Pro Wrestling & Mixed Martial Arts news links - Early weekend edition

-- News and media article links from Friday...

-- St. Petersburg Times: Scott Charles "Bam Bam" Bigelow was "a big teddy bear" to his friends, family.

-- MLB.com: Pierzynski-Eckstein feud set for blowout

-- The Grand Rapids Press: Band gets big break with WWE

-- WAGT-TV NBC Augusta: Is Professional Wrestling Real?

-- WWE.com: Helms interviews Mosley

-- Los Angeles Downtown News: Lucha VaVoom Brings Burlesque and Wrestling Back to the Mayan

-- ROH's site: Bruno Sammartino To Detroit

-- Newsday: Eighth-grader allegedly sodomized after wrestling practice

-- NBCSports.com: Business Nation reports on UFC
Courtesy of CNBC

-- Canadian Press: Hioki wins unpopular decision over London's Hominick at TKO28

-- Los Angeles Times: It's showtime for Frank Shamrock

-- CBS SportsLine.com: Five Ounces of Pain: Interview with Frank Shamrock

-- Baltimore Sun: One-on-one with EliteXC President Gary Shaw

-- Canadian Press: Canadian David Loiseau front and centre on new Elite XC MMA circuit

-- The Commercial Appeal: Brazilian fighter right at home

-- Associated Press: Mich. Looks Closer at Ultimate Fighting

-- The Wave Magazine: The Ultimate 30-Minute Workout By Cung Le

-- The Bulletin: Mixed martial arts is taking the sports world by storm - both in Central Oregon and across the country

-- Columbia Basin Herald: Fight veteran brings his talents to Moses Lake

Pro Wrestling media and articles 1/24/07

-- Pro wrestling-related news and media links from the last few days:

-- Four more articles regarding Bam Bam Bigelow's death last week appeared today from The Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times, NBC 10 in Philadelphia and NBC 4 in New York.

-- World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Announces Date for Year-End Earnings Release and Conference Call (Press Release)

-- Before the Bell Dings (Metro Pulse)

-- Wrestler's son spells doom for offenses (Miami Herald)

-- Vocal Estrada applying old-school managerial moxie to modern WWE (Canadian Press)

-- Wrestling in top spot in cable Nielsens (Yahoo)

-- Colt Cabana a Matt Classic (SLAM! Wrestling)

-- Wrestling: more than just a fan, participant (The Daily Vidette)

-- Fake ‘rasslin’ no match for real wrestling these days (The State)

-- Mele Mel Pursues WWE Career, Expanding Businesses (AllHipHop.com)

-- ‘Mean Gene’ to appeal nickname ruling (Rapid City Journal)

-- Former WWE Superstar Bill Goldberg To Guest Star on 'Law & Order: SVU' (Starpulse.com)

-- WWE wrestler visits Paul Breaux Middle (The Daily Advertiser)

-- Wrestling returns to Plainfield Friday (Norwich Bulletin)

-- 1PW "Resurrection" current line up (1StopWrestling.co.uk)

Funking Conservatory Press Release - Dory Funk Jr. to face Scott D'Amore on !BANG! TV

Funking Conservatory Press Release - Dory Funk Jr. to face Scott D'Amore on !BANG! TV

2 !BANG! TV Tapings are coming to the Funking Conservatory

Support the Troops 11, Cold War I Sunday January 28th.

On January 28th, Dory Funk Jr. will be wrestling his insolent protégé from the Funking Conservatory, Blain Rage.

Johnny Magnum will defend his world title against Chris "Pretty-Boy" Bowers of the United Kingdom. Also on January 28th, in a Women's Championship Match, The Claw will defend her title against Miss Vicki.

Support the Troops 12, Cold War II
Sunday February 25th.

Dory Funk Jr., former NWA World Champion will face TNA's Champion maker, Scott D'Amore, on !BANG! TV February 25th.

Gail Kim, TNA KnockOut and Scott D'Amore, writer and booker for TNA will be at the Funking Conservatory on Sunday February 25th for the !BANG! TV Taping.

Funking Conservatory World Champion Johnny Magnum will be appearing on both wrestling cards along with Blain Rage, The Claw and Dory Funk Jr.

If you would like to be a part of the Funking Conservatory Team and If you would like to be a part of Support the Troops 11 and 12, Cold War I and II, Call now - 352-895-4658 or visit our website at www.dory-funk.com for more information.

The "Meanest Catfight Ever," is now up on !BANG! TV.

Nevada State Athletic Commission releases UFC fighters' pay for Las Vegas card (Canadian Press)

Wed Jan 3, 7:44 PM
By Neil Davidson

(CP) - Chuck (The Iceman) Liddell and Tito Ortiz received a combined US$460,000 in purse money for their UFC 66 mixed martial arts title bout in Las Vegas on the weekend, according to figures provided by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Liddell, the light-heavyweight champion, received $250,000 for his third-round TKO while Ortiz earned $210,000. Both fighters are expected to make considerably more from the show, through bonuses and a slice of the lucrative pay-per-view revenue.

The UFC does not detail fighter pay but president Dana White said before Saturday's show that Liddell and Ortiz were due record MMA paydays. The Las Vegas Review-Journal pegged Liddell's paycheque as more than $1 million. Click here for rest of article

Source: Canadian Press

UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre sidelined by knee injury (Canadian Press)

Neil Davidson, Canadian Press
Published: Tuesday, January 02, 2007

LAS VEGAS (CP) - UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre has been forced to withdraw from a scheduled title defence next month because of a knee injury.
The UFC says the 25-year-old mixed martial arts fighter from Montreal was hurt training for his 170-pound bout against Matt (The Terror) Serra. The two were to have met Feb. 3 in Las Vegas at UFC 67: All or Nothing.
It was to have been St. Pierre's first title defence since winning the belt from Matt Hughes in Sacramento on Nov. 18.
It marks the second time in recent months that an injury has forced the Canadian to drop out of a fight. St. Pierre was originally supposed to meet Hughes in September, only to be sidelined by a groin problem. (Click here for rest of article)

Source: Canadian Press