Identity Of Debuting New ECW Superstar, WWE Diva Changes Brand

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During tonight's edition of ECW on Sci Fi, General Manager Theodore
Long blew off a discussion with Jamie Noble to talk to a wrestler
by the name of Tyson -- who was accompanied by SmackDown Diva Natalya.
They discussed his background of training in the Stu Hart's legendary
"Dungeon." Tyson then directed a one-liner towards Noble, saying he
would send the "big dog" back to the pound.

Following the commercial break, Tyson, under the name Tyson Kidd, beat
the one and only Bao Nguyen in his ECW debut. Kidd hit a spinning kick
and then followed it up with a springboard flying elbow before pinning
Nguyen. Following the bout, Noble walked onto the stage and clapped.

Kidd is longtime Hart family friend T.J. Wilson. Wilson signed a
contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in November 2006 and had
been in developmental ever since. Wilson has a wealth of wrestling
experience as he has been grappling since 1995 when he was only
fifteen years old.

For the past few months, there had been talk of bringing Wilson and
longtime friend DH Smith up to the main roster as The New Hart
Foundation with Natalya as their manager. As recently as December,
officials had given thought to placing them on SmackDown to feud with
WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito and Primo Colon, but they went with the
already established The Brian Kendrick and Ezekiel Jackson instead.
Shortly there after, Smith and Wilson lost the FCW Florida Tag Team
Championships and then broke up.

The team broke up after Smith went to the creative team on his own and
requested to be brought on board for the Legacy. Officials had plans
to add him to group, but those plans cooled off after the sudden twist
on Raw a few weeks ago involving Randy Orton and Vince McMahon. Now
Smith is back in a state of limbo and it is unknown as to when
officials will finally call him up to main roster.

With Wilson on ECW, Natalya has been transferred from the SmackDown
roster to manage him. Natalya is close to Wilson as the WWE Diva has
been dating him since November 2001 and the two have lived together
for approximately six years.

In recent months, Natalya had done little of note on SmackDown and was
being left off television more often than not. Her strong initial push
in the company came to an end last July at the hands of Michelle
McCool in a match to determine the first WWE Divas Champion at the
Great American Bash pay-per-view. Soon after, officials started having
her put over less experienced Divas on the roster such as The Bella
Twins and backstage announcer Eve Torres.

In a case of turnabout is fair play, Smith appeared to be headed for a
major role in the company, leaving his close friends behind to fend
for themselves. Now Wilson and Natalya have stable roles in the
company whereas Smith has been left to fend for himself in
developmental.