WWE News Dot Net Exclusive: Mike Adamle has a powerful ally, more details on his horrific first night in ECW Apr 23, 2008 - 11:36 AM Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing Although the early word going around is that Mike Adamle was a pet project of executive producer Kevin Dunn, it was actually Vince McMahon who made the decision to rush him onto the air. Adamle is friends with NBC executive Dick Ebersol, who has a longtime friendship with McMahon. As if it wasn't obvious, the story goes that Adamle and Tazz did very little prep work for their first appearance together last week even though they had time to do so. Adamle's commentary was actually worse than what was shown on television. He worked with the production team to make edits after the show, but they simply ran out of time to complete the edits before they had to finalize it for broadcast. Powell's POV: It was worse? I didn't even know that was possible. Can you even imagine? Adamle definitely improved last night, but he still has a lot of work to do. He's as much a laughing stock within the company as he is with viewers right now, but the fact that he's a Vince project means he probably won't be going anywhere for a while. News Usage Policy HELP SUPPORT DOT NET! BECOME A MEMBER AT OUR CHARTER RATE OF JUST $5 A MONTH - GET THE FIRST LOOK AT EXCLUSIVE INSIDER DOT NET NEWS, TONS OF EXCLUSIVE AUDIO SHOWS, MESSAGE BOARD ACCESS, START YOUR OWN BLOG, AD-FREE MAIN LISTING: SIGN ME UP (or MORE INFO) GOT AN IPHONE OR IPOD TOUCH? THEN BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD OUR NEW FREE iPhone APP: (click here!) (or SEARCH "pro wrestling" in iTunes App Store) FOR MORE BREAKING WWE & TNA NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE PWTORCH.COM (click here!) FOR MORE MMA & UFC NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE MMATORCH.COM (click here!) CLICK TO RETURN TO DOT NET MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY WWE News Latest Twelve Articles Jim Ross shoots down talk that he's targeting WrestleMania 26 for his return, comments on his current contractual status with WWE Shore's WWE Superstars Hitlist: Shelton Benjamin vs. Zack Ryder, Eric Escobar (w/Vickie Guerrero) vs. Jimmy Wang Yang, and Mark Henry vs. Cody Rhodes 11/20 WWE Smackdown preview: The complete lineup for tonight's show headlined by Undertaker and Kane vs. Chris Jericho and Big Show, plus a hot Intercontinental Title match (no spoilers) 11/20 WWE Smackdown spoilers: Full results of the show that airs tonight with John Morrison defending the Intercontinental Title against Dolph Ziggler in a best of three falls match (spoilers) Where Are They Now: Former WWE wrestler Duke "The Dumpster" Droese WWE "ECW on Syfy" rating: How did the return of C.M. Punk to the Tuesday night show perform in the ratings?