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What Happened After RAW, Ambrose Wins Another Dark Match

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The following are live notes from Monday night’s WWE RAW Supershow taping from Laredo, Texas:

– Dean Ambrose defeated Michael McGillicutty the opening dark match.

– Matches taped for this week’s WWE Superstars were:

* Alex Riley vs. Antonio Cesaro
* Zack Ryder vs. Jack Swagger.

– After RAW went off the air, John Cena defeated Big Show and Tensai in a handicap match. The finish came when Big Show accidentally laid out Tensai and then Cena hit Big Show with the Attitude Adjustment.

John Laurinaitis then came out with a steel chair and hit Cena with it. He went for a second shot, but Cena blocked the chair and hit Laurinaitis with the Attitude Adjustment to end the show.

Lesnar’s Response To Triple H, Eve & R-Truth Return

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– Paul Heyman announced on Monday night that Brock Lensnar will deliver an in-person response to Triple H’s SummerSlam challenge at the 1,000th RAW Celebration on July 23rd.

– WWE tag team title holder R-Truth returned to action on Monday’s RAW in an 8-man tag team match. He was out of action for several weeks with a foot injury.

– Eve Torres returned to WWE television on RAW. She had been away filming the new NBC reality show “Stars Earn Stripes.”

Money In The Bank: World Title Match Announced

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Interim General Manager Teddy Long told Alberto Del Rio on RAW that the Board of Directors has declared him the #1 contender to the World Heavyweight title and will wrestle Sheamus at Money in the Bank.

With that match set, here’s the updated card for the upcoming WWE Money In The Bank pay-per-view:

WWE Championship Match:
CM Punk (c) vs. Daniel Bryan
* Special Referee: A.J. Lee

World Championship Match:
Sheamus (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio

MITB Match (WWE Title Match Contract On The Line)
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho vs. Big Show vs. Kane

MITB Match (World Title Match Contract On The Line)
Christian, Tensai, Damien Sandow, Santino Marella, Tyson Kidd
* More participants to be named

WWE Money In The Bank 2012 takes place on Sunday, July 15, 2012 from the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

X Division Wrestler Granted TNA Release, Love Tops Twitter

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Angelina Love is not the only talent to part ways with TNA Wrestling this week as Shannon Moore has as well. The X Division wrestler announced Monday via Twitter that he has been granted his release from the organization.

“Just want to let you all know I asked for my release from TNA and they granted me my release. Wanted you all to hear it from me. Thanks all,” he wrote.

Moore stated last month that he would not be returning to the organization due to his desire to spend time with his family and focus on outside endeavors.

Following news Sunday night that Love had been granted her release from TNA Wrestling, the record-setting five-time TNA Women’s Knockout Champion was a top trending topic throughout most of Monday.

Regarding this, she wrote, “Sooo flattered that I’ve been trending Worldwide for an entire day now thanks to the incredible support of my wonderful fans! Thank you loves!!!”

Despite their respective announcements, both Love and Moore remain listed as members of the TNA roster on ImpactWrestling.com.

Bret Hart Advertised For 1000th Raw, Who Portrayed Doink?, More

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– A commercial aired in the St. Louis, Missouri market Monday night during Raw SuperShow advertising WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart as appearing at the historic 1000th show taking place at Scottrade Center.

As reported earlier, WWE formed a list of 15 to 20 former Superstars they hoped to have appear on Raw in the weeks building up to and including the historic 1000th episode.

– Doink the Clown was portrayed by Steve Lombardi (a/k/a Brooklyn Brawler) during Monday’s Raw SuperShow. Lombardi portrayed the character at various points in the nineties.

– The 1989 cult classic “No Holds Barred,” featuring Hulk Hogan in his first starring role, is digitally remastered and available on DVD beginning today.

– Johnny Swinger turns 37 years old on Tuesday.

(source: PWInsider.com)

Contracted WWE Star Announces He Was Released Last Week

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Former WWE star Armando Estrada has announced that he was released from his WWE contract last week. He issued the following statement on Monday and acknowledged that many fans were probably not even aware that he had been working for WWE for the past year and a half.

“Espérate … Espérate … Espérate …

Everybody, listen to me!

I would like to take this opportunity to let everyone in the wrestling world know that on 6/27/12, I was released from my contract with WWE.

