— The official website of the Nutter Center is advertising Edge for next Tuesday’s SmackDown taping at the venue.

Their statement reads: “For the first time ever in Dayton, see WWE’s COO Triple H and a special appearance by WWE Superstar Edge!”

Also advertised for the event is “Apex Predator” Randy Orton vs. “World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship.

— Former WWE star Rene Dupree, who now competes for All-Japan Wrestling, is suffering from a herniated disk and will be sidelined indefinitely.

— This week in the top 100 Australian pay TV programs, WWE SmackDown ranked No. 55 with 28,000 viewers while Raw ranked No. 60 with 27,000 viewers.

source: PuroresuSpirit.com

— Edge is advertised to host the Cutting Edge with World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton and Mark Henry on this week’s episode of SmackDown. The episode is being taped tomorrow at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

— Rosa Mendes posted several messages on Twitter over the weekend disparaging the ‘Rookie Divas’ of WWE, writing: “Awwwww u guys are mad @ me. You love AJ because she looks ordinary just like you. Divas are not suppose to look ordinary. If i’m making people upset, I don’t really care. I’m sick of seeing the Divas division ruined by these rookies. Sexy, smart, powerful! Stay in FCW and stop shopping at Target chicas! One rookie looks 12 with a crater face, one looks like she is 40 and the other one looks like she needs to go on Jenny Craig. You know who you are! Lol”

Mendes revealed who she has problems with this afternoon: “Just so everyone is clear the rookies are AJ, Kaitlyn, Aksana and Maxine. You know the new girl on NXT, with the huge overbite. Lol.”

— The 2011 SummerSlam pay-per-view broadcast is now available on iTunes.

— Following last night’s SmackDown live event in Moncton, New Brunswick, Randy Orton, Sin Cara, Mark Henry, Christian, Sheamus, Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett were told to head to tonight’s Raw SuperShow in Ottawa, Ontario.

— Shawn Michaels is asking fans on Twitter to “Like” the Activision Hunts page on Facebook and say in a post they were sent by him. One person will win a chance to hunt with the WWE Hall of Famer this week in New York City as he promotes Activision’s Dangerous Hunts video game.

— The death of midget wrestling star Little Tokyo (Shigeri Akabane) will be mentioned in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated. He died last Tuesday of a heart attack in St. Joseph, Missouri at the age of 71.

source: F4WOnline.com

The official website of the Air Canada Centre is advertising WWE Hall of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart and multi-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus for this Tuesday’s SmackDown taping at the venue.

Both Canadian stars are advertised for “special guest appearances.”

WWE announced Friday on SmackDown that former world champion Edge would appear on this week’s show, which emanates from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. According to the Air Canada Centre website, WWE will be paying tribute to the “Rated-R Superstar” with “Edge Appreciation Night.”

Also advertised for the event is a World Heavyweight Match between Randy Orton and Mark Henry. Overseeing the night’s action will be WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H.

source: TheAirCanadaCentre.com

— With General Manager Theodore Long unable to attend tonight’s SmackDown due to unforeseen circumstances, COO Triple H called on WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart to serve as the Special Guest General Manager. Christian, however, showed up with a court order stating that no Superstar would get a World Title match until he was granted his rematch – including the new No. 1 contender Mark Henry. The Excellence of Execution then announced that Christian will face World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton in a Steel Cage Match for the World Heavyweight Title on this Tuesday’s live SuperSmackDown in Wichita, Kansas.

— Former WWE Diva Lauren Jones, who sporadically appeared for SmackDown in 2004 and 2005, was invited to tonight’s Raw live event at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi. A native of Jackson, she watched the show from the front row and went backstage afterwards.

