News on The Rock, WWE Raw rating, Jim Ross and Kevin Nash

WWE Champion The Rock was asked via Twitter yesterday why he wasn’t on this past Monday’s Raw. He responded with the following (after the fan said Raw wasn’t the same without him):

I feel you bro. I was on tour. No rest for the warriors. I'll be back this Monday! #JustBringIt

Speaking of Monday’s Raw, the show drew a 3.56 rating, according to Wrestling News World.com.

Jim Ross posted a new blog regarding Bruno Sammartino’s HOF induction, Monday’s Raw and more. Here is part of the piece:

I think that I'm liking, as a fan, the fan favorite Alberto Del Rio better than the villain ADR.

A really solid Daniel Bryan vs. Rey Mysterio bout, which could have gone longer for me, but was engulfed by the impactful return to WWE by @TheMarkHenry. Henry's aggression and attitude bleeds through one's TV screen which is another analogy for the evasive term known as charisma or 'it.'

MizTV was interesting. Unique dynamic with @HeymanHustle and @MikeTheMiz verbally jousting until beastly Brock Lesnar arrived on the scene to impose his physical will of which he's very adept. Getting Lesnar signed long term is significant for WWE and how this commodity is utilized is always interesting.

As long as Heyman doesn't lose is voice, Lesnar will seemingly always have a presence on WWE TV.

Thought @CMPunk vs. @IAmJericho was excellent. How about a Best of Seven?

The Bruno Sammartino video package, as I tweeted earlier in the day @JRsBBQ, I expected to be heavy duty and it was. Bruno's career IE body of work will never be replicated in today's marketplace within the genre. An eight YEAR run ON TOP in the #1 territory in the world is unfathomable if one gives that accomplishment any serious, intelligent thought. Students of the game 'get it' while squeaky wheel, attention seeking, Keyboard Warriors simply want to be defiant while refusing to acknowledge the career of a man like Bruno. Instead of celebrating a legit legend getting a WWE HOF nod after years of waiting by his long suffering fans and who, just recently, overcame philosophical differences with WWE, many who follow me on Twitter used Bruno's induction announcement as another vehicle to drive ad nauseam the Macho Man HOF questions of the day.

You can read more at http://www.jrsbarbq.com/blog/jrs-raw-thoughts-and-bruno-sammartino-order-jrs-products-wweshopcom-american-soda-website.

Finally, Detroit native Kevin Nash Tweeted the following after

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