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From someone in attendance during the show....

"I just got back from Chyna's show. The club was packed, hardly any room to move around.

Chyna's first show was at 10 PM and she did a four song set. The last song she danced to was indeed the DX theme.

I'd compare her dancing ability to Hulk Hogan's wrestling ability. She was not too great technically, but able to put on a show and use what she has to entertain to get the crowd to react loudly.

At one point, she pulled another stripper...

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Former world champion Dave “The Animal” Batista says the new PG brand of WWE wrestling is completely alien to him.

In a world exclusive interview, the ever-candid Washington DC native this week tells FT exactly how he feels about the current state of the product.

And he won’t be going back any time soon. Dave, 42, is currently training MMA every day and living the martial arts lifestyle in Tampa, Florida, as wel...

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Host: James Guttman
Interview available at WorldWrestlingInsanity.com via ClubWWI.

Fans who have never heard Maria outside her WWE character are surprised by her intelligence and humor. A completely different person than the ditzy interviewer fans came to expect, Kanellis has always been positive about her time with WWE, but doesn't sugarcoat anything either. As James Guttman asks during her ClubWWI.com interview, what surprised her the most when transitioning from WWE fan to performer...
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Brock Lesnar was scheduled to appear in court today in Canada on three wildlife-related charges. However, he did not appear since he is in training for his UFC fight on December 30.

Lesnar is charged with three counts of violating the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Act, including improper affixation of tags, spoilage of skin and edible flesh and possession of a controlled animal.

The case has been continued to January 19, 2012.

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Bret Hart recently spoke with Vezzy Parmesan of the Hot 106 "Rise and Grind Morning Show" in Providence, Rhode Island about the current WWE product and what he thinks the problem is. Here are some highlights:

On the current talent roster: "I think the wrestlers that out there today are excellent. Some are as good as they've every been. I don't have any issues with the wrestlers of today. But, I will say that they all look cookie-cutter and look the same. I really wish they would just...

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Jimmy Snuka is currently in need of ankle replacement surgery. Former ECW Diva Dawn Marie is try to do some fundraisers to help pay for Snuka’s $24,000 cost to replace his ankle joint. Snuka is in rough financial shape as well.

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Reby Sky tweeted that fans can send Matt Hardy letters and cards through the holidays to the following address:

Matt Hardy
P.O. Box 713.
Vass, NC 28394

Hardy isn't expected to be home for Christmas.

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Wade Barrett spoke with NaplesNews.com to promote WWE’s TLC PPV.
Here are some highlights:

Becoming WWE Champion:
“I’ve dreamed about it since I was a kid. I realized, statistically, the chances of me getting to the WWE and being very successful were very slim. I always hoped it would happen for me. I was very lucky to get the opportunity and I was going to make sure I was going to make the most of it. Wrestling was my first passion and something I wanted to do from a very youn...

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TNA Impact! 8.12.2011

Robert Roode / Sting & Dixie Carter in-ring promo segment
Robert Roode spits in the face of Dixie Carter before he rolls out of the ring….
Backstage, AJ Styles backs Roode against the wall for spitting at Dixie Carter and tells him he is going to make him pay and take the World Title at Final Resolution. Sting comes after Roode, but is held back by Styles.

Samoa Joe Vs Abyss
After a few minutes Scott Steiner comes to the ring and distracts the referee. Bully Ray...
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Finlay family brings faith, passion to Cougar mats

By Doug Gorman

The Newnan Times-Herald

The Finlay family casts a large shadow whenever the Newnan wrestling team rolls out the mats.

Led out on the floor by Cougar senior David Finlay, a 2010 state qualifier and team captain, the Finlays have become the first family of wrestling at Newnan High School through their dedication and love for the sport.

For mother Mel, and father David Jr – better known among the pro wrestling world as 'Fit Finlay' i...
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Boy, I enjoyed the Piper’s Pit segment last Monday on Raw… Piper was awesome but when he complimented Cena’s generation for surpassing what Piper’s generation had accomplished, I threw up a little. I would say that Piper was lying but I’ll give it a pass because of the setting. He was trying to fire Cena up so he had to lie to John a little.

