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• Lance Cade was injured after separating his left shoulder at a live event on December 28, 2007

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• As of January 2, SmackDown! Superstar Drew McIntyre has been drafted to the Raw brand.

• As of January 4, Raw Assistant General Manager, Jonathan Coachman has been drafted to the Smackdown! brand to replace JBL as color commentator.

• On January 12, World Wrestling Entertainment, in conjunction with Bakus International, will begin airing WWE Programming on Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) in Brazil.

The Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week for January 6 through January 12 is Dusty Rhodes (wrestler). Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, January 13.

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• Jan. 29 - 3bulletproof16's birthday
• Jan. 31 - Nahallac Silverwinds's birthday

• World Wrestling Entertainment will begin broadcasting their programming in high-definition.
• Several wrestling news sites report that former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling stars Ron Killings and Chris Harris have been in talks with WWE. In addition The Big Show is said to be returning as well. Be on the look out for unsourced claims of these signing being added to their respective articles as well as the WWE Roster article.
• As of January 7, deturning Smackdown! Diva, Ashley Massaro has been drafted to the Raw brand.

The Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week for January 20 through January 26 is Ricky Banderas. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The monthly featured article collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, January 20.

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• Feb. 18 - WWE presents No Way Out
• Feb. 28 - Zenlax's birthday

• Former TNA professional wrestler Chris Harris has officially signed with World Wrestling Entertainment as confirmed by himself in his personal website.
• Ron Killings and The Big Show are still being reported as to having signed WWE contracts. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for their names to be continually added to the WWE Roster article and information about their returns being added to their own articles. There is also apparently an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old K-Kwik gimmick.
• Bobby Lashley is being reported to have been released by WWE. His profile has been removed from WWE.com. But again, there is no reliable source for his release, so be prepared to revert his removal from the roster article and edits to his own article.

The monthly featured article collaboration for February 3 through February 16 is Shawn Michaels. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, February 17.

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:*Current: Category:Jillian Hall albums; Category:WrestleMania venues; WWE Byte This!

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• Former TNA professional wrestler Chris Harris has officially signed with World Wrestling Entertainment, as confirmed by himself in [http://www.wildcatchrisharris.com/ his personal website].
• Ron Killings is still being reported as having signed a WWE contract. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for his name to be continually added to the WWE Roster article, and information about his return being added to his article. There is also, apparently, an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old K-Kwik gimmick. Recent SmackDown! Taping spoilers indicate that he debuted under the name Kwik Killings in a Dark match. No reliable source has reported this as of now, however.
• Bobby Lashley has been released by WWE as of February 4
• On February 7, WWE announced that it would cease it's affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling.
• Also on February 7, WWE announced that SmackDown would be leaving The CW at the end of the 2007-2008 Television Season.

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• Kept: Category:Jillian Hall albums; Velvet Sky.
• Deleted: Mike Posey; Randy Dodge; The Pit Bulls; Category:WrestleMania venues; WWE Byte This!.

The monthly featured article collaboration for February 24 through March 2 is Mr. Kennedy. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 2.

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• Feb. 24 - Steelerfan-94's birthday
• Feb. 28 - Zenlax's birthday
• Mar. 9 - TNA presents Destination X
• Mar. 25 - Kelan's birthday
• Mar. 26 - Govvy's birthday
• Mar. 30 - WWE presents WrestleMania XXIV

This week's interviewees are Kris Classic (link) and Alex Roggio (link).

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• No Way Out (2004) failed its nomination for Featured Article status; its nomination can be found here.
• List of WCW Hardcore Champions has been nominated for Featured list status; its nomination can be found here.
• Royal Rumble (2005), Over the Edge (1998), and Vengeance (2005) have been listed for Peer review. Please review these articles and make suggestions for how they can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. Their peer reviews can be found here, here and here.
• Dawn Marie Psaltis, Lisa Marie Varon, and Unforgiven (2004) have been elevated to Good article status.
• Don Kent (wrestler), Jos LeDuc, New Year's Revolution (2007), Ricky Banderas, SummerSlam (1994), SummerSlam (2007), No Way Out (2007) and Unforgiven (2005) are currently Good article candidates.
• WikiProject Professional wrestling will be the Featured Wikiproject in next week's edition of the Signpost. LAX, iMatthew, and Nikki311 will answer questions relating to the project here.

• Ron Killings is still being reported as having signed a WWE contract. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for his name to be continually added to the WWE Roster article, and information about his return being added to his article. There is also, apparently, an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old K-Kwik gimmick. Recent SmackDown! taping spoilers indicate that Killings has already debuted under the name Kwik Killings in a Dark match. However, no reliable source for this information has been found yet.

