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Sheamus recently spoke to HollywoodLife.com promoting WrestleMania and answered questions about his match with Daniel Bryan, the winner of Rock vs. John Cena and some pop culture questions. Check out the highlights:

On his match with Daniel Bryan: "For two up and coming superstars, we are looking to steal the show! We are hungry and we have spent a lot of time getting to where we are today. Whether it was on the independent scene where we scratched and clawed, we want to be where John Cena and...
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The Miami Herald recently spoke with former WWE performer Trish Stratus, who discussed the lack of time the divas get and how to fix it. Here are the highlights…
 
On Lack of Time and Focus on the Divas: "Jazz and I were given that same two-minute timeslot and were regarded the same. We were just two chicks where there were the puppy chants and things like that. It was up to us to put something together that was so memorable or out of the box or giving them a certain level of entertainment or...
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Randy Orton Interview from CNYKISS.com

Randy Orton Interview highlights:

On not being in a higher profile match: "Being a part of WrestleMania is big enough whether I'm in a title match or not or whether I'm in a main event match. WrestleMania, there's four main event matches every year. They have four top billed matches. We might still be one of those top four. We'll know more as we get closer to the show and they start running ads and promos and vignettes for the matches. You definitely have ...
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Zack Ryder recently spoke to The Wrestling Press while doing promotional work in Germany. Here are some highlights:
 
Other WWE stars embracing social media and if it can be done again:
 “I think it was a once-in-a-lifetime-thing. I wasn’t the first to use social media, but I was the first one to really embrace it, totally rely on it and use it to the best of my abilities. I’m 26 years old, these things are what my friends use. My friends are on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, so I just use...
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According to rumours, TNA Wrestling is having financial difficulties as talent and vendors are frequently paid for their services on a delayed basis.
 
"Vendors and wrestlers are paid late all the time,", the source said. "Janice Carter controls the purse strings. Only a certain amount of money over what they bring in can be spent and it's prioritized where it goes."
 
Janice Carter, who is the mother of TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter, gained complete control of the company's purse strings ...
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Roddy Piper recently spoke to Wrestling Voice Radio about WrestleMania, here are the highlights…
 
On His Favorite WM Memory: "I'd have to say the very first WrestleMania, there was no hand-book for it, there was a lot of tension between the guys, (Hulk) Hogan & myself, Orndoff at (Mr.) T, (Jimmy) Snuka was there, he felt slighted. Bob Orton was there, Mohamed Ali was the special referee. It was just all over the place, so when you went out there that night, there was no pyrotechnics or anyth...
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In an interview with The Poughkeepsie Journal, John Morrison said that the door is open for him to return to WWE.
 
"The door is open to go back. I left on really good terms with everybody and what I wanted to do was take time off to heal, get refreshed and take a little vacation. I was working a 250-plus day a year schedule and I wanted to be refreshed. Right before I left, I felt like I was going to work. I wasn't enjoying it as much as when I started."


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It was first reported that WWE would be shutting down their developmental system in Florida, known as Florida Championship Wrestling.  "FCW' was even trending on Twitter at one point.
 
All that is confirmed so far is that the FCW weekly series is coming to a close on Brighthouse Sports Network, with the final episode airing April 15th. There had been discussions over the last few weeks about moving the FCW tapings and TV show to another market, possibly somewhere in the Orlando area.
 
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TNA Impact Wrestling   22.March.2012

Dixie Carter / Sting Segment
Austin Aries Vs Kid Kash Vs Zema Ion Vs Anthony Neese
Knockout Titles: Eric Young & ODB Vs Rosita & Serita
Crimson / Matt Morgan
James Storm / William Kelly Segment
3 Min Challenge: Kurt Angle Vs Garett Bischoff
Samoa Joe & Magnus Vs Mexican America
Handicap Match: James Storm Vs Chris Daniels & Kazarian
Sting / Dixie / Hogan Segment


Highlights of Roode beating Sting and bullying Dixie Carter at the end of Sunday’s Victory Road PPV.

Dix...
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Matt Hardy recently spoke with The Poughkeepsie Journal. Highlights:

On his place in life: "I'm at a really good place in life right now," Hardy said. "The things I went through in life were life-changing and changed the way I think. I want to appreciate every day in life."

On WWE's Wellness policy: "There is a huge positive side to what WWE does with the Wellness Policy," said Hardy. "The only thing I can really be critical of WWE about, looking at it right now, is that they have to remember t...
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The new comedy show by the production team of TNA executive producer Eric Bischoff and his business partner and former child actor Jason Hervey, "Daddy's Home," which stars Scott Baio, has been picked up.

"Daddy's Home" received an order of 20 episodes by the cable channel Nick At Night.


