| Wrestling events, shows Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14 at the Germain Arena in Estero, Fla. Appearing will be TNA champ Samoa Joe, Booker T, Christian Cage, Robert Roode, TNA tag team champs The Latin American Xchange, Jacqueline, James Storm, TNA X-Division champ Petey Williams, Kaz, Jay Lethal, The Rock N Rave Infection, TNA Knockouts champ Awesome Kong, Roxxi, Sonjay Dutt, Shark Boy and more. miamiherald.com |
Parks rises from Abyss in TNA In Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Abyss strikes fear in his opponents, paving a path of destruction since his debut in 2003. However, Chris Parks, the man behind the mask, is far from the manic character he portrays. miamiherald.com |
Charges Are Dropped Against Kurt Angle Charges of harassment and possession of human growth hormone have been dropped against Kurt Angle, an Olympic gold medalist who became a professional wrestler. Angle, 40, was arrested last month in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks after a call to the police from his ex-girlfriend, who had a protection order against him. The authorities said they found vials of human growth hormone in Angle’s car, but he said he had a prescription. nytimes.com |
Criticizing, praising TNA, WWE on Monday night The battle lines were drawn by World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling for the much hyped Monday Night War 2.0 on Jan. 4.<p/> It was the first time WWE went head-to-head with another promotion on a Monday since World Championship Wrestling was bought by the competition in 2001. Each side brought the heavy artillery. miamiherald.com |
WWE feels threatened by big government This is a WWE press release.<p/> <p/> Not so coincidently after President Obama's visit to Connecticut this past weekend and on the eve of the midterm elections, WWE is being threatened by the U.S. Department of Justice of the Obama Administration with potential criminal activity for distributing WWE T-shirts near select polling stations tomorrow on Election Day. miamiherald.com |