— WWE Champion CM Punk is scheduled for tonight’s WWE SmackDown taping in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Punk stated on Twitter that he is replacing Big Show, who was fired last night on Raw SuperShow. He wrote, “Smackdown in Hershey PA tonight gets punked. (that’s my lame/clever way of saying I’ll be there). Big Show won’t be, because he was fired.”

— A Raw live event is scheduled for August 5, 2012 at the Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama. Bell time is 5:00 p.m.

— In a battle of former WWE Superstars, Daivari vs. Scotty 2 Hotty headlines this Friday’s International Championship Wrestling event at King Field House in Fort Riley, Kansas.

— In the latest edition of Classic Rivalries, WWE.com remembers the brutal early nineties bouts between Cactus Jack and Big Van Vader in World Championship Wrestling. (Full Story)

PHOTO – Former WWE star wrestles at last night’s TNA Impact taping »