Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
BostonHerald.com has a story on Roger Clemens making a pass at the wife of former WWE star Brutus “The Barber Beefcake 18 years ago. Barbara Leslie was working as a waitress (and hadn’t met her husband yet), and Clemens was married at the time. Clemens followed her into her off-limits dressing room and said, “What would you do if I tried to kiss you?” Barbara Leslie replied, “What would your wife say if you tried to kiss me?”
With Michael Hayes on a 60-day suspension, Ed Koskey and Christopher DeJosephs (a.k.a. ‘Big Dick Johnson’) are taking over as the interim head writers for both Smackdown and ECW. DeJosephs had been the head writer of ECW since Dave Lagana was fired and Dusty Rhodes left for Florida Championship Wrestling.
Brian Gewirtz, the head writer of Raw, has canceled his summer vacation. The feeling is with the lackluster ratings for Raw as of late, he doesn’t want to miss writing a show since Vince McMahon is more open to outside suggestions when things aren’t going too well.
