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Regarding the recent departure of WWE NXT talent Shaun "Slate Randall" Ricker, it was said by a NXT source that Ricker had by far the most potential of all the recent releases. However, Ricker's release is said to be a different situation than some of the other cuts which were due to them not being what WWE wanted or because of the talents not progressing. It was said that Ricker had the charisma WWE wanted but there was an issue that came up with him sending an e-mail that got him buried in the company. We don't know what the details of that e-mail were but another developmental source noted that some things Ricker wrote on his Twitter was not what WWE wanted.

Regarding WWE signing Kevin Steen, The Wrestling Observer reports that it's said that WWE officials do recognize Steen as a significant addition to their roster

Former WWE announcer Hugo Savinovich, who works for Mexico's AAA promotion now, did an interview with kgb-wrestling.com yesterday and said Rey Mysterio will be coming to AAA once he solves his current contract dispute with WWE. He also confirmed that Alberto Del Rio will be appearing at AAA's TripleMania event on Sunday.

PWInsider reports that there has been talk lately of Rob Van Dam taking another break from WWE after SummerSlam.

If Spike TV ends up taking TNA off the air, they won't be going out of business immediately as they still have to film material for overseas contracts so they won't breach those deals. TNA officials been working with the United Talent Agency to evaluate their current live event strategy. There could be changes coming to how TNA's live events are routed and presented.

WWE has stopped doing the "second screen experience" for WWE Main Event on the App. This could be another budget cutback.