-- As reported earlier, seldom seen SmackDown wrestler Ryan Braddock is being repackaged with some sort of Elvis-like gimmick. Braddock worked some house shows last weekend, pinning Kung Fu Naki. He wrestled under the name Bradley Jay, his ring name in Ohio Valley Wrestling. Braddock now has Elvis sideburns and is doing some Elvis mannerisms. Braddock displayed his act at a recent Florida Championship Wrestling television taping. He teamed up with Milena Roucka in a loss to Ricky Ortiz and Tiffany. You can see a photo of Braddock in his Elvis get-up, as well as photos of the other FCW stars from the show, at the following link.
-- Kevin Thorn, who disappeared off the face of WWE, returned at the very same FCW show. You can see photos of Thorn at the same link. He appeared in his former vampire gimmick in ECW and has grown his hair back. When Thorn was last seen in ECW, he had gotten rid of the vampire gimmick to go for a more a generic look. He got rid of the vampire get-up, cut his hair short, and started wearing a singlet. In a recent blog on the WWE Universe site, Thorn ranted on WWE making him do away with the vampire gimmick. Thorn hasn't appeared on WWE television since the December 6, 2007 edition of ECW, but has amazingly managed to evade the company's many firing sprees this year.
-- The hyped Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. Mark Henry & Tony Atlas main event match on this past week's edition of ECW resulted in a 16.6 percent audience drop from the 12/2 show, which drew an audience of 1.77 million viewers. Last Tuesday's show pulled in a lackluster 1.2 cable rating and was seen by an average audience of 1.52 million viewers, reports www.pwtorch.com.
