Early WWE RAW Preview + Long-Laurinaitis Feud

– Tonight’s WWE Monday night RAW will take place from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The only thing announced so far is The Undertaker calling out Triple H. CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler and John Cena vs. Kane are the advertised dark matches. It should also be noted that SD talents Ted DiBiase, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Sheamus, Big Show and Daniel Bryan are all advertised locally for the show.

– WWE edited out Randy Orton’s botched RKO on Big Show from last Monday’s RAW during replays in the U.K.

– Teddy Long tweeted the following last night in regards to his currently storyline with John Laurinaitis: “Listen, playas. I’m not going anywhere. And if @WWERawGM thinks any differently then he truly is as clueless as he looks. #Chamber”

William Regal then chimed in with the following: “@GMSmackDown @WWERawGM Perhaps it’s time for me to take over from both of you.I’m better than both of you and far more better dressed.#over”

Rey Mysterio At WWE Elimination Chamber PPV?

Rey Mysterio is currently in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Of course, that is the site of tonight’s WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.

Mysterio will be appearing today from 2-4 at the Milwaukee World of Wheels convention at the Wisconsin Expo Center.

As of last word, Rey was not ready to return but it’s likely he’ll be backstage at the event. Mysterio was also backstage at last week’s RAW TV tapings.

What happened after RAW went of the air

After Raw went off the air, John Laurinaitis grabbed a mic and declared a championship match between CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler. Punk wins. Decent match. Ziggler can sell the GTS. While Punk celebrated, Kane comes out. Cena attacks Kane from behind. Punk leaves as Cena and Kane brawl into ring. Kane gives Cena a chokeslam. He starts walking out, then returns. Cena gives him an AA. Show is over for Phoenix.
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Post-RAW reports

Sources sent the following in:

You saw what aired, here is what you didn’t see and some other notes.

-In a dark match Michael McGillicutty defeated JTG with a swinging neckbreaker.

-For Superstars, Alex Riley​ beat Drew McIntyre and Epico and Primo beat The Usos.

-The guy who played John Cena​’s coach was an indy wrestler who works as Johnny Vegas.

-John Cena Sr. actually got a decent reaction until he heeled the fans.

-By the end, there were a lot of people around me griping about the show. I joined in with them. It was the longest three hours of my life and I was so excited for the show when I got my tickets and found out Rock would be there. Now, I am not sure I would go to another WWE show.

-After Raw went off the air, CM Punk, John Cena, Randy Orton​ and Zack Ryder beat Mark Henry​, The Miz and R-Truth. It was originally a six-man match but Punk brought out Ryder, who scored the pin for the babyfaces.

Here is another set of notes from a source

After Raw went off the Air, they had the scheduled 6 man tag, Cena Orton Punk vs Henry Miz Truth. Punk missed his hop up to the ropes and got hung up in them, pretty funny. During the bout, the crowd started the “We want Ryder” chant. After a few minutes Punk ran to the back. About 5 minutes later Punk brought out Ryder who was already in his street clothes.

Ryder ended up pinning the Miz for the win after a Rough Ryder And did a promo about how he started the True Long Island Story 39 weeks ago to “get fired or get noticed”. He said that because of the fans he got noticed and thanked the Boston crowd and called us the Broski’s of the week.

It was a pretty awesome ending to what at least appeared to be an impromptu inclusion of Ryder who wasn’t appearing on the show in a match.

The Rock to wrestle at RAW tonight?

John Cena appeared this morning on Toucher & Rich, a morning radio show on 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston.

During his interview, Cena stated that the dark match for RAW will feature Mark Henry​, Miz & R-Truth vs. Zack Ryder, himself and The Rock. If this is the case, it will be Rock’s first wrestling match since WrestleMania 20 in 2004.

The Undertaker and Michelle McCool backstage at RAW!

– The Undertaker and Michelle McCool were spotted this afternoon by fans situated in the parking at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas (site of tonight’s RAW) entering the venue.

