General Round-Up - The first of 2007

Bam Bam Bigelow found dead at his home

Posted on WWE.com:

“We can confirm that Scott Bigelow was found in his home this morning. At this time the cause of death is unknown,” Kevin Doll of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office told WWE.com.

An autopsy will be performed on Bigelow’s body; the body is already in the custody of the county’s medical examiner.

Bigelow worked for WWE, WCW and ECW during his professional wrestling tenure. He is best known for his feud (and eventual WrestleMania main-event) with Lawrence Taylor."

Obviously my thoughts are with his family at this time.

Plenty of releases by WWE

So far, the following have gone:

• Tatanka
• Sylvester Terkay
• Christopher W. Anderson
• Jazz
• Rodney Mack
• Tony Mamaluke
• The Bashams
• Al Snow (from active wrestling; he remains with the company)
• The Gymini
• Gangrel

There are also reports that there will be more. Ultimately most of these were not seen on TV much, so it will not have a great impact. Still, I would like to see a bit more of the dross out, and an end to the Raw/Smackdown split.

The brand split should be with ECW, and ECW should be just that - a different brand of wrestling.

Speaking of ECW...

ECW house shows to remain absent

Initially the plan was to have the ECW house shows return after WrestleMania. However, as the roster gets smaller it seems that this is no longer a priority, and reports are suggesting that there will be no return for the house shows.

Quite frankly I do not think this is a bad thing. They should worry about sorting the TV product, first and foremost.