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WWE TAPING NXT TONIGHT, THE OFFICIAL END OF THE BRAND EXTENSION AND MORE WWE NEWS

By Mike Johnson on 2013-05-02 09:25:56
WWE will tape NXT tonight at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL tonight. John Cena is advertised to appear.

The WWE earnings for the first quarter of 2013 were a little over what analysts had predicted. There will be a conference call at 11 AM. We'll have complete coverage here on the site.

The Rock is 41 today. Happy birthday!

The brand extension, which has really been dead for some time, officially ends on 5/31. From that point on, WWE will advertise all events as simply WWE Live, as opposed to Raw and Smackdown. For whatever reason, the Smackdown brand was never really able to have the same staying power on the road as the Raw side, so it makes sense to just brand it all WWE. It will be interesting to see how much they mix the roster of the house shows up going forward as even though pretty much all the major stars are on all the TV shows at this point, the house shows were still split by roster.

The Miami Herald featured an interview with Naomi at this link.

The Modesto Bee featured a piece on a local boy traveling to this Monday's Raw to meet John Cena via the Make-A-Wish Foundation at this link.

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