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Alex Marvez's weekly look at professional wrestling Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 15:04 It's 1994 all over again.

The macho world of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc is kidding around. The sports entertainment company, better known for staging dramatic and occasionally violent wrestling matches, is all set to woo a younger audience as it collaborates with toymaker Mattel Inc and tones down the violence in its TV shows.

Former wrestler Hulk Hogan is heading back to the sport - he has signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action .

WWE Hypes Ozzy And Sharon Osbourne For Monday's Raw Posted by Larry Csonka on 10.29.2009 The Prince of Darkness comes back to wrestling... - WWE sent out the following press release, hyping Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne hosting Raw Monday night... Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Host Monday Night Raw Rock icon Ozzy Osbourne and international television ...

The macho world of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc is kidding around. The sports entertainment company, better known for staging dramatic and occasionally violent wrestling matches, is all set to woo a younger audience as it collaborates with toymaker Mattel Inc and tones down the violence in its TV shows.

Hulk Hogan will return to world of pro wrestling World wrestling phenom and reality TV dad Hulk Hogan has announced his plans to return to the world of professional wrestling.

The extension lasts until December 21, 2009 -- the original deadline was November 1. If signed, the agreement would be good through December 31, 2014.

THQ Inc. today announced that it has been notified by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

Former WWE Head Of Security Jimmy Noonan Discusses Shane McMahon Leaving WWE Posted by Larry Csonka on 10.22.2009 A former WWE employee discusses the big story... Transcript credit: MondayNightMayhem.com Here are some of the highlights of the latest installment of "Noonan Speaks," provided by The Mayhem's official correspondent, Paterson From New ...

WWE or World Wrestling Entertainment will be at the Blue Cross Arena Tuesday night and that means traffic changes in the area for downtown workers or those planning on attending the show.

WWE WrestleMania Generates Nearly $50 Million Dollars For Houston Posted by Larry Csonka on 10.26.2009 Money, money, yeah, yeah.... - WWE sent out the following press release, announcing that they generated nearly $50 million dollar economic windfall for the greater Houston area.

The most frightening point on Linda McMahon's resume, for her prospective opponents for the Republican 2010 Senate nomination, could well be her net worth.

So apparently these are Linda E. McMahon's qualifications to be a U.S. senator - she became very rich by promoting a debased form of entertainment, she is willing to spend a good chunk of that fortune on advertising, and she is not Chris Dodd.

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John Cena leaving WWE Raw to join SmackDown? Might we see Brett Hart returning to help the Hart Dynasty? Will this be the ppv Teddy Long gets fired by Vince McMahon? Yet another October pay per view from WWE is upon us.

WWE recently delivered a cease and desist letter to the school after becoming aware of its popular "Sommelier Smackdown" series of events, in which instructors and local wine professionals compete to create the most crowd-pleasing wine and food matches.

They may not know how to pronounce "sommelier," but they certainly know how to say "smackdown." World Wrestling Entertainment is suing the Wine School of Philadelphia for calling one of its events the Sommelier Smackdown.

Teens around the country voted John Green's page-turning mystery Paper Towns as their favorite book this year in the annual Teens' Top Ten vote , sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association .

World Wrestling Entertainment has reported that Jim Ross has suffered a third attack of Bell's Palsy .

"I was able to contact WWE doctors in Jacksonville for RAW," Ross reported, "and they were able to call in the medicines I needed to get started on to slow down the paralysis." Ross is hopeful for the future.

For 25 years, Jerry "The Candyman" Seavey made his living in the ring, dressed like a giant candy cane, flying from the top rope and tackling his opponents to the mat.

It's hard to understand who in their right mind would want to incur the wrath of "Triple H," the intimidating superstar of professional wrestling.

PROFESSIONAL wrestlers from all over the world came to Worcester to entertain children and adults.

Shane McMahon, Executive Vice President of Global Media, announced today he has tendered his resignation effective January 1, 2010.

World Wrestling Entertainment said Friday that executive vp global media Shane McMahon, the son of chairman and CEO Vince McMahon, has tendered his resignation from the family business, effective Jan.

Take one down, another pops up! Political tricksters are making sport of finding the most vile and tasteless World Wrestling Entertainment videos on YouTube and telling the media about them .

"Captain" Lou Albano, who became one of the most recognized professional wrestlers of the 1980s after appearing in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" music video, died Wednesday.

