– WWE announced on Friday’s SmackDown that Sin Cara will be making his long awaited return to television on next week’s broadcast.

– The Miz replaced Chris Jericho in the main event of Friday night’s RAW live event from Guayaquil, Ecuador, losing to WWE Champion CM Punk. John Laurinaitis and David Otunga opened the show with an announcement that Miz was replacing Jericho due to Jericho’s suspension.

– Eve Torres, Damien Sandow and others are featured in the latest episode of WWE’s Backstage Fallout from SmackDown:

– Mr. Long Island Iced Z is back with the latest installment of hte Z! True Long Island Story:

– As noted before, Sin Cara returned to action for WWE over the weekend. He is booked for tonight’s RAW tapings and tomorrow’s SmackDown tapings.

– WWE has applied to trademark the phrase “RAW ACTIVE,” a phrase coined to describe the new interactive elements that will be added to Monday Night RAW when it expands to 3 hours on July 23rd.

WWE has also filed to trademark the phrase “RIP ‘EM” to be used for merchandise related to the upcoming DVD release of the 1980’s WWF movie “No Holds Barred” due out in July.

– WWE has posted a number of backstage videos from Sunday’s Over The Limit pay-per-view. One of the videos featured Big Show refusing to comment on why he turned on John Cena. Another video showed John Laurinaitis receiving a standing ovation when he returned backstage after his match against John Cena.

– The Miz will be starring on the new season of the Disney XD show Pair of Kings.

Speaking of the Miz, he likely won’t be on tonight’s RAW. He is scheduled to appear at tonight’s 2012 Cable Show Convention in Boston, Massachusetts as a representative of WWE & the USA Network.

— Sin Cara competed in his first match of 2012 at Saturday’s WWE Supershow in Florence, South Carolina, defeating Hunico in the opening match. He had been sidelined since Survivor Series due to a patellar tendon rupture.

— The following matches are advertised for WWE’s post-SummerSlam tour of Australia taking place August 30 through September 1: John Cena vs. Lord Tensai and John Laurinaitis, WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan and United States Champion Santino Marella vs. David Otunga.

— Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of Randy Savage. The legendary wrestler died after suffering a sudden, massive heart attack while driving with his wife in Seminole, Florida. He became unresponsive and lost control of his Jeep Wrangler, crashing into a tree.

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

— WWE developmental talent Brian McGhee, who appears as DT Porter for Florida Championship Wrestling, denied posting a message on Facebook crying for help due to alleged mistreatment from camp officials. He claimed on the account that it was hacked.

The hacker’s statement reads: “Guys, I don’t know how much longer I can handle this. Every day is a constant struggle to keep my sanity. I love wrestling and it’s all I ever wanted to do. Already going crazy since I’ve been for like ten months now, but it gets worse. Every day a trainer goes out of his way to rib or disrespect me in front of the boys because I’ve been out so long. I can’t clear myself. I wanna wrestle more than anything, but I don’t even know who I am anymore. It’s so fucking hard. I just feel it just building inside of me and I don’t know how much longer I can contain it. I have daydreams of just fucking everyone up on some real shit. I’m not a kid. I’m a fucking man. But what do you do when the people in charge of helping you get to the main roster are the ones making your life the hardest. I’ve been drinking almost every day. It’s to the point to where I keep Vodka and Gin in my trunk. Help me!”

— Inactive WWE Superstar Sin Cara returned to his native country of Mexico to celebrate Children’s Day, and took time to meet with young fans. (Photos)

— WWE Hall of Famer Sgt Slaughter will appear at the Daytona Cubs game taking place June 29 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark 105 E. Orange Ave. Daytona Beach, Florida.

— As previously reported, Paul Heyman will be heading to WWE headquarters soon to work on the new CM Punk DVD. Last year, Heyman was interviewed for Steve Austin’s most recent DVD set. Both Steve Austin and CM Punk personally requested that Heyman be involved in their projects.

— Sin Cara will be returning to action on WWE’s upcoming tour of Mexico. An announcement was made on on the April 30th episode of RAW that aired in Mexico. During a recent media interview promoting his return, Sin Cara said he expects things to go a lot better for him this time around.

