source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Regarding Benoit’s move to ECW, SmackDown head writer Michael Hayes just doesn’t see him as a top talent. On the otherhand, all the other backstage people are high on him, so it was best to get him out of there. At one point the plan was to send him to Raw, but they thought it would be better for him to go ECW because they feature younger wrestlers and he could be a player/coach on the brand.

WWE has approached Len Davies, the promoter of Real Quality Wrestling, which is based in London, England, about setting up a developmental territory. He was flown by WWE to Detroit for WrestleMania about further discussions. A decision probably won’t be made until next month, and WWE are the ones likely making the call. Davies has his own media and production company, not to mention good contacts with people in the U.K. television industry. He is also well enough to cover whatever financial losses the company may entail.

For the month of April, WWE shipped 239,000 total DVDs, down 28% from the same period last year. Before the Mania and Horsemen DVDs, the best selling DVD of 2007 was “The New and Improved DX,” which has now shipped 165,000 copies.

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