• Current: NWA Australian Championship.
• Kept: Lena Yada, Vicious and Delicious.
• Deleted: Callum Sprit, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009, Road to WrestleMania Tournament, Gary Mei.

The article collaboration for March 3 through March 16 is Ric Flair. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 16.

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• Mar. 25 - Kelan's birthday
• Mar. 26 - Govvy's birthday
• Mar. 30 - WWE presents WrestleMania XXIV

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• No Way Out (2004) has been renominated for Featured Article status; its nomination can be found here.
• List of WCW Hardcore Champions has been nominated for Featured list status; its nomination can be found here.
• SummerSlam (2000) has been listed for Peer review. Please review this article and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. It's peer reviews can be found here.
• Ricky Banderas and SummerSlam (1994) have been elevated to Good article status.
• Ion Croitoru, Jos LeDuc, New Year's Revolution (2007), SummerSlam (2007), No Way Out (2007), Unforgiven (2005), WrestleMania X, Jeff Hardy, and Matt Hardy are currently Good article candidates.
• WikiProject Professional wrestling was the Featured Wikiproject in last week's edition of the Signpost. TJ Spyke, iMatthew, and Nikki311 have answered questions relating to the project here.

• Jeff Hardy was suspended by WWE for 60 days on March 11 for violating WWE's Substance Abuse and Drug Policy. On March 14, he lost his home in, Cameron, North Carolina, late friday night due to a fire. Fire Department officials currently cannot confirm what was the cause of the fire. Reports also say that Jeff's brother, Matt Hardy, saw smoke coming out of Jeff's house. RAW Commentator, Jim Ross, reports on his blog, "He lost essentially every thing he had and most sadly his dog".
• On March 14, Vince McMahon was honored into the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• Triple H: King of Kings-There is Only One, a WWE Home Video DVD, will be released on March 25 2008.

• Current: Steven Galvan
• Kept:
• Deleted: Bryant Balmaceda, NWA Australian Championship, List of professional wrestling stables and tag teams.

The article collaboration for March 16 through March 30 is Big Show. The featured article collaboration is Kurt Angle. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 30.

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• Mar. 26 - Govvy's birthday
• Mar. 29 - NimiTize's birthday
• Mar. 30 - WWE presents WrestleMania XXIV

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• SummerSlam (2007) (link) has been nominated for Featured Article status.
• Triple H has failed its Featured Article nomination. Its nom page can be found here.
• List of WCW Hardcore Champions has passed its Featured list nomination; its nomination can be found here.
• Backlash (2004) has been listed for Peer review. Please review these articles and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. Its peer review can be found here.
• Ion Croitoru, Jos LeDuc, New Year's Revolution (2007), No Way Out (2007), SummerSlam (2007), Unforgiven (2005), and WrestleMania X have been elevated to Good article status.
• Brian Kendrick, Brock Lesnar, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Randy Orton, Stacy Keibler, and Vengeance (2005) are currently Good article candidates.

• At WrestleMania XXIV, Shawn Michaels defeated Ric Flair after executing the Sweet Chin Music, which as a result, meant that Ric Flair was forced to retire from professional wrestling. The next night, at Flair's retirement ceremony on Raw, Triple H congratulated Flair for his 35 year career, and brought out retired and current superstars to thank him. Michaels, and the whole WWE roster came out later to thank him as well.
• The Undertaker defeated Edge to become the new World Heavyweight Champion forcing him to submit to the Gogoplata. During the pyro celebration for Undertaker's 16-0 streak, a freak accident occurred just before WrestleMania went off-air. During the pryo shooting to the entrance stage, a firework went to the upper-level section of the crowd on top. Forty-five fans were injured, and currently, WWE is trying to investigate what was the cause of the pyrotechnic malfunction
• Cryme Tyme returned to WWE on March 31, during Raw, defeating Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.
• Matt Hardy also returned on Raw, attacking Randy Orton from behind, and later having a match with Orton.

• Current: World Wrestling Professionals
• Kept: Dark Angel (wrestler)
• Deleted: Steven Galvan, A.W. Bulldog (wrestler), The Big Shemi, Ananzi (wrestler), Akilah (wrestler), Crybaby (wrestler), Don't Question My Heart

The article collaborations for March 30 through April 13 are Bash at the Beach (1996) and Mae Young. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia professional wrestling related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.

