Backstage Heat On Cryme Tyme Member?, Big New WWE Talent, More

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (F4WOnline.com)

» As reported last week, World Wrestling Entertainment has plans to release a three-disc DVD set on “Macho Man” Randy Savage on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 entitled Macho Madness: The Ultimate Randy Savage Collection. As expected, several fans are skeptical of WWE releasing a DVD on Savage considering Vince McMahon pulled the plug on the project once before, but the company is legitimately going through with the release. Internally, the feeling is with the state of the economy that this isn’t the time to kill projects they believe will make significant money, especially for petty reasons such as McMahon’s personal feelings towards Savage. In other sign indicating the company’s change of heart towards Savage, he is featured on the cover of the Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event DVD released this week.

» An Austrian wrestler by the name Chris Raaber, also known as Chris “The Bambikiller”, is telling people he has signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. His signing has yet to be confirmed by company sources. Raaber has mostly worked in Japan and Europe, but trained under wrestling legend Dory Funk in Florida. He is a big, muscular wrestler as Raaber bills himself at 6′ 4″ and 246 pounds. For more information on Raaber, you can visit his MySpace page at www.myspace.com/chrisraaber

» Cryme Tyme member Shad Gaspard is said to be the on bubble, which could affect JTG’s standing in the company if the company doesn’t want to push him as a singles wrestler. Gaspard was originally slated to participate in the Royal Rumble match a few weeks ago, but officials pulled him as a message to improve. John Laurinaitis, WWE’s Senior Vice President of Talent Relations, recently had a face-to-face meeting with Gaspard specifically telling him the company was unhappy with his lack of progress. Gaspard has been training at the Florida Championship Wrestling school in between road trips. Gaspard has always been slow when it comes to picking things up. While he’s actually improved greatly, it is because he started out so slowly that he’s now only below average. This is one of the reasons why he is never used in singles matches and his ring time is generally kept short in tag matches with JTG doing most of the work. Had it not been for the Cryme Tyme gimmick, it is unknown if Gaspard would have been called up to the main roster in the first place.

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