Jones mutually parted ways with WWE in June 2005 because company officials pushed her to become a wrestler when she wanted to pursue other opportunities. WWE Executive Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis, who brought Jones to the organization in 2004 after she appeared as a model for a WWE Magazine photo shoot, has since made overtures to the entrepreneur/entertainment personality about returning to the organization. She garnered mainstream attention earlier this month as Hollywood starlets Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston and Charlize Theron were all photographed wearing a high-heel shoe she had designed, the Lauren Jones ‘Franci’ Sandal.

— It was announced during a commercial break on Raw that Mark Henry will face Sheamus on this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown on Syfy. Henry defeated Sheamus via countout at SummerSlam.

— Former WWE talent Harry Smith (a/k/a David Hart Smith) will face Hideki Suzuki on Saturday, August 27 at a Inoki Genome Federation event in Tokyo, Japan.

– Former WWE star Vladimir Kozlov is advertised to appear at this Saturday’s K&S WrestleFest event in Essington, Pennsylvania. Visit www.kandswrestlefest.com for event information.

— WWE Hall of Famer Paul Ellering celebrates his 58th birthday today while former WCW star Stevie Ray turns 51.

– As previously reported, the original Sin Cara returned to action at last night’s WWE SmackDown! live event in Tacoma, Washington, defeating Tyson Kidd with his ‘Spanish Fly’ move. one fan in attendance noted that it looked as if Cara had a blond mo-hawk under the mask.

• Pictures of Sin Cara UNMASKED

– Mark Henry won a battle royal on Friday’s SmackDown to become the #1 contender to Randy Orton’s World Heavyweight Title. WWE has not yet announced whether the match will take place at Night of Champions or an upcoming episode of SmackDown.

– The WWE website has an interview up with Jack Swagger, who confronted Vickie Guerrero on RAW and asked her to manage hi along with Dolph Ziggler.

• Vickie Guerrero BIKINI Pictures

Swagger told WWE.com:

“I think Vickie Guerrero has proven herself to be very valuable. She is a very influential person with General Managers and execs and higher-ups, so bringing her clout along with my All-American abilities and World Championship talent, it could be amazing. Will Jack Swagger make it there again without her? Absolutely. Will he make it there faster with her? Definitely.”

Discussion: COMMENT BELOW and tell us whether you’d like to see Vickie Guerrero manage Jack Swagger and other heels on RAW. Could Vickie Guerrero build a stable of heel wrestlers like Bobby Heenan’s Heenan Family back in the late ’80s?

— Cody Rhodes captured the Intercontinental Championship from Ezekiel Jackson last night on SmackDown.

After numerous head butts with his protective face mask and a key distraction by his associate Ted DiBiase, Rhodes executed a springboard kick on Ezekiel Jackson. The second generation wrestler then finished off Jackson with the Cross Rhodes to capture his first singles title in WWE.

— The Sin Cara character returned to WWE programming last night on SmackDown with developmental talent Hunico donning the mask. Hunico carries more body fat than the original Sin Cara, who was suspended last month due to a violation of WWE’s drug testing policy.

The SmackDown broadcast team made note of the noticeable physique change, with Josh Mathews saying it appeared Sin Cara put on some weight during his hiatus. The character was temporarily written off television via an injury angle at Money in the Bank.

— Johnny Curtis – winner of WWE NXT season four – was squashed by Mark Henry in his debut match on SmackDown.

— WWE.com has announced that Sheamus will battle Mark Henry at SummerSlam.

The synopsis reads: “Announced exclusively on WWE.com, Mark Henry and Sheamus will collide at SummerSlam in a rivalry that has quickly grown more intense than the summer sun itself. Will the fight of The Celtic Warrior be enough to defeat the meanest “Fella” in the land?”

— WWE developmental talent Aksana debuted on tonight’s episode of SmackDown in a backstage segment with Theodore Long.

Catsuit clad and with dark hair, the NXT Season 3 contestant tried to seduce the SmackDown General Manager into giving her his phone number. Long gave Aksana his card and wrote his personal number on the back. She said, “I can’t wait to do business with you.”

— CM Punk is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Power Slam.

