Deadspin’s A.J. Daulerio has info on a bizarre/sad story from the world of lucha libre, revolving around the deaths of two “mini” wrestlers who are (twin?) brothers, La Parkita and El Especrito. It involves thieving hookers, drugged drinks, and Perez Hilton. In that Hilton has the dirty details:
Reports are being released that the hookers belong [...]

Pro Wrestling Examiner Rick Rockwell read a Baltimore Sun interview with Torrie Wilson. He quotes her thoughts on the merits kissing Vince McMahon vs. having a snake on her face (she’ll take the snake). She also talks about why her Wrestlemania 25 Battle Royal appearance was a big disappointment for her:
I’m very mad at myself [...]

PW Torch’s James Caldwell has details on Sting’s appearance on TNA’s Spin Cycle web show (with video). In the clip, he talks about being involved in the Shockmaster’s infamous debut. He also provides a quote from the Icon about what he was thinking when Shocky tripped his way to infamy:
“Dusty wanted to make him this [...]

PWI’s Buck Woodward provides the full match line up for tonight’s show (all matches featuring champions are non-title):
CM Punk and Jeff Hardy vs. Edge and Chris Jericho
Rey Mysterio vs. Kane
Michelle McCool vs. Melina vs. Layla vs. Maria
Finlay vs. Ricky Ortiz
The Hart Dynasty vs. Cryme Tyme
R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler
All this, and Teddy Long!

Jericho shares his exasperation on Twitter:
I just woke up and I can barely walk. I’m getting too old for two matches a night…
Elsewhere on his Twitter page, Jericho puts over Rey Mysterio, calling him a “real life superhero” who’s a pleasure to work with. It’s nice to see that they don’t have to be “in [...]

PWI’s Mike Johnson passes along news that Ken Anderson will be making his first post-WWE appearance at WWC’s Anniversary show. No word on what he’ll be doing as of yet.

Katie Campling of the Huttersfield Daily Examiner has an interview with Amy “Lita” Dumas about her band the Luchagors. Dumas explained why she didn’t use her WWE connections when getting her band of the ground:
“We started this band before I retired and I could have used a lot of connections with the WWE to get [...]

The A.P. has a story about the possible auction of the Pontiac Silverdome, the stadium that hosted Wrestlemania III. The stadium has been for sale since 2002, when the Detroit Lions left it behind to play in Ford Field and costs the city of Detroit $1.5 Million to maintain, so you can see why it’s [...]

PWI’s Mike Johnson has two updates on ROH.
On the TV taping front, ROH has moved their August tapings at the former ECW Arena to August 15 and the 16th to accomodate HDNET. Tickets for the cancelled July tapings and the original August dates will be honored.
Johnson also offers a hodgepodge of info on ROH [...]

World Wrestling Insanity has posted highlights from Tully Blanchard’s interview with them at PWI.
In it, he talks about his WWF run with Arn Anderson as the Brain Busters, covering everything from the best and worst teams they faced during their stay, the WWF having to confiscate Four Horsemen signs, and dealing with NBC script [...]

Matt Hardy has been tweeting up a storm lately. Topics include seeing a doctor about his abdominal injury, the Hardy Show, being traded back to Smackdown (he’s happy about it), and his annoyance at a wrestling journalist who shall remain nameless because Matt doesn’t name him. Also, you can find out about all the places [...]

Dragon Gate USA announced today that former WWE star Ken Doane (Kenny Dykstra) will appear on their debut show. He’ll be taking on another WWE ex-pat, 2 Cold Scorpio.

PW Torch’s James Caldwell has an update on Superstar Billy Graham, who’s said to be “doing much better” after being hospitalized over the weekend. Graham was suffering from numbness in his legs related to his back problems. His hospital stay prevented him from appearing at an indie show promoted by John Cena Sr. in Boston [...]

Muscle Flex Inc. is considering legal action against WWE after a court ruled that some of WWE’s Raw trademarks were similar enough to Muscle Flex’s “In the Raw” trademark that they caused confusion among Canadians.
Well, that’s what I got out of it. If you want more detail than that, go ahead and wade through this [...]

Dragon Gate has announced, via faq on their website, that they will make their PPV debut on September 4th. The FAQ also lays out the following information:
DGUSA’s PPV taping plans- They plan on taping at at least their first two shows.
The difference in format between PPVs and DVDs- The DVDs will be “high octane” 2 [...]

Jim Ross’s latest blog entry touches on his usual grab bag of topics. One of the most interesting tidbits is this update on Shawn Michaels:
Communicated w/ HBK and he’s had the summer off that he needed. Was in great spirts & never mentioned “retirement.” I would love to see Shawn back at Summerslam but that [...]

WBBJ TV’s website has details on the story (and what appears to be Christopher’s mugshot). Christopher, the son of Jerry Lawler and a former WWE and TNA star, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. He didn’t help his cause by threatening the arresting officers.

PW Torch’s Shawn Valentino remembers Michael Jackson and even finds some parallels between the King of Pop and pro wrestling, specifically Vince McMahon’s brand of it:
Just look at the over-the-top production of the WWE and you can see the influence of Jackson’s stage shows. Check out the flashy and spectacle of the entrances of people [...]

PWI’s Mike Johnson offers a full rundown of the ruling, including a PDF of the complete judgment.
The short story is that the court refuted a previous judge’s ruling that photos were newsworthy, saying that “people are nude every day and the news media does not typically find the occurrence worth reporting.” The fact that [...]

