The Wrestleline Report-Wednesday

ECW on Sci Fi Results:

Marcus Cor Von & Kevin Thorn d. Sabu & RVD

Snitsky d. Mike Towlar

The Sheik was the next announced inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame

CM Punk d. Hardcore Holly

Elijah Burke w/ Matt Stryker d. Tommy Dreamer w/ Sandman

Bobby Lashley d. Chris Masters

I got an email from EWF last night stating that former WWE star Al Snow has been signed for Sat. May 19-I'll have more details on this as they become available!

One of the reasons WWE is not having the ECW One Night Stand ppv at the Hammerstein Ballroom this year is fear of a massive protest from "old school" ECW fans-since this year's ppv will be ECW/RAW/Smackdown One Night Stand. Apparently Stephanie McMahon has been arguing in recent meetings that if Paul Heyman were still with the company, he would have found a way to sabotage the event by starting protests. Dear God, can we say schitzo?

Kenny Dykstra recently spoke out defending the WWE in the new Sports Illustrated allegations. Dykstra stated that WWE is doing a good job of policing the program and enforcing it, and that if people want to hunt down substance abuse, they should go after body builders.

Mark Henry apparently has gained quite a bit of weight since being out with an injury. People have stated he looks to be in the 460lb range, while WWE.com still lists him as being 380. It's being said that he looked pretty immobile in his return match against Daniel Rodimer in OVW a few weeks ago.

Melina has been told that how she performs at Wrestlemania will be a big determining factor in how her future in WWE will go. She's accepted as the best female personality in the company right now, but has a tremendous amount of heat on her backstage.

RVD was interviewed recently by the Detroit Press to help push Wrestlemania 23; he discussed his pre-match routine, his relationship with his wife Sonya, and why he doesn't bring her on the road with him, as well as his dream match-working against the original Sheik.

In the latest issue of WWE Magazine, Matt Hardy was asked about his feelings on Lita no longer being backstage, and he stated that is "a lot less stressful...people don't see what went on behind the camera. It was just a roller-coaster all the time. There were so many feelings involved, and there still are. I'm definitely glad she's not around anymore - out of sight, out of mind." Bob Holly was also interviewed, and asked how he felt about not participating in very many Wrestlemania events, to which he stated "It would bother anybody, especially when you know you have the talent. It's not due to the lack of talent, it's not due to being unpopular with the fans. It's due to somebody somewhere who doesn't like me."

Apparently BG & Kip James both asked to be released from their TNA contracts a few weeks back so they could sign with WWE, but the company refused to release them.

Brother Ray has been campaigning backstage in TNA for he and Devon to win the Tag Titles, and that appears to be the plan, although Jeff Jarrett & Dutch Mantel are beginning to become annoyed with him. Ray isn't the most popular guy backstage with the other wrestlers, but Devon & Brother Runt are cool with everybody.

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