source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
— Maria was moved over to SmackDown to help balance things out. She wasn’t really needed long-term on Raw anymore due to a potential surplus of babyfaces. SmackDown has three heels in Maryse, Natalya and Victoria, but only two wrestling babyfaces in Cherry and Michelle McCool. Considering that ECW is set to merge with Raw, Kelly Kelly will soon be a part of the Monday night crew, which would leave one less babyface for SmackDown shows. Also, WWE is somewhat limited in what they can do with Cherry, and Eve Torres isn’t wrestling quite yet, hence the addition of Maria to SmackDown because they really do need her. On Raw, Candice Michelle is set to come back soon and Melina is now a babyface (her sudden injury kind of puts a wrench in things, but WWE is going through with their original plan to move Maria anyway). They also have Ashley, but her status in WWE remains unclear. It looks like Mickie will be on her own for a few weeks unless Ashley suddenly returns, but with the eventual returns of Candice, Melina & probably Ashley, plus the addition of Kelly to the Monday night crew in September, Maria wasn’t really needed anymore.
— Some sites are reporting that WWE is grooming Layla El to appear in Playboy next year due to her recent move to Raw. The report was credited to Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, but never actually reported in the newsletter. Dave Meltzer thought Kelly Kelly was going to be moved over to Raw in last week’s drafts since it looks like WWE is grooming her for Playboy in 2008, not to mention that Raw is the most watched brand. For some reason Kelly Kelly was misinterpreted as Layla.
— Michelle McCool posted two new blogs on her WWE Fan Nation account yesterday. In one of her blogs she’s asking for suggestions from the fans. “What do you guys want? What do you want to see? What type of “look” do you guys like when I take my pictures? What type of feud would you like to see?,” McCool wrote. She also posted some new personal photos of herself. {Blogs link}
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