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Chris Jericho's band Fozzy has an European tour scheduled from Aug 7 - 18th, making him unavailable for SummerSlam. His last advertised appearance is the July 9th Smackdown TV taping. Jericho's band Fozzy will open for Saxon on 9/13 at BB Kings in New York City.

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Triple H and Vince McMahon are currently advertised for every RAW up to July 8th.

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WWE's website recently spoke with Fandango about being pulled from the Payback Triple Threat for the Intercontinental Title. He said:

"If I’m not in the match, I don’t care about the match at all. If I had to make a prediction, I’d say Barrett hangs on to it. I don’t think Curtis Axel is even close to the caliber of a Superstar like Fandango. Barrett is obviously a tough bare-knuckle fighter, and Curtis Axel is a brawler himself. Miz, however, is a pretty-boy Hollywood star. I hope Barrett and Axel put a few scars on that face of his."

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WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus tweeted a pregnancy update to fans this week:

"I officially cannot see my toes anymore #bellybumpproblems #babystratus"

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3MB member Drew McIntyre has been tweeting about a Chosen One "revival" and wanting to bring back his former gimmick. Drew tweeted this week:

"The band rolls strong, but, some very astute views if one was to join Paul Heyman nobody makes more sense than a tossed Chosen One #revival"

Paul Heyman replied:

"VERY INTERESTING!"

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CM Punk penned the forward for a new book titled “Bake And Destroy – Good Food for Bad Vegans” by Natalie Slater. You can check out details of the vegan cookbook at this LINK

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Al Green, whose real name was Alfred Dobalo, has died at age 57. Details surrounding his death are known but he had been suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and passed away on Friday.

Kevin Nash posted his condolences on Twitter:

"R.I.P Al Green thanks for saying yes in Hammon Indiana to be my partner."

Green (as Blade) teamed with Nash (who worked as Steel) in the tag team Master Blasters.

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WWE Diva Brie Bella posted the following picture on Instagram of herself and her boyfriend, who you may recognize:

"Enjoying a pool day with my man @WWEDanielBryan Xxoo B #desertsun"

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The woman WWE was using as Fandango's original dancer is 20 year old Andrea Lynn, who goes to college and works as a dance instructor. BuffaloNews.com recently spoke with her and she revealed WWE may use her as a dancer again in the future. She talked about the "Fandangoing" craze:

“That’s not dancing, not at all,” she said, shaking her head. “That’s not giving the ballroom world justice. I can teach people how to dance if they want to learn.”

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Former WWE and WCW star Chuck Palumbo turns 42 years old today, former nWo member Scott Norton turns 52 and wrestling veteran Brad Armstrong would have turned 52.

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Triple H answered fan questions on Twitter this morning and said he would "love it" if he could get back in the ring with The Rock one more time.

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OTTWrestlingShirts.com sent word that they are now selling the retro WCW Four Horsemen t-shirt. You can see that and more at this LINK.

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- Santino Marella wrote on Twitter that he should be back in action this September.

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- One night before his return at WWE's Payback pay-per-view, CM Punk attended the NHL finals game between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks last night.

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- Zeb Colter tweeted about tonight's World Heavyweight Title match at WWE Payback:

"Tomorrow night, #payback, very interested in the @VivaDelRio vs. @HEELZiggler match. Eyes on the prize. @RealJackSwagger"

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- JBL had problems with American Airlines yesterday as they lost his luggage. He had an exchange with their customer service representatives on Twitter. Here are some of his tweets:

"Can we arrange a boycott of @AmericanAir ? These guys r terrible! Where is my bag???"

"No answers and no service! @AmericanAir sucks and doesn't care! I have a wwe PPV to do tomorrow an they just lie to me! Fly anyone but them"

"Hey @AmericanAir where's my bags???? U morons lost my bags, said they would be delivered at 8p. Please, NO ONE fly this airline!"

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- We noted before that CM Punk appeared on stage at a Rancid concert this past week. Lars from the band joked about creating a new theme song for Punk's return to WWE. This led to online talk that Punk would be getting a new theme but it was reported Lars was just joking around. Now, apparently there is talk within WWE that Punk will be getting a new theme. We will see at tonight's Payback pay-per-view.

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- A Fan sent this photo of a new Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara 2-pack of action figures from Mattel. As you can see, the Sin Cara figure comes with his arm in a sling:

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- New Photo of Zack Ryder with His Girlfriend:

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Kevin Nash tweeted last night and explained why we likely won't be seeing him make a big return:

"Sat down with my financial guy on Friday said I'm good till 2049.I'm quite sure no one will be forced in to seeing me and my 5 moves"

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WWE Hall of Famer Edge spoke to Paul Mazeby of the When We Were Bouncers Facebook page about his crazy experiences as a bouncer, prior to becoming a pro wrestler. Here's a few crazy stories from the Rated R Superstar. Please note, the stories contain some "adult" language:

"I started bouncing at 17 years old at a franchise place called O’Toole’s in my hometown of Orangeville. Of course it was highly illegal for me to be doing that, but even at that age I was about 6’4” and 220, so because they were short on bouncers, I got the job.

The thing with Orangeville was that, even though it was just a small town of about 15000 people, it was surrounded by a bunch of farming communities whose farm boys would come into town with their shit-kickers on when they wanted to drink. And when the drinking started, all the different rivalries from all the different towns would flare up.

