Vince likes Nash, Stephanie wanted gore, Sara fading out? and more Submitted by Calvin Martin on Friday, August 24, 2001 at 1:31 AM EST
Sources say Vince McMahon wrote the final segment of this week's Raw, including the Austin tribute and Angle's milk attack. Sources also say McMahon has been more involved in the main event storylines now than at any time in recent months, spending a lot of one on one time with both Austin and Rock backstage.
Stephanie McMahon did not suggest the idea for Chris Jericho to mock her breast implant surgery on last week's Raw. However, when the idea was brought up in semi-joking manner, Stephanie said she would be happy to go along with the angle if the other writers believed it would help Jericho. Stephanie is so gung-ho about her role, she wanted to take an accidental gore from Rhyno at SummerSlam, but Triple H had to pull her aside and talk her out of it.
There is talk that Sara will not be used on television once the Undertaker vs. Dallas Page angle plays out.
Shane McMahon doesn't come up with very many storyline ideas, but generally tweaks ideas that have already been established. Sometimes he can be a bit overzealous. He actually suggested that Page take the Last Ride off the top of the cage at SummerSlam.
Some members of WWF management say they will try to sway Vince McMahon against hiring Kevin Nash in January due to his history of manipulative games and poor work ethic, but they don't believe they will have much luck since McMahon is still enthralled with Nash's size and has remained friends with him since he left the WWF five years ago.
As one might expect there has been little, if any, talk within management about John Collins and MECW. That said, the feeling is that wrestlers who work for MECW will likely hurt their chances of being hired by the WWF. WWF officials believe the company will shy away from MECW talent in an attempt to avoid criticism that they would be "raiding MECW" as if they were taking their presence seriously. "A lot of people are going to ge burned," one WWF official predicted of MECW. *cough**ey*m*n**cough*
August 16 in Salt Lake City, Utah for Smackdown drew 7,990 paid sellout for $274,440 ($76,707 merchandise at $9 per cap).
August 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada drew 5,469 paid for $206,416 ($53,899 merchandise at $9 per cap).
August 18 in Fresno, California drew 8,346 paid for $250,625 ($67,316 merchandise at $8 per cap).
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