- Former WCW World Champion Vince Russo turns 53 years old today. Also, today would have been the 49th birthday of Mike Awesome and the 72nd birthday of Gary Hart.

- WWE has added Shane Douglas to their Alumni roster.

- A day after he congratulated Batista on returning to WWE, Eric Bischoff also congratulated Jim Ross on his new deal with FOX Sports. Bischoff wrote:

"Congrats to @JRsBBQ. Fox Sports is lucky to have him. Looking forward to reading/hearing more from JR."