Pro Wrestling & MMA news, notes, articles

By Art Shimko
shimko_7@hotmail.com

-- Tonight is EliteXC's debut on Showtime, the prelims will be streamed live at www.elitexc.com at 8PM EST and the main card airs at 10PM EST with Frank Shamrock vs Renzo Gracie in the main event. The CARE (Casey, Art, Ric, Euan) & Some Other Vuz, Vuz, Vuz Jabronis Preview previews are posted over at Ric's Canvas Chronicle site.

-- This week's Total MMA newsletter reports that Bob Sapp will be fighting in Cage Rage on 4/21 against an opponent to be named soon.

-- Cage fighters put on a brutal display

-- Robbie Lawler's match against Trevor Garrett for the Icon Sport MMA show last night was canceled because Lawler was sick from food poisoning. He will remain the #1 contendor in the 185lb. middleweight division and could recieve a title shot against Frank Trigg within the next month or two.

-- Dana White Took on Boxing and Pro Wrestling — and Kicked and Punched His Way to the Top of TV’s Fight Game

-- J.R.'s latest blog

-- Hulk Hogan said on the Bubba The Love Sponge radio show that he's in fact done with WWE and won't be at Wrestlemania 23. Vince McMahon was very upset about the whole deal where Hogan discussed the Hall Of Fame live on the air a few weeks ago. Who knows, maybe Hogan and Vince will come to terms but at the moment Hogan's gone. [credit: www.f4wonline.com]

-- Tommy Dreamer's latest Diary of Violence is about Doug Gentry.

-- Kane and Ashley Massaro were in Canada this past week involved in filming for an upcoming episode of Smallville where they will appear as Phantom Zone villains in the 17th episode of season 6 titled "Combat".

-- Christian Cage Interview

-- Trying to fight it

-- Stout retains lightweight title with win over Holanda at TKO 28: Inevitable

-- Wrestling Society X axed from Canadian airwaves

-- Champ keeps his cool at highly uncool question
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