News On RAW, SD!, Orton, Hardy, Shane McMahon/WWE, & Lots More News

WWE resumes live events this weekend as the Raw brand will be at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri tonight in a show that will feature the in-ring return of Candice Michelle and will be headlined by Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship. The Raw brand will run tomorrow at the Broadbent Arena in Louisville, Kentucky. Finally, the Raw crew will be at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana on Monday for Monday Night Raw.

The SmackDown/ECW brands will not run tonight but will run 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.

As always if you are attending any of these events over the weekend please send in a live report. You can send it to my email address.

As noted earlier here on the site, Shane McMahon, who previously was only involved in WWE's "new media" projects, has taken a more active role in the creative process in recent weeks. Shane has been sitting in on meetings and throwing out a bunch of suggestions. Shane has been credited for putting the Floyd Mayweather deal together. Shane is also said to be responsible for the recent South American tour and has been pushing to get the company into China, a market where he sees tremendous growth potential. With Stephanie McMahon's pregnancy and upcoming maternity leave, Shane could see an opening to take on more responsibilities in her absence. Whether he follows through with Stephanie's agenda or takes things in a new direction will be interesting to follow.