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- UFC star Chris Leben also turned himself in today on a parole violation from several years back. Authorities were apparently impressed that he did so willingly, and although he is being held without bail the feeling is that he'll be out soon and will still be fighting on the June show in London. UFC was aware in advance of what was going on as well, and apparently he had to do this in order to get his visa for London. More on the story here.

- Bret Hart is in Florida today talking with the WWE developmental talent at Florida Championship Wrestling. Best bet is not to read too much into this as he was down there on other business and agreed to make the appearance.

- Lovely news for Elite XC: Redstone rips Moonves' fight plan

- The new Heyman Hustle is up here.

- Several calls to Chris Benoit's answering machine were made public this week. You can listen to them by clicking here. Certainly not a fun time. Irv Muchnick's has his latest on the situation up here.

- ECW is Adamle did a 1.09. Yikes. Didn't walk out soon enough. Exact Raw number was a 3.295.

- Just an update, if all goes well the Dave Meltzer Figure Four Daily will be taped tomorrow. It'll be a big day for audio as we'll also have a Lance Storm Figure Four Daily and our weekend Bryan & Vinny Show running down ECW, TNA, TUF and Smackdown. Next week, in celebration of Cinco De Mayo, we'll be doing our annual Figure Four Daily LUCHA WEEK~! with guests covering CMLL, AAA, etc. Always a fun time~!

- Lewis in Tucson writes: I believe the first time I saw your favorite move, the Playmaker, used was in WCW when Elix Skipper was called up from WCW Saturday Night to (I believe) Thunder. I can't remember if he ever used it on Saturday Night, mainly because I never saw him win on Saturday Night, but when he was called up he used it and it was called the Over Drive (before it was renamed the Play Of The Day when he joined Team Canada). Why the Over Drive? Well because the creative geniuses at WCW (I believe it was you-know-who) decided to rename young Elix. The name? SKIP OVER. I'm not sure how long he used this name, but I know it was only for a short time. Just thought I would share that wonderful memory, because it's the reason I still call the move the Over Drive as opposed to the Playmaker. I'm so glad Johnny Ace was paying attention as close as I was.

- Human Tornado, who is the current PWG Champion, tore his ACL and it's looking like he'll have to be out of action for an entire year.

- Petey Williams is also out about two months after breaking his orbital bone at Impact. There's an injury that also sucks.

- Angel writes: Fomer diva search contestant Jessica Hatch is in the running for a new show titled "The Audition". The show is from the producers of "American Idol" and focuses on finding undiscovered actors and models. You can view her profile and vote for Jessica at http://www.gotcast.com/jessicahatch1

- This coming Tuesday is the 100th episode of ECW on Sci-Fi. What a run it has been.

- The new Hardy Boyz DVD came out Tuesday.

- Bas Rutten appears in Grand Theft Auto IV, and you can check it out by clicking here

- Boxing announcer Michael Buffer's voice rumbles again

- The Great AcidhelmNUN has updated the Past Guests list on our main menu. Every single show listed, and there are literally hundreds and hundreds of them, are available right now for members in our archives. Of course, every Bryan & Vinny Show, Adam & Mike Big Audio Nightmare, Karl Stern and Five Star Radio Show is also available. Get downloading!

- Part II of a Tito Ortiz Q&A is here.

- A look at Matt Hughes' book

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