The WWE developmental releases on Friday came as a complete surprise to everyone. Brandon Traven was tweeting about last night's NXT live event just four hours before he was tweeting about being released.

With WWE on the verge of signing new developmental talent to coincide with the launch of its Performance Center in Winter Park, Florida, multiple talents situated in the developmental system were released today.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is lobbying to portray the comic book character Luke Cage in an upcoming movie after Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, revealed in an interview this week that he is a big fan of the actor/sports entertainer and is hopeful that he will appear in one of his films.

- WWE has two Supershow live events scheduled this weekend leading up to Sunday's Exteme Rules pay-per-view. WWE will be on the campus of Western Kentucky University tonight and in Evansville, Indiana tomorrow night. Here are the top advertised matches:

- Amit Swami, who manages The Great Khali when the WWE Superstar returns to his native India, was arrested Friday for allegedly attacking a shopkeeper in Rewari.

TNA star Zema Ion sent out a tweet earlier this week, stating that he had been rushed to the hospital for severe stomach pains. He wrote:

Derrick Bateman and Briley Pierce have parted ways with WWE. Both individuals revealed Friday on Twitter that they are no long affiliated with the sports-entertainment organization.

- According to SaturdayMorningSlam.com, last Saturday's episode of WWE's children-aimed program on The CW, Saturday Morning Slam, marked as the show's season finale.