Archive for February, 2010

WWE Should Remain PG: Senate, Steroids, and Storylines

To some wrestling fans, the headline of this article is blasphemy. Anyone who supports the makeup of the current product must be a 12-year-old John Cena fan, right? Wrong.

WWE gets real with NXT

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has stepped into the ring of reality television.

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Marvez: On new show on Syfy, WWE tracks progress of ‘rookies’ Once the catchphrase of 1990s star Bill Goldberg, “Who’s next?” has taken on a whole new meaning in World Wrestling Entertainment.

(Hot Video) Wwe Superstar The Undertaker Really Catches on Fire, Gets Burned

World Wrestling Entertainment spokesman Robert Zimmerman said Tuesday that the wrestler, whose real name is Mark Calaway, is fine.

David Otunga praises son’s music talent

David Otunga has said that his infant son is already displaying some musical talent.

ConAgra rolls out Slim Jim ads with pro wrestler

Even as ConAgra Foods weighs the future of its Slim Jim manufacturing plant in Garner, the company is reviving marketing of the meat snacks with a muscled, violent pitchman.

3/19 ECHO Pro Press Releasea

ECHO Pro has announced it’s next pro-wrestling event, “The Feeling is Mutual” on March 19th, 2010 at the St.

St. Louis pyrotechnics mishap singes pro wrestler

Eds: APNewsNow; will be led. Moving on general news and sports services. ST. LOUIS The pro wrestler known as The Undertaker has suffered minor burns to the chest but escaped serious injury during a pyrotechnics mishap in St.

WW Live with John Cena - wrestler, actor, rapper

John Felix Anthony Cena is an actor, hip hop musician, and professional wrestler currently employed by World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand.

Senate smackdown

HARWINTON, CONN. — Melissa Russell, a Republican voter in a silk American-flag scarf, interrupted her chat with U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon at the Fairview Farms Golf Club here earlier this month to bring up an old acqu aintance.

‘On a side note,’ said Russell, 41, ‘when I was in high school, I met Sergeant Slaughter. He came out of a camouflage limo!’

McMahon dipped her head back and laughed. Sgt. Slaughter, the ’80s-era professional wrestling character, was known for dressing in fatigues and applying the ‘cobra clutch’ hold on his Iranian archenemy, the Iron Sheik. He also wrestled for McMahon, whose entire business experience — her sole qualification for public office — has been built on the broad backs of muscle-men and -women in spandex.

Slim Jim Named Presenting Sponsor of Wrestlemania XXVI

Slim Jim, a ConAgra Foods brand, will be the “Official Meat Snack of WWE” and is the presenting sponsor of WWE’s WrestleMania XXVI, in Glendale, Arizona on March 28 and SummerSlam , in Los Angeles, California on August 15.

WWE wrestler Orton avoids charges in Mass.

Authorities say court documents filed in Massachusetts that professional wrestler Randy Orton will not be charged over a run-in with a teenage fan.

Interview with Greg Gagne

Interview with Greg Gagne Posted by Chris Lansdell on 02.14.2010 He talks WWE booking meetings, AWA, WCW and more! Greg Gagne did a shoot interview with World Wrestling Insanity recently.

‘TNA’ wrestling to move to Spike

As part of the move, “TNA Impact” will also start airing live telecasts every other week.

Ed Harris and Amy Madigan Eye Big Red

In a story from Variety , Ed Harris and Amy Madigan are joining World Wrestling Entertainment’s family film Big Red .

New WWE Series To Air On Syfy

World Wrestling Entertainment and Syfy say they have teamed up for a new U.S. reality series called “WWE NXT.” Set to debut Feb.

Jerry Springer and The Miz get ready to rumble in a wrestling smackdown

Jerry Springer and World Wrestling Entertainment star The Miz have something obvious in common: They both are in TV shows where there’s a lot of physical fights, real or staged.

Chris Jericho Brings Fozzy To Club Red During Wrestlemania Weekend

WWE Superstar Chris Jericho and his vanity hard rock band Fozzy. a Chris Jericho is one prolific mofo.

World Wrestling Earnings Miss Our Estimates

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. recently reported fourth quarter results . The company witnessed a 17.8% decline in earnings to $11.2 million from $13.6 million in the year-ago period.

The Hartford Courant, Conn., Rick Green column: Mean-Spirited Fiction, That’s A Fact

I was deep inside the bunker at the Linda McMahon headquarters in West Hartford, beyond the young campaign operatives glued to their computers, televisions and Twitter, because of a fictional character named Eugene.