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valign="top" width="50%" style="border:1px solid #009; -moz-border-radius: 10px; background-color:#*FFF*;"| Recent Project News Featured news: No Way Out (2004) {{small|(review page)}} was promoted to Featured article status. AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship {{small|(review page)}} was removed as a Featured list. CZW World Heavyweight Championship {{small|(review page)}} has been nominated for removal as a Featured list. Good article news: Antonio Pugliese, Hard Justice (2008), Hardy Boyz, King of the Ring (1993), Lisa Moretti, Mike Lockwood, No Mercy (2003), No Mercy (2007), Rhonda Sing, Royal Rumble (1993), Taboo Tuesday, Unforgiven (2008), Velvet McIntyre, Vince's Devils, and WrestleMania XXIV are current Good article nominees. Royal Rumble (1995) {{small|(link)}} and WrestleMania XI {{small|(link)}} have been promoted to Good Article status. Other project news: It has been propsed to merge McMahon (documentary) into Vince McMahon, the discussion can be found here. This Fortnight in Wrestling History October 27, 1991 - Brian Pillman defeated Richard Morton in a tournament final to become the inaugural WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion. October 31, 2000 - Ivory defeated Lita to win the WWF Women's title. November 2, 1998 - Mankind was awarded the newly established WWF Hardcore Championship by WWF Chairman Vince McMahon. November 5, 2001 - The Rock defeated Chris Jericho for the WCW World Heavyweight title. November 6, 2003 - Mike Lockwood, known professionally as Crash Holly, committed suicide at the age of 32. November 7, 2000 - The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) agreed to pay US$18 million to the Hart family as a settlement in the court case for Owen Hart's death at Over the Edge (1999). November 9, 1997 - The Montreal Screwjob occurred, in which Shawn Michaels defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Professional Wrestling Article Stats We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 592. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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• The Featured article candidacy of Sacrifice (2008) {{small|(review page)}} was withdrawn by the nominator.
• WCW Hall of Fame {{small|(review page)}} and List of ECW Tag Team Champions {{small|(review page)}} are current Featured list candidates.
• Masa Saito, No Mercy (2004), Survivor Series (2007), Taboo Tuesday (2005), Terri Runnels, Vengeance (2006), Victory Road (2004), and World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) are current Good article nominees.
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:*January 17: Ray Gunkel, Paul LeDuc (wrestler) and Alberto Madril

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• Darren Matthews {{small|(review page)}} is currently under Peer review.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 210 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• There are currently 616 articles in :Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
• A search bar has been added to the archive box on the PW project talk page for easier navigation through the archives.
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• 4 - New Japan Pro Wrestling presents Wrestle Kingdom III
• 11 - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling presents Genesis
• 16 - Ring of Honor presents Rising Above
• 25 - World Wrestling Entertainment presents Royal Rumble

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• On the December 16, 2008 taping of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) Impact!, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal cashed in Lethal's Feast or Fired World Tag Team Title opportunity and defeated Beer Money, Inc (Robert Roode and James Storm) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, which aired on January 8, 2009.
• World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) released Bam Neely, D-Lo Brown, Gavin Spears, Jim Korderas, Kevin Thorn, Matt Cappotelli, Mike Kruel, Mickie Henson, Ron Simmons, Sgt. Slaughter, Tim White, and Val Venis from their contracts on January 9 as part of a budget cut.
• TNA reported on January 10 that Christy Hemme had injured her neck, and that she would require surgery. She was scheduled to face Awesome Kong for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship at Genesis; this match was replaced by a Six-woman tag team match.
• At TNA Genesis on January 11:
• Alex Shelly defeated Chris Sabin in a tournament final singles match to win the TNA X Division Championship
• Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) won the TNA World Tag Team Championship by defeating defending champions, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal, and the team of Abyss and Matt Morgan in a tag team 3-Way Dance.
• Mick Foley wrestled his first match in TNA; he teamed with Brother Devon and A.J. Styles to defeat Cute Kip and The Main Event Mafia (Booker T and Scott Steiner) in a Six-man tag team hardcore match.
• On January 12:
• WWE announced that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's induction into the Hall of Fame would lead the Class of 2009.
• Jack Swagger defeated Matt Hardy to win the ECW Championship, and his first title in WWE; this title change aired on January 13.
• Victoria announced her retirement from professional wrestling, after wrestling her final match in WWE on the January 13 episode of Friday Night SmackDown against Michelle McCool; this episode aired on January 16.
• On January 16, Hardcore Holly was released from his WWE contract.

