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Stephanie McMahon, WWE's Executive Vice President of Creative, fielded questions Tuesday via twitter.com/WWEmoms on behalf of TheOnlineMom.com and revealed that she will be at next Monday's unprecedented 1000th episode of RAW. The proud mother of three girls answered queries on parenting, the "be a STAR" anti-bullying initiative, Triple H, Vince McMahon, Vickie Guerrero, women's wrestling and more.

Q: tell us about yourself?
A: I'm an executive at WWE and proud mother of 3 girls

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New Jack lashed out at Tammy "Sunny" Sytch with a vitriolic Facebook rant after learning of the WWE Hall of Famer's claim that her current boyfriend, independent wrestler Damien Darling, treats her better than late boyfriend Chris Candido ever did. He also feels she participated in a tell-all interview with Rob Feinstein on Sunday not to come clean, but for financial compensation in order to support her vices. He also flames former girlfriend/former WWE Diva Terri Runnels in his exple...

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In front of the cameras and in front of the live crowds, WWE superstar Daniel Bryan is a smarmy, arrogant and manipulative heel – the insider’s term for a villain – who throws his fists and his thickly bearded chin into the air and chants “YES! YES! YES!” after every win, no matter how cheaply they come.

Outside the ring and behind the scenes, however, he is a charming, funny and self-deprecating young man, who is grateful to be living in the bright spotlights of the WWE Universe aft...
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As we approach Raw's 1,000th episode we've got to ask — who came up with the name "Raw"?

I did. The name “Raw” came out of my head. I was trying to come up with a word that would embody everything we wanted the program to be. It had to be gritty. It had to be cutting edge. It had to be confrontational. Raw fit perfectly.

What were some of the names that didn’t make the cut?

I’m sure there were other names, but I can’t really recall any of them. I just remember that, when “Raw” ca...
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TNA Impact - 15.July.2012
No DQ: Bully Ray Vs Joseph Park
Rob Van Dam Vs Samoa Joe
AJ Styles / Daniels & Kaz / Claire Lynch
Zema Ion Vs Dakota Darsaw
Austin Aries  / Robert Roode
KO Title: Miss Tessmacher Vs Gail Kim
Kurt Angle Vs Mr Anderson
Sting / Hogan / Aces & Eights


Highlights of Austin Aries winning the World Championship from Robert Roode opens the show…

No DQ: Bully Ray Vs Joseph Park
Bully Ray dominates much of the action. A Kendo Stick, cheese grater, and trashcan are all involved in the ma...
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TNA Impact 5th July 2012
Bully Ray / Joseph Park
TV Title: Devon Vs Crimson
Chris Sabin / Bobby Roode
Flip Cassanova Vs Dakota Darsaw
Tara & Tessmacher Vs Gail Kim & Madison
AJ Styles / Chris Daniels & Kaz
Kenny King Vs Lars Only
James Storm Vs Jeff Hardy
Hulk Hogan / Robert Roode / Austin Aries




Bully Ray comes to the ring and announces that he has joined Twitter! Realbully5150. He calls out Joseph Parks.
Joseph comes to the ring and reminds Bully that he beat him last time and he’s going to beat him ...
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Austin Aries spoke with Busted Open today about his TNA World Title win and more. Check out the highlights:

On his emotions after winning the TNA World Title: "It was great. I don't know if you can sum it up in a sentence or two, but a lot of emotions kind of hit me. The culmination of not only my year in TNA, twelve years in the wrestling business, but really just a lifelong love affair with the wrestling business. To think back to the early days of my childhood and getting into professional ...
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Diamond Dallas Page recently spoke with Busted Open Radio about his RAW return and more. Check out the highlights:

On the reaction he received at Raw: "I'll tell you, more than anything, it sort of made me say, ‘Wow.' It set me back a second, you know? I always hear DDP chants when I do these independent things but that building, I don't think I ever wrestled there. If I did, I don't remember because it was just a blur at that point when we were going everywhere, but I don't remember ever co...
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AJ Styles recently spoke with Busted Open radio about the Dixie Carter/Claire storyline and more.......
 
On if there was any thought to dropping the storyline with Dixie Carter after the appearance of Claire: "Absolutely. I thought, 'This did not go as planned and didn't come out the way we wanted it to.' But there's a backstory to it. It's almost a blessing in disguise, and I wish I could tell you what hopefully is going to happen, and you'll be a lot more excited about it because it's more t...
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Interview with Austin Aries
(rjtrpublishing.co.uk)

It seems your second run with TNA has really rejuvenated your career – how did it help you reset yourself emotionally and how would you compare the challenges of the last year to your first run with TNA?

