In an update on the ongoing Heath Slater storyline on WWE television, it appears as if the company are continuing to play up the storyline away from television screens after EVOLVE Wrestling’s parent company, WWNLive sent out the following today as part of their e-mail update.

“WWE.com reported that Heath Slater was in talks with EVOLVE after becoming a free agent following the WWE draft. We can now confirm that negotiations are at a standstill. Slater is now focused on his match against Rhyno this Tuesday on Smackdown Live on the USA Network. If Slater wins this match, he will be signed to the Smackdown brand.”

It will be interesting to see where this leads in the coming weeks.