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- It looks as if World Wrestling Entertainment have made their move to replace departed female announcer Lillian Garcia. Lauren Mayhew, 24, was introduced as a ring announcer @ Tuesday night's Smackdown taping in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mayhew has quite an array of experience, spanning TV appearances in the likes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation & American Dreams, as well as singing & writing experience. It was widely reported that WWE Owner Vince McMahon was very high on getting an individual that could sing as well as announce. For those interested, you can check out videos of Lauren singing here

- . . . & after 10+ years with World Wrestling Entertainment, Garcia thanked the WWE Universe & informed everybody that Monday was her final night greeting fans, belting out the national anthem & announcing the start of matches. In case you missed her heartfelt & emotional goodbye on RAW, you can see the video clip here  Plus, WWE's posted a photo gallery spanning her time there, which you can check out here

- Lilian Garcia got another send off after RAW went off the air on Monday, as she joined HHH & "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels in the ring for the usual D-Generation X act. After DX left, the song "The Time of My Life" from the Dirty Dancing soudtrack kicked in, as Lilian was joined by her soon-to-be husband in the ring & started they dancing. She then greeted fans @ ringside for 1 last time before walking backstage. Hopefully we'll get a video of this soon.

PAY-PER-VIEW NEWS: Breaking Point, No Surrender, WrestleMania & Hell in a Cell
- To read my review of WWE Breaking Point, click here

- "Phenomenal" AJ Styles ~ who just earlier this week became a father for the 1st time ~ was presented with the TNA Heavyweight title belt by President Dixie Carter backstage, just minutes after he defeated Kurt Angle @ the No Surrender pay-per-view. Jeremy Borash did a little interview with the new champ & the Pres walked in to personally hand the belt to Styles. Dixie Carter keeps looking hotter every day! You can check out the backstage footage here & read my review of the event here

- www.MiamiTodayNews.com has a story regarding the city being a finalist to host WrestleMania in 2011 or 2012. The Miami-Dade Sports Commission's expecting an answer within the next month, as WWE chooses the locations for its biggest show of the year. "There's so much power behind it ~ it's the size basically of a Super Bowl," said José "Pepe" Diaz, sports commission chair. "To us it's huge; financially it's incredible." Miami's bid included hosting Axxess @ the Miami Beach Convention Center, South Beach as the location for any concerts or street parties, American Airlines Arena for RAW & the Hall of Fame Ceremony & the open air LandShark Stadium for WrestleMania itself. "We pitched our best game," Diaz said. "We're the gateway of the Americas. I think it'll be good for WrestleMania, just like it's good for the Super Bowl. We're a world-class place & we have so much going on for us." Diaz ~ who, along with Mike Sophia {sports commission executive director}, William D. Talbert III {president & CEO of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau} & Jarred Diamond {vice president of booking with American Airlines Arena} ~ made the pitch to the WWE board, went to Stamford last week to meet with Owner Vince McMahon.

- Here's the updated card for WWE's Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, coming out of Tuesday night's Smackdown tapings: Hell in a Cell, Smackdown Heavyweight champion CM Punk versus The UnderTaker. . .  Hell in a Cell, RAW Heavyweight champion John Cena versus "Legend Killer" Randy Orton. . .  Hell in a Cell, Tag Team Match, D-Generation X (HHH & "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels) versus Rhodes to Riches (Ted DiBiase Junior & Cody Rhodes). . .  Triple Threat match, RAW United States champion Kofi Kingston versus Mike "The Miz" Mizanin versus "All-American American" Jack Swagger. . .  Smackdown Intercontinental champion John Morrison versus Dolph Ziggler.  It also appears Dave "The Animal" Batista & Rey Mysterio Junior will be challenging for the WWE Unified Tag Team Titles. Batista cut a promo @ the tapings & basically said his partner was Mysterio.

WWE NEWS: Smackdown 10th Anniversary Main Event, History of the World Title, Score 3 more years, Future RAW Host & Jeff Hardy
- WWE Hall-of-Famer Jim Ross updated his blog & you can read the latest posting @ www.jrsbarbq.com

- The October 2nd Smackdown, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary, will have a fully loaded 8-man tag team main event. Announced for the show's HHH, "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker & RAW Heavyweight champion John Cena, taking on Smackdown Heavyweight champion CM Punk, "Legend Killer" Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase Junior & Cody Rhodes.

- WWE are planning a new DVD titled "The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship", which's set for a December 1st release. This will be a 3-disc set compilation similar to "The History of the WWE Championship" & "The History of the Intercontinental Championship", which were released in 2006 & 2008 respectively. We'd imagine that the history of the World Heavyweight title chronicled will date further back than the 2002 date that www.WWE.COM lists, with HHH as the 1st champion. Often referred to as the "Big Gold Belt," WWE stopped using it in 2002 after the Game won the Undisputed title from Chris Jericho @ WrestleMania 18, then reintroduced it with a slight modification & with the addition of the WWE logo. Wrestling legends & WWE Hall of Famers like "Nature Boy" Ric Flair, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes & Hulk Hogan, as well as TNA's Sting & many others held the original belt, when it was with the NWA, then with WCW.