Shane McMahon announced his resignation this morning Predicted heir to World Wrestling Entertainment Shane McMahon has announced he will leave the company on January 1st, 2010.

“Even though I am personally saddened by Shane’s decision to leave the company, I am proud of the enormous contributions he has made. He will unquestionably bring passion, commitment and extensive business experience to any endeavor he pursues,” said Vince McMahon, WWE Chairman and CEO. Click on the link to see what shane has to say to the WWE Universe. http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/shanemcmahonresigns

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The IPKat thanks his old friend Miri Frankel for drawing his attention to an instance of a litigious trade mark owner intent quite literally on getting to grips with its adversary.

The extreme makeover of Linda McMahon is unfolding before our eyes. "I will be in this campaign spending and matching dollar for dollar and spending what it takes to retire Chris Dodd," McMahon told Republicans gathered in Windsor recently.

World Wrestling Entertainment released the following statement on the passing of "Captain Lou Albano": World Wrestling Entertainment was saddened to learn of the passing of one of the company's most popular and charismatic legends, "Captain Lou Albano." WWE extends its deepest condolences to the Albano family.

Doesn't THIS fall into the "Thank-You-Lord-For-Making-Me-The-Martyr" category of public relations? Here we have a small, hardworking wine education organization, The Wine School of Philadelphia, being put upon by none other than the bulky, billion dollar World Wrestling Entertainment organization because the wine school uses the term "Smackdown" to ...

Last year, the World Wrestling Entertainment organization created a plan to downgrade it's programming from a TV-14 to a PG rating.

Pro wrestling star and 1980's pop culture icon Captain Lou Albano died Wednesday at age 76.

World Wrestling Entertainment is bringing "Raw Live" to the Von Braun Center Arena Friday night and some of the Go guys decided to show some of their moves this week.

Ozzy Osbourne will guest on an upcoming episode of "WWE Raw", the professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment .

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Lawyers for World Wrestling Entertainment are opposing a trademark application filed by the Wine School of Philadelphia for the term "Sommelier Smackdown." By using "Sommelier Smackdown," the Wine School is accused of infringing on WWE's trademark of the word Smackdown, which it uses for its wrestling events.

Bob Barker, Shaquille O'Neal, Ozzy Osbourne, Al Sharpton and Cedric the Entertainer aren't who you'd expect to see when turning on World Wrestling Entertainment programming.

Republican candidates Rob Simmons and Sam Caligiuri vying for Senator Dodd's Senate seat in the 2010 election are criticizing fellow GOP candidate Linda McMahon and her past contributions to the Democratic Party when she was the acting CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment .

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If you and your little one are big WWE wrestling fans, consider dressing up as superstar WWE wrestler Triple H on Halloween night.

Melora Hardin, left, Mark Feuerstein and Paul "Big Show" Wight Melora Hardin, Mark Feuerstein and World Wrestling Entertainment star Paul "Big Show" Wight are starring in "Knucklehead," a comedy-adventure Michael Watkins is directing from WWE Studios.

What's a Lakewood-based pop singer-songwriter with a knack for confessional lyrics doing as an entertainment lawyer for professional wrestlers? Ask Creede Williams.

It happens so often now that it's almost become a rite of passage for candidates who are new to the political arena: the embarrassing revelation that they haven't actually voted much in the past.

She emerges from an apparent coma and kicks her cheating husband in the groin. In a showdown with her daughter, she goes flying to the mat after her daughter smacks her in the face.

If you are looking for coverage for WWE Hell in a Cell PPV... Come to XWA! http://xwauniverse.com Come on over, and stay updated with the PPV! We don't do Streams, because streams are illegal, and they take money away from WWE. And that could destroy WWE, and what would we be left with? Youtube videos? However, we do keep the unfortunate people updated, since one of our admins will legally watch the PPV and post live updates! So come over to XWA, a real wrestling forum, that plays by the rules! We don't stream, we just talk! The Infamous Digg Johnson WWE Hell in a Cell Predictions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB8SadgI6kM

Jerry Lawler's extensive wrestling career has made him a household name in Shelby County and around the world.

Was this supposed to be some kind of joke? I tuned in to the World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw show on Monday night, and who was the guest celebrity general manager? Al Sharpton.