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		<title>Madden: &#8220;&#8216;Taker Sucks&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those aren&#8217;t my words, they&#8217;re Mark Madden&#8217;s in a recent column on Wrestlezone.com. But is he wrong? Think about it. It certainly made me examine &#8216;Taker&#8217;s contributions to the ring product. Madden went on to say, &#8220;When can we stop pretending &#8216;Taker is anything besides a ring entrance? He’s slow, he’s hobbled, he’s old and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewrestleblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6745822&amp;post=941&amp;subd=thewrestleblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Catching Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello loyal readers. It&#8217;s been a busy week for me. I haven&#8217;t had much access to the blog (or my computer for that matter). My wife and I closed on a house last week and I&#8217;ve been in the middle of demolition, among other projects, all at once. I did want to pass on a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewrestleblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6745822&amp;post=939&amp;subd=thewrestleblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UFC: Kimbo Deserves Another Shot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kimbo Slice made his fight debut on TUF:10 Wednesday night, losing a TKO decision to 265-pounder Roy &#8220;Big Country&#8221; Nelson. Kimbo was taken down in both rounds by Nelson, who went to Kimbo&#8217;s waist to wrestle him to the ground. In both instances, he held Kimbo in a crucifix and weakly tapped on the top of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewrestleblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6745822&amp;post=934&amp;subd=thewrestleblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Champions Of The Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WWE has a plethora of young talent coming up the ladder. Thanks to ECW, this young talent has a place to develop, and gain national exposure all at the same time. So, given the current WWE roster, who on the list that have never won the World Heavyweight Championship or WWE Championship has gold in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewrestleblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6745822&amp;post=930&amp;subd=thewrestleblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jericho: WWE Needs to Create New Stars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WWE wrestler Chris Jericho was recently interviewed by SlamSports in Canada. In the interview, Jericho emphasizes the importance of creating new stars in order for the wrestling business to continue. &#8220;Creating new talent, creating new stars, that&#8217;s the most important thing for any of the brands to do. &#8220;They have to keep the wheels turning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewrestleblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6745822&amp;post=927&amp;subd=thewrestleblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Decade of Smackdown in Boston</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON &#8212; From a live audience standpoint, last night&#8217;s Decade of Smackdown taping in Boston certainly didn&#8217;t live up to the hype. This Friday on MyNetwork TV, however, the show should come across as entertaining. The problem here is that there really wasn&#8217;t a &#8216;match of the night&#8217;. All were pretty stale and very mechanical. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewrestleblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6745822&amp;post=919&amp;subd=thewrestleblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mayhew Not &#8216;Pulled&#8217; From Taping</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick LoPiccolo, from Lupo Entertainment &#8212; the company that manages new WWE ring announcer Lauren Mayhew&#8217;s music career &#8212; sends the following note: Lauren was not &#8220;pulled&#8221; from the card. This week, Lauren was only scheduled to sing the anthem and work the dark match. Her situation is not unlike a new wrestler to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewrestleblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6745822&amp;post=924&amp;subd=thewrestleblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lauren Mayhew in trouble as WWE announcer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Tuesday&#8217;s Smackdown tapings in Boston, Mass., new WWE ring announcer Lauren Mayhew appeared to have been pulled from the show in the midst of the card. Mayhew was introduced by Justin Roberts to sing the national anthem and gave the announcements for the opening contest &#8211; a dark match that saw Mike Knox pin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewrestleblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6745822&amp;post=913&amp;subd=thewrestleblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Bret Hart Willing to Return to WWE</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Bret Hart is in talks with WWE about returning to the company in an on-screen role. The report indicates that Hart began talking with the WWE around the time that Vickie Guerrero gave her notice that she&#8217;d be leaving the company. I don&#8217;t recall Hart ever stating publically that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewrestleblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6745822&amp;post=908&amp;subd=thewrestleblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Live Twitter&#8217;ing Raw</title>
		<link>http://thewrestleblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/were-fantasy-twittering-raw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you get a second, check out www.twitter.com/thewrestleblog (and follow me if you will!) as we&#8217;re live twitter&#8217;ing Raw tonight.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewrestleblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6745822&amp;post=904&amp;subd=thewrestleblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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