Update On Chris Masters' WWE Return, Hurricane Returns, More

After a several year absence, The Hurricane returned to the WWE ring at last night's SmackDown/ECW live event in Binghamton, New York, teaming with Evan Bourne. The duo lost to The Hart Dynasty when David Hart Smith pinned Hurricane with a clothesline. In another note, The Hurricane's ring time was limited as Bourne worked most of the match.

In other news coming out of last night's live event, WWE Hall of Famer Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat squared off against developmental wrestler Drew McIntyre in a 20-minute affair. The match was not well received as it largely consisted of rest holds, resulting in the audience booing at times. Reader Wilson Wells wrote: "The most boring match of the night. Almost 20 minutes of mat-wrestling. No, not even. They were sitting on the mat, just holding each other. They would get up for three seconds, get back down, and there was thunderous booing."

Chris Masters was indeed hired back by World Wrestling Entertainment this past week. "The Masterpiece" had a meeting with Vince McMahon at the Los Angeles tapings a few weeks ago and was recommended by Randy Orton to be brought back. Many in WWE are curious as to how he will look like when he returns as it was noted that it will send a message. WWE released Masters from his contract on November 8, 2007 six days after he had been suspended for 60 days for having violated the company's drug testing policy on a second occasion. The suspension was for 60 days because he had been previously suspended on August 30, 2007 when the Signature Pharmacy scandal broke out. Shortly after his return to the ring, he was suspended for failing a drug test. Contrary to his Wikipedia bio, Masters was not suspended when he quietly taken off the road in May 2006. Masters entered a drug rehabilitation due to an issue with prescription painkillers, but it did not count as a strike against because there was no drug test failure associated with him being sent to rehab. He returned to WWE four months later with much less muscle mass, leading Jerry "The King" Lawler to refer to him as "leaner and meaner" Chris Masters. (Source: Wrestling Observer)