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Hello, {{PAGENAME}}, and [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|welcome]] to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
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== [[Wikipedia_talk:Censorship]] ==

A watered-down version of the proposed policy against censorship is now open for voting. Will you kindly review the policy and make your opinions known? Thank you very much.[[User:Loom91|Loom91]] 17:55, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

== Survey on the use of Latinized/Greek names for Byzantine rulers ==

Hi. There is a survey on the names of Byzantine rulers at [[Talk:Constantine XI]]. Maybe you are interested in.--[[User:Panairjdde|Panairjdde]] 17:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

== Move request for emperors of the Palaeologus/Palaiologos dynasty ==

Hi. There is a move request for several Palaeologus/Palaiologos dynasty emperors at [[Talk:List of Byzantine Emperors]]. I tought you might be interested in.--[[User:Panairjdde|Panairjdde]] 21:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

==[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Wars|WikiProject Star Wars]] newsletter==
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|style="color:#000"|Greetings, ''[[Star Wars]]'' editors! [[User:Deckiller|Deckiller]] here. It's the first edition of the WikiProject Star Wars newsletter, and yes, it's a semi-ripoff of the [[Esperenza]] newsletter. I think it's important to begin with some good news: ''[[Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]'', ''[[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'', and [[Jabba the Hutt]] have reached [[WP:FA|featured article]] status! Kudos to the editors who helped obtain these achievements!

WikiProject Star Wars is also on a mission to improve Star Wars articles using the following ideas:

* An out of universe perspective versus an in universe perspective (see [[Wikipedia:Writing about fiction]] and the future ammendments to our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Wars/Manual of style|manual of style]])
* Evolving lists into regular articles
* Moving excess information and specifics to [[Wookieepedia]] (and providing links to Wookieepedia per the "see also" and/or "external links" sections)
* Enhanced communication amongst WikiProject members
* More to come

These should provide the basic steps needed to improve and "encyclopedia-fy" the Star Wars series of articles.
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| style="color:#000"|There are plenty of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Wars/things to do]]. An update to the page is coming very soon, and it will represent the new and exciting changes that Star Wars pages will be receiving!
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| style="color:#000"|Although details are forthcoming, I would like to take this time to explain the gist of this concept. Wikipedia has generally agreed that fictional articles should write about the topic from a "real world" perspective, focusing on real world issues and topics, with a section or two for plot synopsis and so on. [[Jabba the Hutt]] is a solid character example, and [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)]] is quickly moving toward an out of universe perspective.
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As many of you know, lists of minor Star Wars-related themes are very common on Wikipedia; however, since these may be seen as violations of Wikipedia policy (and having seperate articles would breach ''even more'' policies), the tentative solution is to create general articles on a list's topic (for example, turning List of Star Wars devices into Technology of Star Wars, which allows us to cover everything from hyperspace to comlinks in a general encyclopedic fashion). This can be very tough for some broad topics, so the key is ''organization''. I encourage all editors to list their ideas on the WikiProject talk page. It will be a very difficult &mdash; but tangible &mdash; effort.

For an example, let me point you to the Final Fantasy WikiProject. Some of us over at that WikiProject decided to turn various components of ''Final Fantasy X'', such as [[Pyreflies]], [[Yevon]], and the backstory &mdash; into an article ''describing'' the world of Spira. Location descriptions were given a [[List of locations in Spira]] article, and the details themselves were placed on the [[Spira (Final Fantasy X)]] page. This is a decent template to follow &mdash; however, we will need to place priority on out-of-universe, "real life" topics and perspectives in realtion to the article.

Sounds confusing, eh? It won't, for examples will be popping up left and right in the near future!
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== WikiProject Narnia ==

Hello, I noticed that you edited an article related to, or expressed interest in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''. I thought you may be interested in knowing that there is a [[WP:PJ|WikiProject]] working to improve articles about Narnia, your help would be greatly appreciated. Please consider joining the [[WP:WPNAR|WikiProject Narnia]]. Thank you! [[User:Bornagain4|Bornagain4]] 03:24, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

== WikiProject Narnia (again) ==

Hey, thanks for joining WikiProject Narnia; we hope that you will [[WP:BOLD|be bold]] and get involved. Probably the easiest way to get involved is to [[WP:NARNIA#Adopt an article|adopt an article]], and improve it to the best of your ability. We hope you have fun! [[User:Bornagain4|Bornagain4]] 11:42, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


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==Wikiproject Narnia Newsletter March 2007==
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I am proud to present our first issue of the WikiProject Narnia Newsletter. I decided that we needed to alert everybody who had expressed interest in the project that there is much work to be done! Please check in every once in a while at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Narnia|the project talk page]], and tell other project members what you've been up to in terms of Narnia articles.
I am proud to present our first issue of the WikiProject Narnia Newsletter. I decided that we needed to alert everybody who had expressed interest in the project that there is much work to be done! Please check in every once in a while at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Narnia|the project talk page]], and tell other project members what you've been up to in terms of Narnia articles.