Sin Cara specifically mentioned that he’s used to working the “right side” of the body (as they do in Mexico, but not in WWE) – and he’s now much more comfortable working the WWE style.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

– During Monday’s RAW, WWE’s Spanish announce team revealed that Sin Cara is scheduled to make his in-ring return for the SmackDown brand’s Mexico tour May 24th through May 26th. Its possible that Sin Cara’s return to television could come before the Mexico tour, but he will be wrestling in Mexico later this month.He has been off WWE television since November of last year while rehabbing a knee injury.

– Here are some live notes from Monday night’s WWE RAW Supershow tapings from Dayton, Ohio:

* In a dark match that took place prior to the tapings, Dean Ambrose defeat Alex Riley. Ambrose played the heel and cut a promo before the match stating that he is the future of WWE.

– Mason Ryan vs. Dolph Ziggler and Michael McGillicutty vs. Zack Ryder were taped for this week’s Superstars.

– After RAW went off the air, WWE Champion CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho with GTS in the dark match main event.

– WWE is sending Sin Cara to Mexico this weekend to do promotional work for the upcoming WWE tour of Mexico. Sin Cara is still several weeks away from being able to return to action.

– WWE superstar Kane turns 45 years old today.

– The E! Network’s television clips show The Soup featured footage from WWE RAW once again this week. After making Daniel Bryan’s “Yes! Yes!” chant their “Clip of the Week” last week, Wednesday night’s episode featured a clip of Teddy Long’s gaffe from RAW where he introduced John Cena as a 2-time WWE Champion and a 10-time WWE Champion. Not cool, playa.

– Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 marked the 10 year anniversary since Randy Orton made his debut as a WWE Superstar. Orton wrestled his first match on the April 25, 2002 episode of WWE SmackDown against Hardcore Holly. The WWE Youtube channel posted the following video commemorating Orton’s debut –

– Sin Cara will be out of action until late June / early July, much later than WWE was originally hoping for.

– Regarding Kharma’s situation, there is currently no solid time frame for her to make a full time return.

– Booker T told his fans on Twitter that he’s considering starting a Youtube show.

– Great news for Ted DiBiase, who underwent an MRI on Thursday to determine the severity of the fractured ankle he suffered at Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings. DiBiase tweeted on Thursday evening:

“Update: torn ligament and small break, but NO torn tendon which means no surgery! Again, thank you all for your encouragement!!”

(Partial Source: pwinsider.com)

– Rey Mysterio was telling people backstage at Monday’s Slammy Awards that he’s in no rush to return. After his latest knee surgery, he wants to make sure he’s 100% before wrestling again.

While he was hoping to be back in action in time for WrestleMania on April 1st, he’s now shooting for May.

– As for Sin Cara, he’s got about four months before he’s ready to return following his recent knee surgery. He’ planning to compete at WrestleMania and does not want to miss the big payday.

– As we reported last week, Kaityn’s recent heel turn and attack on AJ Lee was edited off the 12/6 episode of SmackDown. The segment was cut due to time constraints. WWE did not follow up on the angle at this week’s tapings, so the heel turn may have been dropped all together.

• VIDEO of KAITLYN’s Heel Turn That Never Aired On TV

(Source: Wrestling Observer Nessletter)

— Regarding rumors of WWE changing the appearance of the WWE Championship, while some in the organization are pushing to get rid of the “spinner” strap, no official change is currently planned.

— The Sin Cara Goteo De Oro T-Shirt featuring the shape of a penis embedded in a gold design that was pulled within hours of being listed on WWEShop.com last week was briefly supplied by WWE’s Japan Shop (WWEJapanShop.jp) in very limited quantities. The Japan affiliate mailed out the shirt and one has surfaced on eBay.

— The pre-sale code for the April 2, 2012 Raw SuperShow in Miami, Florida is WMWEEKMIA. The pre-sale kicks off tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.

