Carano off "Dynamite USA!!"

Photo: MMAWeekly.com


By Art Shimko
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-- The Fight Network reported today that Gina Carano is off K-1's Dynamite USA!! show on 6/2 due to a recent intestinal illness she experienced following a two-week stay in Thailand participating in a role for the upcoming season of Fight Girls. At last weekend's WEC event at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Carano was taken to a local hospital via ambulance and treated for dehydration. Carano (4-0) was to fight Ohio native Jan Finney (3-2) who has fought in HookNShoot and King Of The Cage and has lost two fights to Carano's opponent Julie Kedzie who she fought (and beat) in February.
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Explanation for my absence lately...

By Art Shimko
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-- Nothing major folks, just decided to take a break from this site. I do not have any intentions of deleting this blog, just had to step away from the computer for a bit. I apologize to my contributors for not posting your columns in a timely fashion, everything from the past week that you sent in has been posted here. I'll be back on a regular basis soon, in the meantime the site will be updated with outside contributions.

Pro Wrestling/Mixed Martial Arts news and notes 5/02/07

By Art Shimko
shimko_7@hotmail.com

-- Pro Wrestling/Mixed Martial Arts news and notes 5/02/07

-- Stanley Shenker, whose company provided licensing for WWE, and James K. Bell, a senior VP of licensing and merchandising in WWE, were both sentenced to prison in Bridgeport federal court for taking part in a kickback scheme that cost WWE $1 million. The sentencing that took place on Tuesday resulted in Shenker receiving 33 months in prison, three years of probation and owing $2.8 million in restitution to WWE and Bell receiving an eight-month sentence, three years of probation and must pay a $6,000 fine and more than $950,000 in restitution. Both men defrauded WWE when Shenker paid Bell close to $1 million between 1998-2002 and concealing the payments, and Shenker used fake invoices to write off the expenses when filing taxes. The fake invoices had stated that Bell had earned the money for consultation.

-- From WWE.com: Matt Cappotelli, former Tough Enough winner and Ohio Valley Wrestling Champion, underwent brain surgery today to remove a growing brain tumor. Doctors called the surgery a success.

-- Following a Raw house show at Freedom Hall in Johnson City, TN this Friday, an after-party will be held at Gatsby's with metal bands Down From Up, Seventh Seal, and Shadows Of Light performing. Admission is $7 and the bands begin at 10:30PM.

-- The Las Vegas Sun has an article on Mike Tenay discusses how he became interested in wrestling and also reveals that Tenay hit a milestone in his broadcasting career by appearing on his 2,000th wrestling show on TV recently. "I have considered every day I have been on TV a bonus," Tenay says. "I consider myself fortunate to have fallen into this job. But I don't think of myself as having been lucky. I was opportunistic. And when my time comes to leave, I hope I can be the gentleman Gordon Solie was."

-- The opening match for CZW's Tournament Of Death VI this June will be Necro Butcher vs. "Simply Marvelous" Mitch Ryder in a no rope barb wire match. The finals will be 200-light tube lumberjack match where the participants will have to go through the lumberjacks, retrieve the TOD trophy and bring it back to the ring.

-- Mike Quackenbush will be wrestling at ROH's 6/9 show in Philadelphia.

-- J.R.'s latest blog

-- Aspiring professional wrestlers, and their fans, live their dreams in Lawrenceville

-- Wrestling Reality power slams Shiretown

-- Wrestle-mania in Decatur

-- Ex-doctor reaches deal in steroid case

-- Tito Ortiz will be a special guest at an Armed Forces Day program at the Banning Armory [99 E. Ramsey St.] in Banning, CA on 5/19 where he'll speak at a ceremony and do a meet and greet with soldiers. The event begins at 9AM PST. "It is a privilege for me to be invited to this event," said Mr. Ortiz. "I try to support our troops in any way I can and will continue to do so. Whatever I do, however, doesn't even come close to what our guard and other soldiers do for us every day. My heart is always with the families of those who serve our country and especially with those whose loved ones have made the ultimate sacrifice."

-- Tito makes an appearance on MadTV this Saturday (11PM EST) where he'll be in a mock deodorant commercial.

-- Five Ounces of Pain: Conversation with Tito Ortiz, Part I

-- Sean Sherk on fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an MMA match: I don't think that fight would last longer than a minute, to be honest with you. And I don't think he should be talking about something that he can't back up, because I'll fight him tomorrow. I literally would, if they called and asked me to fight Floyd Mayweather, Jr. tomorrow, it's done. He's not going to fight me though, and he's just running his mouth. I don't really respect that a whole lot."

-- Matt Lindland will be hosting the The Team Quest Northwest World Team Grappling Qualifying Trials on 5/19 at Olympia High School in Olympia, WA. 15 men and 12 women will qualify for the U.S. Grappling World Team Trials in Las Vegas on 6/8-6/10. From there wrestlers will advance to the World Wrestling Games in Antalya, Turkey on 9/7-9/9.

-- I.D. Systems, Inc chairman and CEO Jeffrey M. Jagid joined the IFL Board of Directors on Tuesday. Jagid, who joined I.D. Systems, Inc in 1995, became the company's CEO in 2000 and chairman in 2001.

-- An IGN interview with FL Battleground co-host and former Miss Georgia and 2005 Playboy Playmate of the Year Tiffany Fallon.

-- Mixed Martial Arts Coming to the Big Screen

-- Local promoter not keen to have King of the Cage come and 'invade his territory'

-- The Iceman looks to end UFC string of upsets when he meets Rampage Jackson
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Music and Concert news/notes 4/28/07

By Art Shimko
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-- Lots of music and concert news including upcoming album releases...

-- The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicked off on Friday with $100 one-day tickets still available. Bjork, Sonic Youth and Stephen Marley headlining the first night. You can view the festivities Saturday and Sunday at the AT&T Blue Room, here's the schedule (times are Pacific Standard Time):
April 28th Lineup*
03:00 PM Gogol Bordello * Previously Recorded
04:00 PM Fields
04:40 PM The Cribs
05:25 PM the Frames
06:15 PM Jack's Mannequin
07:10 PM Andrew Bird
08:05 PM the Fratellis
09:00 PM Regina Spektor
09:50 PM The Arcade Fire
11:00 PM Ozomatli

April 29th Lineup*
03:00 PM Anathallo
03:45 PM The Feeling
04:40 PM Junior Boys
05:30 PM Fair to Midland
06:05 PM Kaiser Chiefs
07:05 PM CSS
08:05 PM Klaxons
08:55 PM Crowded House
09:50 PM Damien Rice
10:40 PM Amos Lee
11:10 PM The Lemonheads

-- This week Coheed and Cambria headed back to the studio to record their 4th album tentatively titled No World for Tomorrow which is due out this fall and will be produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush, Stone Sour). The album marks the return of bassist Michael Todd who left the band last August because of “personal reasons”. Coheed and Cambria will be headlining The Warped Tour this summer, a complete list of summer tour dates are here.

-- Marking the tenth anniversary of Princess Diana's death her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry will be holding the Concert For Diana on 7/1 (which would've been Princess Di's 46th birthday) at Wembley Stadium, performers announced so far include: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bryan Ferry, Duran Duran, Elton John, English National Ballet, The Feeling, James Morrison, Joss Stone, Kanye West, Lily Allen, Natasha Bedingfield, Orson, Pharrell Williams, Rod Stewart, Status Quo. Tickets are sold out but hospitality packages are available here.

-- What century is this again?? Poison, Ratt and White Lion set out on the POISON'D! 2007 summer tour beginning 6/13 in Greenville, SC at the BI-LO Center concluding on 9/1 in West Palm Beach, FL at the Sound Advice Amphitheatre. Complete tour dates are on Poison's website.

