Well, add Essa Rios and Evan Karagias to the cost-cutting pink slip list.

Evan, like Lash, I don't feel bad about. He lacked charisma and, more importantly, talent.

Essa Rios though... here's a man who was Light Heavyweight champion, at one time thought of as even more impressive than Rey Mysterio Jr. - at least until after he won the title. Then, he was buried like he never existed.

This is also yet again a case of the WWF eliminating smaller talents from their roster. After all, we'd much rather boo wastes like Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo than cheer exciting wrestlers like Yang...