source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
For whatever it's worth, internally, the betting line is that Tazz will be gone when his contract expires in March. Although, they may still reach a deal. Tazz has been on some New York radio shows, so it appears he's at least using that for leverage, or looking at that as a new job. Tazz was looking for a raise to stay and since his importance has dropped being on ECW (and with JBL doing such a good job on SmackDown that if ECW was dropped, Tazz likely wouldn't get his spot back), he hasn't been offered a raise.
At a production meeting, Vince McMahon said that the reason ECW was failing was because there was no humor on the show. Bruce "Brother Love" Prichard then started talking about how funny Brad Armstrong is. From all accounts, Brad is indeed funny behind-the-scenes, but unlike his brother (BG James), he's never really been able to translate that in front of the camera. Prichard said that Armstrong would shine in the spot because no one else on the show is funny. Tazz saw this as a powerplay and what you saw in him trying to cut him off was the end result.
The ECW fans have spoken and the 2006 ECW Die Hard(s) of the Year are the two pretty girls from Jacksonville, Fla. that idolize Kelly Kelly; Melanie Halton and Angie Grose. Click here for the official announcement.
