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Here is the current card for this Sunday's WWE Vengeance PPV:
- WWE Champion John Cena vs. King Booker vs. Mick Foley vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Randy Orton.
- World Champion Edge vs. Batista in a "Last Chance Match" which basically means Batista gets no more title shots.
- Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella vs. Umaga.
- United States Champion MVP vs. Ric Flair.
- World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs. The Hardys.
- Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero vs. Jimmy Wang Yang.
- Women's Champion Melina vs. Candice Michelle.
- The winners of tonight's Chris Benoit vs. Elijah Burke and CM Punk vs. Marcus Cor Von matches will meet for the vacant ECW Title.
- WWE Tag Team Champions Deuce & Domino will defend their title. Looking at the Smackdown roster, the only "regular" tag team is the Major Brothers, so it will either be them, or WWE is going to put together a new unit tonight.
The Charlotte Observer has an article online hyping tonight's Smackdown taping and ECW broadcast. In addition to pointing out that this will be a Charlotte homecoming for Ric Flair, the article also had this gem, which cracked me up: "WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon appeared to go out "Sopranos"-style in a limo explosion June 11. What's next for his wrestling empire? More tributes? A murder mystery? A haunting?" I'm thinking Vince coming back as a ghost would be pretty entertaining. He could appear before Jonathan Coachman like Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars. Click here to see the article.
The NFL is holding their first league-wide summit on concussions today, with all team doctors and trainers attending to hear from experts on the topic. Former WWE star Chris Nowinski will be one of the experts at the summit.
The following press release came out this morning for the next episode of "Fast Cars & Superstars". John Cena is still in the running at this point.
BOSTON, June 19 -- In this night for preliminary finalists, the greatest concentration of rookie racecar drivers descend on Lowe's Motor Speedway as Gabrielle Reece, Bill Cowher, John Cena and Jewel push the Kroger and Sam's Club cars as hard as they can; and Gillette Young Gun Jamie McMurray prepares the preliminary finalists mentally and strategically for the same time-trial/accuracy challenge -- each driver must go hard or go home, on "Fast Cars & Superstars -- Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race," TUESDAY, JUNE 19 (8:00-8:30 p.m. ET) on ABC. Eliminated racers from episodes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are Serena Williams, Krista Allen, John Salley, William Shatner and Laird Hamilton.
Celebrity Racers: singer Jewel, actor William Shatner, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, actress Krista Allen, 7-time World All-Around Rodeo Champion Ty Murray, former NBA Champion John Salley, former NFL Super Bowl Champion John Elway, World Wrestling Entertainment Champion John Cena, tennis star Serena Williams, volleyball great and model Gabrielle Reece, legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, and former NFL Super Bowl-winning Head Coach Bill Cowher. Gillette Young Guns are Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch and Jamie McMurray.
"Fast Cars & Superstars - Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race" is hosted by ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne and co-hosted by former Cleveland Cavaliers center and current ESPN NASCAR analyst Brad Daugherty.
"Fast Cars & Superstars - Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race" was co- created by BBDO and Gillette and produced by Radical Media. Executive producers are Michael Davies and Justin Wilkes. The director is Michael Warren. The series will be broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format with 5.1-channel surround sound.
Upcoming episodes: The hour-long Finale airs Sunday, June 24 at 7PM. Visit http://www.gygtv.com/ for more show information.
