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WWE HAS SIGNED FOUR WRESTLERS FROM THE PAST

WWE has announced that they are bringing in Rodney Mack, Marty Jannetty and Brad Armstrong for the next "several months" to "help younger talent develop their skills in the ring," which was something Vince McMahon talked about at his investors meeting yesterday.  They will be given a chance at a full time job with WWE based on how things work out after their return.

The company also announced that they have signed Henry Godwinn to a deal as well.  

VINCE MCMAHON SLAMS ECW, VINCE AND TRIPLE H DON'T DELIVER, COACH HAS A LONG DAY AHEAD, WWE WRESTLER ASKS FOR RELEASE AND MORE
by Dave Scherer 

For those who asked, the lowest rated quarter hour of Raw on Monday was the 10:45 segment, which of course featured Vince McMahon vs. Triple H in what he reportedly believes is the company's hottest feud (it seems the fans think differently).  The segment did a 3.3.  The overrun then rose to a 4.0, which was the highest rated segment on the show.

Speaking of Vince, Jeff Finger sent this. ... I was listening to the webcast of the WWE annual meeting and at the 33 minute 45 second mark someone asked a question about ECW and the direction Vince McMahon is taking it in. In Vince's answer he talked about the old ECW show and used the following comments: "ECW did not have much of a TV show." "It was more about vignettes." "It was like the wild wild west." "No logic to it whatsoever."  

Wow, I just went and listened to it.  I can't believe those words came out of Vince's mouth, especially given the state of his own creative.  No logic to it?  Wow hey pot, the kettle just called you black.  He also took the usual shots about ECW having a small loyal fan base that wasn't that great because they didn't support it.  You can hear the whole conference by clicking here.

Jeff Wirtheim sent this. ... This Saturday night, Coach and former FSU QB Chris Rix will be calling the Delaware State Hornets @ Northwestern State Demons (MEAC Conference NCAA Division I-AA) football game from Natchitoches, Louisiana. The game will be played at 7PM and televised on tape delay on CSTV at approximately 11PM eastern. The CSTV broadcast will be available through DirecTV (Channel 610) and Dish Network (Channel 152). In New York City on Time Warner Cable it can be found on Ch 455.

Coach obviously has a fun travel day on Sunday, getting to Toronto for the PPV.

Canadian indy group PCW sent out word today that WWE developmental wrestler Kenny Omega is back working for the group after asking for his release from his WWE developmental contract. He had been working in Deep South Wrestling but left because he wasn't able to work the kind of matches he wanted to work. He will face AJ Styles on PCW's show in Winnipeg next Thursday.

WPIX, the New York CW affiliate, has an interview up with Matt Hardy.  He was asked about possibly reuniting with Jeff in a tag team and he said it would definitely happen.  You can watch the interview by clicking here. ... Thanks to Jeff Sheridan for sending that along.

Here's a link to a story about Great Khali appearing in a music video.  Yes, I did just write that.  If you think that is amazing, check out this line from the story.  "The seven-foot-three-inch wrestler, whose actual name is Dalip Singh Rana, will star in the title song of Pahari pop singer Suresh Sharma's album 'Sawan Ko Aane Do', which is to release next month.  'The title song will feature the wrestling feats of the Great Khali,' said Sharma, who is also the lyricist and producer of the album."  His wrestling feats?

Miami.com has an interview up with diva search winner Layla El.  To read it, click here.

Vince McMahon's DVD is once again on top of the Billboard Recreational Sports list in the 9/23 issue.  WWE has the top four titles, with WrestleMania 22, The Bash 2006 and the DX video topping the chart.  TNA has one entry in the top ten with the Lockdown DVD.  To see the entire top ten, click here. ... Thanks to Mike Informer for his help with this item.

Devin Cutting sent this one. ... The September 14th edition of the Cambridge Times newspaper contains an article about Steve Corino. In the article, Corino talks about his career, his training seminars, the old ECW verses the new ECW and more. To read the article, click here. 

VINCE MCMAHON SAYS WWE.COM 'SUCKS', JIM ROSS COMMENTS ON TRISH STRATUS AND MORE
by Navdeep Ghali 

On the main WWE.com website, there is a picture of Vince McMahon with the headline reading “This site sucks.” It then provides a link to a video of Vince McMahon telling shareholders that their WWE.com website sucks. It also provides a link to Michael Cole, who is the Managing Editor of WWE.com, responding to Vince McMahon. Cole states some new ventures coming soon on WWE.com, saying “the web site does suck, compared to where we are going to take it, but it won’t suck for long. Wish I could say the same for the boss.” Cole then states “Let’s just say myself and everyone at WWE.com will be squarely in DX’s corner this Sunday. Oh and by the way, Triple H is right...” with a picture ending the article of “Vince Loves C***.” One thing is for sure and they got it right…because of this mix of kayfabe, storyline and reality on the site, WWE.com does truly suck. Pick the kind of site you’re going to be, and stick with it! Click here to see Cole’s response.

WWE.com also provides an article taking a look at Hell in a Cell matches, with quotes from Mick Foley, Kane, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, and the dead again, alive again Tim White. Click here to take a look.

Jim Ross also gives his weekly Superstar of the Week, picking the soon-to-retire Trish Stratus. Prior to talking about Trish, JR gives his thoughts on 9/11, the matches at Unforgiven, and Raw this past Monday at the Garden, including some interesting quotes, including “Umaga vs. Kane may be bowling shoe ugly,” “The Intercontinental Championship Match between Jeff Hardy and Johnny ‘Don’t Call Me Monday’ Nitro could turn into a crash and burn spectacular,” and “Paging Chris Masters… Paging Chris Masters… You left your Masterlock at baggage claim.” JR finally goes on to talk about Trish, stating nothing but good things. JR was the one who hired Trish 7 years ago, saying that “I have never regretted the day I signed her to the dotted line, ever, not even once.” You can tell by reading the article that JR is sad to see Trish go. Click here for the entire article.

You can order the Trish Stratus "100% Stratusfaction" DVD by clicking here.

UK fans can order the DVDs via http://www.wrestlingshopzone.com/.

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