What’s that you say??? OH, you didn’t know (Road Dogg) I was under contract to WWE? Apparently, a lot of people (including members of creative) were not privy to that information. I have been “working” with World Wrestling Entertainment for almost 18 months. I was only used once during that time period, making a brief cameo as Tyson Kidd’s manager in May of last year. I was told I did a great job and to be patient. I have been patient for quite some time now while sitting at home “waiting for the call”.

It’s not fun, trust me. Numerous creative ideas/scenarios were submitted during my tenure and unfortunately nothing materialized for me. And although my talents were not utilized this time around, should I decide to return to WWE in the future, I firmly believe that door will be open. Timing is everything, not just in showbiz, but in life. Thank you to everyone in WWE!

For those promoters that would like to utilize my talents, believe me when I say, I am the MOST ENTERTAINING individual to step foot into the wrestling industry in the last decade (toot-toot)! If you would like to book me for wrestling shows, autograph signings/appearances, please do so at [email protected] (serious inquiries only). I will show up on time, in shape, and ready to perform for your audience.

You can also follow me on Twitter @RealArmandoHaHa. Thanks for your time….Oh yeah, 1 last thing. My name es ARMANDO ALEJANDRO ESTRRRADA and I will be making an #Impact soon………HA-HA! “

Kenn Doane Clarifies Remarks Concerning Tara and John Cena

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Kenn Doane clarified remarks he made during an interview with SEScoops.com where he implicated Lisa Marie Varon (currently known as Tara in TNA Wrestling and formerly known as Victoria in WWE) as being involved in an extramarital affair with John Cena while all three simultaneously worked on the Raw brand. As Varon stated last week during an interview with F4WOnline.com, she dated Cena in 2002 (when both were were single), not 2006 or 2007 (when both were not single) as Doane had implied.

“People keep asking bout the tara deal. Me confused why read my interview and realize the time frame in which I wrote it sounded like she was with [John Cena] then. I know she dated him in [2002] and that’s what I meant to say,” Doane stated on Twitter. “I’ve known tara since I first got to wwe and she wasn’t with him at the time when all my shiz was going down. I should of put more thought into her part of my story. I didn’t cuz didn’t think it needed to be elaborated. Tara never dated [John Cena] when I was there only in 02 which I should of made clear.”

He continued, “Granted nobody should ever think anything negative of tara. Why the fuck do we call her tara? Her name is lisa.”

Doane said that after girlfriend Mickie James admitted to him in 2007 that she was involved in an affair with Cena, he asked who he believed was Cena’s Diva “road” girlfriend at the time if she was aware of the matter (who he then implicated as Varon in the interview). According to Doane, the woman told him she believed the affair to be true after having been ‘recently’ dumped by Cena.

Main Event Announced For Tonight’s Raw, Lilian Garcia Gives Back

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– Interim Raw General Manager Theodore Long has announced via WWE.com a tag team match pitting Money in the Bank opponents for tonight’s Raw SuperShow as WWE Champion CM Punk and John Cena will face Chris Jericho and Daniel Bryan.

– SmackDown ring announcer Lilian Garcia went to Akron, Ohio, to visit kids with cancer and help the Akron Children’s Hospital raise money at the 10th Annual LOPen Charity Golf and Music Event, where she sang the National Anthem and even hit the links at the LOPen Celebrity Golf Tournament Outing. (Article)

– The June 29, 2012 episode of WWE Vintage Collection featured the following matches and segments: Fit Finlay vs. Psychosis (WCW Thunder – June 4, 1998), Lord Steven Regal and Bobby Eaton become tag team partners (WCW Saturday Night – March 18, 1995), The Blue Bloods go to a Restaurant (WCW Saturday Night – March 25, 1995), The Blue Bloods vs. The Nasty Boys (WCW Great American Bash – June 18, 1995), The British Bulldogs vs. Nikolai Volkoff and Iron Sheik (WWF Prime Time Wrestling – November 5, 1985), Chris Adams vs. Dave Taylor (WCW Saturday Night – January 17, 1998), Lord Steven Regal vs. Davey Boy Smith (WCW Halloween Havoc – October 24, 1993). (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

Legend Rejects WWE Hall of Fame Invite, Maxine Looking To Act

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– A report credited to the Wrestling Observer Monday stated that WWE officials are interested in having Bruno Sammartino headline next year’s Hall of Fame class. In regards to the report, wrestling convention promoter Sal Corrente issued the following statement on behalf of the legendary grappler to PWInsider.com:

“We understand that word has broken on the Internet regarding “The Living Legend” Bruno Sammartino being inducted in to the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013. Since word has broken publicly, I can confirm that we have been contacted. I have been asked by Bruno Sammartino to announce that he will NOT be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013.”

