Just wanted to send out some information about tomorrow night’s Raw. If you’re looking for the Raw stars, well, they’re stuck in Europe. If you’ve been following the news, you know about the volcano story in Iceland which has messed up all European travel. Well, WWE has been on a two week European tour. The volcano already forced the the Raw and Smackdown brands to have to find alternate ways to get to the cities. Long and brutal rides and the talent is worn out to say the least. There is no way to put any kind of bad adjective on this travel that would do it justice. The Smackdown crew finally found a way to get home today so they are in the United States. They are already being sent to New Jersey for tomorrow night’s Raw with the likelihood that the Raw stars won’t be making it. So, Smackdown is likely taking over Raw. Flights have been banned from leaving the UK past the time of tomorrow’s Raw and there is talk that it might be mid week before that changes. Want an idea of how hard it was for the Smackdown crew to get home? Matt Hardy posted this on Twitter: “Here’s the deal-Wake up at 6 am Fri morn, prep, travel, & catch a train at 11 am (5 hrs) Uncomfortable train ride from Hannover, Germany to get the ONLY bus that would take us to Madrid, Spain (24 hrs) spent 18 torturous hours on that bus (42 hrs) to barely make our flight to the States which took almost 10 hrs (52 hrs) Clear customs, get to hotel and a bed took about 2 hrs (54 hrs total) Top that travel story guys!” Chris Jericho posted this on his Twitter: “Been 36 hours since I’ve seen a bed. No end in sight either…This trip is taking years off my career. I’m having my retirement match on Monday against Macgruber.. Our bus is about to break down. More redlights on the dash than a Christmas tree and the driver is on the phone while reading the manual.. The driver just crossed himself….lol!…The driver just took a shot of sauce! “ Twitter has been interesting to read with the superstars that I follow on there to read of their experiences. I do know that Mickie James is in the area up there as she posted a picture from New York City earlier so the Smackdown crew has arrived. As you can expect, WWE is going to have to scramble with this being the last Raw before Extreme Rules on Sunday. I feel so bad for all the talent cause they are worn out. I have nothing but respect for all the talent for what they go through to entertain the fans. With whoever you are seeing tomorrow night, make sure to give respect to all of them that are so tired and having to perform on live TV. Keep all of them and also the Raw talent in your prayers too cause they are stuck over there away from their families and are completely exhausted wanting to get home. This is one of the more wild stories that I’ve followed over the years and definitely the worst travel story.
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