— Former WWE star James “Jimmy Wang Yang” Yun appeared on this week’s Right After Wrestling radio show and revealed a pretty interesting news item. Yung takes credit for being the person who discovered WWE newcomer Sheamus:
“I’m the one who got Sheamus his job. I picked him out in Milan, Italy and said ‘I’m gonna test this guy out’ and look at him now, he’s done great. I saw the workouts earlier and they told me that I could work with anyone I wanted. It came down to him and another German guy. I went to both guys and I asked ‘who does Italy hate the most, Germans or Irishmen?’ They both told me Irishmen so I ended up picking Sheamus to work that night. The rest is history.”
— The Los Angeles Times is reporting that USA Network President and longtime WWE ally Bonnie Hammer is getting a big promotion as part of the corporate merger between NBC Universal (parent company of USA Network) and Comcast. Hammer, who is currently in charge of USA and SyFy networks, will now also run E! Entertainment Television and the G-4 network.
Bonnie Hammer has been working with WWE since the late 1990s and was instrumental in bringing WWE back to the USA Network when its contract with Spike TV came up. Hammer gave the green light to bringing ECW, NXT and SmackDown to Syfy.
Hammer has a track record of creating synergy among the NBC Universal properties. Having a strong ally in such a powerful position at NBC Universal could certainly be beneficial to WWE.
* Picture Of THE ROCK Looking Absolutely JACKED – MUST SEE!
(Visit LATimes.com for more on the NBC Universal-Comcast merger)