The June 11 RAW will start at 8pm ET (doors open at 6:30pm) and go three hours. As it was announced yesterday by Shane McMahon, the show will feature the return of the Draft Lottery. The first WWE draft took place in 2002 when “co-owners” Vince McMahon and Ric Flair split the roster between RAW and Smackdown. Over the years, the drafts have taken different iterations, with there actually being no draft last year (WWE seemed to be more focused on the return on ECW, which happened around the same time of year). This year’s draft will include ALL THREE rosters — RAW, Smackdown and ECW — and Pulse Wrestling is looking for new recappers, so if you’re interested, email matthew @ insidepulse . com.
To read a log of EVERY roster transaction since WWE’s first draft, click here, and to see a post on TheWrestlingBlog.com that lists all members of each roster (according to WWE.com) click here.
In other news, PWInsider.com is reporting that Christian Cage has signed a new 2-3 year contract with TNA.
Ron Killings was at last night’s TNA tapings, but PWInsider.com reports that he won’t be able to return from his knee injury until late summer.
Dave Sahadi wrote a column on Jill Jarrett’s passing here.
TNA did a 1.0 cable rating on Thursday, according to Nielsen Media Research by way of WrestlingObserver.com.
Jim Ross’ latest blog entry is here, and he talks about DX, the Dykstra/Nitro tag team, X-Pac and more.
