Stephanie Nixes Fired Dev. Wrestler's WWE Call-Up, Kristal Marshall, New WWE DVD
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source: www.f4wonline.com -- Cassidy Riley, who was released on Monday, was formerly of TNA and landed a developmental contract last year after creative team member Dusty Rhodes pushed hard for him. The two worked together when Rhodes was the head TNA booker in 2005, and he liked him, thinking he looked like former wrestler Dick Slater. At around the same time, K.C. James was demoted to Ohio Valley Wrestling and so the two formed an "old school" Southern tag team called "The James Boys." Riley's new gimmick was 'Kassidy James', the little brother of K.C. James, even though he is several years older than him. The James Boys won and lost the OVW Southern Tag Team Championships on four different occasions dating back to June, the last run taking place in September. Anyway, there was talk of calling The James Boys up to the main WWE roster, but when it came time to make that decision, Stephanie McMahon, who is the WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing, hated the act, and of course, their call-up was nixed. The team disbanded shortly thereafter. Riley was left to fend for himself after K.C. James was given a peculiar role on ECW as a wrestler making semi-regular appearances on their program, but yet, isn't an official member of the roster. The chances of Riley getting a call-up to WWE as a singles wrestler were slim to none and the axe finally fell on him this past Monday. -- WWE's official website has posted a preview photo of the WWE Divas from their appearance on Project Runway on Bravo tonight at 10 ET. The photo features former WWE Diva Kristal Marshall, who was released shortly after the taping of the program. WWE ignores Marshall in their write-up for the show, only mentioning the five other Divas appearing on the show, not to mention the stars of Project Runway; Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia. You can see the photo and write-up at this link. -- You can see the match listing for the upcoming "The Greatest Superstars of Wrestlemania" two-disc DVD set that is scheduled to be released on March 25 at this link. The reason for HHH missing Raw on Monday; latest on Stephanie's pregnancy |

