The night ECW was invaded by XPW, Brock testing update, Shark Boy vest possibly stolen, WWE team splits, WWE facing another big lawsuit, WWE press, and Questions on body types in wrestling, the fan vitriol toward Roman, bars ordering PPVs, Luger not getting pushed, and greatest athletes in WWE history

WWE released a video about the XPW invasion of ECW. Those were some wild days.

The New York State Athletic Commission will not suspend Lesnar as a pro wrestler for his failed test in UFC. Don't believe everything you read in the dirtsheets. As long as he passes tests the day of the event, they'll allow him to compete.

Shark Boy lost a wrestling vest at a recent indie event, believing it to be stolen. It's unfortunate someone took something like that. I miss Stone Cold Shark Boy SO MUCH. I hope whomever stole this gets a Chummer OOOHHH SHHHEELLL YYYYYEEEEAAAAAHHHHH.

The Lucha Dragons have officially split ahead of tonight's draft, which would seem to mean they'll end up on separate shows. I'm curious to see how they do long-term apart from each other.

Another large class action lawsuit related to the dangers of CTE has been filed against WWE. The following wrestlers (among others) are listed as clients:
- Road Warrior Animal, the brother of current WWE executive John Laurinaitis.
- Jimmy Snuka, through his guardian Carole Snuka
- Paul Orndorff
- Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and Sr.
- Adam Bomb
- Ahmed Johnson
- Kamala
- Earl and Dave Hebner
- King Kong Bundy
- Sabu
- Demolition
- Jim Powers
- The Natrual Butch Reed
- Jazz
- Sylvain Grenier
- Shane Douglas
- Muhammad Hassan
- Henry O. Godwin
- Mark Jindrak
- A representative for the estate of Axl Rotten
- Heidenreich
- Mantaur
- Slick
- One Man Gang
- Rodney Mack
- "Outlaw" Ron Bass

-- Unshockingly, it's a lot of people who haven't been used by WWE in years. This would perhaps explain why some of these names aren't in the WWE Hall of Fame. I'm curious to see how far this goes, and if it ends up being another cash grab.

-- WWE buried the lawsuit. Their attorney's pretty persistent at trying to work another payday for his clients. How did he even find some of those people!?

Big Show will head to the Philippines next week to promote WWE's September 9 show there.

Cesaro talked ahead of the draft. I can see him doing well in a less-crowded field on one show or the other.

For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I think to some degree they're two separate issues. They need a variety of body types and styles, from Vader and Dusty Rhodes to Rey Mysterio and Daniel Bryan to Big Show and Mark Henry. It definitely looks like WWE's moving toward acceptance of smaller performers, given the surprise announcement of a cruiserweight division. That will open up a lot of doors for a lot of people. I think WWE's doing better with character development, especially compared to ROH. That doesn't mean they can't do more, though. People are certainly more developed as personalities when they "graduate" from NXT, but that only means so much if we don't get to see them outside of the ring on the main roster. Promos and vignettes are important to selling us on characters.

2. It's all a matter of whether they like or dislike a talent. If Bryan had been suspended, he'd get a LOT more sympy than Roman.

3. I doubt anyone's going to report a bar showing the Network. Theoretically it's about the same as someone bringing over friends to watch an event.

4. Luger wasn't ready, brother. For whatever reason, he never cracked into a higher echelon in WWF or WCW.

5. I'm more upset at Bruno being left out. And what about Andre? Anyway, for the other part, I've got to throw a nod at Shelton Benjamin. All those names were good, too.

More wrestling tomorrow.