This Week’s RAW Rating Is In, Lesnar Defends Controversial Comments, More

— With hours of 3.53 and 3.62, Monday’s edition of WWE RAW scored a 3.6 cable rating to stay even with last week.

— Brock Lesnar recently spoke with Paul Heyman about his hospital stay in Canada, here are the highlights… On Discussing Healthcare Issues: “I’m not going to shut up about this,” Brock stated, rather emphatically during our conversation, “I’m an American. I’m guaranteed the right to express my opinion. And I’m stating it loud and clear, because I experienced something that I want to talk about. If I was a recovering drug addict, people would want to hear my story. Well, I survived something, and I went through –first hand– the problems in the health care system, and I want to talk about it.” On His Stay In The Canadian Hospital: “I entered the hospital around 4am on a Saturday morning,” Brock recalls, “and I spent two nights there. No one talks about that. Their CT machine was broken, and they were waiting for a replacement. They could not take a picture of my stomach. If they would have had the ability to take the picture, they would have seen I had holes inside me. If I stayed at that Canadian hospital, at best I would have been retired and would have to wear a colostomy bag. At worst, I could have died.”

— The big indy event of the first part of the year happens this weekend as WrestleReunion hits Los Angeles and the LAX Hilton. With rare appearances in North America for The Great Muta and Jushin “Thunder” Liger and live shows by PWG and ROH, the weekend would be a big one without the autograph and photo sessions withLiger, Muta, Rob Van Dam, Bruno Sammartino, Super Crazy, Stan Hansen, Austin Idol, Nick Bockwinkel, Larry Zbyszko, former WWF Tag Team champions Demolition (Bill Eadie & Barry Darsow), Koko B. Ware, Diamond Dallas Page, Road Warrior Animal, Tammy Sytch, Terri Runnells, and Scotty “2 Hotty” Taylor. A weekend-long Superticker gets you 2 autographs from all guests brought in by the convention itself, front-of-the-line access for photo and autograph sessions, meet and greets with ROH and PWG wrestlers before their events as will as ringside seats to their events, an event t-shirt, program and more. The Friday ROH event will feature World Tag Team Champions The Briscoes and The Young Bucks vs. The American Wolves and The Kings of Wrestling, ROH champ Austin Aries vs. Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Roderick Strong vs. Delirious, Jerry Lynn vs. Kenny King, Tyler Black vs. Joey Ryan, The Human Tornado vs. Kevin Steen, an Anything Goes Match with Necro Butcher vs. Erick Stevens, and El Generico & Colt Cabana vs. Scott Lost & Scorpio Sky. Saturday’s PWG event will feature The Great Muta & KAI vs. Scott Lost & Joey Ryan, Brian Kendrick vs. Kevin Steen, Davey Richards vs. Super Crazy, Chris Hero vs. Roderick Strong vs. Rob Van Dam, PWG Tag Team champions The Young Bucks vs. Human Tornado & Chuck Taylor, El Generico vs. Jushin Liger, and Brandon Bonham vs. Brandon Gatson. Bret Hart, Dan Severn, Ron Simmons, Rikishi, Jimmy Hart, JJ Dillon and Chavo Guerrero Sr. are scheduled to appear as vendor guests. People who cannot make the event can take advantage of one of two ways to get autographs from the guests. WrestleReunion are offering fans the chance to mail in items to be signed by one of the 16 guests, while Highspots are offering a $99 pack which includes 8X10s of all 16 guests, a tee shirt from the event, and an event program.

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