Mysterio vs. Swagger Cage Match, SD! Rating, Batista To MMA?

News
Jul 8, 2010

— The main event of the July 20th SmackDown! taping has been changed to Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger in a steel cage match.

— The June 25th edition of WWE SmackDown! scored a 1.7 rating with 2,837,000 viewers.

— USA Today has a story up on Batista, discussing his chances in MMA and making comparisons to Brock Lesnar.

— Batista is in his second day of training with the Cesar Gracie camp based in Lodi, California.

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