The married couple reside in Austin and are likely just backstage visiting friends. It is also where they tied the knot in June 2010.

Video: Post-RAW footage w/ Ryder and HHH

Major HIAC Creative changes, HIAC attendance

– Creative changed the planned finish to Sunday nights WWE Championship Triple Threat Hell in a Cell Match between John Cena, CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio during the afternoon hours. The finish to the World Heavyweight Championship Hell in a Cell Match between Mark Henry and Randy Orton was the same as was planned a few days back.

– Four third row seats grouped together for Sunday nights Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana were available as of this morning. Furthermore, the seats were facing the camera.

RAW dark match?, police-HIAC, Y2J tweets on HIAC

– Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk​ vs. John Cena is the advertised dark match for tonight’s RAW at the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA.

– The WWE​’s @WWEInsider Twitter account posted the following… “Cops are now talking with John Laurinaitis. Triple H has left the building. Many Superstars are saying they’re very concerned.”

– Chris Jericho had the following to say about the Hell in a Cell PPV on Twitter… “Tremendous ending of the HIAC ppv last night! Reminded me of an old Bill Watts UWF tv taping… @JRsBBQ”

*Spoilers!* WWE SD! results for Friday 9/30

WWE SmackDown!:

Booker T started off the show by interviewing Mark Henry, who said he was going to end Randy Orton’s career. Henry said Orton isn’t going to beat him just like Great Khali won’t beat him tonight.

1. Mark Henry beat The Great Khali. Henry won with the World’s Strongest Slam. Henry attacked Khali after the match with a chair. He put Khali’s foot inside the chair and smashed it like he did with Kane and Big Show.

2. Jack Swagger (w/Dolph Ziggler, Vickie Guerrero) beat Evan Bourne (w/Kofi Kingston). Swagger won after Vickie pushed Bourne off the top rope. Swagger followed up with the ankle lock and got the win.

3. Sin Cara beat Heath Slater. Sin Cara won with the Swanton Bomb. Post match, the other Sin Cara appeared on the Tron and cut a promo in Spanish. He took his mask off to reveal a new black mask and black outfit. He said this Sunday we will find out who is supposed to be Sin Cara.

Backstage, John Laurinaitis talked with the group of wrestlers who plan on suing. They all agreed to take action against Triple H this Monday.

4. Kelly Kelly beat Natalya (w/Beth Phoenix). Kelly Kelly won with a roll up. After the match, Beth hit the Glam Slam on Kelly Kelly. Natalya put her in a submission maneuver as Beth cut a promo.

Cody Rhodes cut a promo about Randy Orton’s actions from last week and how WWE took no action. He was not happy about defending his title against Sheamus tonight.

5. Sheamus beat Cody Rhodes via disqualification. Christian came in and jumped Sheamus for the DQ. After the match, Christian hit the Killswitch on Sheamus.

6. Zack Ryder beat JTG. Ryder won with the Rough Ryder.
Backstage, Triple H confronted John Laurinaitis about the meeting he had with the disgruntled superstars. Laurinaitis said he was loyal to Triple H.

They ran down the card for HIAC. Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara was one of the matches listed.
Matt Striker interviewed Randy Orton backstage. Typical Orton promo.

7. Randy Orton fought Christian to a double countout. After the match, Orton tried to beat up Christian. Cody came out and attacked Orton. Sheamus came and cleared the ring and chased Christian to the back. Henry then came out to attack Orton and hit the World’s Strongest Slam. Henry went to get a chair, but when he got back in the ring Orton hit him with an RKO.

Dark Match
1. Randy Orton beat Mark Henry via DQ. Christian and Dolph Ziggler came out to beat up Orton. Orton ended up disposing of both of them with RKO’s as Henry headed to the back.

Chris Jericho speaks out - stealing moves, return, more!

