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- Tonight is the big Larry Barnes vs. Larry Sweeney boxer vs. wrestler match at New Rochelle High School in New York. We had both men on Figure Four Daily last week and that show is available right now in the archive for members.

- UFC Fight Night did a 1.1 rating, which isn't too hot, and Ultimate Fighter debuted at a 1.3. Spike seemed happy with that, though that TUF number is way below the glory days. TNA did a 1.1.

- Announcer Timmy Baltimore of Derby City Wrestling has been signed by WWE.

- JZ Calvan and Shinya Aoki will be rematched at the next DREAM show. Their first and highly-anticipated fight ended in a no-contest when Aoki could not continue after an illegal strike to the back of the head.

- Apparently there was a ShowXC last night. Really. Anyone see it?

- Sean Sherk will make a request for a license at the NSAC meeting on April 10th.

- Hunter and Steph told Muscular Development that they're going to wait to find out the sex of their next child.

- We've got full reviews of Ultimate Fighter, Ultimate Fight Night and ECW on today's new weekend Bryan & Vinny Show. Also, on Sunday night we'll have a bonus show for members running down Smackdown and TNA. We hope to have a Figure Four Daily with Dave Meltzer up late tonight, but he's quite busy as you'd expect so we'll see how it goes. I also just put up two new Fight Network columns (links on the front page) looking at ROH in Orlando and the Hall of Fame, with a new one going up tomorrow talking Mania. For a full 15,000-word recap of the weekend, check out the new issue of Figure Four Weekly, available only for subscribers, which has gotten some great reviews so far.

- Indy news and notes from our buddy DAN:

It was announced today that the lead heel stable in Osaka Pro, Bad Force, would be dissolving on April 26th. This is related to the new promotion know as Okinawa Pro, which will be a subsidiary of Osaka Pro, and the two will work together, along with other groups and freelancers. Bad Force members Zero, GAINA and Condor will be a member of the promotion, thus leaving Osaka Pro in a month. Announced for the upcoming cards: Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask vs. Zeus & Daisuke Harada of Blood & Guts on 4/19. The winner of that match will face Zero & GAINA for their Osaka Pro Tag Team titles on 4/26. Bad Force members will also collide with Atsushi Kotoge vs. Zero on 4/12. Finally, the Osaka Pro Anniversary show will feature Miracle Man vs. Kanjyuuro Matsuyama for their comedy title, Zeus vs. Akebono in a match for the ages, and the Delfin Army Reformation match, as the Osaka Pro team of Tigers Mask, Zero, GAINA, Ebessan III & Kuishinbo Kamen face the Delfin Army of Super Delfin, TAKA Michinoku, Jinsei Shinzaki, Yone Genjin & Gran Naniwa.

CZW "Winner Takes All" - April 5th, 2008 - New Alhambra Arena, Philadelphia, PA
1. CZW World Heavyweight Title Match: Nick Gage (c) vs. Drake Younger
2. CZW Iron Man Title Match: Brain Damage (c) vs. Insane Lane
3. Pick Your Poison - Submission Match: Diehard Dustin Lee vs. Drew Gulak
4. Pick Your Poison - Hardcore War: Scotty Vortekz vs. Andy Sumner
5. Grudge Match: Miracle Ultraviolence Connection (Cheech, Cloudy & Brodie Lee) vs. Beef Wellington, Greg Excellent & Player Uno
6. Winner Takes All Match - Featuring Pinkie Sanchez, Stupefied, LuFisto & Spyral
7. Whacks vs. DJ Hyde

PWG "It's A Gift... And A Curse" - April 5th, 2008 - Reseda, CA)
1. Bino Gambino vs. Nemesis
2. Hello Kitty vs. Kuromi
3. Ronin & Scorpio Sky vs. TJ Hooker (TJ Perkins & Hook Bomberry)
4. Brandon Bonham vs. Nick Jackson
5. Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre) vs. Tokyo Gurentai (Mazada & NOSAWA)
6. Chris Hero vs. Roderick Strong
7. DDT4 Qualifying Match: Claudio Castagnoli & Eddie Kingston vs. The Dynasty (Scott Lost & Joey Ryan)

- Devin notes: Travel packages for WrestleMania 25 are now available to the general public. Order forms must be filled out and returned to WWE before 11:59 PM (ET) on June 6th, 2008. To obtain copies of the order forms, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

- Jason writes: Chris Jericho will be signing copies of his book on April 13 in Nottingham, England. More info here

- Anthony writes: On Dish Network next Friday they are showing the Yarenoka show from New Years Eve as a PPV for $9.95. It is titled HDNet Fights: Fedor Returns. Also, on Dish Network is last week's Cung Le/Frank Shamrock card on PPV for $24.95.

- Rubber Guard Radio has interviews with "Heartbreak Express" member Sean Davis and Jesus Cruz here.

- Chris Horodecki talks about his devastating loss and his return to glory here

- Jim Miller talks about being courted by the UFC and how he ended up in the IFL here

- JR on Ric Flair

- A look at UFC Fight Night

- Missouri bill would ban 'cage fighting' by kids

- More on Benoit with Irv Muchnick

- And more

- Larry Z update

- Hogan and his new ladyfriend

- More with JR

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