Source - Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Stephanie McMahon blew up before the No Mercy pay-per-view a few weeks ago regarding Chris Jericho being revealed as the SAVEUS campaign. She was really interested in keeping the return a surprise, thus was very upset it leaked. Her reaction was to run all the company cell phone records of the writing team as well as do a forensic check of their computers and e-mails.
This is not the first time this has happened, as events have led to this in the past, but they did not find a guilty party. Some writers were using their company cell phones to make excessive private calls and they got reamed for it. Several of the writers were said to be upset because they have been under added stress recently with having to completely re-write the No Mercy pay-per-view one week before the show due to John Cena being injured. They felt it was not fair they were getting blamed for the information being leaked.
Stephanie is now talking about revising contracts that would disallow creative team members to speak out publicly and to specifically state that they don't have any ownership to their ideas. She also wants their contracts to ban them from being able to talk publicly after they are no longer with the company, about their experience with the company, or talk about the impressions of talent or anyone they met in the company. This would keep someone from going to TNA and sharing their WWE ideas.
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Source: PWInsider.com
- It is interesting to note that neither Mick Foley nor Steve Austin have done anything to promote their potential appearance at this weekend’s Cyber Sunday pay-per-view as the guest referee in the Batista vs. Undertaker World Title bout. JBL, who was added to the mix after Vince McMahon got made at Roddy Piper, has campaigned very hard. While the fan’s choice seems rather obvious, it will be interesting to see if anything is done at tonight’s SmackDown tapings (the final edition before Cyber Sunday) regarding Mick Foley or Steve Austin.
- Last week’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown ended up doing a 2.7 broadcast rating on the CW Network. That number is up from recent weeks.
- Percy Pringle (a/k/a Paul Bearer) will make an appearance on tonight’s edition of In Your Head Wrestling Radio at 7 pm Eastern. For more details go to InYourHeadOnline.com.
- WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart quietly divorced his second wife Cinzia a few weeks ago. Cinzia and her family live in Italy. Although Bret did spend a lot of time in her native country, he did not want to spend the rest of his life there and Cinzia refused to live anywhere else.
- The main event for tonight's ECW on Sci-Fi will be Kane vs. Big Daddy V.
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WWE has just announced that a Divas Halloween Costume Contest will take place next Sunday at Cyber Sunday. Candice, Maria, Mickie James, Melina, Jillian, Lilian Garcia, Victoria, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly and Layla are scheduled to participate in the contest. Here is the official preview:
Preview: Divas Halloween Costume Contest
October 28, 2007
Cyber Sunday is already your dream come true as you get to decide the matches and stipulations for several of your favorite WWE Superstars. But your every desire may also come true at Cyber Sunday as the Divas will be dressed up for a Halloween Costume Contest – and YOU get to make an impact on the contest.
Divas and costumes are not new to Cyber Sunday. In 2004 and 2005, then-Women’s Champion Trish Stratus won Fulfill Your Fantasy Divas Battle Royals where all the ladies dressed up as school girls and in lingerie, respectively.
Who knows how the Divas will dress this year at Cyber Sunday? The following Divas from Raw, SmackDown and ECW are expected to participate in this year's Halloween Contest: Candice, Maria, Mickie James, Melina, Jillian, Lilian Garcia, Victoria, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly and Layla.
Check back later this week on WWE.com as more information is revealed. The power is yours – vote often and see how the Divas fulfill your fantasy at Cyber Sunday on Oct. 28.
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Stephanie McMahon blew up before the No Mercy pay-per-view a few weeks ago regarding Chris Jericho being revealed as the SAVEUS campaign. She was really interested in keeping the return a surprise, thus was very upset it leaked. Her reaction was to run all the company cell phone records of the writing team as well as do a forensic check of their computers and e-mails.
This is not the first time this has happened, as events have led to this in the past, but they did not find a guilty party. Some writers were using their company cell phones to make excessive private calls and they got reamed for it. Several of the writers were said to be upset because they have been under added stress recently with having to completely re-write the No Mercy pay-per-view one week before the show due to John Cena being injured. They felt it was not fair they were getting blamed for the information being leaked.
Stephanie is now talking about revising contracts that would disallow creative team members to speak out publicly and to specifically state that they don't have any ownership to their ideas. She also wants their contracts to ban them from being able to talk publicly after they are no longer with the company, about their experience with the company, or talk about the impressions of talent or anyone they met in the company. This would keep someone from going to TNA and sharing their WWE ideas.
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Source: PWInsider.com
- It is interesting to note that neither Mick Foley nor Steve Austin have done anything to promote their potential appearance at this weekend’s Cyber Sunday pay-per-view as the guest referee in the Batista vs. Undertaker World Title bout. JBL, who was added to the mix after Vince McMahon got made at Roddy Piper, has campaigned very hard. While the fan’s choice seems rather obvious, it will be interesting to see if anything is done at tonight’s SmackDown tapings (the final edition before Cyber Sunday) regarding Mick Foley or Steve Austin.
- Last week’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown ended up doing a 2.7 broadcast rating on the CW Network. That number is up from recent weeks.
- Percy Pringle (a/k/a Paul Bearer) will make an appearance on tonight’s edition of In Your Head Wrestling Radio at 7 pm Eastern. For more details go to InYourHeadOnline.com.
- WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart quietly divorced his second wife Cinzia a few weeks ago. Cinzia and her family live in Italy. Although Bret did spend a lot of time in her native country, he did not want to spend the rest of his life there and Cinzia refused to live anywhere else.
- The main event for tonight's ECW on Sci-Fi will be Kane vs. Big Daddy V.
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WWE has just announced that a Divas Halloween Costume Contest will take place next Sunday at Cyber Sunday. Candice, Maria, Mickie James, Melina, Jillian, Lilian Garcia, Victoria, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly and Layla are scheduled to participate in the contest. Here is the official preview:
Preview: Divas Halloween Costume Contest
October 28, 2007
Cyber Sunday is already your dream come true as you get to decide the matches and stipulations for several of your favorite WWE Superstars. But your every desire may also come true at Cyber Sunday as the Divas will be dressed up for a Halloween Costume Contest – and YOU get to make an impact on the contest.
Divas and costumes are not new to Cyber Sunday. In 2004 and 2005, then-Women’s Champion Trish Stratus won Fulfill Your Fantasy Divas Battle Royals where all the ladies dressed up as school girls and in lingerie, respectively.
Who knows how the Divas will dress this year at Cyber Sunday? The following Divas from Raw, SmackDown and ECW are expected to participate in this year's Halloween Contest: Candice, Maria, Mickie James, Melina, Jillian, Lilian Garcia, Victoria, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly and Layla.
Check back later this week on WWE.com as more information is revealed. The power is yours – vote often and see how the Divas fulfill your fantasy at Cyber Sunday on Oct. 28.
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