If there’s a reason why fans crap on the WWE today, it’s for moments like this. You can’t lie to your customers. No one believes t...

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I was checking out the world title history at WWE.com and I saw a name I didn’t expect: Chris Benoit. I was shocked. I thought Benoit’s legacy had been redacted by WWE. A further check of WWE.com revealed that two DVDs featuring Benoit are for sale: A Royal Rumble collection, and a steel-cage match collection. Benoit still exists in the WWE universe.

Now, with a movie on Benoit’s life being mooted, is it time to stop forgetting, if not forgive?

You can’t forgive. Benoit comm...

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Brave New World
by Mark Madden December 11, 2011

The revelation that the WWE Network will change the company’s big-show philosophy and make a majority of them available via cable subscription will alter the pro wrestling landscape.

WWE reportedly hopes to launch WWE Network on WrestleMania Sunday. WWE Network would be premium programming made available through cable companies a part of a tiered system. The more a subscriber pays, the more programming he gets.

It’s being reported that all WWE ...
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WWE Network: The Death of Pay-Per-View?
by Kevin Kelly    December 13, 2011

From all accounts, the WWE is going to move its non-core pay-per-view events to the WWE Network. Mark Madden talked about it here and there are many plusses and minuses with what is on the table.

But could this hurt the whole industry?

Even in a down business cycle, the WWE generates lots of revenue for the cable industry. With UFC at the saturation point already and boxing on life support, how will the industry recoup t...
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WWE Classics On Demand, WWE's subscription video on demand television service, is being discontinued. AT&T U-verse subscribers received postcards today stating the service would be discontinued on January 1, 2012.

The postcards read, "the service is being discontinued by WWE." WWE.com, however, is running a video preview for January, built around rebellious wrestling personalities such as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Brian Pillman.

WWE Classics On Demand, formerly known ...
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Ring of Honor has asked Verizon FIOS subscribers who are Ring of Honor fans to help them keep the networks that air ROH on Verizon's services.

The company sent out a press release stating:

 "We believe that FIOS will stop carrying television stations carrying Ring of Honor after December 31st. Although we have tried very hard to get a deal done with Verizon, Verizon is refusing to pay what we believe is a fair rate for the right to carry our stations.  Verizon FIOS apparently thinks that its s...
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Acting and taking the route of The Rock:

"Let's be clear of one thing, I do not, in any way, shape, or form think I am The Rock. The Rock is probably one of the best leading men in Hollywood and he's actually really good at it. I've been doing it and having fun with it, but my true passion is WWE. I think when my career winds down, I might look at that and find something to do. Maybe I'll take a creative writing class, try to become a novelist, who knows. As a smart business person, you always...

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Chyna is now working as an outcall escort via MyPornStarProvider.com.

If you want to purchase Chyna's services, here are the rates:

* $3,500 for the first hour.

* $1,500 each additional hour.

* $10,000 24 hour.

* $20,000 weekend.

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In Tara's latest YouTube video, the TNA Knockout gives her thoughts on Sarita after receiving a fan letter praising the Mexican America member's ample buttocks.

"I think of her as hands down, the toughest, most disciplined female in the history of professional wrestling," Tara says. "The girl had facial paralysis—half of her face was paralyzed. If that was me, I'd be in a hospital. She puts on a mask and wrestles. A couple of weeks ago at a match in Mexico, she dove out of the ring and lande...
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The TNA India projected is backed by a major production company known as Endemol. The TNA offshoot promotion will be taping television this month and again in January that will air on the Colors network in India.

The point man for the project is Jeff Jarrett. Former TNA creative team member Dutch Mantell is involved in the creative end of the project, and former WWE creative team member Dave Lagana is in charge of the actual writing and formatting of the series. Former WWE wrestler Savio Vega,...
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Hulk Hogan sues ex-wife for defamation, says claims of abuse are lies
By Keyonna Summers, Times Staff Writer

CLEARWATER — Semiretired professional wrestler Hulk Hogan filed a civil suit against his ex-wife Thursday, claiming she lied and defamed him when she wrote in her new book and told interviewers that he abused her during their marriage and had homosexual encounters.

