Backstage Update On The Pushes Of Younger Talent, More

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

? Of the WWE stars to have their pushes halted in recent weeks (Dolph Ziggler/Jack Swagger), Eric Escobar is going through the quickest demise of them all. Not that his stock was particularly high to begin with considering he had been in developmental for a number of years, but the company has pretty much given up on him mere weeks after his WWE debut as a result of his failure to impress. While he's tall and has a good look, he lacks charisma and the feeling is he has done nothing to prove he belongs.

? One of the reasons Kofi Kingston is being pushed hard at the moment is because they feel they need another African-American babyface star and the company has given up on several other wrestlers that were picked for the spot at one point or another.