— The “soldier” who Rusev attacked on Monday’s RAW was Independent wrestler and Magnum Pro Wrestling owner Jaysin Strife. Strife has never served in the US military.
— Former ROH champion Adam Pearce is making his third visit to the WWE Performance Center this week, leading to speculation that he is there to interview for a job. As noted yesterday here on the website, if Pearce does end up landing a job as a trainer in WWE, he might end up replacing Nick Dinsmore who was released last week.
— Former WWE and WCW talent Lance Storm recently revealed that his favorite WWE NXT wrestler is Charlotte.
— In response to JBL’s often-used line about “you can’t teach strength”, WWE NXT star Aiden English of The Vaudevillians responded with the following via Twitter:
“Every week @JCLayfield says “You can’t teach strength!” …I think that numerous STRENGTH COACHES in the sports field beg to differ #Raw”