Seth Green to Host Monday Night Raw

Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:00am EDT
 
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STAMFORD, Conn.--(Business Wire)--
Actor/writer/co-executive producer and co-creator of the Emmy-winning Robot
Chicken on Cartoon Network`s Adult Swim, Seth Green will be the first celebrity
guest host of Monday Night Raw. Green will take control this Monday, July 13, at
9pm/ET on USA Network. 

On June 22, Donald Trump, the "former owner" of Monday Night Raw, revealed that
the show would henceforth have a series of "special guest hosts." As the Raw
guest host, Seth Green will have full control over Monday Night Raw. He will be
able to arrange matches, dictate stipulations and manage the entire Raw roster
of Superstars and Divas. His decisions could impact fans and the upcoming Night
of Champions pay-per-view event. 

Seth Green and Matt Senreich, co-executive producer and co-creator of Robot
Chicken, will release the Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II DVD on Tuesday,
July 21 with any paper inside the DVD serving as an early entry voucher for the
Robot Chicken Skate Party Bus Tour launching August 1 with details on
www.adultswimpresents.com. WWE Superstar Triple H will be part of a sketch in
Robot Chicken`s season 4.5 premiere on Sunday, July 26 at 11:30pm/ET on Cartoon
Network`s Adult Swim with a sneak preview exclusively on Monday Night Raw.

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