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• 13 - TNA presents Lockdown
• 14 - ThinkBlue's birthday
• 20 - Adamaniac's and Killswitch Engage's birthdays
• 27 - WWE presents Backlash

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• SummerSlam (2007) has failed its Featured Article nomination; the discussion can be found here.
• Jeff Hardy has been elevated to Good article status.
• Acolytes Protection Agency, Brian Kendrick, Brock Lesnar, Matt Hardy, Money Inc., Over the Edge (1999), Randy Orton, Stacy Keibler, and Vengeance (2005) are currently Good article candidates.

• WWE has invited Democrats running for president, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, to Raw to settle their differences in a wrestling match. The invitation video can be found [http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/none/2008/april8-14/6835006?zone=_index here].
• On the April 21 edition of Raw, the King of the Ring tournament will return for one night only. The entire tournament will take place on Raw.
• Mick Foley made a appearance in the new film, Anamorph.

• Current: PJ Black (wrestler), The Lizard (wrestler).
• Kept: Juggernaut (wrestler), World Wrestling Professionals, List of TNA tournaments, Shaun Simpson
• Deleted:

Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has continued to drop, while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the stub article subpage of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).

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• Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Money Inc., and Vengeance (2005) have been elevated to Good article status.
• Acolytes Protection Agency, Backlash (2006), Brian Kendrick, Brock Lesnar, Judgment Day (2005), Over the Edge (1999), Randy Orton, Royal Rumble (2005), Stacy Keibler, and Survivor Series (2005) are currently Good article candidates.

• William Regal won the King of the Ring tournament on the April 21 edition of Raw.
• Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain, made special appearance on Raw, via the titantron to address the Raw fans.
• During Backlash, Triple H became the new WWE Champion by defeating Randy Orton.
• Matt Hardy defeated MVP and became the new United States Champion.
• The Undertaker had the World Heavyweight Championship taken from him on the May 2 episode of SmackDown!.

• Current: Giovanni picarazzi.
• Kept:
• Deleted: PJ Black (wrestler), The Lizard (wrestler), Xterminator (wrestler), The Playa (wrestler), Kalahari Boerboel (wrestler), InterMat.

Since the last issue, the number of stub articles has decreased again. It 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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• Brian Kendrick, Brock Lesnar, Stacy Keibler, Randy Orton, and Acolytes Protection Agency have been elevated to Good article status.
• Over the Edge (1999) failed its Good article nomination, but has been reassessed here.
• Backlash (2006), Backlash (2007), Insane Clown Posse, Judgment Day (2005), Judgment Day (2007), One Night Stand (2007), Royal Rumble (2005), Survivor Series (2005), The Great American Bash (2007), The Rock (entertainer) and Unforgiven (2006) are currently Good article candidates.

• Torrie Wilson was released by WWE on May 8.
• L.A.X. won the vacated TNA World Tag Team Championship as a result of defeating Team 3D in the Deuces Wild tournament final at TNA Sacrifice.
• Also at TNA Sacrifice, Samoa Joe defeated Scott Steiner and Kaz to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
• During WWE Backlash, Triple H, The Miz and John Morrison, and Mickie James retained the WWE Championship, WWE Tag Team Championship, and WWE Women's Championship, respectively.

• Current: Africa Wrestling Alliance, International Wrestling Federation (South Africa), Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior.
• Kept: TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament, TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament.
• Redirected: Deuces Wild Tournament, Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol.2.
• Deleted: Sean Creed, Giovanni picarazzi, Cf Turbo, Mother's Day Massacre (2008), Boerseun (wrestler), Nizaam Hartley, The Taxidriver (wrestler), Scorpion Kruger (wrestler), The Blacksmith (wrestler), RingDivas Womens Wrestling, Parrow Civic Centre, Nightmare (wrestler), Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa, Steve Eden (wrestler).

The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. It 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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• Backlash (2006), Insane Clown Posse, Judgment Day (2005), Judgment Day (2007), Royal Rumble (2005), and Survivor Series (2005) have been elevated to Good Article status.

• SummerSlam (2007) {{small|(link)}} and SummerSlam (1988) {{small|(link)}} have been nominated for Featured Article status.

• Backlash (2007), One Night Stand (2007), Paul London, Royal Rumble (2005), The Great American Bash (2007), The Rock (entertainer) and Unforgiven (2006) are currently Good article candidates.

• Over the Edge (1999) failed it's Good article nomination, though, it has been reassessed here.

• Darren Matthews (William Regal) was suspended by WWE for 60 days for breaching the Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy.

