WWE News/Notes: Lashley Push, ECW Hype

The following is courtesy of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter ...

• The morale of WWE management is pretty high right now. The company had three nights of sellouts in a row in Texas for Royal Rumble, RAW, and the Smackdown/ECW tapings.

• The reason behind Lashley being constantly put over on ECW TV is because WWE now wants to use the brand to make him a superstar. Vince has his mind set on making Lashley look as huge and unstoppable as possible.

• MTV’s WSX, which airs in the same timeslot as ECW, has somewhat lit a fire under Vince to work harder on ECW. Backstage at the January 30 tapings of ECW, WSX was all the talk of management, particularly the McMahons. TNA never struck a nerve like this since they don’t air during the same timeslot.