-- The Virgin Festival By Virgin Mobile takes place on 8/4-8/5 at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, two-day tickets go on sale 5/5 are $175 for General Admission and $450 for VIP available at www.ticketmaster.com or by callling 1-800-551-SEAT and one-day tickets are $97.50 for single day General Admission tickets and $250 for single day VIP tickets and go on sale 5/19.
Here's the line-up:
Sat. 8/4: Beastie Boys; Booka Shade; Cheap Trick; Felix Da Housecat; Fiction Plane; Fountains Of Wayne; The Fratellis; Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals; Incubus; LCD Soundsystem; Miguel Migs [Petalpusher]; Modest Mouse; Paolo Nutini; Peter Bjorn And John; The Police; Sasha & John Digweed; Shout Out Out Out Out; Danny Tenaglia; TV On The Radio; Sander Van Doorn; Amy Winehouse

Sun. 8/5: 311; Bad Brains; Chris Cornell; The Crystal Method [DJ Set]; CSS; Deep Dish [Dubfire & Sharam]; Dieselboy & Andy C with MC GQ And MC Messinian; Girl Talk; Infected Mushroom; Interpol; M.I.A.; Matisyahu; The Smashing Pumpkins; Regina Spektor; Spoon; Velvet Revolver; Wu Tang Clan; Yeah Yeah Yeahs; James Zabiela

-- Milwaukee hold its 40th Summerfest from 6/28-7/8 at the Marcus Ampitheater, performers include Def Leppard, Styx, Foreigner, The Fray, Roger Waters, John Mayer, Tool, Bon Jovi and Toby Keith. For more info go to www.summerfest.com.

-- Of all the reunions taking place this summer, the most anticipated one will be SPINAL TAP (~!!!) as they'll be on the 7/7 Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium. Tap will be releasing a new single Warmer Than Hell and Rob Reiner debuted a film documenting Tap's return at the Tribeca Film Festival.

-- Due to Tommy Stinton's hand injury Guns N' Roses are now canceling their gigs at the MyCoke Festival in South Africa, however the group announced foreign dates that begin in June with three stops in Mexico - 6/2: Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; 6/3: VFG Arena, Guadalajara, Mexico; 6/5: City Sports Palace, Mexico City, Mexico; 6/10: Burswood, Perth, Australia; 6/13: Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia; 6/15: Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia; 6/20: Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia; 6/23: Acer Arena, Sydney, Australia; 6/29: Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand; 7/14: Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan; 7/15: Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan; 7/18: Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan; 7/21: Osaka Jo-Hall, Osaka, Japan

-- AP interview with Yusef Islam (the former Cat Stevens)

-- My former boss, Electric Factory Concerts owner Larry Magid talks about Philadelphia venue the TLA becoming the Fillmore Philadelphia at the TLA. I personally am not in favor of this name change.

-- For the second time around Snoop Dogg is not allowed to enter a foreign country due to his criminal record. Snoop was to fly out to Sydney so he could host the MTV Australia Video Music Awards but Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said, "He doesn't seem the sort of bloke we want in this country." Ouch.

-- Paul McCartney was ranked third on The Sunday Times' annual Rich List with a fortune worth $1.4 billion, former Zomba records label head Clive Calder topped the list being worth $2.6 billion and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber came in second with $1.5 billion to his name.

-- Bobby "Boris" Pickett, who sang the Halloween anthem "The Monster Mash" died Wednesday night from leukemia at age 69. The song debuted at number one on the Billboard charts in 1962, then came back on the charts in August 1970 and May 1973.

-- The pitbull in skirt Eve (Eve Jeffers) was arrested on DUI charges early Thurday morning after she crashed her gold Maserati into a center divider in Hollywood. Police sources claimed Eve's blood-alcohol level was double the legal limit. Eve posted $30,000 bail and was said to cover her face leaving the Los Angeles County Jail.

-- Bad Brains release their first album in over a decade, Build A Nation, 6/26 on Megaforce Records and features the original line-up: HR, Darryl Jenifer, Dr. Know and Earl Hudson.

-- Russell Simmons will be appearing at Borders [913-A Capital Centre Boulevard] in Largo, MD on Monday 4/30 at 7PM signing his new book Do You! Laws of Success: 12 Proven Steps to Achieving Happiness and Empowerment.

-- Ween are wrapping up recording their new album (produced by Andrew Weiss) to be released late summer/early fall as well as an E.P and a live DVD from 1991-92. According to the band's website: We started out with 50 or 60 demos and whittled it down to around 20 songs. We recorded the album to 24 track 2 inch tape so it sounds the way music was meant to be heard. Ween will be touring this summer beginning 4/30 at The Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Asheville, NC, complete tour dates are here.

-- Marilyn Manson's new album Eat Me, Drink Me comes out 6/5, sample tracks can be heard on Manson's Myspace page.

-- Archives of legendary the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio shows are now available at www.concertvault.com. Complete concert downloads are $9.98 and will be encoded as unrestricted 256k mp3 files.

-- No jail for Willie Nelson on drug charge

-- Beyonce's 'B-Day' Hits Copyright Snag

-- Emos should ignore the scaremongers

-- Congress Introduces Bill In Net Radio Royalty Debate

-- Phil Spector, music's troubled genius

-- Yahoo! China loses case over illegal music downloads
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Mixed Martial Arts news and notes 4/28/07

-- By Art Shimko
shimko_7@hotmail.com

-- Just like Thursday's pro wrestling update we're catching up with all the latest news in MMA...

-- Last weekend in Manchester, fans watching UFC 70 on TV and at the MEN Arena saw quite the upset in the main event as Gabriel Gonzaga (who Casey, Euan and myself ignorantly gave no chance in hell of winning) defeated Mirko Cro Cop using Cro Cop's finishing move, a devastating high-kick which KILLED him and was sent into oblivion. At 4:51 of the first round Mirko landed in a very awkward position to the point that his leg buckled underneath and was bent in a way that a leg isn't supposed to.
If I remember correctly referee Herb Dean quickly dashed to put Cro Cop's leg in the proper position, I thought for sure that he fucked up his knee and ankle but reports stated that he was walking around fine after the match. So now Gonzaga advances to fight heavyweight champ Randy Couture, and if you think a Cro Cop/Couture encounter sounded scary for Couture's fate, one with Gonzaga will be even more insane, not only can he fight on his feet but if it goes to the ground Couture will be working overtime trying to keep up with Gonzaga.
The rest of the show was good, nothing spectacular but historic nonetheless. The David Heath/Lyoto Machida match, which was scheduled to air on the Spike TV broadcast in the States, was said to be so fucking boring that it didn't even make onto Spike.
Instead Spike showed the Matt Grice/Terry Etim dark match which made sense as Liverpool-based Etim got the victory and was the second Brit of the evening to score a victory for the crowd as Michael Bisping won his match against Elvis Sinosic.
The most BORING matches were the Andrei Arlovski/Fabricio Werdum and Assuerio Silva/Cheick Kongo fights, both of which went the distance. Kongo bored me again, not sure what the deal is because I could've sworn the first time I saw him in UFC I thought Kongo was a killer and could be a major deal in the heavyweight division but after seeing his recent fights I'm not sure what's going on. By the way Kongo won via majority (split) decision.
Remember when I said that the Heath/Machida fight was so bad that it didn't make the airwaves in the States? Well as Casey brought up on a recent podcast, one can wonder why the Arlovski/Werdum fight was aired when this had to be a fucking boring-ass fight. The crowd hated it booing like crazy and Joe Rogan was on Arlovski's back during commentary regarding his mundane performance. Arlovski won via unanimous decision but I have this feeling that he'll be going the route that Heath Herring did and work dark matches on Fight Night specials. Complete results can be read on UFC's site.

-- Attendance for the show was reported to be a sell-out at 14,921 with £1.3 million ($2,600,000 US) in ticket sales making UFC 70 MEN Arena's third highest-grossing event. The show did well on Spike TV which drew a 1.84 rating (2.8 million viewers) and peaked at 3.5 million viewers during the main event.

-- Gonzaga received a hero's welcome when the Ludlow, MA native arrived at the Marco Alvan Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Training Center earlier this week and was greeted and congratulated by proud students and Alvan. "I want to thank all my teammates," Gonzaga said through his manager and translator, Alvan. "No one can be in the best of shape without their partners." Gonzaga's fight with Couture has been reported to take place on 8/25 but Gonzaga couldn't confirm that date.