— Monday’s Raw SuperShow was the No. 1 most-mentioned show on social media in all of broadcast and cable TV, according to trendrr.com.

source: PWInsider.com

– Back when Alberto Del Rio won the WWE Championship at SummerSlam (after cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase), the longterm plan was for him to eventually drop the belt back to Punk at Survivor Series – which eh did. Del Rio dropping the WWE title to John Cena at Night of Champions and then recapturing it a month later at Hell in a Cell was somewhat of an “on the fly” decision in hopes of spiking ratings – which it didn’t.

– With Sin Cara out of action for 6-9 months following his recent knee surgery, WWE officials are said to be “beyond disappointed” with the situation. Especially with Rey Mysterio currently out of action – Sin Cara was the company’s only mask-wearing superstar at the time of his injury – and WWE had a ton of new Sin Cara merchandise about to be released (including the infamous “P-Shirt”).

WWE also reportedly had a major stunt planned for Sin Cara at the 2012 Royal Rumble – but that obviously won’t be happening.

– With Primo, Hunico and Epico recently aligning themselves together on SmackDown, there are plans to add Rosa Mendes to the new stable.

Following the recent breakup of Awesome Truth and the Wellness violation of tag team champion Evan Bourne, Hunico and Epico are being groomed for a run with the WWE tag team titles.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Vince McMahon is not as down on Sin Cara as had been feared immediately following Survivor Series, where he was suffered a ruptured patella tendon. It was pointed out to McMahon that accidents happen, and that, in fact, the WWE CEO himself tore both quads running to the ring at the 2005 Royal Rumble.

Company officials are disappointed with the masked grappler’s twist of fate since a slew of merchandise was set to be released over the next few weeks not to mention that they were hopeful that he would face Rey Mysterio at WrestleMania XXVIII—WWE was looking to set the world record for most masks worn in one place at one time. It is believed that match will still take place sometime in 2012.

Meanwhile, when the questionable Sin Cara T-Shirt surfaced this week, some people within the organization joked that even his T-Shirts were botching spots.

(source: F4WOnline.com)

During AfterBuzzTV.com’s post-show for Raw, the topic of WWE’s questionable Sin Cara T-Shirt was brought to the attention of hosts Lilian Garcia and Maria Kanellis, as well as studio guest Trish Stratus. Stratus and Garcia were aghast over the shirt while Kanellis thought it was hysterical.

• View Here: The Banned Sin Cara T-Shirt

“I am not Stratusfied,” Stratus said upon seeing an image of the shirt on a smart phone. This is then followed by numerous double entendres on the part of the seven-time WWE Women’s Champion—who is known to have a dirty sense of humor—and the hosts.

WWEShop.com pulled the shirt Sunday, less than 24 hours after it was released. The shirt featured the shape of a phallus embedded in a gold design. No one within WWE knows how the product made its way through several approval stages before being put up for sale. According to people who ordered the T-Shirt during the few hours it was available, they were notified that their order would not be processed and would have the option of receiving credit or a full refund.

Video is available here at the 15:00 minute mark.

– It was reported earlier that WWEShop.com pulled a newly released Sin Cara T-Shirt which featured the shape of a penis embedded in a gold design. No one within WWE knows how the product made its way through several stages before being put on the website. According to people who ordered the T-Shirt during the few hours it was available, they were notified that their order would not be processed and would have the option of receiving credit or a full refund.

• View Here: The Banned Sin Cara T-Shirt

– WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young is tentatively scheduled for tonight’s Raw SuperShow in Columbia, South Carolina. She resides in the area and was asked to appear at the show this morning.

– WWE’s video release on Rey Mysterio, Rey Mysterio – The Life of a Masked Man, airs on iN DEMAND pay-per-view next month.

(source: F4WOnline.com)

EPIC FAIL: Sin Cara P-Shirt (Click To Enlarge)

– WWEShop.com has pulled a newly released Sin Cara T-shirt which featured the shape of a phallus embedded in a gold design. The shirt’s description read:

“Roughly translated, ‘goteo de oro’ means ‘dripping with gold.’ Featuring Sin Cara in his silver and gold colors, this 24 karat t-shirt is going to make you look like money!”