The bouncing crew included friends of mine named Doug Childs and Kelly McGoogan, as well as the legendary Burt the Hurt. Burt was a guy I knew from the wrestling business, since we were both training to be wrestlers at Sully’s Gym in Toronto. In his day job he was a schoolteacher, but he was also legally blind so how he got a license, I have no idea. That dude was INSANE -- he would only answer if you called him by his full name of “Burt the Hurt”, and he spoke about himself in the third person way before The Rock ever did. I liked to call him “The Innovator of Eccentricity” because he always talked as if he was cutting a wrestling promo, even when there were no cameras around and he didn’t think anybody was listening. Burt was also strong as a bull -- squat, deadlift, pick up cars, whatever. Total freak -- and batshit crazy.

Our crew was actually well-hired, because with me being from town and every other guy being from one of the neighbouring towns, any time things got out of hand, the odds were good that at least one of us would know at least one of the guys in the fight and have a chance at talking them down.

So one night we were all at work, and it was one of those times where the place was filled with these big, athletic farm guys who play hockey, and the air was thick with testosterone and you could just tell that something was gonna happen. Adding to the potential for disaster was that Jay The Dick [Jay Reso aka “Christian”, Copeland’s tag team partner and best friend] was also in the club, because there was really nowhere else to hang out in Orangeville.

I can’t even remember what started it all. I just remember looking at the back corner and seeing fists start flying back there, and then suddenly it was like a tsunami of fists rolling toward us as more and more people got involved. By the time the wave crashed into us, there were at least thirty people fighting, which meant we could absolutely forget about stopping it. We just had to pick off guys one at a time, try to control it.

The first guy I grabbed started swinging at me, so I rammed him up against a support pillar to get a good hold of him, and then began dragging him out. But a buddy of his came up from behind me and grabbed me in a chokehold! So now I’m not only fending off the choke, but the guy I had against the pillar is now loose and he’s getting ready to dial me in.

We were all standing beside this kind of wooden barrier that ran around the dance floor, maybe four feet high and eighteen inches thick, and just as I’m thinking I’m finished, out of nowhere I see The Dick running along the top of it. So I pushed backward and slammed the guy behind me into a wall, which got me loose just as The Dick launched himself into the air. A moment later -- BOOM! -- he hit the guy in front of me with a picture-perfect cross body block to the back! I swear, you’ve never seen a better one in any wrestling ring than the one that The Dick pulled off that night -- slammed the guy face-first right into the ground!

To the best of my knowledge, that was the first-ever successful cross body block to be pulled off in a street fight -- and don’t even talk to me about that weak shit that [Chris] Jericho tried in Calgary, because it totally doesn’t count if you don’t connect!

Thankfully, the fight didn’t last much longer and we all came out of it more or less unscathed. If you don’t count having to listen to The Dick brag about himself for weeks afterward, that is."

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"If I fail to remember O’Toole’s for any other reason, I will always remember it for the night that they featured a male strip show. I was freaking out that I had to work that night, because I’d barely been to a female strip club at that point, so I had no idea what the deal was gonna be.

The strippers arrived shortly after my shift started, and because it was the nineties, they were all mulletted out like crazy -- not that I can say anything about it since I was rockin’ the same thing, plus my uniform was cowboy boots, jeans, and a white denim shirt, so I wasn’t setting a very high fashion precedent.

After the show began, I stayed on the front door and tried to look into the club as little as possible. But it was still my job to scan the room from time to time, and every time I did, it was like, “Whoa, shit, there’s a dick”. I hadn’t realized that these guys were actually gonna get their shit right in the girls’ faces and just shake it! I don’t know if that was legal or not, but I can tell you it was sure goin’ on.

Eventually I had to use the staff washroom, which was a tiny, single-user deal at the back. As I made my way back there I tried to keep my eyes to the floor, but it was like walking through dick land-mines the whole way! When I finally got to the back I let out a huge sigh of relief, but that only lasted a couple of seconds before I opened the unlocked bathroom door and found one of the peelers standing there wearing nothing but a cock ring! Porn magazine in one hand, junk in the other, and going to TOWN on himself trying to get his shit hard!

At a young and impressionable 17 years old, I didn’t want to know about cock-rings -- what they were, what they were for, the whole process of getting ‘em on, I didn’t wanna know any of that. And I especially didn’t want to be enlightened by a guy who was only too eager to explain it all while whacking his meat!

So yeah... I witnessed that. And even with all the years that passed and all the concussions I’ve suffered since then, I’ve still never found a way to un-know it."

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WWE Superstar Jack Swagger is scheduled to go to trial on June 25th in Mississippi, stemming from his February 19th DUI arrest in Gulfport, MS.

Swagger was arrested just 90 minutes after attending a WWE SmackDown taping. Swagger’s charges carry fines of $437 for possession of marijuana, $188 for driving 10 mph over the speed limit and $1,300 for driving impaired on a first DUI offense.

City prosecutor Kirk Clark previously told the Associated Press that he is pushing for the maximum sentence against Swagger, which would land him in jail for two days and require him to take several classes.

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WWE posted a "1-800-FELLA" promo with Sheamus, that you can watch in the video embedded below:

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WWE announcer Tony Chimel has lost 49 pounds over the past few months. Here is a photo of his weight loss:

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Zack Ryder continued to express frustration during last night's RAW. He tweeted:

"#Raw. So @johncena said that he had a horrible 2012. Did he see mine? Or my 2013?"

"I should probably learn how to counter @WWEBrayWyatt’s finish. #Raw"

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Courtesy of RingsideCollectibles.com, here is a photo of The Rock's new action figure from Mattel:

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