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The personal injury lawsuit filed against TNA last year by Paul Martin was dismissed with prejudice on October 26th by The U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi. Martin was a crew member who was injured when scaffolding collapsed following the takedown of a set in Southhaven, MS following TNA's Slammiversary 2008 PPV.

Martin lost his thumb when a scaffolding he was on collapsed following a gust of wind entering the venue during the dismantling. Martin was also suing Christie Lit...
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An attorney for Kurt Angle pleaded 'No Contest' today on Kurt's behalf in Warren County, Virginia on a charge of reckless driving. This is for the charge against Angle for driving erratically on September 3rd after an appearance at Shenandoah County Fair. Angle was originally charged with a DUI based on a field test that recorded a 0.091 blood alcohol level, but that charge was dropped to reckless driving after a later test blew a 0.06.

Angle was fined $1,500.

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Shane Douglas appeared on Busted Open on Sirius Radio this week, here are the highlights…

On TNA Hardcore Justice: "They invited me, and offered such a ridiculously low sum of money, that I said "shove it up your backside." When I had wrestled Chris Daniels at the PPV up in Auburn Hills, between the 2 televisions and the PPV itself, I made close to $12,000 dollars for those 3 appearances. They offered me for the, a meet & greet. They wanted me to open the PPV with a "Cut the F'n Music" promo...
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WWE Hall of Famer Blackjack Mulligan told Mike Mooneyham of The Post & Courier that it was actually his wife that found their son Barry Windham at the family's ranch in Florida last month.

"He just fell. He passed out. He was totally out of it when we found him. He couldn’t hear me. I asked him how many fingers I had, and he said he didn’t know. He couldn’t raise his right hand and couldn’t move his right fingers."

"He obviously fell, but we don’t know why. It could have bee...
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TNA IMPACT WRESTLING ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM AT OVW
Focus On Development Key To TNA

NASHVILLE, TN (November 7, 2011) – TNA IMPACT WRESTLING announces that they are entering into an exclusive relationship with Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), effective immediately, as the official training and developmental facility for TNA’s current and future stars of TNA IMPACT WRESLTING. Former wrestling star and OVW owner Danny Davis will work closely with TNA SVP of Programming and Tal...

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Sean "X-Pac" Waltman will be heading to St. Louis this January to help kick off the Royal Rumble weekend with his very own "Rumble VIP Party". Coming off a successful WrestleMania party earlier this year in Atlanta with his friend, Kevin Nash, Waltman announced via Twitter @TheRealXPac that he'll be hosting another pre-party in St. Louis, MO on Saturday, January 28th at the Europe Night Club. "So, I'm hosting a Rumble VIP Party on Saturday, the night before The Rumble in St. Louis. So...

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Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Chyna appeared on The Howard Stern Show Monday to promote her first professional pornographic film, Backdoor To Chyna. She notably states during the interview that she recently wrote a letter to Vince McMahon regarding a possible return to WWE, which she last appeared for in 2001.

Chyna says, "It's been a decade, right? (The fans are) like "Chyna we miss you, we love you," it's an incredible, this fan respect that I have, you know? So, they're like "when ar...
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"I would love to one day return home to WWE. I still need more time doing well. Not long ago I attempted suicide. I understand Vince's fear. You can thank WWE's Wellness Policy for me being here tweeting with you. They spent almost as much on me as they have on Scott."
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TNA Impact Wrestling Thoughts By David Damage 3 / 11 / 2011

TNA is on the road, in Georgia….

TNA World Champion James Storm comes to the ring and cuts a good promo on achieving his dreams by winning the Title, before he calls out Bobby Roode and tells him that he will give him the first opportunity at the World Title later tonight.
Bobby Roode says that while they were struggling as singles competitors in the company, it was James Storm who came up with the marketing ideas and help...

