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[ClickWrestle Download of the Day] Cheerleader Melissa’s Personal Favorites.

[Birthdays & Anniversaries] John Nord (1959) and Carlos Cabrera (1959) celebrated birthday’s today. Today in Memoriam: Paul Baillargeon (77, 1999). .. [reported by Rich Tate of www.GeorgiaWrestlingHistory.com]

[WWE News] WWE is changing their TV taping format for a few weeks in November. The ECW tapings will move to Mondays and WWE will decrease the number of Smackdown tapings by doing 2 episodes in one night. In other words, Raw and ECW are being taped weekly while Smackdown is being taped bi-weekly.. [reported by Devin Cutting]

[FCW Gallery] FCW WRESTLING PHOTOS 10/09/08 UMAGA,Y2J,BATISTA,KELLY KELLY [reported by www.robertlbeukema.com]

[SHIMMER] MADISON “The Punisher” EAGLES & JESSIE “The Body” McKAY, collectively known as “The Pink Ladies,” head all the way from Sydney, Australia to enter the SHIMMER Tag Team Title Tournament, and will debut on Sunday, October 19th in Berwyn, IL!

[SHIMMER] ScarletSpider of The SHIMMER Forum put together a farewell video for Lacey. You can either watch it here… Or download it here or here..

[DVD News] Kayfabe Commentaries released their latest Investigative Special DVD — “Blood. The Hennig Wrestling Family” — in an effort to answer all those questions. The disc is a journey into the workings of the functional wrestling family. In a day where kayfabe was rule #1, the challenges of maintaining that code and keeping a nuclear family in tact while territory hopping was daunting. Larry Hennig is frank and tender, as he starts with his entrance into the business and takes it through Curt’s, and now to his grandchildren’s. The disc went on sale at www.kayfabecommentaries.com

[DVD News] Women Superstars Uncensored is having a special October sale on their latest DVD double-shot home releases where you can get all three DVD’s for $42! To learn more about this super hot deal, go to http://www.declarationofindependents.net/doi/pages/wsuoctobersale.html

[Indy Event] Danny Basham, Kid Kash, Tracy Smothers, Pat Tanaka, Idol Stevens and Flash Flanagan will be appearing at the New Focus Wrestling event in Evansville, Indiana on November 1st, 2008. Go to http://newfocuswrestling.tk or http://newfocuswrestling.webs.com for info about NFW.. [reported by Devin Cutting]

[Indy Event] Insanity Pro Wrestling proudly presents… “INSANE INTENTIONS” on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at Fountain Square Salvation Army Community Center in Indianapolis, INDIANA with Drake Younger vs. Jon Moxley for the IPW World title plus SHIMMER’s Ashley Lane & Neveah vs. Hellena Heavenly & Sassy Stephie.

[Indy Event] Shark Boy will be appearing at Booker T’s Pro Wrestling Alliance event in Pasadena, Texas on October 31st, 2008. Go to http://bookertpwa.com for info about the PWA.. [reported by Devin Cutting]

[Canadian Event] The Association de Lutte Féminine has announced the teams that will be participating in the second annual “Amazones & Titans” Mixed Tag Team Tournament, which takes place on November 14th, 2008 at the St. Barthélemy Sports Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The teams are: Portia Perez & Don Paysan, The 21st Century Fox & Giovanni, Misty Haven & Michael Von Payton, Cherry Bomb & Jimmy Stone, Kacey Diamond & Marko Estrada, James Kraven & Kalamity, Stupefied & Danyah, Mary Lollypop & Nova Cain — Go to http://flqalf.com for info about the ALF & http://evenements-lutte.tk for info about upcoming wrestling shows around the world.

[European Event] Ric Flair will be appearing at the World Stars Of Wrestling event in Gondomar, Portugal on February 28th, 2009. Go to http://worldstarsofwrestling.com for info about the WSW.. [reported by Devin Cutting]

[European Event] Rob Van Dam, Rikishi, Chris Masters, Orlando Jordan, Ultimo Dragon, Juventud Guerrera, Big Vito and Big Daddy V will be appearing at the Nu-Wrestling Evolution event in Montpellier, France on December 5th, 2008. Go to http://enjoy-montpellier.com for ticket info.. [reported by Devin Cutting]

[Foreign Event] The Heartbreak Express (Sean and Phil Davis) are set to make their return to The Republic of Panama to appear for Central America’s #1 wrestling promotion Revolution Xtreme Wrestling in the main event of their big October 25th XTREME MANIA event at the Institute of The Americas in Panama City.. [reported by Shannon Rose]

[YouTube] Here are some highlights of the August 30 battle between The Heartbreak Express and The Corruption Crew – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLQLp_C58Ic

[Misc News] The Tiger Khan documentary “Fire in the Blood” has its World premier on October 26 at the Pioneer Theatre in New York City’s East Village. For more information, go to www.evanginzburg.com

[Radio] Monday Night Mayhem…… Paul “Butcher” Vachon & Luna Vachon Discuss Life After Retirement, The Importance Of The Pro Wrestling Hall Of Fame Vs. The WWE Hall Of Fame, & The Pressures Of The Vachon Family. To listen to the show, go to www.mondaynightmayhemarchives.com/oct08/101708.mp3

[Radio] The 9/2 edition of Monday Night Mayhem (www.mondaynightmayhem.com) included a Walter “Killer” Kowalski Tribute Special (with SLAM! Wrestling’s Greg Oliver & Steve Johnson). To listen to the program, go to http://www.mondaynightmayhemarchives.com/waxfiles/090208.wax

[Radio] Mike Modest on In Your Head Online – http://www.inyourheadonline.com/viewnews.php?autoid=1724

[Radio] Sylvain Grenier on In Your Head Online – http://www.inyourheadonline.com/viewnews.php?autoid=1736

[Radio] Be sure to tune in every Monday night at 6 PM for a new edition of Who’s Slamming Who. Listen to this week’s edition of Who’s Slamming Who now at: www.FanSlamWrestling.com

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