[WWE] More on ECW Revival, Update on Holly & More

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– Following the Sunday RAW house show in Cardiff, Whales, the babyfaces celebrated John Cena’s birthday.

– PWTorch.com is reporting that — according to Bruce Mitchell’s Friday VIP Audio Update — Sandman, Sabu, Balls Mahoney, Francine, Lance Storm and Justin Credible have so far been talked to by WWE about getting ECW contracts. When the brand is revived, the unsigned ECW alumni along with current WWE superstars Rob Van Dam, Kid Kash, Super Crazy, Johnny Swinger, and possibly Al Snow are expected to be part of ECW, while Steve Corino has denied he has been in talks with WWE. According to the Torch — in an update on a story reported here today, the contracts will begin before ECW One Night Stand, go through the PPV, and end up as either a faction on RAW and/or Smackdown, its own weekly TV show, and/or most likely as an online entity. Paul Heyman will be the on-air and behind-the-scenes head of ECW, while it is rumored that Joey Styles will be the announcer, with Jim Ross returning to the RAW announce team. The Torch also says that the downside contracts being offered are typical of RAW and SD contracts.

– PWInsider.com is reporting the following, from Hardcore Holly’s message board:

Here’s the latest on Bob’s situation…

The staph infection he got in the ring around August of last year turned into MSRA , they thought they had cured it, but when he had surgery on his right elbow in February it came back full force landing him back in the hospital in March. Everything seemed to be going ok until around the 7th or 8th of April when he came down with what we thought was a bad case of the flu (fever, chills, and then his arm began to swell). We went back to the doctor and he was admitted directly to the hospital that night and emergency surgery was scheduled the next morning. We stayed in the hospital until they put a PIC line in and got the results of the cultures back from surgery showing it was indeed still the MSRA which had gotten into his blood and also embedded his elbow joint. Unfortunately the only antibiotic that will probably get rid of it once and for all has to be administered by IV once every 12 hours for about the next 6 weeks. He has been on and off antibiotics since September of last year fighting this infection when he first got it, which really created a super strain infection resistant to everything they have given him. Now we are fighting along with that damage to other organs probably caused from such strong meds. They are monitoring him closely here at home, taking blood every other day now, delivering the medication to us daily, and at least trying to let him be here instead of at the hospital. The results on Friday were a little scary and they started him on an additional medication because his platelet level and potassium level were very high. Hopefully things will start to turn around and they will get this all out of his system without any long term damage to his kidneys.

We encourage all Bob Holly fans to support Bob in this tough time! Any cards or anything from fans to cheer him up would be great! He is so ready to be back in the ring and all of this is very disheartening. He is a fighter and wants to be back to the ring and like I said we encourage you to drop Bob a note. The website (www.bobhollyacademy.com) has the address! Thanks everyone!

We wish Bob the best during this time, including a quick recovery.

Credit: PWInsider.com, PWTorch.com, WrestlingObserver.com

Matthew Michaels is editor emeritus of Pulse Wrestling, and has been since the site launched.