[WWE] New Signing, Kurt & Rob in ECW & More

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– PWInsider.com is reporting that WWE has signed Sylvester “Predator” Turkay, who made his WWE debut at a dark match last night on RAW. He was part of WWE’s developmental program in the past, and has also worked for Rick Bassman’s UPW promotion and for ZERO-ONE as well as doing MMA matches. The former NCAA Division I National Heavyweight Champion out of North Carolina State — rumored to be heading to ECW although nothing is final — placed second in the 1995 Championships to none other than Kurt Angle who, in his 2001 book, said this about the wrestler: Turkay is “275 mountain of muscle. He has seventy-eight pins during his college career. During the tournament he pinned every opponent in an average of just over a minute. Basically, he went in, tied ’em up and pinned ’em. This guy was an animal” and his win over Turkay was “a match people in amateur wrestling still talk about; the day David beat Goliath.”

– WWE.com has announced that The Undertaker will address his Judgment Day loss to Khali on Piper’s Pit this Friday.

– WWE.com has added Beth Phoenix, Johnny Nitro and Melina to the RAW Superstars page and removed Rob Van Dam, who was moved over to the ECW Superstars page. Kurt Angle was moved from the SD page to ECW’s.

– When asked about Viscera’s marriage proposal from last week’s RAW, Lilian Garcia told WWE.com: “Don’t you guys have any feelings? Don’t you have any emotions? Viscera was just involved in a terrible battle with Umaga tonight on RAW … I just hope he didn’t get hurt too bad. I hope he’s okay. As for the other stuff, that’s personal! I don’t want to discuss that right now.”

– A story on Kurt Angle’s move to ECW has been posted on ECW.com.

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