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The full line-up for TUF VI has been released. Fighters include Matt Arroyo, Daniel Barrera, Blake Bowman, Mac Danzig, Paul Georgieff, Richie Hightower, John Koloski, Troy Mandaloniz, Billy Miles, Roman Mitichyan, Dorian Price, Jared Rollins, Ben Saunders, Joe Scarola, George Sotiropoulos, and Tommy Speer. Season looks awesome based on the trailers. It debuts September 19th on Spike TV. The official website is up here.John Cena's father was fine after being kicked to hell by Orton last night. I suspect he will likely be playing a bigger role in the coming weeks. He's worked for years as an indy manager in the Northeast.
ECW tonight has Miz vs. CM Punk vs. Big Daddy V vs. Boogeyman in an aptly named Fatal Fourway. I presume winner is new number one contender. Hmm.
Cade & Murdoch beat Kendrick & London in the SummerSlam dark match when Cade pinned Kendrick. Said to be one of the best matches of the night. [Thanks to Bob]
Bryan Danielson is out of the NWA Title tournament finals this weekend after undergoing eye surgery following a serious injury (detached retina) at the ROH show Saturday night. I presume he's out of BOLA on Friday as well. He'll be replaced in the NWA finals by Adam Pierce, who will be taking on Brent Albright for the vacant belt.
Mitsuhara Misawa to ROH is confirmed for November 2nd and 3rd in Manhattan.
CMLL won't be announcing the main event for the anniversary show until Thursday. It's believed the main event will be a cage of death match (loser gets shaved or unmasked) with six of the top stars.
There is a UFC conference call Thursday with Dana White, Quinton Jackson, Dan Henderson, Michael Bisping and Matt Hamill, hyping up UFC 75 in London in two weeks (Jackson vs. Henderson for the UFC and PRIDE titles).
It's the biggest news issue in many years, guaranteed. The cover story of this week's new 25,000-word Figure Four Weekly newsletter looks at WWE's official response to the Congressional request for drug policy details. We'll give you the complete text of the letter, talk about what it means, what WWE is providing, and look at a number of very important questions related to this situation. We'll also talk about when the next step will likely be taken. We've got news on the Benoit/Toffoloni estate battle, why the sequence of death makes a huge difference, who is likely to inherit everything, and when initials hearings take place. We'll discuss WWE's meeting with prosecutors as it regards an Internet pharmacy that sold drugs to wrestlers, what Phil Astin's lawyer is saying about Benoit's medical conditions, and a Congressman not only visits but trains a pro-wrestling facility. 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Lance Storm, who buzzed his head, talks Otto Wanz
Dave Meltzer looks at the TUF 6 competitors
Another man begs forgiveness from Randy
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