WWE.com announced Saturday that Kane will be sidelined for at least three months due to a fractured fibula. He sustained the injury while being attacked by Mark Henry, which occurred moments after Randy Orton defeated the multi-time champion in a Street Fight.

Mark Henry injures Kane

Similar to what he did to Big Show at Money in the Bank, Mark Henrybrutalized Kane’s leg using a steel chair on the July 22 edition of SmackDown. The attack occurred just moments after Orton defeated Kane in a brutal Street Fight.

According to WWE doctor Michael Sampson, Kane suffered a fractured fibula, which will keep him out of the ring for at least three months. “But because of potential complications with such a severe injury, it could also keep him out of action for an undetermined amount of time,” Sampson said.

— Although WWE has billed Money in the Bank as CM Punk’s final appearance for the organization, he is among those advertised for tomorrow’s Monday Night Raw in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

He is not advertised for shows after Monday.

— The Chicago Tribune has posted an article regarding WWE star sightings this weekend in Chicago, Illinois. The article features a photo of John Cena posing for a photo with fans at O’Hare International Airport and notes that his Money in the Bank opponent CM Punk threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Friday’s Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field. The story also notes that Mark Henry, Darren Young, Titus O’Neil and Eden Stiles were seen dining at The Fifty/50 on Saturday.

To read the full article, click here.

— Maryse will be on hand for tonight’s Money in the Bank Live Chat on WWE.com tonight at 8:00 p.m.

— Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov are advertised to appear at the Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin tomorrow beginning at 11:00 a.m.

— The July 11, 2011 episode of Monday Night Raw did a 2.9 rating, up from 2.40 on July 4 but down from 3.13 on June 27. The program drew hours of 2.86 and 2.96.

The program averaged 4.387 million viewers over the course of two hours, down from 4.40 the week before. Raw was also 12 percent below the 2011 average of 5.0 million viewers.

Raw faced strong competition as the Home Run Derby on ESPN averaged a 4.64 cable rating from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m.

— Joey Styles stated on Twitter that both Big Show and Mark Henry refused medical treatment after both individuals fell off the stage last night on Raw. He added, “if either is injured, they’re not saying so!”

— Eve is featured on the cover of the July 2011 issue of Muscle & Performance (available at Vitamin Shoppe) and discusses her training regimen, working out on the road, and more. The WWE Diva is giving away ten personalized, signed copies of the issue. Click here for details.

source: PWInsider.com

— WWE.com is advertising the following for tonight’s episode of SmackDown: “The relentless brutality of Mark Henry comes face-to-face with World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton tonight on SmackDown. Has The World’s Strongest Man become something that even The Viper can’t stop?”

Other matches taking place include Daniel Bryan vs. Ted DiBiase, Sin Cara vs. Christian, Ezekiel Jackson vs. Cody Rhodes and Kane vs. Wade Barrett.

— Dolph Ziggler took to Twitter to comment on online reports that he took adult film star BiBi Jones on a date after meeting her at a Britney Spears concert last week.

He wrote, “Wow! To anyone it may concern: no, i am NOT dating anyone! and YES I do frequently listen to Britney Spears!”

— Yoshi Tatsu celebrates his 34th birthday today. In yesterday’s birthdays, Alicia Fox turned 25, Cody Rhodes turned 26 and WWE Hall of Famer Terry Funk turned 67.

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.

— Michael Tarver announced this weekend on Twitter that he has changed his user handle to his real name.

“Hello everyone my name is Tyrone Evans (michael tarver) and I have changed me screen name to my real name,” he wrote. “michael tarver belongs to wwe TYRONE EVANS xB2.0x belongs to GOD and im about to ATTACK ,,,GOD HELP US ,,,,stay tuned……….”

Tarver, who has sparingly appeared on WWE programming this year, is still listed as a member of the Raw roster on the company website. He has continued to appear for Florida Championship Wrestling during his hiatus.

