WWE Smackdown Preview, News, Injury Report & Rumors: CM Punk Dismisses Rumors, Nikki Bella To Judge Beauty Contest, And Possible Summerslam Spoilers

For the last WWE Friday Night Smackdown this Friday before WWE Payback on Sunday, the card looks to be stacked with big and pivotal matches.

WWE Smackdown's non-spoiler preview: Sheamus vs. Antonio Cesaro, The Great Khali vs. Heath Slater, Albert Del Rio and Chris Jericho against Dolph Ziggler and Big E. Langston, WWE Diva's champion Kaitlyn vs. Aksana (non-title), Intercontinental champion Wade Barrett vs. Curtis Axel (non-title), The Shield vs. Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan.

CM Punk, who has been out of action since April, shot down rumors he was changing his theme song - Living Colour's "Cult of Personality". The confusion began after lead singer, Lars Frederiksen, of the punk band, Rancid," invited Punk (both are close friends) onstage at their Detroit show and joked about writing his new theme song. Punk is set to make his return this weekend, in his hometown of Chicago, at the "Payback" pay-per-view event.

Former WWE and TNA star, Bobby Lashley (8-2 MMA) was victories in his return to mixed martial arts, defeating Kevin Asplund in the Titan Fighting Championship 25 via a submission with key lock, in early in second round.

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson made his debut on TNA's "Impact Wrestling" and came to face-to-face with Kurt Angle. You can watch video by clicking here.

Nikki Bella will serve as a celebrity judge on Sunday's Miss Universe contest which airs Sunday night, 9 PM on NBC. Nikki will join NeNe Leakes, Christina Milian, Bob Harper (The Biggest Loser), and Wendie Malick (Hot in Cleveland) on the panel.

WWE has signed a new digital comic book deal with Papercutz to produce graphic novels Novel can be turned in whenever..

Last Friday's WWE Smackdown drew a 1.91 rating with 2.67 million people watching the show. The numbers up 3% and 9% from the previous two weeks respectively. This week's Monday Night Raw drew a 3.04 rating, up 14% from last weeks year-low 2.66 rating. The third hour averaged about 3.992 million viewers. This is the best ratings for the show since April 29th.

Curtis Axel's WWE theme, titled "Reborn," was released on iTunes this week. You can check that out here.

John Cena will appear on the cover of the July issue of WWE Magazine. Click here for sneak peak at the cover.

WWE Hall of Famer, Tito Santana was featured in CBS This Morning, regarding his life post-wrestling career. You can view video here.

Rey Myserio's return has been postponed until August, after another surgery was performed on him. The Big Show will also be sidelined with an undisclosed injury but will return in mid-July. Tamina has been confirmed to be suffering a concussion, after her match with Natalya. Tamina will not return to action until after she passes an ImPACT concussion test before she comes back, as part of the WWE's new concussion policies. Tamina will be checked for post-concussion syndrome (headaches, nausea, disorientation) and can return to action once she is cleared by doctors.

Chris Jericho will go on tour with his band, Fozzy, is set to go on a European tour, from August 7th to August 18^th. Fozzy is also scheduled to tour from September 12th to October 10th. Jericho will be unavailable for SummerSlam.

The following are rumored to be following matches for this year's Summerslam PPV (SPOILERS):

• Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns versus Kane and The Undertaker. If The Undertaker cannot wrestle, Sheamus and Randy Orton may take go up against the members of the The Shield.

• Big E. Langston against either Big Show or Mark Henry.

• If Rey Mysterio is available, expect to see him against United States Champion Dean Ambrose or Jack Swagger.

• Randy Orton may face off against versus Ryback despite rumors of a heel turn.

• John Cena will defend his title against Daniel Bryan.