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Thomas "Tom" Casiello, who was working as one of the lead writers for WWE, is gone from the company. The departure came down this past Thursday. A former soap opera writer, he had been with WWE from 2006-2012 and returned in December 2015. In his role, he was working on long-term storyline plans and was overseeing the Raw and Smackdown teams.
The class action lawsuit brought against WWE by dozens of former WWF/WWE talents, some of whom were under contract and some of which only worked on a per appearance basis will have a status conference on 1/12/2017 in Hartford, CT.
Goldberg has been announced for the 1/23 episode of Monday Night RAW in Cleveland, OH which will be the go-home RAW episode for Royal Rumble. Thanks to Steven Fernandes.
Steven also sent the following....Vice.com has a good long article giving a "behind the scenes" look at WWE over the years with comments from former and current WWE executives. The article also mentions how Shane McMahon tried to take over creative in 2012, and Stephanie McMahon and Triple H's reactions to that. You can and should read the entire piece by clicking here.
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