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== Could you help me write this article? ==

Hello,

I was wondering if you would be willing to help me write either [[Seikichi_Iha]] or [[Shorin-ryu_Shido-kan]]. [[User:Tkjazzer|Tkjazzer]] 21:48, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

==[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bad Religion]]==
Hello. Would you be interested in being part of the Bad Religion WikiProject? If the answer is yes, then [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bad Religion|click here]]. I'm also looking for other Wikipedians who are Bad Religion fans (or fans of punk rock) who could join as well. [[User:Alex 101|Alex]] 21:55, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
== News ==
Just to let you know, there is now a [[:Wikipedia:WikiProject Motörhead]].--[[User:Wiki_alf|Alf]] <sup><font color="green">[[User_talk:Wiki_alf|melmac]]</font></sup> 18:44, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, and welcome to the '''[[WP:DRAVCIV|WikiProject Dravidian civilizations]]'''! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Dravidian related topics.
'''A few features that you might find helpful:'''
* The [[User:Wiki Raja/WikiProject Dravidian civilizations/Information#Open tasks|Announcements and Open tasks section]] can be [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Template:WP Dravidian civilizations/Information#Open tasks|action=watch}} watchlist it] if you're interested.
* Most important discussions take place on the project's [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dravidian civilizations|main discussion page]]; it is recommended that you [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Wikipedia:WikiProject Dravidian civilizations|action=watch}} watchlist it].
* The project has a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Dravidian civilizations/Outreach#Newsletter|monthly newsletter]]; it will normally be delivered as a link, but [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Dravidian civilizations/Outreach#Delivery options|several other formats]] are available.
'''There are a variety of interesting things to do within the project; you're free to participate however much—or little—you like:'''
* Interested in working on a more complete article? The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Dravidian civilizations/Peer review|peer review]] department of the project would welcome your help!
* Interested in a particular area of a Dravidian groups history, geography, culture etc. ? There is already one [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Dravidian civilizations#Task forces|task force]], and you could initiate the creation of more focusing on specific topics or periods.
* Want to know how good our articles are? The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Dravidian civilizations/Assessment|assessment department]] is working on rating the quality of every military history article in Wikipedia.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to any experienced member of the project, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! <br><br>[[User:Wiki Raja|Wiki Raja]] 03:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
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* '''[[Montreal Screwjob]]''' was featured on the [[Main Page]] as [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|"Today's featured article"]] on [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 9, 2007|November 9, 2007]].
* '''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' and '''[[Shelton Benjamin]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured article]] status. Their respective nomination pages can see viewed [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/December to Dismember (2006)|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Shelton Benjamin|here]].
* '''[[Bobby Eaton]]''' is currently a [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|Featured Article candidate]]. It's nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Bobby Eaton|here]].
* Images of '''[[:Image:Beth Phoenix Turnbuckle Entrance No Mercy.jpg|Beth Phoenix]]''' and '''[[:Image:Cripplercrossface.JPG|the Crippler Crossface ]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates|Featured picture candidates]]. Their respective nomination pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Beth Phoenix|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Crippler Crossface|here]].
* '''[[IWGP World Heavyweight Championship]]''' and '''[[NWA World Women's Championship]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]]. Their respective nomination pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP World Heavyweight Championship|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA World Women's Championship|here]].
* '''[[Al Costello]]''', '''[[In Your House 1: Premiere]]''' and '''[[One Night Stand (2005)]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good article]] status.
* '''[[Cyber Sunday (2007)]]''', '''[[Melina Perez]]''', '''[[One Night Stand (2006)]]''' and '''[[Randy Orton]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

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* '''[[Solofa Fatu]]''' (known as '''Junior Fatu''', and previously as '''Rikishi''') was released from [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] on [[October 25]] [[2007]] over a financial dispute, ending his short lived return to television.
* '''[[John Layfield#Personal life|John Layfield]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s wife takes serious heat over [[Citigroup]] financial advice on [[November 1]] [[2007]].
* '''[[Brooke Adams (model)|Brooke Adams]]''' (known simply as '''Brooke''') was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] on [[November 1]] [[2007]].
* '''[[The Fabulous Moolah|Lilian Ellison ]]''' (known as '''The Fabulous Moolah''') passed away [[November 2]] [[2007]] at age 84.
* '''[[Chris Mordetsky]]''' and '''[[Harry Smith (wrestler)|Harry Smith]]''' (known as '''Chris Masters''' and '''D.H. Smith''', respectively) were suspended from [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] as of [[November 2]] [[2007]] for Wellness Policy violations. Mordetsky was released from his contract six says later.
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The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week]] for November 11 - November 17 is '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, November 18.<br>
<small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editor</div>

Welcome to the inaugural edition of '''the WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter'''! I hope this will be a good source of news to those people interested in what's happening around our pro wrestlimg community. I plan to release it every Sunday.

This newsletter will just be a way to get the community announcements to people who don't have the time to check the mesageboards, as well that to those just curious about the news. The newsleter will consist of a ''project news'' section (to do with what's happening on Wikipedia), and a ''current events'' section (relating to news in the "real world"). The newslette will also contain the Collaboration of the Week announcement.

That's all. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please post them at [[User talk:The Chronic/WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter|this talk page]].
:~ <span style="font-family:copperplate gothic light">[[User:The Chronic|<font color="black">'''T'''<small>he</small></font>]] [[User talk:The Chronic|<font color="black">'''C'''<small>hronic</small></font>]]</span>

'''Contributors to this Issue:''' [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes]] — [[User:LAX|LAX]] — [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Nahallac Silverwinds]] — [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]] — [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]
|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 18:26, 11 November 2007 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]]</div>

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[[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]][[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|right]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] newsletter'''</font><br>Issue II — November 25, 2007</center>
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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project News</div>

