WWE
Look for “Showdowns: The 20 Greatest Wrestling Rivalries of the Lat Two Decades” in bookstores now. (PW)

The College Football Hall of Fame inducted Ron Simmons on Wednesday. (PW)

WWE has released Gene Snitsky, but it wasn’t his fault. (PW)

MVP has been told his losing streak is a test of his loyalty to the company after giving former talent like Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley big pushes only to see them leave. (PW)

RAW has experienced the highest ratings in the Hispanic demographic since Rey Mysterio has been drafted. (PW)

The Slammy Awards were “booked” using the same “logic” and attention to storyline and character as other WWE programming. (PW)

Edge’s girlfriend made him shave his beard off. He originally grew it to look “deranged.” (PW)

Joey Styles punched JBL because he, after throwing a bucket of ice on Lilian Garcia while she slept, made some questionable comments about Styles’ family. JBL was reported to be rather reserved the next day, while Styles was being hailed as “a conquering hero.” Vince McMahon is apparently upset that the story got leaked outside the people that were actually present for the incident. (WV)

The WWE is offering Mysterio a five year contract while Mysterio only wants to sign for three, possibly because he wants to entertain offers from Mexico in the future. (WV)

Look for Ryan Braddock’s new “Evis-esque” character to debut soon. (WV)

Those of you in a Canadian city with a Sun franchise paper (Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, etc, etc) will be happy to know that Kelly Kelly will be the SUNshine girl on Friday, Dec 19. (WV)

WWE.com has the first two parts of “A Day in the Life of John Cena” series. Wee! (WV)

Look for a Batista interview in the latest Fighting Spirit, where he touches on Chris Benoit and what the guys backstage still say about him. (PW)

Check out a Natalya Neidhart interview by SlamWrestling.com, where she talks about Tribute to the Troops, changing her name from Nattie, and on a possible Hart Foundation rendition. (PW)

Check out this Edge interview recap, where he talks about Christian coming to the WWE: http://www.prowrestling.com/article/news/11140 (PW)
And here is the full article: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2008/12/11/7708806.html (WV)

Check out this recap of JR’s latest blog: http://www.prowrestling.com/article/news/11150 (PW)

Check out Beth Phoenix’ Monday Night Mayhem interview here: http://www.wrestleview.com/news08/1229121780.shtml (WV)


TNA
Apparently Kurt Angle has been telling people he is “seriously considering” going back to WWE when his TNA contract is up. He is frustrated with the creative team and Jeff Jarrett. (PW)

If you were hoping to buy yourself a TNA World Heavyweight Title, you’re out of luck. There will be more in stock at ShopTNA.com in January. (WV)

Kurt Angle just wrapped up a starring role in a thriller called “End Game,” as well as “19 Doors,” the latter of which is “looking for distribution.” (WV)

In case you missed it, here are the results of the Feast or Fired tournament: Lethal gets a Tag Team Championship shot, Hernandez gets a World Title Shop, Homicide gets a shot at the X Division Title, and Curry Man, unfortunately, gets a shot at the “Fired Champion.” Haha. Check out Curry Man’s great grasp of the English Language here: http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1210/84/ (G)
I don’t know why, but I found this promo hysterical.


ROH
Adam Pearce will be reducing his responsibility on the road. He will book the shows and will help with Saturday events. Austin Aries (…I know, I thought the SAME thing…) will be in charge for Friday events and Larry Sweeney will be Pearce’s liaison with the wrestlers. (WV)


OTHER
Super Crazy, back in Mexico and working for AAA, claims that Dos Caras Jr is not going to the WWE while Dos Caras Jr is still insisting he will debut next month. (PW)

Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, as well as Bruce Springsteen’s song “The Wrestler”, were all nominated for Golden Globe awards for Best Actor in a Drama, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, respectively. The winners will be announced on January 11. (WV)

Bobby Lashley will debut for Mixed Fighting Alliance against Joshua Franklin on Saturday night. It is the debut MMA fight for both men. (WV)

In case you were wondering what New Jack is up to these days, check out his debut rap trak on Duckman’s “Duckman for Presidente”, called 187 Gangsters. If you really want to order this CD (which is only $6 plus shipping), go to www.inyourheadonline.com. (WV)

And in case you were just dreaming about Kamala, The University of Arkansas just gave him an honorary doctorate. (G)

And, furthermore, if you were just thinking to yourself that you would like to know what Big Daddy V aka Viscera (real name Nelson Frazier) was up to, he just finished a movie called “301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus” and will be in a movie called “Kick Ass” with Nicholas Cage. Nelson would like you to know his doctor got him fired. (G)

And if you are holding a wrestling show soon, book Chris Harris by emailing catbookings@yahoo.com. (G)

If you are missing a pre-worn shirt of the Sandman’s from your wrestling memorabilia collection, you can bid on it somewhere. Sandman wanted you to know he was putting it up for auction (and it was signed by himself, Lizzy Valentine and Pogo the Clown, even), but didn’t bother to pass along where to bid on it. Check it out: http://www.gerweck.net/news/1229102047.shtml (G)

Check out this Trish Stratus interview recap here: http://www.gerweck.net/news/1229201850.shtml (G)


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