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Alex Marvez Interviews Stan Hansen

Stan Hansen's recently released autobiography reveals plenty of little-known facts about the "Bad Man from Borger, Texas."

First, Hansen isn't from Borger. The city just sounded better than being introduced from his real birthplace of Knox City, Texas.

Here's another curious fact about the moniker that emerges from "The Last Outlaw." Although he was known as one of pro wrestling's most intimidating heels during a 27-year career, the "bad man" was doing his best...
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ROH’s TV show will begin airing for free today at their official website.

The FCC has approved Sinclair Broadcasting’s purchase of two stations in Salt Lake City, three stations in West Palm Beach, FL, as well as stations in Austin, Texas, and Providence, RI. Once the transitional period ends, those markets will carry the new Ring of Honor series as well.

There is talk of returning to Philadelphia in early 2012. The promotion had purposely avoided the market in recent months afte...

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Lucha Libre USA will finally return to MTV2 this Saturday morning at 10 AM Eastern for the kickoff of their second 13 episode "season." The plan is to do a lot of interactive material, including a contest where fans will be able to enter by answering multiple choice questions based on events that transpired on the TV series.

The promotion's storylines will continue from where they left off at the end of the first abbreviated season with Saturday's episode featuring Lizmark, Jr. vs. Marco Corle...
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Hulk Hogan was interviewed this morning on ABC's Good Morning America. The pre-taped segment was about themed around a "humbled" Hulk Hogan starting over with a new wife and a new TV show, Micro Championship Wrestling.

Hogan said that the show goes into a direction that "most people don't think of", claimed Hogan, in that once the MCW talents leave the ring, they can't reach doorknobs or go into public restrooms and can't reach the sink. The show "marked a fresh start for someone wh...

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There have been recent shake-ups with the WWE creative team, WWE.com and the WWE Magazine. All three will soon be working under one umbrella and at the same location. WWE’s website and TV studio had been spread out between two buildings about a mile away from WWE headquarters. The magazine was part of publishing on the second floor and creative was located on the fourth floor of WWE headquarters, down the hall from Vince McMahon’s office.

They all will now be on the first floor, which use...
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Interview with Zack Ryder (From WWE.com)

On July 28, 2011, the game changed for Zack Ryder when the “woo-wooing” warrior introduced the radiant, broski-embellished Internet Championship to the WWE Universe on “Z! True Long Island Story.”

But the elaborate Internet Title legacy didn’t start on that humid, late-July day. According to Ryder, who supplied WWE.com – exclusively – with the complete backstory on his finest achievement.

WWE.COM: Tell us the story of how the Internet Champi...
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CM Punk got a new tattoo on Tuesday at 'Family Tattoo' in Chicago.

"I did a tattoo of a dead fish on the back of his (left) shoulder" tattoo artist Matt Wes told the Chicago Tribune.

"It was a friendship tattoo he got with Natalie Slater of bakeanddestroy.net. There's a story behind the tattoo that means something to their friendship."

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In an interview with WWE.com, Mason Ryan comments on his return to RAW after been sidelined since June due to injury.

"I've been training very hard, but being out through injuries is a tough thing for anyone because you obviously want to be in the ring competing," Ryan said. "Being out of action made me even more focused than I was before to come back and be a bigger, better, stronger, faster and all around better Mason Ryan."

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Hulk Hogan is still trying to sell the mansion that Hogan Knows Best was filmed in.

The appraiser's officer says the market value is $5.4 million, but back in 2006 the house was put up for sale for $25 million. The price has been dropped a few times, down to $13.9 million and then to $10.9 million.

Today's asking price is $8.87 million.

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Rey Mysterio had another knee surgery today to reinforce his PCL. Mysterio already had knee surgery in August, which was supposed to keep him out 6-9 months. Mysterio tweeted the following earlier this morning before the surgery:

"Getting ready 4 surgery # 2.....should b knocked out in about 30mn! Talk to all of you when I wake up!1 luv 619"

No one know how much longer Mysterio will be out of action since he had to have the extra surgery.

