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On this date in WWF history: Test and Stephanie McMahon (don't) get married on Monday Night RAW
And the McMahon-Helmsley era was born... On November 29, 1999, Test and Stephanie McMahon were to be joined in holy matrimony live on Monday Night Raw. Only one problem -- Steph was already hitched to Triple H in Vegas. "The Game" crashed the wedding to roll footage of him marrying an unconscious...
The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History: The list
Let me start by saying Netflix is one of the greatest services ever, even with all its problems with the recent changes they've been implementing, namely the absolute disaster of a plan that is Quikster. Nonetheless, the streaming service is great and will continue to be so as it adds more of a...
Video: Matt Hardy announces that he's going into WWE sponsored rehab
Matt Hardy has announced via his YouTube channel that he's taken the voluntary decision to go into WWE sponsored rehab after his own attempts to clean himself up from an addiction to pain medication, caused by a host of nagging injuries, failed when he substituted one drug for another. After the...
Video Rewind: The debut episode of WWE Smackdown on April 29, 1999
The WWE is apparently toying around with the idea of moving its secondary program, Smackdown, to a Tuesday night live format to avoid competition with UFC on Friday nights once it moves its Ultimate Fighter (TUF) series starting early next year. The program originally aired on Thursdays before...
The latest on Matt Hardy from Dave Meltzer
From Meltzer's Saturday news update: For whatever this is worth, I don't know if this is the general viewpoint, but a very large percentage of people in the industry right now believe Matt Hardy at this point is in complete work mode in attempting to get a release. Literally everyone I've...
Cageside Radio 12/20/09 - Debut show w/ Steve Lerner: Bret Hart signs w/ WWE, Benoit news, Sheamus, and more
Steve Lerner (S.L.L.) of Segunda Caida joins David Bixenspan of Cageside Seats for a new podcast dealing more with current news discussion than the existing Loser Leaves Town shows In the debut show, we talk about Bret Hart's signing with WWE for the road to Wrestlemania, the latest info that...
Chris Nowinski releases statement on head trauma and pro wrestling
To the professional wrestling community:I was saddened today, but not surprised, to learn that Andrew "Test" Martin was suffering from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative brain disease caused by repetitive trauma, when he passed away. I had the honor of wrestling...
Andrew "Test" Martin had brain damage similar to that of Chris Benoit
There's a big story on ESPN.com today about Andrew Martin and concussions in wrestling. The Sports Legacy Institute (which Christopher Nowinski is affiliated with) examined samples of Martin's brain and "excessive amounts" of tau proteins, which accumulate in the brains of those with head...
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