– For those that have asked, the identity of Ryback’s opponents on last night’s edition of WWE Monday Night RAW were Scotty Slade and Mikaze. Both wrestlers compete for Chaotic Wrestling which is based out of Lowell, MA.
– The company announced last night that a pre-show match will take place on YouTube, Facebook and WWE.com prior to this Sunday’s WWE No Way Out pay-per-view with “The Funkasaurus” Brodus Clay taking on David Otunga.
– Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry is in New York City today filming footage. Henry posted the following on his Twitter, “#wwe I will be doing the day in the life today in Harlem. Show called Outside the ring. Starting at 125th Lenox got to get my coffee.”
– In an update on Vince McMahon following last night’s edition of WWE RAW, the company announced on their official website that Vince is feeling the effects of a concussion and as a result, he may miss his appearance at this Sunday’s WWE No Way Out pay-per-view to announce whether or not that John Laurinaitis would be fired as a result of the outcome of the steel cage match between The Big Show and John Cena. Vince actually went off script last night in the opening segment with John Laurinaitis’ scooter as that wasn’t written into the show.
– Meanwhile in regards to Vader, the former WCW Champion was well received backstage last night. The company added him to their Alumni at this link. The 58-year-old star recently dropped weight and has been working out a lot more recently in the hopes of picking up more bookings while he still can. The current plan is for former names to return on RAW each week leading up to the 1000th episode on July 23rd. We have an EXCLUSIVE up on the site in regards to 3 names that have been contacted by the company about making an appearance.
– William Regal posted an interesting tweet on his Twitter account, which may indicate something to do with the upcoming season of NXT or something else. “Very nice and productive talk with Mr McMahon tonight.I’ve got a lot of thinking to do.”
– Former WWE announcer Jack Korpela noted on his Twitter account that he is of the belief that CM Punk needs to add more muscle adding that while he asked the question of who could be a major crossover star, that Punk has the in ring skills and mic skills but needs a few more pounds in muscle and said that Punk is damn good but needs to improve his physique as it worked for Hulk Hogan, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin who all looked the part. Korpela was then bombarded with Dolph Ziggler as a response and noted that Ziggler is an amazing talent with great physique, charisma and mic skills, however the only thing working against him is his height and that while Ziggler has it all and he CAN make it, it’s harder for the smaller guys to get noticed.