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SyFy sent out the following today…

WWE'S Friday Night Smackdown WAS #1 IN CABLE ON SEPTEMBER 23

STAMFORD – September 28, 2011 – WWE Friday Night Smackdown was the # 1 show on Cable with 3.25 million total viewers on Friday, September 23. This was the highest rated Friday episode of Smackdown on Syfy among Adults 18-34 and #2 among Adults 18-49. The 2.1 household rating is up +17% versus last week garnering 1.35 million Adults 18-49 and 1.36 million Adults 25-54.

Other ratings hi...

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WWE - The Machine Is Working


In the history of WWF/E there have been many World Champions who wrestling fans have generally considered unworthy of being called a World Champion.

Some of these guys like Sgt Slaughter and JBL have managed to win the Title late in their careers when they had limited skills inside the ring, but they at least had heat and could cut promos, which made fans want to see someone take them out and take the Titles from them.

Others like Hulk Hogan, Ultimate War...
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Former WWE Diva Melina has denied an online report claiming that she was planning to involve herself in last week’s Divas Tag Team Match on RAW.

She responded on Twitter, “Ha ha! If I was going to fly ANYWHERE I’d fly to Hawaii and have fun or Vegas. Monday I was tweeting you guys and watching the Sheen Roast.

“It’s funny that rumors are still active even when out of the WWE. It’s outrageous and can be hurtful but I’m still on people’s minds.”

The report alleged that Natalya re...
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WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin has a new interview up with The Sun. Here are some highlights:

Another match with CM Punk:
“I think Punk is a great guy. I’d say he looks up to me for what I did in the ring back in the day — and I look up to him for what he is doing now. I’d say it’s a case of mutual respect. I hear the stories and if the stars aligned and all things worked out to benefit us all — the WWE, myself and Punk — I’d say that he is the guy I’d pick to face. I’m sure...
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The ROH TV series is available on the ROH site now for premium subscribers. It will be available for everyone else on Thursday.

The second episode of ROH TV, which airs this weekend, features Jay Lethal​ vs. El Generico and Jimmy Jacobs vs. Mike Bennett.

In the Nashville and St. Louis markets, the second episode aired accidentally. ROH officials are looking into how that happened to prevent it from happening again.

The ROH premium website has a subscriber's only podcast with Nigel McGuinness a...
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TNA Continues International Growth - New Countries & Programming

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) announces that TNA Wrestling programming can now be seen in over 100 countries and in 17 languages. Over the past few months, TNA Wrestling​ re-launched in Australia, renewed television deals in France, Israel and Turkey, as well as, inking new deals in Africa, Europe and the Middle East scheduled to be on air later this month.

In June, TNA Wrestling and Fuel TV reached an agreement to broadc...
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Ken Anderson recently spoke about leaving WWE, wrestling Kurt Angle and more. Here are the highlights…

On the story behind him leaving WWE: "The thing is that the chairman of that company likes guys who stand up for themselves. He likes guys who aren't just pushovers, who aren't just ‘glad-handing, nonsensical yes-men,' to quote another wrestler (CM Punk​). And yet, it depends on what day it is and what side of the bed he woke up on. So it's really a gamble. If you're a pushover and you'...
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TNA Impact Wrestling Quick Thoughts 15th September 2011

I didn’t get a chance to review Impact last week, so here are just some quick thoughts….

Fortune cut a great promo in the ring, supporting the new No.1 contender to Kurt Angle’s World Title.
All other members of Fortune say that they support Roode and know he can win the Title.
Kurt Angle comes to the ring and tries to cause some dissention between them….
Great segment.

I loved everything about the Jeff Hardy backstage promos with AJ S...
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One thing I hate most about WWE is the "wrestling" (In fairness I hate the promos and storylines too, but I'll discuss them on another day) and the main reason for this is not because no one in the company can work. A few, like Cena and Mark Henry can't, but that's not true for everyone in the company. The reason for it is that hollywood writers who have never stepped in the ring before, who were never wrestling fans in their lives write what happens in each match for the wrestlers to ...

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In Your Head Radio with Tara
Recap by Taso the Greek
Show available at IYHWrestling.com.