-- If only Melvin Guillard was booked on UFC 69 or UFC 70... The Houston Chronicle reports that fighters who participated in UFC 69 and 70 weren't drug tested as according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation stated that was the responsibility of "sanctioning body" of the event, that being the UFC who ran UFC 69 in Houston earlier this month. As far as what happened at UFC 70 regarding testing: "We were ordering tests, but found we had no legal means to do it," said [UFC rep Marc] Ratner. "They had no commission there. There was no drug testing there." I was under the impression that Zuffa was going to fly people out to England to take care of this, those fighters who may have dabbled in any type of questionable substance better count their lucky stars and not fuck around with fate next time.

-- Matt Serra and Matt Hughes have been announced as the coaches for season six of The Ultimate Fighter. That will be GREAT~!

-- UFC 71 on 5/26 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena: (matches announced so far) Chuck Liddell Vs. Quinton Jackson; Josh Burkman Vs. Karo Parisyan; Thiago Silva Vs. James Irvin; Sean Salmon Vs. Eric Schafer; Jeremy Stevens Vs. Din Thomas

-- Chuck Liddell discusses his upcoming battle with Quinton Jackson on KCAL 9 in L.A. this morning, no NyQuil malfunction this time.

-- UFC 72 on 6/16 at the Odyssey in Belfast: (matches announced so far) Rich Franklin Vs. Martin Kampmann; Rory Singer Vs. Jason MacDonald; Scott Smith Vs. Ed Herman

-- Tickets are now on sale for The Ultimate Fighter 5 finale which takes place on 6/23 at the Palms Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas featuring TUF 5 coaches BJ Penn and Jens Pulver in the main event.

-- An interview with Tito Ortiz on MMANews.com.

-- Rashad Responds to Tito Ortiz

-- the Iowa Senate is looking to end state regulation of MMA claiming that the sport's so dangerous it cannot be regulated. Are these guys dipshits or what? “We’ve got a serious problem with shoot fighting. We’re either going to regulate it or we’re not,” said Sen. Bill Dotzler, D-Waterloo, the leading backer of the plan. The Senate had passed a deregulation bill last month but the House was indecisive on passing the bill so early this week the MMA proposal was lumped in with a larger budget bill to be voted on this week. The budget bill was passed but the MMA proposal was not discussed or settled. Throughout this tug of war on coming to a conclusion the state basically doesn't want to be liable for injuries and such resulting in fights. “I’ve got e-mails from Las Vegas and Canada telling me I’m a dummy,” [Sen. Bill Dotzler] said. “They don’t understand the bill. All it says is in Iowa, you can do all your events, just the state isn’t going to be liable for it because we can’t make the sport safe.”

-- Meanwhile in Nebraska, Legislative Bill 471 to regulate MMA events received first-round approval making the State Athletic Commission oversee the sport and events run in the state. State Sen. Ernie Chambers, who actually propsosed the bill, is not a fan of the sport and doesn't think the state should run events but states, "We should not want to drive it underground," he said. "Regulation is better than ignoring it or banning it."

-- Cage fight in legal gray area

-- MMA in Philly? After red tape

-- This coming Monday's IFL Battleground will feature DEAR DON~! as a regular segment, I so hope it's as great on TV as it has been on IFL's site. Here's a sample that may not make it to television.

-- IFL has moved its 6/16 show from Reno to the Las Vegas Hilton making it the first ever MMA event held there. “We were presented an opportunity for this breakthrough event in Las Vegas, and we felt it is an opportunity we could not pass up,” said IFL CEO and co-founder Gareb Shamus. The event, which will be the last of nine regular season IFL events, features the Nevada Lions against the Tucson Scorpions and the New York Pitbulls against the Toronto Dragons.

-- Seattle Tiger Sharks coach Maurice Smith will be fighting for the first time in almost seven years when he takes on SoCal Condors coach and rival Marco Ruas on 5/19 at the Sears Centre in Chicago.

-- WEC at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas on 5/12: Doug Marshall vs. Justin McElfresh; Lightweight Bout: Rich Crunkilton vs. Jamie Varner; Middleweight Bout: Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Hiromitsu Miura; Light Heavyweight Bout: Gary Padilla vs. Ariel Gandulla; Lightweight Bout: Marcus Hicks vs. Sergio Gomez; Welterweight Bout: Tom Speer vs. Sidney Silva; Bantamweight Bout: Brandon Foxworth vs. Manny Tapia; Lightweight Bout: Ed Ratcliff vs. Johnny Sampaio; Middleweight Bout: Eric Schambari vs. Art Santore

-- Frank Trigg has a new MMA radio show that airs daily from 9-10AM PST at www.taggradio.com.

-- Zach Arnold of Fight Opinion has the latest on the Ed Fishman/DSE lawsuit.

-- Total Fighting Alliance's War on the Shore event will be broadcast live online for free. The event takes place on Saturday between 6-9PM PST at the Santa Monica Civic Center an can be viewed at www.totalfighting.net.

-- Rumble in Round Up City II at the Pendleton Convention Center on Saturday , go to www.thefcff.com for more info.

-- Palace Fighting Championships hold its first title fight on 7/19 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, CA when David Espinosa fights Shawn Klarcyk for the bantamweight (135 pounds) title. Other fights include: Jason Von Flue vs. Chris Botelho, Ruben Villareal vs. Rafael Del Real, Kenny Ento vs. Palika Drummondo, Jeremy Freitag vs. Lamont Lister and Angelo Antuna vs. Seth Dikun. Tickets are priced at $20, $30 and $40, on-sale date is 5/18 at 10AM at tickets.com outlets, the Palace Gift Shop or by calling (800) 225-2277.
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PRO WRESTLING: BIG ASS THURSDAY UPDATE~! 4/26/07

By Art Shimko
shimko_7@hotmail.com

-- Tons of news and notes from the past week...

WWE
-- This weekend Steve Austin's upcoming action flick The Condemned will be in theaters, he appeared on Howard Stern and did a live text chat Monday night. Lots of reviews are in for The Condemned and it's a mixed bag of opinions although not many are in favor of the movie, here's a sample:
- Originality is loser in WWE’s death match
- Movie 'condemns' audience to torturous viewing
- Two middle fingers up for The Condemned
- WWE star has something new to prove in 'The Condemned'
- Stone Cold Heats Up
- Bottom Line: D-grade "Running Man" ripoff

-- Here's an Austin interview on Sports Illustrated's site.

-- Last week WWE dropped Deep South Wrestling as a developmental territory after reports that the operation was in complete disarray. Vince McMahon had a shit-fit about the situation and decided to drop all developmental territories including Ohio Valley Wrestling. Fortunately McMahon was talked out of dropping OVW and it looks like all DSW trainees will be shipped to Steve Keirn's school in Florida. Meanwhile, Jody Hamilton has decided to shut down the DSW promotion.

-- Randy Orton's acting like a rock star these days... or more like an asshole. Orton was sent home last week from the European tour after he trashed a hotel room, the estimated damages were said to be between $30,000-$50,000. Man, this guy must've been going through a (supposed) roid rage or something. Orton has not been suspended as of yet although he was fined and it looks like he'll certainly do the job this weekend at Backlash in a four-way for the WWE title which could be one of many jobs he'll be doing for some time. With Vince paranoid about firing talent and ending up on TNA it looks as if Orton is secure in WWE... for the time being. [source for info on last two items: Figure 4 Weekly newsletter www.f4wonline.com]

-- Speaking of Backlash, Casey, Euan and myself did a preview podcast for this mundance PPV. Casey and I also discuss current news in the MMA world.

-- An interview with Vince McMahon about pay-per-view business.

-- WWE will be releasing a 2-DVD "Ladder Match" set, you can see the match listing here.

