Triple H and Shawn Michaels have been behind the strong push of Drew McIntyre on Smackdown. They feel he has the potential to be the next major star and a talent the company can build around in the future. Many see the similarities between McIntyre and a younger Triple H, with the height, body build, hair and the same ability. The strong push for McIntyre has upset talent backstage, as some wrestlers have been around for several years and were promised a push if they performed better. The general feeling backstage on the Raw brand is that if you do not have the support of Triple H, Shawn Michaels, John Cena or Randy Orton then you won't move up.

Edge mentioned on Bubba the Love Sponge’s show earlier this week that his current Achilles tendon injury was the worst of his career. He didn’t give a return date but noted that his contract is up in June of 2010 and he is thinking about buying a house in the Carolinas.

Bob Barker has announced that he will be a guest host of RAW when WWE comes to Chicago, with that said i'm sure there not going to make that 80+yr old man pull a Freddie Prinze jr or a Jeremy Piven at least I hope so.

I like Bob Barker but what kind of show will it be will it be like Mayweather's show when he arrived at the end of the show but i'm pretty sure Bob Barker won't have his house be searched for bullet proof vest and such so we will see maybe will see some plinko and the main event will be a showcase showdown.

The latest word on Ted DiBiase turning face for the release of WWE's The Marine 2 is that WWE is looking at doing the split art the Survivor Series pay-per-view in Washington, DC on November 22nd.

Because the following story contains full details of the Rey Mysterio angle on this week's SmackDown! telecast, those looking to watch the show with a clear frame of mind when it airs this week are urged not to continue.

After Rey Mysterio went public with his frustration about the WWE Wellness Suspension, his backstage heat with officials escalated to the point at which numerous disciplinary actions were considered. The feeling was that since Mysterio criticized the company without interview authorization, it would set a bad precedent to let him walk away without a punishment.

Possible punishments discussed included lengthening his suspension term and removing his mask on television. Those ideas were ultimately fleeting, however, as WWE creative quickly turned to peaceful solutions for writing Mysterio off television--one idea even called for Mysterio to keep his Intercontinental title and miss the thirty days due to a storyline "injury."

Ultimately, WWE decided to have John Morrison defeat Mysterio for the belt on SmackDown. Even that can be taken as a concession on WWE's part, however, as Morrision has tremendous credibility with the veterans backstage--the feeling was that Mysterio would be more comfortable losing his belt to Morrison than Dolph Ziggler, who had been feuding with Mysterio for the latter part of the summer.