WWE: Bobby Lashley & MVP Moved to WWE Alumni Section, Steve Austin on Reason for Lack of WrestleMania 40 Appearance, Shawn Michaels on WWE & TNA Partnership

As noted before, Bobby Lashley and MVP’s contracts with WWE expired earlier this month and had been expected to be leaving WWE and reform the Hurt Business group.

In a recent update to WWE’s roster page on their official website, both Lashley and MVP’s profiles were officially moved over to the Alumni section.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that both Lashley and MVP have also been removed from WWE’s internal roster list.

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Steve Austin on Reason Why He Didn’t Make Appearance at WrestleMania 40

Adrian Hernandez held a recent interview with WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin. One of the topics discussed included Austin’s reason why he did not make an appearance at WWE’s WrestleMania 40 event and him being hopeful of being able to appear at next year’s event.

“Oh, it was close (Steve Austin said about him almost appearing at WrestleMania XL) and they certainly reached out to me and we had conversations but my wife and I had some things going on that I didn’t need to go to Philly at that time. But I have said, I missed that ‘Mania and God dang, Philly was a good town for me back in the day and I appreciate those fans. Couldn’t make it down on that one but, WrestleMania this year’s in Vegas and I was doing an interview a while back and I said, ‘Hey man –’ and that’s 400 miles. That’s like right here, where we’re sitting. Right down the road. I’m fixing to drive back to Reno in my buggy. But anyway, it’ll be in Vegas so, I hope to be there this year. If he (Cody Rhodes) needs another hand, I mean, I’ll be there.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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Shawn Michaels Comments on WWE & TNA Working Partnership Still in the Very Beginning Stages

WGN Radio held a recent interview with WWE SVP of NXT and Talent Relations Shawn Michaels. One of the topics discussed included Michaels’ thoughts about WWE current working partnership with TNA Wrestling and his belief that this partnership is still in the beginning stages.

“Well, look, that’s obviously incredibly intriguing and interesting right now. I think we are still in the very beginning stages of that, exploring the different possibilities, and those are all things we’re going to look at going forward. I’m obviously very pleased to know that these are partnerships that WWE is now open to, and I think that makes for unlimited possibilities. Now, what the specifics of all of those are as we go into the future, that’ll be decided by people certainly more important than me. For me, getting to be the benefactor of having all these different talents at your utilization is very exciting for us. As we continue to explore those opportunities going forward, I think it’s going to make for some pretty fantastic dream matches that are possible out there that I think a lot of people are going to want to see.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com