Mick Foley confirms possible departure from WWE

Mick Foley confirmed that he might be leaving the WWE at the end of his contract to The Long Island Press.

"I can't say much until after my contract expires, which is September 1st. But at this point, there is a good chance, through mutual agreement, that I will not be renewing the contract," Foley said while leaving a phone message Thursday evening with the newspaper. "Creatively, the announcing job wasn't working out too well."

Murphy Claire - Claire Murphy

There has been a lot of speculation concerning the origin of the name of Paul & Stephanie's new daughter, Murphy Claire Levesque. I thought it was interesting that there is a WWE employee named Claire Murphy:

WWE Appoints New Communications, Sponsorship and Promotions Director

30 August 2007 – London -- Claire Murphy has assumed the position of Communications, Sponsorship and Promotions Director with World Wrestling Entertainment® (WWE), where she will be charged with the responsibility of developing and implementing a communications strategy across WWE’s international markets...More?

Former wrestlers suing the WWE?

From the 10-Q Quarterly Report filed by the WWE:

Levy et al.

On July 24, 2008, we were served with a summons from three of our former talent purporting to be on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly situated persons. The lawsuit alleges breach of contract and unjust enrichment arising from our treating them as independent contractors rather than employees, which the plaintiffs allege is an erroneous classification. We have not formally responded to the suit but intend to deny any liability for claims asserted against us and to defend vigorously against the suit.

TNA Impact Results 08-07-08

Kevin Nash walked out of the Impact! taping due to creative differences for the finish of the Gaunlet Match the aired last night. In addition, TNA creative wanted him to be eliminated during a commercial break. After seeing the match last night, I would have to agree with his complaints.

Impact Results

Stone Cold signed to Insight Films

It's all action over at Insight, which has signed on wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin for an action movie that will be prepping shortly.

There's bound to be more to come. Insight president/executive producer Kirk Shaw is flying to the United States next week to meet with executives at World Wrestling Entertainment to pitch them on a spate of action movies. Shaw would finance them, working off WWE characters...More?

source: canada.com/vancouversun

This Day in Wrestling History

Wahoo McDaniel defeated Roddy Piper for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight title
August 8, 1981

Tito Santana defeated Don Muraco for the ECW Heavyweight title
August 8, 1993

Braden Walker (Chris Harris) released

Standard line from wwe.com:

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of ECW Superstar Braden Walker as of August 7, 2008. WWE wishes Braden the best in all future endeavors.

I'm surprised it took this long. How do you show up to your debut in the WWE in the worst shape of your career?

Rumor Mill - Bob Holly Gone?

According to a report by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Bob "Hardcore" Holly is no longer being used by WWE right now and at age 45 he may not be brought back...More?

John Cena Appearance

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source: wrestlingfigs.com

Just being Hulk Hogan isn’t enough anymore

From Steve Anderson of wrestlezone.com:

...He is damaged goods now. His age and years of ring wear would prevent a full-time ring return anyway. But even being an ambassador for the business has become a colossally bad idea. Some of it is his fault. Some is not.

He’s come back from adversity before. But this? Well, it’s reality. That very reality spotlight Hulk Hogan put himself in gave his fans a dose of reality that he may never recover from. A sad ending to a great legacy...More?

New Board Members at WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. today announced it has expanded its Board of Directors to 10 members with the addition of Kevin Dunn, Frank A. Riddick, III and Jeffrey R. Speed. In accordance with his previously announced plans, Robert Bowman has resigned from the Board...More?

source: marketwatch.com

SI's story on Murray going to film

Time Inc., the parent company of Sports Illustrated and SI.com, announced Tuesday that it has established a development fund that will turn its top editorial content into films.

The fund's first project will be Breaking the Bank.

In its April 14 issue, Sports Illustrated published a story by L. Jon Wertheim under that heading about former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight Lee "Lightning" Murray, who masterminded the largest cash heist in history -- a $92-million raiding of the UK-based Securitas AB, in 2006...More?

source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com