-- Batista left quite the impression with fans at an autograph session in Wolverhampton, England. Batista was said to be jet-lagged and what would normally be a two-hour session was cut to an hour. One youngster had anticipated meeting the former world and tag champ but instead was disappointed afterwards, his father stated: “Kyle got a ticket and couldn’t sleep the night before, he was so excited at meeting Batista and he had the afternoon off school. All his mates were telling him how jealous they were. “But when he got there we were told Batista would only be signing WWE merchandise. We queued for nearly two hours and he signed a WWE book, didn’t even look at him or say a word and that was it. His mum was trying to take a picture of the two on the mobile phone but his bouncers kept standing in the way to stop it. “And he refused to sign a birthday card that Kyle had taken in because it is his birthday in three weeks. “I think it is absolutely disgraceful for a man who is loved by so many kids to behave like this. We go down to the Wolves training ground all the time and they can’t do enough for us. If they can make the effort I don’t see why a jumped-up bloke in tights can’t do the the same. Kyle couldn’t stop crying.”

-- On Tuesday Mickie James won the Women's title at a house show in Paris against Melina and Victoria when she pinned Victoria for the win. Apparently Victoria didn't kick out on the three-count as she was supposed to, and a few matches later Melina won the title back from Mickie. Surprisingly, WWE made note of the title switch.

-- Super Crazy was injured at a weekend show in Oberhausen, Germany during a tag match. "Super Crazy landed awkwardly and twisted his knee during a match," said Dr. Ferdinand Rios. "I agree with the trainer's original assessment that Super Crazy has a torn ligament in his left knee. We aren't sure if he tore his ACL or MCL so we have scheduled an MRI for later this week.

-- Cade and Murdoch shoot... or maybe work-shoot on internet fans... do these clowns even get internet access in their trailers?

-- Balls Mahoney will be appearing on Sci Fi Channel's Who Wants to Be a Superhero? this summer as he will help critique and inspire these costumed crusaders in their battles with the show’s villain, Dr. Dark.

-- Philadelphia police officer Shawn Goodstone has been suspended and will lose his job for stealing two WWE action figures from a Rite Aid in West Kensington last month.

-- WWE is suing Dale Gagne who runs shows under the AWA banner for copyright infringement. WWE purchased AWA trademarks from Verne Gagne in 2003, WWE also cites that Dale Gagne (real name: Gagner) dropped the "R" from his last name in order to allegedly make like he was related to former AWA promoter Verne Gagne. You can read Dale's response to the suit here.

-- WWE will be reporting its first quarter earnings in a conference call on 5/3 at 11AM EST, participants can call 800-894-5910 (conference ID: WWE).

-- J.R.’s Back With Plenty to Say!

-- Flair is taking fight with money manager to court

-- Divas shine in Jared Gold’s designs

-- Michelle McCool measures up her competition

TNA/ROH/CZW/INDIES
-- Sean Christopher Haire, who got punched out during a scuffle in front of a Hilton Head Island bar last month, was charged on Monday with felony high and aggravated assault and battery. Juan Hamilton Brantley, the guy who punched Haire in the eye, was also arrested for the same charges, both men remain in the Beaufort County Detention Center. Capt. Toby McSwain of the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office stated, "It's a little surprising that the court has issued warrants to both of them, but I guess the judge listened to both sides of the story and couldn't determine who the primary aggressor was."

-- Alex Marvez's lastest column on "Dr. Death" Steve Williams.

-- A card for the Hogan/Wight Memphis show on Friday was finally released.

-- Two-time NASCAR champ Tony Stewart recently compared his sport to pro wrestling on his Sirius Satellite Radio Tuesday night when discussing how NASCAR officials use bogus caution flags to fix races: "It's like playing God," he said on his Sirius Satellite Radio program. "They can almost dictate the race instead of the drivers doing it. It's happened too many times this year." Stewart, who said he was fighting a fever and left the two-hour show early, went on to say fans are complaining about debris cautions and NASCAR isn't listening. "I guess NASCAR thinks, 'Hey, wrestling worked, and it was for the most part staged, so I guess it's going to work in racing, too,'" he said. "I can't understand how long the fans are going to let NASCAR treat them like they're stupid before the fans finally turn on NASCAR. "I don't know that they've run a fair race all year." NASCAR's response: "NASCAR has been running races since 1948, and we place the safety of the drivers at the top of the list," spokesman Jim Hunter said. "We have more people and more resources than ever officiating our races. The safety of the drivers is our first priority. It has always been that way and will continue to be that way.

-- Footage of Christian Cage against Abyss from last year's TNA Lockdown PPV was shown on this week's episode of FOX's House.

-- Austin Starr has been suspended from TNA for 90 days after he questioned the reason for filming a vignette on his day off. After arguing and pressing the issue, Starr eventually cooperated and agreed to filmed the vignettes but TNA was so annoyed with his attitude that they laid down the law making an example out of Starr by sending him home. [source: Figure 4 Weekly newsletter www.f4wonline.com]

-- TNA holds its Slammiversary PPV on 6/17 at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Tickets go on sale 5/19.

-- ROH's 5/12 show at the Manhattan Center is close to a sell-out and a card hasn't been announced yet.

-- ROH world champ Takeshi Morishima recieved the future legends award at the Cauliflower Alley Club 42nd Annual Banquet & Awards last weekend.

-- ROH this Friday at the St. Paul Armory [600 Cedar Street] in St. Paul, MN: Takeshi Morishima vs. Austin Aries for the ROH title; Roderick Strong defends vs. Christopher Daniels for the FIP title; World Tag Team Title Ultimate Endurance: Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Pelle Primeau & Mitch Franklin vs. Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw vs. Hallowicked & Gran Akuma; Jack Evans vs. Delirious vs. Rocky Romero vs. Erick Stevens; Colt Cabana & Homicide vs. Brent Albright & Adam Pearce with Shane Hagadorn; BJ Whitmer vs. Shingo; Rain & Lacey vs. Sara Del Rey & Allison Danger

-- Jay Briscoe got a deep gash in his head after taking a light tube/headbutt shot from Necro Butcher at FIP's show last Saturday.

-- CZW will holding its sixth annual Tournament Of Death in Delaware on 6/9, the first match announced is Nick Gage (winner of TOD V) vs CZW Jr. Heavyweight champ Scotty Vortekz.

-- CZW on 5/12 at the New Alhambra Arena, announced so far: CZW World Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Vortekz defends against Cloudy; Ruckus vs. "The Anomaly" Niles Young; Derek Frazier vs. "The BLK Jesus" Sabian; The Iron Saints (Sal & Vito Thomaselli) vs. Team AnDrew (Andy Sumner & Drew Gulak); "The New Jersey All-Star" JC Ryder vs. "Irish Lionheart" CJ O'Doyle; "The Son of a 1,000 Maniacs" Jon Dahmer vs. "Hotshot" Ryan McBride

-- IWA Mid-South/ACW results from 4-22 in San Antonio, TX: "One Man" Mike Dell def. xOMGx; Showtime Scott Summers def. Joey Ryan to retain the ACW heavyweight title; Mickie Knuckles defeated Daffney to retain IWA Women's title; Roderick Strong def. "Biohazard" Jakus Plisken; "Extreme Bulldog" Rexx Reed def. Massive; Low Ki def. Hotstuff Hernandez; Necro Butcher defeated Masada; 4 Team Elimination Hardcore battle for the ACW Tag Team Titles - Children Of Pain retain the titles by defeating Old & Younger, Naptown Dragons & Chuie Martinez/Hugh Rogue

-- IWA Mid-South presents "April Bloodshowers: The Final Chapter" on 4/28 at the Don Preston Recreational Center [14500 Kostner Avenue] in Midlothian, IL: Drake Younger vs CJ Otis; Brandon Thomaselli vs Josh Abercrombie for the IWA World Light-Heavyweight Title; North Star Express vs Iron Saints in a double-dog collar match; Chuck Taylor vs Joey "Magnum" Ryan for the IWA world championship; Ian Rotten vs "The Strong Style Psycho" Tank; Arrogance vs "Unreal" Michael Elgin and Ash

-- Metal and Wraslin’ Mayhewm on Friday 4/27 at The Mission in Augusta, GA featuring wrestlers from Flatline Championship Wrestling and music provided by Anger Management, Dear Enemy and Deleveled.