- "Canadians' passion for the WWE's 2nd to none," says John Levy, Chairman & CEO, Score Media Inc. "In extending our longstanding partnership with the World Wrestling Entertainment, we're giving our viewers more exciting WWE action, while offering the nation access to exclusive, top-rated sports entertainment." The 3-year agreement gives WWE fans more of their desired programming including RAW & SmackDown. In addition, The Score will continue to produce & air WWE Experience, a weekly round-up of the latest & greatest in the WWE, as well as bringing viewers the WWE Vintage Collection, a look back @ some of the WWE's classic matches, hosted by "Mean" Gene Okerlund & seen in North America only on The Score.  Read more about it here

- Dennis Miller said on his radio show ~ The aptly-named Dennis Miller Show ~ Tuesday that he'll be hosting an episode of Monday Night RAW later this year. Now, not to get off on a rant here, but I think that'll be 1 helluva entertaining program, cochise!

- As of this past Friday, production work was still being done on WWE’s Jeff Hardy DVD set. If WWE decides to pull the DVD, like originally thought, the most likely replacement will be a Chris Jericho compilation DVD set. Wow, I could be watching a DVD compilation for the ÜberStar of Jerichlean Proportions?!

- Meanwhile, Jeff Hardy's 1st trip to the court will be on September 30th, where he'll be facing charges of felony trafficking in opium, 2 counts of felony possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance, felony maintaining a dwelling to keep controlled substance, felony possession of cocaine & misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Hardy posted a message on his Twitter on the 14th, thanking his fans for their undying support. As of last Wednesday, his Twitter account has been taken offline.

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TNA NEWS: Ed Ferrera, Stevie & Lethal, Colt Cabana, Sting's t-shirt & D-Lo Brown
- For all the latest Total NonStop Action news, join the MySpace TNA community @ www.myspace.com/wrestlingwarlordtnafan

- Former WWE, WCW & TNA creative member Ed Ferrera is backstage @ the TNA pay-per-view in Orlando according to www.PWInsider.com  Ferrera, a big friend of Vince Russo, quit WWF with Russo to go to WCW in 1999, after a successful run backstage in the World Wrestling Federation. Ferrera joined TNA in its early days, but left in August 2002. Ferrera will be doing creative work for TNA once again.

- In TNA's latest webmatch, Doctor Stevie takes on "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal. You can view the match here

- "Colt Cabana will take on Puma in a non-televised match in Orlando tonight" was posted the the Twitter account of former WWE wrestler Scotty Goldman, in regards to wrestling a dark match for Tuesday night's iMPACT! taping.

- TNA's released a new t-shirt on Sting

- D-Lo Brown, who was brought back as an agent, is expected to do a limited amount of wrestling for TNA, although his primary focus will be on helping younger talent. Simon Diamond will also serve as an agent for the company.

HAUGHTY HOTTIES NEWS: Lacey iMPACT!s, Trish Wiis, Traci bares all, Aubrey O'Days & Ashley tweets
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- The daughter of the Texas Tornado, Lacey Von Erich, has signed a new deal with TNA Wrestling, that will let her be on 2 different shows ~ TNA & Wrestlicious, the all-female show set to debut in Fall of this year. She's expected to make her TNA debut this week, according to a press release issued by Wrestlicious LLC. "We realized that this is a terrific opportunity, not only for Lacey, but also to enhance both brands," stated Wrestlicious Senior Producer Johnny Cafarella. "We worked together with TNA Director of Talent Relations Terry Taylor & his great team to make it happen." Von Erich was signed to a WWE developmental deal in August 2007, but was released just before the year ended. The 23-year-old mother of 1 was recently diagnosed with meningitis, but was given a clean bill of health & made her return. You can check out some of her very, very impressive photos from a previous story Wrestling-Online did on Von Erich, when she announced that she was doing Playboy, here  She made her TNA debut @ Tuesday night's iMPACT! taping in Orlando, being revealed as the newest member of The Beautiful People. It was also noted that Angelina Love's no longer a member of the group. The episode's set to air on Thursday, October 1st.

- Former WWE Women's champion Trish Stratus will be the subject of a brand new Wii game to be titled "Stratosphere Yoga." This will be a workout game developed only for the popular Nintendo Wii game console. Frima Studios are in charge of making this project happen & the game's in its early stages of development. The target launch date's Spring 2010 & will make use of
the Wii Balance Board & other Wii devices.  Both hansd where we can see 'em, boys!

- Traci Brooks' Playboy pictorial was released last Thursday, with 20 photos of Brooks in her birthday suit, looking obviously stunning. The photos were supposed to be a part of an upcoming issue of the Playboy magazine, however they were relegated to the Cyber Club section of www.Playboy.com, after a change in the magazine's editorial office. Oh yeah, we have all 20 photos for you. Please note these are Not-So-Work-Friendly. You can see them here

- Heyman Hustle Hottie Aubrey O'Day debuted in the Las Vegas production of Peep Show on Tuesday night with another Heyman Hustle Hottie, Holly Madison & already the winds of controversy have blown into Sin City!  Hopefully you're titilated enough to read more  While you're @ it, you can follow the Heyman Hustle on Twitter

- Former WWE Diva Ashley Massaro has tweeted that she'll be making 2 club appearances the weekend of October 9th, in Los Angeles. Massaro will also be hosting a Miss Hawaiian Tropic Californa pageant.

