– The latest issue of WWE Magazine features “Tomorrow’s Superstars” on the cover, including John Morrison, Legacy, Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne. WWE seems to be reacting to the general consensus that the top of the card is getting stale and there’s a need for young talent to be elevated to the next level.

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– WWE United States champion The Miz is currently suffering from a bad case of laryngitis, according to PWInsider.com. Related News: The Miz Tweets While Being Pulled Over For A Traffic Violation

– Former WWE Diva Amy “Lita” Dumas played a gig in Badalona, Spain with her band The Luchagors over the weekend.

– Superstars and divas from all three WWE brands will be at tonight’s Raw from Baltimore. Most of the WWE roster will be leaving for Iraq to film the annual “Tribute to the Troops” special as soon as RAW is over.

– To promote his new television show Conspiracy Theory, Jesse Ventura recently did a Q&A with StarPulse.com.

Two new Lucha Libre-themed restaurants located in New York City have been reviewed by New York Magazine – Cascabel and La Lucha. Both establishments are being praised for their The review focused mix of authentic Mexican food and a “near-obsessive” collection of Mexican wrestling memorabilia.

Cascabel is described as having, “floor-to-ceiling lucha-libre posters, luchador toys and figurines galore, and affiliated knickknacks of every sort. Vintage lucha-libre films are projected against a wall. Even the friendly waitress pops up at your table from time to time wearing a luchador mask. The whole trippy affair brings to mind a goofy teenage fan’s bedroom, crossed with the type of apartment TV cops burst into only to discover a photo montage of the serial killer’s latest victim.”

To read a detailed review of both restaurants, visit New York Magazine’s Undergroud Gourmet Review at NYMag.com.

WWE taped this week’s editions of ECW on Syfy and WWE Superstars on WGN on Sunday night in Virginia.

Thanks to reader Nicolas Moore for sending in this live report:

Dark Match:

Kaval (Low Ki) beat Paul Burchill w/ Katie Lee via pin after a ghetto stomp from the top rope.

ECW:

Show starts off with The Abraham Washington Show with Zack Ryder and Rosa Mendez. Now I was right beside the titantron however there was a curtain blocking my path so I couldn’t see but I could hear. They read poems to each other and apparently started making out on the couch. End of segment.

Backstage, Regal is talking to Ezekiel about his actions last week and how he needs to get his head in the game because tonight he’s tagging with Kozlov against Christian and Shelton Benjamin.

Goldust beats William Regal after a rollup after Ezekiel and Kozlov getting a scruff outside of the ring costing Regal the match.

Backstage, ECW GM Tiffany (sp?) is talking to Paul Burchill about how he can’t get back on ECW because of the loss against Hurricane a couple weeks back. Burchill storms out and gets passed by Trent Boretta and C. Croft and they talk to Tiffany about their coming up match.

Trent Boretta and C. Croft beat Bobby Shields and ???? (Couldn’t make out his name) in a pretty boring match. Seems as though Boretta and Croft are heels.

Christian and Shelton Benjamin beat Ezekiel and Vlad Kozlov after Benjamin hits a t-bone suplex on Kozlov. More arguing between the roundtable (Ezekiel, Kozlov, and Regal)

Superstars:

Hurricane beats Zack Ryder via DQ after a masked man runs out into the ring and hits a suplex on Hurricane. Before this happens, Ryder rolls out of the ring and lays there until after the match is over.

Dolph Ziggler beats Matt Hardy which I thought was the match of the night. Ziggler won by a rollup with constant false counts.

A few WWE superstars and Divas returned to the ring this weekend at their brands’ respective live events:

– Rey Mysterio returned to action at the SmackDown live event in Maryland, defeating Chris Jericho in the main event. A fan report from the show says Rey wasn’t selling the injury from Batista at all. Mysterio suffered a brutal attack at the hands of Batista after their match at Survivor Series. Read More: Rey Mysterio Surgery Update

– WWE Diva Maryse returned to the ring at Friday night’s RAW live event in Johnson City, Tennessee.

– Carlito made his return to action at that same show defeating WWE developmental talent Alex Riley. There have been reports that Carlito is currently in the “dog house” and not on good terms with WWE management. Read More: Carlito In The WWE Dog House?

— Raw wrestler Eddie Colón (a.k.a. “Primo”) is said to be very “frustrated” with his position in World Wrestling Entertainment.

The second generation star has accomplished little of note since being broken up from his brother Carlito over the summer as more often than not he’s working dark matches and being left off Monday Night Raw. Primo loves wrestling more than his brother does (Carlito himself has admitted this to be true), so this is a trying time for him.

The Colóns captured the WWE Tag Team Championships shortly after Primo’s debut last year, holding on to them through June.

— In this week’s edition of SmackDown After the Bell on WWE.com, Dolph Ziggler says what he’s thankful for. To listen to his comments, click here.

— Here is the TV Guide preview for next Monday’s episode of Raw: New, (TV-PG,V), Verne Troyer is the guest host. Also: John Cena and DX. (Pro Wrestling), (V=Moderate Violence).

— WWE officials have booked a local Baltimore courtroom for Monday afternoon to film pre-tapes involving Hornswoggle taking D-Generation X to court over Triple H’s attack on him two weeks ago on Raw. The entire courtroom, including the jury, will be filled with “little people.” Verne Troyer of Austin Powers fame will be the special guest host. (source: PWInsider.com)

— The Bella Twins and Eve Torres revealed on the respective Twitter accounts that they will be going on WWE’s annual trip to Iraq. The annual Tribute to the Troops show will be held two weeks from now.

— John Bradshaw Layfield has posted a blog on the WWE Universe website relaying a Thankgiving-related story from when he was living in Germany.

— It would appear that Carlito has been added to WWE’s unofficial “bad list” alongside anything TNA and Chris Benoit as a sign reading “Where’s Carlito?” was immediately confiscated by company personnel after briefly appearing on camera during Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C.

The Caribbean Superstar has not been seen in several weeks and his status with the company very much remains a mystery. His profile is currently active on the company website — for now.

— World Wrestling Entertainment is conducting a survey asking for your feedback concerning Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view. They are asking fans if they ordered the event to begin with and if so, to say how they found about the Survivor Series and what they liked best about it. To take part in the survey, click here.

— Maria is today’s “Daily Diva” on WWE.com while Drew McIntyre is the “Superstar of the Day.” As noted earlier, Maria is expected to return to SmackDown imminently as filming for Celebrity Apprentice wrapped up last week.

— Of the WWE stars to have their pushes halted in recent weeks, Eric Escobar is going through the quickest demise of them all. Not that his stock was particularly high to begin with considering he had been in developmental for a number of years, but the company has pretty much given up on him mere weeks after his WWE debut as a result of his failure to impress. While he’s tall and has a good look, he lacks charisma and the feeling is he has done nothing to prove he belongs. (source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

— As reported earlier, independent women’s wrestler Becky Bayless received tryouts with World Wrestling Entertainment at the company’s television tapings last week. She was also used as a prop for Slam Master J’s weekly SmackDown After The Bell segment on WWE.com. To view her brief on-camera appearance, click here.

— The WWE website has posted photos of “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan and WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel attending The Strike 3 Foundation’s Second Annual First Pitch Celebrity Gala.