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MVP suffered a knee injury last night in Preston, UK for Preston City Wrestling. He was wrestling in a tag match, teaming with PCW champ Joey Hayes, vs Kris Travis & Danny Hope. Towards the end of the match whilst brawling outside the ring with Travis, MVP suffered a knee injury that he later categorised as 'popping his knee'. He immediately limped to the back. He was in town for a PCW Supershow 4 weekend, where they book a lot of international stars across 3 shows on Friday & Saturday. reDRagon, Hurricane Helms, Al Snow, Juventud Guerrera, Chris Masters & Uhaa Nation also featured. Also in town was Jeremy Borash, who guest ring announced the Friday night main event & was at the Meet & Greet this afternoon. MVP was set to face Kris Travis in a singles match tonight but was on crutches. He cut a promo at the start of the show, explaining that he couldn't wrestle tonight. He said that he heard his knee pop & went to the hospital today for an x-ray. He said it was inconclusive and that he'd need an MRI done. Whether this affects his ppv match with Eric Young in 2 weeks on the TNA ppv is a big question.

The Wrestling Observer noted that while it's becoming somewhat of a regular thing, WWE officials have been very upset with Roddy Piper lately. The heat may come from Piper's recent comments about Pat Patterson on a Kayfabe Commentaries DVD or could be from some of the negative comments he's made about Legends House on social media and while doing promotion for the show.

Ric Flair recently spoke with Mike Mooneyham of The Charleston Post & Courier. Flair noted that he's down to 228 pounds and is in the best shape he's been in since his TNA run. The article confirms a recent report that Flair is scheduled to wrestle for a Japanese promotion in September. Flair also talked about his daughter, NXT Women's Champion Charlotte: "She will be the greatest Flair of all time. Her credentials speak for themselves," says Flair. "I'd put her resume up against anybody. She's Rey Mysterio but bigger. She is going to be the greatest female wrestler and the most famous diva in the history of the WWE." Flair also talked about wanting to manage Dolph Ziggler when he returns to WWE soon. Flair commented on Ziggler: "I think he's awesome. He'd be a great guy to manage. He looks like a million bucks. He just can't find his gimmick. He needs to work on his entrance. I could help him with that."

Originally Posted by Observer At one point there was a plan for Cesaro to win the WWE Intercontinental Title, likely from current champion Bad News Barrett. They switched programs and had him feud with WWE United States Champion Sheamus with the feeling that going for the Intercontinental Title would hurt Cesaro. No word yet if this means anything for Sunday's Payback pay-per-view where both titles will be on the line.

Originally Posted by Observer We noted before that WWE will be re-packaging Tyson Kidd under a mask soon. We know that they have already had a mask done by a Lucha Libre mask maker. There's no word yet if this means they will be pushing Kidd's new character as a Mexican star but the mask that was made is indeed a Lucha style mask.