*'''[[Bobby Eaton]]''' has been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured article]] status. Its nomination page can be viewed [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Bobby Eaton|here]].
*'''[[In Your House 1]]''' is currently a [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|Featured Article candidate]]. Its nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/In Your House 1|here]].
*'''[[IWGP World Heavyweight Championship]]''' and '''[[NWA World Women's Championship]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list]] status. Their respective nomination pages can be viewed [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP World Heavyweight Championship|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA World Women's Championship|here]].
*'''[[Melina Perez]]''' and '''[[One Night Stand (2006)]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Amy Dumas]]''', '''[[Briscoe Brothers]]''', '''[[Don Kent (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Mickie James]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1994)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania III]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*'''[[Booker Huffman]]''' and '''[[Sharmell Sullivan|Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman]]''' (known as '''Booker T''' and '''Sharmell''', respectively) debuted in [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] on [[November 11]] [[2007]] at the [[TNA Genesis#2007|Genesis]] pay-per-view, nearly three weeks after being released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment]].
*WWE released the [[WWE SmackDown! (video game series)|video game]] '''[[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008]]''' on [[November 13]] [[2007]]. The game is available for the [[PlayStation 2]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Nintendo DS]] and [[Wii]] [[Video game console|consoles]].
*'''[[John Cena]]''' takes heat from [[CNN]] after an [[John Cena#Television|interview]] involving mentions of [[steroid]]s.
*'''[[Chris Jericho|Christopher Irvine]]''' (known as '''Chris Jericho''') returned to WWE after a two year hiatus, debuting on the [[November 19]] [[2007]] edition of ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' following months of speculation.
*'''[[Matt Hardy]]''' suffered from an [[Inflammation|inflamed]] [[Vermiform appendix|appendix]], rendering him unable to wrestle at [[Survivor Series (2007)|Survivor Series]] and possibly for 8-10 weeks.

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week#The monthly featured article collaboration|monthly featured article collaboration]] for November 25 - December 1 is '''[[Triple H]]'''. Please help improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, December 2.
*Last week's collaboration of the week was '''[[History of professional wrestling]]'''.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*There are currently '''413''' members participating in [[WP:PW]] (based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]]).
*'''[[User:Lid|Lid]]''' successfully passed [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship|his RFA]] and is now an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]. The RFA discussion can be viewed [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Lid|here]].
*'''[[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]''' successfully passed [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship|her RFA]] and is now an [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]. The RFA discussion can be viewed [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nikki311|here]].
*'''[[User:Aaru Bui|Aaru Bui]]''' has retired from Wikipedia.
*[[Image:Joke Alert.png|15px]] '''[[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]''' took a [[Wikipedia:Wikibreak|wikibreak]] from ''06:21, 25 November 2007 (UTC)'' to ''06:23, 25 November 2007 (UTC)''. [[Image:Joke Alert.png|15px]]
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Dec. 1 - [[User:Lakersprototype2448|'''Lakersprototype2448''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 2 - TNA presents [[TNA Turning Point#2007|'''Turning Point''']]
**Dec. 16 - WWE presents [[WWE Armageddon#2007|'''Armageddon''']]
**Dec. 23 - [[User:Paulley|'''Paulley''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 24 - [[User:Racer38|'''Racer38''']]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editor</div>
Welcome to the ''second'' issue of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Professional_wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter|WP:PW newsletter]]. We apologize for the delay. There was an issue regarding the delivery process.

Anyways, we had a lot of good feedback for the last newsletter. We not only received feedback at the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter|newsletter's talk page]], but ''I'' also received some messages on my talk page as well. Thank you to those who responded. The only complaint we received was about [[typographical error|typos]], and we will try our best to keep the newsletter error-free.

Please continue to offer feedback and new ideas for the next issue. The more we have, the more we'll know how to improve the newsletter. Again, thanks!

:-<span style="font-family:copperplate gothic light">[[User:The Chronic|<font color="black">'''T'''<small>he</small></font>]] [[User talk:The Chronic|<font color="black">'''C'''<small>hronic</small></font>]]</span>

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|Alex Roggio}}
*{{User|Davnel03}}
*{{User|Nahallac Silverwinds}}
*{{User|Nikki311}}
*{{User|The Chronic}}
*{{User|The Hybrid}}
*{{User|TJ Spyke}}

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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 17:55, 26 November 2007 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

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[[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]][[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|right]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] newsletter'''</font><br>Issue III — December 2, 2007</center>
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*'''[[In Your House 1]]''' is currently a [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|Featured Article candidate]]. Its nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/In Your House 1|here]].
*'''[[IWGP World Tag Team Championship]]''' and '''[[WWE One Night Stand]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]]. Their respective nomination pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP World Tag Team Championship|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE One Night Stand|here]].
*'''[[:Image:Triple H Entrance Sequence Melbourne 10.11.2007.jpg|An image of Triple H's ring entrance]]''' is currently a [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates|Featured picture candidate]]. Its nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Triple H Ring Entrance|here]].
*'''[[Amy Dumas]]''', '''[[Briscoe Brothers]]''', '''[[Don Kent (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Mickie James]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1994)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania III]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''', and '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' have each been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|peer review]]. Please review these articles and make suggestions for their improvement. Their respective peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/New Year's Revolution (2007)|here]], [[Wikipedia:Peer review/No Way Out (2007)/archive1|here]], and [[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2007)/archive1|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*'''The Shawn Michaels Story: Heartbreak & Triumph''', a [[WWE Home Video]] [[DVD]] of '''[[Shawn Michaels]]''', was released on [[November 27]] [[2007]].
*According to [http://www.t-wilson.org/2007/11/30/new-blog-from-torrie/ her blog], [[WWE Diva]] '''[[Torrie Wilson]]''' will be taking a couple of weeks off to undergo [[physical therapy]] for back problems.