– Following her departure from WWE last week, Maxine has changed her Twitter handle to KarleeLeilani. She is also representing herself under her real name, Karlee Leilani Perez. She wrote “Hell yeah” in response to a remark that she no longer has to call herself Maxine and can now be her “true self.”

The former WWE Diva has indicated on the account that she plans to pursue an acting career.

– WWE announced Monday via Twitter: “Check in TONIGHT for @WWE #Raw on @GetGlue to get your FREE @RealKellyKelly #DivaSummer Series Sticker! wwe.me/bY9il.”

Patriotic WWE Moments, SmackDown Video Preview & More

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– WWE.com has an article up looking at “15 Patriotic Moments We Salute” Hulk Hogan is featured in 5 of the 15 moments, which also include John Cena announcing the death of Osama Bin Laden and WWE’s Tribute for the Troops.

– WWE Hall of Famer Tito Santana will be touring Saskatchewan, Canada with High Impact Wrestling later this month on the following dates:

* July 16th – Ukrainian Orthodox Auditorium in Yorkton
* July 17th – Victoria Club in Regina
* July 18th – German Concordia Club in Saskatoon

– Here is a preview of tomorrow’s live SmackDown, featuring the Great American Bash battle royal:

More On The Rumored Spoiler For Tonight’s RAW

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The WWE Legend appearing on tonight’s RAW in a match against Heath Slater will be Diamond Dallas Page. After the DDP Yoga Facebook page teased that DDP was headed to Texas (RAW is from Laredo Texas), DDP is now telling fans on Twitter to “Watch Tonight.”

PWInsider.com is also reporting that DDP took American Airlines flight 3355 early today and landed in Laredo.

Christian Talks About His Ankle Injury From Earlier This Year

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– Christian recently spoke with the Corpus-Christi Caller to hype Tuesday’s live Smackdown from the city and spoke about the recent ankle sprain that kept him out of action for months and forced him to miss WrestleMania 28:

“After talking with a couple different doctors, they said that on a scale of 1-10 of the severity of the sprain, it was a 10. It was as bad as it could have possibly been,” Christian told the Corpus-Christi Caller newspaper promoting Tuesday’s live Smackdown taping. “It was a little bit frustrating to say the least, but it’s just one of those things where you got to get through it.”

Christian also said he hopes to hold the World Heavyweight championship again before he retires.

– In Episode 23 of “WWE Download” with Dolph Ziggler:

“Dolph Ziggler explores Kieth Apicary’s dating methods and admits that Zack Ryder might be a little less of a nerd. #WWEDOWNLOAD”

* AUSTIN vs. PUNK Update, Storyline Plans For AJ & More

Angelina Love & Hulk Hogan Comment On Her TNA Departure

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– Angelina Love, who was granted a release from TNA over the weekend, thanked her fans on Twitter on Monday morning:

Hulk Hogan also tweeted the following about Love’s TNA departure:

– TNA has released the following video preview of the upcoming Lockdown 2012 DVD:

Impact Preview, How To Send Feedback To Spike TV

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– Thursday’s IMPACT Wrestling will feature Jeff Hardy vs. James Storm in a Bound for Glory series match, the latest in the Styles/Dixie storyline, more new X-Division talents debuting and more.

– Kurt Angle, Austin Aries, and Miss Tessmacher will be doing a signing on July 6th from 2-4PM at Direct Auto Insurance on 2110 Greenridge Road in Charleston, SC.

– If you enjoy watching TNA’s Impact Wrestling live on Thursday nights, you can email Spike TV at [email protected] and tell them you want Impact to remain live every week after the summer.

Fans Think Lesnar Will Accept SummerSlam Challenge, Comic Con

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– WWE.com has a poll up asking what will Brock Lesnar’s response be to Triple H’s SummerSlam challenge tonight on Raw.

