3) WWE Producer Leaving For A While
According to Ringside News, Michael Hayes will be away from WWE for a while. Hayes is taking some time off to have hip surgery.
It was also noted that Pat Buck has been re-hired by WWE and will be taking Hayes’ place:
Ringside News has learned that Pat Buck was brought back to fill the role of Michael Hayes. The WWE Hall Of Famer Freebird is going to “be out for a while” according to sources.
Michael PS Hayes is having hip surgery. This is why Pat Buck was brought back in. It sounds like Buck is going to have time to settle in as well. We were given all indications that Michael Hayes will be back when he’s healthy.
My Take:
- Hayes has been a strong voice backstage for many years. It will be weird with him gone. I wish him the best in his recovery though.
2) Fox Was Unhappy With The Jeff Hardy-Urine Segment
On last week’s episode of Smackdown, Jeff Hardy tossed his urine sample into the face of Sheamus.
On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that FOX was unhappy with this segment and cut it from their later broadcasts:
“It aired on the east coast but not on the west coast. Fox decreed that it violated their standards and practices so they threw a commercial in so we didn’t get to see it on the west coast. That’s what that was all about.”
My Take:
- It looks like if WWE wants to do anymore urine-related segments, they will have to do so on RAW.
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