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Triple H Issues Statement Regarding WWE Performance Center Shooting

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WWE COO Triple H has issued the following statement regarding the shooting that took place at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando on Monday afternoon that sent one person to the hospital with a gunshot wound.

WWE Performance Center Shooting: One Person Hospitalized With Gunshot Wound

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A shooting took place outside the WWE Performance Center in Orlando on Monday afternoon that sent one person to the hospital with a gunshot wound.

Medics were called to the scene at 5055 Forsyth Commerce Road, the address for the WWE Performance Center, around 1:45 p.m.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the facility for a trespassing call. Investigators said and there was some sort of altercation, and the deputy felt he needed to draw his weapon and fire.

The victim was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center.

Zahra Schreiber Released By WWE

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NXT Diva Zahra Schreiber has been released by WWE as a result of her hate-filled social media posts.

News broke over the weekend that Schreiber posted a slew of offensive photos and messages on social media, including swastikas and other Nazi imagery as well as her disgust with Disney’s first black princess character.

WWE issued the following statement regarding her release:

“WWE released Zahra Schreiber due to inappropriate and offensive remarks she made that were recently brought to out attention.”

Schreiber made her NXT debut over the weekend and is dating WWE World Heavyweight champion Seth Rollins.

TNA Star Bram Arrested On Felony Charges Of Domestic Battery & False Imprisonment

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TNA announced on Monday that Bram (Thomas Raymond Latimer) was arrested over the weekend in Gulfport, Florida on two felony counts of “domestic battery by strangulation” and false imprisonment. He has been suspended indefinitely.

His charge report is now online and can be viewed at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office website.

Latimer is the ex-husband of WWE Diva Charlotte (Ashley Fliehr) and has been been dating Ashley Allen, a fashion designer based out of Atlanta.

He was released from WWE on November 30, 2012 after being charged with battery of a law enforcement officer and disorderly intoxication in St. Petersburg, Florida. He had previously been arrested in January 2011 ford riving under the influence.

Here’s TNA’s official statement:

Bram Arrested in Florida, Suspended Indefinitely

TNA has been advised by the Gulfport, Florida Police Department that Thomas Latimer, known as Bram, has been arrested and charged with two felony counts of domestic battery and false imprisonment. TNA is working to gather facts and obtain additional information related to the arrest.

“The charges against Thomas Latimer are serious, and he is immediately and indefinitely suspended from any future TNA-sanctioned events awaiting the outcome of the case,” said TNA Executive Vice President of Television and Talent John Gaburick.

NXT Live Event Announced For Nashville On 10/2

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WWE COO Triple H announced on Monday that NXT will be holding its first live event from Nashville, Tennessee on Friday October 2nd from the War Memorial Auditorium. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday at 10am local time.

Top stars advertised to appear include NXT Champion Finn Bálor, NXT Women’s Champion Bayley, NXT Tag Team Champions The Vaudevillains, Samoa Joe, Tyler Breeze and more. For more details, visit WWE.com.

NXT will be in town that weekend for the Louder Than Life music festival, which will feature acts like Rob Zombie, ZZ Top, Lynard Skynard and Slash along with live NXT matches.

Possible Change To RAW Match Tonight, Connor’s Cure Logo (Photo), Hardy/Mickie James

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– The Dolph Ziggler vs. Rusev match that WWE announced for tonight’s edition of RAW in Tampa, Florida may end up being changed to a “No Disqualification” match. Ziggler and Rusev worked a series of “No DQ” matches during the WWE live events this past weekend.

– Jeff Hardy celebrates his 38th birthday today. “The Charismatic Enigma” was born on August 31, 1977. Also celebrating a birthday today is Mickie James, who turns 36.

– Stephanie McMahon took to Twitter to unveil the official logo for the Connor’s Cure charity. You can check it out below.

Video: Brock Lesnar’s Full Entrance From WWE 2K16

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Courtesy of IGN.com, here is Brock Lesnar’s entrance from the upcoming WWE 2K16 video game.

Report: Rich Swann & Biff Busick Sign With WWE Pending Medical Physicals

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Independent wrestlers Rich Swann and Biff Busick have been signed to with WWE, according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Both men must now pass WWE’s medical physicals, as is customary with all new talent joining the company.

Both men have competed for EVOLVE, one of the promotions under the WWN banner. WWN officials met with WWE officials at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn and the two companies have been rumored to be working together over the past several months.

