DieOff
10-17-2007, 04:54 PM
Source: F4Wonline.com
- California's State Athletic Commission is getting ready to start taxing professional wrestling. Bill Douglas of the CSAC is currently organizing a meeting of wrestling promoters in the Southern California area to discuss "where we have been, where we are now, and where we are going with this." He said right now professional wrestling in CA was unregulated and would continue to be so, but they were keeping an eye on Congressional hearings and that if regulation in the state actually happens, "look forward to California testing wrestlers across the board the way we do for boxing, kickboxing, and MMA which means testing for anabolic agents, masking agents, diuretics, and drugs of abuse". Reports say they're going to take 5% of all event gates or $500 upfront, effective immediately.
- Before her WWE release, there were plans to give Krissy Vaine a huge push on SmackDown with a lot of TV time. Michael Hayes was especially high on Vaine and felt she was above most of the Divas on the roster. There were no plans to send her boyfriend Ryan O'Reilly to RAW or anywhere else, they just booked him on some RAW shows to get him back on the radar. Vince McMahon was reportedly high on O'Reilly.
- As previously posted, WWE developmental wrestler Cassidy James broke his arm in a match with The Major Brothers recently. James will be out for six weeks and is currently in a cast.
- California's State Athletic Commission is getting ready to start taxing professional wrestling. Bill Douglas of the CSAC is currently organizing a meeting of wrestling promoters in the Southern California area to discuss "where we have been, where we are now, and where we are going with this." He said right now professional wrestling in CA was unregulated and would continue to be so, but they were keeping an eye on Congressional hearings and that if regulation in the state actually happens, "look forward to California testing wrestlers across the board the way we do for boxing, kickboxing, and MMA which means testing for anabolic agents, masking agents, diuretics, and drugs of abuse". Reports say they're going to take 5% of all event gates or $500 upfront, effective immediately.
- Before her WWE release, there were plans to give Krissy Vaine a huge push on SmackDown with a lot of TV time. Michael Hayes was especially high on Vaine and felt she was above most of the Divas on the roster. There were no plans to send her boyfriend Ryan O'Reilly to RAW or anywhere else, they just booked him on some RAW shows to get him back on the radar. Vince McMahon was reportedly high on O'Reilly.
- As previously posted, WWE developmental wrestler Cassidy James broke his arm in a match with The Major Brothers recently. James will be out for six weeks and is currently in a cast.