On this Day in Pro Wrestling History... 4 Life!

1997 - The Monday Night Wars continued, and this time the spotlight focused on tag teams, as both shows featured World Tag Team Title changes. WCW Monday Nitro on TNT scored the win over WWF Monday Night Raw on USA, 3.8 to 2.3

Cena Returning Early? Miz and WWE Creative News

We noted before that the Cody Rhodes "firing" on RAW seemed rushed because of a lack of communication between WWE officials and creative as of late. To go along with that, nobody in creative knew of Mark Henry being cleared to wrestle until reading about it online. Said one WWE source, "Communication process is the shits in this company."

- Don't be surprised if WWE gives up on their "babyface experiment" with The Miz soon.

- While John Cena won't be able to wrestle until around Royal Rumble time, there is already talk of bringing him back to WWE TV in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cena wants to start making appearances for the company to help with their big Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. Cena's rehab for his injuries will be one of the storylines for the second half of this Total Divas season also.

Cena Tweets About Injury. NXT Performers On The Main Roster

John Cena tweeted the following:

Daily dose of scar stuff. Will post some less gut wrenching pics of rehab later #evenstronger @WWEUniverse @eonline pic.twitter.com/2R90VB7Yyo



Meanwhile, Sami Zayn (formerly El Generico) and Xavier Woods (formerly known as Consequences Creed) have both made their debuts on the main roster at live shows. Zayn defeated Antonio Cesaro in Montreal and Woods took a defeat at the hands of Ryback.

Tyson Kidd also made his return to the ring over this past weekend, though there's no information yet on when he might return to television.

Cenas Elbow - Update

John Cena Tweeted the following on September the second:

13 days. 1 big scar. 0 patience.Mondays r tough @WWE roster enjoy now, because ill b back #evenstronger

There's no word yet on a return date, though with Cenas past recovery times four to six months might suggest a Royal Rumble return.

John Cena: Another Appreciation

Never give up. Even if you have an elbow the size
of Plutos moon!

By TH of The Wrestling Blog

John Cena stood in front of the Anaheim crowd with Andy Garcia's vestigial, malformed twin bulging out of his elbow, pouring his heart out on his own behalf as well as for the man who defeated him at SummerSlam. For as many times as he broke out the preacher voice or tried to crack jokes like he was still on the schoolyard, whenever he spouts real talk, and Monday his talk was the realest it had been in awhile, it almost always resonates with authenticity, impact, passion, all of which should befit the man who has held, for better or worse, the mantel of WWE Franchise for longer than anyone in the WrestleMania era.

For his candor and soul, as he announced he would miss the next four-to-six months, the crowd cheered raucously. Anaheim's reaction, if I could dangerously make the correlation between real sport and the full-impact Vaudeville that is professional wrestling, was akin to the sarcastic standing ovation that Michael Irvin got as he was carted off the Veterans Stadium turf after being leveled by professional football hitman Tim Hauck. The only difference is Cena would have gotten that reaction anywhere in the English-speaking wrestling fan world. Far be it from me to say that all wrestling fans occupy that nadir of Philadelphia fandom 24/7, mainly because when a guy stands out in front of the crowd to announce something, whatever he says could very well be part of the story, unless we're talking about the rare case of a guy getting to retire live on the air.