– Former WWE NXT rookie and FCW Champion Lucky Cannon, who was released from his developmental deal back in August, tweeted the following on Wednesday, an indication that he could be TNA bound:

“@JeffJarrettTNA .. Looking forward to speaking with u”

– Following Gail Kim’s recent release from WWE, there’s talk that she could wind up back in TNA once her 90-day no-compete clause expires.

– TNA has announced another round of ‘Gut Check’ workshops, where people can try out to become TNA superstars. The following dates and locations have been announced:

* October 28th in Sacramento, CA
* November 5th in Toledo, OH
* December 10th in Orlando, FL

– TNA President Dixie Carter turns 47 years old today. Happy birthday Dixie!

– TNA is looking to produce a new TV show aimed at the Indian market. Sonjay Dutt and BG James recently flew to India to scout potential talents for the show.

(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— WWE has yet to remove Gail Kim from their website’s talent roster or announce her departure from the company. WWE sources say since she quit the organization, an official decision regarding her departure has yet to be made.

There is hope Kim would change her mind and the situation would blow over, but given her dismissive stance towards the organization on Twitter, it appears unlikely at this point.

Kim has been vocal with her unhappiness for the past several months. No one within WWE was surprised that she quit.

— It was reported this afternoon that eight WWE developmental wrestlers had been removed from the official website of Florida Championship Wrestling; Bobby Dutch, Colin Cassady, DeSean Bishop, Jason Mullen, Leroy Parks, Lucky Cannon, Cameron Lynn (Tough Enough contestant Ariane Andrew) and Sonia. Bishop stated today on Twitter that he was released on Friday, writing: “I got released friday from FCW. DeSean Bishop is no more. I wanna thank everyone who supported me. Im going to keep this site open under this name 2 commemorate the good old days.”

Cannon, meanwhile, implied Friday on Twitter that he had parted ways with WWE. He wrote, “This is my final tweet…. Nothing lasts forever, NOTHING! Good or bad this to shall pass.”

source: PWInsider.com

Following Friday’s main roster purge, the axe continued to fall at WWE headquarters as the following developmental wrestlers were removed from the official website of Florida Championship Wrestling this afternoon:

• Bobby Dutch
• Colin Cassady
• DeSean Bishop
• Jason Mullen
• Leroy Parks
• Lucky Cannon
• Cameron Lynn (Tough Enough contestant Ariane Andrew)
• Sonia

Cassady, Parks and Lynn were added to the website’s talent roster last week.

— Tyson Kidd’s Rookie Lucky Cannon was eliminated from NXT Redemption Tuesday night.

He joins Byron Saxton and Jacob Novak among those eliminated. The remaining contestants are Redemption Points leader Titus O’Neil, Conor O’Brian and Darren Young. The date of the next elimination was not announced.

Cannon, who was involved in an on-screen romance with program host Maryse, was unceremoniously dumped by the French Diva following his expulsion. He also lost his final match on NXT, succumbing to Titus O’Neil.

— Matches taped Tuesday night in Providence, Rhode Island for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars are as follows:

* Kane vs. Tyson Kidd

* Yoshi Tatsu vs. Chavo Guerrero

Matches taped Monday night in Uniondale, New York were Zack Ryder vs. Primo and Vladimir Kozlov vs. Drew McIntyre.

source: PWInsider.com

— CM Punk retweeted the following message on his Twitter account slamming WWE’s creative braintrust regarding tomorrow night’s Raw:

“Why does something tell me that even though @WWE will have @steveaustinBSR and @CMPunk under the same roof tomorrow, they’ll fuck it up.”

— NXT contestant Lucky Cannon commented on a story that emerged yesterday stating that he was arrested earlier this year in Florida for impersonating a police officer. He claims all charges relating to the arrest were dropped.

He wrote on Twitter, “Old news.. Charges dropped. Old news ;-)”

The WWE talent was arrested on the morning of February 28, 2011 in Hillsbourgh, Florida and charged with falsely personating a law enforcement official. He was booked into the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 11:26 a.m. and subsequently released on $2,000 bail.

— Tough Enough winner Andy Leavine announced today on his Facebook account he’s en route to Uniondale, New York for tomorrow night’s Raw taping.

It has come to light that WWE NXT Redemption contestant Lucky Cannon (real name Jonathan Emminger) was arrested earlier this year in Florida for impersonating a police officer.

Emminger, 27, was arrested on the morning of February 28, 2011 in Hillsbourgh, Florida and charged with falsely personating a law enforcement official. He was booked into the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 11:26 a.m. and subsequently released on $2,000 bail.

Emminger previously worked as a deputy sheriff for the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department in Pinellas County, Florida, which could explain how he was able portray himself as a member of police.

This information is coming out now because his mug shot was recently cataloged on Google Images, the most comprehensive image search on the web.

— Bo Rotundo beat Lucky Cannon to win the Florida Heavyweight Championship at tonight’s Florida Championship Wrestling television taping in Tampa, Florida. WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes and Mike Rotunda participated in a post-match celebration with Rotundo.

— Dick Ebersol, a long-time television partner of WWE and Vince McMahon, has resigned from his position as chief of NBC Sports, according to multiple news outlets.

Ebersol was the producer of Saturday Night’s Main Event, not to mention a key component of the XFL ten years ago. More recently, he inducted Bob Uecker into the WWE Hall of Fame at last year’s ceremony.

— Former WWE star Balls Mahoney headlines a Bodyslam Wrestling Organization event this Saturday in Elmwood Park, New Jersey at The American Legion located on 1 Legion Place. He faces Damien Darling in a “Tap Out or Knockout Match.”

source: PWInsider.com

(source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— Early sales figures for WWE’s WrestleMania XXVI DVD are low to say the least. After its first two weeks on the market, the DVD set has sold 24,810 units. To compare, WrestleMania XXV sold 106,427 units within its first two weeks, while previous years were in the 150,000 to 200,000 range.

— NXT Rookie Lucky Cannon wasn’t given his developmental name, Johnny Prime, because the company doesn’t want anymore “John’s” on the roster.

— Quinton Jackson was popular backstage at Raw once everyone saw how much enjoyed being around wrestlers.