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[ClickWrestle Download of the Day] Amazing Kong vs. Cheerleader Melissa.
[Birthdays & Anniversaries] Devon ‘Crowbar’ Storm (1974) celebrated birthdays today. Today In Memoriam: Helen Hild (57, 1984), Ronnie Etchison (73, 1994), Dream Machine (47, 2002), Tony ‘the Medic’ Gonzales (72, 2002), and Danno McDonald (81, 2004). .. [reported by Rich Tate of www.GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com]
[Obituary New] After a long battle with cancer, Yvon ‘the Beast’ Cormier passed away this morning. Cormier, who was 70, had been one of four brothers who entered the professional wrestling business, along with Leo Burke, and Rudy Kay and Bobby Kay..
[TNA Event] TNA returns to the Eastern Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville, Kentucky on May 3rd, 2009. Go to http://prowrestlingevents.tk or http://prowrestlingevents.webs.com for info about upcoming wrestling shows worldwide.
[TNA Event] Matt Morgan, Jay Lethal, Sylvain Grenier & Rob Conway will be appearing at the TOW event in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on March 21st, 2009. Go to http://towlutte.com for info about TOW.. [reported by Devin Cutting]
[ROH PPV] Ring of Honor will tape its next Pay-Per-View titled “Take No Prisoners” on Saturday, April 4th in Houston, TX. The event will take place at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas, Houston, TX 77010. This event originally scheduled for a 3:00 PM start has been pushed up to a 2:00 PM start time to accommodate the fans attending the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony later that night.. [reported by www.rohwrestling.com]
[ROH News] Bryan Danielson signed to face “Lightning” Mike Quackenbush in singles competition when ROH comes to suburban Pittsburgh on March 20th! A victory over Danielson would go a long way toward building huge momentum for the returning Quackenbush!
[NWA Event] The National Wrestling Alliance will be holding TV tapings at the CBS Columbia Square Studios in Los Angeles, California on March 7th & 8th, 2009. Go to http://nwawrestling.com for info about the NWA.. [reported by Devin Cutting]
[WSU Event] Women Superstars Uncencored returns on 3/7 with their “2nd Anniversary Show” and “WSU Womens Hall of Fame” Ceremony. The 2nd Anniversary show will be highlighted by a Hair vs. Title match between WSU champion Angel Orsini and Mercedes Martinez, as well as Awesome Kong vs. Primetime Amy Lee. For more information, go to www.WSUWrestling.com
[Misc News] Lisa Marie Varon (Victoria) wrote in her latest blog that she is training harder than she has since her fitness competition days in prepation for MMA. She noted she trained so hard recently that she puked. .. [reported by Mike Aldren]
[BLOG] Gabe Sapolsky has a new blog up with lots of booking talk and theory including how it applied to the first ROH show and pay-per-view plus his favorite ROH match and good stuff he has watched lately. Check it out at www.myspace.com/rohgabe
[Radio] Congratulations to Monday Night Mayhem radio on their 7th Anniversary. You can leave messages on their myspace at www.MySpace.com/MondayNightMayhem and listen to the anniversary special at www.mondaynightmayhem.com
[Radio] Rob Conway and Spike Dudley will be the guests on In Your Head Online Wrestling Radio live tonight @8 PM EST at www.inyourheadonline.com
[Article] WWE hunk goes to mat for Tom Brady [reported by Mike Informer]
[Article] Lawler-Dundee headline pro wrestling here Saturday [reported by Mike Informer]
[Indy News] IWF Premier Pro Wrestling (Denver, Colorado) is now listed Wikipedia.org at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWF_Promotions — [Submitted by Tod Kuntzelman, tod@iwfpromotions.com]
[Training] FCW will host another Talent Evaluation Clinic on Friday, May 1st through Monday, May 4th. The clinic will be run by FCW chief Steve Keirn and FCW trainers Tom Prichard, Billy Kidman and Norman Smiley. The clinic will include WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, WWE producers and talent scouts and other special guests. For more information, go to http://fcwwrestling.com
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