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week]] for December 2 - December 8 is '''[[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, December 9.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*There are currently '''294''' members participating in [[WP:PW]] (based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]]).
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Dec. 2 - TNA presents [[TNA Turning Point#2007|'''Turning Point''']]
**Dec. 16 - WWE presents [[WWE Armageddon#2007|'''Armageddon''']]
**Dec. 23 - [[User:Paulley|'''Paulley''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 24 - [[User:Racer38|'''Racer38''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 27 - [[User:Truco9311|'''Truco9311''']]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

Welcome to the third edition of the WP:PW newsletter. We need people to begin contacting us with current events. If you can think of anything taking place in the wrestling world that you feel should be added to the newsletter, as well as any other suggestions, then please let us know. Thanks everyone,
:~ <span style="font-family:copperplate gothic light">[[User:The Chronic|<font color="black">'''T'''<small>he</small></font>]] [[User talk:The Chronic|<font color="black">'''C'''<small>hronic</small></font>]]</span> / '''<span style="border: 1px blue solid;background:#AFEEEE">[[User:The Hybrid|<font color="Steel blue">The Hybrid</font>]] [[User talk:The Hybrid|<font color="maroon">T</font>]]/[[Special:Contributions/The Hybrid|<font color="Green">C</font>]]</span>'''

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|Alex Roggio}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|Nikki311}}
*{{User|The Chronic}}
*{{User|The Hybrid}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|TJ Spyke}}
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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 18:39, 2 December 2007 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]]</div>

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[[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]][[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|right]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] newsletter'''</font><br>Issue IV — December 9, 2007</center>
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*'''[[In Your House 1]]''' failed [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Article]] nomination. Its nomination page can be viewed [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/In Your House 1/archive1|here]].
*'''[[IWGP World Tag Team Championship]]''' and '''[[WWE One Night Stand]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]]. Their respective nomination pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP World Tag Team Championship|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE One Night Stand|here]].
*'''[[:Image:Triple H Entrance Sequence Melbourne 10.11.2007.jpg|An image of Triple H's ring entrance]]''' failed [[Wikipedia:Featured pictures|Featured picture]] nomination. Its nomination page can be viewed [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Triple H Ring Entrance|here]].
*'''[[Amy Dumas]]''' and '''[[Royal Rumble (1994)]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:good articles|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Briscoe Brothers]]''', '''[[Don Kent (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Mickie James]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania III]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*'''[[WWE Raw|WWE Monday Night Raw]]''' will celebrate its 15th year anniversary in a three-hour telecast on [[December 10]] [[2007]] on the [[USA Network]].
*'''[[Brandon Silvestry]]''' (known as '''Senshi''') has been released by [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week]] for December 9 through December 15 is '''[[The Undertaker]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, December 16.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''295''' members participating in [[WP:PW]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Dec. 16 - WWE presents [[WWE Armageddon#2007|'''Armageddon''']]
**Dec. 23 - [[User:Paulley|'''Paulley''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 24 - [[User:Racer38|'''Racer38''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 27 - [[User:Truco9311|'''Truco9311''']]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

If you have any feedback on the newsletter so far, or if you want to offer suggestions to help inprove the newsletter, then please let us know. Thanks.

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|Alex Roggio}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|Save Us 229}}
*{{User|The Chronic}}
*{{User|The Hybrid}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 17:10, 9 December 2007 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

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[[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]][[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|right]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] newsletter'''</font><br>Issue V — December 16, 2007</center>
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*'''[[IWGP World Tag Team Championship]]''' has been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list]] status. Its nomination page can be viewed [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP World Tag Team Championship|here]].
*'''[[WWE One Night Stand]]''' failed [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list]] nomination. Its nomination page can be viewed [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE One Night Stand|here]].
*'''[[Randy Orton]]''' failed its [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good Article]] nomination.
*'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Championship]]''' and '''[[Royal Rumble]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]]. Their respective nomination pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Championship|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Royal Rumble|here]].
*'''[[Briscoe Brothers]]''', '''[[Don Kent (wrestler)]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1994)]]''', '''[[Mickie James]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania III]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' and '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' have each been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|peer review]]. Please review these articles and make suggestions for their improvement. Their respective peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/No Way Out (2004)/archive1|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2007)/archive1|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*[[Ric Flair]]'s 19-year-old son '''Reid Fliehr''' has been signed to a developmental contract by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]].
*'''[[Jake Roberts]]''' took up an offer from World Wrestling Entertainment to pay for [[Drug rehabilitation|drug rehab]] for any former WWE wrestler.

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week]] for December 16 through December 22 is '''[[The Fabulous Moolah]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week#The monthly featured article collaboration|monthly featured article collaboration]] will be chosen on Sunday, December 23.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the monthly featured article collaboration!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''298''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]]
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Dec. 16 - WWE presents [[WWE Armageddon#2007|'''Armageddon''']]
**Dec. 23 - [[User:Paulley|'''Paulley''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 24 - [[User:Racer38|'''Racer38''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 27 - [[User:Truco9311|'''Truco9311''']]'s birthday

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The WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter is starting up an interview segment that has been in the works for some time now. The current schedule for interviews can be seen [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview Schedule|here]]. If you would like to submit a question for an interviewee, please do so by following the instructions [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview Questions|here]]. We are accepting questions for ''any'' future interviews. If you would like to sign up to be interviewed, then you may do so [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview Schedule|here]]. We hope that this segment will be one of the most popular this project's newsletter has to offer, and promote a greater sense of community amongst the project members. '''The first interview will be published in next week's issue, and will be with [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]].'''

In other matters, we are still running low on current events. If you know of any in the wrestling world that you believe merit mention in the newsletter, or wish to comment on any other aspect of the newsletter, then please contact us [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter|here]]. Thanks everyone, and enjoy the holiday season.

