[wweshop]Thanks to Freddie J. and @IowaMatt72 for the following WWE Main Event spoilers from tonight’s tapings in Omaha, Nebraska:

* The Miz and another MizTV segment opens this week’s WWE SmackDown. His guests are Fandango and Summer Rae. Miz announces he will do MizTV and then win the Intercontinental Title tonight. Wade Barrett interrupts and starts running down Fandango and threatens him. Miz and Barrett start brawling and we have tonight’s first match.

* The Miz vs. Wade Barrett for the Intercontinental Title is up first. Fandango comes out dancing and interrupts in the match. Barrett nails the Bullhammer on Fandago but Miz wins by DQ.

* Daniel Bryan vs. Jack Swagger is next. Zeb Colter cuts a promo about conspiracies before the match. Bryan wins a back and forth match with the Yes Lock. After the match, the crowd chants “yes” and Bryan looks as if he’s crazy before putting the lock on Swagger again. Kane breaks the hold up and they argue before Bryan leaves.

* Damien Sandow is out in the ring with Matt Striker. Sheamus ends up coming out. This was described as a weak segment to start a Sheamus vs. Sandow feud.

* Chris Jericho defeated Big Show by count out. Big Show controlled most of the match but Jericho hit a Codebreaker outside of the ring and Show got counted out.

* Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel are out next. Heyman and Axel talk about extending his brand and taking out Triple H.

* Sin Cara vs. Curtis Axel is up next. Cara hits his usual high-flying moves but McGillicutty wins with his finisher.

* Kofi Kingston vs. Dean Ambrose for the United States Title is up next. The match ends when Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns interfere. Randy Orton and Sheamus make the save. Teddy Long makes a six-man match.

* The Shield controlled most of the match but the faces turned it around. Orton hits a RKO on Reigns, Rollins takes a Brogue Kick but Ambrose hits his finisher on Kofi for the win. After the match, Team Hell No come out and throw Ambrose and Rollins back in the ring. Orton hits a RKO on Rollins and Ambrose takes a Brogue kick to end it.

* VIDEO: THE SHIELD Celebrates Their Title Wins at EXTREME RULES

Viewership data is for this week’s RAW – and it’s good news for WWE coming out of Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

The 5/20 edition of WWE RAW averaged approximately 4.26 million viewers, up 4% from the previous week. The final rating, which is not yet available, will be around 2.9-3.2.

In a rare feat for WWE, the show actually gained viewers during each consecutive hour. Here’s the hourly breakdown:

• Hour 1: 4.08 million viewers
• Hour 2: 4.30 million viewers
• Hour 3: 4.31 million viewers

RAW was the highest rated show on cable for the night.

During a recent interview with PWTorch.com (5/17), former WWE writer Andrew Goldstein named 3MB as the superstars that WWE should cut first during the next round of main roster releases:

“It’s just like, you know, hire locals. Why do we have to trop these guys out? To me, they’re not so entertaining. Apparently, the redhead (Heath Slater), he’s very well-liked backstage,” Goldstein said.

 

“Every week, to see them get crushed by The Shield and then by Brock, and they’re like the new jobbers. They’re main roster guys and they have gimmicks, but they’re basically …” Goldstein said before he was interrupted.

Goldstein was a member of the WWE writing team in 2006.

[wweshop]Exclusive – SEScoops.com can confirm that Adam Rudman, the most recent head writer on the creative team, is already gone from the company.

Rudman was brought in just six weeks ago to replace Eric Pankowski (who left before WrestleMania and now works at CBS) and was let go by Stephanie McMahon late last week.

Rudman was well-liked by talent, spoke with them regularly and was open to their ideas. However, his lack of wrestling knowledge prior to joining WWE was seen by many as a sign that he wouldn’t last long.

• Check Out: Former WWE Writer Says He’d Release 3MB

– John Cena, who did not appear on the RAW broadcast, granted a wish to a Make-A-Wish child before the show. He tweeted:

one more time for my new follwers! My lil buddy Josh got his @MakeAWish HE MET @JohnCena pic.twitter.com/CDfYaVbIDy

— ????? ????? (@boyzmom13) May 21, 2013

After RAW went off the air, Cena teamed with Alberto Del Rio to face Ryback and Jack Swagger in the dark match main event. The finish came when John Cena hit an Attitude Adjustment on Jack Swagger to get the win.

[rybackrules]The following matches have been announced for this week’s editions of WWE Main Event & SmackDown, both which will be taped tonight:

* Sin Cara returns to WWE Main Event tonight when he challenges Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett.

* United States Champion Dean Ambrose will defend against Kofi Kingston in a rematch from Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

SEScoops.com will have live spoilers of tonight’s Main Event & SmackDown tapings, so cheeck back later for those.

– Last week’s episode of WWE SmackDown drew a 1.78 cable rating with 2.44 million viewers, the least watched-watched Friday SmackDown of the year.

– Following up on his negative comments about Sheamus on the Extreme Rules post-show last night, WWE superstar Titus O’Neil tweeted the following on Monday afternoon:

4those looking 4Me 2Retract my comments on @WWESheamus from @WWE #ExtremeRules post show,its Not Going 2Happen!!I meant it&Im Ready 2Fight!

— Titus O'Neil (@TitusONeilWWE) May 20, 2013

– WWE is teasing that The Shield will celebrate their title wins tonight on RAW:

TONIGHT: @TheShieldWWE are champions! How will they celebrate? Find out LIVE on @WWE #RAW at 8/7 CT @USA_Network! pic.twitter.com/CFFwLgeNJx

— WWE (@WWE) May 20, 2013