AA: I think that right before I came back to TNA I had made the decision to just sort of step away from wrestling. I really walked into it holding nothing back and let the chips fall where they fell. I think everything comes down to the right...
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TNA Knockouts have sent the following messages to Angelina Love since she parted ways with the company...

Velvet Sky: "Such a damn shame!! So much left to do there! I know you're gonna move on to big things bud, good luck and as always I love u!!"
 
Madison Rayne: "I'll miss seeing your beautiful face. I can't WAIT to see the awesome things you're about to accomplish though."
 
Devon: "God is with you girl, see you soon."
 
Tara: "Good luck @ActualALove! You will have success no matter where your jo...
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"Jim Ross on Jim Cornette" by Jim Ross

In the late ’80s and early ’90s, WCW would occasionally team manager extraordinaire Jim Cornette and me on a variety of broadcasts. Cornette, without question, was one of the most talented antagonist broadcasters that I ever worked with and certainly was as headstrong and convicted in his fundamental beliefs of the pro wrestling business as anyone with whom I ever teamed.

Cornette was similar to Paul Heyman inasmuch as both were lifelong fans who sort...
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"Jim Ross on Jesse Ventura" by Jim Ross

Jesse “The Body” Ventura and I had two occasions to collaborate — in 1992 in WCW and again in 2001 in the XFL. After leaving WWE under less than perfect circumstances, Jesse was out of the wrestling game for an extended length of time until K. Allen Frey, then the WCW head honcho, signed Ventura to a hefty contract and brought the former WWE broadcasting star to the dysfunctional WCW in 1992.

Jesse and I became a broadcast team and did our first PPV...
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Former WWE SmackDown head writer Alex Greenfield recently spoke to MLW.com about the time Vince McMahon asked him to "step outside" after a creative disagreement.....
 
"We're standing right outside the arena. There are fans way back behind the fence wondering what Mr. McMahon is yelling at this little Jewish kid for. I just refused to back down. I was like, my way is the right way. You did it wrong. He said, Damnit, I wish you were 6' 7" and I said, I'm not, but I'm standing right here."
 
"And ...
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Just Another Goddamn Rasslin Show. Hosted by Jed Shaffer and Scott Barry
Listen Live on Wednesday Nights 8:30pm ET/5:30 PT on www.wildtalkradio.com

TNA Impact Wrestling's current X Division Champion and participant in the Infinity Pro's Grand Tournament, Austin Aries joined Just Another Goddamn Rasslin Show Wednesday Night. In a nearly 20 minute interview, he talked about his upcoming title match against Bobby Roode at Destination X, which wrestlers he had enjoyed working with, the evolution ...
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Luke Robinson recently spoke with Wrestling Enigma about his time on Tough Enough and more. Check out the highlights:
 
On when he decided he wanted to be a wrestler: "When I was 15 years old I fell in love with professional wrestling. The Rock/Mankind fued is what drew me in – the story of the loveable loser standing up to the arrogant bully is something that resonates with a lot of people. Believe it or not, I associated myself with the Mankind character. I grew up on a riverside farm in Ma...
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Chyna on Twitter:



plese return hachie
 
@ChynaChyna9 We've been sexting Jennifer Nelson all night. She'll either give ur dog back or fall in love with us & we'll get ur dog back 2u
 
bring the dog back and this will all be over Jennifer. i won't be blowing up your spot anymore RETURN MY DOG.
 
Bring back Hachie..call Jannifer nelson the babysitter "friend" at 482-482-8317
 
plese return hachie. is she hurt? I don't why a friend would would act so stupid!!!! I'm worried about her! Bring her back!
 
Frien...
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WWE.com has an article up on Justin Roberts celebrating his 10th year with WWE. In the article, he shared some advice that Stephanie McMahon gave to his early on….
 
"When I started here, I had been listening to Howard Finkel. So when I previously announced at independent wrestling events, tough man contests, University of Arizona women's softball games, basically anything I could announce … I was utilizing a bit of The Fink's ‘cool announcer voice,'. I didn't even realize that I was doin...
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TNA has taken legal action against Scott Steiner, following months of twitter rants against TNA, Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and others....

