‘Taker’s WWE Return, WWE Signs 2 Former Talents Back, More

— Next week’s television tapings will determine whether or not The Undertaker will be healthy enough to return for SummerSlam as originally planned.

— As noted yesterday here on the website, several WWE stars encountered travel issues when trying to arrive to Tuesday night’s SmackDown! taping in Louisville, Kentucky. In an update on this, the issues dealt with the local airport.

— As noted yesterday here on the website, Ryan O’Reilly, 30. has signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment to return to the company. He and his then girlfriend, now fiancée, Krissy Vaine both previously had WWE developmental contracts, both competing in its developmental territories Deep South Wrestling and Florida Championship Wrestling as well as appearing on house shows for WWE’s ECW brand, but requested to be released for personal reasons in October 2007. Both had made appearances on RAW and SmackDown! prior to their release and O’Reilly, who had previously appeared on ECW on Sci Fi, was expected to join the regular ECW roster.

— WWE has signed Aaron Stevens (a/k/a Idol Stevens) to a developmental contract. Stevens was situated in the company’s developmental system for years, culminating with a brief stint on SmackDown in 2006. After being removed from the main roster when Michelle McCool was hospitalized in late 2006, Stevens returned to Ohio Valley Wrestling. He was ultimately released on August 6, 2007. He spent the past two years working for the Puerto Rican-based World Wrestling Council promotion.

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