Today's News

Drew McIntyre:

Drew McIntyre has signed a one year deal with WWE NXT.

Shakeup:

Dean Ambrose, The Miz, Maryse, Bray Wyatt, Mickie James, Alexa Bliss, Apollo Crews, Rhyno, Heath Slater, Curt Hawkins, Kalisto and David Otunga have joined Raw, with Byron Saxton going the other way as a swap for Otunga. Elias Samson was also on hand and made his TV debut. Seth Rollins will not be joining SmackDown tonight, as Kurt Angle has promised he will keep him around.

SmackDown will announce their signings tonight. Notable swaps are expected to be Sami Zayn, Charlotte, Sasha Banks and The Club. Also, with the IC title swapping homes it is speculated that Kevin Owens may make the jump with the US gold, or the entire 205 Live roster and their title, in it's place.

Payback:

Neville vs Austin Aries for the Cruiserweight is now confirmed, as are The Hardyz vs Sheamus & Cesaro, and Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt for the WWE, in what is now an inter-brand match.

Victoria:

Victoria has closed her restaurant.

SmackDown tease:

• Which Raw Superstars are headed to SmackDown LIVE tonight?
• Will The Usos end up battling American Alpha in a Tag Team Title rematch?
• Is SmackDown LIVE prepared for "horror-ible" possibilities at WWE Payback?
• Should SmackDown LIVE's new arrivals unpack their bags?

JBL block, block, block:

JBL is blocking anyone that makes reference to Mauro Ranallo on Twitter, as the storm around his alleged bullying of him continues to rage.

New signing:

WWE have signed Christy Olson from Maria Menounos' show for their NXT brand. She will be called Christy St. Cloud.

Lita talks why she agreed to do love triangle angle with Matt and Edge:

"It became such a hot story and they said 'They want to turn this into a story, but you guys have been professional, he hasn't, there is money involved in this storyline, but it's your call'. You know we felt terrible he lost his job over it so we're like 'Yeah, we made our bed we'll lie in it.'

NXT to Europe:

Aleister Black will work the Raw Euro tour.

Heat on Nia:

There is said to be some heat on Nia Jax for badly botching two moves on Raw. She dropped Charlotte onto the top of her head, and failed to catch her after a moonsalt. Charlotte was fine backstage, but WWE were unimpressed with Jax.

Kane:

Kane has confirmed he is going into politics, and that he will be a Republican. He did not comment on his wrestling future.