:~ '''<span style="border: 1px blue solid;background:#AFEEEE">[[User:The Hybrid|<font color="Steel blue">The Hybrid</font>]] [[User talk:The Hybrid|<font color="maroon">T</font>]]/[[Special:Contributions/The Hybrid|<font color="Green">C</font>]]</span>'''
'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
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*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|Nikki311}}
*{{User|The Chronic}}
*{{User|The Hybrid}}
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*A '''[[Portal:Professional wrestling|professional wrestling]]''' [[Wikipedia:Portal|portal]] has been established, and [[WP:PW|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] is expected to maintain it. Please help in its construction and keeping it up to date in the long run.
*'''[[Mickie James]]''' has been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Don Kent (wrestler)]]''' failed its [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good article]] nomination.
*'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Championship]]''' and '''[[Royal Rumble]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]]. Their respective nomination pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Championship|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Royal Rumble|here]].
*'''[[Briscoe Brothers]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1994)]]''' and '''[[WrestleMania III]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', and '''[[In Your House 1]]''' have each been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|peer review]]. Please review these articles and make suggestions for their improvement. Their respective peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/No Way Out (2004)/archive1|here]], [[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2007)/archive1|here]], and [[Wikipedia:Peer review/In Your House 1/archive1|here]].

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*On the [[December 17]] edition of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', it was announced that former [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] superstar '''[[John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]]''' has decided to return to the ring on the [[WWE Raw|Raw brand]]. It is unknown if he will continue to color commentate on ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]''.
*Former [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] wrestler '''[[Andrew Martin|Andrew "Test" Martin]]''' has announced his plans to retire from professional wrestling.
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The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week#The monthly featured article collaboration|monthly featured article collaboration]] for December 23 - December 29 is '''[[John Cena]]'''. Please help improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, December 30.
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>

The first interviewee is '''[[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]]'''. The interview can be viewed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Interview/001|here]].

*Next week's interviewee is '''[[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'''. Submit a question to ask The Hybrid [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''300''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Dec. 23 - [[User:Paulley|'''Paulley''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 24 - [[User:Racer38|'''Racer38''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 27 - [[User:Truco9311|'''Truco9311''']]'s birthday
**Dec. 28 - [[User:FamicomJL|'''FamicomJL''']]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

A new feature for the newsletter is the ''member interview'' segment, seen to the left of this newsletter. Each week, a user will be interviewed in a questionnaire. Other users will have the chance to submit questions to ask the user (to be included in the interview). Questions can be submitted [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]]. If you would like to be interviewed for a future issue, go to the newsletter's talk page and apply there.

We still need people to contact us about current events. If you know of any in the wrestling world that is worth notable in the next issue, or wish to comment on any other aspect of the newsletter, then please contact us [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#General discussion|here]].

Happy holidays!

:~ <span style="font-family:copperplate gothic light">[[User:The Chronic|<font color="black">'''T'''<small>he</small></font>]] [[User talk:The Chronic|<font color="black">'''C'''<small>hronic</small></font>]]</span>

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|Alex Roggio}}
*{{User|Gavyn Sykes}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|Nikki311}}
*{{User|The Chronic}}
*{{User|The Hybrid}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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*'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Championship]]''' has been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list]] status. Its nomination page can be viewed [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Championship|here]].
*'''[[Royal Rumble]]''' and '''[[2007 WWE Draft]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidate]]s. Their respective nomination pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Royal Rumble|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2007 WWE Draft|here]].
*'''[[Briscoe Brothers]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1994)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania III]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[In Your House 1]]''' and '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''' have each been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|peer review]]. Please review these articles and make suggestions for their improvement. Their respective peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/In Your House 1/archive1|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Vengeance (2006)|here]].
*The recent focus on improving stub articles has reduced the number of stubs from 777 to 732 since December 15. For more information, check out the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*'''[[Lance Cade]]''' was injured after separating his left shoulder at a live event on [[December 28]], [[2007]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week]] for December 30 through January 5 is '''[[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, January 6.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewee is '''[[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'''. The interview can be viewed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 007/Interview|here]].

*Next week's interviewee is '''[[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]]'''. Submit a question to ask The Chronic [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''306''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Jan. 6 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Final Resolution#2008|Final Resolution]]'''
**Jan. 21 - [[User:Suriel1981|Suriel1981]]'s birthday
**Jan. 27 - WWE presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2008)|Royal Rumble]]'''
**Jan. 29 - [[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]'s birthday
**Jan. 31 - [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Nahallac Silverwinds]]'s birthday

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We sincerely hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas/holiday, and would like to wish you and yours, a very '''Happy New Year'''!

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
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*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|Gavyn Sykes}}
*{{User|Hardyboyz27}}
*{{User|The Chronic}}
*{{User|The Hybrid}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|TJ Spyke}}

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*'''[[Royal Rumble]]''' has been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list]] status. Its nomination page can be viewed [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Royal Rumble|here]].
*'''[[WrestleMania III]]''' has been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Good article|Good article]] status.
*'''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''' is currently a [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|Featured article candidate]]. Its nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/New Year's Revolution (2007)|here]].
*'''[[2007 WWE Draft]]''' is currently a [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidate]]. Its nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2007 WWE Draft|here]].
*'''[[Briscoe Brothers]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1994)]]''' and '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*The focus on improving Stub-class articles is continuing to pay off, as the number of stubs has reduced from 732 to 717 over the past week. To see a list of important stubs that need some work, or to suggest a stub that you think should be improved, check out [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*As of [[January 2]], ''[[WWE Friday Night Smackdown!|SmackDown!]]'' Superstar [[Drew Galloway|Drew McIntyre]] has been drafted to the ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' brand.

*As of [[January 4]], [[WWE Raw|Raw]] Assistant [[General Manager]], [[Jonathan Coachman]] has been drafted to the [[WWE Friday Night Smackdown!|Smackdown!]] brand to replace [[John Layfield|JBL]] as color commentator.

