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In an update on Travis Tomko's arrest last week, he is still in jail at the "advice of his lawyers".

Tomko has reached out to WWE and will be taking them up on their rehab offer.

Tomko was arrested last Monday in St. Augustine, Florida on a felony robbery charge.

At approximately 5:00 p.m. Monday, Tomko entered the CVS Pharmacy at 175 Florida 312 and demanded a pharmacist give him all the 15 mg and 30 mg oxycodone in the safe. The pharmacist told detectives Tomko held his hand under hi...

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In a recent interview ESPN, Brock Lesnar talked about his inclusion in the WWE 12 Game and shares some of his thoughts on the WWE and namely, The Undertaker. Heres what he had to say:

Jon Robinson: There were so many rumors floating around last year about you possibly facing Undertaker at Mania. What would the match have been like?

Brock Lesnar: I was a true wrestler. I was a Division I national champion. I came into the business wanting one thing and one thing only, and that was to ...

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Hulk Hogan On Twitter:

"For all the ignorant haters that hate that I proved them wrong.bumpin after 8 back surgeries,suck it haters. http://lockerz.com/s/147871221"

cool out it's just the beginning of something really big brother. HH

keep watching you'll finally figure it out,big plans for the Canadian HH

don't be a mark keep watching you'll figure it out. HH"

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TNA Impact! 13th October 2011

Kurt Angle calls Robert Roode to the ring and they talk about their match at Bound For Glory.
Kurt Angle leaves the ring and stops on the ramp on the way out to tell Roode that he will be facing Gunner and Jeff Jarrett in a handicap match later tonight.

Backstage, Rob Van Dam and AJ Styles are brawling with Jerry Lynn and Chris Daniels.

Back from the break, Lynn and Daniels take AJ down the ramp and into the ring.
RVD comes to the ring to even the odds and the tag mat...
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Kurt Angle on his return to collegiate Olympic wrestling:
“I’ve been training for the last six months. The training has gone phenomenally well. I didn’t realize I was going catch on this quickly, but you know it’s like getting on a bicycle and riding again. That’s not to say it didn’t go without any injuries here and there. I’ve hurt my Achilles tendon and my hamstring but I’ve been hanging on tightly and training very hard. I’m on schedule so thank God, I have a very ...

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Jim Ross on Twitter:

"Found out about mexico city late Thursday. Not happy to miss OU game but EVP talent & Co could care less. Nice way 2 go out on wk'ly TV."

"I'm under contract to wwe. Well paid by team I helped build. Quitting for me not an option. Those that suggest such I feel for."

"Do I like Raw GM silliness? No. If inclined could I handle that role? Sure. Am I interested? Nope."

"Leaving Mexico City. Mon's Raw could well be my last but who really knows? John L & his higher ups know. Hope...
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Mickie James participated in an interview with Female First while she was in the UK promoting TNA Wrestling's upcoming Maximum Impact Tour and recalled her reaction to being released from her WWE contract last year. She admitted it was as big a shock for her, and did upset her.

"I think it angered a lot of people," she says, continuing: "It would be one thing if I was doing a poor job, and I didn't capture the fans every time I went out there, or if I wasn't so good at what I did."

As i...

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After Hulk Hogan commented that Bobby Roode wasn't the next big thing in wrestling and that he didn't know if AJ Styles would become a big name, Styles commented last night on his Twitter by saying, "Frustration setting in when your own guys bury the company that u have worked so hard for........ Brother!"

Now Hogan has responded on his Twitter, stating:

"Just waiting for somebody to figure it out and do Today Show, Fox and Friends , Leno, radio, tv , ect, instead of the same 5star ...

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Kurt Angle wants Olympic wrestling return

By Dan Gelston

AP Sports Writer
Published October 14, 2011
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. — So long steel cages, pyrotechnics and theme music. Kurt Angle wants to get real about wrestling again.

Angle believes the time is right to swap that big gold TNA Wrestling championship belt around his waist for another shiny gold medal around his neck.

Creeping up on 43, Angle is serious about becoming an Olympic wrestler for the second time.

The 1996 220-pou...

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Christopher Daniels was interviewed by the Sun in Canada about his match with AJ Styles at Bound for Glory.

He said their match has the potential to steal the show. When asked about his future in the business, he said:

"I haven't put a time limit on it. But, I'm close to being in the best shape of my career. Despite being in it for 18 years, I feel like I'm putting on pretty good matches. I've always said I'll stop when I stop having fun."

