Often times while I’m watching an old wrestling match (or browsing some wrestling website) I end up looking an old wrestler up on Wikipedia in hopes of finding out more about him (or her). The World Wrestling Entertainment is, apparently, hoping to capitalize with marks like me with the World Wrestling Entertainment Encyclopedia. As the name implies, this book is an encyclopedia to all things (well most things) that have occurred in the vast history of the World Wrestling Entertainment – wrestlers, television shows, PPV’s, title histories, etc.

The book is written in kayfabe (pretends that wrestling and the personalities are “real”), so you are not going to get any inside information as far as behind the scene stuff goes. To me, that’s perfect – but be forewarned though if you are looking for serious information on the people who played these characters you are going to be disappointed. For example, the encyclopedia has a separate entry for Kane (Glen Jacobs) and Dr. Isaac Yankem DDS with no mention one person played both roles (Glenn Jacobs). This is because in the World Wrestling Entertainment canon they are two separate people (one a crazy guy who is the Undertaker’s brother and the other was an evil dentist – classic stuff) that just happened to played by the same person. Hence, the two different entries. I could see how this will be annoying for some people though who might want to know what the “real names” of these wrestlers are or some information about their real life pasts.

Really the only drawbacks (besides the potential problem for some that the book is written in total kayfabe) are the omissions or errors. I haven’t searched every single page to find these issues (a few other reviews discuss them), but they appear to be very small in number when one stops to consider the thousands of different wrestling gimmicks that have shown up over the years. I certainly wouldn’t let it stop me from purchasing the book because TL Hopper isn’t profiled (there are always going to be errors in this sort of undertaking).

Overall, a great purchase for wrestling fans of all ages who want to either learn or fondly remember the fun and goofy past of the World Wrestling Entertainment .

Bill Alfonso, the Manager of Champions, put together this shoot DVD with SnowMan Jones.  Additional chapters can be seen by clicking here, but the entire DVD can only be purchased from Bill Alfonso.

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Model and wrestler Kristin Astara is putting her support behind Conor O’Brian.  She’s been very vocal online about trying to get people to vote for him.

Lisa Marie Varon (AKA Impact’s Tara) has been promoting her website www.REALLiSAMARiE.com lately.  Check out her official photos here:  http://reallisamarie.com/gallery

“We can confirm that Serena has indeed been confirmed as returning to WSU in August where she will take on Annie Social. The show will take place on August 6^th.” Credit:  http://serena-deeb.com/?p=1272

JBL had this to say about Eddie Guerrero:  “Seven years ago today I won World Wrestling Entertainment Championship from my dear friend Eddie. I miss him and wish he were here today. The success I had was all based on my first “feud” with Eddie-and it was nearly all his ideas, the idea of Eddie’s mom having a “heart attack” in El Paso on mother’s day was all Eddie’s idea-we then set an attendance record in Staples Center for our first big match.”

All Stars Wrestling of Florida just released a full database of their old roster cards.  View them all here:  http://www.wrestling911.com/asw/?p=6794

Florida Underground Wrestling is currently doing 3 events a week.  Check out tomorrow’s card for the Largo event.  http://wrestling911.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6281

Friday June 24th, 2011:
Quick Results:
Game Over def. The James Boys
Shayne Swyft def. Danny Demanto
Salvatore Calzone def. Jude Mackenzie, Eddie Graves & Damien Angel
John Allen def. David Mercury
Joshua Masters def. Pretty Fly – Masters is the FIRST BRAWL Champion

Join hosts Sean Solo, Mr PYB and myself for another editon of Florida Wrestling Radio this Monday at 8 pm.

We will be joined by TWO special guests this week. Ralph Mosca will join us to discuss FUW and all the hoop-lah surrounding the “banning” of other shows. We will also be joined by James Legend and get the details regarding BRAWL and find out out how the first show went.

The number to dial is (914) 338-1904.

http://www.wrestlingvintage.com/florida-wrestling-radio

Florida Underground Wrestling runs a weekly wrestling event in Largo, Florida.  Recent names on their events include Jay Lethal, Craig Pittman and Kennedy Kendrick.  They recently announced that they will run a Thursday event in New Port Richey, FL.  That event is intended to be an American Combat Wrestling reunion event.  ACW ran for years in New Port Richey at Bourbon Street Night Club.  Memorable performers included Bam Bam Bigelow, Dustin Rhodes, and Eddie Guerrero.  The ACW reunion event is likely the beginning of a second weekly show for FUW.  This will be in at Benchwarmers Sports Bar and Grill.  You can find details about the upcoming event here:  http://wrestling911.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6174

You can also find more information at www.FUwrestling.com.

