— During one of the video packages that aired during Raw and after the show concluded, Lillian Garcia announced how WWE is handling the refunds for fans who were in attendance. If you paid by credit card, you be refunded automatically. If you paid in cash, you could get a refund either last night at the arena or sometime this week at the Resch Center Box Office.

— Also during Raw, John Cena threw his hat into the audience. The fan who caught the hat threw it back at Cena was then ejected from the arena. It’s interesting to note that during his promo with the Miz, Cena referenced the surviving the Hammerstein Ballroom. He was talking about the riotous anti-Cena crowd from the ECW One Night Stand Pay-Per-View (2006) where he dropped the WWE title to Rob Van Dam. Before that match, Cena threw his shirt into the audience and the audience member who caught it also threw the shirt back into the ring at Cena. That fan was not ejected.

— The main event of Thursday’s WWE Superstars will be Kofi Kingston vs. Matt Hardy vs. MVP in a Triple Threat match for the United States championship.

— The main event of Friday’s WWE Smackdown will be a steel cage tag team match, with Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio taking on Chris Jericho and Edge.

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John Cena, who is currently on tour with the Raw brand down in Australia, was recently interviewed by Kylie Northover of TheAge.com.au. Cena put over WWE’s popularity as a one-of-a-kind entertainment spectacle. “It’s amazing that we’ve been so popular for so long. I think a part of it can be attributed to the fact that we appeal to people from all walks of life. WWE is the ultimate package — sports entertainment.”

Cena spoke about watching wrestling as a kid, naming Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior and Shawn Michaels as three of his favorites growing up.

Cena was asked about his “rivalry” with former WWE superstar and Hollywood heavyweight Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Cena’s made it clear in the past that he feels The Rock should show more appreciation to the WWE fans who made him a star and told TheAge, “I just felt that he could give something back to the WWE fans. I thought The Rock was great. I’d love to see him back in the ring just like every other WWE fan would.”

Although Cena’s own movie career is taking off, he does not see himself leaving the business entirely like The Rock. “If you asked me where I’d be in 10 years, I’d say promoting another film and looking forward to the next Wrestlemania.”

** EDGE Injured & Out Of Action Until 2010 – HUGE Update [>]

Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez are the third team to secure their spot in the women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic semifinals.

Kai & Gonzalez advanced in the tournament by defeating Aliyah & Jessi Kamea in a first round match on this week’s episode of NXT. Gonzalez pinned Kamea after hitting a chokeslam bomb.

Kai & Gonzalez will face Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter in a semifinal match on NXT next Wednesday. Catanzaro & Carter became the first team to advance in the women’s Dusty Classic last week, upsetting Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez. NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai attacked Martinez during that match.

On the other side of the women’s Dusty Classic bracket, Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell advanced to the semifinals by defeating the debuting Gigi Dolin (Priscilla Kelly) & Cora Jade (Elayna Black) on 205 Live this past Friday. LeRae & Hartwell will face either Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon or Marina Shafir & Zoey Stark (Lacey Ryan) in the semifinals. Stark is making her NXT debut in the tournament.

The finals of the women’s Dusty Classic will be held at NXT TakeOver on Sunday, February 14.

— SmackDown wrestler R-Truth’s “Pretty Ricky” persona was apparently inspired by a character actor Martin Lawrence played in the 1999 action comedy film Blue Streak. You can see video of Lawrence portraying the character at the following link.

— As announced on this past Tuesday’s episode of ECW, Tommy Dreamer and Christian will be Abraham Washington’s guests on his show next week. While Washington did not appear on this week’s ECW broadcast, he did an “After the Bell” segment promoting his upcoming appearance. Click here to see the video.

— The WWE website has posted a new photo gallery of Rosa Mendes.

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— John Cena and his brother, West Newbury police Sgt. Dan Cena, are organizing a muscle car benefit event to help the family of a fallen hero. Firefighter Kenny Fowler died in December 2007. Dan Cena told the Newbury Port News, “Kenny was a friend growing up. Anyone who got into muscle cars in West Newbury got into it because of Kenny.” When John Cena heard about the benefit event, he bought and donated a 2010 Chevy Camaro to be raffled off. The event takes place on Aug. 15 from noon to five at Pentucket Regional High School in West Newbury, MA. John Cena will be available for autographs from 3 to 5 p.m.

— WWE is using a storyline from the movie Rocky IV for Vladamir Kozlov and Ezekiel Jackson’s feud on ECW. After a couple weeks of back-and-forth “can you top this” antics, Jackson wrote on Twitter, “I hope everyone watched ECW last night. Zeke vs. Vlad, wowwww.. Clubber Lang vs. Ivan Drago.. anything u can do, I can do better.”

— Ken Anderson is taking full responsibility for the actions that led to his WWE earlier this year. The former Mr Kennedy wrote, “I admit that I just wasn’t media savvy enough at the time to deal with all that comes with the responsibility of talking to the press. I said some very sophomoric things and that mistake was mine and mine alone, and I have learned from it” Anderson took it a step further, putting the blame on his own shoulders. “Vince McMahon didn’t screw ‘Mr. Kennedy.’ WWE didn’t screw ‘Mr. Kennedy.’ Ken Anderson screwed ‘Mr. Kennedy.'” You can read the full blog at CraveOnline.

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— According to her Twitter account, Ashley Massaro has been in Mexico City the past few days hosting Playboy‘s Latin America Anniversary Party. During her stay south of the border, she made her first appearance in a wrestling ring since her departure from World Wrestling Entertainment at a CMLL television taping in Arena México.

— Former WWE Diva Candice Michelle said she will be releasing “some big news” on November 1, 2009 on her official website, www.CandiceMichelle.com.

“It is very exciting news and it will be released on my official website, Candicemichelle.com so stay tuned, let your imaginations run wild, and check back on the 1st!”

— Examiner.com recently conducted an interview with former WCW enhancement worker Bull Payne.

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