{"id":1951,"date":"2009-08-05T15:47:11","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T19:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2009-08-05T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T20:08:37","slug":"smackdown-stars-status-mysterio-news-summerslam-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/08\/05\/smackdown-stars-status-mysterio-news-summerslam-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Is WWE Behind R-Truth?, Mysterio&#8217;s Status, SD, Summerslam Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; WWE officials are reportedly very high on the SmackDown! brand right now.  At the July 31 meeting, which featured the Summerslam card overhaul that has been discussed in recent reports, those present greatly put over CM Punk, Jeff Hardy, Cryme Tyme, Chris Jericho and John Morrison.  While RAW remains the flagship brand, the fact that recent SmackDown! episodes have drawn immense critical acclaim is not lost on WWE.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; The Pretty Ricky character is not dead, but Ron &#8220;R-Truth&#8221; Killings has lost some support from WWE&#8217;s creative team in recent weeks.  The feeling is that while he works hard and has great charisma, his old age (37) counters the youth-oriented focus of WWE&#8217;s star-building.  Nonetheless, Vince McMahon remains a big supporter; he &#8220;loves&#8221; the Pretty Ricky character.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; (This note contains details on a match announced at the SmackDown! tapings) Though Rey Mysterio was promised a committed Intercontinental Championship reign, which explains the &#8220;political&#8221; change to have Mysterio defeat Dolph Ziggler at Night of Champions, many still believe he will lose the belt at Summerslam (especially if WWE has Maria turn heel by costing Mysterio the match).  After having his frustration so notably expressed, however, Mysterio will likely still be booked well in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=\\rey mysterio&#038;iid=2674421\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/6\/b\/8\/c\/Jericho_defends_his_8707.jpg?adImageId=2107114&#038;imageId=2674421\" width=\"320\" height=\"452\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"Jericho defends his cruiserweight belt against Rey Mysterio Jr\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter<\/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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is WWE Behind R-Truth?, Mysterio&#039;s Status, SD, Summerslam Plans<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-- WWE officials are reportedly very high on the SmackDown! brand right now. 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