sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, www.pwtorch.com
— In case you haven’t noticed, Kane has not appeared on television since the May 1st edition of Friday Night SmackDown. While he hasn’t been used as of late, he’s not sitting out with an injury. Creative simply doesn’t have any ideas for him at the moment after moving him to SmackDown in the Draft two months ago.
Kane is scheduled to go on a promotional tour on behalf of WWE in India this week, making a number of appearances in Mumbai on Thursday and Friday.
— Neither Matt Striker or World Wrestling Entertainment have yet to publicly comment on the alleged nude photos of the ECW color commentator, which surfaced on a celebrity gossip website two weeks ago. The images have actually been online for a few years, but are just now getting attention.
While Striker has been teased by his co-workers and given some nicknames as a result of the ordeal, he is not expected to face any repercussions from company officials.
One former co-worker of Striker’s commented on the situation saying: “Half the girls there have nude photos online. So who cares?”
— Former WWE announcer Jonathan Coachman, who now works as a news anchor for ESPN, has been telling friends he came up with the idea for the WWE Superstars to sport basketball jerseys for the ten-man tag match on Raw two weeks ago.
In a related note, one WWE star was quoted as saying: “I had totally forgotten the game was on until I saw the jerseys. And then I said, ‘Oh, s**t, the game is on!'”
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