Hailey's Newsies Issue 32 - June 20th 2009

I Love Money : WWE

Battle Royal to become PayMaster.

Undertaker vs. Festus vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Rey Mysterio vs. JTG vs. Finlay
(Stickie vs. Kijar vs. CP vs. Stickie vs. Hailey vs. Mia)

Undertaker eliminates Rey Mysterio
Festus eliminates Finlay
Festus eliminates JTG
Undertaker eliminates Festus
Undertaker eliminates Shawn Michaels

Stickie is PayMaster! Now to get a hold of him...

Battle Royal for Bottom 3

Mickie James vs. John Morrison vs. Carlito vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Beth Phoenix
(Stickie vs. Cynbitch vs. Serial vs. Blue vs. CP vs. CP)

Cody Rhodes eliminates John Morrison
Carlito eliminates Cody Rhodes
Carlito eliminates Beth Phoenix
Shelton Benjamin eliminates Carlito
Shelton Benjamin eliminates Mickie James

Cynbitch & CP (twice) are in trouble of getting eliminated.

Sheik Abdul Bashir's Contract

An interesting situation to keep an eye on this summer is the decision that Sheik Abdul Bashir (real name Shawn Daivari) will make.

In a few weeks, the former TNA X Division Champion will become a free agent. Sheik Abdul Bashir was signed to a contract with TNA last July. He signed for a year one deal.

While Sheik Abdul Bashir has been pretty satisfied with his stint in TNA, he does have an eye on returning to WWE. When he departed the company, it was on extremely good terms. He hasn't said anything negative about the company since leaving. Plus, WWE is said to be very interested in his return.

The reason why Sheik Abdul Bashir was released from WWE was because management couldn't come up with anything for him. However, now that he has proven to be a good role player for TNA, the company is interested in bringing him back.

Candice Michelle Released

In the summer of 2004, Candice Michelle was hired by WWE. The company was impressed enough with her that they gave her a contract despite the fact that she failed to even place in the top ten spot in the diva search competition.
When she was brought into WWE, Candice Michelle had the gimmick of a makeup artist. From there, she represented WWE in the covers of Playboy magazine. With that much publicity behind her, the company then decided to turn her into a champion.
WWE was really hoping that wrestling fans would accept her as a legitimate female wrestler. The company made sure to constantly remind wrestling fans that she had improved tremendously even though she hadn't improved as much as the commentators were claiming that she had.
She wasn't a horrible worker, but she was nowhere near Trish Stratus, the person that many people were led to believe that she was becoming.
On June 19, 2009, though, the company gave up on Candice Michelle and released her from her contract.

There's two main reasons why WWE decided to let Candice Michelle go.
The most important reason is that she is injury prone. It's pretty difficult for the company to push her when there's that fear that she could miss a few more months to heal from an injury.
The company was still planning on pushing Candice Michelle when she was drafted over to the Smackdown brand during the WWE Supplemental Draft, which took place on April 15, 2009.
She was supposed to be elevated to a certain point again so that she could be used to elevate the newer female wrestlers in the company.
However, they decided against it.
Another reason why WWE decided to release Candice Michelle is because they were ready to move on. The company likes to cycle through the female wrestlers to ensure that there are a few new faces each year.
Candice Michelle is 30 years of age (and still quite attractive), which is ancient in WWE years. The company would much rather use her roster spot for someone new.

Even though Candice Michelle is no longer collecting a paycheck from WWE, don't feel too bad for her. She still has plenty of ways to stay financially sound.
First of all, the former WWE Women's Champion is married to a doctor. The two have been together since 2005.
Secondly, Candice Michelle can still make money as a model. She still has a deal with GoDaddy to be one of their spokespersons.
There's also a chance that she could show up in TNA.
Candice Michelle might not be nearly as talented as the female wrestlers in TNA. However, she does still hold some name value from her tenure in WWE (despite the fact that she hasn't been on television in a while).
It isn't a guaranteed thing, but I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility of her showing up in Florida.

Power 25

23 - Michelle McCool
If it weren't for "The Donald" earning the No. 1 spot on the P25 this week, McCool would have been very likely to have kept her spot at No. 22 following her attack on Women's Champion Melina Friday night.

21 - Melina
With a victory, Melina stays strong on the list despite dropping one spot. If she can finally get Michelle McCool out of her hair sometime soon, there will seemingly be no one to take that title from her.

20 - Maryse
The time will come when Maryse will have to face Mickie James one-on-one whether the Divas Championship is on the line or not. If it is, we believe that this beautiful French Diva has plenty to worry about.

19 - Hart Dynasty: Smith, Natalya & Kidd
It is true that David Hart Smith defeated Christian in singles action on ECW, but on both Monday and Thursday nights, The Dynasty lost two matches which causes them to fall two spots.

Wow all the Divas are placed pretty low this week.

Source : WrestlingRevealed