-- King of Europe Cup this weekend (4/28-4/29) at the Liverpool Olympia: First round: Rhino Vs Nigel McGuinness; Chris Hero Vs Claudio Castagnoli; Matt Sydal Vs El Generico; Davey Richards Vs The Zebra Kid; Ryo Saito Vs Jody Fleisch; Go Shiozaki Vs Martin Stone; Trent Acid Vs PAC; Doug Williams Vs Ares. Bell time is 6:30PM, tickets can be ordered at 0151-263-6633.

-- Pure Wrestling Association at Port Hope High School in Port Hope, Ontario on 5/4. For more information, contact Mike Kelso at 905-835-1186

-- UWF on 5/11 at Lake Norman High School in Mooresville (Charlotte), NC: James Storm and Jackie Moore vs Chris Harris and Gail Kim; Jerry Lynn vs Raven; Rikishi and D-Lo Brown vs Elix Skipper and David Young; Team Macktion vs Steve Corino and CW Anderson

-- National Wrestling Superstars on 5/11 at the South River VFW [31 Reid Street] in South River, NJ. Appearing on the card: Kip James, Kevin Sullivan, Danny Doring, and Slyck Wagner Brown. Call (732) 888-1704 for more info.

-- School's no-holds-barred good guy

-- Pile-driving, gut-busting, back-breaking theater

-- Local church uses wrestling as witnessing tool

-- Wrestling match, puppets, booths bring event's message home

-- Fan fests bring Demolition back together
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Rap lyrics, Brown funeral expenses, Van Halen, Notorious B.I.G. family sues L.A., Nuge robbery, RS turns 40, more

By Art Shimko
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-- Music news and notes from the last few days...

-- As many people brought up in the wake of the Don Imus controversy, myself included, rap lyrics has its share of misogynistic and racist lyrics which are a detriment to the fans who purchase and consume such swill on a regular basis as well as impressionable youth and society. Well the subject was addressed recently as rap mogul Russell Simmons' Hip-Hop Summit Action Network organized a meeting at [chairman and chief executive of U.S. music at Warner Music Group] Lyor Cohen's New York home to "discuss issues challenging the industry in the wake of controversy surrounding hip-hop and the First Amendment" which lasted hours without any conclusion. Those who attended included: Kevin Liles, executive vice president, Warner Music; L.A. Reid, chairman of Island Def Jam Music Group; Sylvia Rhone, president of Motown Records and executive vice president of Universal Music Group; Mitch Bainwol, chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America; and Damon Dash, Jay-Z's former Roc-A-Fella Records partner and rapper T.I. Simmons was on The Oprah Winfrey Show admitting there was a problem with rap lyrics but rappers' free speech shouldn't be stifled: "We're talking about a lot of these artists who come from the most extreme cases of poverty and ignorance ... And when they write a song, and they write it from their heart, and they're not educated, and they don't believe there's opportunity, they have a right, they have a right to say what's on their mind," he said. "Whether it's our sexism, our racism, our homophobia or our violence, the hip-hop community sometimes can be a good mirror of our dirt and sometimes the dirt that we try to cover up," Simmons said. "Pointing at the conditions that create these words from the rappers ... should be our No. 1 concern." Al Sharpton too wants in on the action and plans on challenging the industry and rap lyrics by deciding to not honor Def Jam artist L.A. Reid at his National Action Network convention in New York this week. I'm really all for free speech and artists' freedom of expression, what's considered art is always a moot point and I'd never want to see anyone's right to express their feelings in song lyrics yanked away but at the same time this issue needs to be addressed, because chastising a white guy for saying something considered by some to be racist while giving black people and rappers carte blanche to say those same words is bullshit. If you want respect, you need to respect yourselves and learn to respect others, it's really a simple lesson when you think about it.

-- Things never seem to end of James Brown, while the legendary singer died late last year his estate now owes $70,000 for the funeral services from Brown's burial back in March. "I'm just waiting on them to get some of this mess straightened out," said Charles Reid, manager of the C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Ga., which handled Brown's funeral. "I really haven't pushed the issue, even though I'd like to have my money." According to Brown's trusted advisor Buddy Dallas a portion of the funeral costs where paid for by trustees but that Brown's children ran the bill up to $150,000. Louis Levenson, an attorney for Brown's six adult children stated that it was the trust's responsibilty to pay the bill saying it was a "reasonable" amount, also the children filed a motion to disclose acccounting records of their father's trust and estate before and after his death claiming the trustees tried to sell off Brown's assets against court orders and filed a motion asking a judge to change his ruling putting two special administrators watching the estate so that the children would have more control over the estate. A hearing is scheduled later this month to settle this and other bullshit with Brown's estate.

-- Speaking of never-ending sagas... The family of Christopher Wallace AKA Notorious B.I.G. are filing a second wrongful-death suit against the city of Los Angeles accusing rogue police officers of shooting and killing the rapper ten years ago. The suit is seeking unspecified damages for Wallace's widow, mother and two children. Former L.A. cop Rafael Perez and his ex-partner, Nino Durden were named in the suit as the men responsible for Wallace's death and the suit also claims that Perez was in cahoots with Death Row Records and Marion "Suge" Knight who denied responsibility for Wallace's death. The L.A. police department wouldn't comment on the suit.

-- Ronald "Tenad" Washington was identified by federal prosecutors an armed accomplice of a second unidentified gunman involved in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC member Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) inside his Queens recording studio. Washington is suspected of fatally shooting Tupac Shakur associate Randy Walker which he denies any involvement with as well as any connection with Jay's murder claiming that detectives forced him to fessing up about the murders and other crimes. A spokesperson for the Mizell family said, "We're relieved there's some information coming out, although we understand that it's not the full story."

-- Well it turns out that the bottle of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap found in Germs drummer Don Bolles' car earlier this month did not in fact contain GHB as originally detected in a field drug test kit by the Newport Beach Police. A Orange County crime lab confirmed that no GHB (Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate) was detected. Bolles is scheduled to appear in court on 5/18. "Mr. Bolles charges of felony drug possession charges have been proven false," said David Bronner President of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps. "It's shocking that the DA's office is sitting on the lab results on the soap and hasn't dropped the charges already. Mr.Bolles has always been innocent in this case, but as long as these charges are pending he may not get a passport to travel out of the country to perform and is in major legal jeopardy," said Bronner who appeared in court last Friday to support Mr. Bolles. Bolles is scheduled to tour with The Germs this summer in Europe.

-- Eddie Van Halen makes his first post-rehab appearance on Friday during pre-race events at the Subway Fresh Fit 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series event in Phoenix introducing a limited-edition series of Fender Stratocaster guitars and will be on hand to greet the drivers as they are introduced prior to race on Saturday.

-- A Concord Township, MI teenager confessed and was jailed for robbing Ted Nugent's home last week, among the items retrieved by local police were two all-terrain vehicles and two hunting crossbows. Police are looking for another teen involved in the crime. I hate The Nuge but seriously, you don't want to fuck with that guy.

-- Rolling Stone magazine is marking its 40th anniversary this year with three upcoming special issues. The first due out this week contains interviews with Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney and Steven Spielberg and others. The second issue, due out in June will focus on the Summer Of Love of 1967 and the third issue due out in November will focus on the future of music.

-- Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Stevie Nicks, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were among the many artists who gathered at Lincoln Center in New York on Tuesday night to honor the late Atlantic Records chairman Ahmet Ertegun who died last December.

-- Boy Sets Fire will hold its final gig ever at Philadelphia's Trocadeo on 6/9. Go to www.myspace.com/bsflastshow for more info.

-- Bob Dylan's XM Satellite Radio show Theme Time Radio Hour will return for a second season in September. XM will air a Memorial Day Weekend marathon beginning at 6PM EST on 5/26 on channel XM 15 (The Village).

