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HOMECOMING WEEKEND FOR BRET HART, TOMMY DREAMER AND JAY LETHAL

I guess this is officially "Homecoming Weekend" in professional wrestling.  You have Bret Hart returning to Madison Square Garden for the first time in well over a decade, Tommy Dreamer returning to the ECW Arena in South Philadelphia, and Jay Lethal returning to the Rahway Rec Center in New Jersey (where he has headlined for Jersey All Pro Wrestling numerous times). 

The Smackdown crew starts their run tonight, September 24th at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware.

The Smackdown crew then runs at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday, September 25th.  The show is being billed as "Bret Hart Appreciation Night" with Bret appearing at MSG for the first time since 1997. Hart will be doing a book signing for his autobiography at Borders Books in the MSG complex at 4 PM prior to the card.  Here is the lineup for the show:
- Bret Hart & The Hart Dynasty vs. Nexus.
- World Champion Kane vs. The Undertaker in a New York Streetfight.
- CM Punk vs. Big Show.
- Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston.
- Mark Henry vs. Jack Swagger.
- MVP vs. Cody Rhodes.
- Kelly Kelly & Melina vs. Layla & Michelle McCool.
- Drew McIntyre, Alberto Del Rio, Chris Masters, Teddy Long and Chavo Guerrero are also scheduled to appear.

Smackdown then finishes their run on Sunday, September 26th at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania with a 5pm start and the following matches announces:
- World Champion Kane vs. The Undertaker in an Anything Goes match.
- CM Punk vs. Big Show.
- Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston.
- The Hart Dynasty vs. Nexus.

The Raw crew is already overseas and runs today, September 24th and tomorrow, September 25th at the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy in Paris, France. John Cena, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Edge, Miz, John Morrison, Evan Bourne, R-Truth, Ted DiBiase, Maryse are scheduled to appear.

TNA, after running New York City last night, runs tonight, September 24th at The (ECW) Arena in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the following lineup:
- Tommy Dreamer vs. AJ Styles with Mick Foley as the referee.
- Abyss vs. Mr. Anderson.
- Jeff Hardy vs. D'Angelo Dinero.
- Team 3D vs. Ink, Inc. in a Tables match.
- Angelina Love vs. Tara.
- Rob Van Dam, Jay Lethal, Rhino and Amazing Red are also scheduled to appear.

TNA runs the Rahway Rec Center in Rahway, New Jersey on Saturday, September 25th with the following lineup:
- Abyss vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson with Mick Foley as the referee.
- D'Angelo Dinero vs. Jeff Jarrett.
- Jay Lethal vs. Amazing Red.
- Team 3D vs. Ink, Inc. in a Tables match.
- Angelina Love vs. Tara.
- Rob Van Dam and Rhino are also scheduled to appear.

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