Swann (24) has been wrestling since 2009 and started with CZW before moving to EVOLVE and Dragon Gate USA later on. He’s a former Open the Owarai Gate Champion, Open the Triangle Gate Champion and Open the United Gate Champion.

Busick (29) also started with CZW back in 2012 and is a former CZW Heavyweight Champion. He’s wrestled EVOLVE and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), among others. He was trained by former WWE and WCW star Lance Storm. He received a WWE tryout earlier this year.

Backstage News On TNA’s Future On Destination America

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Tomorrow is September 1st and the start of what is looking like TNA’s final month on Destination America.

The company has yet to respond to reports that Destination America will be exercising their “out clause” and dropping Impact at the end of the month. TNA has already taped the next several weeks of Impact programming and there are currently no tapings scheduled for future episodes.

It’s worth noting that international Discovery Network-owned networks that air Impact have already pulled the show from future listings. Saturday’s episode of Impact on Discovery En Espanol was replaced with two episodes of a show called “Curiosity” and they were pulled from the schedule in Finland and Romania on the Discovery-owned Eurosport channel.

There has been talk of TNA holding tapings in India in November and they are trying to get other international deals, but it’s a tel.ling sign that there haven’t been any announcements from TNA regarding the future of their flagship show

Backstage Update On Former TNA Knockout Sarita Possibly Signing With WWE

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There has been some speculation recently regarding former TNA Knockout Sarah Stock (aka Sarita and Dark Angel) possibly signing with WWE, and in this scenario, it appears to be a case of “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”

It was noted by Dave Meltzer on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that Stock, who recently announced her departure from Mexico’s CMLL promotion, is indeed expected to sign with WWE and work as a coach at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Stock has been brought in to the WWE Performance Center as a guest coach a few times in the past year to help teach aspects of the “Lucha Libre” style of wrestling to the NXT Divas.

Mick Foley Writes About His “Wardrobe Malfunction” At WWE SummerSlam

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WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley took to Facebook to post a new blog about his “wardrobe malfunction” during his WWE SummerSlam opening segment with Jon Stewart.

“The Hardcore Legend” wrote the following:

MICK’S SUMMERSLAM MALFUNCTION

Did some of you sense some uneasiness as I fumbled with my mouth, right before speaking at last week’s ?#?SummerSlam?? That was me, panicking, realizing that my new bottom dental flipper had come loose, and was wedged between my other bottom teeth in a way that would not allow me to pull them out, to speak clearly, or push them back in. I was finally able to reinsert them in the nick of time – at which point I spoke with all the ease and comfort of a man gargling billiard balls.

For those of you keeping score at home, the flipper replaced the teeth knocked out in the infamous 1998 ?#?HellInACell? – which had been reinserted into my gums at the hospital in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, despite repeated efforts over the years, the teeth never truly “took” and had become noticeably discolored over the past few years.

I thought I’d look ok with a few more missing teeth. After all, the knocked out front teeth not only didn’t look bad, but they’s been part of my “look” since late 1989. But after walking in my front door, I was met by my 12 year-old, who seems to be on some type of mission to tell me the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. “Dad”, he said. “You used to look kind of cool. Now you just look like a meth addict.”

So I got the flipper…and I hate it. Nine months and $15,000 from now -after two more teeth are pulled (yep, a total of four teeth were damaged on that fateful night) I should have a decent smile. Until then, I’ll just give thanks that wrestling is fake.

Have a nice day!

Dean Ambrose Talks About His Character, Filming With Arnold Schwarzenegger & More

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WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose recently spoke with Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald to promote this coming Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown television taping. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.

On filming the WWE 2K16 commercial with Arnold Schwarzenegger: “That was crazy. I didn’t know anything about it until I got there that day. ‘Terminator’ is one of my favorite movies. To do a complete reenactment of one of my favorite parts in the movie, working with Arnold Schwarzenegger and he is giving me the Terminator eyes. It was so surreal. It was so trippy. The word I use to describe everything with the whole ‘WWE 2K16’ experience. So it was very cool. It’s one of those bonuses you get while living the life of a WWE superstar. The cool stuff you get to do.”