DECLARATION of INDEPENDENTS NEWS: Chikara Pro, Wrestling-Radio, Capital City Championship Combat Wrestling, Sideshow Wrestling, Jim Boy Star Matt Riviera & BG James Interview
- To view an up-to-date listing of all the omnivorous upcoming independent shows, check out www.prowrestlingevents.tk/

- This just in form Chikara Pro's Facebook account: "Just wanted to give every1 a heads-up on the BIG SALE going over @ SmartMarkVideo.com, where any orders of $60 or more get a 25% DISCOUNT & remember ~ ALL 2002-2007 CHIKARA releases are just $15 before the discount, so the savings will be even greater! Buy! Buy! Buy!"

- Speaking of Facebook accounts, here's what Wrestling-Radio had to offer: "SIGN UP TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER: ENTER YOUR EMAIL here & PLEASE Check your email immediately after you sign up & click the activation link ~ failure to do so will result in NO daily updates."

- FRIDAY OCTOBER 16th, C*4: Capital City Championship Combat Presents “RISE ABOVE 2009” @ Knights of Columbus Hall, 260 McArthur Road, Ottawa, Ontario. VIP Tickets $20, Doors open @ 7PM (VIP ticket includes 1st choice seating & a bonus match!)  General Admission Tickets $15, Doors open @ 7:30pm.  Show stars @ 8pm. Event's all-ages ~ Alcohol sales with valid ID.  Stay up to date with all of C*4’s recent news & event info by visiting www.c4wrestling.com  Purchase DVDs @ www.fortunevideoediting.com & www.smartmarkvideo.com  As well, friend them on facebook ~ visit www.facebook.com/c4wrestling to add!

- Sideshow Wrestling invades Awesome Bomb Fight Radio. . .  Call in & talk midget wrestling, luchadores, superheroes, the bizarre antics of Sideshow Wrestling. . .  plus DJ Lil Danzig will talk about Violent J from ICP's book & how it has changed his life!  Click here for more information.

- Visit www.onlineworldofwrestling.com to check out Jim Boy Star's latest column about Pay Per Views not being worth buying anymore. Go to latest news & click on the aptly-named "Pay Per Views Not Worth The Money" & check the column out.

- Pro wrestler Matt Riviera, also a star of reality TV, is basking in the glow of a highly successful event that occurred recently in his hometown of Russellville, Arizona. Dubbed "Russellmania," Riviera's wrestling card not only thrilled fans, but also raised much-needed funds for the Boys & Girls Club of the Arkansas River Valley. Held on September 12th, Russellmania set an attendance record-packing over 700 people into the LV Williamson Boys & Girls Club building. Over 300 tickets were given away to elementary school kids. "We raised over $2,600," Riviera said proudly of the financial shot in the arm that the Boys & Girls Club of the Arkansas River Valley are now enjoying. Matt, who also wrestled on the card, said that legendary wrestler Buddy Landel told him something that was very poignant. "Buddy said that his match @ Russellmania was his best since his Smokey Mountain days." Fans waited in line for the doors to open & their patience was rewarded with non-stop action, which was met with raucous cheers. "The crowd was amazing," Riviera said. "I can tell you that we wrestlers really fed off it." Matt, fresh off a summer in which he starred in a VH1 reality show & helped produce a movie, was glad to help kids near his hometown. "Always happy to give back," he said. "These are good, hard-working people."  For more information about Matt Riviera, click here.  For more information about the Boys & Girls Club of the Arkansas River Valley, call (479) 229-2982.

- Saturday, September 26th, American Championship Pro Wrestling returns to Monsignor Bonner High School, Monsignor Bonner High School, 403 North Lansdowne Avenue, Drexel Hill, PA 19026! Just minutes away from the 69th Street Septa Terminal in Upper Darby! Doors open @ 6pm, Bell time's 7pm! All tickets are just $10.  "Freebird Rules" ACPW Tag Team Championship Match,
Champions Zero Tolerance versus The Moonwalkers (Blackie & Pinkie Sanchez). . .  ACPW Internet TV Champion Franky Frizzo versus Donn E. Allen versus Ian Cross. . .  Sabian versus "Shooting Star" Eric Enders. . .  Battle of the Big Men, Big Buddha versus JoJO. . .  Shaheem versus Pelle Primeau. . .  ACPW Junior heavyweight champion Little Mondo versus Breaker Morant in this non-title match. . .  ACPW World Heavyweight Champion Korpse versus Gemini in a Dog Collar Match. . .  Also appearing will be : ACPW Tri-State Champion Helter Skelter, Mark Angel, Acid Zero & many, many, more!  For more info, visit www.acpwrestling.com or dial 267-467-6687