— Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon participated in the first debate for Republican Senate candidate hopefuls on Thrusday night from Norwich, Connecticut. Other participants included attorney Brian Hill, attorney Peter Lumaj, former congressman Christopher Shays and attorney Kie Westby.

As you can imagine, McMahon’s history with WWE came under fire, with Westby attacking her by saying, “I have been in private practice for over 32 years, and during the course of that time, I have worked with dozens upon dozens of entrepreneurs. These are real jobs, not men bulked up on steroids or women prancing around in bikinis.”

McMahon responded that she earned her fortune as WWE CEO “the old-fashioned way” – “I’m very proud of earning my money the old-fashioned way, and putting people to work throughout the state.”

For more on Thursday night’s debate, visit NorwichBulletin.com.

— Former WWE champion Alberto Del Rio and his personal ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez have officially switched to the Smackdown brand. Del Rio toured with the SmackDown brand during this week’s European tour and has an upcoming title shot against Sheamus.

* WWE To Make “Major Announcement” Soon & Another Rumored Match For WM29

Justin Credible was scheduled to work Extreme Reunion on Saturday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but was deemed unfit to perform after event organizers were concerned with his condition prior to his scheduled bout.

Over the course of the event, there was concern over Credible’s condition backstage. Sources claim he was “slumped over, passed out asleep” in a chair. He was asked to leave the venue and was removed from the show.

Credible returned to the venue and plead his case to promoters, asking to be placed back on the show, but was rejected. He appeared in the crowd late in the show but was escorted to the back and left the venue.

Credible was scheduled to face Jerry Lynn, with Devon Storm being added to the bout as a surprise.

See photo of Justin Credible passed out

source: PWInsider.com

– Alex Silva, the first TNA Gutcheck contestant to earn a contract, is currently training at Ohio Valley Wrestling, TNA’s developmental territory. The reason he has not been back on television since earning the contract is because he was not originally scripted to win.

Enter Ric Flair. Originally, both Bruce Prichard and Flair were supposed to vote No while Al Snow would have been the only judge to vote Yes. Flair was so impressed with Silva’s promo that he broke from the script during the segment and voted Yes.

Prichard, who was also impressed by Silva but caught off guard by Flair’s unforeseen move, had to improvise and also changed his vote to Yes.

TNA had the option of re-filming the segment but it would have looked bad in front of the crowd so they just decided to hire him.

– After getting denied a TNA contract during the Gutcheck segment of last week’s Impact Wrestling, independent worker Joey Ryan has resurfaced online with the following YouTube video:

* TNA NEWS: More Wrestlers Leaving For WWE & Update On Matt Morgan’s Future

(Partial Source: f4wonline.com)

— WWE.com has posted an exclusive video interview with Paul Heyman, who states that Brock Lesnar is owed millions of dollars by WWE.

— Brock Lesnar’s superstar profile on the WWE website has been moved from the RAW roster to the Alumni section, to sell the storyline that he’s quit the company.

— After Monday’s RAW from Greensboro went off the air, John Cena appeared in front of the live crowd and defeated Kane with the Attitude Adjustment in the dark match main event. Kane tried using a chair during the match but Cena prevented him from using it.

Cena got a huge pop from the crowd and had appeared “from Tampa, Florida via satellite” earlier in the evening during RAW.

* VIDEO of PAUL HEYMAN’s Return To WWE From Monday’s RAW

Mark Henry revealed on Twitter on Monday night that he will be undergoing surgery today (Tuesday). This explains why he has not been wrestling on television or at live events in recent weeks.

While this isn’t confirmed, word going around is that he’s having surgery for the groin injury that he suffered a while back that led to him dropping the World Heavyweight title and the end of his ‘unstoppable monster’ push in late 2011.

Henry has stated in recent interviews that he plans to retire if he is unable to come back from the injury at 100%. There was talk earlier this year before WrestleMania that Henry felt his career was winding down, so we might have seen the last of the World’s Strongest Man.

* Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H Feud Plans & What The “REVOLUTION Is Coming” Is For

(Partial Source: f4wonline.com)

According to various online reports, former TNA Tag Team Champion and X Division Champion Alex Shelley has finished his run with TNA. F4Wonline.com suggests that he made the decision to leave the company when his contract expires soon.

Shelley is a former TNA X-Division champion and held the TNA tag team championships with his Motor City Machine Guns partner Chris Sabin.

With the news that WWE has been reaching out to Cruiserweight talent for an all-cruiserweights show on the WWE Network this fall, the timing of Shelley asking for his release would make him eligible to participate in the project.

*SPOILER* The Man Behind “THE REVOLUTION” Revealed (Picture)

WWE is taping this week’s SmackDown from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Credit to Rajah.com reader Amy for the following live results:

Dark Match:

* Dean Ambrose defeated Luke Hawkins.

SmackDown

The show opens with World Heavyweight champion Sheamus coming to the ring. He talks about his match with Del Rio at No Way Out. David Otunga comes out and demands Sheamus apologize running over John Laurinaitis two weeks ago on RAW. Sheamus refused and out comes Del Rio. Otunga announces that Del Rio pick an opponent for Sheamus tonight. Sheamus lays out Otunga with Brogue Kick and Del Rio ran away.

* Sin Cara returns with new red and white ring gear and new pyro during his ring entrance. He defeated Heath Slater in a decent match with no botched spots.

* Still to come tonight – WWE Title Match with Kane vs. CM Punk.

* Ezekiel Jackson comes out followed by Damien Sandow. Sandow cuts a promo and refuses to wrestle. He tried leaving but Jackson brought him back to the ring. They wrestled and Sandow won with his neckbreaker finisher.

* Backstage, Dolph Ziggler tells Alberto Del Rio he wants to be picked as Sheamus’ opponent. Del Rio agrees and Ziggler vs. Sheamus will happen later tonight.

* Ryback defeated two local wrestlers in a squash match.

* Dolph Ziggler came out with Vickie Guerrero and cut a promo on Sheamus.

* Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler with a Brogue Kick. Jack Swagger interfered, but it backfired and allowed Sheamus to get the win.

* Zack Ryder and Santino Marella defeated Darren Young and Titus O’Neil. Big Show came out after the match and beat up Santino on the stage, throwing him into the set. Show then beat up Ryder. Show went back to Santino and knocked him out with a punch to the face.

* Backstage, Daniel Bryan tells AJ Lee that CM Punk is using her.

* Cody Rhodes defeated Tyson Kidd in a quick match. Christian did commentary and had a confrontation with Rhodes after the match.

* CM Punk and Kane was called a double disqualification when Daniel Bryan interfered and attacked both men. Kane chokeslammed Bryan and Punk at the same time. John Laurinaitis came out and announced a three-way match for the WWE championship at No Way Out. AJ was in the ring with Punk and Bryan, but left by herself. Bryan slapped CM Punk in the face, but Punk fought back and hit Bryan with the Go To Sleep to end the show.

* WWE 13 Screenshots JUST Released: View Here (Austin, Punk, Taker, Mankind)