As of Monday afternoon, 75% think Lesnar will accept the challenge while 25% think he will reject the challenge due to his ongoing storyline lawsuit against WWE.

RAW Preview: Lesnar To Respond To Triple H’s Challenge

– Randy Orton is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Power Slam magazine.

– WWE talent will be at San Diego Comic-Con on July 12th along with Mattel toy designers Bill Miekina, Derek Handy and Mattel’s director of marketing Enrique Ruvalcaba.

– John Cena attended a New York Mets MLB baseball game last week.

 

Lesnar’s Status For Tonight, Long in Charge Of @WWEGM

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– To update the news of Brock Lesnar responding to Triple H’s SummerSlam challenge tonight on RAW, WWE is now advertising that Lesnar’s “camp” will respond on his behalf.

As noted earlier in our RAW preview, neither Lesnar or Triple H are advertised/expected to appear live tonight.

– As the Interim General Manager of this week’s RAW and SmackDown shows, Teddy Long wrote on Twitter that he’s been granted access to the @WWERawGM Twitter account this week. The account has been inactive since John Laurinaitis was fired last month.

– The final part of “Cut That Promo” featuring former WWE superstar John Morrison and TNA Gutcheck reject Joey Ryan is now online. The footage was originally Filmed on June 7th during the 10th Annual Los Angeles Improv Comedy Festival at IO West. The earlier parts can be viewed at host Christian Rosenberg’s Youtube channel. Here’s the 6th and final part:

* Big News On The Surprises Planned For The 1,000th Episode of RAW

JR Blog: Austin, Goldberg & Batista Back In WWE, Wellness Policy

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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:

Pro Wrestling Bias: “I strongly dislike this unflattering trait that many in our society have. Perhaps that’s why acting, for some wrestlers, is a viable alternative for performers leaving the business. Society isn’t geared to afford many other opportunities for former wrestlers without them having a marketable skill set and especially without an education. ”

WWE’s Wellness Policy: “I’m not against two strikes and out being the benchmark.”

Austin, Goldberg & Batista Returning To WWE: “I get these Tweets daily, will @steveaustinBSR or @Goldberg ever return to WWE? I’m wondering why those asking don’t Tweet the talents themselves. Not everyone that has had a wrestling career wants to return to the grind. It’s not that glamorous. Same goes for @DaveBautista who’s also building a film career.”

As always, you can check out JR’s amazing line of BBQ products at WWEShop.com.

Maxine Removed From WWE Roster, Lilian Garcia’s “My Time”

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– Maxine’s profile on WWE.com has been removed from the NXT talent index after the Tampa, Florida native announced Friday on Twitter that both parties have come to terms on her contract release. The profile now resides in the Alumni section. WWE, however, has not released an official statement regarding her departure from the organization.

According to PWInsider.com, Maxine quit WWE due to frustrations with “not being offered a guaranteed deal and not having the chance to prove herself on TV beyond the WWE NXT level.” She continues a trend that began last year of female talent leaving WWE on their own accord, which includes Michelle McCool, Gail Kim, Maryse, Brie Bella and Nikki Bella.

– Lilian Garcia has announced that her new EP album is titled “My Time.” A pre-sale for the album will be available beginning July 4 on LilianGarcia.com with a limited number of autographed CD’s.

– Randy Orton is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Power Slam.

– Yoshi Tatsu turned 35 years old on Sunday.

Bret Hart’s Status For RAW’s 1,000th Episode & More

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– WWE will be holding a RAW brand live event from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas on January 13th, the same venue that will host Tuesday’s Great American Bash live SmackDown show. Tickets will go on sale at Tuesday’s show. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

– WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart is 55 years old today. He was born on July 2, 1957.

Hart was asked by a fan on Twitter if he’ll be appearing at the upcoming RAW 1,000th episode celebration. He replied:

Cody Rhodes In MITB? More Competitors In RAW MITB Match

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– There was talk in recent weeks of Cody Rhodes winning the SmackDown brand’s upcoming Money in the Bank match. Cody did not qualify on Friday’s SmackDown, but he is currently protesting WWE’s Board of Directors for a spot in the match. With more qualifying matches taking place on Tuesday’s live SmackDown special, expect to see Rhodes qualify tomorrow night.

