Former WWE personality Brian Jossie (AW) spoke to Connecticut’s CTPost on Monday about his departure from the company and revealed that a recent tweet about Linda McMahon is what led to him being fired. The tweet in question was:

“#AWPromotion$ says vote for Linda McMahon!!! The PTP’z support Linda and so should you! #voteordie4Linda”

AW told the CT, post, “That’s how they show support for their employees who want to support Linda. They fire them. That’s complete bull(expletive).”

Shortly after AW’s endorsement of Linda’s campaign, a WWE spokesperson sent out a statement that “WWE is a non-partisan organization. Superstars as well as employees are free to support any political party or candidate they choose.”

AW said that he was punished for referencing Linda’s campaign, which he didn’t realize was off limits. “For some reason they don’t want to associate [Linda] with anything to do with wrestling because it’s in the past.  Vince doesn’t want any association with her campaign. They told me it’s two totally different entities, which I didn’t know. I thought I was doing a good thing.”

His recent Kobe Bryan rape joke on Monday Night RAW might have been in bad taste, but AW says he could have said way worse and WWE’s own track record of edgy content speaks for itself.  “If I had made a Jerry Sandusky or a Colorado shooting joke, okay, fire me right there,” Jossie said. “WWE put a convicted rapist in the Hall of Fame (referring to Mike Tyson).”

He added, “I don’t hate the WWE. I love the company. But the way the politics are with her campaign, it screwed me.”

– Last week’s WWE SmackDown drew a 1.89 cable rating with 2.728 million viewers, down from the previous week, which did a 1.91 rating with 2.783 million viewers.

– It was announced during a commercial break at Monday’s RAW that WWE will return to the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on February 25th, 2013 for Monday Night RAW.

– After Monday’s WWE RAW went off the air, Shawn Michaels was stretchered out of the arena. Big Show then came out and said he would do the same thing to CM Punk and John Cena at SummerSlam. John Cena then came out and defeated Big Show in the dark match main event of the evening.

At Monday’s Raw at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, WWE had arena personnel confiscate fans’ signs pertaining to former Superstar A.W., whose contract was terminated last Friday due to his continued use of offensive and inappropriate comments on live television and on social media following his crass remark on the July 30 episode of Raw.

A.W., whose real name is Brian Jossie, is not pleased with WWE’s actions Monday. He vented on Twitter, “Anyone that has had their sign taken from them in support of me should realize that the #WWE are the real bullies!!! #BeAFuckingStar.”

Jossie also took offense to JTG’s “burial” on Raw, which he says stems from the WWE Superstar’s “controversial remarks” on Twitter last week where he said his “locker room brothers” were being taken advantage of. Before JTG encountered Ryback for his match, Jossie predicted, “After JTG just ripped their ass on twitter he’s showcased but I’m fired for saying support Linda! Now watch them bury him…” Then after Ryback had soundly beaten JTG, Jossie lamented, “What else can I say… JTG just got did in for his disrespect to his masters.. #IAintOnThePlantation.”

Jossie had stated hours earlier, “I’m not a racist!! I’m a realist! The only race card that got played was the Senate “RACE” Card!. He also noted, “Vince didn’t want some no name Negro associated with his less than stellar half mummified ass wife! #Vote4ChrisMurphy.”

Jossie then challenged “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, who hosted “Piper’s Pit” on Raw, to a verbal duel.

“I would love to be on Pipers Pit!! That muthafucka would be speechless! He ain’t neva met a guy like me….,” Jossie wrote. “AbeWashVsPipersPit! In my opinion Piper’s Pit wins. He was allowed to speak his mind! They would neva let me speak my mind #ILLUMINATED.” He continued. “I’d destroy that muthafucka!! #BigFanOfThePit #HeAintBettaThanMe..”

Finally, Jossie noted: “I will be addressing the wrestling universe soon..