I am currently watching NFW Pulse, which is a Florida based indie wrestling show.  Here are my ten comments.

10) The new intro to the show is much improved.  It is very professional looking.  Great job to the crew who puts together Pulse.
9)  It MAY be time to do voice over commentary that isn’t over the PA.  It is kind of hard to understand EJ.  Don’t get me wrong though.  It is innovative and it works.
8)  Seeing the Misled Youth Vs. Bums R Us in the opener was nice.  Both are legit tag teams, and they brought credibility to the promotion.
7)  The crowd seemed to be into that match.  You could hear them well.
6)  I also like the Jarrett Scott banner at ringside.
5)  Masters brings some credibility to the Misled Youth because of his size.  Many groups have a guy whose job is being the “big bodyguard.”  It would be cool to find a big non-wrestler to be part of the Misled Youth.  It would add size to the group.  (I am talking somebody with Rik Roberts or Max Capacity size)
4)  I wasn’t sure that Matt Ripley returned to wrestling.  I had heard he left.
3)  T-Bone Funk wrestled in a four way match.  I like him.  He’s in good shape and he is athletic.  His gimmick is getting over, but I am not sure what his gimmick is.  Is it a “matching band” gimmick?
2)  JW Anderson makes a good ref.  His size makes others look big.
1)  Iaukea and London Vice both have the look for wrestling on television.  Good idea to build your product around them.

When BREE OLSON LEFT CHARLIE SHEEN’S HAREM OF GODDESSES, it created a void in Charlie’s life that we think needs to be filled.

We even thought it would be the right thing to do if we helped Martin Sheen’s Wild Child in his efforts to find Bree’s replacement, a brand new Goddess for Bad Boy Charlie!

We checked out potential Goddesses like SHAUNA SAND (and really liked her lesbian groping sessions with adult superstar TAYLOR WANE at the Foxtail Nightclub in LA) … web sensation GISELE … blonde haired Brazilian beauty ANDREIA RIBERIO … British Royalty uber-hottie KATE MIDDLETON (and her scorching hot bikini) …  Miss Uruguay JOHANNA RIVA GARABETIAN … and even adult superstar AUDREY BITONI … but these are all bad girls in their prime of being bad.

Maybe we’re looking in the wrong direction. What if Charlie anointed reformed adult sensation Crissy Moran, who has taken a vow of celibacy until she gets married? Maybe she doesn’t have to technically get married. Just be anointed, accepted, and appreciated as a Goddess? Wouldn’t you take that deal?

Which would you rather be? A wife? Or a Goddess?

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Raise your own kids. And don’t let them grow up to be like me.

That’s the message from pop icon Rihanna, who went off on the Parents Television Council (old foes of World Wrestling Entertainment Chairman Vincent K. McMahon and our own Hustler De Tuti Hustlers Paul Heyman) on Twitter after the group condemned Rihanna’s “Man Down”music video for depicting a premeditated murder and implying killing someone is an acceptable form of revenge.

“I’m a 23 year old rockstar with NO KIDS! What’s up with everybody wantin me to be a parent? I’m just a girl, I can only be your/our voice!” Rihanna tweeted, “We have the freedom to make art, LET US! Its your job to make sure they dont turn out like US.”

Rihanna continued,  “U can’t hide your kids from society, or they’ll never learn how to adapt! This is the REAL WORLD.”

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It’s no secret that wrestling .. errrr … sports entertainment needs something to shake it up. World Wrestling Entertainment gained a great boost recently with the return of Dwayne “The Rock”  Johnson. Now they need that one hook for the mainstream public like Mike Tyson was in 1996. “The Answer” just quit his job and became a free agent. His name is Shaquille O’Neal.

Shaq is on the market. It’s well documented he loves wrestling. He understands how to entertain and perform. He has size and athletic ability. The best part is he could now make a long term commitment and he’s looking for something new to do.