– As reported earlier in our RAW preview, expect to see at least one more wrestler added to the RAW brand’s Money in the Bank match. WWE.com is teasing:

“Thus far, John Cena, Big Show, Chris Jericho and Kane are the only competitors announced for the contest, but we’d be surprised if a former champion or two didn’t rear his head from an unexpected location and throw his hat (so to speak) into the mix.”

– WWE Tag Team Champion R-Truth hinted on Twitter over the weekend that he could be on RAW tonight. Due to an injury, Zack Ryder replaced R-Truth and tagged with Kofi Kingston at this weekend’s live events.

(Source: f4wonline.com)

Cena Featured On People Of Walmart, Garcia-Haas Incident, More

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– People of Walmart, a comedy website featuring user-submitted photos of overweight, poorly dressed, or awkward looking people shopping at Wal-Mart, has published a photo of John Cena participating in an autograph signing. The website’s editor is unsure of the premiere WWE Superstar’s popularity status and asks whether he is popular in 2012 or a has-been residing in “weird Ric Flair territory.”

– WWE.com has posted the infamous video clip of Charlie Haas inadvertently knocking Lilian Garcia off the ring apron on the June 5, 2006 episode of Raw. Also featured in the video is Garcia screaming in pain before she is escorted to the backstage area by medical personnel.

Garcia legitimately suffered a sprained wrist from the accident. One week later, the mishap was turned into a storyline, with Haas incurring the wrath of Viscera.

– WWE.com has released a poll asking what will Brock Lesnar’s response be to Triple H’s SummerSlam challenge tonight on Raw. According to the poll results thus far, 75% think he will not pass up the opportunity to fight The Game while 25% think he will reject the challenge due to his interest in filing lawsuits.

Update On The Legend Rumored To Be Appearing on RAW

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WWE is teasing that Heath Slater will come face to face with another legend on tonight’s RAW Supershow from the Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas.

It was reported over the weekend that the next legend rumored to be returning to RAW was former WCW & WWE star Diamond Dallas Page.

To update this story – the following message was posted on the DDP Yoga Facebook page on Monday morning:

“I just talked to DDP and he said that he was on his way to Texas but wouldn’t say why..”

Update On CM Punk vs. Steve Austin At WrestleMania 29

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With WrestleMania 29 approximately 9 months away, WWE officials continue to lay out plans for the card’s top matches, including who current WWE Champion CM Punk will wretle.

CM Punk has been pushing hard behind the scenes to wrestle WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin, but the latest is that there are no guarantees the match will take place.

Austin has been very outspoken over the past year about the fact that he’s healthy to wrestle again – and if he did return, he’d want to wrestle CM Punk.

That said, it’s far from a lock that Austin will return to the year. In fact, a WWE source recently stated that the possibility of Austin wrestling at WrestleMania 29 next year is still “more likely a no than a yes.”

(Source: f4wonline.com)

Ziggler’s Main Event Push, Tensai-Sakamoto & Del Rio-Ricardo

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– Alberto Del Rio attacked his personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez at this weekend’s live events after losing to Sheamus.

– Following Tensai’s recent attack on Sakamoto a few weeks ago on RAW, appeared that Tensai dropping Sakamoto was part of his character being repackaged.

Sakamoto was back with Tensai on Friday’s SmackDown when Tensai qualified for Money in the Bank.

– In recent weeks, we’ve seen Dolph Ziggler job to World Heavyweight champion Sheamus several times. While this might seem like WWE is not entirely sold on Ziggler as a main eventer yet, WWE sources indicate that WWE has big things planned for Ziggler in the second half of 2012 and he is viewed as one of the top WWE superstars with breakout potential.

(Source: f4wonline.com)

WWE Reaches Out To Tammy Sytch, Lita Sings On Album, More

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– WWE has reached out to Hall of Famer Tammy “Sunny” Sytch in the last week about making an appearance building to or for the historic 1000th episode of Raw.

– Brutus Beefcake is advertised to appear for Abbotsford Agrifair in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada on August 4 and 5, 2012.

– Amy “Lita” Dumas appears on the debut album of JD & the FDCs as a guest vocalist for the song “From the Shadows.” Additional information is available here.

– Big Show is today’s Superstar of the Day on WWE.com.

source: PWInsider.com

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