Backstage Heat On DH Smith, WrestleMania 25, Burchill, More

WWE has launched a cutting edge micro-site promoting WrestleMania 25. You can reach the site at www.WrestleMania25.com or wm25.wwe.com. (Thanks to Mike Vendely)

Paul Burchill, who did not appear during last nights ECW broadcast, was still utilized at the taping. In between a commercial break, Burchill came out on stage and spoofed actor Christian Bale’s recently publicized angry tirade on the set of Terminator: Salvation. Footage of the ECW wrestler’s take-off on the British actor is currently available to WWE Mobile subscribers. WWE.com will likely post the footage later in the week.

As seen on last nights edition of ECW on Sci Fi, Tyson Kidd made his WWE debut in a win over local competitor Bao Nguyen. Kidd is WWE developmental wrestler T.J. Wilson. WWE had plans to call Wilson up to the Smackdown roster with DH Smith and Natalya several weeks back as the New Hart Foundation, but those plans changed when Smith went to the creative team and pitched a role for himself on the Raw roster as a member of Legacy. As a result, there was heat on Smith from other wrestlers as they felt he damaged Wilson and Natalya’s chances of making it to the main roster in a pronounced role. A tag team with Smith appeared to be Wilson’s best and perhaps only chance at making it on the main roster as we never heard anything about WWE utilizing him as a singles wrestler. Until Monday’s Raw, Wilson never worked a singles match before a WWE crowd, and he had been under contract for over two years. Wilson beat Jamie Noble in a dark match prior to the show. In the end, Wilson made it to the roster before Smith did, who is now on his own in developmental. Karma is a bitch, or so they say.

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