WWE have announced on WWE.com that they have released The Miz and R-Truth and wished them luck in their future endeavours, following the firing of The Miz and R-Truth on Monday Night Raw by COO Triple H (click here for our Raw report).

What is notable about this however is that unlike when they legitimately release somebody whose real name is different to their wrestling name, they have only referred to them as The Miz and R-Truth, not Mike Mizanin and Ron Killings respectively.

Because of this, it seems to indicate that WWE.com is going to be utilised more to help storylines to evolve, and that judging from his interference at Night Of Champions, the earlier release of Kevin Nash (which is his real name) was also part of a storyline.

The danger of using WWE.com in this way however is that it could cause more confusion for future legitimate releases, as many reading them won’t know whether to take them seriously or not.