— It would appear that Shaquille O’Neal’s role as a celebrity guest host was a success as last night’s edition of Monday Night Raw drew a 3.95 cable rating, rounding up to a 4.0. Hour one drew a 3.89 whereas hour two scored a 4.0. This week’s rating is up from last week’s 3.5 figure. (source: PWInsider.com)

— The Bella Twins will not be seen on television for the second consecutive week as they are missing tonight’s SmackDown/ECW taping in Baltimore to attend a family outing in New York City.

The following was written on their Twitter page: “Sad we’re missing ECW tonight 🙁 but I hope you all tune in on SyFy! we had to attend a family event in NYC Peace Love & Family B & N”

— WWE returns to the Eastern Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville, Kentucky on October 12th, 2009. Tickets go on sale August 8th, 2009 at 10 AM. This is the first WWE event in Pikeville since mid-2006. Go to http://sportsentertainmentevents.tk or http://prowrestlingevents.webs.com for info about upcoming wrestling shows worldwide. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

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