Chyna In Rehab After Relapse

Joanie "Chyna Doll" Laurer has checked herself into the Pasadena Recovery Center after suffering a relapse several weeks ago. Many news websites have reported Joanie has inked a deal with VH1 to turn her stay in rehab into a reality TV series, which has now been confirmed by her managers. "Joanie was already set to got to rehab when VH1 approached her about doing a TV deal". Anthony Anzaldo (Laurer's manager) said. "VH1 agreed to pay for Joanie's rehab if she allowed them to film certain aspects of her recovery...More?

Death Grip - Pro Wrestlers' Grim Cycle: Pain, Drugs And Doom

Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit, best friends through thin times and thickening bodies, strutted in shared triumph around the ring in Madison Square Garden. Guerrero had just successfully defended his World Wrestling Entertainment title; Benoit had defeated two opponents to wear the belt as world heavyweight champion.

The wrestling was scripted, but the mutual sense of achievement on March 14, 2004, was real. After all the travel on back roads, the spiritual and pharmacological comfort, the dreams and near-death, the two pals had reached the professional pinnacle together.

Both were relatively small men in a business of behemoths, and both had built stupendous physiques by pumping their muscles with steroids and human growth hormones. After years of wandering through wrestling's grimy lower levels, the men -- now in their mid-30s -- had grown into well-paid star attractions in WWE, the richest and most glamorous wrestling enterprise.

Side by side at the Garden, their boyhood dreams finally realized, the easygoing, Mexican-born Guerrero and the intense, Canadian-born Benoit stood on the mountaintop, seemingly in peak physical form.

Within a little more than three years, both would be dead...More?

WWE Stock Plunge

WWE's stock (NASDAQ:WWE) closed at $13.89 yesterday, the lowest it has closed since November 2005. The stock closed at $14.06 on Tuesday.

Man Reveals Legend of Mystery Visitor to Edgar Allan Poe's Grave

For decades, a mysterious figure dressed in black, his features cloaked by a wide-brimmed hat and scarf, crept into a churchyard to lay three roses and a bottle of cognac at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe.

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D.C. to Fire 3 Over Woman's Detention as a Man

District officials plan to fire three corrections officers who failed to realize a woman was being held in the male detention unit at the D.C. jail last month even after she had been strip-searched and allowed to shower with male inmates, government sources said yesterday.

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WWE Statement On Congressional Submission

WWE has responded to the request it received from the Congressional Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection and submitted information on Wednesday August 15th 2007 regarding WWE’s Talent Wellness Program. To view WWE’s response in full, please click here

WWE Officials Meet With NY Prosecutors Regarding Steroids

Officials from World Wrestling Entertainment met this week with New York prosecutors investigating illegal steroid sales.

The meeting Tuesday came a day after a former pro wrestler was found dead at his Florida home, but a WWE official said it had been scheduled well before the death.

World Wrestling Entertainment Vice President Jennifer McIntosh said Tuesday's meeting had nothing to do with Brian Adams, that he had not been a wrestler for the sports entertainment company since 2001 and WWE has no knowledge of any involvement by Adams with Signature Pharmacy of Orlando, Fla. Signature is at the center of Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares' investigation into illegal steroid sales in upstate New York.

"WWE was invited to meet with representatives of the investigation being directed by District Attorney Soares prior to Mr. Adams' death, as have representatives of the NFL, NBA, and other entities," McIntosh said in a prepared statement.

Dallas entrepreneur pushes his own brand of ultimate fighting

A few years ago, a Dallas businessman named Buckeye Epstein was invited to an underground fight in an abandoned discotheque in Southern California. He had no idea what he was in for.

"There were these Charles Atlas-sized guys at the door, 50 bucks to get in, cash only and inside it was packed, wall to wall, everyone drinking out of beer bottles," Epstein recalls, his eyes lighting up at the memory. "The atmosphere was just electric. I said, 'This is just unbelievable. If this can turn the corner and become more of a sport, it will really take off.'"

When Epstein got back to Dallas, he began talking to friends about setting up something similar...More?

More Thor Rumors

Marvel wants wrestler Triple H to play the god of thunder, while Vaughn is dead set against it.

From a physical standpoint, the WWE star whose mother named him Paul Levesque wouldn't be a bad choice -- and if Thor was being made 20 years ago, this is exactly the direction everyone would expect the project to go. (Matter of fact, we're sort of surprised Brian Bosworth never starred in a late '80s, direct-to-video Thor.) Still, it's easy to see why Vaughn would resist the studio's alleged overtures, and IESB claims that another actor under consideration for the part of Asgard's favorite son is the decidedly less bulky Kevin McKidd (of Rome).

Back in the day, of course, the comic-book version of Thor walked the Earth as the gimpy mortal Dr. Donald Blake, who transformed into his immortal alter ego by striking his cane on the ground -- so it isn't completely out of the question that both actors could wind up in front of Vaughn's cameras. Just a thought.

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WWE Loses Lawsuit

CWE Commissioner J. Jody Jenkins is proud to announce that CWE has won a 13 month battle with World Wrestling Entertainment to retain the Ontario Championship. WWE Superstar, Robbie McAllister was last to hold the Ontario Championship before he was signed by World Wrestling Entertainment.

While WWE wished to incorporate the title into their weekly television broadcast of “Monday Night Raw,” the CWE board of directors fought to keep the Ontario Championship within a CWE ring.

Late Tuesday evening, CWEAction.com learned that the Ontario Championship has been successfully shipped home to the CWE Offices.

Commissioner Jenkins has confirmed that a new Ontario Champion will be crowned at CWE Boiling Point on August 25. The vacant title will be suspended over 20 feet above the ring in one of wrestling’s most dangerous matches, The Ladder Match.

Congressman to Visit the Funking Conservatory

Congressman Cliff Stearns is Coming to the Funking Conservatory

Friday August 17th at 10:00AM, Congressman Cliff Stearns will be at the Funking Conservatory wrestling school in Ocala, Florida. Congressman Stearns will be observing our professional wrestling training program. Congressman Stearns is in prime physical condition and has been invited to participate in our wrestling drills.

Congressman Stearns has called on the House Energy & Commerce Committee to investigate allegations of rampant steroid use in professional wrestling. Congressman Stearns said, "Millions of young wrestling fans, for better or for worse, look up to professional wrestlers as role models."...More?

More Tests Ordered in Death of Brian Adams

Two days after the death of pro wrestler Brian Adams, who was best known as "Crush" in the WWF tag team Demolition, the Hillsborough County medical examiner's office has ordered further tests.

An autopsy was conducted on Tuesday, but a cause of death has not been determined. The medical examiner's office will conduct tests that can take several weeks to complete, and a full autopsy report is expected in six to eight weeks...More?