Nick At Nite‘s first original scripted comedy pilot, Daddy’s Home, will become the programming block’s first homegrown live-action comedy series. I hear that Nickelodeon has given a 20-episode order to th...
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"Where's Three Minute Warning When You Need 'Em?" By Mark Madden:

The “Rock concert”…Oh, wait, I get it, ROCK CONCERT! HAW, HAW, HAW, HAW, HAW! OHMIGOD, FUNNNEEEEEEE!

If I may begin again: The 20-minute overflowing port-a-john (LIKE CENA, GET IT?) that closed this week’s Raw was criminally bad, and exemplary of why wrestling blows goats and why WWE, in particular, licks taint (if I may stoop to the fifth-grade level of humor preferred by those involved).

Who the FRIG needs a 20-minute pr...
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Kurt Angle on Twitter:


"I will Wrestle at Lockdown. That Is My Job and I Love it!"
 
"I Believe We [Jeff Hardy and him] Will throw down at Lockdown, if Hardy is Persistant Enough!!"
 
"@steveaustinBSR @ShawnMichaels But Could Either of U take Me as a Shoot? Be Honest! I Respect You Both!"
 
"I'm training for Olympics. Every Wrestler is terrified of me that they will get tired"
 
"F U! Watch Me Dominate Wrestling U fuckface!"
 
"No! Its helping. Don't hate on Me cuz I'm Honest"
 
"Tna has a better Roster t...
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A.J. Styles recently spoke with AllWrestling.com. Here are the highlights:
 
On his match with Ken Anderson against Daniels and Kazarian: "I haven't been this happy about a match in a long time. I think it was outstanding. I think it was one of the better matches of the night. I'm so proud of Ken. We wrestle such a different style than Ken and for Ken to be right there toe to toe with us right along, right on time is super impressive."
 
On the Sting/Roode PPV finish and storylines in wrestling: ...
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WrestleMania Moment Series #3 with Diamond Dallas Page
Host: Duane Doogan
WrestlingVoiceRadio.com & iTunes
DDP was the third guest in the daily series leading up to WrestleMania where we talk with those who have been there and discuss their WrestleMania Moments. DDP talked about watching WrestleMania I along with predictions for this year, what young WWE Superstar he's been talking with and of course, his 'Mania Moments.

On his WrestleMania Moment:
"Before I went to WCW, I drove the pink Cadala...
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Bruce Prichard missed TNA TV this week due to a "personal situation" that required him to take some time off...

This morning, JBL, who is close friends with Prichard, wrote the following on his Facebook page:

"Very happy one of my best friends Brother Love (Bruce Prichard) is ok after suffering two apparent heart attacks this past week. He's got two new stents and doctor says that according to his research he actually does have a heart. Very, very happy that my pal is ok. A few years ago Gerald...
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Here are some excerpts from a recent interview with Edge:

 What he misses the most about not being with WWE on a day-to-day basis:

"Honestly, I don't miss anything about being on the road. If there's things I miss, it would be the camaraderie of some of the guys. Being able to see Kane every week or Christian every week or (Dolph) Ziggler, guys I'm good friends with and road with. I miss that. I don't miss the travel. I don't miss being constantly exhausted, constantly sore and feeling like a z...
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Gangrel was interviewed on IMetAWrestler.com. Here are some highlights:
 
What he's doing these days: "I'm on Twitter, and people will write me and go "Oh, you're still alive?!" or "You're still wrestling?!" but I've been super busy. After WWE, I went straight over to Europe and I worked for a promotion over there. I was living almost six months of the year over there, bouncing back and forth, and that went on for six years or so. Then, I moved out west to California and I've started up with a ...
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WWE Studios head Michael Luisi recently spoke with the New York Times as part of a report about the studio's new strategy of combining acquisitions of outside films with co-financing new ones. Check out the highlights:
 
On the reaction to their new strategy: "To some degree we're under a microscope, because people are scratching their heads a little bit and saying, ‘What exactly are they up to here?'"
 
On the WWE brand name: "We have a very iconic brand; we have a core of fervent fans; we hav...
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Billy Gunn recently spoke with Wrestling Voice Radio about his favorite WrestleMania moment, who he's picking in the Rock/John Cena match and more. Here are the highlights:
 
On his favorite WrestleMania Moment: "All of them, it's hard to pick out just one. They were all special in their own right, because one; you're in it and especially when me and Brian were in them as the New Age Outlaws, that match (WrestleMania 14 vs. Mick Foley and Terry Funk in a Dumpster Match) was one of my great mome...
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Arn Anderson Interview: A Symbol of Excellence
By Mike Mooneyham
mooneyham@postandcourier.com

“For all of you people out there that have ever bought a ticket to see Arn Anderson wrestle, whether you loved me or you hated me, you knew that when that bell rang, you got all I had that night.”

