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Andy Leavine (Big Andy) won the return season of WWE "Tough Enough" Monday night, but it has been made public that Leavine was already under a developmental deal with WWE in their Florida Championship Wrestling territory.

Leavine was wrestling under the name "Kevin Hackman" before landing a spot on the reality show.

This comes after it was made public that Luke was also under a WWE / FCW contract, from which he was released so he could join Tough Enough....
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It's been a little more than two weeks since the death of wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage and we now know the cause.

In an exclusive interview with Bright House Sports Network, Savage's brother Lanny Poffo told us, Savage died from a condition known as ventricular fibrillation (VF). VF is a severely abnormal heart rhythm that can lead to fainting or heart attacks.

Poffo said, "What it means to me is, it was a beautiful way to die. It's quick, painless."

Also in the interview, Poffo called...
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Mick Foley turned to Twitter last month to announce his campaign to raise $10,000 for the National Sexual Assault Hotline. Five weeks later, following news coverage around the world and thousands of retweets, Foley had smashed through his goal — 12 times over.

Hundreds of friends and fans contributed to help Foley, including his employer, TNA Wrestling, and former employer, WWE head Vince McMahon. Several donors are even taking Foley up on his offer mow their lawn for a donation of ...

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Ultimate Warrior: Further Comments On Hogan...

"Hogan takes high road-where?when? Never has," Warrior wrote. "In WM6 best sports entertainer in the world prevailed. Today, best man will. No punches pulled.
Terry, almost time for KiCtC. Better triple your meds -- or have your PoS friend Knobbs come over and feign heart attacks...good for laughs."

"Hogan blames the fans, then acts like it never happened... good example of Hulkamania's positivity and authenticity. He is totally lost."
(In ref...
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Stone Cold On Twitter:

"Hard to believe TE is over...congrats to big Andy....I believe a couple of these kids have a future in this business. We shall see. And I want to thank @BillDeMott, @trishstratuscom, and Booker T for all of their hard work and passion. They all kicked ass. Most importantly...I want to thank the fans for watching the show. It is always my goal to give the audience quality.to earn their respect."


"Had a chat with the one and only @ZackRyder last night...what a broski...
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Brodus Clay has been cast in WWE Studios' No One Lives. The film will be directed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train) and is the first horror film for the studio since See No Evil, which starred Kane.

The plot of the film revolves around a gang who take a young couple hostage and take them to an abandoned house. When the girl is killed, the tables are turned and the gang finds themselves in the crosshairs. The film starts shooting next week in New Orleans.
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On his Facebook page, Eric Bischoff wrote the following about the 6/2 Impact rating:

"What the 10%'ers and the dirtsites that feed them don't want to report: Per Spike TV, Impact Wrestling was the #1 cable show in its time period among M18-49 despite under-delivering its STD average among key demos and TNA increased from its Jail (rpt) lead-in by +129% in M18-49 (.78), with an additional +6% gain in the following quarter hour. TNA peaked in the 10:15p quarter with a .99 in M18-49."

He wro...
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Jim Ross on Foley returning to WWE:

"Better question for Mick to answer than me and he's on Twitter. I don't know. I do think that Mick's best, on going assets are his verbal skills and not a long string of wrestling bouts. Mick's PR value to any company is significant. Someone also asked if Mick vs. Undertaker at WM28 would make sense. For me, no. That ship has sailed and those two can never replicate what they once had and did back in the day nor do I think that they should try. Howev...
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There were rumours (I never posted here because it was obviously fake) that Hogan posted this on Facebook:

"That's good to know brother. But in reality it was a lot of you idiot fans that killed wcw with your lack of appreciation and support for everything we did for you. Funny enough a lot of you morons like TNA too. Go figure. HH"

Hogan responded:

"Something so evil to hurt me or my fans.I assure you I would never say anything so evil about the great fans that I love and have made my Car...
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Mick Foley on his Twitter account @realMickFoley:

"I pushed hard for changes I felt would benefit Impact Wrestling. I can understand how some would interpret that as difficult to work with."
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Bret Hart on Twitter:

"Yes, I will be a part of the WWE tour in South Africa. Always thought Cape Town was a beautiful city. Was last there in '97. Very excited."
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Adam Pearce posted the following on Facebook today, discussing his future in wrestling…

Those in attendance yesterday at the tenth "NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood" tapings saw that I was able to be a part of an in-ring segment that ended with me going nose-to-nose with one of my dearest friends and wrestling adversaries, Colt Cabana.

While the moment felt great and the energy was awesome for me (THANK YOU to the fans that made the segment work!), I realize that to many it had...
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Shannon Moore on Twitter:


"Hey guys some have asked if I'm still in TNA, I am still under contract. I have not been on tv the past few weeks or the next few to come."
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Recently I had the pleasure of having a brief chat with Mick Foley, a man who is held in high regard among wrestling fans worldwide.    Foley achieved his greatest success in the ring for World Wrestling Entertainment as “Mankind” where he would hold their World Heavyweight Championship on three occasions and was one of the top draws during the “Monday Night Wars”.  This was a period in which the wrestling business was booming and routinely generated television ratings that wer...
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Tommy Dreamer & TNA have not reached an agreement to extend their contract.
Dreamer worked as a wrestler as well as agent in TNA since June 2010.

Tommy Dreamer:

"If u need a reason 2 go 2 TNA shows on 6/10 Marion, Ill & 6/11 Memphis TN. They will b my last 2 appearances for TNA. Come say goodbye. Thnx"
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The following was announced on WrestleReunion.com:

When Bruno Sammartino announced his retirement from personal appearances outside of the Pittsburgh area, I was not happy about it, but I accepted it. Since we started running WrestleReunion events, I could always count on Bruno to appear for us. When he announced he was retiring from traveling, I asked him to do one more appearance at our event in Atlanta. Although he loves meeting his fans, at 75 years of age, the travel associated wit...
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Foley Isn’t Good…Foley Is Great!

