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Matt Hardy has posted the following message on his Twitter to get the fans in an “Up-Roar” on what is Jeff Hardy’s next move with the WWE World Title? Another Hardy vs. Hardy Saga???

Myself & the NEW World Champ, Jeff Hardy-what does the future hold?

-WWE has not signed Scott Taylor (Scotty Too Hotty) to a new deal. That’s a rumor that started as he’s making an appearance for Florida Championship Wrestling, but he hasn’t been offered a new deal.

-Those using WWE’s Wrestlemania travel packages to go to Phoenix, Arizona next year, they have added “an extremely private Morning Madness Autograph Session With One Of WWE’s Top Superstars.” That’s WWE’s wording. There were complaints from some last year that the autograph session featured too many low-level names and no top names.

-Matt Striker and Tiffany will be taking part in a 8/15 charity baseball event for the Staten Island Yankees.

-Ric Flair is signing 8/15 at the Westchester County Center as part of the East Coast National convention.

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-Movie Web got an interview with WWE superstar Ted Dibiase Jr on his recent movie role in The Marine 2. Dibiase explains the plot of the movie, working in Thailand and much more. The movie is scheduled to be release in December on Blu-Ray and standard dvd. You can pre-order The Marine 2 over at PWInisder.com

-You can view exclusive photos of Ted Dibiase filming in Thailand on set of The Marine 2 here.

PREVIEW FOR TONIGHT’S HUGE 200th EPISODE OF “iMPACT!” - THE EVENT SO BIG IT CAN NOT BE CONTAINED IN 2 HOURS

Tonight, TNA Wrestling returns to SpikeTV at 9/8c for two hours of Total Nonstop Action with the huge 200th episode of “iMPACT!”. To celebrate the occasion, TNA Wrestling is presenting the biggest event in “iMPACT!” history, featuring all of your favorite superstars!

- There will be a “War Of Champions” with two World Titles on the line

- Plus, what does “The God Of Thunder” Bobby Lashley have planned for The Main Event Mafia? Lashley will appear on Thursday’s huge broadcast!

- The event will also feature the in-ring return of Hernandez, who will face “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe!

- What’s next for Taz in Total Nonstop Action? Tune in and find out!

- In the first match in a “Best Of 3″ series, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan will face “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles!
- In Knockouts action, it will be The Beautiful People taking on Tara, Awesome Kong and ODB
- Plus, for the New Japan IWGP Tag Team Titles, it will be Team 3D defending against The British Invasion in a Tables Match

All this and much more on Thursday’s huge 200th episode of TNA “iMPACT!” on SpikeTV starting at 9/8c!

As stated, we’re working with WGN to host some amazing giveaways, and tonight is your opportunity to snag some great swag from WGN! So how do you enter into the giveaway?

1. Watch WWE Superstars on WGN - it airs at 8 pm EST.
2. Pay close attention to the show
3. Come back here to WWE Daily - immediately following the show we’ll have 3 questions about the show for you to answer. Answer correctly and you may be a winner!

Winners must be US residents and must supply a valid email address so that they can be contacted for their mailing address when the winners are chosen.

And what can you expect for tonight’s episode of WWE Superstars?

John Morrison has had an impressive run since moving to SmackDown, but on “WWE Superstars” he’ll face one on ECW’s finest, the aggressive Tyson Kidd, accompanied by his partners in The Hart Dynasty, David Hart Smith, and Natalya.

In his first appearance on “WWE Superstars” WWE Champion Randy Orton will square off against another second-generation Superstar: Raw’s Primo. Can the Viper defend his Legacy when faced with the Puerto Rican Superstar’s impressive lineage? Find out on Thursday 8p east | 8p west!

So be sure to check out WWE Superstars and to come back here and enter into the contest, where three winners will each receive a copy of the John Cena’s 12 Rounds poster!

