Lesnar update, Nash seeks way back into WWE, post-Raw dark match, Wellness violation, Briscoes update, Heyman's father passes, Raw audience, new WWE market, and Questions on Taz, the IWC, Benoit, Swagger, and Wyatt

Brock Lesnar has been announced for the 7/15 Raw, which is the night after MITB. I don't think that will surprise anyone. He's set to face C.M. Punk at Summerslam.

Kevin Nash is seeking a match with C.M. Punk and is not looking to return to TNA. Yesterday confirmed for slow news day. Why do we keep giving this guy attention?

John Cena beat Ryback in a Tables match after Raw. Yeah, Ryback could use a big win at MITB.

Ricardo Rodriguez was suspended for 30 days following a violation of WWE's Wellness Policy. That's a shame. He's a very enjoyable act. I hope this is the last time we hear this about him.

Everything else from yesterday is after the break.

NSFW language: ROH is continuing the story with the Briscoes. Still no word on where they're headed.


Richard Heyman, father of Paul, has passed away at 87. Here's the obituary. PWInsider.com remembered him. Important guy in the history of ECW.

Raw's audience this week was 3.96 million. Not that different from previous weeks. I'm ready for a big angle to shake things up. The McMahons are there, but aren't doing much of note.

WWE is launching in Myanmar (formerly Burma). They will get Raw, Smackdown, Main Event, and NXT. Interesting that they'd prefer NXT to Superstars. At any rate, it's becoming increasingly important to be able to appeal to a worldwide audience.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I don't think they really care all that much about screwing over TNA, compared to what they think Taz will bring to the table for them.

2. Not much to add there, other than lolIWC I guess. I look at as few opinion sites as possible, unless it's someone with a qualified opinion (Heyman, for instance).

3. That's pretty much it. Read the recent interview with Nancy's sister. If Bryan gets some serious concussions or something, maybe they'll change their minds.

4. Swagger was arrested; he didn't fail a Wellness test. So, presumably the policy doesn't apply.

5. Harris wasn't bad, but Bray is at a whole new level. He's had 2 more years of experience in developmental, and that's been beneficial.

More wresting tomorrow.