I have three Dragon Gate USA events to book for this weekend, in fact they are very important shows. We have Boston on Friday, Long Island on Saturday and New York City on Sunday. These are the only DGUSA events of the summer. Friday and Sunday are on live iPPV at WWNLive.com. We will hit it out of the park and then party to celebrate our second anniversary, but please allow me to take a minute now and fantasy book.

World Wrestling Entertainment holds a press conference in late July and announces Shaquille O’Neal has signed a contract to be a sports entertainer. He is introduced as part of SummerSlam. However, he isn’t stepping right into the ring. Shaq wants to do this right and will start intense training. His head trainer?

“STONE COLD” STEVE AUSTIN!

Just imagine the training vignettes with those two performers!

Austin immediately declares that Shaq will have his debut match at Wrestlemania when O’Neal returns to his old stomping grounds of Miami.

We start a slow build of training vignettes. Finally, Shaq is ready to make his first live appearance at Raw. We need a foil. No one would be better than CM PUNK. The tension between the two camps slowly simmers. It boils over six weeks before Wrestlemania when Punk attacks and “injures” Austin’s neck. Now Shaq is coming for revenge.

“The Straight Edge (Adam Copeland) Superstar” will deliver on the promos, he can have a good match against anyone and he is the man World Wrestling Entertainment should be building around. He’s even already gotten into it on Twitter with Austin (after a little egging on by the man behind the Hustle, Paul Heyman). Punk can give Shaq a good match, put him over and not lose any credibility. In fact, Punk’s star will soar with this program.

Shaq vs. CM Punk at Wrestlemania 28 in Miami. Book it! It’s a dream match in sports entertainment.

This weekend with Dragon Gate USA,  we’ll have dream matches for pro wrestling fans. If you can’t be there in person, you can watch DGUSA on live iPPV worldwide this Friday and Sunday at www.WWNLive.com at 8pm Eastern Time.

Gabe Sapolsky is the Vice President of Dragon Gate USA. The promotion hits The Wonderland Ballroom in Revere, Massachusetts June 3rd … The NYWC Sportatorium in Long Island on June 4th … and BB King’s in Times Square, NYC this Sunday, June 5th. Go to www.DGUSA.television

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UFC President Dana White has just confirmed UFC Welterweight Champion  Georges St-Pierre (22-2 MMA, 16-2 UFC) and Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz (25-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) will fight in a five round championship contest as the main event of UFC 137 on October 29th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Diaz has been clamoring for a fight with GSP despite the two being in separate leagues, a hurdle that was obviously cleared by Zuffa (parent company of UFC)’s acquisition of Strikeforce in March. The anticipation for the fight grew when GSP successfully defended his championship against Diaz’s teammate Jake Shields. Fellow teammate Gilbert Melendez is the Strikeforce Lightweight Champion, and many are hoping to see a showdown between Melendez and UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar as well. There are those who feel Melendez qualifies for the tag of “best pound-for-pound fighter in the world,” while the NoCal native has been concentrating on gaining recognition as the best lightweight on the globe. He knows he needs to fight Edgar to prove that claim. Edgar, with two straight wins over the legendary BJ Penn, has desires of his own in terms of being recognized as the best on the planet.

St-Pierre is in the midst of a 9-fight winning streak, and has won 15 of his last 16 fights. Diaz returns to the Octagon for the first time since his 2006 firing from the company. Since then, he’s gone 11-1, which includes his current 10-fight winning streak.

More details on this breaking news story as they become available.

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Some of you may start noticing a number of changes (which we hope you will consider upgrades) to THE HEYMAN HUSTLE as we enter the month of June, 2011.

And speaking of upgrades, how about the upgrade Miranda Kerr underwent after giving birth to her beautiful baby fathered by our mortal enemy Orlando Bloom?

ALREADY ONE OF THE SEXIEST WOMEN ON THE ENTIRE PLANET, Miranda returned from her birthing experience with A BRAND NEW BUSTY FIGURE HOTTER THAN THE AUSTRALIAN ASPHALT DURING A MAD MAX REMAKE!

So, in honor of our admitted infatuation with the impossibly-beautiful girl from the Outback, we’ve assigned our overworked underpaid trained monkeys to put together the sexiest media watch in ages, if for no other reason but to reflect our indescribable admiration for Orlando Bloom’s baby mama, the sexiest wife in show business, Victoria’s Secret’s very own Miranda Kerr!

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