I planned on writing this blog about Mick Foley as soon as I posted the first one here on RealXPac.com. This was before the recent headlines concerning Mick’s frustration with & apparent desire to end his business relationship with Impact(TNA)Wrestling, a subject I will discuss in greater detail later on in this blog. I’ve always really liked, admired, respected, and been a fan of Mick’s. Mick and I have al...

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Brock Lesnar recently spoke to SI.com (Sports Illustrated) about keeping his private life private, the difference between Vince McMahon and Dana White and more. Check out the highlights:

On being a private individual: "I spent years with the WWE, where your life is totally out there, but most of it isn't real. So I had to find a separation of the two, of the fiction and nonfiction parts of my life. And for me, keeping my private life private was more or less to keep my own sanity. I'm no...
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Thursday night's episode of IMPACT WRESTLING concluded with Hulk Hogan announcing that Mick Foley had been fired as the Network Executive.

Hogan opened up a legal document and said that effective immediately, The Network has exercised the option of terminating said position. He then said to the camera, "Mick Foley, you're fired!" Hogan's theme music played and Bischoff said, "This is the happiest day of my life."

Foley lampooned news of his on-screen firing on Twitter. He wrote, "Wait, I w...
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Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, 54, participated in a boxing match last Saturday at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Todd Poulton floored Beefcake with a powerful right hand about 40 seconds into the second round of the fight, giving him the decision by technical knockout.

Beefcake hit the canvas hard and did not get up, having dislocated his left knee. He was transported to Berkshire Medical Center for treatment. He is undergoing knee surgery today.

Beefcake was an emergency fill-in f...
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Monday Night Mayhem with Winter
Hosts: The Big Mosh and "The Chairman of the Board" Todd Vincent
Show available at Monday Night Mayhem

What she learned to appreciate the most after her WWE departure & why she believes that TNA is the place where she's "supposed to be": "I learned to enjoy myself at work. I think obviously things happen for a reason, and sometimes you're at a place of work that doesn't suit you. I definitely think Impact Wrestling is the place where I am supposed to be. I h...
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Author Kevin Sullivan (author of the WWE Championship book) posted the following excerpts from his Ric Flair interview, here they are…

On Winning The WWF Title In 1992 As His Best Career Moment: "It was. The problem is I have so many great moments… my retirement, the night I wrestled Hunter in Greenville… but it's a combination of all those. But if you're looking for a defining moment or one that re-revived me, that was it. I didn't retire until 2008, and that was 1992, so I had an...
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Reid Flair. The son of the Nature Boy is back, aiming for the top, and he has plenty to talk about as he joins James Guttman on ClubWWI.com for a 35 minute shoot interview about all he's done, all he's doing, and all he has planned for the future! Second generation stars are nothing new, but the path for the son of a legend like Ric Flair is unlike any other. After a childhood that included matches against Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo, Flair is working hard to impress the new generatio...
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WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced that Patricia A. Gottesman has been elected to its Board of Directors.

Gottesman is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Crimson Hexagon, a social media monitoring and analysis company. Prior to joining Crimson, Gottesman served as Founder and Principal for Omnibus PG, an international media and technology practice. Gottesman began her career with Cablevision Systems Corporation and held several senior executive positions during the 29 yea...
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Nash ready to teach WWE's next generation
By BOB KAPUR - SLAM! Wrestling
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Kevin Nash smiles, anticipating his yummy coffee, at the CWI show in Brantford, Ontario, on May 14, 2011. Photo by Mike Mastrandrea

When Kevin Nash returned to WWE, it was on one of the company's biggest shows, the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Since then, the former champion hasn't had a televised match, leading many fans to speculate that he is no longer with the company. In actuality, though, Nash has ...
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Five-time WWE Tag Team Champion Road Dogg appeared on Busted Open with Doug Mortman and Dave LaGreca, which airs Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sirius 92 and XM 207. Highlights from his interview are as follows:

R-Truth's current push: "If you ask me, the WWE is about ten years too late. They had this guy ten or twelve years ago. I actually kind of recruited him to be my tag team partner cause Billy (Gunn) had just blown his shoulder out and was gonna have surgery and ...
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Ultimate Warrior has launched a Twitter account: twitter.com/ultimatewarrior.

Warrior's Twitter messages:

"@HulkHogan4Real Karma is coming to collect Terry."

"Today has been very inspiring. Thanks Warriors! You guys are the best! To those asking- Hogan's demise began the day he left Vince."




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This is the first episode of the "Sprinkles" web series starring former WWE & TNA star Shelly Martinez:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoan5MOPb-Q&feature=player_embedded
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J.R.says he Never called Kharma “Fat”:

Jim Ross has updated the Q&A section on his official website. He reiterated his thoughts on Kharma revealing on Raw that he told her she’d never make it in WWE because she was “too fat.” He says he never called her that.

Ross wrote, “Kharma tried out for Tough Enough in Vegas at an open casting call for seemingly hundreds of potential talents. I never told her she was ‘too fat’ but that she was ‘too big’ at that time to be cast in...
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TMZ.com reported recently that Chyna would be making her much anticipated return to the adult industry in the form of an extremely graphic pornographic video.

Vivid President Steve Hirsch told TMZ he was approached by Chyna "months ago" to create an X-rated film as part of her re-entry into the business.

She shot a movie involving two male adult film stars, tentatively titled Backdoor into Chyna. It is set for release on DVD "in the near future."

Her representatives, however, claimed last w...
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