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March 29, 2008
The WWE Magazine, which was redesigned last year, earned the company over $5 million in profits in 2007 and sells an average
of 231,352 issues per month.
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February 12, 2008
Chris Benoit strangled his wife, Nancy,
and their son, Daniel, to death before killing
himself.
The deaths happened the weekend of June 23, 2007,
inside the Benoitsí Fayetteville home.
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February 10, 2008
WWE is going to be leaving the CW
network as of the end of the 07-08 season.
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FCW is owned and operated by Steve Keirn, a former
professional wrestler and producer for WWE. WWE
trainer Tom Prichard oversees all talent training at
the facility.
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JOHN CENA
Debut album, You Can't See Me, was recorded with his cousin Tha Trademarc. It features, amongst other songs, his entrance
theme
"The Time is Now" and the single "Bad, Bad Man," for which a music video was made that parodied 1980s
culture, including the television show The A-Team. A second video was later made for the second single, "Right Now,"
and premièred on the August 8 edition of Raw. Cena and Tha Trademarc were later featured on a track by The Perceptionists
named "Champion Scratch."
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Sir Oliver Humperdink had such a unique look that Bobby Heenan once quipped that he "looked like he fell out of a deck
of cards."
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In the U.S. presidential 2008 campaign ,WWE star Kane, at one time characterized as a monster, is backing congressman
Ron Paul as the Republican candidate.
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WWE RAW on Christmas Eve (2007) earned a 2.5 cable rating.
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In its first week of rentals, The Condemned ...staring Steve Austin....was second with $4.15 million. This is over half of
what the movie made when it first came out
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2007
WWE is working on a biography on the life of Andre the Giant.
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A belt that cannot be defended in 30 days is pulled off the champ's waist.
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Chris Benoit, 40, strangled his wife with a cord, used a choke hold to strangle his seven-year-old son, placed Bibles next
to the bodies and hanged himself on a piece of exercise equipment the weekend of June 22, 2007
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Smackdown has been part of UPN since its debut in 1999. At the time, Smackdown was a second two-hour broadcast by the then-WWF,
but has since become its own brand with its own wrestlers under World Wrestling Entertainment.
Initially broadcast on Thursday nights, Smackdown moved to its current Friday timeslot in 2005. Over the last few weeks,
Smackdown has drawn record numbers for Friday night broadcasts on UPN. Smackdown can also be seen in Canada on Thursday nights
on The Score.
September 2006 now on the CW channel
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EUGENE is not "special" or Eric Bischoff's cousin in real life
his real name is Nick Dinsmore
He is from Jefferson, Indiana and was an outstanding football player and wrestler in high school.
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are married
Triple H will be 38 years old on July 27, 2007
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Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero are Uncle and Nephew
Sable is separted from Marc Mero
Tazz and Chris Chetti are Cousins
THE ROCK: who loves Dunk'in Donuts...was approached by the company who wanted to name a doughnut after him..he was thrilled
at first...but, then said no...he did not want some cream filled doughnut call by his name.
Shawn Michaels is taking time off . His wife is having a baby. He will return in August 2004
LANCE STORM has walked away from his life as a WWE Superstar to become a trainer to the next generation of Superstars.
BILL GOLDBERG: is a big Hockey fan
ROB VAN DAM: The love of comics is one that is built in childhood. Van Dam echoes this sentiment as he fondly recalls purchasing
Ghostrider #27 when he was seven years old.
KANE's favorite movies: The Man in the Iron Mask, Silence of the Lambs
John Bradshaw Layfield has been fired from his gig at CNBC for his Nazi-type moves in Germany (June 2004)
TNA-NWA promoter Jerry Jarrett underwent triple by-pass heart surgery in May 2004
The WWE announced it will be offering the Great American Bash PPV for free to domestic military bases, hoping that they
will host on-base events for troops to watch the PPV.
Ric Flair once considered running for govenor of North Carolina
Eric Bischoff has the ultimate dream job -- he acts like a jerk and gets paid for it. The World Wrestling Entertainment star
was over heard admitting.
Jacqueline, a legitimate martial arts expert, has been lobbying to fight men for a long time but has been mostly relegated
to refereeing duties on Sunday Night Heat.
At Starrcade '96 Guerrero won his first title in WCW, defeating Dallas Page to win the vacant U.S. Heavyweight title. Eddie
would lose it three months later to Malenko but rebounded by upending Chris Jericho at SuperBrawl to capture his first of
three Cruiserweight titles.