On WWE developmental: “I kind of miss that whole NXT thing. When I was there it was Florida Championship Wrestling with Seth Rollins and the other guys who were there. I wrestled on like local access Florida TV in front of 30 people. It was a tiny little situation. I felt like we were distanced from the rest of the company. We felt we were on an island that WWE didn’t even know we existed. That gave us the chip on our shoulder. That gave us the motivation when we got there and the attitude we needed to take over WWE when we did. I wouldn’t have had it any other way. It’s great for those guys. Now they don’t have to worry about being on an island wondering if anyone knows them. They have their own TV show every week. They get to go on tour and travel. They get to be their own brand. It’s like a whole other brand of WWE. It’s just like a shoot-off of Raw or SmackDown.”

On his character: “There is no creative process to come up with a character of Dean Ambrose. Dean Amborse is collective experience of 29 years of life. It’s the good, the bad, the ugly, after 10 years plus of wrestling. Everybody goes through their own life experiences. The good, the bad and the ugly that has formed me, shaped me and created the person I am today. That is what you see on TV. I don’t try to get anybody to like me or hate me. I just do what I do. If you are good at what you do, good things follow. I just happen to be very, very good at what I do.”

Check out the complete interview at MiamiHerald.com.

Kevin Nash & Jeff Jarrett Get Physical In GFW (Video), Preview For This Weekend

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GFW will be holding 3 more shows this coming weekend from Iowa in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Clinton. Friday night’s show from Cedar rapids will feature:

– Sonjay Dutt vs. DJ Zema Ion
– Colt Cabana vs. Ariya Daivari
– ODB vs. Mickie James
– Kevin Matthews vs. Tommaso Ciampa
– New Heavenly Bodies vs. Zero Gravity
– Chris Mordetzky (Chris Masters) vs. Nick Aldis (Magnus)

Here are some highlights from this past weekend’s shows:

Video: Hulk Hogan Asks For Forgiveness On Good Morning America

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Hulk Hogan appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday morning to address his racism controversy and ask the public for forgiveness.

Hogan spoke with Amy Robach and pleaded, “Oh my gosh. Please forgive me. Please forgive me … I think if you look at the whole picture of who Hulk Hogan is, you can see over all the years that there’s not a racist bone in my body.”

WWE fired Hogan last month after it was revealed that the wrestling legend made racist statements on multiple occasions, including on his leaked sex tape Heather Clem and during a jailhouse conversation with his son Nick, who was incarcerated at the time.

Hogan once again stated that he was at a very low point in his life when he used the racial slurs and blamed his childhood environment in Tampa, Florida during the 1950’s and 60’s where use of the N word was a regular occurrence.

“I’m not a racist, but I never should have said what I said. It was wrong. I’m embarrassed by it,” Hogan said. “People need to realize that you inherit things from your environment. And where I grew up was South Tampa, Port Tampa, and it was a really rough neighborhood, very low income. And all my friends, we greeted each other saying that word.”

Hogan argued that people should not be judged by what they do at their lowest point and if everybody was defined by their darkest hour, it would be a sad world.

He concluded, “People get better every day. People get better.”

Team BAD Teasing Involvement In Tonight’s Divas Beat The Clock Challenge

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– Team PCB hypes their Divas Beat The Clock Challenge tonight on RAW to determine the next #1 contender to Nikki Bella’s Divas championship:

– WWE is teasing that Team BAD could get involved in Team PCB’s Divas Beat the Clock Challenge tonight on RAW:

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Hulk Hogan Responds To Trump VP Backlash, King Barrett Overseas

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– Hulk Hogan resurfaced last week and joked to TMZ.com that he wanted to be Donald Trump’s presidential running mate. Apparently Hogan got some backlash over the statement and tweeted:

– King Barrett flew back to the UK last week to begin filming WWE Studios action thriller Eliminators. He tweeted that filming begins in London today:

Eliminators follows a former U.S. federal agent who must abandon the witness protection program and come out of hiding after his London home is mistakenly invaded — leading to him finding himself on the run from Europe’s most dangerous assassin to get his daughter to safety.

WWE RAW Preview: Sting, Divas Beat The Clock Challenge & More

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Tonight’s episode of WWE RAW takes place from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL.

– Sting will open the show to hype his upcoming WWE World Heavyweight title shot against Seth Rollins at Night of Champions.

– Team PCB’s Paige, Charlotte & Becky Lynch will compete in a Beat the Clock challenge to determine which one of them earns a Divas title shot against champion Nikki Bella.

– Dolph Ziggler will face Rusev in a SummerSlam rematch.

– What’s next for John Cena?

The advertised dark match is John Cena, Randy Orton & Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins, Sheamus and Bray Wyatt in a six-man tag match.

Join us here tonight for live coverage and discussion of WWE RAW.