According to our WWE sources, no one within the company can comprehend how the product made its way through several stages of approvals before being put on the website and going on sale to the public.

People who ordered the T-Shirt during the few hours it was available were notified that their order would not be processed and would have the option of receiving credit or a full refund.

No one within WWE knows how the product made its way through several stages before being put on the website. According to people who ordered the T-Shirt during the few hours it was available, they were notified that their order would not be processed and would have the option of receiving credit or a full refund.

– Brodus Clay stated Sunday on Twitter that he will destroy John Morrison tomorrow night on Raw. The message was quickly deleted.

– Christian, who is currently sidelined indefinitely with an ankle injury, attended Saturday night’s Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Florida Panthers game in Tampa, Florida. According to a fan in attendance, he was not limping.

(Partial Source: f4wonline.com)

— “Awesome Truth” was split on last night’s Raw SuperShow in part to WWE creative’s plan to insert The Miz into the title picture over the next few months.

— Booker T handled broadcast duties during last night’s Raw SuperShow due to Jerry Lawler losing his voice.

— Sin Cara is believed to have undergone surgery today after suffering a patella tendon rupture when he jumped out of the ring during the Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match at Survivor Series.

— Santino Marella, who generally tweets in character, wrote the following this afternoon: “Stuck in DC airport since 730am and my flight leaves now at 5pm, so pissed.”

source: F4WOnline.com

— SuperLuchas.net reports Sin Cara suffered the patella tendon rupture at Survivor Series as he was jumping over the ring ropes, not when he landed. His tendon snapped as he was gaining momentum to make the jump.

— The official Twitter feed for WWE sent out a tweet reading “Masked Kane” during Raw SuperShow in an attempt to get the term trending. It was in reference to a mid-show vignette teasing the return of Kane with his signature red mask. The video concluded with a shot of the mask being dropped to the ground and covered in fire. “Masked Kane” was shown on the list of terms trending on Twitter during Raw.

— The Score in Canada will be airing SmackDown live on Tuesday, November 29 at 8:00 p.m. As previously announced, SyFy in the United States is also airing SmackDown live that night.

— Triple H was locally advertised for Monday’s Raw SuperShow in Hershey, Pennsylvania, but did not appear.

— Brie and Nikki Bella were backstage at Raw SuperShow, but not used. The twin sisters turned 28 years old Monday.

— Despite not appearing on Raw, the official Twitter feed for WWE sent out a tweet at the conclusion of the show to get Brodus Clay trending.

— Former WCW World Tag Team Champion Lash LeRoux turns 35 years old Tuesday. He was under contract to WWE in 2001 and 2002, but was never promoted to the main roster.

source: PWInsider.com

– According to WWE doctor Michael Sampson, Sin Cara suffered a patella tendon rupture when he jumped out of the ring during the Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match at Survivor Series.

“He’s going to need surgery and be out [of action] for six to nine months for rehab,” Sampson said.

— WWE.com has posted video of Alberto Del Rio reacting to his WWE Championship loss backstage at Survivor Series. The Mexican grappler claims he was robbed by CM Punk, dismissed interim Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis, and took shots at the Hispanic population. It loosely points to how Del Rio will attempt to get his heat back on Raw following the title match loss.

— The Rock’s mother Ata was sitting ringside at Survivor Series.

source: PWInsider.com

The official Twitter feed of the WWE Insider stated this evening that Sin Cara suffered a ruptured patellar tendon and will be sidelined for six to nine months, following surgery.

The masked grappler suffered the injury while performing a dive outside the ring during the Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match. He was left unable to compete and therefore eliminated.

• UPDATE: Sin Cara’s Doctor Says He’ll Be Out 6-9 Months

— WWE.com has announced that Daniel Bryan will face the World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania XXVIII. There is also a poll asking visitors who Bryan should cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase against—Randy Orton, Mark Henry, Sheamus or Sin Cara.