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• The Featured article No Way Out (2004) {{small|(review page)}} was withdrawn as a request to appear on the main page as Today's featured article for February 15 by the nominator.
• NWA Hall of Fame {{small|(review page)}} and List of ECW Tag Team Champions {{small|(review page)}} are current Featured list candidates. WCW Hall of Fame {{small|(review page)}} was not promoted to Featured list status; however, it has been renominated here.
• Bob Holly, Rip Hawk, Swede Hanson (wrestler), Taboo Tuesday (2005), Terri Runnels, Vengeance (2006), and Wendi Richter are current Good article nominees.
• Brian Adams (wrestler) {{small|(review page)}} is currently under Good article reassessment.
• It has been proposed to merge the WWE Hall of Fame and the List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame articles. The discussion can be found here.
• The following articles appeared on the Did You Know? column on the main page:

:*January 19: Mighty Igor Vodic and Tiger Conway, Sr.

:*January 21: Sue Green

:*January 22: Donn Lewin and Danny McShain

:*January 23: Lanny Kean

:*January 24: The Brawl to End it All and The War to Settle the Score

:*January 26: George "Two Ton" Harris

:*January 28: Jean Gagné

:*February 1: St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame

• Based on the members list, there are currently 212 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• There are currently 583 articles in :Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
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• 16 - Ring of Honor presents Rising Above
• 25 - World Wrestling Entertainment presents Royal Rumble

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• 15 - World Wrestling Entertainment presents No Way Out

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• On the January 19 episode of Raw:

:*CM Punk defeated William Regal to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship in a No Disqualification match; this win made Punk the nineteenth Triple Crown Champion.

:*Vince McMahon made his WWE television return after suffering an injury in a scripted accident during his Million Dollar Mania in mid-2008.

• After being temporarily sidelined with a knee injury, WWE Diva's Champion Maryse made her return to WWE television on the January 23 episode of Friday Night SmackDown.
• At the Royal Rumble on January 25:

:*Melina defeated Beth Phoenix to win her third WWE Women's Championship.

:*Edge won his fourth WWE Championship by defeating Jeff Hardy.

:*During the Royal Rumble match:

::*Rob Van Dam returned to WWE for one night only by entering at number 25.

::*Randy Orton, who entered at number 8, last eliminated Triple H to win the match and a WWE, World Heavyweight, or ECW Championship match at WrestleMania XXV.

• On January 26, Ring of Honor announced that they had signed a long-term television deal with the HDNet Fights broadcast network.
• ECW General manager Theodore Long announced on the January 27 episode of ECW on Sci Fi that Matt Hardy had been released from his ECW contract and had signed with the SmackDown brand.
• On the January 29 episode of Impact!, Kevin Nash made his TNA television return after being sidelined with a Staph infection.
• After debating over a competitive role, it was announced on January 31 by WWE that Mickey Rourke, the star of The Wrestler, would appear at WrestleMania XXV as a guest and not as a competitor.

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• Backlash (2006) {{small|(review page)}} is a current Featured article candidate.
• Bob Holly, Rip Hawk, Vengeance (2006), and Wendi Richter are current Good article nominees.
• Swede Hanson (wrestler) {{small|(review page)}} failed its Good article nomination.
• The following articles appeared on the Did You Know? column on the main page:

:*February 2: Maurice Catarcio, Blond Bombers, Rip Hawk, Swede Hanson (wrestler), Brute Bernard, and Skull Murphy.

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::*Deleted: Chris bullock, Hexagon Crown Champion, The Face Lift, and WWE title history since Draft (2008).

::*Kept: Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship.

::*Redirected: SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off.

• WWE Hall of Fame and the List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame articles have been merged.
• It has been proposed to merge the History of World Wrestling Federation back into History of World Wrestling Entertainment after they were split.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 211 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• There are currently 584 articles in :Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
• The Broken external links and Dead links tools that assisted the project in fixing external links has not been updated for a period length of time, and as a result, it is not functioning any longer.

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• On February 2:

:*It was announced by Ring of Honor (ROH) that they would tape their first episode of ROH for HDNet on February 28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia.

:*Former professional wrestler and football player Jim Wilson died at the age of 67 after a lengthy battle with cancer.

• On the February 6 episode of Friday Night SmackDown, Eve Torres made her World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in-ring television debut in singles competition in a losing effort to Michelle McCool.
• On February 7:

:*D'Lo Brown made his debut with ROH at a live event.

:*Chris Jericho was involved in an altercation with a fan while leaving a live event in Victoria, British Columbia.

