— The stress level among WWE’s writing staff is being described as almost WrestleMania level because of how important tonight’s live SmackDown special is. The feeling is that WWE wants SmackDown off Friday nights.
— Kevin Nash vs. CM Punk for WWE’s Night of Champions pay-per-view was originally announced tonight on RAW but at the end of the show, they changed it to Triple H vs. Punk. Triple H will be making his return to the ring at September’s pay-per-view.
— WWE’s website has published an article looking at Kevin Nash’s return and how it’s similar to the NWO, teasing the return of the infamous group. As seen on RAW tonight, Nash is using the NWO theme music.
— As seen on tonight’s RAW, the new name for Tag Team Champions Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston is “Air Boom.”
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