– Dave Meltzer of WON reports that despite reports to the contrary, including one that we reported here as well, John Cena is not suffering from a groin tear (or groin strain). Apparently Cena is simply continuing to sell the attack from The Wyatt Family from Monday’s RAW.
Additionally, there was no admonition from doctors for Cena not to work this weekend. It is simply a case of Cena selling the attack and a way of explaining how he’s able to work at the weekend live events despite being “hospitalized” on television on Monday.
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– Jim Ross tweeted the following regarding the possibility of CM Punk returning on RAW Monday night in Chicago, IL.
“55/45 he’ll be there.”
As we reported yesterday, Punk is rumored to be there but we simply don’t have it confirmed as of this writing. We can’t stress that enough. We hope to know more in the hours leading to Raw as only a very select few people in WWE are “in the know” regarding CM Punk’s WWE status. It’s a situation that involves Vince McMahon and CM Punk as they’ve been the two guys talking with each other and those talks only seemed to start back up within the last few weeks. As of early last month, the two sides hadn’t been in contact and Punk wasn’t answering phone calls. We’ll have a major update on this shortly. Stay tuned.
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– Apparently Toby Keith will be making a major business announcement TODAY. There is no word yet as to whether or not it is wrestling related or not. As previously reported, Keith is expected to be one of the key financial backers of Jeff Jarrett’s new pro wrestling promotion, a project that Jarrett has been teasing for months.
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– WWE Superstar Rob Van Dam was recently asked by a fan on Twitter if he would be back in WWE by the SummerSlam pay-per-view. RVD simply replied by saying, “indeed.”
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– Below is the full schedule for Monday, day 8 of the WWE Network launch:
12am EST – WrestleMania 25
4am EST – WCCW – 11/1/1982
5am EST – Legends of Wrestling – Worst Characters
6am EST – WrestleMania Rewind – WrestleMania I
7am EST – Legends of Wrestling – Renegades
8:30am EST – RAW Flashback – 3/7/1993
9:20am EST – RAW Flashback – 3/14/1993
10:10am EST – RAW Flashback – 3/21/1993
11am EST – Royal Rumble 2013
2pm EST – Best of SmackDown – 8/25/1999
3:30pm EST – WrestleMania 25
7:30pm EST – RAW Pre-show
8pm EST – Beyond The Ring – Steve Austin
10:30pm EST – ECW Hardcore TV – 3/7/1994
11:06pm EST – RAW Backstage Pass
11:30pm EST – Beyond The Ring – Steve Austin
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– The WWE Studios film Legendary starring John Cena has been added back to Netflix streaming on demand.
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– WWE Main Event will air live for the first time ever this Tuesday (3/4) on the WWE Network. The show will broadcast at 7 PM (Eastern) and will later air on it’s usual time slot on the Ion Network on Wednesday.
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– Zeb Colter is teasing some surprises for tonight’s WWE RAW: Tomorrow night…going to be interesting in #WWEChicago…#RAW…chatter is that there’s a few surprises in store. @WWE
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– The WWE Main Event television taping this coming Tuesday night in Detroit will be airing live on the WWE Network. Following the technical problems with the NXT Arrival live special, this is apparently being viewed as an attempt by WWE to run another live special to make sure the technical glitches are smoothed out to the best of their ability before the big WrestleMania XXX event takes place on the WWE Network in April.
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– Apparently WWE Superstar Randy Orton will hit the 1,000-day mark for his career as a WWE Champion on March 10th. That puts him 10th place all-time in total accumulated time as champion in WWE history.
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– USA Today recently ran a featured article on the WWE Network. They covered the basics, and actually didn’t really acknowledge all of the technical problems with the service thus far. You can check out the piece at USAToday.com.
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– Comedian and actor Gabriel Iglesias played at the SAP Center in San Jose, California on Friday night, also filming a movie role as well. He noted that he has dropped more than 100 pounds and mentioned DDP Yoga as one of the ways he’s managed to do it.
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– At Saturday night’s Los Angeles Kings vs. Carolina Hurricanes game, they pushed that SummerSlam tickets would be available at the Staples Center in L.A. on March 15th. The Kings mascot then reportedly tried to lead the crowd in a “Yes!” chant, one that apparently didn’t exactly catch on.
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