— John Cena spoke to students at Baker High School in Baldwinsville, New York on Friday prior to a WWE live event in nearby Syracuse. While there, he discussed how he markets himself in the business world and how he conducts his life away from it.

“I think, in this day and age, too many athletes say ‘I play a game for a living.’ They have to realize millions of people are watching and following them…their every move,” Cena said.

A story on his appearance can be accessed here.

— WWE Superstar Mark Henry celebrates his 40th birthday today. Also celebrating birthdays today are former WWE stars Jerry Lynn (48) and Terry Taylor (56).

— Sheamus beat Christian and Mark Henry in a Triple Threat match last night on SmackDown to become the new No. 1 contender to the World Heavyweight Championship. The Celtic Warrior will challenge Randy Orton for the strap on next week’s episode of SmackDown.

— WWE developmental wrestler A.J. made her official WWE debut on last night’s episode of WWE SmackDown. Accompanied by Natalya, the NXT Season 3 contestant partnered with Kaitlyn in a losing effort to Alicia Fox and Tamina. Her bio has been moved to the SmackDown Superstars section on WWE.com.

A.J., a longtime wrestling fan who as recently as a few years ago would post on WWE Diva message boards, commented on her breakthrough on Twitter.

She wrote, “And it only took me 13 years… So incredibly happy and proud right now. Thanks for all the support. Think I broke my DVR rewind button…”

— The Great Khali turned on Ranjin Singh last night on SmackDown, placing his own brother in the Vise Grip. After leaving Singh completely incapacitated, Khali left the ring with Jinder Mahal.

— Natalya was drafted to the SmackDown brand during today’s WWE Draft. The third-generation wrestler commented on the move.

“Really excited to be on SmackDown!” she wrote on Twitter. “Like I said, change is good and I’m all about it! I guess I need some blue in my outfit now.

“I wonder if ill reunite with @TheBethPhoenix for a sisters of destruction reunion!?”

— WWE has confirmed that Mark Henry has launched an account on Twitter.

WWE.com posted a video last night of Henry’s reaction to being drafted SmackDown, during which he broke down crying about getting back into shape. Regarding this, he wrote, “I am not sad at all, I am emotional not soft u will see what a angry in shape.”

— WWE Champion The Miz stated on Twitter that all of the Superstars are out of the loop regarding the annual Draft.

He wrote, “Anyone else following the continued #WWEDraft on wwe.com? Some interesting picks thus far. It’s amazing how out of the loop the Superstars are. I remember when I got drafted from Smackdown to ECW I found out through wwe.com.”

– After a rocky WWE debut, SmackDown star Sin Cara continues to rub people the wrong way and has been described as “the guy with the biggest target on his back” in the WWE locker room. Sin  Cara was a major star in Mexico and is one of WWE’s biggest acquisitions in recent years.

Despite the fact that he’s a rookie in WWE, he acts like he’s an established star in WWE – which nobody likes. One person in particular that is not a fan of Sin Cara (to say the least) is Alberto Del Rio. While there is no real evidence that Del Rio is “out to get” Sin Cara in WWE, the two had heat from their time working together in Mexico and it’s no coincidence that Del Rio and Sin Cara were kept on separate brands after the Draft.

– Prior to Monday’s RAW, a video WWE posted a video of Mark Henry, who broke down crying when he spoke about getting back in shape. Henry weight got up to 450 pounds in recent months before he was able to drop down to 398.

Henry said he deserves to be World champion and will Henry said he feels like he deserves to be World Champion. This was filmed before Henry’s heel turn in the main event.

(Partial source: pwinsider.com)

— Vickie Guerrero introduced the “new and improved” Dolph Ziggler on Monday’s episode of Raw as he unveiled a freshly trimmed head of brown hair just before facing Evan Bourne.

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion is not thrilled with his new ‘do as he wrote the following on his personal Facebook account the morning after the show: “I feel like ‘bender’ from Futurama, when they chopped off his antenna….”

