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In case you didn't notice, on Monday's RAW, WWE's cameras only shot Stephanie McMahon from the waist/chest up. Strangely, there were absolutely no full-body shots of Mrs. McMahon. According to a backstage source, it was no accident as the production crew did so on purpose due to Stephanie's body shape at the moment and because she was in somewhat of a form-fitting outfit on RAW. WWE's really particular on how they want their performers to look on television, as they don't want to show them in a less-than-stellar light. As you all know, Stephanie gave birth to her second child this past July, a daughter named Murphy Claire Levesque. This same camera tactic was done as recently as a few weeks before she gave birth when she made some on-camera announcements regarding the status of RAW from WWE's Studios in Stamford, CT. Of course, Stephanie was quite pregnant at the time, but you would never know it from the way she was shot on camera as she was only shot from the chest up. Anyway, Stephanie gained quite a bit of weight during her second pregnancy, which unfortunately for her, she hasn't completely lost yet, hence the business suits and slimming black outfits, and why you shouldn't expect to see her don anything too revealing in her latest on-camera role. It's pretty well known within WWE that Stephanie has had confidence issues in the past regarding her appearance, going as far to say that a rude fan sign at least in part influenced her to get breast implants, and once saying on-screen "that she's no Torrie Wilson" and that one of the reasons America is so great is because there are different body types and images.

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writer Michael Hayes pitched the idea of WWE.com to do the publicity stunt involving Jeff Hardy. Vince McMahon gave him his full support and Stephanie directed the creative team on how the storyline would play out. WWE decided to go with the angle last week and only a few people outside of the writing staff were aware of the idea. Hardy, Edge and Triple H were among the few wrestlers

approached about the storyline.

WWE has plans for the Divas Champion Michelle McCool to make a full-fledged heel turn. They started this week at the double SmackDown! taping.

ECW Champion Matt Hardy told The Post and Courier last week that he re-signed with WWE. Hardy also talked about hyperextending his previously surgically repaired left knee during an ECW title match with Finlay. "I hyperextended it and tore ligaments in the back of it midway through the European tour," Hardy said. "I had to wrestle on television a couple times after that, but what do you do? You wrap it up and go. But I'm pretty good at being responsible whenever I do get injured, and I do what I need to do as far as icing and heating and giving it the treatment it needs." Hardy saw a chiropractor a few days for the Survivor Series. "It's going to be fine. I was lucky. I had three or four days to kind of heel and rehab it. It's one of those things. It comes with the territory."

Umaga was brought to the television tapings this past week, but wasn't used. Upon his return to WWE, Umaga will remain on the SmackDown brand and is expected to be involved in Undertaker's next program. Umaga has been out of action since suffering a torn PCL at a SmackDown live event in Johnson City, TN on August 2, 2008 during a match with Jeff Hardy.

The title track from the new Guns-n-Roses album Chinese Democracy is the official theme of the Armageddon pay-per-view, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 14. WWE has a note on the partnership at WWE.com.

During the second hour of Monday's Raw (right before the DX merchandise skit with Kelly Kelly), they put up a screen grab of the front page of WWE.com. In the caption for Cena's win at Survivor Series, the phrase 'WWE Universe' was misspelled as 'WEW Universe'. You can see a screencap of the miscue at http://pic-share.info/i3/wew-universe.jpg