RAW senior referee Earl Hebner had surgery on his left shoulder two weeks ago and has been told he will need four months
of rehabilitation.
The veteran official had been having problems with the shoulder since last November at Survivor Series, when Triple H
inadvertently dropped an elbow on him during the main event.
BROCK LESNAR: hit a minivan with his motorcycle, but hopes to quickly shake that off and tryout with a National Football
League team this year (2004)
LANCE STORM: April 19, 2004 gave Lance Storm a standing ovation for his match against Steven Richards, taped for the Heat
broadcast that aired on April 25. What the crowd didn't know was they were witnessing Storm's final match. He will now
work behind the scenes for WWE
Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bill Goldberg are out of the WWE, perhaps heading for some appearances in Japan
JEFF HARDY: There is always talk about his return to Raw
WWE's tv program CONFIDENTIAL went off the air after 101 shows on Saturday April 24, 2004
JIM ROSS: "Japanese wrestling is sucking pond water". The WWE has a Smackdown! tour scheduled for Japan in July.
Ross remains hopeful Jeff Hardy can be resigned.source: SlamSports
Brock Lesnar, 26, won an NCAA heavyweight wrestling championship at the University of Minnesota before joining the World Wrestling
Entertainment ring.
He's expected to have a workout for scouts representing several NFL teams in mid-May.
HHH said that the only thing Brock Lesnar did wrong was that he didn't give back to the wrestlers that pushed him up before
he left the WWE.
EDDIE GUERRERO: In 1994, promoters in Japan saddled him with the Black Tiger gimmick, a foreign heel Tiger Mask-style character.
The funeral for Road Warrior Hawk was on October 28th at 2 p.m. at Seminole United Methodist Church, 5400 Seminole Boulevard,
in Seminole, Florida. The service was open to the public. Another service followed in Minnesota.
OWEN HART: The memory of Owen Hart will live on, not just in the minds of wrestling fans, but in the hearts' of sick
kids at the Alberta Children's Hospital.
Martha Hart, wife of the dead pro wrestler, has established a memorial fund to help the families of sick children cope
with financial problems related to hospital stays.
A-TRAIN: is a new action figure
TRIPLE H : says he plays the heavy of a group of vampires in the new BLADE 3 movie that's trying to ensure they become the
dominant species on the planet and they're out to kill Blade. Says he wears steel fangs instead of real ones to give the image
he, like Blade, is half human and everytime Blade and his crew escape, HHH comes out of nowhere.
His character's name is Jarko Grimwood.
X-PAC: real name Sean Waltman.... is featured in a new book called "The Encyclopedia of Professional Wrestling 2nd Edition"
which features Stone Cold, The Rock and Triple H on the cover. There is photos of Sean from his wrestling days as 1-2-3 Kid
and photos of him from his DX days as X-Pac.
TRIPLE H was on Regis and Kelly show March 10, 2004 ..Stephanie (his real life wife) made an appearance also.
WRESTLEMANIA HALL OF FAME entries will be on March 13
The ROCK'S new movie WALKING TALL starts April 2, 2004
X-PAC and CHYNA are back together again
Randy Orton has cancelled appearances due to a virus
SMACKDOWN: will be taping in Toronto at the Air Canada Center on June 1st
HHH has a book coming out in MAY 2004
CHRIS JERICHO IS DOING A Y2J STINGER TV AD
TRIPLE H: The most he has ever weighed is 270....he usually stays at around 260
TRISH STRATUS: recently participated in a photo shoot for the cover of a forthcoming edition of Oxygen Magazine.
JAMIE NOBLE: found out rather quickly, that wrestling Nidia blindfolded was not the easiest thing to do.
The hood not only left him disoriented and struggling to breathe, it also left him open to Nidia's shenanigans. Midway
through their match at NO WAY OUT 2004 , Nidia decided to have some fun at Noble's expense and pulled his pants down from
behind...but, Noble was saved on having an embarrassing moment....he was wearing boxers.
KANE : born in Madrid, Spain before moving to the United States at the age of three.
GOLDBERG appeared on MTV's Punk'd on February 1, 2004
RANDY ORTON: his favorite cologne is OBSESSION...He also loves Chinese food
At Goldenlands Tattoos Shop in St. Louis, MO...is where Randy Orton has all of his tattoos done.
HARDCORE HOLLY is a licensed NASCAR driver.
June 2005
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