— WWE recently asked fans to help name a program looking back at the “Monday Night War” for their soon to be launched WWE Network. WWE has since registered a trademark for “The Monday Night War,” which was one of the poll options.

— WWE will hold a live event at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico on Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.

source: PWInsider.com

— As reported recently, WWE creative have brainstormed a program between Booker T and Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes. Plans are now in place for an angle between the two that would lead to the former World Heavyweight Champion’s return match. That angle may kick off as early as tonight’s SmackDown taping in Houston, Texas, Booker T’s hometown.

Part of the reason WWE is doing the feud is to promote their upcoming The Best of King of the Ring DVD set, which Booker T is hosting.

— Matches taped Monday in Austin, Texas for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars were Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston vs. JTG and Primo; Eve and Kelly Kelly vs. Brie Bella and Nikki Bella.

— Sin Cara beat Michael McGillicutty in a dark match prior to Monday’s television tapings.

sources: PWInsider.com, ProWrestling.net

– There has been talk of having The Rock show up at next week’s RAW Supershow on Halloween. That show will be hosted by The Muppets.

While Rock’s appearance next week is just rumored at this point – the next show that The Rock is confirmed to appear is the upcoming 3-hour RAW from Boston. Rock tweeted on Monday morning:

“Finally The Rock has come back to.. BOSTON! 11/14/11. “RAW Gets ROCKED”. #BootsToAssesInBeantown”

– As noted last week, WWE officials went back and forth on whether or not to hold the Mask vs. Mask match at last week’s SmackDown tapings in Mexico City. Even after the match was announced, WWE creative changed their mind about holding the match at least 3 separate times.

WWE announced the match hoping to spark ticket sales in Mexico, which were slower than expected. A “Mask vs. Mask” match is considered the ultimate culmination of a feud in Mexico – and many questioned whether they should jump to that conclusion so early into the Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara feud. The match was held, Black Sin Cara was unmasked, and most were disappointed by the rushed-nature of the event.

• VIDEO: SIN CARA UNMASKED On Friday’s WWE SmackDown

(Source: f4wonline.com)

– The Federal Election Commission has ruled that Linda McMahon violated election laws in 2010 by appearing in a WWE commercial for the Make-A-Wish-Foundation. No action will be taken against McMahon and it will not affect her run for Senate in 2012.

Linda’s political opponents in the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee alleged that WWE coordinated corporate contributions with Linda’s 2010 Senate campaign. One of the accusations was that WWE held their Fan Appreciation Day in the state of Connecticut just three days before the election. The commission found no issue with this as Linda’s name, her opponent’s name and her campaign period wasn’t mentioned during Fan Appreciation Day. It was probably just a coincidence ..

• View Here: Linda McMahon’s First Campaign Ad for 2012

– This year’s Tribute to the Troops special will be taped on December 11th from the Crown Colliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The show will first air on the USA Network on 12/13 as a 2-hour special and will then air later that weekend on 12/17 NBC.

Considering the fact that Tribute to the Troops has performed poorly on NBC in recent years, some believe WWE airing the show first on the USA Network can be WWE’s excuse if the rating on NBC bombs again this year.

– While WWE was on tour in Mexico, 7 stars from the CMLL promotion received tryouts at Sunday’s SmackDown tapings from Mexico City.

As we reported here on the site over the weekend, a number of stars from the AAA promotion as well as a few other independent wrestlers received tryouts at Saturday’s RAW tapings.

– Black Sin Cara will debut a new theme song on Friday’s Smackdown called “The Curse.”

– Former WWE announcer Todd Grisham, who made his ESPN debut over the weekend, is also a correspondent for the ABC show America This Morning.

(Credit to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter for some of the information used in this report.)

Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown tapings featured a Mask vs. Mask match between the two Sin Cara’s.

• *SPOILERS* WWE SmackDown Tapings Results From Mexico

According to f4wonline.com, after WWE announced the Mask vs. Mask match for Friday’s SmackDown, there was a lot of second guessing as to whether the match should air on television. The match is expected to air – and we’ve got the footage.

Check out this video of Black Sin Cara losing his mask at the tapings: