– WWE are in the process of overhauling R-Truth’s character and having him become the top African-American star in the company, a call that was made by Vince McMahon, who has decided to drop the Little Jimmy gimmick and make Truth a more serious character. The feeling with Vince was that he is happy with Alberto del Rio becoming the top Latino star and wanted to shift his attention to the top African-American star, choosing Truth over Kofi Kingston.
– Through his official Twitter account, WWE commentator John Bradshaw Layfield posted the following in recent days, “At base camp now 14,300 feet, 13 miles yesterday in 55mph freezing winds and dust to get here. 9 days from summit! Brutal day! Succesful carry to 16,200 yesterday. Tomorrow we leave for 1st camp and then summit push over next week. Will be -20 real temp on summit day. Will be 6-8 hours of climbing daily from now on and summit day could be 15-18 hours. Ready to climb Mt Death! #sevensummitsforkids. Actual temp at summit day will be -20 at least, wind chill will be -60 to -80.”
– As mentioned earlier today on the website, WWE superstar CM Punk met 77-year-old gunshot victim Tom Dotterer over the weekend. A video of Punk meeting Mr. Dotterer is available at this link.
– For those wondering, Ric Flair, Mae Young, Honky Tonk Man, Sgt. Slaughter, Ted DiBiase Sr, Dusty Rhodes, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, Howard Finkel, Mean Gene Okerlund, Jim Ross, The Rock and Triple H are the names confirmed for tonight’s WWE RAW.
– Kane and Daniel Bryan made an appearance on 106.5 WYRK in Buffalo, New York promoting tonight’s “Old School” edition of WWE RAW. You can check that out at this link.
– Yoshi Tatsu noted on his official Twitter account that he is currently learning English and hopes that it will help him to succeed in the WWE.
– Former WWE Diva Shelly Martinez (Ariel) makes a cameo appearance in The Asoka’s “She’s A Fairy Tale” music video, which you can view below: