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Regarding the events of September 4, 2011 in Warren County, Virginia, Mr. Angle gave the following statement:

"Recently, there has been a lot of attention related to the incident which occurred Saturday night in Virginia. I was returning from an iMPACT Wrestling show in an unfamiliar place, late at night and was trying to find the exit for my hotel.

I did not believe my driving behavior was reckless or otherwise improper. Apparently law enforcement may have believed otherwise and pull...

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WWE is featuring an uncensored interview with CM Punk in the October issue of WWE Magazine. Below are some highlights:

In your estimation, what do you feel is wrong with WWE right now, and what would you do to change it?

What's wrong with WWE right now is that there isn't enough youth. Most of the ideas are old. They worked in The Attitude Era or in the '80's—and I'm not necessarily saying that they're bad or they're wrong —but they need updating, they need tweaking. There needs to...

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BELLMORE, N.Y. -- Mick Foley took the stage recently at The Brokerage Comedy Club wearing his trademark flannel shirt over several layers of self-deprecation.

Pro wrestling's "Hardcore Legend", who is also a best-selling author, is seeking a third career as a stand-up comic, and is willing to take an emotional pummeling that would put his bruises from Dominic DeNucci's wrestling school to shame.

On a recent night, Foley followed comedy stalwarts Mick Thomas, a former pro kickboxer, a...

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TMZ is reporting today that sources close to Kurt Angle feel that he has been framed by Virginia police after being arrested for DWI yesterday. Angle stated that he passed a breathalyzer test, meaning he was not legally drunk, when he was arrested for driving erratically on Interstate 66 yesterday morning after a TNA house show. Angles lawyer stated, "We understand Kurt will be entering a plea of not guilty in response to any infractions and/or offenses."

TMZ.com is also reporting:

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WWE Raw 29th Aug 2011

CM Punk, Kevin Nash and Triple H open the show with an in-ring promo segment
The main point being “Is Triple H working with Kevin Nash”
Nash says that he was signed to a lucrative contract and that Triple H could release him if he wants to and he would sit home and still get paid for not doing anything (That’s what Kevin Nash has always been paid to do, in fairness). Triple H said that he wasn’t going to fire him.
For all the little kids out there, CM Punk...

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TMZ.com is reporting that TNA champion Kurt Angle was arrested early this morning and charged with DWI in Virginia. Virginia State Troopers responded to a call from another motorist who observed Angle's vehicle alleged swerving between lanes on I-66. Angle was traveling from that evening's TNA house show, where he had defeated AJ Styles.

Angle was arrested but later released from Warren County Jail after posting a $2,000 bond.

Angle has been arrested for similar charges several times ...

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TNA Impact Wrestling Thoughts By David Damage

US Air Date: 1st September 2011

TNA Impact is on the road, in Alabama.

Hogan comes to the ring and says that the only way Sting is going to get him into the ring for a match is when he says so.
Angle comes down the ramp and joins Hogan in the ring.
Hogan tells Angle that TNA was a sick place before he joined and he wants Dr Angle to grab Sting by his ankles, drag him to the ring and cut the cancer out of Sting and TNA.
Angle says that Hogan's enemies ar...
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In the latest edition of WWE Magazine cover-dated October 2011, Mae Young is profiled with an in-depth look at her career dating back to the mid-1900s to her cameo appearances today. At the end of the article is Young describing a promise made by WWE CEO Vince McMahon if Young lives to be 100-years-old.

"I plan on wrestling when I'm 100. My grandmother lived to be 113, so I figure I can make it into the ring when I'm 100. Vince promised me a match with his daughter, Stephanie, and hi...

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Mick Foley was recently interviewed by Monday Night Mayhem radio show and these are some highlights:

Mick Foley says he would like to be inducted into WWE's Hall of Fame when WWE returns to Madison Square Garden in New York City. "In a perfect world, I would get inducted in The Garden in 2013. I'll be willing to stay of TV until 2013 just to get inducted there, but what I might do is John Laurinaitis and ask if I could do a house show, just so I could hear my music and get a pop," Foley ...

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Monday Night Mayhem with Rima Fakih (From WWE Tough Enough)
Hosts: The Big Mosh and "The Chairman of the Board" Todd Vincent
Show available at MondayNightMayhem.com.

How she was approached by the WWE during her reign as Miss USA: "It happened that the Miss Universe pageant was going on, and there was people from the WWE backstage. I'm not sure if they were there for recruitment or something like that. It happened that out of the 95 girls that was competing, I was one of the girls interested in w...
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My WWE Raw Thoughts 22.8.2011 By David Damage

John Cena, Alberto Del Rio, Triple H and CM Punk come to the ring and argue about who the No.1 contender is.... Lots of fast forwarding here. Boring Segment.

20 minutes into Raw (about 5 minutes for me using Fast forward) John Morrison Vs Alberto Del Rio is about to start...

They have a good match, thanks largely to John Morrison, who is such a great athlete.

Eve Vs Nikki Bella... What a waste of time.

Jack Swagger Vs Alex Riley.

Jack Swagger is pretty ...
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Life imitated art far too closely for Dan Spivey.

During the mid-1990s, Spivey wrestled for WWE as Waylon Mercy. The character was inspired by Robert De Niro's acclaimed portrayal of the heinous Max Cady in the 1991 movie "Cape Fear."

Spivey played the role to a tee with villainous tactics that belied his soft-spoken interviews tinted with a Southern drawl. But as creepy as Waylon Mercy came across, Spivey's behavior was admittedly just as degenerate outside the ring. His long-runnin...

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Matt Hardy ran a new Youtube video called "Goodbye." The video featured the following words in graphic form:

"Goodbye, World... My time here is Almost complete... I only have a few hours & minutes... I loved you all... Regardless of how you felt about me... I'll miss you all... September 23, 1974 - August 31, 2011."

Matt Hardy on Twitter, in regards to the "suicide" video he posted on YouTube:

The YouTube Video was not in any way a suicide note.. No words such as death, suicide, kill, he...

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Bill Goldberg spoke with Fox23.com in Tulsa, Oklahoma and stated that his previously announced return to the ring is not set in stone. "Budweiser made me do it," Goldberg said regarding the announcement.

"Budweiser made me got out there and announce it prior to... I really should have announced it in the proper way. I'm in negotiations right now to wrestle outside the country in a big humanitarian effort. It's an event in Africa, and we were invited by the president of the Congo."

Gol...
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Santino Marella suffered a separated left shoulder following a car accident Thursday night.

WWE.com spoke to Marella this morning about the incident.

"I had just left home and was going to get my hair cut before I began packing for WWE's trip to Puerto Rico," explained Marella. "[My barber] wasn't around, so I just decided to go home."

Marella was then hit by another vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle remained at the scene of the collision until police arrived, and no foul play is suspecte...
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UFC president Dana White stated in a press conference on Friday that rumors that Brock Lesnar will have to retire from the sport are not true. White said Lesnar has been working on a farm in Canada all summer. "He is 100 percent," White said.

White added that Lesnar will resume training for his next fight within the next couple of weeks. The target date for Lensar's return remains early 2012. Lesnar has been sidelined since he underwent colon surgery related to diverticulitis back i...

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Monday Night Mayhem with Mick Foley
Hosts: The Big Mosh and "The Chairman of the Board" Todd Vincent
Show available at MondayNightMayhem.com.

How close we were to seeing a match between himself and Hulk Hogan in TNA, whether or not he has any regrets on how his TNA career came to a close, and why he felt that an appearance on WWE television for The Rock's birthday would have been beneficial for everyone involved: "The match with Hulk Hogan could have happened if I hadn't tweeted about t...
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A lawsuit WWE filed against J.F. Ramos, a company based out of Portugal that had acquired the license to produce WWE licensed clothing was dismissed by United States District Court of Connecticut on 8/30 as a result of an interesting defense by Ramos - that WWE couldn't prove it was responsible for the allegations brought against them until a lawsuit filed AGAINST WWE in France was resolved.

Here's the back story: WWE filed the lawsuit against Ramos in September 2010 as a result of a...

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Gabe Sapolsky spoke with The Aftershock ProWrestling Radio recently. Among the highlights:

On what he would change in TNA in-order for them to possibly compete with the WWE: "They need a complete overhaul of the brand you know, that's what the bottom line is. I mean it came close to happening, you know Paul Heyman was in those talks, who knows what would have happened with me, it was unlikely I was going to give up Dragon Gate USA and Evolve, however it was likely that I would have go...

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TNA Champion Kurt Angle spoke recently with MMAWeekly.com. Among the highlights:

On Why he joined WWE instead of UFC after the 96 Olympics: "I talked to the UFC, but at the time they were only paying their top fighters 15 grand to fight, and here WWE throws this big contract at me. It’s kind of like, let me see, do I struggle and go in the UFC or do I go here and make a bunch of money? Obviously, the decision was very easy."

On training for the 2012 Olympics: “I’ve been training...

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New Jack to Terri Runnels: I destroyed your nude photos, but now I'm going to sue you....

SANFORD – The legal fight between pro wrestling diva Terri Runnels and the ex-lover she's suing over sexually-explicit photos was ratcheted up a notch today when the man's lawyer told a judge to expect a counter-claim.

Retired wrestler New Jack, whose real name is Jerome Young, will counter-sue Runnels, alleging that she infected him with a sexually-transmitted disease, said his lawyer, Derek Bre...

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Trish Stratus and Angelina Love teased a confrontation at this weekend's Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, Ontario as both former champions will be on hand for the annual pop culture event.

Stratus wrote on Twitter, "Can't wait for Fan Expo Canada Sun! I hear Angelina Love is gonna be there, I also hear she wants to fight me #torontothrowdown #canuckcuddle."

The TNA Knockout responded, "I'm there on Saturday so maybe we can throwdown then and cuddle on Sunday!"

Angelina mentioned on Twitter las...

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A Peer Support, Wellness and Respite Center is opening in Barstow County in Georgia. Jimmy Rave is going to be the director of the facility. Georgia's Daily Tribune has the story about the center opening.

Speaking to The Road to Mania Blog (http://maniaweekend.blogspot.com/), Rave said of his run as a member of The Rock 'n Rave Infection with Christy Hemme and Lance Hoyt: "My 2009 run, I was a complete drug addict to be honest. I didn't give a damn about wrestling because I just cared abo...
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TMZ.com has reported that Ric Flair is threatening to sue ESPN.com-affiliated website Grantland.com over columnist Shane Ryan's claim in an unflattering article published Wednesday that he is suffering from a heart condition caused by several years of drinking.

A representative for the WWE Hall of Famer told TMZ that Flair does not suffer from alcoholic cardiomyopathy, a disease caused by years of alcohol abuse which often leads to heart failure.

"While the information gleaned from cour...
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TMZ.com:

Wrestling icon Ric Flair is FURIOUS over this article which claims the Nature Boy is suffering from a serious medical condition caused by years of hardcore boozing ... because Ric claims it's not true and now he's threatening to sue.

The unflattering article-which paints Flair as a troubled, irresponsible mess of a person-ran on an ESPN affiliated website called Grantland.com ... and the report is mostly based on court documents.

But Flair is particularly pissed about the reporter's cla...
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Mick Foley has turned stand-up comedian… and has announced his first British comedy tour.

Foley is to perform four dates in Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle Upon Tyne and London in November.

He said: ‘I am enormously excited and relieved about my upcoming comedy tour.

‘Excited about the prospect of telling stories, hearing laughter and fielding questions from some of my most loyal and dedicated fans. Relieved that I finally have a real answer to the one of the two questions I'm most frequ...
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Jeff Hardy / TNA Impact Wrestling Spoilers....


The TNA Impact taping in Huntsville, Alabama ended with Jeff Hardy coming out to cut a promo with the storyline being that The Network had given him the time.

Hardy specifically mentioned the Victory Road PPV where he had personal issues that put the show into the toilet, commenting that he let the fans, the company and the other wrestlers down. He understood that he might not be forgiven but asked that everyone give him one more chance.

The cro...

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Steve Austin and CM Punk had a war of words yesterday on Twitter.  It started when Austin was giving Zack Ryder advice on beer....

Ryder - @SteveAustinBSR I won't drink BLL tonight. What do you recommend?
Austin - @ZackRyder just go with regular Bud Light. Good beer. You'll thank me tomorrow....and it's cooler than BLL.
Ryder - @SteveAustinBSR Can I put a lime in the Bud Light?
...Austin - @ZackRyder why HELL NO you can't put a lime in the damn beer!!!
Punk (responding to above tweet) - To mak...

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"Thank you all SOO very much for all the support you've given me thru this hard time, like a Phoenix, I will rise above this all! I have so many people to return calls to, text, DMs, & e-mails as well, and I eventually will. I appreciate the support from Jeff, Beth, Shane, Karen, My Dad, My Mother in heaven, my friends, My beautiful girlfriend Rebecca Reyes, Mrs. Dixie Carter, and all of my family, friends, fans. I love you and appreciate your support and prayers more than you could ever imag...
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Grantland.com, a sports and pop culture affiliated with ESPN.com, has published a major expose on Ric Flair comparing him to a real life version of The Wrestler......

Ric Flair has been physically attacked by at least three of his four wives.

In a 2005 divorce case with Elizabeth Harrell — wife no. 2 — Flair's lawyers detailed their accusations. "On more than one occasion," they wrote, "Plaintiff (Beth) has assaulted the Defendant (Flair), striking him about the head and body in an ef...

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