Another WWE Release, Batista Starring In Movie With RVD, WWE.com Staff Gutted

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— WWE has dropped referee Mickey Henson (Mickie Jay). Henson had been out of action the past few months with undisclosed health problems and it was unknown if he would return. Henson was brought into the company in the fall of 2005 and asked to change his stage name due to the similarity to the name Mickie James.

— Batista and Rob Van Dam are co-starring in a movie called “The Wrong Side of the Tracks Part I.” It is scheduled to be shot from 2/3 to 2/24 in Baton Rouge, LA. Batista had been looking to get some time off since Wrestlemania because he wanted to try his hand at acting, but due to other injuries in the company, it kept getting moved back.

— WWE laid off a number of staff members working on the company’s website, WWE.com. They also closed down its Asia Pacific office located in Sydney, Australia, laying off everyone who worked out of the office.

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