“The #WWE is afraid of me…

“Vince you shook my hand and betrayed me within the same week…”

Tonight’s 3-hour WWE RAW takes place from Dallas, Texas and will be the “go home” show before Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view.

WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels will be in the house tonight to help give a final push for the Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar hype. Lesnar threatened Michaels last week, so expect to see a confrontation between these men tonight.

The show will be opened by a preview of the SummerSlam WWE Championship match, as CM Punk competes against the Big Show.

On Friday’s SmackDown, Booker T announced that Alberto Del Rio’s World Heavyweight title match against Sheamus at SummerSlam has been cancelled. Tonight on RAW, we’ll get the latest on this situation and whether the match will be reinstated/changed.

“Jersey Shore” star DJ Pauly D will be tonight’s Social Media Ambassador.

The WWE website’s 5-point preview is teasing:

* Del Rio “sneaking his way” back into the #1 contender’s spot
* The latest from Daniel Bryan & Kane
* How Social Media Ambassador DJ Pauly D will interact with Zack Ryder
* Lesnar’s final opportunity to “see” Shawn Michaels before SummerSlam
* CM Punk’s reaction to Big Show’s recent actions

The advertised dark match main event for tonight is John Cena vs. Big Show in a no-disqualification match.

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of what JR wrote about:

Tonight’s RAW: “Expect The final Raw before Summerslam to to a hot one. HHH/ Lesnar issue has piqued my interest. WWE Title bout, too. Anxious to see how the build for the PPV unfolds. It’s crunch time for all involved. It’s nights like this that make me miss being at the announce table.”

SummerSlam Week: “Im headed to LA later in the week for some THQ functions but am excited to be able to watch Summerslam in person. I think it will be a kick ass PPV.”

AW’s WWE Release: “AW’s release was unfortunate. He’s a talented guy who made a costly mistake. One door closes another opens. I hope AW regroups and finds success. Speaking from experience, one has to put issues such as this behind them and move positively forward. I wish AW the best.”

Ivelisse Velez’s Release: “Same goes for [Ivelisse Velez] who I really liked, too. Only advice I’d provide both talents is to move forward and depend on their skills and passion to find happiness and success. Life deals all of us challenging hands.”

Pictures of Ivelisse Vélez at WWE Developmental

– Former WWE Diva Terri Runnels posted a bunch of new “hot and wet” night time photos on her Facebook page, and announced a sale in which she’s giving away autographed photos if you buy her tell-all DVD. She’s also doing a raffle tonight where you can win her infamous “star” bikini that she wore on Monday Night Raw. The catch? You have to buy the DVD to be entered. The DVD seems pretty scandalous, with Runnels talking about working at CNN as a young make up girl and getting hit on by Larry King. She doesn’t pull any punches as to her sexual exploits, either. This is as “open and honest” a tell-all as you’ll see. You can check out the DVD sale, photo special, and Bikini-Raffle here.

– Former WCW star Vampiro was recently interviewed by Konnan and Court Bauer for MLW.com spoke about WWE in the early 80’s and the things he did to break into the business:

“In Montreal, they had the International Wrestling [Association], we’re talking ’81 or ’82, when WWE didn’t even have national television. They were just a local promotion out of New York and the bigger of the two was the promotion in Montreal. Vince’s dad had his company out of Toronto for tax reasons. Everything was easy to do in Canada. There was a lot of, uh, money laundering would be the easiest way to say it, because of the casinos along the border in Quebec. I remember seeing a lot of big shows with Ric Flair in Quebec City and Hulk Hogan with Rick Martel in Montreal. Everything was kind of like the independent circuit back then.”

“I was a young kid and I was training. At the gyms, the guys would come in and I would sell them steroids or whatever else I could, just to hustle and try to get into the dressing room. I was just hanging out. I would set up the ring and they would let me sell programs. I would kind of take bumps with the guys and try to get into the business. The only guy that would really talk to me was Abdullah the Butcher. He showed me some stuff. I was like 13 when all of this was going on. I kind of started out real young.”