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The Wrestling Gazette
Thursday September 27th 2007 - Issue No. 2
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From The Desk Of The Editor
Dean Saliba [wrestling.gazette@...]

It seems that the first issue was quite well received. Thank you to
the guys who took the time to let me know what they thought.

I apologise for not getting an issue out yesterday, Yahoo decided to
be difficult an would not send it.

We are still looking for column writers and news & result
contributors. wrestling.gazette@... is the address.

Dean Saliba
Editor
wrestling.gazette@...
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WWE News & Notes
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-- WWE's next book looks likely to be a biography on the late Andre
the Giant, which will be penned by Michael Krugman who also worked on
books by Lita, The Hardyz and Eddie Guerrero.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/30/]

-- Speaking of books it looks like Tito Santana is set to pen a book
about his tiem in the WWF. This one is due out next year.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/31/]

-- Edge is back in the gym following the surgery to repair a torn
pectoral muscle. He will be back on TV before the Survivor PPV.

-- WWE.com are happily boasting that No Mercy is sold out but
Ticketmaster have plenty of seats left, so which on is lying?
[http://deansaliba.com/url/32/]

-- ECW did a 1.1 rating this week which is considered very
disappointing as Impact did a 1.08.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/36/]

-- Andy Stevens from pwmania.com has conducted an interview with Diva
Search contestant Taryn Terrell.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/28/]

-- Chris Benoit: Wrestling's Darkest Hour by Scott E. Williams will be
released in January of 2008.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/38/]

-- Rob Conway is auctioning off a pair of trunks that he wore whilst
in WWE. The money will go to charity.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/39/]

-- Video Sales - Recreational Sports DVD
Billboard, Issue Date: 2007-10-06

1 UFC 69: Shootout
2 UFC 68: The Uprising
3 WWE: The Great American Bash 2007
4 WWE: The Ladder Match
5 WWE: Wrestlemania 23
6 2001 FedEx Orange Bowl National Championship
7 PRIDE GP: Grand Prix 2003: The Complete 2003 Grand Prix Tournament
8 TNA: Slammiversary 2007
9 UFC Presents: The Ultimate Fighter 2
10 NFL: Indianapolis Colts: Road To XLI

-- The poster for Survivor Series has been reelased. It features Edge.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/41/]

-- The lawyer who was appointed to defend Dr. Phil Astin asked to be
removed from the case because Astin can no longer pay his legal bills.
As of this evening U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell Vineyard appointed
Natasha Perdew Silas of the federal defender's office to represent
Phil Astin.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/43/]

-- The Condemned debuted in the U.S. DVD Rental chart at #2 bringing
in over $4 million. The movie has so far grossed over $8 million in
theatres worldwide.

-- The Peoria Journal Star has a story on their website about MVP. He
talks about the Chris Benoit killings, drugs in wrestling, being
compared to The Rock, and other topics.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/45/]
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TNA News & Notes
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TNA will be releasing a DVD on November 20th titled 'The History of
TNA: Year 1'. The DVD will look at how the promotion started with
their first events in Huntsville and Nashville. Never before seen
footage, interviews with those involved at the time in creating and
running TNA and matches from the first year of TNA will all be on this
disc.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/40/]

Apparently at a recent TNA booking meeting somebody came up with the
idea of bringing in Mike Awesome, seems as though someone in that
meeting was not aware that he had died.

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Indy News & Notes
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-- Konnan will be returning to wrestling at the Antonio Pena Memorial
show at El Toreo for AAA on October, 7th.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/35/]

-- JD Michaels has a blog up on his Myspace page about why he moved to
Louisville, Kentucky to get involved with OVW, which is a good read.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/29/]

-- I have heard a rumour that Nick Dinsmore and Cryme Tyme are
demanding around a $1,000 per match on the independent circuit.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/33/]

-- The New York Wrestling Connection are putting on a show called
'Evening for Evelynn' in aid of Evelynn Marie Biondo, a baby who was
left with Shaken Baby Syndrom after her father violently abused her.

The event will take place on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at William
Floyd High School, 240 Mastic Beach Road, Mastic Beach, NY. Starting
at 7:00 PM, tickets are only $10 each and will be worth every cent as
the stars of the NYWC give their all with baby Evelynn on their minds.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/34/]

-- Live Audio Wrestling have an audio interview with Steve Williams.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/37/]

-- Wrestling Elite have an interview with Ring of Honor owner Cary
Silkin via podcast.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/42/]

-- Fearless Progress Promotions will be staging their first show on
November, 17th, at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield, England.

Darren Burridge, Mad Man Manson, Jonny Storm, Andy Simmons and James
Tighe have so far been confirmed for the show.

-- At 46 Buddy Landel is coming out of retirement again to work some
tag matches with Matt Riviera.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/44/]

-- The Hilton Head Island Packet has an audio interview with Sean
O'Haire. It is at the bottom of the page.
[http://deansaliba.com/url/46/]
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Youtube Wrestling Clip
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Today's Youtube wrestling is Iron Sheik 2007 Shoot Interview segment:
[http://deansaliba.com/url/47/]

If you want us to include a certain Youtube clip then let us know and
we'll credit you if we include it in a future edition.
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