:*At a live event in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, Steve Corino won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship.

• On February 9:

:*WWE announced the naming of a new Executive Vice President in Marketing, Michelle D. Wilson.

:*On Raw, Ric Flair made his first appearance in WWE since June 2008.

• On February 10:

:*On ECW on Sci Fi:

::*Christian returned to WWE after a near four year absence.

::*TJ Wilson debuted under the name "Tyson Kidd".

:*Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) released Petey Williams and Lance Rock.

• Stevie Richards was featured in a video promo with Abyss on the February 12 episode of Impact!.

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2. Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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• Backlash (2006) {{small|(review page)}} was not promoted to Featured article status.
• Blond Bombers, Bob Holly, Darren Matthews, John Hennigan, John Morrison and The Miz, Mike Mizanin, Montel Vontavious Porter, Mr. Kennedy, Rip Hawk, Swede Hanson (wrestler), and Turning Point (2004) are current Good article nominees.
• Triplemanía appeared on the Did You Know? column on the main page On February 26.
• History of World Wrestling Federation was merged back into History of World Wrestling Entertainment.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 212 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• There are currently 581 articles in :Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
• The WP:PW Cleanup listing was updated this week by the bot for the first time since October. A number of Featured lists, Featured articles, and Good articles are listed as having problems. Anyone who fixes an problem with an article should remove it from the listing, so we can accurately keep track of it. All members are encouraged to help out.
• There is an ongoing discussion here regarding what constitutes a "World Championship". All members are encouraged to particpate in the discussion.

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• At No Way Out

:*Triple H won his record eighth WWE Championship by winning the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match; this win surpassed The Rock's original record of seven reigns.

:*Edge won the World Heavyweight Championship by winning the Raw Elimination Chamber match.

• It was announced on the February 16 episode of Raw that Terry and Dory Funk, Jr. will be the second and third inductees, into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; they will be inducted by Dusty Rhodes.
• World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced on February 19 that their February 16 broadcast of Raw had gained a 4.1 television rating, the largest since the February 26, 2007 episode of Raw.
• On February 20:

:*HDNet announced that episode airings of Ring of Honor would begin on March 31.

:*It was reported by a Nielsen Media Research ratings report that the February 19 broadcast of TNA's Impact earned a 1.3 television rating, the highest rounded number the promotion has ever drawn.

:*WWE announced the release of Scotty Goldman from the company.

:*On an episode of Friday Night SmackDown, WWE announced the return of Gail Kim to the promotion via a video promo.

• It was reported on February 21 that Sonjay Dutt had been released from his TNA contract, and this was confirmed with the removal of his profile from TNA's official website.
• On February 20, it was reported that Freddie Prinze, Jr., a scriptwriter for Friday Night SmackDown, had been released from his contract with WWE.
• On February 23:

:*Afa Anoa'i, Jr., known by his ring name "Manu", was released from his WWE contract.

:*On Raw, it was announced that Ricky Steamboat will be the fourth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; he will be inducted by Ric Flair.

• WWE confirmed on February 24 that WrestleMania XXVI would be held in Glendale, Arizona at the University of Phoenix Stadium on March 28, 2010.
• On February 25, WWE announced that they had discontinued the WWE One Night Stand name, and that their 2009 event would be replaced with the name 'Extreme Rules'.
• ROH taped the first episode airings of their television series for HDNet on February 28 from the The Arena.

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• Blond Bombers, John Hennigan, John Morrison and The Miz, Mike Mizanin, and Turning Point (2004) are current Good article nominees.
• Darren Matthews {{small|(review page)}} failed its Good article nomination.
• The following articles appeared on the Did You Know? column on the main page:
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• March 14: Octagón
• Deletion Discussions
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• Deleted: Local Championship Wrestling and Original ECW
• Templates for Deletion.
• Current: Template:World Champions in TNA and Template:X Division.
• Deleted: Template:Hardy Boyz and Template:John Morrison and The Miz.
• Based on the members list, there are currently 214 members participating in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
• There are currently 559 articles in :Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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• On March 1, Pro Wrestling Noah announced that they had signed a new television deal with Samurai Television.
• On March 2:

:*World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced that they had signed an agreement with Fox Turkey to broadcast Friday Night SmackDown across Turkey.

:*On Raw:

::*Randy Orton announced that he would use his opportunity to challenge for a World Championship that he won at the Royal Rumble to face Triple H for his WWE Championship at WrestleMania XXV.