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My Apologies for posting this so late....


TNA Impact 6th October 2011

Impact starts with Beer Money heading to the ring.
Roode tells Storm that even though Fortune are friends and brothers, he wanted the best that AJ Styles and Kazarian could bring on previous Impacts and he wants to see the best from James Storm tonight in their match.  Storm says that he will give 100% and believes he will prove that he is the better man.

Footage is shown of Hulk Hogan’s TNA debut, hyping his “announcementâ...
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Source: TheSun.co.uk

FORMER WWE Diva Gail Kim has vowed that she will never return after enduring an unhappy second spell with the wrestling giant.

Kim asked for her release from the company on August 5 after being chronically under-utilised, but WWE refused to let her go, and instead made her sit out her contract, which concluded at the end of September.

Kim is now a free agent, and is understandably vehement that wherever her wrestling career from now on takes her, it will not be back to W...

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The official website of Florida Championship Wrestling has added Jake Carter to their roster page. He is Jesse White, son of former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader. He signed a developmental contract with WWE in April following a tryout at the organization's developmental facility in Tampa, Florida.

White, 25, originally committed to the University of Oklahoma and was touted for the National Football League, but retired following a hip injury. He then followed his dad's footsteps...
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Three have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ivan (John) Radocaj, a Canadian independent wrestler.

Melody Sanford, her friend Rita Cushnie and Cushnie's son Donald Richard were all given the mandatory sentence, and are ineligible for parole for at least 25 years. Radocaj was beat to death in September 2007. He was married to Sandford for three weeks. Sanford had reportedly threatened Radocaj's life before the murder. His family believes he was tricked into the marriage so she...
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Mixed martial artist Kim Couture stated Wednesday during an interview with Steven Muehlhausen for SportsTownChicago.com that TNA Wrestling has approached herself and Strikeforce Women's Featherweight Champion Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos about possibly working for the promotion.

Couture and Tara engaged in a shoving match at 2009's Bound for Glory PPV.
The TNA Knockout later claimed that the scuffle was legitimate.

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I leave Ring of Honor Wrestling to tackle new challenges. I’ve accepted a position as Director of Creative Writing with TNA Wrestling. My duties will be to focus solely on the development of new wrestling shows beyond the Impact Wrestling show. I’m excited to see what the future holds and thank everyone for the support over not only the last nine months of this site but through my entire career.

Sincerely,

David Lagana
@Lagana


TNA hired Dave Lagana not to work on the existing Impac...

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WWE is asking fans to help name a program starring the Sexy, Smart and Powerful Divas for their soon to be launched WWE Network.

WWE.com describes the program as "a reality show that welcomes you aboard the private Divas tour bus as it travels from venue to venue. Cameras will roll 24/7, capturing the unscripted bonds, battles, and behind-the-scenes drama that only our WWE Divas can deliver when their public and private lives merge on the open road."

Poll options include:

1. WWE Divas Hot Wheels...
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Velvet Sky appeared on Monday Night Mayhem, which airs every Monday night at 7:00 p.m. via MondayNightMayhem.com. Highlights from the interview are as follows:

The feeling of competing for the Knockouts Championship at TNA's biggest Pay-Per-View of the year, the special meaning of Bound for Glory to her, and the importance of returning to Philadelphia: "It did take a while to sink in, but there's two cool things about this Pay-Per-View: Bound For Glory was where I made my debut with TNA four ...
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Hulk Hogan was a guest today on the 4th hour of the Today Show with Hota Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford. The hosts began by talking a little wrestling. Hogan, who was sporting an Impact Wrestling T-shirt talked about how this Sunday is "our Superbowl, Bound for Glory" though he never mentioned TNA.

Hogan said he isn't in the main event of the show that will be the Olympic Hero Kurt Angle versus this really cool kid Bobby Roode. But he is in charge of the company and he has a disgruntled...

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Mick Foley appeared on The LAW Live Audio Wrestling this past Sunday night on TSN Radio 1050 AM to promote his upcoming stand up comedy show 'Mick Foley: Hardcore Comedy' at the Toronto Underground Cinema on Friday December 2nd. Check out the highlights…

How he got involved with stand up comedy: I had done a lot of speaking at colleges where a lot of my stories were humorous, but because I was never billed as a comic, they didn't have to be funny, that was just kind of like the ici...

