Mac World has a new article up today talking about how WWE used a Mac Pro and Apple Cinema Display themed set at Cyber Sunday last night. The set also featured an Apple keyboard which was the top area of the ramp leading down to the ring. The article mentions WWE uses Macs to make their graphics for the WWE TV programs. The countdown clocks that WWE use to countdown to their PPV's are also Apple Dashboard widgets.
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October 29, 2007
Strip Club Defrauds Son Of $53,000, Dad Says
A father wants investigators to pursue fraud and larceny charges against a Panhandle strip club after his son ran up a $53,000 bill in a single night while celebrating his college graduation.
Joe Salter, 52, of Mary Esther, told investigators Club 10 employees took advantage of his 24-year-old son, Tommy. The younger Salter was at the club Aug. 18 to celebrate his graduation from Georgia Tech.
According to a report from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, Salter told employees he could only spend $600. But Club 10 owner Tim Beal said Salter bought at least 19 bottles of champagne -- priced from $150 to $2,000...More?
source: local10.com
October 28, 2007
Victorious Triple H takes the fight to Umaga
After weeks of bloody mind games, The Game came ready to play in the nation’s capital and proved his mettle with metal against Umaga.
Fifty nine percent of the WWE Fan Nation, chose to have Triple H and Umaga battle in a Street Fight instead of a First Blood Match or Steel Cage Match, and The Cerebral Assassin showed his ingenuity, endurance and appetite for destruction as he and his trusty sledgehammer powered past the McMahon-backed monster...More?
The Hunt Is On For WrestleFanFest Promoter Chris Salisbury
The hunt is on for promoter Chris Salisbury following the complete sham that was WrestleFanFest. Wrestlers staging sit down protests, fights, no shows and bounced checks have been hitting the headlines all week, but what about the false advertising to the fans, lack of promised transport and the snatch and run of Gladiator Energy Drink's investment? Galdiator forked out $300,000 for the event and will be seeking it back by any means necessary.
To put it bluntly, Salisbury has stolen an investment, ripped of the fans and not paid the wrestlers and once he's found, lawsuits and legal proceedings will probably be ongoing for months.
Booker T moves on from WWE but says he's not finished wrestling yet
Over the past year, World Wrestling Entertainment had been ruled by King Booker. But the king has vacated his throne.
After seven successful years with World Wrestling Entertainment, the wrestler best known as Booker T (Robert Booker Huffman) decided it was time to walk away from the promotion.
On Oct. 16, the WWE announced that he and his wife, Sharmell, had been given their releases from their contracts effective as of Oct. 27.
Booker T was serving a 60-day suspension when his name came up on a list of clients of Signature Pharmacy, which has been battling an investigation by New York prosecutors alleging the sale of performance-enhancing drugs over the Internet. Booker T has denied that he was ever a client of that company and feels that he was a scapegoat...More?
source: orlandosentinel.com
October 27, 2007
Vinnie leaves Orange County Choppers under most likely bad terms
Things are heating up on the internet and forums after this weeks episode of American Chopper aired. A big part of the shows success, Vinnie, has left OCC. It was a very fast departure which might means he was not getting was he deserved.
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WWE Womens Division: Models vs Wrestlers
It’s no secret that the WWE recruits models and then tries to turn them into professional wrestlers. The Diva Search is a good example of that.
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Lack of respect prompted Couture's resignation
Randy Couture, explaining for the first time his decision to resign as the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion, said Thursday that an extended feeling of being "underappreciated" motivated the move.
Couture, 44, said he announced his resignation earlier this month after a series of financial decisions by UFC President Dana White and parent company co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta that Couture felt were disrespectful of his loyalty as a 10-year fighter for the increasingly popular mixed martial arts organization...More?
October 26, 2007
Teen-sex sentence 'cruel and unusual' punishment
The Georgia Supreme Court on Friday ordered that Genarlow Wilson be released from prison in a 4-3 decision, ruling that his sentence for a teen sex conviction was cruel and unusual punishment.
Wilson was convicted in 2005 of having oral sex with a consenting 15-year-old girl when he was 17.
He has served two years in prison.
Wilson's attorney, B.J. Bernstein, told CNN that he can be released as soon as a Monroe County judge issues a new order and serves it to the attorney general. Bernstein added that she called the prison warden, who informed Wilson of his pending release...More?
Batista Book Signing in Virginia
Friday, October 26 8:30 p.m.
Borders Books & Music, Sterling, Va.
Batista will be signing copies of his autobiography Batista Unleashed at Borders Books & Music.
Borders Books & Music
21031 Triple Seven Rd. Suite 100
Sterling, VA 20165
For more information, call Borders at (703) 430-4675.
If you attend the signing and want to send in a report or photos to post, you can email it to me at KLQadmin@gmail.com.
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