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source: PWInsider.com — In an update on today’s WWE staff layoff story, the company fired a number of office employees as well as television production people this morning. WWE is expected to layoff people working on the company website this afternoon. Online advertising revenue has been way down in recent months due to the state…

— Trish Stratus posted a blog on the WWE Universe talking about Victoria’s retirement from the ring, saying it’s the end of an era for women’s wrestling. Victoria was part of a movement that started at the turn of the century for people to take women’s wrestling more seriously. “Her departure was the last of…

— According to a post on the L.A. gossip blog Defamer.com, Mickey Rourke is having second thoughts about appearing at Wrestlemania. Rourke’s publicist issued the following statement to the gossip blog this afternoon: “Mickey was very honored to be asked as he has the greatest respect for WWE however he will not be participating in…

— Earlier this morning, WWE.com posted a statement regarding Chris Jericho’s incident over the weekend, but pulled it from the front page a few hours later. However, the statement itself hasn’t been deleted as it’s still on the website. {Chris Jericho assaulted} — Here is the updated card for the WWE house show in Cornwall,…

World Wrestling Entertainment issued the following press release today: Jim Connelly, Former NFL Executive, Joins WWE® STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. has named Jim Connelly as Senior Vice President, Consumer Products. Connelly will oversee WWE’s Global Licensing, Home Entertainment, Book and Magazine publishing. He will report directly to Donna Goldsmith, Chief Operating Officer. Connelly…

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…