Triple H with Linda McMahon's mother, Evelyn Carson
credit: Linda McMahon Facebook
August 19, 2010
Homicide on his Release from TNA Wrestling
Former TNA star Homicide commented on his release via his Twitter page:
"my tna days is over, thank u for the staff members and the boys and girls in the locker room, had a great run, bbllaattt187 for life"
Roger Clemens Charged with Lying to Congress
Seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress about using steroids and growth hormone. The criminal case writes a new chapter in one of Major League Baseball's worst scandals, the rampant use of the banned substances.
A six-count indictment alleges that Clemens obstructed a congressional inquiry with 15 different statements that he made under oath in 2008, including denials that he had ever used steroids or human growth hormone. The indictment says that he lied and committed perjury regarding the same matters...More?
source: fox sports
Cody Rhodes on Warehouse 13
WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes guest stars as Joanne Kelly’s (Myka Bering) unrequited high school love interest in the Tuesday, August 24 episode of the hit series Warehouse 13, airing at 9PM (ET/PT)...More?
source: monstersandcritics.com
Roller Derby That's More Sport Than Show
The Charm City Roller Girls have a message for all those old-time roller derby fans out there: this isn't your grandma's roller derby.
"All that stuff is actually completely gone right now," says Hilary Rosensteel, a roller girl almost since the team was founded in 2005. And by "stuff," she means the elbows, extravagant cheating and over-the-top showmanship that, back in the '60s and '70s, made roller derby the female equivalent of professional wrestling.
These days, she insists, roller derby is more about competition than show. Not, she hastens to add, that derby has turned sedate, or completely respectable...More?
source: baltimoresun.com
Chris Nowinski Claims WWE Encourages Steroid Use: "It's Garbage That They're Not Using Stuff."
"They have an environment where it's absolutely unsafe to work in that ring," said Nowinski, whose wrestling persona was a cocky Harvard graduate.
"They have no oversight into what actually happens in the ring. And they are encouraging steroid use," he said, citing the enormous physiques of recent champions such as Triple H and Batista. "It's garbage that they're not using stuff," he said. "They absolutely know what's going on."..
"The WWE rewards the guys who use them,"...More?
source: thehill.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to Lilian Garcia
August 19, 1973
The last edition of WCW Saturday Morning aired on TBS.
August 19, 2000
August 18, 2010
Christopher Daniels One-Day Training Seminar
Since October of 2009, NWA Pro/Mach-1 Wrestling’s “Wrestling 101” has established itself as one of the top wrestling schools in the nation, bringing accomplished industry veterans such Paul London, Brian “Spanky” Kendrick, Frankie Kazarian, Colt Cabana, NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce, Steve Corino, and legend Terry Taylor to share their experience and expertise with its students. Following in that tradition, “Wrestling 101” proudly welcomes “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels for a special one-day training seminar...More?
Another Levesque Outing
From The Scene in the Greenwich Times:
WWE wrestler Triple H (Paul Michael Levesque) and his wife, Stephanie McMahon, were seen having lunch at Thataway Cafe in Greenwich last Saturday afternoon.
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