*On [[January 12]], [[World Wrestling Entertainment]], in conjunction with Bakus International, will begin airing WWE Programming on [[SBT|Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT)]] in [[Brazil]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week]] for January 6 through January 12 is '''[[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, January 13.<br>
*This week's collaboration will remain the same as last week's.
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''310''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''27''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Jan. 6 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Final Resolution#2008|Final Resolution]]'''
**Jan. 12 - [[User:inuyasha73036|Inuyasha73036]]'s birthday
**Jan. 21 - [[User:Suriel1981|Suriel1981]]'s birthday
**Jan. 27 - WWE presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2008)|Royal Rumble]]'''
**Jan. 29 - [[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]'s birthday
**Jan. 31 - [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Nahallac Silverwinds]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
Due to the length of the queue list, we will begin doing ''two'' interviews a week. This week's interviewees are '''[[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 008/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 008/Interview 2|link]]).

*Next week's interviewees are '''[[User:Speed CG|Speed CG]]''' and '''[[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'''. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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Sorry for the late newsletter delivery.
:~ <span style="font-family:copperplate gothic light">[[User:The Chronic|<font color="black">'''T'''<small>he</small></font>]] [[User talk:The Chronic|<font color="black">'''C'''<small>hronic</small></font>]]</span>

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|Alex Roggio}}
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|Hardyboyz27}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|The Chronic}}
*{{User|The Hybrid}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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*'''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''' is currently a [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|Featured article candidate]]. Its nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/New Year's Revolution (2007)|here]].
*'''[[AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship]]''' is currently a [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidate]]. Its nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship|here]].

*'''[[SummerSlam (1994)]]''' and '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''' have been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review these articles and make suggestions on how they can be improved before they are nominated for Good Article status. Their respective peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (1994)|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Royal Rumble (2005)|here]].

*'''[[Briscoe Brothers]]''' and '''[[King of the Ring (1994)]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good article]] status.

*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' is a currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidate]].

*'''[[2007 WWE Draft]]''' failed its nomination for [[Wikipedia:Featured list|Featured list]] status. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2007 WWE Draft/archive1|here]]
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**Jan. 21 - [[User:Suriel1981|Suriel1981]]'s birthday
**Jan. 27 - WWE presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2008)|Royal Rumble]]'''
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*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] will begin broadcasting their programming in [[high-definition television|high-definition]].
*Several wrestling news sites report that former [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] stars [[Ron Killings]] and [[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Chris Harris]] have been in talks with WWE. In addition [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] is said to be returning as well. Be on the look out for unsourced claims of these signing being added to their respective articles as well as the [[World Wrestling Entertainment roster|WWE Roster]] article.
*As of [[January 7]], deturning [[WWE Friday Night Smackdown!|Smackdown!]] Diva, [[Ashley Massaro]] has been drafted to the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] brand.

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The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Pro Wrestling Collaboration of the Week]] for January 20 through January 26 is '''[[Ricky Banderas]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week#The monthly featured article collaboration|monthly featured article collaboration]] will be chosen on Sunday, January 20.<br>
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This week's interviewees are '''[[User:Speed CG|Speed CG]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 009/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 009/Interview 2|link]]).

*Next week's interviewees are '''[[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]]''' and '''[[User:ThinkBlue|ThinkBlue]]'''. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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*'''Current'''
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:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SlamTV!|SlamTV!]]

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:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PWI's list of wrestling World Heavyweight Title reigns|PWI's list of wrestling World Heavyweight Title reigns]] (merged into [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]])

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:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CWF Heavyweight Champonship|CWF Heavyweight Champonship]]
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Domino (wrestler)|Domino (wrestler)]] (redirected to [[Cliff Compton]])
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:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Cena & Shawn Micheals|John Cena and Shawn Michaels]]
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of 2008 Extreme Championship Wrestling results|List of 2008 Extreme Championship Wrestling results]]
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa roster|Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa roster]]
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang|Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang]]
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Velvet Love Entertainment|Velvet Love Entertainment]]
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE Jakks Classic Superstars Action Figures|WWE Jakks Classic Superstars Action Figures]]
:*[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE vs. ECW Head to Head|WWE vs. ECW Head to Head]]
:*[[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 12#Professional wrestling champions|Category:Professional wrestling champions]]
:*[[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 7#Category:World Champion Stables|Category:World Champion Stables]]
:*[[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 9#Category:WWE celebrities|Category:WWE celebrities]]

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*The focus on improving Stub-class articles is continuing to pay off, as the number of stubs has reduced from '''717''' to '''706''' over the past two weeks. The goal for this week is to get it down to 700, so please check out the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] to see what you can help with.
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class}} !! Total
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 4 || 19 || || '''27'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 10 || 29 || 169 || || '''209'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 1 || 45 || 181 || 2061 || || '''2288'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 25 || 680 || || '''706'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 2 || 60 || 243 || 2950 || || '''3255'''
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! {{Unassessed-Class|category=Category:Unassessed Professional wrestling articles|Unassessed}}
| || || || || 9 || '''9'''
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! Total
| '''2''' || '''60''' || '''243''' || '''2950''' || '''9''' || '''3264'''
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*'''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''' failed its [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|Featured article]] nomination. Its nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/New Year's Revolution (2007)/archive1|here]].

*'''[[AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship]]''' failed its [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list]] nomination. Its nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship/archive1|here]].

*'''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''' has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review this article and make suggestions on how it can be improved before being nominated for Good Article status. The peer review can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Royal Rumble (2005)|here]].