Here is an excerpt from Kennedy’s blog on CraveOnline:

Wen “Mr. Kennedy” exploded on the scene in WWE, I was given the opportunity to do media interviews all over the world which can be EXTREMELY intoxicating. You’re living out your dream, making serious money, finally achieving all your goals, and you’re getting the chance to build on the already-intense fame by talking to the media.

Ken Anderson

Read the entire blog here.

-Ken Anderson recently added this new video to his Facebook. Anderson will be showing the fans is this video proper attire to wear when you go work out at the gym.

MovieSet.com has an exclusive video of Stone Cold Steve Austin, which they are covering his newest movie The Stranger‘. Austin talks about his recent upcoming movies ‘Damage‘, ‘The Stranger‘ and ‘The Expendables‘.

-Every July telecast of WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW appeared in the month’s top 20 P18-49 telecasts, leading USA to be the #1 television network, broadcast or cable, in RAW’s regular timeslot (Mon 9P-11P) in July among M18-49 (1.62 million) and M18-34 (765,000), placing second only to ABC among P18-34 (1.22 million) and to CBS among M25-54 (1.68 million) and total male viewers (3.64 million). WWE RAW delivered 2.57 million in P25-54, 2.56 million in P18-49, 5.47 million total viewers, and 3.66 million households in July 2009. Press Release

- Jesse (Ray Gordy Jr.) will be billed as Slam Master J.

-WWE Diva Maryse has recently underwent knee surgery. Here is what she posted on her twitter: This being said she must of had screws embeded in her knee. Hope she makes an full recovery.

im bionic and i dont think im beautiful i think im beyoonndddd it haha thats right!

-Former WWE Superstar Elijah Burke has indeed signed with TNA Wrestling. There has been a lot of speculation in the last week after the TNA logo was put on his website. Through Twitter, Elijah Burke mentioned that his webmaster”didn’t jump the gun”,most likely concerning the placement of the logo. Speaking of Twitter, Jeremy Borash posted that Elijah Burke was not going to be in TNA, which has turned out to be a cryptic message as Burke will debut under a new ring name.

PWInsider reports the scheduled TNA debut in Linz, Austria has been canceled. The cancellation was made due to travel issues that arose with the remainder of the tour.

WWE talents are being told at television last week there are no complimentary tickets to Summerslam, which will sell out at any time.

A number of people within WWE were talking about Chris Masters’ name ended up among the top Google searches for Monday and Tuesday after his Raw return.

The dark match main event of Tuesday’s Smackdown/ECW taping in Long Island, NY will be Jeff Hardy vs. CM Punk for the World title in a steel cage.

This weekend’s WWE house show at the Westchester County Center on Sunday is completely sold out.

-As we’ve mentioned a few times here on the site, WWE is planning to use this year’s Summerslam event in Los Angeles as a way to position the event somewhat closer to Wrestlemania in importance in hopes of building it to a position where eventually, their August PPV can be one that cities bid on hosting. Part of that strategy has been to hold AXXESS events that weekend.

Another part of that strategy will be to try and tap into the Hollywood community. WWE will be hosting a number of private parties and events that week in conjunction with their Hollywood agency, WME. The plan is to network with current WWE business partners, such as MyNetworkTV and NBC/Universal while also trying to help woo potential future partners and sponsors. WME has enlisted the entire agency to work on the project, so it’s being seen as important internally.

7-ELEVEN AND PEPSI MAX SIZZLE AT WWE®’S SUMMERSLAM®
July 29, 2009
STAMFORD, CT, July 29, 2009– World Wrestling Entertainment® announced today its partnership with two national, blue-chip brands, 7-Eleven and Pepsi Max, as sponsors of the 2009 SummerSlam® pay-per-view on Sunday, August 23, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. As presenting partner of SummerSlam, 7-Eleven will conduct a nationwide storefront branding campaign in August promoting SummerSlam and featuring WWE® Superstars John Cena®, Triple H®, Edge®, Undertaker® and WWE Diva Kelly Kelly™ on five collectible Super Big Gulp beverage cups.

