WWE Writer Liked In Developmental, WWE Bringing Ivan Koloff To WrestleMania, More

- WWE has hired a new strength and conditioning coach. He hasn't started full-time but he is a friend of Triple H's personal trainer, Joe DeFranco.

- WWE writer Ryan Ward, who is on the SmackDown/RAW writing crew, is very well liked by people at NXT, where he also writes TV. Ward wrote five different episodes at the last NXT tapings and it was said to be the best taping they have had.

- WWE is bringing wrestling legend Ivan Koloff to WrestleMania 29 with his wife. Koloff hasn't done anything with WWE in more than 30 years. He's bring brought in for interviews, likely the WWE 50 year history DVD and a Bruno Sammartino DVD. Triple H is the one who called Koloff and it's said he is likely for the 2014 Hall of Fame.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

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