Today's News

SmackDown SPOILERS!!!:

• Jey Uso vs Seth Rollins.
• Sheamus vs Zack Ryder.
• AJ Styles vs Enzo Amore.
• Kalisto vs The Miz.
• Chris Jericho vs Sami Zayn.

King back in the throne:

The King Jerry Lawler did return to TV last night, after his suspension ended.

Big E. remembers debut botch:

Talking about accidentally punching AJ Lee in the breast in 2013...

"I remember swinging back and knowing that I hit her, and I was expecting to turn around, see this tiny woman on the ground in a pool of blood. I don't know what I would have done after that, probably just walk straight to the back. But thankfully, she's very tough, it ended up hitting her, in, like, her chest or upper torso region, not her face, she was fine. We ended up having a laugh about it later but that could have been really bad, but thankfully, everything's all good."

Raw:

Rusev will put the US title on the line vs Zack Ryder next week. Ryder will debut a new theme song on SmackDown this week.

Brock Lesnar:

WWE did not announce Brock Lesnar's SummerSlam opponent last night. Probably to protect from leaks. They will likely edit the announcement into the show, which will air on Thursday.

Brock was embarrassed today, when he could not get his UFC gloves to fit his hands. He will return to the cage this weekend.

TNA:

Eddie Edwards is now officially the X champion. His win aired last night.

Batista reveals why he quit WWE in 2010:

"Basically, kind of mirror images of each other on our respective shows, but I'm getting afforded a lot less opportunities and that didn't sit well with me and I wasn't okay with that. I wasn't content with that. And so, when they said no, I wasn't going to be afforded those opportunities, I said, 'well, I'm going to leave then' and that was kind of it." Batista commented, "it's funny. I do a lot of things because I get pissed off and I really hate when people tell me I can't do stuff. And when WWE had started on films and commercials, and I noticed that everything more and more was going to Cena, but at the same time, he's main eventing one series of shows [and] I'm main eventing the others, but he's getting all these opportunities that I'm not getting. It just seemed a little unfair to me that I'm still out there busting my ass to do these shows while he's making movies and getting paid a butt load of money to make these movies. So I simply asked a question, 'is there any opportunity for me to do films?' and there wasn't. They had no interest in me doing that, so I said, 'well, if I'm not afforded the opportunity here, then I should be afforded the opportunity to go outside the company and audition.' And the answer was, 'you're our property - get dressed for the house shows and get to work'. I just thought it was unfair, so I thought it's just really unfair. It's unfair career wise and it's unfair to me financially. I gave them almost a year's notice and I did whatever they asked me to do and I busted my ass and till the day I left, they didn't think I was leaving and on the night that I left, I think a few people said 'goodbye' to me and said 'thank you', but it was like a very few. And then I walked out. Security, Muriel, I , Sassy, escorted me out the door by myself. No 'see you later, Dave', 'thanks for everything', 'keep in touch'. It was sad, man. It really put things in perspective on where I stood with them. I left there with a broken back. Not a lot of people realize that or appreciate that, but in my last match with Cena, I broke my back."

Sunny:

Sunny's court case was canceled again yesterday.

WrestleMania 33:

Bray Wyatt has put his name into the mix for WrestleMania next year. He was left off the card this year, and wants a big one next year to make up for it. He says he wants The Rock.

Cody defends appearance:

Cody Rhodes has been criticised for going back on his promise not to do podcasts. He says he will not be doing a tell all shoot, and will not attack WWE, but could not refuse the chance to discuss his father's legacy, with his great rival Ric Flair.

I deserve it:

Curtis Axel says he deserves to be named as Brock Lesnar's SummerSlam opponent, due to the hard work he put in backstage to help the beast when he returned in 2012.

The Rock:

The Rock has launched a wrestling promo contest via his YouTube page. He will select 32 people to compete via a number of rounds to be crowned winner. The winner will then get to compete with the great one.

WWE deal:

WWE have paired up with Boom, to produce a series of graphic novels.

TNA want WWE prospect:

TNA have offered Moose a deal. He has not yet signed it. WWE recently decided not to offer him a deal because of a 2009 domestic violence arrest.