Lillian Garcia Leaving WWE

Its official - Lillian Garcia is leaving the WWE.

LILLIAN LEAVES

Lilian has confirmed on her offical website, that she has in fact given her notice to WWE management.

She wrote the following:

"Hi Everyone, I hope all of you are doing well! I am writing to address the situation in which WWE is looking for a Female Ring Announcer/Singer. The truth of the matter is that they are looking for someone new because I have given them my notice that I will be leaving at the end of my contract this year. It is with a heavy heart that I have made this decision because WWE has been my family from day one and you, the WWE Universe have always been incredible to me. The fact is that I am getting married later this year and have decided to enter into a new phase of my life but I will truly miss all of you and the WWE tremendously.

Love you all & keep rockin!

Forever Rockin',
Lilian"

Batista Injury Update

A return date has been set for the Animal - Survior Series 2009.


ANIMAL IMPACT

Batista's in-ring return date has been temporarily set for Survivor Series 2009 - which, ironically, is set in Washington DC - Batista's hometown.

There was some optimism backstage that Batista would return sooner (aka SummerSlam), rather than later. But given the fact that Batista now realises his age's impact on his body, it appears he's taking the safe road to a soft return.

Edge speaks on a rumoured Face turn

Last Thursday, Edge was interviewed by Danny Salas of central California’s B95 radio station. You can listen to the entire segment at B95forlife.com.

Here’s what the Rated R Superstar said about:

TURNING FACE

“There’s a little bit of a groundswell. I’m starting to fell it a little bit… I think a lot of it too is just tenure. When you’re around for a long time the people go, ‘God, he’s been around here a long time and been in some pretty hellacious matches. And when you start to get that on your resume it gets harder and harder for people to boo you. I think that’s what Shawn Michaels ran into and that’s what Undertaker ran into. When you get to a certain point – not that I’m in their league or anything – but once you get to a certain point after a lot of time and a lot of matches that have entertained people it becomes harder and harder for them to boo you. That’s kind of been my challenge for the last little while is to keep them booing me. I think (Chris) Jericho is going through the same thing right now.”

EDGE AND CHRISTIAN REUNION

“I don’t know. I’d like for it to and at some point I think it has to happen whether it’s against each other or whether it’s teaming. I still think it’s fresh in our audience’s minds that it would still mean something. We do have a lot more kids now that might not remember it, but I think enough guys like you and me are still in the crowd that can buzz the kids on it and explain what Edge and Christian is all about it.”

WWE SummerSlam 2009 Poster Revealed

This year's SummerSlam poster has been revealed.

Not as iconic as last year's Summerslam, but hey, what can you do with a PG Rating?

WWE "Trump" Trade

As a final standpoint against Mr. McMahon, certain WWE superstars have been drafted to Raw, Smackdown and ECW.

The following stars were traded:

TO RAW

• Evan Bourne (from ECW)
• Mark Henry(from ECW)
• Jack Swagger(from ECW)
• Gail Kim (from SmackDown)
• Alicia Fox (from SmackDown)
  
  

TO SMACKDOWN

• Matt Hardy (from ECW)
• Finlay (from ECW)
• Tyson Kidd (from ECW)
• Natalya (from ECW)
• David Hart Smith (from ECW)
  
  

TO ECW

• Shelton Benjamin (from SmackDown)
• Goldust (from Raw)
• William Regal (from Raw)
• Brie Bella (from Raw)
• Nikki Bella (from Raw)

Tony Atlas Status

Tony Atlas' future with WWE is very much in doubt following the transfer of his associate, Mark Henry, to the RAW brand this past Monday.


ATLAS-T MINUTE CHANGES

Company officials plan on pushing the "World's Strongest Man" as a top babyface, which as a result, has left Atlas to fend for himself as he is not being brought alongside him. The WWE Hall of Famer's contract is coming due in a few weeks and it remains uncertain whether it will be renewed.

It'll be interesting to see what they do with Hornswoggle in the coming weeks as well.


FINAL THOUGHT

I never really understood why they put Henry and Atlas together. They never really did any vignettes, or promos, to push the idea.

My IT Experience to Date

Computer(s) you have used recently:

Windows XP Desktop, Windows Vista Desktop, Windows 7 Desktop, Apple G5 Desktop, Apple Mac Desktop, Apple Air Notebook

The operating system(s) and the main application software you have used:

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Apple OS X

Describe other digital devices you own:

iPod, iPhone, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, iPod Speaker System, Canon 400D

Indicate whether you own and use a blog already, and if so provide the blog URL.

fromttheturnbuckle.blogspot.com