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Updated WWE Raw Reunion List with Several Female Superstars, Shawn Michaels Guest Commentary on Smackdown

By John Canton • Published 19th July 2019
TJR Wrestling

The list of names taking part in WWE’s “Raw Reunion” on Monday in Tampa continues to grow by the day. When it was officially announced, they didn’t have any female superstars listed, but now there are several of them. The graphic above comes from WWEShop.com so that’s the official group of Raw Reunion attendees for now.

Booker T
Candice Michelle
Christian
D-Von Dudley
Eric Bischoff
Eve Torres
Gerald Brisco
Hulk Hogan
Hurricane Helms
Jonathon Coachman
Jerry Lawler
Jillian Hall
Jimmy Hart
Kaitlyn
Kelly Kelly
Kevin Nash
Kurt Angle
Mark Henry
Melina
Mick Foley
Pat Patterson
Ric Flair
Rikishi
Road Dogg
Ron Simmons
Santino Marella
Scott Hall
Sgt. Slaughter
Shawn Michaels
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin
Ted DiBiase Sr.
The Boogeyman
The Godfather
Triple H
X-Pac

Here’s the latest commercial:

Some other notes:

– Big names like John Cena and The Rock are not listed, but they could surprise us and show up. Cena lives in Tampa where Raw Reunion will be and Rock has a home in Florida too, so it’s possible.

– Alicia Fox is on the graphic even though she’s an active WWE superstar and has been for 11 years. I asked a few people in WWE that know Fox well and they had no idea why she was on the graphic. Let’s just call it an error.

– Sid Vicious was on a list of names earlier in the week, but he’s not on the graphic, so I assume he’s out.

– There will be no Billy Gunn with Degeneration X because he works for All Elite Wrestling now.

– There are several notable names not on there like Trish Stratus, Lita, Torrie Wilson and The Bella Twins. Edge isn’t on there even though his best friend Christian is. Edge’s wife Beth Phoenix also isn’t on there and she works for WWE as an announcer on NXT. There are several other names from the past that could be there, but they’re not on the graphic and may miss the show. Why? That’s not known. I guess they have to limit the guest list at some point.

– Melina is back on a WWE show for the first time in eight years.

It will be great to see Melina on WWE TV again. She was awesome.

– Scott Hall, Christian, Eric Bischoff and Alundra Blayze (aka Madusa) tweeted about appearing at Raw Reunion.

https://twitter.com/SCOTTHALLNWO/status/1151965786614980611

* In other WWE news from earlier today, Shawn Michaels announced that he is going to be a guest announcer on Smackdown next week in addition to being on Raw Reunion.

I speculated on Twitter that maybe Michaels is doing commentary on Smackdown as a tryout for when Smackdown moves to Fox in October. We all know how important Smackdown on Fox is going to be to WWE, so it wouldn’t surprise me if WWE wanted some bigger names working on Smackdown. Michaels has a lot of credibility as one of the best wrestlers in WWE history, so when he says something on commentary, the fans are going to buy into it.

I don’t know if it’s a tryout, but I definitely think it’s possible. Perhaps Corey Graves won’t be on two shows anymore. Maybe Byron Saxton will be replaced by Michaels. I don’t know. I’m just saying when Smackdown is on Fox, I expect WWE to make some changes in all aspects of the company.