Month: January 2021

Depuis 61 ans, lorsque son mari a été arrêté par les parachutistes dans Alger alors en pleine guerre, Josette Audin s’est battue. Pour la vérité, d’abord, puis pour une reconnaissance des responsabilités militaires et politiques. À défaut de pouvoir reconstituer les circonstances de la mort de Maurice Audin, d’en identifier les coupables, de les traduire…

RAW this week starts with Lilian announcing Flair! ‘Wooooooo’ and out comes Flair to the ring. There’s tons of Flair signs in the crowd. He sais he’s missed everyone. This time last year he was fighting for his career. WM came, he faced HBK, and he couldn’t have lost to a man he has more…

— According to data compiled by Neilson Media Research, the February 16th edition of WWE RAW did a 4.1 cable rating and averaged nearly 6 million viewers for the two hour broadcast. The hourly numbers were 3.86 and 4.35. The last time RAW drew a 4.1 was December 10, 2007, which is great news for…

source: PWInsider.com As reported earlier, TNA wrestler Booker T has plans to run a huge wrestling convention on Friday, April 3rd in his hometown of Houston, Texas. The event will be held nearby festivities for Wrestlemania XXV. Since word of the convention came out, WWE has contacted a number of talents scheduled for the TNA…

— WWE has released the first batch of financial data for the first quater of 2009 and one of the most telling items is the early buyrate for the 2009 Royal Rumble. While last year’s Royal Rumble did approximately 575,000 buys, this year’s show was down almost 23% with 445,000 buys. Even more alarming is…

sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWInsider.com — During Batista’s recent media blitz of the Philippines, he was asked how much longer he planned on wrestling. Batista said he felt he had one year left and wanted to finish it out strong. — A number of WWE developmental performers in Florida Championship Wrestling have undergone ring name…

During an interview last week with WFAN Radio, John Cena reveals that his recent anti-steroid comments have landed him in hot water with members WWE management as well as his fellow superstars. Cena got a lot of attention recently when the New York Daily News quoted Cena saying: “[Steroids] are the personal choice of the…

sources: Wrestling Observer Newsletter, PWInsider.com — Lisa Marie Varon was seen talking to TNA president Dixie Carter at the UFC show in Nashville last week. There has been interest in bringing in the former Victoria since her departure from WWE this past January, however, the key would be when her contract expires and the type…

Bobby Lashley, who made his debut for TNA Wrestling on Sunday night, has posted an announcement on his Twitter page (Twitter.com/fightbobby) that Bob Sapp will be his next Mixed Martial Arts opponent. Sapp is a former NFL lineman and K1 kickboxing star with a 10-3-1 MMA record. According to MMAJunkie.com, the fight will take place…

Thanks to Devin Cutting for the following recap: The 2009 WWE Annual Shareholders Meeting was held this morning (May 1st). Here are some of the newsworthy items from the meeting: * Kevin Dunn missed the meeting due to an illness & may have been hospitalized. * Vince McMahon said that he is not interested in…