Jim Ross thinks some people are taking the appearance he and Jerry Lawler are making at DGUSA’s Labor Day weekend show too seriously. That’s one of the many topics he covers in a recent blog entry.
For J.R.’s part, he says he just want to meet some fans and check out some new talent, since you [...]

WWE has announced the following matches/angles for tonight’s Smackdown:
Steel Cage Tag Match: Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy vs. Edge and Chris Jericho
Non Title Match: CM Punk vs. John Morrison
So, that by itself is enough to make me happy. Oh, and Mr. McMahon’s showing up to bitch about Donald Trump, too. The rest of the card [...]

Gregory Helms passed on news that Paul Burchill’s brother died in Afghanistan on his Twitter page, explaining why Burchill hasn’t been on TV in weeks. Our condolences go out to Burchill and his family.
The Fresno Bee’s Rick Bentley has an interview with John(ny) Morrison, where he talks about his journey from OVW to WWE:
“There [...]

Based on spoilers from this week’s TNA TV tapings, PWI’s Mike Johnson “would put money” on the Human Suplex/Pizza Machine making his TNA debut at July 15th’s Victory Road PPV.

The Boston Globe’s Danny Deza has a profile of some of the ladies of BLOWW (Boston League of Women Wrestlers). It sort of sounds like GLOW as booked by Paul Heyman.

PW Torch’s James Caldwell has braved WWE.com and Twitter to bring you info on tonight’s ECW. On tonight’s “go home” episode, you can expect:
Christian and Tommy Dreamer vs. Jack Swagger and Mark Henry
Evan Bourne vs. A Member of the Hart Dynasty To Be Named Later (According to Bourne’s Twitter)
Gregory Helms is also teasing the return [...]

PW Torch’s James Caldwell breaks down the numbers on last night’s Raw. It averaged 6.8 million viewers with a high of 7.3 million viewers in the second hour. So he’s pretty much guaranteed to be coming back next week. (Update: F4Wonline.com has reported that, according to Nielsen Media Research, Raw got a 4.5 cable rating.)
According [...]

PW Torch reader Fintan Monaghan provides a report on NOAH’s tribute to Mitsuharu Misawa, which took place last night in Tokyo. It was an emotional event, especially at the end, when fans chanted his name one last time while his entrance music played.

In addition to the torn abdominal muscle Matt Hardy suffered at last night’s TV tapings, PWI’s Mike Johnson is reporting that Nikki Bella is nursing a sore jaw. Apparently Hardy’s still waiting to find out whether he definitely needs surgery, so there’s no time table on how long he’ll be out. There’s also no word [...]

WWE is teasing that there may be more to come in the Donald Trump vs. Vince McMahon feud in an article on their website. PWI’s Dave Scherer’s sources confirmed to him that ideas are being batted around for continuing the storyline.

John Morrison talks about his character, influences, how awesome being on Smackdown is right now, the new Raw vs. Smackdown game, and more with ESPN’s video game blogger Jon Robinson. Morrison even relates a piece of advice he got from Shawn Michaels, which Shawn got from another legend:
Something that Randy Savage told him back in [...]

The Green Bay Post Gazette has a story about Donald Trump’s pre-Raw press confrence. They also have photo galleries of the confrence and Raw.

TNA has what appears to be a hype video for Taz on their Facebook page. In that they do everything but have Don West come out and say “Hey, Taz is coming!” in that excitable way of his.

Paul Oliver remembers Lyons, who died on Monday, at Slam Wrestling.
PW Torch’s James Caldwell offers a brief bio of Lions, recounting his time in the territories before working for the WWF. He also offers a couple examples of the man’s WWF work promoting house shows.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune picked up Fightline’s interview with Brock Lesnar. In it, he denies using steroids ever, talking about all the drug tests he’s passed and saying his physique is god given (and like a black guy’s!). He also takes time to reiterate why he didn’t care for his time in WWE:
“You live a [...]

PWI’s Mike Johnson reports that Ric Flair will make the first of his three final appearances for ROH on Friday in Detroit. In other Flair/ROH news, the promotion has yet to be repaid for the advance they gave Flair for his ROH Ambassador role, which he pulled out of six weeks ago.

In an interview with Eric Cohen at About.com, Chris Jericho explained why he thinks Smackdown is a better show than Raw right now:
I think a lot of that has to do with the acquisitions of Punk and myself. With Mysterio, Hardy, Edge, and the Undertaker coming back I think there are some great combinations [...]

WWE.com reports that Donald Trump announced, during a press conference this afternoon, that he plans on giving everyone in attendance at tonight’s Raw in Green Bay a refund. That will cost him $235,000, according to WWE’s calculation of the ticket revenue for tonight’s show.

Taz’s latest Facebook update features his thoughts on a number of subjects, including his presumed future employer. He watched Slammiversary last night and didn’t expect Joe to literally hand Kurt Angle the World Title. He also says he enjoyed the show and is a “BIG FAN!” of TNA.
Taz also fields questions about his career from [...]

PWI’s Mike Johnson has a press release about the Hulk Hogan fan appreciation event that will take place on July 10th at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. A wrestling card will take place after the Hogan related festivities. The Hulkster won’t be on the card.
Hogan and other non specified legends will take pictures, sign [...]

PWI’s Mike Johnson has embedded it here. It’s a straight to DVD production from WWE Films starring Ted Dibiase Jr., in case you forgot/were just plain ignorant. Going by the trailer, there will be many explosions.