TNA Signs Second Generation Japanese Female Wrestler

The company has signed Japanese wrestler Ayako Hamada who has worked previously with TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong. Hamada announced that she had signed with TNA in a press conference Wednesday morning with Japanese press. Her final match in her native country will be the April 9 Ito Dojo show.

Hamada is a second generation wrestler. Her father is Gran Hamada, a legendary name with Michinoku Pro Wrestling, who briefly appeared in the original ECW.

source: pwnewsnow.com

The WWE's Year Round Format Risks Less Suspense

The WWE has no off season. The episode of WWE RAW the night after WrestleMania is one of the highest rated and most talked about of the year, with cliffhangers from the night before already needing to reach partial resolution or further complication. But it’s not possible to do a two hour show without addressing most of the major questions fans want answers to.

Rather than being able to let a great cliffhanger really eat at fans and drive their excitement through the roof for a big time return, the WWE has, at best, a week to leave fans with absolutely no idea what’s going to happen. Sometimes the moment of discovery would be sweeter if fans had been waiting longer for it...More?

source: buddytv.com

Ribs Gone Bad

April Fools' Day has come and gone, but in the world of professional wrestling, it doesn’t need to be April 1st to pull a practical joke. Ribbing has been part of wrestling since its inception. Whether from boredom on the road or just being a joker in nature, it seems like everyone has a rib story -- or 20.

That isn’t to say that ribbing is always popular. Ric Flair, for one, isn’t a fan.

"I am not a ribber. Never have done that. I didn't like guys who ribbed people. I think usually you only rib people when you can bully them...More?

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This Day in Wrestling History

Tiger Ali Singh defeated Owen Hart in the finals to win the Kuwaiti Cup Tourny.
April 9, 1997

Shoulder Injury May Be Career Ender For WWE Star Mr. Kennedy

Injured WWE Superstar Mr. Kennedy revealed that he still has not received clearance to return to action after missing eight months of ring time. Moreover, the ailing WWE talent fears that the shoulder injury may be a recurring one...More?

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MTV Compares John Cena's WrestleMania Entrance with Eminem's Entrance at the 2000 Video Music Awards

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ECW Results: Let the Chase to Backlash Begin

In Tiffany's first move as interim General Manager, Finlay ousted Mark Henry from the Elimination Chase to Backlash. The contest leaves the Irishman to face Christian and Tommy Dreamer next week to get closer to Jack Swagger's title. Full results.

New ECW & SmackDown GM's

It was announced at tonight's ECW taping in Austin, Texas that Teddy Long will be the new on-screen General Manager of SmackDown while Tiffany will be the new on-screen General Manager of ECW.

Triple H on RX Muscle Radio

Triple H is the special mystery guest on RX Muscle Radio. Click here. Hunter comes on at about the 1:20 mark.

Backlash Preview: WWE Champion Triple H, Batista & Shane McMahon vs. Randy Orton & The Legacy

For months, Randy Orton and The Legacy (Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase) terrorized Triple H’s extended family, all in an effort to aide The Legend Killer in his quest to win The Game’s WWE Title at the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania. The WWE Champion rebuffed Orton’s challenge, but over the months leading up to The Greatest Spectacle in Entertainment, their rivalry grew far too personal to be settled with a single match. At Backlash, two factions with deep-seated enmity for one another will meet as WWE Champion Triple H, Batista & Shane McMahon take on Randy Orton & The Legacy, with The Game’s WWE Title at stake...More?

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This Day in Wrestling History

Kevin Nash returns to the WWE & starts a feud with Triple H that lasts for three months.
April 7, 2003

Raw Results: The Animal Returns

In the night’s main event, Randy Orton attempted to prove his point about Mr. McMahon’s in-ring abilities. In the midst of putting a hurting on the WWE Chairman, he was interrupted by McMahon’s son, Shane, who attacked The Legend Killer. But Orton had help of his own waiting in the wings in the form of Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, who rushed to their leader’s aide, teaming up on Shane O’Mac. WWE Champion Triple H then emerged, but he too fell victim to the combined might of The Legacy.

As Orton and his cohorts pummeled The Game, they were shocked to find out there was more opposition that he hadn’t counted on: The returning Batista...More?

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