- Brain examination results from Chris Benoit came out today and tests
performed indicated that there was big damage from repeated concussions and
other blows to the head. Similar tests conducted on other five athletes -
two of whom committed suicide - showed that Benoit had the highest level of
brain damage compared to the other five. These results were presented in New
York this morning during a press conference hosted by Dr. Julian Bailes of
the Department of Neurosurgery at West Virginia University and Dr. Robert
Cantu, the Chief of Neurosurgery Service and Director of Sports Medicine at
Emerson Hospital in Concord, MA. Dr. Bailes said that considering the amount
of brain damage found it was enough to explain the double murder-suicide.
- WWE is teaming up with Microsoft to develop a new, cutting edge
interactive video experience at WWE.com based on the Microsoft Silverlight
cross-browser, cross-platform interactive plug-in according to a press
release issued earlier today. Right now WWE uses Microsoft Windows Media
Player as its primary way of delivering video content on the website,
staying away from the flash-based plugins that basically took over the
Internet video world. The website WWE.COM streams more than 40 million
videos each month. "We are very excited that WWE.com will be utilizing
Microsoft Silverlight to deliver the type of interactive, media-intensive
and high-quality experiences that its dedicated and fervent fan base
demands," said Brian Goldfarb, group product manager in the UX Platform and
Tools team at Microsoft. "The support of an established brand such as WWE is
proof that Silverlight is fast becoming a new standard in delivering media
online." Silverlight 1.0 will be released sometime this month and WWE will
develop a new way to provide videos, a better interface and proving
advertisers new ways and means to reach their audience.
- Dave Meltzer reported that Mark Henry re-signed with WWE.
- Matches talked about for Wrestlemania 24 included Batista vs. John Cena, Undertaker vs. Edge, and Mr. Kennedy vs. Triple H.
