Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer
As noted earlier here on the website, The Big Show replaced John Cena at last night’s WWE live event in Oakland, CA and the fans were offered refunds due to John Cena’s absence. According to sources, Cena was dealing with “transportation issues.”
The Big Show is backstage at RAW right now and is expected to return tonight. As of last word, there were plans to do something with Mark Henry, The Big Show and The Shield tonight. This would lead to a Henry/Show vs. Shield match at SummerSlam this Sunday night.
There was also talk of doing something between Natalya and The Bella Twins to set up a celebrity match at SummerSlam.
Also, just to recap from our RAW preview report this morning ………
The SummerSlam “go-home” edition of WWE RAW emanates from the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California tonight.
The top match confirmed for tonight’s show is CM Punk vs. Paul Heyman in a “man-on-man fight,” as the “Evil Genius” himself revealed on last week’s RAW.
WWE will also wrap-up the final hype for the John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan WWE Championship match at SummerSlam. Hyping up the McMahon’s involvement in the match will be Vince McMahon, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, all of whom are advertised to appear on the show.
Also confirmed to appear on the show this week is “The Beast” himself, Brock Lesnar.
The full roster officially being advertised for the show are John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H, Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman, Curtis Axel, CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio, Christian, The Shield, Randy Orton, Dolph Ziggler, Big E. Langston, AJ Lee, Kaitlyn, Mark Henry, Rob Van Dam, Kane, The Wyatt Family and The Miz.
The dark match main event advertised for the live crowd in Sacramento, according to SleepTrainArena.com will be a two-on-one handicap match featuring John Cena and Mark Henry teaming up for the first-time-ever to take on the trio of The Shield.
