* Calvin Raines

* Leroy Parks

* Marcus Owens

* Peter Orlov

Removal from the FCW roster page is generally a sign that said talent has been released from his or her developmental contract with WWE.

Calvin Raines, who formerly competed as Pat Brink for Maryland Championship Wrestling, signed on with WWE again in 2010 after being released the previous year in a disciplinary measure. He competed in his one and only WWE match last month in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, tag teaming with Drew McIntyre against Ezekiel Jackson and Trent Barreta.

Little is publicly known of Leroy Parks, a 6’3″, 310 pound wrestler who donned blue overalls and was billed from Lester, Alabama. He sparingly competed for Florida Championship Wrestling after signing a developmental contract last year.

Marcus Owens got a second shot with WWE in 2010 after being released the previous year but was infrequently used.

Peter Orlov earned international acclaim while competing as Alex Koslov in Mexico, ultimately leading to a developmental contract with WWE in 2010 in spite of his relatively small stature—billed at 5’9″ and 190 pounds. Though Orlov regularly competed for Florida Championship Wrestling, he usually lost.

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The two have been friends since the Irish grappler’s promotion to the main roster in the summer of 2009 as the two workout together on the road. In a subsequent interview with Power Slam, he singled out the Celtic Warrior as a wrestler with potential.

Triple H said, “The closest to me is probably Sheamus, because we always train together on the road. But I try to watch all the young guys’ matches and give them advice, if they want to hear it. If they take advice to heart and really want to improve, then I’m wanting to help. As for seeing some of myself in someone? That’s tough. Sheamus just the other day showed up at a show he didn’t have to be at. He does whatever he’s asked to do without complaining, he goes to every show and is always wanting to work: he does it all, goes above and beyond. That’s what I was like.”

Randy Orton was initially pegged as the Rumble victor since he cleanly put over Mark Henry during The World’s Strongest Man’s rise as World Heavyweight Champion and the event was taking place in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. Later, the idea was changed to Jericho, setting up a WWE Championship showdown against CM Punk at WrestleMania XXVIII.

WWE officials contemplated last week having John Cena win the match due to the stipulation that “everyone was eligible” for the Rumble. Cena would win the match and subsequently make a tough decision: take the title shot and not face The Rock at WrestleMania.

source: F4WOnline.com

– In a stark contrast to recent weeks, Twitter was severely downplayed on Monday’s Raw SuperShow. F4WOnline.com reports Triple H advised the move.

– Jacques Rougeau has been very pleased with the reception for his French-language autobiography. “The book is doing marvellous, it really is,” he told SLAM! Wrestling, noting that 2,500 of the 3,000 printed have been sold.

The former WWE Superstar is scheduled to appear at book fairs through April, in New Brunswick and throughout Quebec. He hopes to have it released in English within the next two months.

source: F4WOnline.com

The pay-per-view event, which featured The Rock’s first wrestling match in over seven years, is estimated to have garnered 260,000 buys worldwide. It was reported that of that figure, 160,000 pay-per-view purchases came from the United States.

The estimate compares to 244,000 buys in 2010 and 235,000 in 2009, which nearly got the show scrapped from the annual pay-per-view line-up.

source: F4WOnline.com

– GQ has named the WWE Championship one of the best sports trophies of all-time.

They wrote of the title: “When it comes to gaudy title belts, boxing has nothing on professional wrestling. Boxing’s look like something stolen from the uniform closet of a Third World dictator. WWE’s is modeled after the old-school solid-fake-gold title belt that Ric Flair used to rock. Wooo!!!”

– Jerry Lawler appears for Remix Pro Wrestling on April 7 at Marietta Middle School Gym 242 Seventh St. Marietta, Ohio. Visit www.remixprowrestling.com for more information.

source: F4WOnline.com

WWEDVDNews reports that Punk has a lot of input on the DVD that will include matches and a documentary style feature similar to recent Randy Orton and John Cena DVD’s. Punk picked the matches for the DVD and which stars were interviewed for the documentary.

Punk talked about watching recent DVD sets on Randy Orton and Chris Jericho, then sending a long e-mail to WWE employees about what he wants for his DVD. Punk said he didn’t like the usual narrators that can be heard in the backgrounds and the choice of music on WWE’s DVD’s. Punk is refusing to have “crappy bands like Switchfoot” on his DVD and is planning on using music from bands he is a fan of and friends with.

The set will be out on DVD and Blu-ray later this year.

Source: WWEDVDNews

Dalton has previously competed as Mattias Wild and Mike McGrath. He was trained by Lance Storm and signed by WWE in 2010.

The FCW Twitter page also announced that Bo Rotundo and Husky Harris won the Florida Tag Team Titles at the tapings. The sons of Mike “IRS” Rotunda defeated Brad Maddox & Briley Pierce for the belts.

Bo recently returned to action after being out for months with a lacerated kidney.

- Jim Ross confirmed that he will be at Monday’s RAW from Oklahoma City but says he doesn’t know if he will be appearing on TV. He wrote:

“Asked a great deal if I’m going to be on Raw Monday in OKC. I honestly don’t know at this time but I’m going to attend as a fan. See u there”

- Several readers sent word that on the SmackDown broadcast that has already aired in Australia, WWE edited off the Brodus Clay vs. Heath Slater squash match. The match saw Drew McIntyre attack Clay after the match but get laid out.

WWE usually edits segments off SmackDown when tapings run long or creative plans change later in the week. A recent segment that was edited off saw Kaitlyn turn heel on AJ Lee.

John Cena:
“John Cena has been supportive of my YouTube show, with loads of re-Tweets of my stuff. There’s no way you can hate on that! Cena has been supportive of me from day one. At one time John was the prototype, he was young and hungry. I think John saw himself in me – he was someone at the bottom and he changed up, started rapping, and took the initiative. I’m not getting ahead of myself.”

His hopes for 2012:
“In January 2011 I was a nobody on RAW at best. By the end of 2011, I was US Champion. By December 2012, I want to be wrestling for the World Heavyweight Championship.”

Winning the US Title and potential WrestleMania match vs. Jack Swagger:
“I think it would bring prestige back to the title, again. Dolph Ziggler did that, it was a big deal when I won it. It put some stock in the title.”