Several Spoilers for Tonight’s Episode of RAW

The following are a couple of spoilers heading into tonight’s episode of RAW:

The Hardys’ rematch against Shesaro has been announced as two out of three falls.
Bayley is scheduled to speak out about her Extreme Rules loss.
Gallows & Anderson vs. Enzo Amore & Big Cass is set for tonight.
Heath Slater & Rhyno vs. The Miz & a special “mystery partner” is also expected to take place.

Check back here at 8PM ET For our live play-by-play coverage. You can join us on RingsideTalk.net for our live fan discussion!

NoDQ Video #968: Women’s MITB winner, Samoa Joe’s push, Jericho’s WWE return, more

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John Cena to Appear on Both RAW & SmackDown?

As previously reported, John Cena is slated to make his return to WWE television for the July 4th episode of SmackDown Live.

According to PWInsider, it appears that the company has been talking about presenting Cena as “free agent” once he returns to the company. This storyline would allow him to appear for both RAW and SmackDown.

We noted earlier today that Cena could possibly be facing Jinder Mahal soon after his return. Those plans may or may not change. We will keep you updated.

Dash Wilder Cleared to Return to Action

Dash Wilder has been cleared to return to action, according to Pro Wrestling Sheet.

For those that don’t remember, Dawson suffered a fractured jaw back in April and was expected to miss up to six weeks of action. He is now healed and returning slightly ahead of scheduled. Both members of Revival have been appearing on RAW in recent weeks with Wilder being close to recovered from injury.

Ryback Criticizes Nia Jax’s Tweet About WWE Creative

On a recent episode of his podcast, Conversation with the Big Guy, Ryback let out his thoughts on Nia Jax’s controversial tweet about the WWE Creative. Jax had tweeted criticizing the red brand’s creative team by pointing out how RAW doesn’t use all it’s women wrestlers while its rival brand, SmackDown LIVE does.

The tweet was then quickly taken down by Jax herself as it was garnering a lot of attention and possibly made the creative look really bad.

Here are Ryback’s comments on the said issue : (quotes credit ewrestlingnews.com)

“Everybody is frustrated there, from top to bottom. She’s been handed a lot early on, in my opinion. It’s very early on to make a comment like that and when I saw that I totally understand it, like, if you are not on TV a couple of weeks is frustrating. With her character on TV, it’s not like they can just throw her in random. It could be a good TV that you’re not on TV every week. If you’re being booked for live events, who the f**k cares? You’re making money until they find something good for you, but when you go and make comments like that, there’s no good that comes out of that because it’s not like real sports where you control the outcome. It’s writers and Vince, they control your character and they can write her and job her out every week. She has to either go do it or not do it and get released, so she put herself in a real bad position by making comments like that on social media. It reminded me of that guy with Lord Tensai, Sakamoto. I remember there was Japanese heat for another Japanese guy coming on the roster, Yoshi had gone on social media and made a comment. If we were in UFC it’d be cool, you may have gotten yourself booked for a big fight and a big payday, but in pro-wrestling you can’t go on there and say that. A week later he got Jobbed out on RAW. That is what it reminded me of because no good ever comes out of it, but she’s young, so it is what it is.”

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What to Expect on the June 12th Episode of RAW

wWE heads to Lafayette, LA at the Cajundome for tonight’s episode of RAW. Here are the focus points for the show:

Brock Lesnar will be appearing on the show to confront Samoa Joe.
Sheamus and Cesaro defend the RAW Tag Team Championships against The Hardy Boyz.
Build for the Nia Jax – Alexa Bliss feud.
Who is attacking Enzo Amore and Big Cass?
Will Dean Ambrose get his revenge on The Miz?
Adding matches to the Great Balls of Fire event.

Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of the event.

Bruce Prichard Reveals the Reason Behind Big Show’s Inclusion In WWE’s Version of the nWo

On the latest edition of his podcast, Something to Wrestle With, Bruce Prichard revealed the real reason behind Big Show’s inclusion in the abomination that was the WWE’s nWo.

According to Prichard, the decision was made because Nash was injured and the company needed someone to work matches.
Prichard said: (quotes credit 411mania)

“It was so bad, [WWE thought], ‘Hey. We lost one seven-foot [giant], let’s put another seven-foot [giant] in there. And you replace one with another. And people won’t notice.’ You’re just trying to save something, and you’re trying to complete that vision. Sometimes, it just doesn’t work.”

Prichard also admitted that the idea wasn’t executed well and had “scotch tape booking” where in everything changed drastically in five months of that stable’s existence.

Footage of Mark Andrews’ Injury

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Possible Return for Tonight’s RAW Episode

We noted over the weekend that Emma returned to action at the WWE Live Event in Jackson, Mississippi Friday night. Emma teamed up with Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax to take on Mickie James, Sasha Banks and Dana Brooke. The match concluded with Emma submitting to the Bank Statement.

There is speculation that Emma may be returning to television very soon, as early as tonight’s episode of RAW. She is expected to be injected back into her storyline with Mickie James and Dana Brooke.