[WWE] Details on DX DVD, Backstage News & More

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– PWInsider.com is confirming earlier reports taht Dean Malenko and Steve Keirn will likely be working as agents for the ECW brand. In other behind-the-scenes news, Greg Gagne will be helping with developmental talents and Tim Horner has also been hired as an agent.

– MSG Network, having recently lost Mets baseball in New York, will be adding musical events and classic footage – which may include wrestling – according to cable trade magazine Multichannel News. MSG is reportedly in negotiations for rights to this programming.

– PWInsider.com says that WWE developmental stars The Riggs Brothers were released a few weeks ago. They were competing in OVW.

– WWE is sending several officials to the Deep South developmental territory this week to likely scout talent, according to PWInsider.com.

– WrestlingObserver.com has reported extras that will be included on the new DX DVD:

(1) Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind RAW match for August 11, 1997
(2) HHH & Michaels vs. Mankind & Undertaker from the August 18, 1997 RAW (Rick Rude’s return)
(3) HHH vs. Bret Hart from the October 6, 1997 RAW (where Shawn Michaels picks his nose with the Canadian flag; a match originally booked to have HHH pin Hart, but since HHH wouldn’t be getting a title shot down the road, it got changed to a countout)
(4) HHH vs. Michaels (HHH lays down to give up the European title)
(5) Michaels vs. Undertaker from the 1998 Royal Rumble in San Jose (where Michaels’ career nearly ended, for some reason shown without the finish)
(6) HHH & New Age Outlaws & Savio Vega vs. Steve Austin & Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie (Terry Funk) & Owen Hart from the February 15, 1998 No Way Out PPV
(7) HHH beating Owen Hart for the European title on the March 17, 1998 RAW

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