— WWE has placed a ban on talent wrestling with gloves on. Dolph Ziggler revealed this tidbit today on Twitter when was asked why he no longer wears gloves when he competes. He said, “DZBabe, I don’t wear gloves anymore! They have been banned from ringside! Hopefully we can atleast High-5!”
— During last Friday’s SmackDown broadcast on The Score in Canada, a SummerSlam commercial was shown featuring The Undertaker. Triple H, who is also out nursing an injury, was not. Undertaker was originally scheduled to return at the event, but it now appears as though he will not return in a wrestling capacity until Night of Champions in September as we noted earlier.
— WWE tapes two episodes of RAW tonight in San Antonio, TX due to the company touring is Australia. The tour stars July 31st, and ends August 4th. They will also tape matches for two weeks of WWE Superstars tonight and tomorrow. As noted earlier, TNA also tapes TV tonight and tomorrow so it’s going to be a BUSY next few nights.
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