source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Jonny Fairplay and girlfriend Michelle Deighton were scheduled to have a job interview with John Laurinaitis at the 8/14 Raw, but security refused to let them into the building. They ended up missing their job interview.
2 Cold Scorpio, 41, had a tryout match with Rene Dupree prior to the Smackdown tapings on Tuesday. He pinned Dupree. World Champion King Booker is a big backer of him and he is pushing WWE to sign him. Scorpio is the current GHC Hardcore champion in Pro Wrestling NOAH.
Ryan Wilson's character in OVW, Jacob Duncan, is being modeled after Waylon Mercy to a degree, which was Dan Spivey's WWF gimmick in 1995. Also note, the Waylon Mercy gimmick was based on Robert De Niro's portrayal of "Max Cady" in the 1991 re-make of Cape Fear.