Wade Barrett Not At Weekend Events, The Rock's Show Premieres Tonight, JR Note, Birthdays

- TNT's The Hero, hosted and co-produced by The Rock, premieres tonight on TNT at 8pm EST. You can watch a preview for it above.

- WWE Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett will note be at this weekend's live events as he is currently in Japan doing promotional work for WWE. He tweeted:

"Being treated like a king over here in Japan. I might never leave. #WWEJapan"

- WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre turns 28 years old today while former Intercontinental Champion Ahmed Johnson turns 43.

- Jim Ross has added another event to his upcoming UK Spoken Word tour. He tweeted:

"We've added Glasgow @ Glasgow Hilton to our Spoken Word tour Tues August 28. Tkts on sale Thurs @ 8 am. @PSI_Events has tkt info. Gr8 news!"