Bob Barker’s WWE RAW Appearance Leads to Death Rumors, Maria, Gail

– WWE.com’s website photo updates for September 8: A new Maria gallery entitled “Lip Service;” William Regal is Superstar of the Day, Gail Kim is Daily Diva.

– Bob Barker’s guest hosting gig on Monday’s WWE RAW sparked rumors that the television legend had passed away.

Barker, hardly a frequent subject of Internet gossip, quickly shot to the top of Twitter’s “Trending Topics” list, which led those unfamiliar with his RAW appearance to assume the famed former “Price is Right” host had died (a scenario that would have explained the high level of Tweeting).

At press time (12:45AM EST), much of the volume involved Twitter users expressing happiness that Barker had not, in fact, passed on (as was known to those who saw him on RAW). Interestingly, there still were sporadic Tweets from users operating under the incorrect assumption that Barker had suffered an unfortunate death.