Kicking off at midnight on July 31 and running throughout August, more than 5,400
7-Eleven locations nationwide will feature WWE and SummerSlam-branded products such as the “SuperSlam Sub” and the “3-Count Meal Deal,” store-front and window signs, various food and beverage dispensers, and point-of-sale displays. A WWE-produced television ad featuring WWE Diva Kelly Kelly will debut on Monday Night Raw® and also air on various sports programs. 7-Eleven also will run corresponding digital and print media campaigns on WWE’s website, WWE.com, which generates more than 14 million monthly unique visitors worldwide and in WWE Magazine, read by more than 4.6 million readers each month.

As a participating partner, Pepsi Max will also play an integral role in this year’s SummerSlam activities. On August 22-23, the Pepsi Max FANtasy tour truck will stop at SummerSlam Axxess, WWE’s fan festival in the Nokia Plaza at LA Live, and visitors will be treated to free samples of Pepsi Max. In addition, Pepsi Max will promote an online sweepstakes, hosted on WWE.com, where fans can register to win a trip to WrestleMania® XXVI in Glendale, Arizona.

“WWE’s new partnership with both 7-Eleven and Pepsi Max demonstrates the power of the WWE brand as an exciting entertainment property that offers ‘one-stop shopping’ access to fully integrated campaigns that efficiently reach our millions of fans,” said Brian Kalinowski, Executive Vice President, Digital Media, WWE. “WWE is looking forward to celebrating our second largest pay-per-view of the year, SummerSlam, with 7-Eleven and Pepsi Max.”

SummerSlam will be seen in more than 100 countries and 12 languages.

Additional information on World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global activities, go to www.wwe.com/worldwide/.

The Sun.Co.UK. got an recent interview with CM Punk. Here are a few highlights:

Wrestling his Dream Opponents: There are four guys I’ve never even locked up with in the WWE yet, who I’d love to face, they are Undertaker, John Cena, Triple H and Shawn Michaels, so any of them from the active roster.

Older guys, I’d have to say Ricky Steamboat or Harley Race in their prime are two of my favourites.

Working with TNA Roster: Not that I should shed light on my personal life, but I’ve just recently stayed at Joe’s house in Florida for a few nights, we just hung out, never mentioned wrestling and relaxed. He’s still my best friend. It’s awesome to just chill out and relax by the pool that way.

Punk Considering to Face Ric Flair: Ric is a wrestling anomaly, no one will ever be like Ric again. Selfishly I’d love to say I’d wrestled him one-on-one, but I don’t think I’d want it to look like I’m wrestling and beating on someone’s dad. I have a lot of respect for Ric if he wants to step back in. I respect that he is his own man and knows his own body.

Kennedy and Umaga release from WWE: I honestly don’t know why, I was confused when Ken got let go, I’m unsure if it was down to his injuries or what. Umaga’s the same and I really don’t know why they were let go. It’s a personal thing and I don’t like to ask things like that, I’m not a gossipy guy, so it’s nothing I really get involved in at all.

Jumping Ship to TNA: No, I’d not jump ship, this is the place to be, nowhere comes close and I’m happy here. We don’t really have any competition and if you want to be a top class professional wrestler in the US you have to be working for the WWE.

PWInisder reports Jeremy Piven was on this morning with Jorge Sedano on 790 the Ticket in Miami. When asked how he got involved with WWE he said he’s good friends with Triple H. When asked what his relationship with Triple H was Piven said “I’m his workout partner” then Piven asked, “Why do people always laugh when I say that?”

Piven was on to promote his movie “The Goods” so that was the only non “Goods” question Sedano could get in there. The interview will be posted on 790theticket.com later today.

FIRST DEFENSE
Days after capturing the World Heavyweight Title at Night of Champions, Jeff Hardy defends his reacquired treasure for the first time against John Morrison, this week on Friday Night SmackDown.