— Tyler Reks is in action on this week’s episode of WWE Superstars as he faces JTG. Also featured is Maryse vs. Natalya and Mark Henry vs. Ted DiBiase.

The episode is available here.

— Alicia Fox has replaced Melina on the last leg of Raw’s ongoing tour of Europe. The brand’s tour concludes Saturday in Doha, Qatar.

— 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

— Shawn Michaels is scheduled to appear ringside during The Undertaker vs. Triple H match at WrestleMania XXVII.

— “WrestleMania Week” kicked off today in Atlanta, Georgia as Turner Field hosted “WWE Night.” WWE talent John Morrison, Mark Henry, Eve and Melina participated in an autograph signing prior to an Atlanta Braves spring training game.

Morrison was named honorary team captain while Henry tossed the “first pitch of the year.” The Divas exclaimed “Play ball!” to start the game.

The signing drew approximately 100 fans.

— Kevin Nash announced on his Twitter account that he will be on hand for this weekend’s WrestleMania Axxess festivities at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He appears at the event Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon.

sources: F4WOnline.com, Pro Wrestling Torch

— Mark Henry indicated during an interview with The West Australian that he plans to retire from in-ring competition within the next 18 months despite having “a good three years left.”

“The World’s Stongest Man” also said there isn’t much friendship behind the scenes amongst wrestlers and that when he departs, he hopes someone will take his role of trying to step in to smooth down incidents on the road.

— The Undertaker celebrates his 46th birthday today. Also celebrating birthdays today are WWE developmental wrestler Tito Colon (29) and former WWE star Barry Horowitz (51).

— Dolph Ziggler indicated on his Twitter account that he will soon debut a book column for WWE Magazine.

— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s next scheduled live appearance on Raw takes place March 28 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. He is also scheduled to appear on the Raw after WrestleMania on April 4 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

— Bret Hart has changed his Twitter handle to brethart.

— Snooki is expected to receive a huge payday from WWE for her match at WrestleMania XXVII considering she’s receiving $30,000 for appearing at night clubs.

— FOX8 in Australia will air Tough Enough beginning in April. Also, Mark Henry is headed to the country for a promotional tour.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— The Wrestling Observer Newsletter speculates that due to The Undertaker’s health, matches pitting “The Deadman” against Kane for WWE’s tour of the U.K. next month have been changed to Triple Threat bouts with the inclusion of Big Show.

— In an update on the condition of Patrick Henry, older brother of WWE Superstar, Mark Henry, doctors have taken him off the medication that was keeping him in a coma and he is expected to be revived today. Henry had several surgeries to stop the bleeding and pressure on his brain caused by the stroke he suffered on Oct. 3.

— Both Maryse and The Miz walked the red carpet at last night’s Jackass 3D premiere in Los Angeles, California.

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— Following Monday’s Raw, one spot remains for Team Raw for the WWE Bragging Rights Tag Team Match at WWE Bragging Rights. The remaining spot was tabbed for Mark Henry, and may still be, but he missed the show because his brother is in a coma after suffering a stroke last week.

— The pre-sale password for WWE’s Over The Limit pay-per-view event taking place on May 22, 2011 at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington is CENA. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.com. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday.

— It’s interesting to note that Jillian is featured as today’s “Daily Diva” on WWE.com. While she still’s officially listed as a WWE Superstar on the company website, she was reportedly removed from the active roster two weeks ago due to her new assigned role as trainer for developmental promotion Florida Championship Wrestling.

— Next month on WWE Classics on Demand, WWE “gives thanks” with shows celebrating legends, announcers and matches. The synopsis reads: “All November on WWE Classics On Demand, we feature all the Superstars, matches and moments that the WWE Universe should be thankful for.”

— The cover art for WWE’s Night of Champions DVD, which features Randy Orton, has been released. To view it, click here.