More OVW/WWE News, Lashley's Release, Cena/NASCAR, 'Mania, More

With Ohio Valley Wrestling no longer serving as a developmental territory for World Wrestling Entertainment, their current plan is to stay in business and move forward. Pro Wrestling Insider reports that OVW will probably have to cut costs, but the company feels it can continue to attract trainees, running live shows and generate enough revenue to survive.

Dave Meltzer is reporting that WWE made a strong attempt to get Bobby Lashley before they finalized his release.

From Michael Carpenter: The John Cena-Gillette NASCAR Commerical was filmed in December 2007 at the Charlotte Memorial Stadium & Grady Cole Center.

At last report, 57,000 tickets had been sold for Wrestlemania 24.

From Ian Windram: Recently on a Gaming site called Videogamer they did a video interview about the new Midway TNA Game the link to the video is here. During the interview he mentions the Smackdown games and how they will be challenging them.