By Ryan Gray on December 26, 2006 at 11:47 PM EST

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

-- WWE has reached a deal with OVW star Russell Simpson. Simpson has currently been training with the developmental territory and at one time wrestled for Hustle in Japan.

-- With Paul Heyman now gone from ECW, the future of his security guards Doug Bashman & Derrick Neikrik remains uncertain. A possible Basham brother reunion is possible, but Danny is current out of action with a torn biceps.

-- Vince McMahon is very against the idea of keeping the Hardy Boyz together as a tag team. He has also been made the decision to keep MNM separate.

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