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Various cable providers have Gail Kim's name mistakenly listed as Gayle King in the information page for her appearance on today's episode of Family BrainSurge on Nickelodeon. The names of John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, The Miz and Eve are correctly listed.

A fan wrote to Kim on Twitter, "How transparent can WWE be?" She responded, "of course it does. Pathetic. Lol. I wish I was oprah's bff."

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The Chicago Sun Times featured an article on the new documentary "Sadermania" which documents the friendship between Hogan and his biggest fan, Chris Sader. The article mentions that Sader was there for Hogan when his father passed away and Hogan later financially helped Sader's family when his father was dying. Sader actually admits that he's probably spent upwards of a million on his devotion to Hogan.

The film will debut this Saturday for the first time as part of the Chicago Interna...
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The Florida Times-Union has published additional details regarding former WWE star Tyson Tomko's arrest Monday in St. Augustine, Florida on a felony robbery charge.

At approximately 5:00 p.m. Monday, Tomko entered the CVS Pharmacy at 175 Florida 312 and demanded a pharmacist give him all the 15 mg and 30 mg oxycodone in the safe. The pharmacist told detectives Tomko held his hand under his shirt as if he was pointing something.

He had been in the store two days earlier to ask for the same paink...
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In an interview with Yahoo Sports Radio today, Jim Ross talked about a variety of topics, including being fired from RAW. He confirmed he didn't know it was coming:

"No, no idea whatsoever. It came as a complete surprise. My wife, we're celebrating our eighteenth anniversary today, none of us knew. It took me completely by surprise. It was one of those embarrassing moments you endure and move on. It's like anything else in life - when you get faced with a challenge or an uncomfortable situatio...
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John "Bradshaw" Layfield published a blog on his official website stating that he has no plans to appear for WWE or TNA Wrestling.

"The question is whether I will return to WWE television. NO. The answer is NO. I have no plans, I have no contact with WWE. No one has mentioned this, no one has brought it up," he wrote.

"Will that NO change to a YES. I don't know. I love performing. I am actually healthy right now, I have lost a ton of weight getting ready for NYC marathon and am in the best shap...
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Following Monday's RAW in which John Morrison was defeated by Christian in approximately a minute and subsequently assaulted by Dolph Ziggler, Christian and Jack Swagger, a man wrote to Melina on Twitter accusing her of killing his WWE career.

He wrote, "Will you stand trial for killing your bf's career? #prayforJoMo."

The former WWE Diva responded via private message, "The WWE did it. I never did anything but stand by him through thick and thin. We should all be so lucky as to have someone lik...
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ROH sent out the following today… With his first World Title defense in an ROH ring under his belt a second looms on the horizon when Ring of Honor returns to Chicago Ridge, IL on Saturday night November 19th. But the question is: just who will challenge Davey Richards at the Frontier Fieldhouse? Today ROH officials provide the answer…

The man who will challenge "The American Wolf" will be a former ROH World Tag Team Champion, a former ROH World TV Champion, "The Generic Luchador"...

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The Wrestling Revolution project started tapings yesterday at the Henson Studios in Los Angeles.

- There were 20 matches taped over the course of day.

- The studio was designed to look like a modern day version of "Wrestling At the Chase" with a chandelier hanging and the fans in attendance grouped at tables while watching matches.

- Former WWE star Shawn "Gavin" Spears was pulled from the tapings, due to VISA issues. Spears is from Canada.

- Prince Devitt did not work the tapings, on...

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WWNLive sent out the following today…

The first ever live, interactive shoot interview will be broadcast on worldwide live iPPV tonight at www.WWNLive.com at 8pm EST. The subject will be former WWE Diva and TNA Knockout Gail Kim. She will finally break her silence after quitting WWE when she eliminated herself from a battle royal on Raw. If Kim has the guts to do that, just imagine what she'll say tonight on live iPPV. The Hot Zone live shoot series starts tonight!

Order now at www.WWNLive.co...
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Gary told Howard that Hulk had to be out of there by 7:50. Howard had him bring him in. Howard said Hulk had spinal surgery for 9 hours. Hulk said it was actually 12 hours. Howard said wrestling is brutal on the body. He said that you get slammed and things like that. Hulk said that he's never had a match where he didn't get hurt.

Hulk said he had a bunch of pictures on his phone that he wanted him to see. He said there are some naked people on there. He jokingly said that they were all of Bub...
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