For Memorial Day Monday, WWE Raw in Calgary, Alberta, Canada will be honoring one of its all-time great superstars, Canadian legend Bret "the Hitman" Hart, along with a stacked card filled with action.
Hart, a five-time WWE champion, WWE Hall of Famer and a native of Calgary, will be honored on Monday with a special Raw Post-Show in his hometown. The last time Hart was on WWE TV was in September, when he traded blows with CM Punk on a night where Jerry "the King" Lawler also suffered his on-air heart attack.
WWE.com's website is also advertising Curtis Axel, the newest "Paul Heyman" guy who kicked off his re-debut in WWE last week by defeating Triple H in a shocking upset. Now, with Heyman leading the way, things are looking bright for the son of late WWE Hall of Famer Curt Hennig. What will he do next? The answers might be revealed on Monday night.
The John Cena-Ryback rivalry took a new turn last week when Ryback challenged Cena to an Ambulance Match at the June "WWE Payback" Pay-Per-View for the WWE Championship. With Cena still healing from a leg injury and having just come off a brutal Last Man Standing match at Extreme Rules against Ryback last week, things should be interesting when Cena and Ryback are in the house again Monday night.
The feud between WWE Tag Team Champions The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) and Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane) continues as the two teams will see action on Raw. Hints of a heel turn, or at least the end of Team Hell No, have been building since the Pay-Per-View for Bryan, with the former world champion having issued vicious beating to Rollins and Jack Swagger in the last week. Where this goes from here is anyone's guess, but the results should be interesting.
Canadian superstar Chris Jericho is also scheduled to be in the house as "the Highlight Reel" makes its return with Heyman and Axel as its special guest stars. Most "Highlight Reels" often tend to end in some physical conflict, so it shouldn't be too hard to see Axel trying to get physical with the mouthy Jericho. And in the Divas title picture, No.1 contender AJ has been looking impressive since the debut of her new finisher "The Black Widow", having made former Divas champions Natalya and Layla tap out. Will her ex-best friend, WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn, be the next one on the list?
And in other news, Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson might not have been in shape yet to tour following surgery, but the box office star has had a big weekend nonetheless, with his latest movie "Fast and Furious 6" finishing tops in the box office on Memorial Day weekend. As the L.A. Times reports, "Fast 6" drew in $120 million on its opening day weekend, the best opening of the entire series.Johnson's film outpaced the anticipated "Hangover III" film, which drew $63 million.
With the Rock's success in films continuing, his Hollywood future has never looked brighter, though his career in WWE is still looking murky. Johnson has hinted several times since WrestleMania 29, where he was injured in his WWE title match with Cena, that the match may have been his last. WWE can only hope he changes his mind with the 30th anniversary of WrestleMania scheduled for next April in New Orleans.
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