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Fozzy have been going for twelve years now, and the novelty of a pro wrestler leading a band has worn off. Do you feel that you’re fully accepted as a musician now?
Oh, absolutely. Being in a band is something that I’ve done since I was 12 – I didn’t wake up one morning and say; “Hey, I wanna be a singer in a Rock n’ Roll band now”.  When I was a kid, I had two dreams – one was to be in a band, and the other was to be a wrestler, and wrestling took off first. As for Fozzy, the ...
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The LAW recently welcomed former WWE performer Harry Smith to the show to chat about a variety of topics. The full interview can be heard here, here are the highlights…

How long he's been training MMA and who he is working with:

I've had a lot of interest in mixed martial arts actually since before I got signed with WWE. I was training a little bit in jiu jistu, I was an amateur wrestler a little bit before. I ended up getting into contact with Josh Barnett​, ‘cause we were both wrestlin...
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The monster speaks: Abyss talks TNA
By "Bloodthirsty" BOB KAPUR - SLAM! Wrestling

The monster Abyss - photo courtesy of TNA Wrestling

Definitions of the word "abyss" include: a place of punishment; hell; and, more commonly, a bottomless pit. But for TNA's resident monster Abyss, he's not heading downward, but rather looking to reach even higher heights. On the way there, he will be stopping in Windsor Ontario, where this Sunday, TNA presents a rare Canadian house show.

"It's great to take the sho...
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Dixie Carter answered questions from fans on TNA's website:

On the show name change: "The show has always been called Impact. But as we grew the TNA corporate brand beyond Impact, we felt it was important (and the time) to let Impact stand on its own. It's still under the TNA banner, it's still the TNA World Heavyweight Title, but the show name is Impact Wrestling."

On taking Impact live: "I would love Impact to be live each week, but it's a matter of economics. As far as wrestling news sites a...
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Former WWE creative team member Brian Mann was a recent guest with John Pollock and Wai Ting on The LAW chatting about his time with the team from this past summer through his exit in October. Here are the highlights…

The chain of command on the team: At the end of the day, the show has one writer, and that's Vince. So, you can have a team of 12-15 people, and they're being delegated certain responsibilities at certain times, but ultimately what ends up on TV is, of all the ideas and everyth...
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I Met A Wrestler website Interview: Lanny Poffo
Host: Daniel Donnelly
Audio available at www.Imetawrestler.com

On Vince McMahon: "If it weren’t for Vince McMahon, we wouldn’t even know who the Macho Man was."

On Owen Hart: ""If he hadn’t had that horrible accident, he would’ve been one of the healthy and wealthy ones.""

On Kevin Nash: "What an excellent person, what a great performer."

On Rick Martel: "He’s better than I am. He’s not gotten a divorce, he’s healthy and he’s...
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Tommy Dreamer appeared on Busted Open on Sirius Radio, discussing a number of topics, including:

Leaving TNA: "There was a lot of things. It was .. contracts and it just whatever. I didn’t put up with a lot of stuff in WWE, I’m not gonna’ put up with stuff in TNA. And you know what? I miss everybody in WWE, and I miss everybody in TNA, but,..I’m happy in my life and at 40 years old, if I can’t, I don’t want to say do it my way, but again, not seeing things done logically, an...

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The Nasty Boys—Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags—have been announced for K & S Wrestlefest. The event takes place Saturday, December 3 at the Ramada Philadelphia Airport 76 Industrial Hwy. Essington, Pennsylvania.


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Travis Tomko was released from jail late last month and is headed to rehab, paid for by WWE. Tomko and his wife Michelle lost their home due to foreclosure and due to family financial problems, he was forced to sit in jail since they couldn’t raise the bond money. Tomko received an eviction notice to move out of their recently auctioned off home on the day he was arrested. Tomko had a reputation in WWE and TNA for living large.

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WWE® Reports 2011 Third Quarter Results

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2011. Revenues totaled $108.5 million as compared to $109.6 million in the prior year quarter. Operating income was $15.9 million as compared to $20.3 million in the prior year quarter. Net income was $10.6 million, or $0.14 per share, as compared to $14.3 million, or $0.19 per share, in the prior year quarter. Impacting comparabi...

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Mick Foley:

"There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home.

Thanks to all in Dublin for a great time tonight. I might be stopping by a few @WWE shows on my days off.

Sorry - those days off are actually November 5,7 and 8. See you out there on the road."

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WWE held their quarterly earnings conference call today…

* Vince McMahon started out the call, noting that they grew 5% in profits attributed to home video and PPV, offset by an impairment from WWE Studios, television sales of about two hours and licensing.