Chris Jericho was the guest on this week’s Wrestling Voice Radio Show he spoke about his band Fozzy, the progress on their next album, their upcoming European tour and much more. Highlights are below.
On wrestlers stealing his moves and gimmicks in WWE today and lashing out at CM Punk​ for doing so: “There seems to be a lack of respect for the forefathers who came in and did it first and it’s not just [CM] Punk, it’s a whole litany of guys from Miz to Cody Rhodes to Mason Ryan to Sin Cara to Kelly Kelly, everybody is stealing moves, looks, ideas. Brian Pillman​ once told me if you want to make it in wrestling you have to do something that nobody has done before and nobody is doing that and they are coming off as second rate copies of Chris Jericho and that’s maybe why these guys aren’t striking and I watch it and think, “Seriously, again?”

“A couple of years ago you had ‘Miz 4, John Cena 0″, where did that come from? Conspiracy Theory, where did that come from? Best in the World, where did that come from? Wearing suits, talking slow, using big words, using certain moves, you know Miz used the word “troglodyte” a few weeks ago and I’m like seriously? If there ever was a word associated with Chris Jericho that would be it. These guys have to start thinking of their own stuff and some times I see some of them and I’m like oh come on. It’s not like it’s influenced. At least give credit where credit is due.”

In response to Vampiro calling him out and labeling him a liar in a recent video: “It’s funny because I just recently complimenting him on the documentary they put out about him, but Vampiro joins the long list of guys like Superstar Billy Graham, Larry Zbyszko, Scott Hall​ who don’t like it when they are called out for being dicks at certain point in time and everything I’ve written in each one of my books is true.

Chris also talks about his ideal wrestling match, his ultimate tour line-up, if he would wrestle in Japan again, his favorite lyrics and more.

Dolph Ziggler injured!

Dolph Ziggler has stated on Twitter that he suffered a “hairline mandibular fracture” of his jaw from Hugh Jackman’s punch on RAW.

Ziggler said he will be wearing a mouth guard while it heels and will not miss any matches.

TMZ.com has actually posted a video of the punch and it definitely looked legit.

What happened after RAW

After last night’s RAW Supershow in Cleveland, John Cena defeated CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio in a three-way to retain the WWE Title. Cena got the pin on Del Rio after an Attitude Adjustment. Cena and Punk had a staredown after the match before Punk raised Cena’s hand and they posed for fans and signed autographs to close the show.

Rey Mysterio's injury update, Sin Cara's WWE future

– Rey Mysterio’s injury angle on RAW was done to give him time off to deal with his knee injury. Mysterio got an MRI done yesterday and the results should be back in about a week. The hope is that he can avoid surgery and just rehab the injury, which would mean a shorter time on the shelf.

– There has been no discussion about the future of the original Sin Cara at this week’s TV tapings. Hunico worked as Cara at last night’s taping.

Major Backstage Update On Kevin Nash & WWE

For those of you looking for answers to the Nash/Punk/HHH/Steph/etc. storyline, you clearly didn’t get them on last night’s edition of RAW. Close sources are saying that it was very chaotic backstage at RAW last night and decisions weren’t made until last minute.

One source said that the CM Punk/Kevin Nash promo was very unscripted. “Those two were working without a net out there,” the source said, “and the jabs they took at each other were not planned beforehand.”

The lack of resolve in the “Who texted Kevin Nash?” story is because WWE still hasn’t solidified the direction they’re going to take yet. “They have five ways they can go with this thing,” said a WWE writer, “and it’s still unclear which one they’re going to choose.” WWE never intended on Del Rio to be the one who “hired” Kevin Nash. The obvious options now are Triple H, Stephanie, Johnny Ace and Vince, but WWE has proven that they don’t always go with the clear choice with things like this, so no one will ever know for sure until it’s finally in the books.

There’s still no word on Kevin Nash’s contract situation and whether he’s agreed to (or even been offered) a new deal now that he’s back on television. Kevin Nash is currently signed to a “Legends” contract. I would imagine something new will be worked out very soon as last night’s RAW was a very good indication that he’s not going anywhere anytime soon. I’ve received a few emails about

Nash being booked on some future independent shows and while he may or may not pull out of those, there have not been reports of him doing so yet.

