— Hip hop recording artist Snoop Dogg will be the guest host of next week’s WWE Raw. Fans might remember Snoop hosted the Playboy Bunnymania match at WrestleMania 24 and even got an on-screen kiss from WWE diva Maria at the event.

— The main event for next week’s WWE Raw, the final raw before WWE Bragging Rights, will be John Cena vs. Triple H in a singles match. WWE is hyping the match could be Cena’s final match on Raw, as he must leave the brand if he can’t defeat Randy Orton in the Iron Man match at Bragging Rights. Cena and Triple H faced each other in the main event of WrestleMania 22.

— Tonight, WWE heads to Lexington, Kentucky to tape this week’s ECW and SmackDown shows. The following matches were announced on Raw for both shows:

• The main event of tonight’s “ECW on Syfy” will be ECW Champion Christian teaming with Yoshi Tatsu to face William Regal and Zack Ryder.
• The main event for Friday’s SmackDown will be Rey Mysterio vs. Batista.

— Two more matches have been confirmed for WWE Bragging Rights on 10/25.

• SmackDown vs. RAW Bragging Rights Match: Chris Jericho & Six Smackdown wrestlers to be named vs. Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston & the winner of Mark Henry vs. Chris Masters (airing this week on Superstars)
• Intercontinental Champion John Morrison vs. United States Champion The Miz.

Thanks to reader Adam Parker for this live report of last night’s WWE Raw:

Most of the upper bowl for the show is tarped, off except on the hard camera side.

The fans in the arena did a lot of WHOOS before the show started.

Justin Roberts came out, followed by a WrestleMania 25 package (the same one they’ve shown at every event this year).  At the end of the package, they announced that on Saturday November 7th, tickets for WrestleMania XXV will go on sale.

Dark Match:

Primo, who got a mild pop, vs. Jamie Noble, with some heat.  There were lots of Primo chants, including a dueling chant. Primo won with a modified cross body off the ropes.

Superstars:

The Raw announce team came out.  Michael Cole actually got a pop now (when did that start?).

Jerry Lawler has on a black shirt, with huge “Lawler for Mayor” slogan written on it in white.  It’s a step up from what he has been wearing

Mark Henry took on Chris Masters. The hot crowd let out what seemed a collective sigh when Masters came out.  Masters eventually dominated after a botched Sunset Flip spot. Henry attempted a World’s Strongest Slam but couldn’t hit it because Masters worked his leg over. Henry finally hit The Slam soon after that for the win.

Post Superstars:

After Superstars ended, the ring crew got ready for Raw. While that went on a Rise and Fall of WCW commercial aired, as well as a package for all of the WrestleManias.

Justin Roberts is yelling at us to get ready for the live cut- in on USA and told us to have signs ready.  They are putting monitors in the ring so Raw will open with a promo.  There are a huge amount of signs tonight.  As we waited to go live there were some DX chants around the whole arena.

A funny commercial for the Smackdown vs. Raw game aired during the wait.  When John Cena was shown during the commercial, he got a 50/50 reaction.

Jim Ross has updated the questions & answers section of his JRsBarBQ.com website with a number of items talking about TNA Wrestling.

There have been Internet reports for months that Jim Ross is considering jumping to TNA Wrestling when his WWE contract expires at the end of the year. According to the man himself, a run in TNA is highly unlikely. “Firstly, my contract expires sometime in December. Secondly, there have been no serious negotiations but WWE seems to want me to stick around and I prefer to do so as well. We’ll see how the negotiations proceed. I am fortunate that I have many options that have nothing to do with wrestling. Time will tell but don’t believe every thing you read about matters such as this.”

On the topic of whether TNA will ever reach the level of WWE and become a legitimate competitor, Ross doesn’t think that will happen either. He said, “there will be no WWE/TNA “war” in my view, unless a powerful TV network buys TNA and I haven’t heard that they are for sale.”

When asked about TNA’s Global iMPACT! show from the Tokyo Dome and why WWE doesn’t do joint-shows with Japanese promotions overseas, Ross said, “WWE’s global branding is pretty amazing as it is. I’m not 100% sure what TNA got out of the Japanese deal but it did not blow me away and simply came off as a TV show from a unique locale.”

