The Steiner Brothers Return to WCW to Replace the Nasty Boys; Johnny B. Badd Leaves WCW for the WWF; U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Jesse Ventura Decision; Vince McMahon Talks About Diesel's Departure; Eric Bischoff Discusses WWF Tampering Charges; Hall and Nash Staying With WWF Til Their Contracts Run Out; WWF and WCW Going After Rey Mysterio Jr.; Brian Pillman Leaves and Returns to ECW, Likewise for The Road Warriors in WCW

The Steiner Brothers made their return to WCW for the first time since late 1992 on last week's episode of Nitro when they made a surprise return on Nitro to take on The Road Warriors. Either team allegedly attacked The Nasty Boys backstage and sent them to the hospital to write them off of TV and the Steiners replaced them for their match against The Road Warriors.

In reality, The Nasty Boys were let go to bring in the Steiners, who each signed huge guaranteed contracts, along with the high-priced salaries of newcomers Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. The Nasty Boys were rumored to head back to the WWF but they were talked into staying in WCW by Eric Bischoff and will likely bring them back on TV at a future date.

Johnny B. Badd (Marc Mero) is leaving WCW and will join the WWF. He is rumored to make his debut at WrestleMania. He will immediately be in a program with former WCW wrestler Steve Austin (who now goes by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin instead of The Ringmaster). Austin is working with Savio Vega at WrestleMania and will surprisingly replace Razor Ramon as Vega's partner in the tag team title tournament.

Mero left WCW Monday morning after a bitter contract dispute with Bischoff and was likely to leave as he had been working without a contract since his original expired on 2/28. He turned down a recent two-year contract as he wanted a fully guaranteed contract instead of the semi-guaranteed deal that was offered where WCW can get rid of a wrestler any quarter of any year without further obligations if they feel the need to do so.

Mero last wrestled on the March 9th episode of WCW Saturday Night where he lost the TV Title to Lex Luger following interference from Diamond Dallas Page. Mero was seen yelling at The Diamond Doll Kimberly after the loss.

He was to face Luger in a rematch for the title on the March 11 episode of Nitro, but he left the company that morning. Throughout the night, Bischoff had bashed Mero saying things like he blamed a woman for his title loss, he didn't want to show up and face Luger, and that he could not hang where the big boys played.

Mero also had problems for not to appear at a NASCAR race on March 9 to be in Steve Grissom's pit as part of the WCW team saying he had to be home for his daughter's birthday. Mero also does not like the current angle with Kimberly as a Christian, Mero does not like an angle being with another man's wife.

Mero was to take on Page yet again at Uncensored where if Page lost, he would leave WCW or it was a loser leaves WCW I'm not fully sure. No word yet on who will take Mero's place at Uncensored (it might be Booty Man). Since Mero's contract has expired, he can jump immediately into the WWF instead of having to go through a waiting period. He will not be Johnny B. Badd in the WWF since WCW owns that character.

It appears that Sean Waltman (1-2-3 Kid) was to come in to WCW to be with his Kliq buddies Scott Hall and Kevin Nash and work with the likes of Eddie Guerrero in the newly formed Cruiserweight division. However, his WWF contract rolled over and will not be going to WCW. Waltman is not happy with having to dress in a diaper like a baby as he has made that public in story during house shows and of course in real life backstage.

The U.S. Supreme Court rules to uphold the original ruling that the WWF must pay Jesse "The Body" Ventura $800,000 in back royalties from 1980s VHS cassettes that bear his voice which he was never compensated. Also, the WWF must pay an additional $200,000 to cover interest on the original order as well as pay Ventura's legal fees.

Vince McMahon acknowledges the Kevin Nash leaving to go to WCW situation on the WWF AOL site. McMahon says he and Kevin remain friends and there's no hard feelings but it hurts to see him go as he respects Kevin. He says he can't compete with Ted Turner's fully guaranteed contracts and that Turner and WCW can't make a superstar only buy them.

McMahon and the WWF have charged Eric Bischoff and WCW with tampering for negotiating with both Scott Hall and Kevin Nash while they were both still under WWF contracts. Bischoff does an interview with Bob Ryder of Prodigy denying the tampering charges and says he's gets calls every week from WWF wrestlers who want to join WCW. Both Hall and Nash will remain in the WWF until their contracts expire in May and June, respectively.

The WWF and WCW both have been impressed with Mexican wrestler Rey Mysterio Jr. for his work in both ECW and AAA that both are attempting to sign him with their organizations.

Brian Pillman briefly leaves ECW over the financing of his 900-line but he and Paul Heyman smoothed things over and Pillman will remain in ECW. Pillman appeared during last Monday's Nitro where he was shown in the stands taking down a sign a fan had that supposedly had his phone # on it. Eric Bischoff went ballistic on the telecast but reports are that Bischoff has him down in ECW to improve his "Loose Cannon" character and bring him back to WCW.

The Road Warriors also briefly quit WCW over the fact that both Scott Hall and Kevin Nash are signed to more higher and lucrative contracts then their own, but they came back a few days later.