WWE taped this week’s edition of SmackDown at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. Special thanks to Wrestling News World readers Terence, Bret N., Tori Rodriguez, J.R.W., and Michael Walters for sending text-message updates. If you are attending a future WWE television taping and would be interested in sending text-message updates, please email your name, mobile number, and show date to wnwryan [at] yahoo.com. Thanks for your support!

Dark Match:
* Drew McIntyre b. Slam Master J
- Drew got the win following a double underhook DDT.

SmackDown: (Airing Friday (7/31/09)
* Jim Ross comes out to a huge pop while Todd Grisham receives some heat.

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-SpikeTV issued the following press release today:

SPIKE TV AND TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (TNA) WRESTLING CELEBRATE THE 200TH EPISODE OF TNA “iMPACT!” WITH AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHTTOO BIG FOR TWO HOURS

Supersized Celebration Includes Two World Championship Belts On The Line Plus
TNA Superstar Bobby Lashley Speaks About His Pro Wrestling Return

New York, NY, July 28, 2009 – Spike TV and Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling will celebrate the 200th episode of TNA “iMPACT!” on Spike TV this Thursday, July 30 at 9:00 PM, ET/PT with its biggest episode in TNA history. Fans should be ready to stay tuned, or set their DVRs, for extra time to make sure they catch all the action as the 200th “iMPACT” will, for the first time, extend beyond its two-hour telecast window (9:00 – 11:04 PM, ET/PT).

“iMPACT!” 200 will present a “War of Champions,” putting two world championship belts on the line, with participants to be announced that night.

Bobby Lashley will speak for the first time on “iMPACT!” about his plans since signing a contract with TNA Wrestling this last June making him the first-ever American professional wrestler to concurrently compete as a mixed martial arts fighter.
The 200th episode of “iMPACT!” will also include appearances from some of the top names in wrestling today such as Mick Foley, Kevin Nash and Booker T. Additionally, “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles will face off against “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan for the first of their best-of-three series of matches to earn a heavyweight title shot in the main event at the “Hard Justice” pay-per-view on August 16th, 2009. The show will also feature the return of Hernandez, who will face “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe.

TNA “iMPACT!” is telecast every Thursday night (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) only on Spike TV. The series has a weekly average audience of 1.7 million viewers. Cross The Line to TNA Wrestling and witness the most innovative experience in professional wrestling today. Join the TNA Superstars, the lovely and lethal TNA Knockouts and the no-limits X-Division inside the six-sided ring.

Spike TV is available in 98 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV’s Internet address is www.spike.com.

TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION (TNA) WRESTLING ANNOUNCES FIRST EVER TOUR OF GERMANY & SWITZERLAND: LIST OF WRESTLERS APPEARING ANNOUNCED!

The superstars of Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling’s “TNA iMPACT!” (Mondays, 14:30 CET on Premiere) will bring TNA Live! to Germany and Switzerland for a five-city tour this September. On the heels of their massively successful “Maximum iMPACT!” tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland in January, TNA will continue to take Europe by storm in 2009.

Tickets are on sale now at www.eventim.de

The tour stops include:

- 25 September Nuremberg, Germany
- 26 September Chemnitz, Germany
- 29 September Dortmund, Germany
- 30 September Hannover, Germany
- 2 October Winterthur (Zurich), Switzerland

TNA Superstars appearing on the tour are: Mick Foley, Kurt Angle, Scott Steiner, Booker T, Team 3D, Hernandez, Samoa Joe, Suicide, Beer Money, The British Invasion, Abyss, Rhino, Taylor Wilde, Awesome Kong, The Beautiful People, Sheik Abdul Bashir and Black Machismo Jay Lethal! (Talent subject to change)

Stay tuned for more superstar announcements and the latest updates on TNA Wrestling’s first ever tour of Germany and Switzerland.