No truer words were ever spoken.

That was Double A’s farewell to the wrestling business in an emotional speech delivered to a live Monday Nitro audience on Aug. 25, 1997. Extensive neck and back injuries ...
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CM Punk Interview Highlights

On his love of history and Randy Savage tribute:

 "Like they say, if you don't remember the past you're doomed to repeat it. Not that repeating pro wrestling's past would be such a horrible thing; there were certain aspects that were a lot cooler back then. When I was a kid, Macho Man was the s--t. When he passed away I just felt the need to do something. So I had some classic WrestleMania III Macho Man tights made and I wore them, thinking that maybe someone who di...
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Joe Blanchard, the father of Four Horseman Tully Blanchard, passed away Thursday at the age of 83.

Blanchard was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma a little more than a year ago and passed away in hospice.

The Oklahoma native played football at Kansas State where he won the Big 7 wrestling championship in 1950. After playing three seasons for the Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Eskimos, where he played alongside future mat stars Gene Kiniski and Wilbur Snyder, he began his professiona...
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NWA world champion “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce will defend his title in the main event of an NWA Ring Warriors show March 29 in Fort Lauderdale. The card kicks off South Florida’s Wrestlemania weekend that includes offerings from Ring of Honor, Dragon Gate and WrestleReunion.

Pearce will take on a mystery challenger from the Ring of Honor promotion who will be handpicked by legendary manager and current ROH producer Jim Cornette.

Pearce, a four-time NWA world champion and 16-year veteran, ha...
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Wrestlemania Miami: The ultimate clash of good and evil, in tights
 
The gaudiest, glitziest show in all of sports entertainment — with the emphasis on entertainment — is coming to South Florida.

By Glenn Garvin
ggarvin@MiamiHerald.com

When wrestling superstar and best-selling author Mick Foley comes to South Florida later this week to chat with fans, he may get some questions about how his schizophrenia is going or whether he still lives in basements and boiler rooms. Or about his best friend...
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TNA Victory Road 18.3.2012

Bobby Roode Vs Sting
Kurt Angle Vs Jeff Hardy
Chris Daniels & Kazarian Vs AJ Styles & Mr Anderson
Knockout Title: Gail Kim Vs Madison Rayne
TV Title: Robbie E Vs Devon
Tag Titles: Samoa Joe & Magnus Vs Morgan & Crimson
X Division Title: Austin Aries Vs Zema Ion
Bully Ray Vs James Storm


Mike Tenay and Taz welcome us to Victory Road


Bully Ray Vs James Storm

Like as he did in a video posted right before Victory Road, Bully Ray takes a microphone into the ring ...
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TNA Impact Wrestling 15th March 2012


James Storm / Bully Ray Segment
Madison Rayne Vs Velvet Sky
Samoa Joe Vs Crimson
Austin Aries / Zema Ion
Mickie James Vs Gail Kim
Mr Anderson Vs Chris Daniels
5 Min Challenge: Kurt Angle Vs Garett Bischoff
James Storm Vs Gunner
Sting / Bobby Roode Contract Signing

James Storm gets into the ring and says that he’s looking forward to his World Championship match with Roode at Lockdown. Bully Ray walks down the ramp and tells Storm that in 3 days time at Victory Road...
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New Age Outlaw Billy Gunn joined Busted Open with Dave Lagreca and Doug Mortman. You can hear Busted Open from 2-4 ET on Sirius 94, XM 208, and Sportszone 860 on the internet.

WrestleReunion: "Yeah, it's gonna be a lot of fun! I mean, there's gonna be so much stuff going on in Miami because of not only WrestleReunion, Wrestlemania, everything else; it's gonna be crazy. But it's gonna be a lot of fun—I mean—once me and Brian (Road Dog Jesse James] get together, not even Wrestlemania can ov...
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Steve Austin was recently interviewed by CowboysIndians. Here are the highlights:

On his ranch: "I live in South Texas brush country, where everything that grows will cut ya, stick ya, or hurt ya. It's not as pretty as the [Texas] Hill Country, but it's effective for raising big deer...It's a hunting ranch. That's what I bought it for."

On his problems with feral hogs: "[The pigs] tear up our roads and make holes and stuff like that. It's not their fault. They're pigs. It's what they do. But fr...
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Nelson Frazier Jr. (aka Big Daddy V/Viscera/Mabel) Interview highlights…

On His Best Match: "All though it wasn't in my opinion my best match because it was the first time The Undertaker and I had ever been in the ring together at the King of the Ring in 1995, but to be the first wrestler to ever actually pin The Undertaker on a worldwide pay per view was an unreal experience!"

On His Favorite Character: "Well, I think most people would like me to say Viscera "the worlds largest love machin" ...
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