WWE's New Backstage Rule (Announcers), RAW Guest Hosts, More

Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

? As noted last week here on the website, WWE is said to be working on getting a member of the New York Yankees to host RAW on November 16 at Madison Square Garden. While nothing is confirmed, Johnny Damon would seem like the strongest candidate since he is a big wrestling fan and has attended many WWE and TNA events over the last few years. Roddy Piper is said to be in talks about guest hosting an upcoming edition of WWE Monday Night RAW in the next few weeks.

? In what has been described as the latest doctrine in WWE, the new rule is to no longer shoot or show ring announcers on TV. This has already been done at the Hell in a Cell PPV and the RAW that followed with Justin Roberts who was never shown once on camera while announcing. The same was also done with new ECW ring announcer Lauren Mayhew and while she appeared in the background in a few shots, they would always quickly pull away. Some have joked about this new rule more so due to the new hiring of Mayhew who was mainly hired for her looks.