• The 2008 WWE Draft was announced by World Wrestling Entertainment chairman, Vince McMahon, to take place on June 23 2008.

• At One Night Stand, Randy Orton suffered a broken collarbone during his Last man standing match with Triple H.

• Also, at One Night Stand, Edge won the World Heavyweight Championship in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match defeating The Undertaker. Per the pre-match stipulation, Undertaker was kayfabe forced to leave WWE.

• May 23, 1999 - Owen Hart died in a tragic fall during Over the Edge.
• May 21, 2000 - Triple H defeated The Rock for the WWF Heavyweight title.
• May 22, 2000 - Vince Russo stripped Ric Flair of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and awarded it to Jeff Jarret.
• May 17, 2002 - "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith died of a heart attack.
• May 19, 2004 - Ron Killings won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. It 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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• SummerSlam (1988) and SummerSlam (2007) have both failed their Featured Article Candidacy's, their review pages can be found here and here, respectively.

• List of WWE SmackDown video game titles {{small|(link)}} has been nominated for Featured List status.

• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship {{small|(link)}} has been nominated for removal as a Featured List.

• Paul London, SummerSlam (2004), Survivor Series (1994), and WWE SmackDown (video game series) are currently Good article candidates.

• Backlash (2007) {{small|(link)}}, Unforgiven (2006) {{small|(link)}}, The Rock (entertainer) {{small|(link)}}, One Night Stand (2007) {{small|(link)}}, The Great American Bash (2007) {{small|(link)}} and Royal Rumble (2005) {{small|(link)}} have been elevated to Good article status.

• Over the Edge (1999) has passed its reassessment and is now a good article! The article's reassessment can be found here.

• A pay-per-view event chronology has been added as a feature to the Wrestling event infobox, please assist the project in adding this feature to professional wrestling pay-per-view event articles.

• The C-Class rating has been introduced. The rating falls between articles that are more than Start class, but less than B-Class.

• June 1, 1998 - Junkyard Dog died at the age of forty-five in an automobile accident.
• June 2, 2003 - Freddie Blassie died at the age of eighty-five from natural causes.
• June 10, 1983 - Harley Race defeated Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
• June 13, 1982- "High Chief" Peter Maivia died of cancer at forty-seven.
• June 13, 1993 - Yokozuna defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF Heavyweight title.
• June 19 2002 - AJ Styles became the first TNA X Division Champion.

The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. It 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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• December to Dismember (2006) is currently under Featured Article review (link).

• Starrcade (1983) has failed its Featured Article nomination (link).

• List of WWE SmackDown video game titles has been elevated to Featured List status (link).

• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship has been removed as a Featured List (link).

• Faces of Fear {{small|(link)}}, Maria Kanellis {{small|(link)}}, Paul London {{small|(link)}}, Survivor Series (1994) {{small|(link)}}, The Mega Bucks {{small|(link)}} and WWE SmackDown (video game series) {{small|(link)}} have been elevated to Good article status.

• Backlash (2003), Dark Angel (wrestler), Juggernaut (wrestler), SummerSlam (1988), SummerSlam (2004), and Survivor Series (2004) are currently Good article candidates.

• Lockdown (2008) {{small|(link)}} and Survivor Series (2007) {{small|(link)}} are currently under Peer Review.

• :Category:Vengeance is being discussed at WP:CFD for renaming, it's discussion page can be found here.

• The C-Class rating has been introduced. The rating falls between articles that are more than Start-Class, but less than B-Class.

• Immediately put into effect, our project has begun use of the List-Class rating. The List-Class rating is for list articles that are of less quality than B-Class articles.

• At Night of Champions:
• Mark Henry became the new ECW Champion.
• Kofi Kingston won the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
• Cody Rhodes turned on Hardcore Holly to capture the World Tag Team Championship with Ted DiBiase.
• On June 30, CM Punk won the World Heavyweight Championship on Raw.
• Trevor Murdoch was released from WWE on July 3.

• June 24, 2001 - Edge defeated Kurt Angle in the finals of the 2001 King of the Ring.
• June 26, 1992 - Buddy Rogers died of a stroke at age 71.
• June 28, 1999 - Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker for the WWF Heavyweight title.
• July 2, 1969 - "Iron" Mike DiBiase died of a heart attack in the ring.
• July 3, 2001 - AJ Styles and Jerry Lynn become the first NWA World Tag Team Champions under the ownership of TNA, via winning a tournament final.

• Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is 631. It 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.