Cena Winning ESPN Poll, Final SD Event Lineup, USA News, McCool and More

Brian Reiss sent the following…. I'm a "fan" of ESPN Sportsnation on facebook, and over the last several weeks or so, they've been running a poll for their 1st annual "Awesomest Dude Of The Year" award. And in the final stretch, John Cena is in the lead with 28% of the votes (4,302 for Cena to be exact). Right behind Cena is Landon Donovan with 22% (3,302 votes).

WWE told local media that the Abilene, Texas house show was can canceled due to scheduling conflicts and won't be rescheduled. Hey, remember when WWE was all upset about those NBA conflicts messing with their Raw taping and their loyal audience and what a terrible thing it was? Good to see they'd never do that to their loyal audience!

Multichannel News featured a piece on USA Network maintaining their five year reign as the top cable network. The Disney Channel and ESPN were second and third.

Michelle McCool was granted the week off, minus Tuesday's Smackdown taping.

The final Smackdown live event of the year will take place tonight in East Rutherford, NJ at the IZOD Center with the following card:

*World champion Edge vs. CM Punk vs. Kane

*Battle Royal with the winner facing Intercontinental champion Dolph Ziggler.

*Rey Mysterio vs. Alberto Del Rio.

*Natalya & Beth Phoenix vs. Layla El & Naomi – Santa’s Little Helper Match.

*Chris Masters vs. Jack Swagger.

*Kelly Kelly appearing as guest host.

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