Tara (a/k/a Victoria) joins the IYH hosts for the second part of the show. Tara calls out Jack and Inchman about being their favorite Knockout, and talks about her trainer Rob Conway and his metro sexual ways.

Tara talks about her match with Sojo Bolt, her first friend in TNA, and their match to benefit animal rescue upcoming for Remix Wrestling in Ohio. Tara said that Sojo was a great friend in TNA but she w...
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In Your Head Radio with Chris Masters
Hosts: Jack and Oneinchbiceps
Show available at IYHWrestling.com.

Jack E. Jones and OneInchBiceps are joined by Chris Masters to start the show. Chris Masters was honored to get a massive "BAH!" from the Power Goat. Chris was on IYH after the first time he was released from WWE. This marks the second time he has been on IYH, and also the second time he has been released by WWE. Jack wants to know what Chris did to get back into the WWE. He said he g...
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Blood, sweat and fears

Wrestling legend Abdullah the Butcher may cut himself, but he didn’t give rival Devon Nicholson hepatitis C

His large bald head is covered with scars. The deep vertical grooves on top were self-inflicted—or at least, consensual, by the sure, drive-my-head-into-the-ring-post standards of his profession. Others testify to the passions Larry Shreve, a.k.a. Abdullah the Butcher, a.k.a. the Madman from the Sudan, a.k.a. Kuroi Jujutsushi (the Black Wizard), was ab...

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When I'm critical of the WWE Product, especially Raw, many WWE fans reply to me "Yeah, Raw is full of comedy and no good wrestling, but SMACK DOWN is WWE's wrestling show. Smack Down has good matches and wrestling angles"

Okay, fine. Let's take a look at yesterday's Smack Down and let's identify all this great pro wrestling!

My SD thoughts 23 / 9 / 2011

Apart from a neckbreaker by Heath Slater and a shoulderblock from the top rope by Sheamus, the entire match consiststed of a WWE tra...

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UFC president Dana White recently confirmed that the winner of the upcoming Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem fight on December 30 at UFC 141 will indeed become the instant number one contender to the UFC heavyweight championship.

This means with a victory in December, Lesnar could find himself in a title match against either Cain Velasquez in a rematch of the fight where he lost the title, or against Junior Dos Santos, the man he coached opposite on The Ultimate Fighter and was forc...

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The following are highlights from a new interview with former WWE announcer and current Ring Of Honor TV announcer Kevin Kelly:

Kevin Kelly on "Death Before Dishonor IX" exceeding expectations: "I think there was a minimal amount of hype, and I think expectations from a lot of folks were very low and tempered for 'Death Before Dishonor IX.' I think we exceeded whatever expectations there were. To me, it was a satisfying meal in that you had everything available that you could like. The...

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Bobby Lashley is now accepting bookings for future wrestling events and appearances. If you're interested, you can email lashleybookings@yahoo.com with any information you have on the event and/or your promotion. Be sure to follow Bobby Lashley on Twitter @FightBobby and look out for his new website coming soon!

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Shannon Spruill (Daffney), who was arrested on July 19, 2011 in Hillsborough County, Florida for driving under the influence with property damage, plead no contest during a court hearing in Plant City, Florida earlier this week. The judge ordered her to attend DUI school while placing her on twelve months probation. She must also pay damages and costs of $1,080.
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He has had successful runs in both worlds of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts.  He was a two-time World Champion in WWE and is currently 6-1 in his MMA career.  He continues to work in both industries as he just signed a multi-fight deal with "Shark Fights" and wrestles regularly in Japan.  He's also looking to expand his work as an active wrestler when he's not fighting.

His name is Bobby Lashley.  Those interested in booking him for wrestling shows and appearances can em...

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In addition to virtually every national and local news outlet covering former WWE CEO Linda McMahon's announced Senate run on Tuesday, there has been in-between coverage ranging from Comedy Central poking fun at a former "wrestling executive (this is an actual job)" running for Senate and McMahon grilled on tax reform. McMahon, asked whether the rich (such as herself) should be taxed more than middle class citizens, gave a non-answer on whether she believes her tax rate is fair, accord...

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