sources: f4wonline.com, Wrestling Observer
The internet rumors regarding Claudio Castagnoli's WWE status are indeed true as he is no longer affiliated with World Wrestling Entertainment. Castagnoli was fired before he ever even worked one day for the company. His dismissal seems to be due to some visa issue as he is from Switzerland. Castagnoli was not exactly forthcoming about the issue, and head of developmental Mike Bucci (Simon Dean) also got heat for assuming that a guy from Europe would have all of his legal papers squared away when he really didn't.
WWE is clamping down on cell phone photographs at WWE events for some reason. No word yet as to why. However, they're OK with digital cameras and film cameras, just not cell phones.
Rob Conway's WWE future hasn't been totally decided, but he'll likely be heading to SmackDown to reform La Résistance with Sylvan.