Another Spoiler Result For The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

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WWE taped another match for the upcoming Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament at last night’s NXT live event in Ft. Pierce, Florida.

“The Mechanics” Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder defeated Tucker Knight and Elias Samson.

Here are updated spoiler results for the first round, set to air on NXT the WWE Network over the next several weeks.:

– Samoa Joe and Finn Balor over The Lucha Dragons

– Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady over Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton

– Jason Jordan and Chad Gable over Neville and Solomon Crowe

– Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa over Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsey

– Rhyno and Corbin over The Ascension

– The Mechanics over Knight and Samson

Best Celebrity Wrestlers, Survivor Series Tickets, Dempsey Talks About Bull Fit & More

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– The story of Dean Ambrose almost being attacked by a fan after his match at Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown tapings in Providence is getting mainstream media attention. The fan jumped the ringside barrier and charged at Ambrose from behind but was quickly taken down by security.

– Tickets for the Survivor Series on November 22nd went on sale this weekend. Tickets are priced at $29, $54, $79, $94, $104, $354 and $404 for ringside with commemorative seats. The show takes place from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA.

– WWE.com is running a poll asking which celebrity wrestler most impressed them in the ring. The choices are Snooki, Stephen Amell, Jay Leno, Lawrence Taylor, Maria Menounos, Dennis Rodman, Seth Green, Kevin Federline and former World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette. With around 8,000 votes cast, Stephen Amell is leading the way with 74%, followed by Snooki at 6%, Seth Green with 5% and Menounos is tied with LT at 4%.

– WWE’s Scott Stanford is back as the host on “This Week In WWE” on the WWE Network.

– Bull Dempsey recently spoke with WWE.com about his new gimmick and his win over Elias Samson at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn. When asked about Bull Fit, he said “It’s about hard work and not being afraid to be yourself. The hardest thing to do is be yourself in front of people. If you can do that, there’s no obstacle you can’t overcome.” As for what’s next for him:   “Bigger and better things. At one point, when I first came here, I promised I was going to be NXT Champion. After what people saw in Brooklyn, the sky’s the limit.”

NXT DVD/Blu-Ray, Indie Women’s Wrestler Getting WWE Tryout, Itami Update

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– WrestlingDVDNetwork.com reports that there is talk of WWE releasing an NXT DVD/Blu-ray set in early 2016. Aside from a match compilation, the upcoming WWE Network ‘WWE 24’ special focusing on NXT could be included.

– NXT Superstar Hideo Itami tweeted the following response to a fan on Twitter asking about his recovery from injury:

– Independent women’s wrestler Ruby announced on Facebook that she is getting a WWE tryout at the Performance Center in Orlando, FL next month.

It’s official. Not only am I APW’s world heavy weight champion but I also have a for sure WWE …NXT tryout in Orlando Florida next month !!!!! APW has been amazing and I won’t let them down! I’ll be conditioning like crazy to prepare for the tryout and will keep everyone updated on my journey!!!

And to my fans….thank you for all the support

RUBY

More Controversial Social Media Posts From WWE Diva Zahra Schreiber

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After making her NXT debut over the weekend, some social media posts from WWE Diva Zahra Schreiber began circulating online depicting her affinity for swastikas and other Nazi symbolism. She was trending worldwide on Saturday night for the first time since nude photos of her leaked and it was exposed by Seth Rollins’ ex-fiancée that Schreiber was the “other woman” who broke up their engagement.

Several mainstream media outlets have picked up the story – and more hateful social media posts from Schreiber have now surfaced.

A few years ago, Schreiber took issue with Disney Princess Tiana of Maldonia from the animated feature film The Princess and the Frog. Schreiber said she loves all Disney princesses except Tiana, who is black. She stated, “Black princess white prince?!?! He obv married for money. I feel like Disney made the prince white just to piss off black people lol” When an Instagram user replied that Tiana is ‘the only Disney princess left at the store any time I go, that’s a sign….right?,” Schreiber replied, “a sign that black parents don’t buy their kids toys!”

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She’s also ranted about slutty girls, “f*ggots” who talk trash online and more.
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Vince Russo Says WWE Has Failed Miserably With Bray Wyatt

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Former WWE, WCW and TNA writer Vince Russo has posted a new blog entry discussing the way WWE has booked Bray Wyatt. More specifically, Russo says WWE creative has “failed Bray Wyatt miserably” and there’s no excuse for how badly they’ve dropped the ball with him. Say what you want about Russo’s booking history, he makes some good points of what could have been with Bray’s character.