-- Cowell Denies Disrespecting Virginia Tech

-- Ferry apologises for Nazi remarks

-- Belgrade horses may be drugged for Stones gig

-- Crash victim's condition upgraded; car hit by Godsmack lead singer

-- Despite Drop in CD Sales, Music Industry Is Upbeat

-- 'Fatal' blow to web broadcasters
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WWE news including plane fire, Austin at the CMT Awards, Tickets for upcoming events, Hogans drama, UFC/HBO deal, IFL/Shamus, lots more

By Art Shimko
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-- WWE.com reports that the Raw roster experienced quite the flight scare Monday night when a charter plane they were on originally en route from Milan to Rome experienced an engine fire, fortunately there weren't any catastrophes that resulted. As WWE agent Tim White stated, “Thankfully, the engine blew on the ground and not over the Atlantic.” While the plane was on the runway its engine was revved up to an extreme level causing engine fumes over 900 degrees. With the flight grounded the wrestlers had to make a mad dash for any flights available in order to make the Rome show.

-- Steve Austin was on hand Monday night at the 2007 CMT Music Awards in Nashville where along with country singer Gretchen Wilson presented the award for Male Video of the Year award which went to Kenny Chesney for “You Save Me.”

-- GameDaily has an interview with Steve Austin.

-- Attenion gamers: Want a chance to play against Shelton Benjamin and Johnny Nitro via Xbox Live in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007? You can do so before next Monday's edition of Raw from London by sending the following info to wwewrestlers@gamewithfame.net: Name, Age, Nationality, Gamertag. This takes place 4/23 at 13.00 – 15.00 GMT / 14.00 – 1600 CET.

-- Tickets for this year's Survivor Series (11/18) at the America Airlines Arena in Miami go on sale Saturday at Ticketmaster locations, the AAA box office, or on WWE.com.

-- Smackdown and ECW are back in Philadelphia on 6/12 at the Wachovia Center, tickets are on sale Saturday at 10AM.

-- PWInsider.com have both ECW Spoilers and Smackdown spoilers.

-- The Hogans make PAGE SIX~!

-- Wichita mother Barbara Stewart may be charged with child endangerment for letting her son and his friends do backyard wrestling. "I've had lightbulbs in my face," says Alex Whaley. "My lip has been split open, had 32 stitches." Remember everyone, that's the future right there... future of what I have no idea. Stewart's thoughts? "I feel like I failed as a mother."

-- Alan Wojcik will be back with TNA spoilers for the 4/30 Impact tapings as well as the Sacrifice pay-per-view.

-- Champion Christian happy to be back in Bristol

-- DOI has the latest in CZW's utter stupidity... as you can see, it's always easier to fix the small, easy problems.

-- During a UFC 70 pre-teleconference president Dana White revealed that the company struck a deal with cable giant HBO, a move discussed and contemplated for some time now. Expect a UFC broadcast on HBO sometime this summer although it won't be UFC 72 taking place 6/16 in Belfast, Northern Ireland as that will either be on pay-per-view or Spike TV. HBO will be using its own production team and announcers for the broadcasts, which announcers are used will be interesting and when asked if HBO boxing commentator Jim Lampley would be used White shot that down immediately.

-- UFC on Spike this week: (Times EST) Unleashed tonight at 9PM; Ultimate Fighter on Thursday at 10PM; UFC 70 Countdown: Cro Cop vs. Gonzaga on Thursday at 11PM, Friday at midnight and Saturday at 6PM; Unleased at 7PM and 8PM, UFC 70 at 9PM on Saturday.

-- Ticket info for UFC 72: UFC Fight Club Presale Wednesday 4/18 - 9am GMT [http://www.ufcfightclub.com]/4am ET/1am PT. UFC Newsletter Presale Friday 4/20 - 9am GMT [Join UFC Newsletter]/4am ET/1am PT. General public on-sale begins Saturday 4/21 - 9am GMT/4am ET/1am PT

-- Myself, Casey, Euan and possibly Ric (all of CARE Preview fame) will be recording a podcast previewing UFC 70 on Wednesday. I doubt it'll be as WACKY as the TNA Lockdown podcast was

-- IFL CEO Gareb Shamus was named one of Brandweek Magazine’s 10 “Marketers of the Next Generation”. Shamus is the only sports-oriented subject on the list, others included Senior Vice President of Marketing for Hilton Hotels Amy Spatz; Ryan Clarke, director of marketing for Kraft Foods’ South Beach Brand; and Eric Kintz, vice president of global marketing strategy & excellence, Hewlett Packard.

-- The Fight Network Teams With MediaMen to Assist in International Expansion

-- Pavilion scores one of its top crowds ever with cage fight

-- HIGHLAND: Mixed martial artist leads by example
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Quick news bits: Pro Wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts

By Art Shimko
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-- Late Monday night news bits...

-- The identity on Santino Marella on Raw Monday night: Boris Alexiev from OVW

-- Preview for Tuesday's ECW TV: more tomfoolery with CM Punk's heel turn, Lashley and McMahon attempting Austin-McMahon from 10 years ago, more Snitsky and Balls??

-- J.R.'s latest blog~!

-- Casey Trowbridge reports of the return of a Pillman Memorial Show on 4/5/08. I hope Vince is not a dick with this one and lets WWE talent work the show... even if any TNA or ROH talent want to work the card as well.

-- Ontario's UWA Hardcore Wrestling signed a three-year deal with The Fight Network bringing the indy promotion to television in May.

-- Here's the latest Joe vs. The World podcast with Rob Naylor and David Bixenspan talking Global Wrestling Federation.

-- Lionel Tate, the guy who killed a six-year-old girl in 1999 by claiming he was showing the girl wrestling moves that he saw on TV, is back in the news as he's facing trial for May 2005 robbery.

-- Wrestlers win round three of WWF battle

-- Andrei Arlovski gets interviewed by NBC Sports.

-- EliteXC announced Frank Shamrock vs Phil Baroni on pay-per-view 6/22 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. The name of the event: Judgment Day... can you say copyright infringement?

-- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Announces New California State Athletic Commission

-- Pride's Lightweight Grand Prix first round takes place on 7/16. MMAWeekly also reports that Pride 35 may take place in California.

-- New Fight Opinion Radio with special guests Jonathan Goulet and Caleb Queern.

-- A concise history of Pat Miletich

-- Sherk rounding back into fighting shape

-- Does Boxing Need A New Business Model?
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2007 JPC News, Night One Main Event Announced!

Pro Wrestling Warfare (formerly NWA Florida/IPW-Hardcore) annually holds the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup every year to support the memory of independent wrestler, "the All American" Jeff Peterson who died of cancer in 2002. Many great wrestlers throughout the world have been a part of this tournament like WSX stars Human Tornado, Joey Ryan, Jack Evans, Jimmy Jacobs and Teddy Hart, TNA Wrestling’s Alex Shelley, Sonjay Dutt and Petey Williams, CZW’s Ruckus, ROH & FIP’s “Messiah of the Backbreaker” Roderick Strong, Chris Hero, B-Boy, Puma, NWA World Tag Team champion “Notorious 187” Homicide plus the 2003 winner “Reckless Youth” Tom Carter, 2004 winner Justice, 2005 winner Chris Sabin and 2006 winner Milano Collection AT.



This year’s event is July 13th in Orlando and July 14th in Port Richey, Florida. Night one will host the entire opening round and some other matches to be announced. Night two will feature the other JPC tournament rounds with the main event winner destined to make someone an international name.



With that in mind the main event of Night one of the 2007 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup in Orlando Florida is RAGE IN THE CAGE 9!!

What makes this one of the most dangerous matches in wrestling? 20 (or more) competitors will enter the Rage in the Cage battle royal.... all armed with weapons. Elimination occurs when someone is tossed from the cage, either through the door or over the top crashing down to the floor some ten or twelve feet below. The come as you are battle royal in a cage as been a staple in Florida and is the longest reigning tradition in the state. This brainchild of “the Hardcore Giant” Ron Niemi came to fruition in IPW-Hardcore in August of 1999 in Crystal River, Florida.

