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Apparently Ron Simmons retired this weekend

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Over at the Observer site, there's a report up from renowned Georgia indy writer Larry Goodman about Ron Simmons' (one of the few black men to be a world heavyweight champion in wrestling history) retirement show this past weekend promoted by Purks International Championship Wrestling.  It was the 4th consecutive monthly show at the Purks Building in Cedartown, GA to draw an impressive and lively crowd in the range of 1,000 people.  In the main event, Simmons teamed with David Young and Air Paris (accompanied by Christy Hemme) to face Bobby Hayes, Terry Lawler & Alexander the Great (with Jackie Rosedale).  Simmons' team lost when Young turned on Paris.  After the show, Simmons said that he would continue to do appearances and even some minor physical interaction, but no more matches.

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Wrestling's biggest Super Bowl related moment: Halftime Heat

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With the WWF's mainstream popularity peaking and their new Sunday evening show (Sunday Night Heat) taking off, it seemed only natural to run a special match during the halftime of Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999.  The Rock was WWF Champion and had traded the title with Mankind.  The Rock regained the title at The Royal Rumble in a "I quit" match by having a tape of Mankind screaming the words played over the PA system, so a rematch was in order.  The stipulation?  A falls count anywhere empty arena match.  While the original empty arena match between Jerry Lawler and Terry Funk was a violent, bloody affair, the 1999 version was oddly comedic, with fans split in their opinions on whether or not it was any good.  Most agreed that the finish, which invoked a magical camera, was terrible.  Judge for yourself, as video of the match is after the jump in two parts.

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Quick UFC 109 results: Randy Couture chokes out Mark Coleman

01. Joey Beltran TKO Rolles Gracie (R2)
02. Chris Tuchscherer defeated Tim Hague by unanimous decision
03. Phil Davis defeated Brian Stann by unanimous decision
04. Rob Emerson defeated Phillipe Nover by unanimous decision
05. Melvin Guillard defeated Ronny Torres by unanimous decision
06. Mac Danzig defeated Justin Buchholz by unanimous decision
07. Matt Serra KO Frank Trigg (R1)
08. Demian Maia defeated Dan Miller by unanimous decision
09. Paulo Thiago choked out Mike Swick (R2)
10. Chael Sonnen defeated Nate Marquardt by unanimous decision to win a shot at the UFC Middleweight Title
11. Randy Couture choked out Mark Coleman (R2)

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Jeff Hardy posted this new piece of "art." Is this a misguided attempt of saying he's NOT a drug user?

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With ROH suing Ric Flair, what's next?

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A few days ago, ROH filed a lawsuit against Ric Flair because he never paid back his advance "deposit" money for dates that he cancelled.  The word is that they decided to sue because Flair signed with TNA and there seemed to be no hope of resolving it otherwise.


So where does that leave Highspots?  They may or may not have been received worse treatment.  It's believed that he owes them $75,000 because he never paid back a loan from them, but he claims that they had an agreement where he'd do free appearances to make up for it, which he says he more than made up for the loan with.  Highspots had planned on selling Flair's old NWA World Heavyweight Title belt, which he put up as collateral) and even had a buyer lined up, but then another creditor (a local plumbing and heating valve company) stepped in and revealed that the belt was used to get a loan from them first.  They had the paperwork to back it up, and Highspots didn't do the research that would've revealed this in the first place.  With the money not coming back from anyone unless Flair pays back the original loan (releasing the belt to Highspots) and Flair working for a major company again, it seems likely that he'll be served with another suit in the near future.

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ECW is dead, enter WWE NXT (Also Tommy Dreamer is annoying)

Vince McMahon announced tonight on ECW that the show will be dead in 3 weeks, to replaced by some big new concept, believed to be a show called WWE NXT (Next generation...but edgier!), as they've registered a trademark for it.  No idea yet if the belt will be retired or renamed.  On Twitter, Tommy Dreamer noted that this was part of why he left WWE, which means he may in fact be the biggest mark in the wrestling business since the original promotion has been dead for 9 years.  I don't think he was pissed off when the Savoldis stopped using the ICW name, was he?

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Jack Brisco passes away

Former NCAA amateur champion and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jack Brisco passed away yesterday at the age of 68 while recovering from open heart surgery.  Dave Meltzer does the quick bio thing a lot better than I ever could, so check it out.

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WWE Royal Rumble 2010 results: Edge wins the Rumble, Orton loses to Sheamus but turns

Q&D:

1. Christian defeated Ezekiel Jackson to retain the ECW Title

2. The Miz defeated MVP to retain the US Title

3. Sheamus defeated Randy Orton by DQ (Cody Rhodes interference) to retain the WWE Title (Orton attacked Rhodes and Ted DiBiase after the match, seemingly turning in the process)

4. The Undertaker defeated Rey Mysterio (with the Last Ride, no less) to retain the World Title

5. Edge (#29) won the Royal Rumble match by eliminating John Cena

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