Laurinaitis-WWE Update, More On MITB PPV Changes, & More

— John Laurinaitis continues to work WWE house shows with Big Show against John Cena despite being “fired” by Vince McMahon. The storyline explanation for this is that the WWE Board of Directors is making him “fulfill his contractual obligations.”

— As noted earlier, WWE has changed the official names of the Money in the Bank Ladder Matches taking place at Money in the Bank on July 15. In the past, the two annual matches were referred as Smackdown and Raw matches. WWE.com has Big Show listed as the first participant in the WWE Championship Money in the Bank Ladder Match. While WWE has yet to announce whether a World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank Ladder Match will take place, there are plans to hold it.

— The late Chris Benoit’s theme song is available for purchase via iTunes. “Whatever” was released under WWE’s 2002 compilation album Forceable Entry. The song is being sold by Sony, which was released under their label.

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