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Originally Posted by TNA President Dixie Carter issued the following statement today: “IMPACT WRESTLING will remain a vital part of Spike TV's programming on Wednesday nights, 9/8c, through the end of the year. Negotiations remain ongoing beyond this time frame.”

Originally Posted by Observer Kurt Angle made inquiries recently about coming in and was pretty much blown off. Mark Madden reported, and we were able to confirm with a couple of sources, that Angle spoke to HHH and was pretty much blown off. Angle then called Vince McMahon, but McMahon, playing good cop/bad cop, said that HHH makes the talent decisions. Madden reported that HHH wasn’t happy that Angle tried to go over his head. Angle pushed the idea of returning on a schedule similar to what Michaels worked his last several years, where he’d come in for specific shows and work very limited house show dates. Angle, 45 had told Madden that he felt he could do at most eight dates per month. Vince still seems pretty adamant about it not being worth the risk, saying in the past that absolutely nothing is worth putting the company in the position where an Olympic hero dies on their watch, because of the negative news stories that would follow.

The WWE Network launch with Rogers Communications in Canada has been a success so far, exceeding expectations that WWE officials had. While some fans have expressed frustration with the WWE Net Pak Rogers offers, people are still signing up. There was some concern that the $11.99 price point and the limited on-demand content may be a problem for sales but so far that's not the case.

Originally Posted by F4W As we've seen in the media lately, Hulk Hogan has been talking about making a comeback and wrestling another match for WWE. Apparently there's nothing official in the works and Hogan is just working his own angle or "going into business for himself." Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter noted recently that Hogan is hoping to land a match against Steve Austin or John Cena at WrestleMania 31.

The segment with Mark Henry and Rusev at Monday's RAW from Las Vegas was written into the script late in the afternoon during re-writes. PWInsider reports that it was a late decision and not something planned ahead of time, but it looks as if the two will be feuding. There were a lot of re-writes to Monday's show, more than usual.

Originally Posted by Observer He [Del Rio] said that his contract expired in February 2015, and he was considering leaving WWE at that time before this happened. He said that he and his wife at first decided against suing to get his job back because he was going to leave anyway, but when he got the termination letter that included the one-year non-compete in both wrestling and MMA, that changed his position. Those close to the situation said Paul Levesque told him when he was being let go to just keep his nose clean and when the heat died down, they would bring him back in six months. He said that he wasn’t interested in coming back.

Originally Posted by Observer The situation, as those close to him believe, is that there is a lawsuit out against WWE and Big Show from a former guy in production who is suing Show for allegedly roughing him up during a filmed interview segment. WWE felt that having another incident like that, that if Del Rio wasn’t fired, it would strengthen the case and strengthen a potential case by Barbierri that WWE provided an unsafe working environment. Those close to the situation have said that John Cena, Big Show and Randy Orton all told Del Rio they would push to get him his job back because most of the locker room was sympathetic to his position, but Del Rio made it clear that he doesn’t want to come back. Del Rio has become a big-time hero in Mexico, where the basics of the story broke in mainstream news, although he would not confirm them.