Today's News

Raw:

Sasha Banks returned to action, and Sheamus opened up a 3-0 lead over Cesaro in their seven match series on Raw. Match 4 will be in London this week.

Clash Of The Champions:

Kevin Owens vs Seth Rollins is now officially the main event of Clash Of The Champions later this month. New Day vs The Club is also booked for the tag straps, as is Charlotte vs Sasha for the Women's.

Cruiser roster confirmed:

Gran Metalik, Akira Tozawa, Jack Gallagher, Noam Dar, Brian Kendrick, Cedric Alexander, Rich Swann, Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa and TJ (Manik) Perkins have been named as the Raw cruiserweight roster, which debuts in two weeks.

Jam McMahonster Steph:

Stephanie McMahon and R-Truth are collaborating on a rap for the Connor's Cure charity.

Finn speaks out:

Finn Balor has addressed the Seth Rollins injury maker story...

"Well, people are entitled to their opinions, but as far as my opinion goes is that, I've been hurt a lot of times working and it was never with Seth Rollins. Obviously, if you work a lot, you get hurt occasionally and this just happened to be a coincidence that it was in there with Seth. As far as I'm concerned, Seth is one of, if not the best, performer that we have in this business. And I think all the flak he gets is totally unwarranted." Bálor added, "any kind of flak he gets about being unsafe is completely ridiculous."

Punk prepares:

CM Punk will have his first MMA fight this Saturday, he is doing a countdown video diary on the UFC account.

Champ gone for a month:

US champ Rusev and Lana say they are on a 23 day honeymoon.

WWE signings:

WWE have signed a Tough Enough audiotionee, and a new backstage official for the communications department.

Goldberg vs Brock:

Goldberg blew his nose on a Brock Lesnar shirt, and said he was next during an interview today.

Russo blasts Sasha:

Vince Russo took offense to Sasha Banks comment about bra and panties matches on Raw last night...

''The GREAT women wrestlers before Sasha didn't book the bra-n-panties matches--Ed and I did to HELP WIN A WAR. A WAR that saved the company. I'm a Sasha Banks fan, but I think she just slighted some GREAT female athletes who performed at top levels while drawing huge ratings. What a bunch of sexists PIGS. Guys can show off their bodies in short trunks, but women aren't allowed to? Somebody call Sports Illustrated. The day I apologize for enjoying watching a women w/ a beautiful body-is the day I turn in my MAN CARD.Why do U think WOMEN watch wrestling?''

Sheamus critical of WWE:

Sheamus says the League Of Nations did not do anybody any favours, and is enjoying getting away from it, and going solo again.

NWO:

Bridgeport's baseball team invited some of the founding members of the NWO to a game over the weekend, and all wore NWO jerseys for their match.

SmackDown tease:

• Who will battle for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles at Backlash?
• Will Ambrose and Styles bring the chaos en route to their WWE World Title showdown?
• Who will seize momentum heading into the Six-Pack Challenge for the SmackDown Women's Title?
• Talking Smack breeds Intercontinental Title opportunity for Dolph Ziggler
• Will the cold war turn hot between Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt?

Steph delay:

Stephanie McMahon's book release has been pushed back until 2020. It was to go on pre sale next month, no word on why there has been such a drastic push back in the release date.

HOF'er ejected:

Scott Hall was kicked out of Atlanta airport yesterday after an incident in a restaurant. He called a server a bitch when she rebuffed his advances, and her father, who was manager of the establishment took offense, and asked him to leave. Hall refused to believe he was the girls dad, and refused to budge, so police were called, and he was escorted away.