- Sherri Shepherd, a panelist on the ABC daytime talkshow The View, will be managing Montel Vontavious Porter in his WWE United States Championship title defense against SmackDown Superstar Dolph Ziggler at Tuesday night’s SmackDown taping at Madison Square Garden.

- Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena is expected to take some time off from the road starting next month to begin work on his next film, reports The Sun. This explains his loss to Edge at tonight’s Backlash pay-per-view.

- Sunday was Kane’s birthday. He turns 42 years old. Getting a win over CM Punk at Backlash can be considered quite the birthday present!

- WWE will be holding a SmackDown/ECW taping at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on Tuesday, July 28. Tickets go on sale this Saturday morning at Ticketmaster.com.

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