- As we reported last week, Rob Van Dam is featured in the latest issue of Cannabis Culture talking about marijuana in professional wrestling and the use of marijuana for athletic enhancement. You can read a word-for-word transcript of the article at this link.

- The Raw brand will be running a few house shows this weekend. They will run tonight at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, tomorrow at the Broadbent Arena in Louisville, Kentucky, and Raw will be broadcast live Monday night at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Tonight's house show will feature the in-ring return of Candice Michelle and will be headlined by Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship.

- The SmackDown/ECW brands will not run tonight but will have a house show tomorrow at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana and on Sunday at the John E. Worthen Arena at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Next week's SmackDown/ECW tapings will be held on Tuesday at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.