::*Shawn Michaels defeated Vladimir Kozlov in a singles match to face The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXV, in the process ending the near-eleven-month undefeated streak of Kozlov in televised singles competition.

::*Bill Watts was announced as the fifth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009.

• "The Boogeyman" Marty Wright was released from his WWE contract on March 4.
• On March 6, Sonjay Dutt officially announced his contract release from TNA.
• It was reported on March 7 that Kaleb O'Neal had been released from his WWE developmental contract.
• On March 9:

:*"Ryan Braddock" Brad Bradley and "Kizarny" Nick Cvjetkovich were released from their WWE contracts.

:*On Raw:

::*John "Bradshaw" Layfield defeated WWE Intercontinental Champion CM Punk to win the title; this win also made Layfield the tenth Grand Slam Champion and twentieth Triple Crown Champion.

::*Koko B. Ware was announced as the sixth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009.

• On March 13:

:*Andrew "Test" Martin was found dead in his apartment in Tampa, Florida. His cause of death is currently unknown.

:*Ric Flair made his Ring of Honor debut at a live event in St. Louis, Missouri.

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• Against All Odds (2005), Ashley Massaro, Blond Bombers, Final Resolution (2005), John Hennigan, John Morrison and The Miz, Mike Mizanin, Paul London and Brian Kendrick, Stephanie McMahon, and Turning Point (2004) are current Good article nominees.
• The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:
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• March 24: Mark Starr
• March 25: Against All Odds (2005)
• March 28: Johnny Valentine
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• A.J. Styles won the TNA Legends Championship by defeating defending champion Booker T, and by doing so becoming TNA's first ever Grand Slam Champion.
• Suicide defeated defending TNA X Division Champion Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal in an Ultimate X match to win the title.
• On March 17:

:*It was confirmed via WWE.com that The Von Erichs were the sixth inductees into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009.

:*At a set of Friday Night SmackDown tapings:

::*Montel Vontavious Porter defeated Shelton Benjamin to win the WWE United States Championship; this match aired on March 20.

::*Gail Kim made her return to WWE by attacking Maryse and Michelle McCool; this segment aired on March 27.

• It was reported by a Nielsen Media Research ratings report that the March 19 broadcast of TNA Impact! earned a 1.34 television rating, the highest number the promotion has ever drawn.
• On March 21
• Elizabeth Miklosi (Lizzy Valentine) announced that she had quit the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion.
• Ring of Honor aired their first television show, Ring of Honor Wrestling, on HDNet.
• On March 22:

:*"Abismo Negro" Andrés González was found dead in a river in El Rosario, Mexico.

:*Steve Doll died from heart and kidney failure caused by a blood clot in his lung.

• Howard Finkel was announced as the seventh inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009 via WWE's official website.

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• Against All Odds (2005), Ashley Massaro, The Bella Twins, Final Resolution (2005), Paul London and Brian Kendrick, and Stephanie McMahon are current Good article nominees.
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• April 7: Jimmy Cicero
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• There is a current discussion to move WrestleMania XXV to 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania.
• Percy Pringle was moved to Paul Bearer as a result of this discussion.
• From April 10 to May 10, WP:PW will be hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found here and all memebers are encouraged to get involved.

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• On April 1, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced that it had signed a television agreement with Cablevision to broadcast the very-first WWE pay-per-view in Mexico City: WrestleMania XXV.
• The April 2 episode of Impact! drew a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) record attendance rating for the program, with 1.97 million viewers.
• Tazz's departure from WWE was confirmed on April 3, when his profile on the official website was moved to the alumni section.
• On April 4, Jerry Lynn won the ROH World Championship at Supercard of Honor IV, by defeating Nigel McGuinness.
• At WrestleMania XXV on April 5:

:*WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) defeated World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz in a tag team lumberjack match to unify both titles.

:*Santino Marella, competing in drag as "Santina", won the 25 Diva battle royal to become the first Miss WrestleMania.

:*Rey Mysterio defeated John Layfield to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship and become the 21st WWE Triple Crown Champion. After the match, Layfield retired from wrestling.

:*The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels to elevate his "WrestleMania winning streak" to 17-0.

:*John Cena defeated Big Show and Edge in a triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

• On the April 6 episode of Raw

:*Vickie Guerrero announced her resignation as SmackDown general manager, and her permanent position as Raw general manager. It was later announced that Theodore Long would replace her on SmackDown, while Tiffany became the new interim ECW general manager.

:*Batista made his WWE television return from a legitimate hamstring injury.

• Ayako Hamada announced on April 9 that she had signed a deal with TNA.

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