If you’re a fan of old school ECW, this is a pretty freakin’ cool piece of memorabilia: a giant sign that hung at the original home of ECW, the ECW Arena in South Philly. The sign is autographed by a bunch of ECW wrestlers, including The Blue Meanie, Sabu, 2 Cold Scorpio, Tammy Sytch, Axl Rotten, and Francine Fournier.

Of course, you’d have to be a huge fan of ECW or a serious collector to pick up this piece of wrestling history - the eBay “Buy It Now” price is $20,000. Check out the auction on eBay. I can’t wait to see how much it sells for.

found via The Blue Meanie

Mickie James announced Monday night that Kelly Kelly is now the newest Raw diva. No draft, no fanfare, no explanation: she’s just a Raw diva now.

Why do they even bother with the yearly WWE draft? I mean, I know it creates buzz and the occasional controversy, but what’s really the point if the writers are going to shuffle the rosters any time they want?

Now, don’t get me wrong. I think it’s a well-deserved move, and a necessary one if WWE management intends to give Kelly Kelly her much rumored push. It also paves the way for Barbie Blank to become the next WWE star to pose for Playboy in 2009.

The ECW roster is looking a little diva-light now that Kelly and Layla have moved on from the third-tier brand. Are we looking at a push for Lena Yada or Tiffany, an opportunity for a new diva to step into the spotlight, or could we see a more seasoned diva move to ECW to help the Tuesday night ratings?

In a short MySpace blog post, Ashley Massaro announced today that she is seeking an early release from her WWE contract to care for her ailing 7-year-old daughter.  No word yet on what’s wrong with Ashley’s daughter.

This brings an end to years of rumblings on Internet forums suggesting that Ashley has a daughter named Alexis (Lexie for short) who lives in Long Island with her parents. In addition to the rumors, a photo of Ashley Massaro and Lexie has been circulating for over a year, but it wasn’t until today that Ashley confirmed publicly that she is indeed a mom.

Here’s what Ashley had to say:

some unfortunate news…this is the hardest decision i have ever had to make

I have some thing to tell you guys and I wanted u 2 be the first 2 hear it…I tried very hard out of the respect I have for her privacy and not wanting her 2 be exposed in any negative light but I have a 7yr old daughter and I just found out 2day that she not well and I can’t be on the road with WWE when my own flesh and blood needs me…I am a single parent trying 2 juggle taking care of my child and working my butt off for her and now at this point when she is sick and needs me home I have 2 make the decision 2 bow out of wwe for a while and take care of my daughter…I wish I could do both and that there were more ways 2 get everything done but with the severity of the situation I’m going 2 have 2 ask for an early release for now…I may be back if she gets better…please keep her in your prayers…I love the wwe…I love all the talent that works there and most of all I love all the fans…thanks for always being so supportive…so this is me taking a bow and stepping out of the lime light right now to take care of my family…stick with me guys cause I will be back somewhere some how when this is all over…thanks for all your love and support and I’m sorry 2 be the bearer of bad news…thanks and good night my punks…stick with me ill see you soon
Xoxo
Dirty Dirty

I guess this pretty much quashes the rumors that Ashley will be serving as valet to Atlas Ortiz, the newest member of the ECW roster, but there’s no denying Ashley is making the right choice here - probably one she should have made years ago.