WWE will tape this weekâs edition of Friday Night SmackDown from Birmingham, Alabama. The company will then broadcast this weekâs edition of ECW live on the Sci-Fi Network. If you are attending tonightâs tapings and would like to help us out and send us text message updates please send me an email. Finlay vs. The Great Khali will be taped tonight for this weekâs edition of SmackDown as well as a contest involving the Undertaker, Big Daddy V, Mark Henry, and Matt Striker. We will also see the continuation of Rey Mysterioâs feud with Edge and more Royal Rumble qualifiers.
Chavo Guerrero vs. ECW Champion CM Punk will headline tonightâs edition of ECW on Sci-Fi and Edge will have his Cutting Edge segment on the show. CM Punk will be the World Heavyweight Championâs guest.
Next week on RAW Shawn Michaels will face Ken Kennedy and Triple H will have chance to get back into the Royal Rumble as he will work a qualifying match against what is now a mystery opponent.
According to a few reader reports, Comcast Cable will not be carrying the Royal Rumble pay-per-view in High Definition. A representative said that the company is capable of showing pay-per-view events in HD on their InDemand 2 channel, but they have not received any details from World Wrestling Entertainment. We will keep you updated if this changes.
SITE NOTE: Kip James and Leticia Cline will be the guests on next weeks edition of WrestleZone Radio. The show will air next Monday night from 7-9 PM EST. Matt Boone and I host the show on a weekly basis and run down all the latest news and rumors. More information on the show can be found at this link. We have Christy Hemme and Marty Janetty booked for the show in the next two or three weeks so it’s off to a great start. It’s NEXT MONDAY from 7-9 PM EST at http://wrestlezone.com/radio/