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WWE to hard sell Triple H's concussion angle

The Triple H concussion angle started on the May 20th episode of Raw is scheduled to be a long term storyline where his wife, father-in-law and perhaps even his kids plead for him to retire due to all the damage his brain has already taken.

TNA's cost cutting hits their talent's pay again

TNA's locker room is up in arms over the company's decision to pay them for only one appearance at dual TV tapings where they may wrestle twice, which will lead to an effective pay cut for most of the roster, who are mainly on per-show deals.

All Japan Pro Wrestling sold to Speed Partners

The shakeup of the Japanese wrestling industry, started a year ago when Bushiroad purchased New Japan Pro Wrestling and helped transform the flagging promotion, has continued with their historic rival AJPW being taken over by a big corporation.

Zeb Colter: WWE stealing gimmicks from the indies?

The racist redneck is a tried and true wrestling storyline, but the timing of Zeb Colter's debut as Jack Swagger's new manager suggests the act was carbon copied from the ABC Nightline appearance of Lucha Libre USA's anti-immigration heel RJ Brewer.

WWE App voting debacle caused chaos on Raw

Maybe WWE's love affair for their app will have died down after the Feb. 4th Monday Night Raw, when the overwhelming demand to vote in a poll crashed their system and the wrong person won, causing them to change the script for the show on the fly.

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News from the latest WWE tryout camp

In order to weed out those who aren't tough enough for WWE , their latest tryout camp was another hellish affair with a pile of broken bodies left in its wake. Two of the survivors were ROH's Adam Cole and Mike Bennett, who both impressed officials.

Bruno Sammartino: How much will he get for HoF?

Apparently, Bruno Sammartino drove a very hard bargain in return for legitimising the WWE Hall of Fame with his presence this year - he's believed to be getting a main event level "WrestleMania" payoff.

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Cageside Quote: Dana White on Dixie Carter

Dana White thinks Dixie Carter is great! Clearly he's never watched TNA 'Impact Wrestling' then!

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Ric Flair still a free agent, TNA wants him back

Despite TNA withdrawing their contract tampering lawsuit against WWE, Ric Flair hasn't signed with WWE yet. Hilariously, after putting Flair through this ordeal, TNA bigwigs thought they could get him to jump back after being "humiliated" on WWE Raw.

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