The first RITC saw co-winners as Sonny T and Rick Thames of the tag team Southern Posse ended their feud to reunite and start their war with the Shane Brothers, back then known as Phi DeKappa U. Past winners include Florida standouts “Freedom Ryder” Mike Sullivan, Rod Steele, “The Marquee” Bruce Santee, Lex Lovett, Sedrick Strong and Jeff Peterson Cup 2007 competitor Erick Stevens.

Past competitors in this ultra violent battlefield have included almost every independent wrestler in Florida along with Madman Pondo and the Extreme Icon the Sandman! Weaponry has ranged from chairs, pizza cutters, barbwire, cooking utensils, florescent light tubes and bats to Josh Rich bringing a fireplace size knight’s armor and Aaron Epic wrapping himself in packing bubble.

We are happy to announce the tradition of violence is continuing at the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup 2007! Be sure to look online for information on tickets and a website which will feature information on the 16 competitors in the 2007 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup.



2007 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup

Friday July 13, 2007

Downtown Orlando Recreation Center

649 W. Livingston Street

Orlando, FL USA



Saturday July 14, 2007

Jewish Community Center

9841 Scenic Drive

Port Richey, FL USA



Already qualified for the event: “Unreal Michael Elgin of New Wave Pro, Erick Stevens of ROH/FIP and Sideshow of American Combat Wrestling.



Log onto www.floridaindies.com for weekly updates.



Want to buy previous tournaments? You can buy the 2003 event on www.highspots.com, the 2004 event on www.rfvideo.com, the 2005 event on www.rohwrestling.com in their store and the 2006 event on www.pwwf.com
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Weekend Wrestling/MMA news & notes (4/13/07)

By Art Shimko
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PRO WRESTLING NEWS
-- From WWE.com: For the first quarter of 2007, individual episodes of WWE Monday Night Raw accounted for six of the top ten highest rated cable telecasts among households, according to Nielsen Media Research. Among adults 18-49, individual episodes of WWE Raw accounted for eight of the top ten highest rated cable programs with Raw achieving the second, third and fourth highest individual ratings in that demographic finishing only behind the NBA All-Star game.

-- This Friday night edition of Smackdown is the 400th episode.

-- Steve Austin will be the Grand Marshall at Sunday's 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup at the Texas Motor Speedway in Dallas/Fort Worth.

-- Edge has an NHL blog here.

-- Where Are They Now? Percy Pringle

-- Wrestler Foley's Lecture Packs a Punch

-- Cheats and codes for the WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007

-- The Times Herald out of Port Huron, MI has an article on D'Lo Brown and the Springfield Stallions, a Continental Indoor Football League team that he co-owns with Justin Gettys, who are currently 0-1. Brown, a defensive end at the University of Maine during early 90s, has been wrestling for All Japan Pro Wrestling but took some time off to help with the team. "Things are going very well," said Brown, 36, a former World Wrestling Entertainment grappler. "It was an easy mix to lend myself to the team and become part of the organization. They're still trying to get me on the field."

-- The Torch's James Caldwell has an article about the Don Imus controversy.

-- IGN has an interview with Christopher Daniels.

-- Myself, Casey Trowbridge and Euan Taylor (both from Old Country Times) recorded a podcast to attempt previewing this Sunday's TNA Lockdown pay-per-view. You listen to the podcast here but if you get easily offended then don't listen.

-- Christian Cage, Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle will be appearing at Wrestlefest on 4/22 at Bristol Central High School in Bristol, CT at 5PM. The show will feature 8 matches and a meet-and-greet with Joe, Christian and Angle at 3PM. Tickets can be purchased at: FYE Music and Video stores; Bristol Central High School' main office; Tropical Suntan Center [194 Main St]; the Webster Bank on Queen Street in Southington; S & S Sports Apparel [117 Broad St.]; Curves for Women on Farmington Avenue; Southington's Modern Formals and Fazo's Deli in Waterbury; through www.northwestwrestling.com or by calling (860) 874-1244.

-- IWA Mid-South Saturday night at Southwestern High School in Shelbyville, IN: Demolition Ax vs. Tank; Honky Tonk Man vs. "Marvelous" Mitch Ryder; Danny Basham vs. Ian Rotten; Josh Abercrombie vs. Brandon Thomaselli (Tables, Ladders & Chairs match for the IWA Light Heavyweight Title); Chuck Taylor vs. Drake Younger (IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Title); "Spyder" Nate Webb vs. C.J. Otis; Mickie Knuckles vs. Kristy Summers (IWA Mid-South Women's Title); Puppet vs. T.O.; Iron Saints vs. Billy Roc & Tony Kozina; Vortekz vs. Diehard Dustin vs. xOMGx, Jack Thriller vs. Ricochet vs. ?

-- Mike Quakenbush will be special guest referee for Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero's match at Chikara's Rey de Voladores event on 4/22 at the New Alhambra Arena (Viking Hall) in Philadelphia.

-- Director Lovestruck on wrestling

-- A 64-year-old pro wrestler set to perform in Newbury

-- Power Team spreads message in Statesboro

-- MCRD Parris Island sailor lived professional wrestling dream

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS NEWS
-- A post-fight piss test revealed that Melvin Guillard tested positive for cocaine following his 4/5 Fight Night match with Joe Stevenson. This is just plain fucking stupid. So far we've seen two stoners compete in MMA, guys who don't make weight three months before a title fight and don't make weight for a TV show where 155-pounders are competing and guys doing blow before their matches... recreation is great and all, but god damn these guys know they have a fight coming up and that the commission tests for drugs or that they MUST make weight for a fight... like Ric James said, "that cocaine is a helluva drug!"

-- In a CBS Sportsline interview with Brock Lesnar, when asked how Kurt Angle would do in MMA, he replies: I think Kurt would do rather well in the 205 category, but I think father time has caught up to him rather quickly because of the demand of professional wrestling and what he gave to professional wrestling, and what he gave his body to. I think that he might have a couple of fights in him but ... poor guy, he's given his life and his heart, mind, and soul to be a professional wrestler and he's hurt himself.
Lesnar's spent the last 10 months training and between 265-270lbs., he's trained with Pat Miletich and currently trains at Minnesota Mixed Martial Arts Academy. As far as training with Royce Gracie Lesnar says their schedules are unable to accomodate time to train together but maybe after the K-1 6/2 event at the L.A Coliseum they'll get to train. Lesnar confirms that his K-1 contract is for one fight only and says that Vince McMahon attempted to arrange Lesnar and Kurt Angle to have individual fights with Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson but the boxers nixed that idea.

-- Dana White loves Canada~! "Canada's been a phenomenal breakthrough market for us, the sleeper market," White told The Canadian Press in an interview. "When we were looking at this thing, when we first purchased it, we had no idea that Canada would become so huge."

-- Matt Serra talks about his recent win against Georges St. Pierre and has some words about Matt Hughes in this video interview.

-- Serra on rise in UFC after stunning St. Pierre

-- Here's an article on Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou; Prior to Sokoudjou's recent victories in Pride over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona he fought just three times for the Total Combat promotion in San Diego and Sportfight in Portland, OR. Sokoudjou arrived in the States six years ago to train for Olympic judo competition when he met Pride Middleweight and Welterweight Champion Dan Henderson as he was training to fight judo practitioner Kazuhiro Nakamura. From there Sokoudjou got into MMA but admits the transition wasn't so smooth: "I thought it would be easy, but it was really hard for me to kind of understand that judo and mixed martial arts are two different things," he said. "I thought, 'I know judo so I can go ahead and judo everybody." Sokoudjou has modest aspirations in this sport: "I would love to say I'm going to get a bunch of belts. Lots of people out there have a bunch of belts, but they suck," he added. "My goal is to put on a good show and make sure everyone who comes and watches me fight is always satisfied."

-- From the IFL: The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI), the world’s first team-based professional mixed martial arts league, and USA Wrestling, the National Governing Body for wrestling in the United States, today announced a strategic partnership between the two organizations aimed at increasing the awareness level and creating unique grassroots programs and branding opportunities for both groups. “This is a great day for the IFL and for the sports of Mixed Martial Arts and wrestling,” said IFL Commissioner and Co-Founder Kurt Otto.“This partnership will give us the platform to reach a very passionate demo with one of the most respected National Governing Bodies. This cooperative program will help us further our mission to expose these great IFL athletes to a larger audience and show how they can use their wrestling skills as part of MMA.”

