Sabin & Shelley Challenge for Japan Tag Titles In September

TNA's Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) have been confirmed to challenge the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Titles against current champions Ryusuke Taguchi & Prince Devitt on September 13 in Tokyo's Korakuen Hall for New Japan Wrestling.

source: wrestlezone.com

Update on Hamilton/Deep South vs. WWE Lawsuit

According to a new report by PWInsider, attorneys for Jody Hamilton and Deep South Wrestling responded on August 6 to attempts by World Wrestling Entertainment to throw out the entire lawsuit being brought against them by Hamilton and Deep South. While WWE claimed earlier that Hamilton and Deep South "failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted and that the lawsuit failed to show any alleged wrongdoing on WWE's part, Hamilton's response was that both parties each had a 90 day clause in the agreement. The filing on August 6 reads, "Because compliance did not fit nicely into WWE's plans, it opted to take matters into its own hands and to act tortuously, unlawfully, maliciously and with conscious indifference to the consequence of its action. WWE was surreptitiously making arrangements to consolidate and move its operations to Florida."

Spike TV Re-Ups TNA Impact For 3 Years

WWE RAW Guest-Host Stint New 'Must-Have' for Celebrity Resumes

Apparently, the over-the-top gladiator-esque brawls that feature men in unitards is the hipster destination for many A and B listers. Variety has revealed that Vince McMahon's WWE RAW guest-host slot is a hot ticket, and they reveal some future candidates...More?

source: monstersandcritics.com

TNA Hard Justice Results

Kurt Angle retains the title and no Alissa Flash. What a waste of time.

TNA Spokesman Declines Comment on Kurt Angle's Arrest

Excerpt from an article on PennLive.com:

Kurt Angle, the current heavyweight champion of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, was scheduled to appear in a TNA Wrestling event Sunday night in Orlando, Fla. Steven Godfrey, spokesman for Nashville, Tenn.-based TNA Wrestling, declined comment on the arrest but said the main event between Angle, Sting and "The Blueprint" Matt Morgan would go on as scheduled.

Godfrey also said TNA has a drug policy in place for staff and performers, but he declined to release the details...More?

This Day in Wrestling History - Evolution Turns on Randy Orton

One night after defeating Chris Benoit for the World Heavyweight Title at SummerSlam '04, Evolution turns on Randy Orton on RAW following the main event re-match between Orton and Benoit.


August 16, 2004

Commentary on the PWI 500

The PWI 500 for 2009 is out, listing the 500 best wrestlers of the past year. Here is commentary on the top 100 from the NY Pro Wrestling Examiner:

1. Triple H – Triple H had the WWE Title for much of the year and won a big match at Wrestlemania. Still, too much of the past year has been spent jobbing to Randy Orton and his cronies to truly be worthy of the number one spot.

The only reason I posted this, is that someone has finally acknowledged that Triple H jobs to other wrestlers on a consistent basis. The Examiner is a user-generated site, but it's nice to see someone else note that he doesn't win all the time. You can't job and hold people down at the same time.

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This Day in Wrestling History

Leo Pardello died at age 72 of natural causes.
August 16, 1939

Verne Gagne declared first AWA Heavyweight Champion.
August 16, 1960

Pat O'Connor died of cancer at age 65.
August 16, 1990

Plum Mariko died from head trauma during a match at age 29. Mariko was the first professional wrestler in Japan to die as a result of injuries suffered in a wrestling match.
August 16, 1997

Cyborg Stops Carano

Going into Saturday night's main event, Gina Carano was deemed the face of women's MMA, but it was Cris "Cyborg" Santos that walked out with the Strikeforce 145-pound women's title...More?

source: mmaweekly.com

Update on Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle is free on bond following his arrest today on charges that he violated a protection of abuse order obtained by his girlfriend earlier in the morning...More?

source: post-gazette.com

Kurt Angle Arrested

Professional wrestler Kurt Angle was arrested in Robinson Township on Saturday morning.

According to a criminal complaint, his girlfriend (Trenesha Biggers, aka TNA's Rhaka Khan) had filed a protection from abuse order against Angle, which was served at his home on Saturday morning.

The woman reported to police that she was at a Starbucks on the internet, when she claims she saw Angle stalking her.

She called 911, and police pulled over Angle in his girlfriend's car.

According to the criminal complaint, Angle was driving on a suspended license. Police also found a capped syringe and two vials of "Hygetropin," otherwise known as HGH. Angle told police he had a legal prescription for the drugs.

The charges against Angle include: driving while operating privilege is suspended, prohibited acts-possession, harrassment and prohibited acts.

Angle is currently the World Champion in TNA Wrestling, and was scheduled to wrestle in a pay-per-view match in Orlando on Sunday night. TNA Wrestling did not return calls for comment.

source: wpxi.com