— WWE announced during RAW this week that while the Board of Directors looks for a replacement for John Laurinaitis, they are “reaching out to former General Managers” to host the show on a weekly basis. Mick Foley is this week’s RAW and SmackDown host.
— It was announced on RAW this week that Chris Jericho will return to WWE RAW next week. His suspension ends later this week.
— There was talk of Metallica performing at WrestleMania 28 but it never happened for unknown reasons. There is now talk of the band performing live at SummerSlam.
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