TNA filed a "verified complaint" in Nashville Chancery Court on Monday seeking an injunction to prevent more disparaging remarks from Steiner. The company claims that Steiner breached a contract he signed in 2010 that says Steiner is "forbidden from making public statements, including tweeting, concerning TNA or any of its officials, wrestlers, or other indi...
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Kayfabe Wrestling Radio Interview.  Hosted by Alan Wojcik
Listen Live on www.wildtalkradio.com

The "first lady of ROH" and leader of the ladies division of Crossfire Wrestling, Maria Kanellis stopped by Kayfabe Wrestling Radio to discuss Best in the World 2012: "Hostage Crisis" and the Crossfire Wrsetling event August 4th. In a nearly 30 minute interview, she talked about Sunday's ROH "Best in the World" PPV, her "arm candy" Mike Bennett, her RF video seminar "Sharing my Knowledge" on female c...
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WWE and Vince and Linda McMahon have filed separate motions to dismiss the lawsuit against them by Martha Hart and the Owen Hart estate. The motions were filed yesterday. The lawsuit, which had some other claims thrown out already alleges:
 
*Owen's name would have reverted back to his usage alone in his passing, meaning that WWE doesn't have the right to use his legal name in their materials and DVD releases.

* WWE released eight DVDs and other materials (such as the WWE Encylopedia) without p...
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TNA Entertainment Releases Statement Regarding Current Litigation
 NASHVILLE, Tenn -- TNA Entertainment, LLC President Dixie Carter releases a statement in regard to the recent TRO (Temporary Restraining Order) the company filed against WWE in the Davidson County Circuit Court in Nashville, Tennessee.
 
TNA President Dixie Carter states, "We were not surprised that the Court originally granted a swift temporary restraining order against WWE to prohibit interference with TNA's contracts and busin...
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WWE has been hit with a complaint by the Journal-Inquirer in Connecticut, who have filed a claim with the Federal Election Commission alleging that WWE violated federal election law when it helped Linda McMahon's campaign by threatening to sue the newspaper and writer Chris Powell. Powell is the man who wrote saying that McMahon made her money from a business based on "violence and pornography," though WWE was not specifically named in.

The Journal-Inquirer says that the threat is "meant to d...
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Jeff Hardy joined Monday Night Mayhem on Thursday, here are the highlights…
 
On returning to Buffalo this Friday night for a TNA Wrestling live event: "We are doing so many fresh new things. We will rock the house this Friday night. The fan interaction is amazing. You would never experience this over there (WWE). It's how I've been my whole career. The fans come first and I always take time to communicate with the fans. At our shows the fan interaction is so cool and so beyond anything else ...
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Shelly Martinez appeared on the TSM Radio podcast (available on www.tsmradio.com) and here are some highlights from her interview...
 
How she entered the professional wrestling industry: "I always wanted to be a wrestler, since I was little. I saw Cindy Lauper involved and that was attractive to me, I loved Cindy Lauper. On and off I had this love affair with wrestling. I fizzle out, then I get back into it, fizzle out. Then after high school, I started modeling and acting and I would just tal...
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Matt Hardy appeared on Inside The Ropes on Thursday to promote Extreme Rising. Highlights are as follows:
 
Why he decided to go to Extreme Rising: "I heard about the first show they had. sometimes you hear about the ECW reunion shows and think it’s just been done to death. But these guys are trying to create something different by using some ECW original guys and using guys who can wrestle that sort of style, like myself, to create an alternative product, which can only be a good thing."
 
Dif...
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Former WWE superstar Kenn Doane spoke with SEScoops.com and spoke about a number of controversial topics, including John Cena being the “Tiger Woods” of WWE and breaking up his engagement to Mickie James (which led to the demise of Doane & James’ WWE careers), Cena trying to get Randy Orton fired from WWE, his experience in the Spirit Squad, how WWE has changed since he left in 2008 and much more.

Note From Kenn: “First and foremost before reading this interview if your going to say �...
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Interview with Jesse Ventura; Interview with Ron Barber, Mark Kelly

Aired June 11, 2012 - 21:00   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


PIERS MORGAN, HOST: Tonight, a return of one of my favorite guests. The first time Jesse Ventura what was here, sparks flew.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MORGAN: Don't be a coward.

JESSE VENTURA, FORMER MINNESOTA GOVERNOR: I'm not -- you're calling me a coward? Young man, I've done things that would make the hair on the back...
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Father's Day Fightin' Fanboys: Cody Rhodes
The WWE Superstar shares his thoughts on being the son of Dusty Rhodes, plus his AvX update and much more

Marvel heroes like Cable and Franklin Richards know what it’s like to grow up with famous fathers, but perhaps not even the likes of Cyclops and Mister Fantastic cast a shadow quite like the one and only “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes.

Current WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes—who will attempt to win the Intercontinental title for a third title this ...
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On his WrestleMania 8 match with Roddy Piper:

"When I realized I was going to wrestle Roddy Piper, my gut instinct told me that Piper was going to keep the title for a while, and I would sort of be back up to him. It didn't work out like that, and I'm glad it didn't because I kind of had my heart set on a good healthy long run as the Intercontinental champion. I thought at the time I got the title that I earned it and I wanted to have my chance. When i lost it to "The Mountie" I thought ‘The...
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