Kevin Nash Teases RAW Appearance – Details

Kevin Nash teased on Twitter that he will be appearing on tonight’s episode of Raw.

He wrote, “Rumor has it a tall, dark haired dude is going to be on Raw tonight. You better watch. He has a tendency to disappear for months.”

Nash appeared last night at SummerSlam to assault CM Punk following his WWE Championship victory over John Cena. Following the attack, Alberto Del Rio cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Punk for the belt. Freedom Pro Wrestling announced two days earlier that Nash had suffered a neck injury and would miss their Saturday event. He was replaced by “Diamond” Dallas Page.

Heath Slater accused of assaulting female guard

Atlanta police is currently investigating the allegations that SmackDown! star Heath Slater assaulted a female security guard at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta during WrestleMania weekend.

Security officer Corinne Oliver claimed in her report that Slater thought she was pretty and then grabbed her in a chokehold while trying to get her back to his hotel room. She had fought to get loose and identified Slater later.

A source within the wrestling world claims that according to Slater, the allegations are untrue and he was with his fiancé the whole week.

More details have come out due to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the assault charges against Heath Slater.

The article notes that Corinne Oliver, the security guard who says Slater attacked her, claims that she has been experiencing back pains since the incident supposedly happened early Monday morning after WrestleMania. The article notes that Oliver didn’t report the attack until June 22nd because her employer said they would handle it and didn’t.

What went on after RAW

After Raw:
* They did the advertised Champion vs. Champion match with John Cena and CM Punk. They did the deal where The Miz and R-Truth ran in and the champs laid them out.

Other Notes:
* The contract signing was great live. The people were into it. They were into most of the show and were much louder than they came across on TV.

Swagger to be daddy, Foley at Mania 28?, Sin Cara returning?

– WWE developmental Diva Catalina White is pregnant. She is the wife of SmackDown! star Jack Swagger.

– There have been talks within the WWE office about possibly bringing Mick Foley back for a major match at WrestleMania 28 next year. When Foley was granted his release from TNA, part of the agreement was that he could not appear on WWE TV until his contract would have expired, which is in September.

– Mick Foley noted on Twitter that he was considering an offer to appear on ABC’s Wife Swap reality series. He asked fans what they thought, and more than half of the feedback seemed against it. Foley noted that he had a decision to make.

– The decision was made yesterday (Wednesday) to bring Sin Cara back to the WWE roster after all. Of course, he is currently serving a 30-day drug suspension for what is believed to be steroids.

– On Tonight’s edition of WWE SmackDown!, they will feature a video hyping that Sin Cara will return next week.

Gail Kim-RAW controversy – trying to get fired?

Amidst the chaos of the opening moments of the No. 1 Contender’s Diva Battle Royal on Monday’s RAW, Gail Kim eliminated herself from the contest by hastily sliding under the bottom rope after striking Alicia Fox.

The WWE Diva was asked through Twitter to comment on her peculiar action; she admitted to leaving the match on purpose. Her reason behind the move was that she “was just checking to see if anyone was paying attention.” She added that no one backstage noticed, calling it “sad,” yet also “very amusing.”

She added further comment this morning to defend her actions, writing: “oh and also on the contrary, I wasn’t being a mark 4 myself I was being a good employee when ur told to get out of the ring in less than a min.I just did it the fastest way possible:)so really I saved some time!”

The former TNA Women’s Knockout Champion also concurred with a follower stating that it’s shame that WWE doesn’t respect “true women wrestlers with talent.” She responded, “Yes it is a shame I agree. I know it’s a man’s world but the women are just as important!”

Kim denied speculation this afternoon that she’s trying to get fired by WWE.

She wrote, “Nooooo I’m not doing my best to get fired. Wrestling websites who like to make up news with their wild imagination…haha don’t believe it.”