The news and rumors from the WWE and the wrestling world doesn’t stop with a weekend approaching.
In today’s rumors and news from the world of wrestling — Diamond Dallas Page rips Nancy Grace a new one in an interview on The Opie & Anthony Radio Show Post Show, a WWE Hall of Famer to return on Raw this week, Daniel Bryan’s status, an awesome dark match scheduled for after Raw, the complete lineup for Smackdown tonight and Bo Dallas’ exit from NXT.
DDP talks Nancy Grace on Opie & Anthony
Diamond Dallas Page made an appearance on The Opie & Anthony Radio Show and stopped by the after show with Sam Roberts. Page talked about his appearance on Shark Tank, his friend Jake Roberts, Ultimate Warrior and the conversation turned to his appearance on Nancy Grace.
Diamond Dallas went off.
Ric Flair confirmed for Raw
More WWE news and rumors for television –In what should be a shock to few, Ric Flair is confirmed to appear at Monday’s Raw in St. Louis. Obviously, Flair will be involved with Evolution though as of a couple weeks ago, there was no plan to include The Nature Boy in the group.
I’ll venture to guess either an alliance with The Shield or a beat down from the “Hounds of Justice.”
Daniel Bryan’s updated status
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Daniel Bryan is back in Washington with his family. He’s not being advertised for the weekend WWE live events in Toronto. The main event scheduled for the show is Kane and The Wyatt Family vs. The Shield. Other WWE stars advertised include Rob Van Dam, Sin Cara, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, Alberto Del Rio, Bad News Barrett, The Bella Twins and more.
Bryan is scheduled to make an appearance at Raw in St. Louis next week. It’s unknown whether or not Bryan will be live on the show, or still selling his injuries at the hands of Kane, but Bryan’s name is attached to a dark match. Right now, John Cena, Daniel Bryan and The Shield are slated to take on Randy Orton, Batista, Bray Wyatt and The Wyatt Family as the advertised dark main event.
Confirmed matches for Smackdown (non spoiler)
In Smackdown news, here are the confirmed matches for tonight’s show.
Cesaro vs. Jack Swagger
Natalya vs. Tamina Snuka
Curtis Axel vs. Jey Uso
Cody Rhodes & Golddust vs. Erick Rowan & Luke Harper
Fandango & Layla vs. Emma & Santino Marella
The Shield in the main event
A debate between Zeb Colter and Paul Heyman
Look for the Shield to take on some variation of Evolution (most likely Batista and Orton) and the Colter and Heyman debate to lead to the Cesaro and Swagger match.
Bo Dallas’ exit from NXT
The teasers for Bo Dallas’ return to the WWE have been running for a few weeks. Bo’s return is on the very close horizon because of a recent match in NXT.
Bo challenged Big E to match for the Intercontinental Championship. The match stipulated if Bo lost, he’d have to leave NXT. Well, Bo’s set to debut and Big E still has the title so just guess who came out on top in that match.