The Final Cut

- There was 39 minutes and 2 seconds of in-ring action on this past Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown.

- Regarding his retirement, William Regal wrote the following on Twitter:

“Let me make this very clear.I have not once said that I’m going to retire.I’ve said I don’t know how long I have left.Big difference.

Having had a decent brake from in ring I am feeling ready to go for a while.But the fact is that’s down to two things.One is how long my body holds out and two is if people want me to wrestle.”

- Luke Robinson of WWE Tough Enough fame is taking bookings through lukerobinsonbookings@yahoo.com.

- WWE’s Inside Out with Triple H is now available on DirecTV On Demand for $7.99.

- Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson will be joining Tiny “Zeus” Lister, Lorenzo Lamas and Rudy Reyes on a new reality TV show called The Z Team, airing on the Reelz cable network. The group will be contracted by law enforcement agencies and concerned citizens across the country to confront real life and death situations.­­­­

From a press release: “The Z Team, relying on years of experience fighting bad guys on the big screen, in the ring and in real life take on drug dealers, the mob and dirty politicians—no case is too much for them.”

- Former WWE star Lance Storm spoke with the Aftermath show (formerly Right After Wrestling) this week and talked about working with WWE by hosting a new developmental territory with his Storm Wrestling Academy. He said:

“I’ve had all kinds of different levels of talks for quite a while. We’ve just never managed to figure out how to make it work. There’s always been on going conversation. I think they hope I cave in and move to Florida. I think it makes sense to have a developmental territory in Canada. Before Deep South I talked to Vince about it. I’d like to be involved with that level again with WWE.”

- Former WWE star Vladimir Kozlov wrote on Facebook that he is looking to wrestle in Mexico soon under the name Moscow Mauler. Kozlov is currently featured on the cover of Russian magazine Socialite, where is reveals he is looking at getting into acting.

- Triple H spoke with Moviefone.com this week to promote WWE Studios’ Inside Out. Here are some highlights:

Hugh Jackman is guest-hosting an upcoming episode of Raw, and he joins a long list of celebrity guest hosts — but was there ever a host that had a pedigree coming to them?

I’d like to give one to Bob Barker, just ’cause it’s Bob Barker. But you know who I would have liked to pedigree is Al Sharpton. Al Sharpton was the guest host and he showed up ten minutes before he did his thing, he did it, and he left five minutes later. He couldn’t have cared less, he phoned it in. It was the worst appearance ever.

Most of the guys come on the show and they know what we are and they want to have fun. Dennis Miller came on and he was hilarious on-camera, hilarious off-camera. Dennis came up to me and he goes, “My life is complete. I just got comedy advice from Vince McMahon.” Vince would literally be like “Dennis, come here. You need to say your jokes slower ’cause…” Vince will give anybody direction.

What does WWE Studios have planned next?

We just finished a movie called ‘No One Lives,’ that’s a straight up horror, R-rated. It’s funny, if we say we’ve got a few kid’s movies, now it’s: “all WWE does is kids movies.”

I don’t think anyone expected us to make ‘That’s What I Am’ either. A movie about prejudices and bullying and the story of a teacher and a kid that gets bullied. It’s completely different for us. But Vince read it and felt passionate about the story and said “this is a really great story. Is it gonna make us a ton of money? Nope.” We’re trying to think bigger picture and longer term.

Triple H also played the name game and had to think up a movie for 80′s and 90′s stars. Here’s what he came up with for the following stars:

Hulk Hogan: Oh god, anything cheesy.
Jake Roberts: Western villian.
DX: Comedy.
Vince McMahon: “Wall Street”
Bill Goldberg: Any movie that took itself too seriously.
The Ultimate Warrior: Either crazy out-there futuristic space movie — or absolute stoner film.

- There was 24 minutes and 55 seconds of in-ring action on this week’s WWE Superstars, up from the previous week.

- Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins continued to team up at last night’s RAW live event in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. They defeated the team of Primo and Yoshi Tatsu.

- WWE’s website has a new storyline article up looking at why John Laurinaitis was in the limousine with Kevin Nash on Monday’s RAW Supershow. Laurinaitis issued the following “statement” to WWE’s website:

“Kevin Nash is a friend of mine. We have a long history and I’m the one who hired him. I think the circumstances of Kevin’s firing are unfortunate, but ultimately, I don’t make the rules around here. [WWE Chief Operating Officer] Triple H does. As far as the conversation in that limo, as the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, I cannot disclose the nature of any private conversation with our talent in order to protect the integrity of the office. I respect the hell out of Kevin and I wish him the best in his future endeavors.”