“Candice Michelle had been undergoing therapy to heal her injured ankle, and according to her Twitter posts was under the impression she would return sometime this month. Reports had leaked several months ago that WWE wanted to use Candice to put over some younger divas while they could, and then release her due to her injury-prone reputation.” Link
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“Donald Trump has purchased World Wrestling Entertainment’s Monday Night RAW, and was quick to announce big and immediate plans for the popular franchise. Calling Monday Night RAW (which airs on USA Network) ‘one of the top cable franchises since its launch 17 years ago,’ Trump said in a statement, ‘I’m going to do things on the show that have never been done or seen before.’” Link
“Mitsuharu Misawa, regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time, died on Saturday night from an apparent heart attack after taking a back body drop during a tag team match in Hiroshima, Japan.” Link
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“The six-time WWE Champion will be inducted into the 2009 WWE Hall of Fame on April 4 in his home state of Texas at Houston’s Toyota Center, the night before WrestleMania XXV. ‘Stone Cold’ is the first Superstar announced for this year’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in what promises to be one ‘Hell Yeah’ of an evening.” [Link]
“TNA stated on the Genesis PPV that Kevin Nash had been admitted to the hospital for a staph infection from a match in Japan last week.” [Link]
“During WWE’s first year of steroid testing under the new Wellness Policy, which began in March 2006, 40 percent of the company’s wrestlers tested positive for steroid use ‘even after being warned in advance that they were going to be tested.’” [Link]
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“New WWE Divas Champion Maryse suffered a dislocated knee cap injury at the Smackdown brand house show in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was taken backstage on a stretcher during the ordeal. Fortunately for Maryse, her injury is not nearly as severe as initially believed, so she won’t be forfeiting her newly won Divas Championship.” [Link]
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"Trish Stratus made a surprise appearance on Monday’s WWE Raw as John Cena’s mystery tag partner. Stratus and Cena defeated the team of Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix in a mixed tag match in the main event of Raw, which was held in Trish’s hometown of Toronto." [Link]
“Charlie Haas and his wife, former WWE and TNA performer Jackie Gayda Haas are the new proud parents of a new baby girl. Taylor Suzanne Haas, weighing 7lbs 1oz was born yesterday afternoon. Both mother and child are doing well.” [Link]
“‘Hardy wasn’t in handcuffs, but he was clearly being ‘escorted’, said an eyewitness who asked not to be identified. ‘They weren’t touching him though, but they had him flanked. He was wearing the same clothes he left the building in Tuesday night. Once they got him off the plane they allowed him to use his phone, before leading him away.’ ” [Link]
“According to ABC News, Ric Flair’s daughter, Ashley Fliehr was charged with assault on a law enforcement and officer and resisting arrest in Chapel Hill, N.C. on September 5, 2008. Ric Flair, his daughter, and an unidentified 22-year-old man were in a fight at a parking lot of an apartment complex. Ric was bloodied and bruised, but did not file charges. His daughter was arrested for kicking an officer. The Chapel Hill police officer used a taser gun on Ashley.” [Link]
