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The Wrestling Gazette
Wednesday January 9th 2008 - Issue No. 5
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From The Desk Of The Editor
Dean Saliba [editor@...]

Apologies for the lack of a newsletter yesterday, for some reason
Yahoo did not want to accept it.

We are on the lookout for show results. If you go to a show then
please feel free to send in the results to us, we will give you full
credit and plug

your site if you have one.

If you have any suggestions about the newsletter then you can email
them to me via the new email address at editor@....

Dean Saliba
Editor
editor@...
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WWE News & Notes
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<> WELLNESS POLICY ALREADY RELAXED?

It seems that the wellness policy in WWE has now been relaxed as it
emerges that they will only test wrestlers for marijuana once a year
and if a

positive result is found then said wrestler will be fined $1,000 and
will not suffer a suspension or have a strike against him.

It really does go to support what I said when the Benoit tragedy
happened and WWE promised to tighten their wellness policy, they
only did it to

gain good publicity and once it dies down they will go back to how
it was before.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/wellness-policy-aready-
relaxed/]

<> THREE NEW ENTRANTS FOR ROYAL RUMBLE

WWE.com is reporting that Batista, Kane and The Undertaker have been
entered into the Royal Rumble.

The Undertaker, Kane, Batista, Umaga, Snitsky, Hardcore Holly,
Hornswoggle, Mick Foley, Jimmy Yang, Shannon Moore, John Morrison
and The Miz

have been entered so far.

Speaking of the Roya Rumble, Ric Flair will take on United States
champion MVP in another career-threatening match.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/two-new-royal-rumble-
entrants/]

<> SURVIVOR SERIES BUYRATE

Early figures for the Survivor Series pay-per-view show the company
saw around 340,000 buys.

They are looking at this as a massive disappointment.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/survivor-series-buyrate/]

<> STEVE AUSTIN DVD TRAILER

WWE has released a trailer for their upcoming Steve Austin DVD. They
say there will be 20 complete matches plus early ECW and WCW
footage.

You will need Windows Media Player to watch this:
mms://wmsvod.wwe.com/nyso/200712/legacystonecoldnow300.wmv
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/steve-austin-dvd-trailer/]

<> ECW RATING

ECW last night did a 1.2 rating.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/ecw-rating/]

<> JR HAS NEW BLOG POST

Jim Ross has a new blog entry on his website.

http://tinyurl.com/2lc5vs
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/new-jr-blog-post/]

<> THE BITCH IS BACK

Ashley Massaro's profile page has been moved from Smackdown's
website to Raw's, signalling that not only is the clumsy bitch being
allowed back in

the ring but she is on the A show.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/ashley-massaro-on-raw-now/]

<> VINCE'S PENTHOUSE

For those of you who give a Damn, Vince McMahon owns the most
expensive penthouse in Connecticut according to the New York Daily
News. It is

worth around $4m.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/10/vinces-penthouse/]

<> REY MYSTERIO HAS BIG HEART

There is an article on the Kern Valley Sun website regarding eight-
year-old Reed Brown being flown to Wichita to meet Rey Mysterio.

http://kvsun.com/articles/2008/01/09/news/010908-6makeawish.txt
[http://tinyurl.com/2cebza]

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TNA News & Notes
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<> TEAM 3D ON THE MOVE?

There has been a rumour going aorund that Team 3D are unhappy in TNA
and are looking to leave the company.

I know that they have about a year left on their contract and from
what I have heard from sources they are happy with their position in
the

company at this time.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/team-3d-on-the-move/]

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Indy News & Notes
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<> TWC FIGHT PURCHASED?

While there has been no official confirmation the Ofcom license page
is stating that TWC Fight, a wrestling & MMA channel in the UK, has
been

purchased by The Fight Network, an MMA channel in Canada.

This was something that had been talked about on the internet for
the last year or so and the rumour was intensified when the channel
added a

large amount of MMA and reduced the wrestling it was showing.

I'm guessing that once this is made official we will see wrestling
content completely removed.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/10/twc-fight-purchased/]

<> EUGENE HEADING TO ENGAND

Eugene will be wrestling against LT Summer on IPW:UK's next show
scheduled for January 26th. He will then wrestle an as yet un-named
opponent

on their January 27th show the following night.

For more information on IPW:UK's shows check out www.IPWUK.com.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/eugene-heading-to-england/]

<> ARTICLE ON HOGAN & BRUTUS BEEFCAKE

TMZ has a story up on their site about Hulk Hogan and Brutus
Beefcake meeting some fans in New York, Hogan blanked them while
Brutus Beefcake

spoke to them for a while.

http://tinyurl.com/2esbvd
[http://tinyurl.com/287hbm]

<> SIR OLIVER HUMPERDINK OUT OF HOSPITAL

Sir Oliver Humperdink was recently released from hospital following
a bout of pneumonia. He is said to be doing well.
[http://tinyurl.com/348rur]

<> BOBBY HEENAN HEALTH UPDATE

Bobby Heenan underwent another operation several days ago to close
the opening in his rebuilt jaw. He is said to be recovering well.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/bobby-heenan-health-update]

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Wrestling Show Results
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- ECW TV Results are available to read.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/ecw-show-results/]

- Smackdown results are available to read.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/smackdown-results/]

- TNA Impact (Jan 17th) results are available to read.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/tna-impact-spoilers/]

- Florida Championship Wrestling Results

Tommy Taylor over Chris Gray and Brandon Groom...Rycklon & G-Rilla
over Sheamus & Heath Miller-DQ...Bryan Kelly over Steve
Lewington...Shawn

Osborne over Derick Linkin...Sinn Bowdee over Kevin Kiley...Bella
Twins over Maryse & Victoria Crawford...Mighty Mikey over Nic
Nemeth...Hade

Vansen & Jake Hager over Robert Anthony & Brad Allen...Afa Jr. drew
with T.J. Wilson...Giant Titan over Chet Douglas...Ted DiBiase Jr.
over Johnny

Curtis.
[http://tinyurl.com/35bsg4]

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Youtube Wrestling Clip
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Today's Youtube wrestling is a clip of someof the best WWE finishers.
[http://wrestlinggazette.com/2008/01/09/daily-youtube-video-2/]

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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