Month: February 2021

The following statement from Maryland Championship Wrestling owner Dan McDevitt was posted at MarylandWrestling.com regarding WWE’s decision to pull Ric Flair from an upcoming appearance. The message has since been replaced and not archived in the Message From Dan McDevitt feature on the website, so here is the message in its entirety: I want to do my best to make this short and to the point. As always I shoot when it is time to…

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— WWE has parted ways with a total of twenty wrestlers so far this year. Although, only three main roster wrestlers (Trevor Murdoch, Balls Mahoney & Dave Taylor) have been let go at WWE’s discretion. Here is the list: Main WWE Roster Departures Ashley Massaro Balls Mahoney Bobby Lashley Dave Taylor Torrie Wilson Trevor Murdoch WWE Developmental Departures Ace Steel Al Snow (former developmental trainer in OVW) Antoni Polaski (former ECW wrestler Amish Roadkill) Chet…

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Source: TampaBay10.com Hulk Hogan was recently interview by a reporter from Tampa Bay’s 10 station regarding the “total insanity” that has become his life. You can click here to read the interview. The highlights: On married life with Linda: I think the first few years we were cool, for me, I hung in there forever because of the kids, some people say that’s the wrong thing to do. Apologizing for the jail tape comments: Am…

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Reader Dennis Spencer sent in the following report: Here are the results from the WWE House Show in Macon, Ga: Finlay def. Mike Knox After the match, Finlay and Hornswoggle got fans to get the ring and celebrate. Mark Henry def. Matt Hardy for the ECW Championship Very good match-fans were really into it. Cherry/Eve def. Maryse/Natayla in a Divas Tag Team Match Very boring match-lots of mess ups in this one. Shelton Benjamin def.…

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You can add Cherry and Colin Delaney to today’s firing spree. Here is the updated message from WWE.com: WWE releases several Superstars, referee Wes Adams Written: August 15, 2008 World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of ECW Superstars Stevie Richards and Colin Delaney, Raw tag team Robbie & Rory of The Highlanders, SmackDown Diva Cherry, and WWE referee Wes Adams as of Aug. 15, 2008. WWE wishes them the best in…

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source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter — At No Mercy last Sunday, WWE had plans to air a segment featuring Charlie Haas impersonating Hornswoggle late in the show, but it was cut due to time constraints. It was cut because they didn’t want the segment to potentially cut off any time from the ladder match between Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho. Additionally, Haas’ impersonation of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper was relegated to dark match duty the next night…

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sources: www.pwtorch.com, Wrestling Observer Newsletter — The primary reason Gail Kim left TNA for WWE was due to the significant discrepancy between the kind of money WWE offered her and what TNA offered her. According to multiple sources, Kim really didn’t really want to leave TNA, but she felt she had no choice but to accept WWE’s offer due to the massive difference in money. Despite being the most consistent TV ratings draws for the…

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source: www.f4wonline.com — Reliant Stadium, which is scheduled to hold Wrestlemania XXV, had some structural damage to the roof due to Hurricane Ike. A Monday Night Football game was scheduled to take place at the stadium next week, but a decision has been made to move it. Despite the damage from Hurricane Ike, it shouldn’t affect WrestleMania as it will likely be fixed within a few weeks. — WWE Diva Mickie James’ appearance on USA’s…

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sources: www.f4wonline.com, Wrestling Observer Newsletter — At last night’s SmackDown taping in Columbus, Ohio, Undertaker suffered a dislocated finger during his after-taping dark match with Big Show. Taker popped the finger back in place following the match. — Regarding Kenny Dykstra’s lack of push, it doesn’t help that a number of people feel he rubs a lot of them the wrong way, and so he doesn’t get opportunities that a wrestler with his ability would…

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John: Welcome to the preview of WWE’s first October PPV offering, No Mercy. I’ll be joined by my good friend Adam Payne It’s a show with only seven matches on it at this point, which means most of the big matches are going to get a lot of time because there just isn’t that much going on this PPV. Like usual there’s no defense of the IC or US titles or either tag titles. Why…

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