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As I noted earlier this week on my Elite Hotline, don't expect the Raw celebrity guest hosts to fizzle out anytime soon. WWE has been contacted by a number of celebrity fans who want to get in on the act as well as film and TV projects looking to use the guest host role to promote themselves, which is how Jeremy Piven ended up the host of Raw for 8/3.
WWE Diva Layla El had a wisdom tooth removed today.
The Night of Champions and Summerslam PPVs are close to sold out. At this point, only tickets in the upper-most levels are available for each show, although tickets are always released in small numbers as production changes are finalized.
Shawn Michaels turned 44 today. Speaking of Michaels, our friends at www.ringsidecollectibles.com will be doing an exclusive "Tribute to" Michaels action figure featuring him in his Wrestlemania XII outfit where he beat Bret Hart for the WWF title as well as every championship belt he's held in his WWF/WWE career:
A number of future WWE house shows in smaller markets in New England and the Northeast are close to or have already sold out in advance.
Pollstar.com featured an article today about the Resch Center in Wisconsin handling the refunds for the Donald Trump episode of Monday Night Raw, including when the Arena learned of the refund and how they went about handling the situation. An interesting read at this link.
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