*'''[[Don Kent (wrestler)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2004)]]''', '''[[Lisa Marie Varon]]''', '''[[Torrie Wilson]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1994)]]''', and '''[[Ricky Banderas]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Briscoe Brothers]]''' and '''[[King of the Ring (1994)]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good article]] status.

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''327''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
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*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Feb. 10 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Against All Odds#2008|Against All Odds]]'''
**Feb. 18 - WWE presents '''[[No Way Out (2008)|No Way Out]]'''
**Feb. 28 - [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*Former TNA professional wrestler [[Chris Harris]] has officially signed with [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] as confirmed by himself in his personal website.
*[[Ron Killings]] and [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] are still being reported as to having signed WWE contracts. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for their names to be continually added to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment roster|WWE Roster]] article and information about their returns being added to their own articles. There is also apparently an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old '''K-Kwik''' gimmick.
*[[Bobby Lashley]] is being reported to have been released by WWE. His profile has been removed from WWE.com. But again, there is no reliable source for his release, so be prepared to revert his removal from the roster article and edits to his own article.

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week#The monthly featured article collaboration|monthly featured article collaboration]] for February 3 through February 16 is '''[[Shawn Michaels]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, February 17.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

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This week's interviewees are '''[[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 010/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:ThinkBlue|ThinkBlue]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 010/Interview 2|link]]).

*Next week's interviewees are '''[[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]''' and '''[[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'''. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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:*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 29#Category:Jillian Hall albums|Category:Jillian Hall albums]]; [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 29#Category:WrestleMania venues|Category:WrestleMania venues]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE Byte This!|WWE Byte This!]]

:*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Velvet Sky|Velvet Sky]].

:*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Posey|Mike Posey]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randy Dodge|Randy Dodge]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Pit Bulls|The Pit Bulls]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Schmitty Robinson|Schmitty Robinson]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brandon Smith|Brandon Smith]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K.C. James and Idol Stevens|K.C. James and Idol Stevens]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mikey Nicholls|Mikey Nicholls]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SlamTV!|SlamTV!]]; [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 15#Category:World Wrestling Entertainment model to appear in Playboy|Category:World Wrestling Entertainment model to appear in Playboy]]

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<center>*The number of stub articles increased this week, but a large jump in the number of total articles means that the percentage of stub articles still dropped from 21.63% to 21.51%. Please check out the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] to see what you can help with (even if you can only add a reference or two).
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*'''[[AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship]]''' failed its [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list]] nomination. Its nomination page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''' and '''[[Over the Edge (1998)]]''' have been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review this article and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. Their peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Royal Rumble (2005)|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Over the Edge (1998)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' and '''[[Torrie Wilson]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Don Kent (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2004)]]''', '''[[Lisa Marie Varon]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1994)]]''', '''[[Ricky Banderas]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''' and '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*This newsletter will now be issued every other week, per the discussion [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Archive 42#Newsletter|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*Former [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] professional wrestler [[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Chris Harris]] has officially signed with [[World Wrestling Entertainment]], as confirmed by himself in <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wildcatchrisharris.com/ his personal website]</span>.
*[[Ron Killings]] is still being reported as having signed a WWE contract. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for his name to be continually added to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment roster|WWE Roster]] article, and information about his return being added to his article. There is also, apparently, an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old '''K-Kwik''' gimmick. Recent SmackDown! Taping spoilers indicate that he debuted under the name '''Kwik Killings''' in a [[List of professional wrestling slang#D|Dark match]]. No reliable source has reported this as of now, however.
*[[Bobby Lashley]] has been released by WWE as of [[February 4]]
*On [[February 7]], WWE announced that it would cease it's affiliation with [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]].
*Also on [[February 7]], WWE announced that [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown]] would be leaving [[The CW Television Network|The CW]] at the end of the [[2007 in television|2007]]-[[2008 in television|2008]] Television Season.

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*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Posey|Mike Posey]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randy Dodge|Randy Dodge]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Pit Bulls|The Pit Bulls]]; [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 January 29#Category:WrestleMania venues|Category:WrestleMania venues]]; [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE Byte This!|WWE Byte This!]].

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The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week#The monthly featured article collaboration|monthly featured article collaboration]] for February 24 through March 2 is '''[[Ken Anderson (wrestler)|Mr. Kennedy]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 2.<br>
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''36''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*[[User:LAX|LAX]] has been promoted to admin status. His [[WP:RFA|RfA]] can be seen [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/LAX|here]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Feb. 17 - WWE presents '''[[No Way Out (2008)|No Way Out]]'''
**Feb. 24 - [[User:Steelerfan-94|Steelerfan-94]]'s birthday
**Feb. 28 - [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]]'s birthday
**Mar. 9 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Destination X#2008|Destination X]]'''
**Mar. 25 - [[User:Kelan|Kelan]]'s birthday
**Mar. 26 - [[User:Govvy|Govvy]]'s birthday
**Mar. 30 - WWE presents '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 011/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 011/Interview 2|link]]).

*Next week's interviewees are '''[[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]''' and '''[[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]'''. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]]. 3bulletproof16 has confirmed that he will indeed be taking part in the interview, even though he has retired.

