoming tour Down Under. “The World’s Strongest Man” appeared on the breakfast television program Weekend Sunrise discussing the WWE experience. (video)

— Brodus Clay, who debuted two weeks ago on Raw as the bodyguard of Alberto Del Rio, is now officially a member of the SmackDown roster. TheNXT Season 4 contestant has been added to the Superstars page on WWE.com.