The word I am getting is that Dusty Rhodes will take over at the head of ECW creative for the departed David Lagana. Given the recent ECW product, that can be nothing but a huge step up. To be fair, you can't completely blame Lagana for a WWE product but as the head man of ECW, he did have a degree of control and responsibility for the product so he needs to take his lumps for the state of the brand.
IGN.com has a good interview with MVP up on the site where he talks about his past and more. To read it, click here.
WWE has adopted a new national retail strategy based off of success they had with FYE last year. To get the details, click here.
Brad Barnett reporting. ... My Dish Network's guide does list Royal Rumble on Ch 9467 (which is for HD PPV). The surprise is its still at the regular price of $39.95. Dish Network is good at having lower prices.
Steven Fernandes sent these items.
WWE.com has a video recap of Vince McMahon's appearance on Celebrity Apprentice. To read it, click here.
Santino Marella has a new video of his segment renamed 'Santino's Casa' at this link. He talks about Eddie Murphy, American Idol and has a message for people who will be watching Maria on HD.
Maria, Candice Michelle, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool and Layla will appear on the Feb 6th episode of the reality show 'Project Runway' on Bravo, which is subtitled "RAW Talent". The episode is described as "Every designer has a muse and in this challenge, the designers must use their unexpected clients - the WWE Divas - to create a fantasy and use their designs to tell a story."
If you enjoy PWInsider.com you can check out the AD-FREE PWInsider Elite section, which features exclusive audio updates, news, our critically acclaimed podcasts, interviews and more by clicking here!