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WWE RELEASES ECW ORIGINAL 
by Mike Johnson

World Wrestling Entertainment released ECW original Francine earlier today, so expect an official announcement at any time. No word yet on what led to the decision, although they had used her fleetingly on TV since the ECW brand was re-launched. 

ANOTHER WWE RELEASE 
by Mike Johnson 

Gunner Scott (Brent Albright), who was one of the focal stars pushed in Ohio Valley Wrestling under Paul Heyman's regime as booker, and later appeared for several months on the Smackdown roster was released today by World Wrestling Entertainment. 

Scott had been sent back down to OVW for seasoning last June after being told that he wasn't connecting with the audience, although to be fair, he wasn't given much to work with creatively at the time. 

LEGENDARY BOOKER RETURNS TO WWE

Pat Patterson has returned to WWE as a "producer", which is what an agent used to be called.  

WWE has a very interesting article on Patterson's battle with a dangerous medical condition that you can read by clicking here.

PRE-SALE PASSWORD FOR SURVIVOR SERIES TICKETS, WHICH GO ON SALE TODAY

Pre-sale of tickets for next month's Survivor Series PPV went on sale today at 10 a.m. and continue until tomorrow night at 10 p.m.  Tickets for the show, which will take place at The Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, will be sold at www.comcasttix.com instead of Ticketmaster due to the fact that show is being held in a Comcast-owned building.

We have been told of two passwords to get your tickets early.  They are: WWESS and WWES.

Thanks to everyone who sent that along.

WWE TIES IN WITH HIT NBC SERIES, NEWS ON RATINGS, JIM ROSS, JOHN CENA AND MORE

NBC’s Deal or No Deal game show has issued an open casting call for contestants on the show to WWE fans before Sunday's Supershow at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.  They will be screening people from 6:30 to 7:30.

Jim Ross has posted his latest blog on his website.  In it, he talks about meeting up with Dr. Death Steve Williams over the weekend.  To read it, click here.

You can read a very detailed report of John Cena's appearance on the Howard Stern show from yesterday at www.marksfriggin.com.

Mike K sent this link, which goes to Media Life's weekly look at the cable ratings for the week ending on 10/8.

You can preorder the upcoming AWA and Roddy Piper DVD sets from Highspots.com.

DX VANDALS STRIKE, RODDY PIPER COMING TO NEW YORK, DVD NOTES AND MORE
by Buck Woodward

Devin Cutting sent along the following. ... WNEP 16 is reporting that vandals spray-painted "DX" all over the city of Lock Haven this past Monday and Tuesday night. The article about it can be read online here.

Click here to check out a pretty cool clip of John Cena vs. Kurt Angle from the new Smackdown vs. Raw video game.  Thanks to everyone who sent it along. 

Ringside Collectibles announced that Rowdy Roddy Piper has been added to the Ringside Fest event in New York City on Saturday, November 4th.  Kevin Nash, X-Pac and Jimmy Snuka will also be appearing at the event.  Visit www.Ringsidefest.com for more information.

Joe Leverence sent along the following "Guess who isn't a wrestling fan?" moment. ... Last night during the Oakland A's game, the announcers mentioned the fact that Jason Kendall's favorite wrestler was Stone Cold Steve Austin. One of the announcers went on to say their favorite wrestler was George "The Animal" Smith, whose son is Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis.

WWE NOTES ON HULK HOGAN, KING BOOKER, BIG SHOW AND MORE
by Steven Fernandes

WWE.com have the entire episode of the new WWE 24/7 show "Legends of Wrestling" spotlighting Hulk Hogan at the website Click here to check it out.

Also, they have an article about WWE fans can tryout for the game show "Deal or No Deal", before the Supershow taping, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm PT Click here for more.

Plus they have an article with King Booker's comments on the Cyber Sunday Main Event with additional comments from Vito and Matt Hardy who say that although they aren't fans of Booker, they will be rooting for him and if he doesn't win, they and the rest of the SD locker room will be getting in his face. Click here for more.

Big Show also gives his take on the PPV, with Test and RVD adding their comments as well. They don't threaten to confront him if he loses, but they will be disappointed. Test adds he put his "career aspirations" on hold to be part of ECW and he is being groomed by Paul Heyman and Big Show to be the future champion of ECW.. I'd like to know what those career aspirations where? Click here for the article.

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