Rob Van Dam gave notice at TV last week. Before everyone starts getting all excited, his contract isn't up until the summer so he will be around until then. There was a provision in his contract that on Friday the 2nd that would have allowed WWE to roll over his contract for another year. He gave his notice on that Tuesday that he was opting out this taking away the WWE's option of picking him up for a full year. So instead of his contract expiring in 2008, it expires in the summer of 2007.
Expect RVD to be used to make talent like Test, Holly and Cor Von look strong until summer. He may not even be booked for Mania.
It isn't a lock for him to go to TNA, he just wants the freedom to negotiate with them. WWE doesn’t want him jumping so expect them to throw a lot of money at him to stay.
Rumors are circulating that Hulk Hogan WILL NOT be appearing at Wrestlemania this year. Apparently Vince McMahon is furious at the fact that Hogan was on Bubba the Love Sponge a few weeks back and ended up speaking to Vince's personal secretary on the air and discussing the potential candidates for the Hall of Fame this year. So much so that the conversation was edited out of all replays of the show on Sirius for the rest of the day. Hogan basically confirmed this on Bubba when he stated that the tenative plan was for Hogan, managed by Donald Trump, to face a wrestler of Vince McMahon's choosing with Vince picking the Great Khali in his corner. That plan is most likely scrapped now.
Hogan stated that he plans on negotiating with TNA and there is talk that he is willing to settle his real life feud with Vince Russo and turn it into an on-air angle.
This situation now helps things however because there is talk of pencilling in "Stone Cold" Steve Austin into the Hogan role at Mania and having him face Shane McMahon (so Shane-O can bump around for him) and you can actually have Austin kick some ass rather than just give a quick Stunner as currently planned. Austin is in shape as he had to train for his new movie (due in April) so all he would need to do is work on his cardio over the next few weeks which is plenty of time to get in "ring shape".