Paige appeared with Alberto El Patron for the Malik Rose Bowling Tournament on Monday in San Antonio, Texas. The event raised money for the Salvation Army’s Emergency Family Shelter.
As seen below, KENS5’s Chelsey Hernandez approached Paige and asked her for an update on when she will be back to TV.
“Hopefully within the next couple of months, fingers crossed,” Paige said. “Now I have to get cleared by WWE doctors.”
Source: WrestlingINC
As Ric Flair remains hospitalized, earlier today Charlotte sent out thanks to all the fans for their support and posted a photo of her family. In the caption, she wrote:
“Hi guys, On behalf of my family and I, we want to THANK everyone for the prayers, texts, calls and support. Our Dad is a FIGHTER and your continued thoughts and prayers MEAN THE WORLD to us. ?????? We will update everyone when we have more information. ????????”
Yesterday, Ric Flair had undergone successful surgery (non-heart related) but the situation was still considered “extremely serious,” according to F4WOnline.com. TMZ added that Flair’s family is by his side.
According to F4WOnline.com, Flair was scheduled to have surgery this week but it’s unknown whether the surgery today was the original surgery scheduled or a new surgery. The reason for the WWE Hall of Famer’s hospitalization to an Intensive Care Unit in Atlanta, GA on Saturday is still not known. It’s believed Flair is dealing with a heart issue but nothing has been confirmed.
When Flair was first hospitalized, his manager, Melinda Morris Zanoni of Legacy Talent and Entertainment, indicated it was for routine monitoring and there was no reason to panic. Shortly after midnight on Sunday night, the situation seemed to worsen with her tweeting to pray for and send positive energy to The Nature Boy.
Source: WrestlingINC
Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed WWE announcer JoJo was not in attendance for Monday Night Raw in in Boston this week due to a death in the family.
The following statement, which we’ve verified is accurate, was posted from her fan site’s Twitter account: “JoJo will not be working tonight’s episode of RAW as she has been sent from Boston. This is due to her sister, Gigi, passing away.”
Mike Rome took over on announcing duties at the TD Garden tonight in her absence.
Our deepest condolences go out to the announcer and her family during this time.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Tonight’s WWE RAW takes place from the TD Garden in Boston with the final build for Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view.
* Every woman for herself: Sasha vs. Nia
* Joe is gonna get you
* Mizzed opportunity with The Miztourage and Jason Jordan
* Face your fear, Finn Balor
* Brothers on the mend, Rollins and Ambrose
“Free Agent” John Cena is expected to be working on Raw in the near future as he’s being advertised on the brand’s upcoming No Mercy PPV on September 24. The Barclays Center tweeted out that Cena is scheduled to appear on the Raw after SummerSlam on August 21.
Source: WrestlingINC
Scott Dawson suffered a ruptured biceps tendon tear while competing at a WWE live event in Halifax, Canada last Friday, as we previously reported. The injury occurred while Dawson was teaming with Dash Wilder against RAW Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus.
It was noted in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter the only reason the match pitting heel teams against one another happened is because the original opponents for the champions were The Hardy Boyz. However, WWE wasn’t about to get things cleared up to insure that Jeff Hardy would be allowed to cross the United States border into Canada, so they were removed from the shows.
WWE was working on it but time ran out and Hardy had to be pulled from all shows. The original plan was for Matt Hardy to be in Toronto for RAW and shoot an angle with The Revival for their match, but after the injury to Dawson, that was removed from the show. It’s believed they’ll be able to clear things up before RAW’s next tour of Canada.
Border crossing issues have been an issue for Jeff Hardy due to being convicted on felony drug charges, including a drug trafficking charge in 2009. Hardy was arrested on September 11, 2009 and charged with trafficking controlled prescription pills and possession of anabolic steroids, after a search of his house yielded 262 Vicodin prescription pills, 180 Soma prescription pills, 555 milliliters of anabolic steroids, a residual amount of powder cocaine and drug paraphernalia. He pled guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 10 days in jail, 30 months of probation and a fine of $100,000.
As for Dawson, surgery will likely be required and he’s out indefinitely.
Source: WrestlingINC
Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard reports today that Vince McMahon was furious with Shinsuke Nakamura for dropping John Cena on his head and neck when he hit him with the Reverse Exploder near the end of their main event match on SmackDown LIVE last week.
Luckily for Cena, he did not suffer a serious injury. SmackDown LIVE General Manager Daniel Bryan announced on last night’s show that Cena will face Baron Corbin at SummerSlam on August 20.
According to Barrasso, McMahon’s anger was more in defense of Cena than an indictment of Nakamura since the WWE Chairman & CEO has not lost faith in him. However, if Nakamura makes another mistake like that again, McMahon will have an entirely different opinion of him.
McMahon might be the only one upset with Nakamura for the botched spot. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com reported last week that people backstage saw the error as a fluke. Cena himself did not seem upset about it either. Nakamura immediately apologized to Cena after the match, to which Cena replied, “Don’t be sorry.”
Source: WrestlingINC
Nikki Bella indicated on Twitter that she will be sitting in the front row at WWE SummerSlam as John Cena faces Baron Corbin in singles action. As seen below, Nikki replied to Corbin’s post-SmackDown tweet with some trash talk to Mr. Money In the Bank today:
Source: WrestlingINC
Recent NXT signee Kairi Sane has officially been cleared for in-ring action again.
WWE announced today that Sane will be wrestling in St. Petersburg, FL on Thursday, her first match since getting injured last month.
As we previously reported, Kairi sustained a concussion during the tapings for the Mae Young Classic, but it was expected that she would be cleared by early August.
That timeline appears to have been correct and it appears to be smooth sailing as Kairi helps hold down the home port this weekend while the rest of the crew is in California.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
According to Fightful.com, Ronda Rousey is reportedly interested in a WWE run. After Triple H set up her appearance at the Mae Young Classic tapings, Rousey has expressed interest in a pro wrestling run and was referred to Brian Kendrick (who worked with Eva Marie at WWE’s request) for training purposes in Southern California. There was buzz backstage at the tournament that Rousey’s training would start soon. She’s taken some basic bumps so far. Rousey also has several connections to wrestling; friend Marina Shafir is engaged to NXT’s Roderick Strong, Jessamyn Duke has started her wrestling training, and Shayna Baszler is in the Mae Young Classic.
Source: 411Mania
