Backstage Heat On DH Smith, WrestleMania Website Launched

[Morpheus]

-- As seen on tonight's edition of ECW on Sci Fi, Tyson Kidd made his
WWE debut in a win over local competitor Bao Nguyen. Kidd is WWE
developmental wrestler T.J. Wilson. WWE had plans to call Wilson up to
the Smackdown roster with DH Smith and Natalya several weeks back as
the New Hart Foundation, but those plans changed when Smith went to
the creative team and pitched a role for himself on the Raw roster as
a member of Legacy. As a result, there was heat on Smith from other
wrestlers as they felt he damaged Wilson and Natalya's chances of
making it to the main roster in a pronounced role. A tag team with
Smith appeared to be Wilson's best and perhaps only chance at making
it on the main roster as we never heard anything about WWE utilizing
him as a singles wrestler. Until Monday's Raw, Wilson never worked a
singles match before a WWE crowd, and he had been under contract for
over two years. Wilson beat Jamie Noble in a dark match prior to the
show. In the end, Wilson made it to the roster before Smith did, who
is now on his own in developmental.

-- WWE has launched a cutting edge micro-site promoting WrestleMania
25. You can reach the site at www.Wrestlemania25.com or wm25.wwe.com.
(Thanks to Mike Vendely)

-- Paul Burchill, who did not appear during tonight's ECW broadcast,
was still utilized at the taping. In between a commercial break,
Burchill came out on stage and spoofed actor Christian Bale's recently
publicized angry tirade on the set of Terminator: Salvation. Footage
of the ECW wrestler's take-off on the British actor is currently
available to WWE Mobile subscribers. WWE.com will likely post the
footage later in the week. {WWE Mobile on AT&T: Paul Burchill}