Wrestling News 06/12

ONE NIGHT STAND AND OTHER ECW NEWS

Randy Orton announced that he is now a part of the RAW roster and did not give any reason why he jumped from Smackdown. Word is he wasn't getting along with some of the talent at Smackdown, especially some of the Divas, and WWE put him on RAW so he can be under the nose of Vince McMahon and Triple H to try and keep him in line. Whatever the real reason, it is a big blow to Smackdown on account of the recent huge loss of talent do to injury, ECW drafts and what not.


Nunzio is back in ECW as his old character, Little Guido. Also Stevie Richards, Al Snow (with Head), and Justin Credible are on the show and are a part of the ECW brand. And for you Goth types, look for David Heath (Gangrel) to also be an official ECW Superstar.

Major RAW Spoilers For Tonight Including 2 Returns
Date Added: June 12, 2006
Story By: Ryan Clark
Partial Source: WrestlingObserver.com

"The plan as of this morning was to keep the title on Rob Van Dam and have him lose it in a wrestling match at some point. Plans can change at the snap of a finger, especially on a live RAW day. Van Dam vs. Edge is scheduled for Vengeance although Cena may be put in to make it a three-way match for the title.

Shawn Michaels is likely for RAW tonight to help further the D-X return angle.

Tonight's RAW will be a heavy push for Vengeance, with Shawn Michaels & HHH vs. The Spirit Squad likely to be announced. They will also push the ECW show tomorrow night on SCI-FI with a big angle.

Ric Flair was scheduled to return tonight on RAW from a honeymoon. Vengeance is in Charlotte so he'll definitely be on the show.

Some of Harry Slash's ECW music was used at the PPV but not Enter Sandman. It's interested to note that a guy on the HBO boxing event on Saturday night used the Enter Sandman theme. Vince should really pay Metallica the rights to use the song.

Ric Flair vs. Mick Foley is being talked about for Vengeance. Some question the move due to the fact that they only have two weeks to promote it, but with Flair scheduled to return tonight from his honeymoon and with Vengeance in his hometown of Charlotte, this match is very possible.

You can expect a push for ECW's debut on the Sci Fi Channel tomorrow night at 10pm ET/9pm CT on Monday Night RAW tonight. It is very possible an angle could be started that gets pushed to the Tuesday night show involving Rob Van Dam, John Cena and Edge.

The crowd at the SmackDown tapings tomorrow night in Trenton, NJ is going to be a very interesting situation. As noted earlier, WWE will be taping SmackDown first and then ECW will go live on the Sci Fi Channel right afterwards. What will be interesting to see is how the crowd is for a WWE show and how they react afterwards to an ECW style show. It is clearly two totally different audiences so that could make or break the TV debut."

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