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Also as part of the budget cuts, WWE will be dropping the magazine division. If a magazine distribution company wants to take over the WWE Magazine then WWE will look at that option but as of now the magazine department is no more.

Originally Posted by Observer As we previously reported, Ricardo Rodriguez was released yesterday from WWE. The word on why Ricardo left was because WWE didn't have a role for him at the moment. Rodriguez was previously announcing with the Spanish commentary team and working in NXT as El Local. The feeling backstage is that they didn't need him for Spanish broadcasts and his size hurt him when it came to being used as a wrestler

Originally Posted by Observer The checks for WrestleMania XXX were sent to talent this week and everyone should have received them within the past few days. The word is that the payoffs were better than what most were afraid of, but close to what everyone expected. The talent was originally worried that because of the WWE Network and how that might affect PPV bonuses (along with video game royalties being lower than expected). They were expecting the WrestleMania checks to be lower than they were