Trish Stratus is up for a lead role for a new reality TV show in which celebrities become law enforcement officers. The police department of Muncie, IN will be working with the producers should the show get picked up. Other names mentioned are Jack Osbourne and Erik Estrada.
Vince McMahon has been putting pressure on Raw and Smackdown head writers Brian Gerwitz and Michael Hayes to give the two shows a more distinctive feel. He wants Gerwitz to model Raw on the late ’90s and Hayes to model Smackdown on the late ’80s.
Shane McMahon was the person pushing hard for WWE and Pride to make a deal as he is a big MMA fan. In the early years of UFC there was even talk of the WWF purchasing the group and having Shane run it. As it stands it is very unlikely that WWE will bother doing anything with Pride, particularly as Bob Sapp would not be able to work as a wrestler full-time.
It is still unclear which WWE brand Monty Brown will be a part of. Heyman pushed for him to join ECW first, while some feel Brown would be better on Smackdown as it is taped, and others feel that since ECW has Lashley and Smackdown has MVP they should add another young African-American to Raw since they are never going to push Shelton Benjamin significantly.
SPOILER for Survivor Series….
There is now serious talk of Batista defending the World Heavyweight Title against The Undertaker at WrestleMania, putting the belt up against the winning streak. Vince McMahon has okayed the idea and, so far, the plan would include putting Batista over.
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