Mark Bright looks at the first Smackdown of 2009.

WWE’s Jim Ross on cutting costs, releasing talent and more.

Jim Ross has posted his latest blog, looking at Brock Lesnar’s UFC Heavyweight title win over Randy Couture at UFC 91 on Saturday night.

Welcome to the latest Roundtable discussion here at iFight365.com where this week, we’re asking the question: If you could choose anyone from any promotion, at anytime, to be your dream announce team, who would you choose?

Mark Bright: As soon as I read the topic title I knew instantly what my answer would be. The dream announce team of all time in pro wrestling would be “Good Ol’ JR” Jim Ross circa 1998 and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan circa 1992.

Heenan could be the pure heel commentator without edging into being annoying like Jerry Lawler has done and JR would be excellent at…

An update on Lance Cade’s recent release from WWE.

Ross talks Cena and more in his latest blog update.

Jim Ross has revealed the reasons behind Lance Cade’s surprise release from WWE this week.

Jim Ross will call Tuesday night’s edition of ECW on Sci-Fi alongside Tazz.

- WWE tapes Smackdown and broadcasts ECW from Milwaukee, WI tonight. No matches have been announced for the TV tapings at time of writing however its likely that we’ll find out what’s next for Triple H and his WWE title ahead of next month’s No Mercy PPV, plus the show will likely feature the continuation of the Big Show/Undertaker angle from Sunday night’s Unforgiven PPV. Triple H and The Undertaker vs. The Great Khali and MVP has been advertised as a dark match.
We’ll have spoilers up on the front page …

- The Sun have an interesting interview with WWE lawyer Jerry McDevitt online, looking at the lawsuit filed against the company by former employees Scott ‘Raven’ Levy, Chris ‘Kanyon’ Klucsarits and Mike Sanders.
McDevitt again insisted that WWE has no case to answer and was quoted as saying: “I think the key point to be made here is that every one of these people signed contracts acknowledging they were independent contractors.
“They contractually agreed that they would take care of their own health benefits and all the rest of that stuff.
“The IRS …