Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo return to WCW and declare all WCW titles vacant
April 10, 2000
Jeff Hardy defeated Triple H for the WWF(E) Intercontinental title
April 10, 2001
April 10, 2008
This Day in Wrestling History
April 9, 2008
WWE Number 1 in Cable Ratings
Rankings for the top 5 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of March 31-April 6.
1. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.89 million homes, 5.7 million viewers.
2. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.63 million homes, 5.28 million viewers.
3. "Wizards of Waverly Place" (Sunday, 8:30 p.m.), Disney, 3.33 million homes, 4.63 million viewers.
4. "The Hills" (Monday, 10:30 p.m.), MTV, 3.02 million homes, 4.02 million viewers.
5. "iCarly" (Saturday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.01 million homes, 4.09 million viewers.
Growing Mixed Martial Arts from the Ground Up
Drive east along Boston Street, past Canton and the 1st Mariner building and you arrive at the Broom Factory, less than a mile from Interstate 95 on the left-hand side. Resembling an old industrial building from the outside of 3500 Boston St., inside the Broom Factory contains inconspicuous office suites used by a variety of businesses. The second-floor door to one of the suites looks like any other, but step inside and you may be surprised -- instead of an accounting office or small tech company, you'll find the home of Baltimore's mixed martial arts movement, Ground Control Baltimore Academy...More?
source: baltimoresun.com
Fans add Fuel to Flair's farewell
The “Nature Boy’s” 36-year career has left an everlasting impression on the industry he loves and in the hearts of our fans worldwide. Fuel’s “Leave the Memories Alone” is the perfect summary for the feelings many are dealing with in the wake of Ric Flair’s retirement. So perfect, in fact, that after the song appeared on WWE programming as part of an emotional video tribute to Flair, the tune’s sales increased by an astounding 1,000 percent in the first week, then an additional 409 percent the second week...More?
source: wwe.com
Screw you Paul Heyman
Rey Mysterio nominated for "American Latino TV" award
Rey Mysterio has received a nomination for an award in one of the six categories featured for the Second Annual American Latino TV Awards, as reported by Market Wire April 8. Mysterio is a nominee in the Favorite Extreme Athlete category. The winners will be selected via online voting at www.AmericanLatinoAwards.com.
CSAC Releases Numbers for 12 Months of Substance Abuse Monitoring
The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) today released its data on the number of combat sports athletes (boxing, MMA, and kickboxing) who have tested positive for banned substances in competition from 03/31/07 through 03/30/08. Substances that are prohibited in combat sports athletes in regulated events in California are recreational drugs (also referred to as “drugs of abuse”) and performance enhancing drugs (also referred to as “steroids”)...More?
source: blog.mmapredictions.com
April 8, 2008
WWE European Tour
WWE Superstars are leaving on a massive European tour this week which will take them to Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Spain, Switzerland, France, Austria and Portugal. The UK will get a total of 10 shows, Austria gets two, one for Portugal, one in Ireland and four in Spain for a total of eighteen shows in 9 days. The tour will start on the 11th of April and will end on the 19th. Next week's RAW, Smackdown! and ECW will be taped from London, England.
source: wrestlezone.com
MCW - Xtreme Measures
Sunday May 4th, 2008
MCW Xtreme Measures
MCW Arena @ North Point Plaza
Dundalk, MD
Doors open 6:45pm / Bell Time 7:30pm
Teens accidentally shot by Howard County officer ID'd
Howard County police today named the two teens who were shot and wounded by a police officer yesterday. The teens were injured by a shot apparently fired accidentally by a Howard County police officer during an investigation of suspected drug activity in a Jessup neighborhood, police said.More?
source: baltimoresun.com
Sounds a little suspicious to me...
WWE Superstars on American Idol Special
According to this link, Triple H, John Cena and Chris Jericho will be appearing on American Idol's "Idol Gives Back" special.
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