“Listen, I’m not by any means implying that writing a weekly, three-hour wrestling show is an easy job, because it’s not. And, if there was anybody that would come up with excuses to protect those thankless, faceless, poor slobs—it would be me. However, when they come across as blatantly inept as they do at times—there are just no excuses. When it’s clear cut that a talent is being stymied by the writers, and not their natural ability—then something needs to be done. What I’m saying is this ;

IF YOU’RE A WRITER FOR THE WWE AND YOU HAVE NOTHING FOR BRAY WYATT . . .THEN YOU SHOULDN’T BE A WRITER FOR THE WWE.

There are no excuses here, folks. Bray Wyatt is far and away the most gifted talent that has commanded a wrestling ring since the days of the Attitude Era, and WWE Creative have failed him miserably. That includes Vince, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and anybody else who has had anything to do with the growth of his career. The very first time I ever saw Bray Wyatt walk to the ring, with that mesmerizing music, and that brilliant entrance—I knew this guy was absolutely unique. He was special . . . there was nobody else like him. Having worked with him for many years, there’s no way that you couldn’t compare him to Taker. The only thing that was missing was that physical presence, and that was clearly replaced by a personality and a look that was created by a genius . . . Bray Wyatt.

The night that Bray surprised Chris Jericho upon his return to the WWE, which now seems like decades ago, I thought that this unique icon was well on his way to becoming a cornerstone in the Fed for years to come. It was all there, right in their grubby, little hands, all they had to do was dot the Is and cross the Ts. Whatever you gave this guy was going to be gold. But, who would have thought for a second that the brain trust leading WWE Creative would have dotted the Ts and crossed the Is instead. In what seemed impossible to do . . . they failed Bray Wyatt miserably.”

Amalie Arena In Tampa Posts Update On Status Of WWE RAW

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Following a weather scare due to Tropical Storm Erika, the status of Monday’s edition of WWE RAW in Tampa, Florida has been in question. On Sunday afternoon, we finally got a definitive answer to that question.

The official website and Twitter account of the Amalie Arena in Tampa issued an update on Sunday afternoon regarding the status of RAW.

Check out the statement from the Amalie Arena below.

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WWE To Unveil Seth Rollins Statue On RAW?, Update On Sting’s Return

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It looks like we may finally get to see the Seth Rollins statue that was never officially unveiled in the ring at last Monday’s post-SummerSlam edition of WWE RAW.

WWE is teasing that on Monday’s edition of RAW in Tampa, Florida, the Rollins statue may finally be revealed.

As noted, WWE has also announced that Sting, who attacked Rollins last week, setting up the Night Of Champions title match between the two, will be kicking off Monday’s show.

WWE posted the following teaser regarding Sting and Rollins, as well as the potential unveiling of the Rollins statue on RAW:

After beating both Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns at WrestleMania, absorbing some serious punishment from The Beast Incarnate at WWE Battleground and defeating John Cena for the United States Title at SummerSlam, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins has grown pretty fearless as of late, which is probably why he seems unfazed by Sting’s sudden re-emergence in WWE — a return that led to a one-on-one World Title clash between The Architect and The Vigilante at Night of Champions.

Rollins oozed bravado on SmackDown, where he wrote Sting off as an “artifact” and vowed to finish what The Cerebral Assassin started at The Show of Shows by crushing his “old bones to dust.” Is The Architect underestimating the WCW icon?

Plus, there’s still the matter of Rollins’ missing statue, which was to be unveiled last Monday night before Sting’s ambush. Will “The Future of WWE” reclaim his bronze likeness this week?

WWE Announces Another Match For Monday’s RAW

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WWE continues to make announcements regarding Monday’s edition of RAW, as we can now officially report another match for Monday’s show in Tampa, Florida.

Earlier this weekend, WWE announced that Sting will be opening Monday’s RAW to address what happened with Seth Rollins last week, as well as their upcoming WWE Night Of Champions title match.

WWE also announced a first-ever “Divas Beat The Clock Challenge,” where Paige, Charlotte and Becky Lynch will compete to see who wins a WWE Divas title shot against Nikki Bella at Night Of Champions.

On Sunday, WWE announced that in addition to the opening segment with Sting and the “Divas Beat The Clock Challenge,” Dolph Ziggler will go one-on-one with “The Bulgarian Brute” Rusev.

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