Mainstream press for WWE, FCW release?, Questions on the X-Division, the Cole Mine, WWE using celebs, TNA's heels, and HHH/Taker, WWE seeking info on Gorgeous George, new UWF names include former X-Division Champion, Hogan legal note, Impact back on the air in Australia, HHH on the new WWE, Jesse Neal does national anthem, notes on the next Tough Enough, Big Show interview, Diva makes Maxim hot list, Raw and Tough Enough ratings, and an ex-WWE wrestler works a dark match

The sports cameos on Raw were covered by ESPN.

Brett DiBiase is believed to have been released from FCW. He's 23, so he has plenty of time to evolve in the wrestling business. He made one appearance on WWE, interfering on behalf of then-Legacy leader Randy Orton at Summerslam 2009. He had been doing FCW commentary while rehabbing a torn ACL.

PWInsider.com has some new questions up. For #1, I really doubt we'll see a big focus on the X-Division any time soon. I used to agree that it was good, but eventually a lot of the wrestlers and moves became interchangeable. Dives and flips and the like should add to a match, not be the match. It's like salt, a little bit on your food adds flavor, but too much is harmful and tastes horrible. I don't really care to see it return from a fan standpoint.

To comment on their answer, the soap opera stuff has always drawn. The Rock's "This is Your Life" segment with Mankind drew the biggest quarter-hour ever. The matches have to MEAN something to draw. The Attitude Era fans didn't tune in en masse to see the nWo or Austin or whomever do a bunch of fancy moves. The '80s fans didn't tune in to see Hogan do a flip dive on Roddy Piper. They tuned it to see what they'd do and who they'd do it to. It's pretty hard to twist numbers actually. If a Motor City Machine Guns bumpfest does a 1.09 and Immortal doing a big promo does a 1.16, it's pretty obvious which the fans want to see. Can you book talent to do better ratings wise? Yes. Is that done by throwing them out there and saying "do a bunch of stunts"? Generally not. And before someone brings up Benoit, Angle, Jericho, etc. drawing, they told a story in the ring beyond "check out what moves I can do" and that's why they were successful. They also generally had good mic skills. Saying that a company with much less exposure and experience than WWE would outdraw them by now if their style draws better is way too simplistic of an analogy. TNA's ratings aren't improving because they're inconsistent in their storytelling and aren't pushing the right people.

Now that that rant's over, I'll move on after the break with more answers and news.

For question #2, to add to what they said, it's his own personal announce desk that he gets to put up a bunch of stuff in. He probably prefers it to being at a regular table.

For #3, WWE will stop using celebrities when people stop tuning in/paying to see them, but I see them continuing to shake up the main event scene more as the year goes on. Triple H in particular I don't think we'll see much from given his new corporate status.

For #4, they've already elevated Matt Hardy and Abyss to a degree. Scott Steiner's back as a heel. Anderson and RVD are being kind of tweeners right now. Hernandez and D'Angelo Dinero have also been used as semi-important heels lately. And heck, we'll throw in Flair too since he's wrestling some.

And #5, all of that IS storytelling. Triple H was doing everything he could to beat Taker, and Taker kept resisting. Two brawlers in a No Holds Barred match doesn't usually mean technical wrestling, nor should it. And yes, WWE is going to want that from the younger guys coming up, because they crowd was really into it and a lot of people paid to see it.

WWE is looking for info on (the original) Gorgeous George. More on that (and where you can email them any info you have) here.

The Urban Wrestling Federation has some new names confirmed for its first PPV tapings, including former TNA talent Sonjay Dutt. As far as "crash TV" matches go, Dutt was one of my favorites.

A judge dismissed a Hulk Hogan lawsuit today. How he thought he'd win that one is beyond me.

TNA has announced that Impact will return to the air in Australia in June. Good for business.

Triple H commenting on WWE's rebranding, and a few other snippets of news are in this post recapping a video from the Baltimore Sun. I like his perspective on it, and hope that's the case.

Jesse Neal led the Impact Zone and TNA roster in the National Anthem to start Monday's Impact taping.

There will be a double elimination on the next Tough Enough. John Morrison will guest star.

A news station in Florida talked to Big Show recently.

Kelly Kelly unsurprisingly made Maxim's Hot 100 Female list for 2011.

Monday's Raw did a 3.45 rating. But wrestling's a bigger draw than "soap opera" stuff and talking segments, right?

Tough Enough did a 1.73 rating before Raw and a .93 afterward. The number of replays could be hurting those ratings. The show's doing well in any timeslot they put it in, even as a replay.

Finally, Ted DiBiase beat Daivari in a dark match before Smackdown. And they say he never wins a match...

That's all for Tuesday's news (besides spoilers of course). There's more to come tomorrow.