-- Dragons Cage at the Williamson County Pavilion in Marion, IL on Saturday 4/14. For more info long onto www.dragonscage.com or call (618) 699-4374.

-- There's an MMA show at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi on Saturday. Go to www.fightforce.org or www.bomberpromotions.com for more info.

-- Mixed martial arts notebook: Lindland ready for the fight of his life

-- Average Joes go head to head

-- Ex-Delawarean mixes hip-hop style with mean right cross

-- Local man using martial arts, religion to reach out to TYC youths

-- When in Rome...do as the Romans do
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MUSIC NEWS: Tons and tons and tons of news and notes for 4/12/07

By Art Shimko
shimko_7@hotmail.com

-- U.S. District Judge Paul A. Magnuson ruled last week that Collier County deputies didn't use excessive force in subduing Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson (Alex Zivojinovich) and his son Justin at a New Year's Eve 2003 party at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, FL. Justin had been escorted by deputies from the hotel after he'd attempted to climb onto the platform where the house band performed. Alex followed the deputies and his son and fight between them and the deputies ensued with Alex and Justin being restrained with Tasers and Alex getting a broken nose. Lifeson's lawyer says the case will be appealed.

-- A video interview with Nick Raskulinecz who produced Rush's upcoming Snakes & Arrows album.

-- Germs drummer Don Bolles was arrested last week when Newport Beach police found GHB in a bottle of peppermint Dr. Bronner's soap in Bolles' car. Bolles was charged with felony drug possession and was in jail for three days before getting released on Easter Sunday. A hearing is scheduled on Friday at the Harbor Justice Center [4601 Jamboree Road] in Newport Beach, CA at 8:30AM.

-- Snoop Dogg (Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr.) plead no-contest to gun possession by a felon and sale or transportation of marijuana in Pasadena, CA on Thursday. Snoop agreed to a ruling of five years' probation and 800 hours of community service.

-- The Sounds of The Underground tour starts on 7/6 in Dallas and the bands announced include GWAR, Chimaira, Every Time I Die and Job For A Cowboy. Ticket info: PRESALE starting April 25th and EVERYWHERE May 11.

-- Apple Corps and EMI Records are suing a cleaning company called Crystal Services PLC when one of their cleaners threw out several photos and negatives of The Beatles including transparencies of Beatles photos taken in 1963 and used for their first album Please Please Me and a compilation album in 1973. The value of these photos and transparencies is said to be $1.4 million. "The cleaner removed the photographic material and disposed of it by placing it for compaction in a waste compactor and collection by refuse collectors," the lawsuit says. "The compacted waste was removed by refuse collectors, and despite EMI's best efforts, the photographic material was irretrievably lost."

-- So why is Guns N' Roses postponing their world tour? "I feel so bad right now," explains bassist Tommy Stinson. "I accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. I put my hand down to break my fall and heard a loud 'pop.' The next morning my hand looked like a balloon. I went to see my doctor, and while the good news is that it's not broken, the bad is news is it's severely sprained and I may have done some ligament damage. We had our last rehearsal a few days ago and shipped the gear to Japan and then this happened. I feel horrible. "I'd like to apologize to our Japanese fans that were looking forward to seeing us and know that we will we see you all soon. Again, we'd like to sincerely thank our fans worldwide for their patience and support."

-- Ronald Leon Rakow, former Grateful Dead manager was sentenced to five years in federal prison for tax evasion. Rakow, 69, owes $2.2 million to the I.R.S., his sentence begins in June. Rakow asked for a lighter sentence but U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Morrow rejected the request saying Rakow chose to break the law to accomodate his "comfortable lifestyle".

-- James Brown made the top of BET's Top 25 Dancers special that aired this week, others on the list were: 2) Michael Jackson; 3) Nicholas Brothers; 4) Chris Brown; 5) Janet Jackson; 6) Prince; 7) MC Hammer; 8) Savion Glover; 9) Beyonce; 10) The Temptations; 11) Usher; 12) Alvin Ailey; 13) Jennifer Lopez; 14) Bobby Brown; 15) Omarion; 16) Shakira; 17) Cab Calloway; 18) Aaliyah; 19) Tina Turner; 20) Missy Elliot; 21) Gregory Hines; 22) Rosie Perez; 23) Big Daddy Kane; 24) Puffy; 25) Ciara

-- Johnny Cash's Hendersonville, TN lakeside home was destroyed in a fire on Tuesday. Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in the house from the '60s up until their deaths in 2003 and hosted everyone there from Billy Graham to Bob Dylan. Cash also wrote a lot music in the house and parts of his Hurt video there. Roy Orbison was a neighbor at one point and aspiring songwriter Kris Kristofferson once landed a helicopter on Cash's property to pitch him a song. Barry Gibb bought the 13,880-square-foot home last January for $2.3 million which was built by Nashville builder Braxton Dixon in 1967.

-- Velvet Revolver's Libertad album won't be released until late June, it had been reported the album would be out on 6/5 but that date was never confirmed. The group is currently on tour in South America and begins a U.S. tour on 5/14 at House of Blues in L.A.

-- Line-ups for the Live Earth concerts taking place on 7/7 in both the U.S. and the UK:
UK Line-up (Wembley Stadium, London; tickets on sale Friday 4/13 at LiveEarth.MSN.com)
BEASTIE BOYS; BLACK EYED PEAS; BLOC PARTY; CORINNE BAILEY RAE; DAMIEN RICE; DAVID GRAY; DURAN DURAN; FOO FIGHTERS; GENESIS; JAMES BLUNT; JOHN LEGEND; KEANE; MADONNA; PAOLO NUTINI; RAZORLIGHT; RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS; SNOW PATROL

US Line-up (Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ; tickets on sale Monday 4/16 at livenation.com/liveearth or by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171)
AFI; AKON; ALICIA KEYS; BON JOVI; DAVE MATTHEWS BAND; FALL OUT BOY; JOHN MAYER; KANYE WEST; KELLY CLARKSON; KT TUNSTALL; LUDACRIS; MELISSA ETHERIDGE; RIHANNA; ROGER WATERS; SHERYL CROW; SMASHING PUMPKINS; THE POLICE

-- Apple announced that the 100 millionth iPod was sold this week. I think they still make computers too.

-- Paul Stanley will be showcasing his artwork at the Wentworth Galleries in Maryland and Virginia. On Friday 6/22 at 6-9PM Stanley will appear at:
Wentworth Gallery -- White Flint
11301 Rockville Pike; North Bethesda, MD 20895
RSVP: 301.816.7974

Saturday 6/23 from 6-9PM at:
Wentworth Gallery -- Tysons Galleria
1731 M International Drive; McLean, VA 22102
RSVP: 703.883.0111

-- Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing album is in stores on Tuesday 4/17.

-- Live Nation will in charge of managing and booking the Hollywood Palladium in L.A. They will also be renovating the 4,000-capacity legendary venue for a September 2008 opening.

-- String Cheese Incident announced dates for their final tour this summer as guitarist Billy Nershi will be leaving the band. Dates are:
6/15 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN
7/12-7/14 Beacon Theatre New York, NY
7/21-7/22 Greek Theatre Berkeley, CA with Sound Tribe Sector 9 (7/21) and with Railroad Earth (7/22)
7/27-7/29 Venue TBA Oregon
8/3-8/5 Camp Zoe Salem, MO Big Summer Classic
8/10-8/12 Red Rocks Morrison, CO

-- Jazz torch singer Diana Krall will be playing four nights (6/14-6/17) at the Hilton Theater in Las Vegas featuring the The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.

-- Beatles Settle Royalty Dispute With EMI

-- "Idol" Finalist Sex Tape -- "Nastiest I've Ever Seen"

-- 2 N.Y. bench warrants for rapper DMX

-- Fan seeks pardon for deceased Doors frontman Jim Morrison

-- Spector Defense: Clarkson Was Despondent
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