The phone call hit Devon Nicholson like a folding chair to the side of the head.
Bleary-eyed and behind the wheel of his green 1997 Toyota Tercel, he had just completed a 15-hour drive from Ottawa to Edmundston, N.B., where he was putting up posters for a future wrestling show, the first week of September in 2009.
Two months after shocking news that Nicholson had tested positive for Hepatitis C, the voice on the other end of the cellphone told him a three-year WWE contract offer had been yanked off the table. Devon Nicholson claims to have gotten Hepatitis C from Abdullah the Butcher, but he is still wrestling...More?
source: slam wrestling
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April 17, 2011
Wrestler Spurned By WWE Still Wrestling
WWE Hire Popular Soap Opera Writer As Part Of Creative Team
Tom Casiello, mostly known for his writing on the popular soap opera, The Young and the Restless, announced on his twitter account that he would be heading to the WWE:
“Folks, I’ll spill. Going to the WWE. A TREMENDOUS opportunity, where I get to write,travel, produce, direct & work in LIVE TV. SOOO excited! I am beyond ecstatic. It’s a whole new world, that I never envisioned for myself, but makes sense: the best of soaps & comic books combined”.
Casiello has also had time as a writer for As the World Turns, Days of Our Lives and One Life to Live. He won the 2001 and 2002 Daytime Emmy Award for Best Writing on As the World Turns, was nominated in 2005 for a Writers Guild of America Award for his work on One Life to Live and was nominated once again in 2006 at the Daytime Emmy Awards for Best Writing for his work on One Life to Live.
Casiello is set to link up with the WWE crew this Monday in London, England as the company tape WWE Monday Night RAW from the o2 Arena in London, England. Casiello will also be present at the WWE Friday Night SmackDown TV tapings on Tuesday, also held at the o2 Arena in London, England.
source: wrestlingpronews.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Happy Birthday to Rowdy Roddy Piper (Roderick George Toombs)
April 17, 1951
Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch defeated Tony Atlas & Rocky Johnson for the WWWF(WWE) Tag Team title
April 17, 1984
WCW filed suit in Fulton County Superior Court against Ric Flair for breech of contract
April 17, 1998
Mickie James becomes a "triple crown champion" by winning the TNA Knockouts Championship at the Lockdown ppv. She had previously won the WWE Women's Championship and the WWE Divas Championship.
April 17, 2011
April 16, 2011
National Geographic Channel Filming At Next EVOLVE iPPV
NatGeo, The National Geographic cable network will be filming at this Tuesday's EVOLVE iPPV. They will be following several of the talents featured. The filming is part of an upcoming story on independent wrestlers trying to make it in the business.
The full lineup for the ppv, which takes place at BB Kings in New York City, is below:
Austin Aries vs. Jon Moxley in Moxley's final independent appearance
Chuck Taylor vs. Akira Tozawa
Jimmy Jacobs vs. Shiima Xion
Johnny Gargano vs. Jon Davis
Jigsaw & Frightmare vs. Facade & Jason Gory
Sami Callihan vs. Zack Sabre Jr
AR Fox vs. Rich Swann
Silas Young vs. Tony Nese
source: pwinsider.com
This Day in Wrestling History
Joe Stecher defeats Ed "Strangler" Lewis to retain the world title in just over three hours.
April 16, 1920
Chris Benoit wins the first ever "Super J Cup" junior heavyweight tournament in New Japan Pro Wrestling
April 16, 1994
Triple H defeated Jeff Hardy for the WWF(E) Intercontinental title
April 16, 2001
April 15, 2011
SmackDown Results: Opportunity Lost and Found
Four days after World Heavyweight Champion Edge announced his shocking retirement from WWE, The Rated-R Superstar officially surrendered the World Heavyweight Championship. And Christian honored his lifelong friend by capturing the opportunity to face No. 1 contender Alberto Del Rio for the vacant World Title at Extreme Rules. Full results.
This Day in Wrestling History
Stanislaus Zbyszko defeats Wayne "Big" Munn for the World championship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when promoter Tony Stecher double crosses promoters Billy Sandow and Ed White. Zbyszko shoots on Munn to take the title. The referee, who was on the Sandow-White-Lewis payroll, is forced to count two falls after Zbyszko pins Munn several times in the match, just to keep the crowd from rioting. Munn remains recognized in some areas as champion.
April 15, 1925
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
