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8/25 AFTERNOON UPDATE: Raw tonight, TNA roster member no longer interested in fighting?, WWE/2K Sports, ROH star "suspended," DDP & Jake, Sabu, Duggan, Joey Ryan/ALS, more

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MONDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE...

-WWE Raw tonight begins the re-building process for John Cena after taking a beating and title loss at the hands of Brock Lesnar at Summerslam.

-TNA roster member King Mo says he thinks fellow Bellator MMA fighter Rampage Jackson's heart is not into fighting anymore. Jackson's last fight was a controversial victory over King Mo in May.

-WWE and 2K Sports announced over 1.5 million downloads of the new "WWE SuperCard" mobile game in its first week. Why can't WWE get similar results for WWE Network? Caldwell breaks down the App game vs. Network subs HERE - http://bit.ly/1tCOx7E

-Ring of Honor "suspended" Tommaso Ciampa following "Death Before Dishonor" over the weekend. The storyline is that Ciampa crossed the line attacking ring crew and ring announcer Bobby Cruise following his ROH Title loss against Michael Elgin Saturday in Chicago.

-Diamond Dallas Page and Jake Roberts, plus The Boogeyman, have been announced for "Epic-Con" in Ohio in October. The event takes place at the Montgomery Co. Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio Oct. 24-26.

-Sabu was announced for Jersey Championship Wrestling's J-Cup in November.

-"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan covered a lot of ground on his career in a live podcast interview with wrestling announcer Kevin Gill. Video is at PWTorch.com.

-Video: Joey Ryan has a twist on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by starting an auction for who will dump water over his head. The amount of the winning bid will go to ALS.

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