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EARLY RAW PREVIEW, NXT TAKEOVER THIS WEEK, ROLLINS AT THE ORIOLES AND MORE WWE NEWS

By Mike Johnson on 2015-05-18 09:54:16

WWE will broadcast Raw tonight from Richmond, VA.  Obviously they will start the quick turnaround from the Payback PPV to the Elimination Chamber build.  All that is announced thus far is John Cena having a United States championship open challenge.

 

WWE will tape Smackdown and Main Event tomorrow in Norfolk, VA. 

On Wednesday, The WWE Network will broadcast NXT Takeover: Unstoppable from Full Sail Live, featuring:

*NXT champion Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn.
*NXT Women's champion Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch.
*NXT Tag Team champions Blake and Murphy vs. Enzo Amore and Big Cass.
*Hideo Itami vs. Finn Balor vs. Tyler Breeze to name number one contender to WWE NXT championship.
*Baron Corbin vs. Rhyno.
*Emma and Dana Brooke vs. Bayley and Charlotte.

Triple H will be doing a media conference call tomorrow to promote the event.  NXT will then tape TV on Thursday, also at Full Sail Live.

The Jerry Lawler DVD and Blu-Ray will be released tomorrow.

WWE World Heavyweight champion Seth Rollins threw out the first pitch at the Baltimore Orioles at yesterday's game:

Most of the NXT crew that worked the house show loop this past weekend flew back to Florida on Sunday.  Morale amongst the roster was beyond high after the loop.  The first Philly show was a sellout.  The second did well but did not sell out as the balcony was not used.  The Albany show was said to have done a really good walk up and had a good crowd as well.  Tommy Dreamer worked the Albany show as well.  The only negative we heard the entire weekend was that the sound system in Albany was terrible.

Happy birthday to the Blue Meanie today!

WWE will return to Baltimore for a Raw taping on 9/7/15.

Next Monday's Raw is the final event from the original Nassau Coliseum before the venue is ripped out and renovated and re-purposed. WWE has been running the venue since it opened in 1972.

Paul Jordan sent the following....Booker T announced last night that a G.I. Bro comic will be released at the end of the month .It will be available at the Houston Comicpalooza May 22-26 at the George R Brown Convention Center. Sting will be there as well. You can find more info by going here.  The WWE Hall of Famer also announced yesterday via Twitter that his fantasy camp on May 31 in Houston has been postponed, obviously because he will be at the Elimination Chamber PPV.

Tickets for a 7/27 Raw in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and 7/5 live event in Rockford, IL will be on sale this week.

Bret Hart will be the guest on Ric Flair's podcast this week.

Thomas Rude sent the following:

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