The former WWWE divas Lilian Garcia and Trish Stratus partied in New York City over the weekend to celebrate Lilian’s recent wedding. Lilian posted a number of messages and pictures on Twitter over the weekend about their time together.

This morning, she wrote, “Sad today cause Trish has to leave. :-( Had an amazing wkend with her. Thks grl 4 cming & celebrtng my wedding! U r the best!! Luv ya!”

Here are the pictures Lilian posted of her and Trish from the weekend:

Related Link: Lilian Garcia Wedding Photo

— As announced earlier, Access Hollywood correspondents Nancy O’Dell and Maria Menounos will be taking control of Monday Night Raw tonight as this week’s guest hosts. Menounos has been posting messages on her Twitter account all weekend regarding her appearance, including making note of an apparent injury. Here is what she wrote:

“Pulled my hamstring yesterday..bad timing..icing it now”

“Ok guys-what would my entrance song for wwe be?”

“Gonna make all the greeks proud on monday night raw…wil be representing-tune in!”

“Finally going to sleep…feel like a kid before christmas morning…wwe is going to be so fun tomorrow!!!”

“Up early to make some tv and radio appearances here in indianapolis to promo wwe tonight!”

Video surfaced online last Friday of Menounos training in the ring at Ric Drasin’s pro wrestling school in Southern California, so it would appear that she will be getting physical on tonight’s show providing she is healthy enough.

— Click here to find out what the likes of Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston and Matt Hardy are thankful for this year.

— During Friday’s episode of Psych on the USA Network, they aired clips of the Royal Rumble and the main characters made dolls of “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and Junkyard Dog. (Thanks to Matt)

— According to an Associated Press article, Ozzy Osbourne is set to host an upcoming episode of Monday Night Raw. The word going around is that he will appear with his wife Sharon at the November 2nd show in Worcester, Massachusetts. Osbourne released his autobiography titled, “I Am Ozzy” earlier this month that he’ll likely be promoting during the WWE appearance.

– There is an article on OKMagazine about tonight’s WWE Raw host Nancy O’Dell and her being named “WWE’s Hottest Fan,” which you can read here.

— As we reported last week, John Cena’s next WWE Studios movie “Oxley’s Road” is set to start shooting in New Orleans later this year. NationalLedger.com posted a note that says producers are still looking for the young actor who’ll play John Cena’s little brother.

— The WWE website has posted new photos of ECW backstage announcer Savannah.

— This week’s edition of TNA iMPACT! drew a 1.0 cable rating. This is down from last week’s 1.1 figure. (source: PWInsider.com)

— One half of the TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions, Sarita, will be going for her fourth consecutive CMLL Bodybuilding Championship on Wednesday, November 25th.

— Jeremy Borash is covering this weekend’s slate of TNA live events in Wisconsin and Minnesota on the company’s Twitter account — including complete results, photos and more. Click here for photos and results from last night’s show in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Silicon Valley’s MercuryNews.com has an article that looks at WWE’s transition from TV-14 programming to TV-PG, with quotes from WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.

McMahon explains that desepite the success WWE saw during the edgy Attitude era, the time was right to shift towards more family friendly programming. “We just followed our audience and tried to listen to them,” McMahon said. “It’s a more sophisticated product. It’s just the right move business-wise, but more specifically the right move in terms of reaching our audience.”

Since going PG, WWE has picked up a number of new sponsorships, including Pepsi, 7-Eleven stores, Mattel toys and the Army National Guard.

Vince also said by toning down WWE’s programming, they are moving farther away from being in direct competition with mixed martial arts. “You really can’t compete with that,” he said. “Why not deliver a more sophisticated product and not go to those extremes? If the audience wants those extremes, they know where to go and how to get it.”

Wait, what?! WWE? Sophisticated? WWE? World Wrestling Entertainment?

The article also notes that singer Ozzy Osbourne will be hosting Raw this fall.

— TNA officials reached out to Terry Funk to work the Bound For Glory pay-per-view later this month. Apparently, they wanted the WWE Hall of Famer to be involved in the Abyss vs. Mick Foley “Monster’s Ball: Hardcore Extreme” match. (source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— Lacey Von Erich has put up the gold jacket she wore during her TNA debut up for bid on eBay.

— In this week’s TNA webmatch, Kip James squares off against Rhino. You can view the match here. Also note, the multi-time WWE tag team champion is back to being a babyface.