The 18-page lawsuit claims that Linda Bollea wrote Wrestling the Hulk — My Life Against the Ropes in an attempt to revive...
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Amy “Lita” Dumas was arrested on December 9th for Driving While License Suspended/Revoked and Speeding in Excess of Maximum Limits in Columbia County, Georgia.

Dumas is still in jail and has a bond set at $2,200.
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Vice President of the Knockouts division, Karen Jarrett, joined Diva-Dirt.com earlier this week on DD360 ahead of this Sunday's Final Resolution pay per view.

When asked how she manages to be such a great heel and good on the microphone, Karen reveals she did not have prior acting experience -- rather she was always a big fan of professional wrestling.

She says: "My entire life I've been a wrestling fan. From the age of 10 years old, I started watching wrestling with my grandfather and...
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In Your Head Wrestling interviewed Big Vito about him being on the WWE Turkey List, how Joey Styles has changed recently and how he is responsible for Vince Russo getting into wrestling.

About the WWE Turkey List: Vito thought WWE insulted him by putting him on this list and how his family was very upset about the mention. He also asked how they can post an article insulting people when the company is part of the "Be a Star" program.

About John Laurinaitis releasing him: Vito says th...

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Julie Hart (Bret's ex-wife) has posted her thoughts regarding Bret's auto-biography on her website.


"There is no need to bash and slash him. I think we're both too old and hopefully I'm mature enough to write something nice. Oh, and now that we have to spend time in the same room with Kyra Beans, perhaps we should try to lay down arms or at least the kitchen weapons. However, there have been times where I felt like giving him a good whack on the head with the soup ladle! But back then tempers...
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Wes Brisco makes WWE Hall of Famers proud
 
Brisco tradition continues Dec. 14 at Fort Lauderdale’s National Guard Armory
By Jim Varsallone     jvarsallone@MiamiHerald.com

It’s been a long time since pro wrestling occurred at the Fort Lauderdale National Guard Armory.

Pro wrestling returns there Dec. 14.

Back in the day, during the territory days, Championship Wrestling from Florida traveled to the armory — off State Road 84 — every other Friday night - at a time when wrestling fans believe...
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My toughest opponent? The lifestyle  By Tommy Dreamer

People often ask me what the hardest part about being a professional wrestler is or who my toughest opponent is or was?

The answer is simple: the travel is both the hardest and toughest part of the wrestling business. This past week, my own personal journey saw me working for an independent company called Chaotic Wrestling, based out of the Massachusetts area.

I have worked for them in the past and have always found the talent to be hard-work...
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Foreign objects have had a long, storied history in the WWE. Every broken table, every smashed steel chair, every twisted, mangled ladder left in the ring doesn’t just signify a superhuman effort on behalf of the WWE Superstar who leaves it there; it’s another timeless moment in the annals of WWE. And as we march toward WWE’s TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs pay-per-view, WWE.com brings you the ten most memorable, devastating, and just plain bizarre foreign objects to ever appear in a W...
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On the WWE’s recent tour of Japan, several Superstars took part in a very special sports-entertainment tradition. They have the jacket and full stomachs to prove it.

The Ribera Steakhouse is a landmark in the Land of the Rising Sun. For years, Superstars have made pilgrimages to this small steakhouse in Tokyo, where their predecessors have wined and dined.

Photographs of those who have passed through for a meal line the tiny restaurant from floor to ceiling. Superstars sit down for a king-siz...
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80′s wrestler “Pretty Boy” Doug Somers has filed suit against WWE and the McMahons over claims that he is owed royalties for WWE using his name and likeness. Somers’ suit names WWE’s DVD on Shawn Michaels’ career and the Greatest Cage Matches of All-Time DVD. Somers says that WWE failed to contact him and ask permission to use his name and likeness, and never made any attempt to compensate him. The lawsuit also states that Somers’ health is suffering from his pro wrestli...

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