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The Wrestling Gazette
Wednesday January 23rd 2008 - Issue No. 8
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WWE News & Notes
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<> BOBBY LASHLEY LEAVING WWE?

Bobby Lashley announced on his official website (laughingly some
small time news reporters are claiming that he telephoned them
personally) that he

was moe or less done with WWE and ha received his release from the
company.

This is obviously a massive shock and judging by the amount of time
and effort they spent pushing Lashley to the moon it will be
interesting to find

out the exact reason why they agreed to let him go.

At the time of publishing today's edition WWE have not confirmed or
denie the report.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/url/11/]

<> JOHN CENA NOT WRESTLING AT MANIA

During an interview with the UK Sun newspaper John Cena officially
denied the reports that he will be appearing at Wrestlemania on
camera.

John Cena said: "I most likely will be at WrestleMania in some
capacity, but you probably won't see me on camera."
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/url/12/]

<> RVD SHOOTS ON WWE

Rob Van Dam appeared on SportsTalkCleveland.com's Pro Wrestling
Insider show last night and spent over 40 minutes discussing several

controversial subjects such as Vince McMahon's new ECW, "one of the
boys, that's married to one of the boss' daughters", and much more.
The

following are some excerpts from the interview:

On whether he is bitter over his WWE run:
"Honestly, I don't feel I am bitter at all. When I went to WWE, in
the summer of 2001, I didn't even want to go. It was never my
favorite style of

wrestling, even since I was a little kid and it was the only style
of wrestling that I knew. So, when I went there in 2001, it was all
business. At that

point in my career, it was all business, and I was already tired of
traveling. I already really peaked my interest in ECW, as an artist.
In the original

ECW, I felt like I was an artist out there, and I had the freedom to
display my ability, my talents, and to show what I wanted to show,
and win the

fans over. It was in my control."

On the ECW revival in WWE moving away from the original ECW concept:
"When they squashed the spirit of ECW, I was still kicking on the
way out. I would tell Vince, "If you do this, the ECW fans aren't
going to like this,

that's not what this is about." That's when I realized (it was
doomed) because he told me, exactly "Rob, I never intended this to
be like the old ECW.

Nobody remembers the old ECW." I'd say, "You've got to be kidding
me! You don't think anybody remembers it? Why do you think the Pay-
per-view

was so successful, and the DVD! Isn't that why you're bringing it
back?" (Does Vince McMahon voice) "Rob, for all I know, those 2500
fans at the

Manhattan Center were the last of the old ECW fans."

Vince McMahon's reason why fans still chanted "ECW": "I said "Vince,
why do you think they still chant ECW?" (Does Vince McMahon
voice) "Because

I've trained them to do that over the last five years." Seriously,
how do you argue with that? You don't, eventually you throw in the
towel, which is

what I did."

On Rob's appreciation of his fans:
"I would be the only person who would go out behind the building
and ... oh wait, that was something else I used to do (laughs). I
would go out back

and I would sign autographs for the fans that are waiting out there,
and they would say "Oh Rob, you're the only one who has come up to
us all

day!" and I would say "Of course, it's pouring rain, and you've been
standing under a tree all day, you don't expect wrestlers to come
out here, do

you?" But I would usually do it, because I would get energy out of
that, and know that they would remember that."

On his WWE Title win:
"WWE never planned on pushing me, they had no choice because the
fans demanded it. I was told, when we were talking about bringing
ECW back

as a third brand, and when Paul (Heyman) was talking about putting
the World Championship Title on RVD to kickstart ECW, I was told
that one of

the boys, that's married to one of the boss' daughters, actually
said that "RVD just doesn't have that connection with the crowd".
Now, is that a

genuine comment, or is that a back-stabbing, throat-slicing comment
to try and keep yourself from feeling threatened by somebody else?"
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/url/15/]

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Indy News & Notes
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<> JACK EVANS INJURED

At Dragon Gate's show over the weekend Jack Evans suffered some face
injuries which will keep him off the ROH shows this coming weekend
in

Dayton and Chicago.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/url/13/]

<> MAGNUM T.A. CUP

The second annual Magnum T.A. Cup will take place on Saturday night
in Chesapeake, VA at the Khedive Temple.

Tony Atlas, Ivan Koloff, Nikita Koloff, Magnum T.A. and Jimmy
Valiant are set to appear.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/url/14/]

<> SIR OLIVER HUMPERDINK INTERVIEW

Matt Mackinder has conducted a good interview with Sir Oliver
Humperdink where he talks about his past. You can read it below.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/url/16/]

<> MORCOMBE DOME SAVED!

At a meeting today Lancaster City Council Cabinet members voted NOT
to close XWA's home venue - The Morecambe Dome.

The council agreed to continue to keep The Dome open until such time
as the site is required for development by award-winning designers
Urban Splash, not expected to be for at least four years.

This is, of course, fantastic news for the XWA, Morecambe and for
British wrestling as a whole.

It means the XWA does not have to move or cancel any of our
scheduled shows for 2008 and we can press ahead with our plans to
continue to bring high quality professional wrestling to The Dome
for at least FOUR MORE YEARS!

We would like to thank everyone who supported our fight to save the
Morecambe Dome. Our special thanks go to the fans and wrestlers of
the XWA who made phone calls and sent us messages of support this
week, and the over 500 people who joined the on-line MySpace and
Facebook petitions to Save The Dome. Your support undoubtedly had an
impact on the decision, as the politicians knew about the petitions
and took the public's overwhelming opinion into account.

We would also like to thank the cabinet members of Lancaster City
Council for making the right decision for the future of Morecambe.

The XWA now intends to turn our Goldrush show on Saturday, February
2 not into a wake for the Morecambe Dome, as first was feared, but
into a celebration of the fact that British Wrestling's number one
venue is to carry on for at least Four More Years!

And finally, we would like to invite all XWA fans to join our
celebrations on Saturday February 2 when XWA presents Goldrush 2008 -
It's Time To Rumble at the much-loved venue that is undoubtedly
British Wrestling's Home, YOUR Morecambe Dome!
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/url/17/]

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Wrestling Show Results
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- ECW TV RESULTS

To read the latest episode of ECW TV click the link below.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/url/18/]

- Florida Championship Wrestling From last night:

Brad Allen & Sinn Bowdee over G-Rilla & Robert Anthony....Sheamus
over Kevin Kiley....Titan over David Oliveri....Nattie Neidhart over
Brianna Bella....Nic Nemeth & Big Rob over Rycklon & Bryan
Kelly....Eric Perez over Shawn Osborne....T.J Wilson over Jake Hager-
DQ....Heath Miller over Billy Kidman to keep Southern title

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