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REY MYSTERIO'S FUTURE, SMACKDOWN PANEL, JIM ROSS T-SHIRTS LAUNCHED, AUSTIN FILMING NEW SERIES AND MORE NEWS

Rey Mysterio was not at WWE TV this week, which has brought about a new round of discussion about his WWE future. I believe his deal expires in a few months. There's been a lot of people waiting to see if he remains or not. As we've noted in the Elite section of PWInsider.com, there's been talk of interest in the AAA TV series that will air on the El Rey Network this Fall in using Mysterio if he chooses to leave WWE. Konnan, who goes back a long way with Rey obviously, is heavily involved with the series, which is scheduled to begin shooting TV this summer in Los Angeles.

This week's panel for the WWE Network Smackdown-related material is Josh Mathews, Hacksaw Duggan, Booker T and Alex Riley.

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is now selling t-shirts featuring some of his famous calls and more at PodcastTees.com.

Steve Austin's "Broken Skull Challenge" reality series will begin filming this week for CMT.

Former TNA Knockout Sarah "Sarita" Stock was also at Raw on Monday.

Cody Rhodes noted on Twitter that his cousin, Berkley Ottman, was at Raw working as a timekeeper under WWE's Mark Eaton. Ottman is the son of Fred Ottman, the former Typhoon and Tugboat, and is Rhodes' cousin. He's been working in NXT for some time.

Speaking of NXT, they have a live event Friday 3/7 in Lakeland, Florida.

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