* Average attendance per event is 4,100. Ratings remained flat, which they seemed happy with. He also noted that PPV numbers were down.

* Vince stated that they are in a good place as far as the WWE Network goes, and that they expect expen...
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WWE® announced today that tickets for its annual pop culture extravaganza, WrestleMania XXVIII, will go on sale this Saturday, November 5 at 10 AM ET. WrestleMania XXVIII will take place Sunday, April 1, 2012 at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami, FL. The event will be headlined by the highly anticipated main event featuring "the most electrifying man in all of entertainment," The Rock® against WWE Superstar John Cena®.

Ticket prices range from $25-$850. There will also be a limited nu...

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WWE Raw Is Muppets Thoughts 31 / Oct / 2011

Rock Video Promo
Standard promo, first he wouldn't team with Cena at Survivor Series, then he agreed to team with him after all. There was a lot of yapping in-between, but I kinda zoned-out. I think he agreed to it because fans sent him Twitter messages or some nonsense.

CM Punk Vs Mark Henry
After a couple of minutes, Alberto and Ricardo came to the ring, Ricardo attacked Mark Henry and CM Punk got DQ'd.
Punk threw Ricardo back into the ring a...
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TNA Impact 27th October 2011

Impact starts with a James Storm video promo, talking about how happy he is to finally be World Champion.

James Storm comes down the ramp and into the ring and talks about how he used to watch wrestling with his dad, who passed away when he was 12 years old and thanks the fans for helping him to achieve it.
Roode, Styles and Kazarian come to the ring
James Storm says that he thinks Robert Roode was screwed out of his chance to become champion and he offers him the fir...
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Here is a transcript of The Rock's RAW promo:

John Cena, ya want The Rock to be your tag team partner, ya wanna team up with The Rock. Can it be done? Should it be done? John, you and The Rock have been the most polarizing men on this planet. Cena represents an era and a generation. The Rock represents an era and a generation. Last Monday, you asked The Rock from the heart to be your tag team partner. Here's The Rock's answer back to you....HELL NO! Hell! No! You want The Rock to be y...

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Jim Ross tweeted the following Monday night during RAW:

"4 the record, I'm in Atlanta. Was informed by Raw GM's office, my services weren't needed. Cole wants 2 make fun of my 3 surgeries. Classy."

"Something crazy is going on here in ATL. Raw is Halloween. Trick or treat 4 JR??"

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It has now been confirmed that Barry Windham suffered a massive heart attack. He was thankfully found by Mike Rotunda, his brother in law, after it happened, which probably saved his life.

Windham is currently being seen by several specialists as they determine the best course of recovery. He has been doing better over the last few days.

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TNA sent out the following today…

TNA ENTERTAINMENT, HOME OF IMPACT WRESTLING TAPS VETERAN PR STRATEGIST JULES WORTMAN AS VP OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

Wortman to lead public relations for all TNA Entertainment​ properties

NASHVILLE, TN (October 24, 2011) – TNA Entertainment, home of TNA IMPACT
WRESTLING, the top-rated program on Spike TV, announces the appointment of veteran pr strategist Ms. Jules Wortman as VP of Public Relations for the company. Wortman has been the president and owner of W...
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Ringside Collectibles held their 2011 Ringsidefest at Carolines in New York City over the weekend., drawing around 600-700 fans for signings with CM Punk, Zack Ryder and Daniel Bryan. The line to enter actually stretched around the corner of a NYC City block.

At the event, Bryan joked that the action figures were really dolls and joked he could say that because no one was going to fight him if they were upset about it. Punk told the crowd that he actually jogged past them waiting o...

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Former WWF performer Jacques Rougeau was diagnosed with prostate cancer last Tuesday, reports Québec Hebdo.

Rougeau, who is 51 years old, was diagnosed with the disease after undergoing tests but is undergoing further testing to reaffirm the diagnosis.

Québec Hebdo reports his prostate was "the size of a grapefruit" and that his family has history with the disease. Rougeau, however, has also had problems with kidney stones, which could also be a contributing factor to the state of h...

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