WWE’s New Saturday Morning TV Show + Latest ‘Are You Serious?’

– WWE has house shows for both their RAW and SmackDown brands today. The SmackDown show is in Taipei, Taiwan and is the last stop of their four-show international tour. Sheamus vs. Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio for the World Title is the main event, with other matches including Rey Mysterio vs. Kane and a ten-man battle royal that will include Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston, Yoshi Tatsu and Santino Marella. Meanwhile, the RAW show is in Texarkana, Arkansas and has a main event of John Cena vs. Tensai.

– WWE RAW General Manager AJ Lee recently tweeted about WWE’s new Saturday morning TV show. She tweeted the following: “August 25: ‘WWE Saturday Morning Slam’ premieres at 10 am on @MyVortexx on the @CW_Net. This may finally be my chance to meet Ash Ketchum.”

– This week’s episode of “Are You Serious?” on WWE on YouTube features a clip of the One Man Gang becoming reborn as Akeem, “the African Dream,” while an African ritual takes place in the background. Road Dogg says of the character, “Or if you prefer, One Man Gang in a muumuu.” Josh Mathews adds regarding his ensemble, “Somewhere in Ohio, a family of four is missing their tablecloth.” Also featured are clips of Kane attacking baseball great Pete Rose and Vladimir Kozlov failing to properly hurl himself over the ring ropes during a match on Raw last year. Mathews says of the awkward spot, “Man, Kozlov just couldn’t get over anywhere, huh?”