With regards to the recent WWE releases, it seems that Chris “Braden Walker†Harris had some backstage heat due to a perceived attitude problem. That would seem to indicate Harris thought considerably more of America’s Most Wanted than most people in WWE did. When he was in TNA he had been getting heat there for complaining on a regular basis. Word is that TNA were happy to hear he had been cut from WWE, since it reminds their guys that sometimes they are better off staying where they are.
It would seem unlikely that Shannon Moore will be returning to TNA, although never say never. He was friends with Jeff Jarrett, which is how he joined TNA in the first place, but when he was working there he was not under contract. They put him over A.J. Styles on TV, so he contacted WWE, told them that he had just been put over one of TNA’s top guys but was free to jump ship immediately, and so WWE went for it. Chances are that Moore’s TNA bridges are still burnt.
Incidentally, Tomko was backstage at Smackdown last week after having left TNA.
Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, 18 August 2008 (click here for subscription info)
