Little girl gets hurt at SmackDown; Hunter to the rescue

Kevin Nash speaks his mind

Big Sexy, Diesel, Nash, or just plain Kevin; the former world champion and current TNA star sat down with SLAM! Wrestling to discuss his past, present, and future...More?

source: slam.canoe.ca

Batista to Mumbai

Ten Sports, India's number one sports channel, brings WWE® Superstar Batista™ - "The Animal, beyond the ring in Mumbai. The RAW® superstar will be in town for a two day visit this month. Apart from meeting his fans, Batista™ will also meet children from Doorstep School, a local NGO, to encourage them in their chosen path in life...More?

source: indiaprwire.com

This Day in Wrestling History

Sting defeated Hulk Hogan for the WCW Heavyweight title, Harlem Heat defeated Barry & Kendall Windham for the WCW Tag Team title and Sid Vicious defeated Chris Benoit for the WCW US Heavyweight title
September 12, 1999

Kenta Kobashi has nerve damage

There are multiple media reports today in Japan (confirmed by NOAH owner Mitsuharu Misawa at a press conference) that legendary pro-wrestler Kenta Kobashi has suffered nerve damage in his right arm due to too many chops and lariats. The diagnosis is ulnar nerve paralysis. Kobashi is more than likely done for the year, if not longer.

source: fightopinion.com

Signature Pharmacy case involving WWE wrestlers thrown out

The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online reports that The Signature Pharmacy case, which led to many WWE suspensions in August 2007, was thrown out by Albany County Judge Stephen Herrick. The judge faulted how prosecutors presented the case to the Grand Jury and threw out indictments against owners Robert Loomis and Noami Loomis, pharmacist Michael Loomis and business managers Kirk Calvert and Anthony Palladino. Judge Herrick blamed the government's quote "amorphous quality of the evolving indictments" and inadequate instructions to the people on the grand jury.

The sad truth about Ric Flair

Jason Powell of prowrestling.net has written an editorial on Ric Flair's recent mishaps. It's worth the read.

This Day in Wrestling History

Nitro won it's first Monday Night Ratings Battle against Raw, 2.5 to Raw's 2.2
September 11, 1995

Rourke, Back From Oblivion, Gets Oscar Buzz for `The Wrestler'

While walking around Venice last week, Mickey Rourke suddenly stopped and "pinched myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming." No wonder. Twenty-one years and countless stumbles after his last notable film role, the former bad-boy actor is enjoying success again as star of Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival and now is playing at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Rourke comments on his wrestling training:

"People think because you were a boxer you can wrestle, but they're day and night," Rourke said. "Plus we didn't have a big budget, so we had to cram in three months of wrestling practice. I was terrible for the first month and a half. Every time some 265-pound guy threw me across the room, I couldn't move for two days. I gained a lot of respect for the sport."...More?

source: bloomberg.com

Rumor Mill - Triple H/Undertaker backstage beef

Wrestlingnewsworld.com is reporting that Triple H and the Undertaker have apparently "squashed" their backstage beef. While the details of their animosity are not completely known I was told that the resolution had a lot to do with the Undertaker's girlfriend Michelle McCool. One source told me that Undertaker has been telling people that he has "never been more in love" and is willing to put his beef with Hunter aside for good business as long as he "doesn't get out of line" and of course so he can be on the road with Michelle. Triple H accepted the "undercard" program with The Great Khali at SummerSlam to give Undertaker the spotlight as a show of good faith.

Here we go again...

Roode Rolling in Beer Money

TNA superstar Robert Roode is looking to shatter the stereotype that all Canadians are friendly and polite. And even though his countrymen might give him a hero's welcome when the company brings its No Surrender pay-per-view to Oshawa, Ontario, on September 14, he isn't measuring success in the number of cheers he gets, but rather in remaining as part of the company's number one tag team...More?

source: slam.canoe.ca