Today's News

General Managers named:

Mick Foley (For Raw) and Daniel Bryan (For SmackDown) will be the General Managers for the WWE shows after tonight's brand split. They were unveiled on Raw last night.

New DVD:

WWE will release a Randy Orton DVD in November.

WWE taken to court:

Hall Of Famer's, Alumni and former stars of WWE, WCW and ECW are taking WWE to court over concussions. The talent (Listed above) say WWE were negligent of their responsibilities regarding their well being during their careers.

There is controversy over this, most notably with Jimmy Snuka, who is using his mental health issues to try to get off a murder charge, and some stars that never worked for WWE getting on board, because WWE now own the brands they worked for. It should be noted that WWE bought the rights to footage and branding, not the contracts, as they were written.

WWE released an angry statement in response...

"This is another ridiculous attempt by the same attorney who has previously filed class action lawsuits against WWE, both of which have been dismissed. A federal judge has already found that this lawyer made patently false allegations about WWE, and this is more of the same."

Cruisers return:

Raw will have an exclusive cruiserweight division as part of the brand split. WWE are currently looking at stars to bring in, including veterans like Tajiri and Brian Kendrick. The winner of the cruiserweight tournament is expected to be announced as the champion of the new division.

Alum at Trump event:

Zeb Colter is attending the Republican congress, to see WWE Hall Of Famer Donald Trump be named as the party's official candidate for the US presidency.

Title controversy:

WWE have confirmed Dean Ambrose is still the WWE champion after a controversial end to last nights Raw. He and Seth Rollins will have a rematch, with the gold on the line, on tonight's live SmackDown.

SmackDown teaser:

• Brace yourself as The New Era goes blue with the WWE Draft
• How will the WWE Title controversy lead?
• Can Cena work effectively with get on the same page with Enzo & Big Cass?
• Who will possibly want to team with Sasha Banks?
• Will Ryder use United States Champion Rusev's anger against him?

Fandango talks Jericho match:

"It was a lot of pressure leading up to my first match against a guy I grew up admiring and one of the reasons I got into this business. I was not only nervous as a performer, but working with one of the guys I looked up to and not letting him down."

Rousey retired?:

Ronda Rousey says she has not given up, and will return to MMA.

Richards tries out:

Stevie Richards is working at the WWE PC this week, trying out for a regular coaching role.

Lesnar fails again:

Brock Lesnar has failed a second pre UFC fight drugs test.