WWE Diva News: Michelle McCool in Hospital, Ashley in Playboy

• WWE.com is reporting that SmackDown diva Michelle McCool was hospitalized over the Thanksgiving for general sickness and acute back pain. Additional tests, including an ultra sound, revealed that McCool was suffering from an enlarged kidney and an electrolyte imbalance.

If left untreated this could have led to other major health issues, such as heart or kidney failure. The Wrestling Post wishes her a speedy recovery.

• The company website also confirmed Ashley Massaro as as the next WWE Diva to be on the cover of Playboy. Talk about the sexy SmackDown diva appearing in those pages has been going around for months, but it has not been confirmed until now.

Ashley (pictured below), the latest nude WWE Diva to follow in the footsteps of Sable and Torrie Wilson, is slated for the cover of the April 2007 issue. She told the site: “I’m super-honored, majorly honored.”