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– Following the WWE releases of Melina, Vladamir Kozlov, Chris Masters and DH Smith last week, the talent is expected to get paid until November and will have no-compete clauses.

– WWE is looking give “Stone Cold” Steve Austin a big role at next year’s WrestleMania – although it still remains unlikely that he will wrestle a match.

– The WWE Championship unification match between CM Punk and John Cena is expected to get a lot of time at Sunday’s SummerSlam pay-per-view. With less than a week to go, only four matches have been announced – leading many to see SummerSlam as a “one-match show.”

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(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)