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Triple H announced that Punk, in storyline, has re-signed with WWE effective Monday. HHH will address the WWE Title situation on Monday’s RAW.<\/p>\n
It should be noted that while all indications are that WWE will have a title re-unification match at Summerslam, that bout is not yet listed on WWE’s official Summerslam card.<\/p>\n
— Also on the show: Triple H reveals that Zack Ryder will serve as Theodore Long’s on-air assistant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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