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has dropped by 45 while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|Alex Roggio}}
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|Gavyn Sykes}}
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|Nahallac Silverwinds}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|S-pac54}}
*{{User|The Chronic}}
*{{User|The Hybrid}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|TJ Spyke}}
*{{User|Truco9311}}
*{{User|Zenlax}}
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<center>'''[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#General discussion|Discussion]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Suggestions|Suggestions]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Feedback|Feedback]]'''</center>
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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 18:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

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*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' failed its nomination for [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Article status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has been nominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1998)]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' have been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review these articles and make suggestions for how they can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. Their peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Royal Rumble (2005)|here]], [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Over the Edge (1998)/archive1|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Vengeance (2005)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Dawn Marie Psaltis]]''', '''[[Lisa Marie Varon]]''', and '''[[Unforgiven (2004)]]''' have been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Don Kent (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[Ricky Banderas]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1994)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]]''' will be the Featured Wikiproject in next week's edition of the '''[[WP:Signpost|Signpost]]'''. [[User:LAX|LAX]], [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]], and [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]] will answer questions relating to the project [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-10/WikiProject report|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*[[Ron Killings]] is still being reported as having signed a WWE contract. As there is no reliable source for anything of the sort, be prepared for his name to be continually added to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment roster|WWE Roster]] article, and information about his return being added to his article. There is also, apparently, an audio interview with Killings where he states he will be returning to WWE with his old '''K-Kwik''' gimmick. Recent ''SmackDown!'' taping spoilers indicate that Killings has already debuted under the name '''Kwik Killings''' in a [[List of professional wrestling slang#D|Dark match]]. However, no reliable source for this information has been found yet.

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/NWA Australian Championship|NWA Australian Championship]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lena Yada|Lena Yada]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vicious and Delicious|Vicious and Delicious]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Callum Sprit|Callum Sprit]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009|WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Road to WrestleMania Tournament|Road to WrestleMania Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Mei|Gary Mei]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for March 3 through March 16 is '''[[Ric Flair]]'''. Please help to improve it to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next article for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 16.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!]]</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 012/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 012/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]] and [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''351''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''40''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Mar. 9 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Destination X#2008|Destination X]]'''
**Mar. 25 - [[User:Kelan|Kelan]]'s birthday
**Mar. 26 - [[User:Govvy|Govvy]]'s birthday
**Mar. 30 - WWE presents '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has dropped by 45 while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|Nahallac Silverwinds}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|NimiTize}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{user|Truco9311}}
*{{User|Zenlax}}

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<center>'''[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#General discussion|Discussion]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Suggestions|Suggestions]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Feedback|Feedback]]'''</center>
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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 21:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

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*'''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' has been renominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured Article status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has been nominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list status]]; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[SummerSlam (2000)]]''' has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review this article and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. It's peer reviews can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2000)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Ricky Banderas]]''' and '''[[SummerSlam (1994)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Ion Croitoru]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania X]]''', '''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', and '''[[Matt Hardy]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]]''' was the Featured Wikiproject in last week's edition of the '''[[WP:Signpost|Signpost]]'''. [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]], [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]], and [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]] have answered questions relating to the project [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-10/WikiProject report|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>

*[[Jeff Hardy]] was suspended by [[WWE]] for 60 days on [[March 11]] for violating WWE's Substance Abuse and Drug Policy. On [[March 14]], he lost his home in, [[Cameron, North Carolina]], late friday night due to a [[fire]]. Fire Department officials currently cannot confirm what was the cause of the fire. Reports also say that Jeff's brother, [[Matt Hardy]], saw smoke coming out of Jeff's house. [[WWE RAW|RAW]] [[Commentator]], [[Jim Ross]], reports on his blog, "''He lost essentially every thing he had and most sadly his dog''".
*On [[March 14]], [[Vince McMahon]] was honored into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].
*Triple H: King of Kings-There is Only One, a [[WWE Home Video]] [[DVD]], will be released on [[March 25]] [[2008]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Galvan|Steven Galvan]]
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bryant Balmaceda|Bryant Balmaceda]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NWA Australian Championship|NWA Australian Championship]], [[Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/List of professional wrestling stables and tag teams|List of professional wrestling stables and tag teams]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for March 16 through March 30 is '''[[Paul Wight|Big Show]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Kurt Angle]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, March 30.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 013/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 013/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:Endlessdan|Endlessdan]] and [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''356''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**Mar. 25 - [[User:Kelan|Kelan]]'s birthday
**Mar. 26 - [[User:Govvy|Govvy]]'s birthday
**Mar. 29 - [[User:NimiTize|NimiTize]]'s birthday
**Mar. 30 - WWE presents '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has continued to drop, while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|NimiTize}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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<center>'''[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#General discussion|Discussion]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Suggestions|Suggestions]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Feedback|Feedback]]'''</center>
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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 17:53, 24 March 2008 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

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*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' ([[WP:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|<small>link</small>]]) has been nominated for [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
*[[Triple H]] has failed its [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] nomination. Its nom page can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Triple H/archive1|here]].
*'''[[List of WCW Hardcore Champions]]''' has passed its [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured list]] nomination; its nomination can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW Hardcore Champions|here]].
*'''[[Backlash (2004)]]''' has been listed for [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]]. Please review these articles and make suggestions for how it can be improved in preparation for a Good article nomination. Its peer review can be found [[Wikipedia:Peer review/Backlash (2004)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Ion Croitoru]]''', '''[[Jos LeDuc]]''', '''[[New Year's Revolution (2007)]]''', '''[[No Way Out (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania X]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*At [[WrestleMania XXIV]], [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] after executing the [[Superkick|Sweet Chin Music]], which as a result, meant that Ric Flair was forced to retire from professional wrestling. The next night, at Flair's retirement ceremony on [[WWE Raw|Raw]], [[Triple H]] congratulated Flair for his 35 year career, and brought out retired and current superstars to thank him. Michaels, and the whole WWE roster came out later to thank him as well.
*[[The Undertaker]] defeated Edge to become the new World Heavyweight Champion forcing him to submit to the Gogoplata. During the pyro celebration for Undertaker's 16-0 streak, a freak accident occurred just before WrestleMania went off-air. During the pryo shooting to the entrance stage, a firework went to the upper-level section of the crowd on top. Forty-five fans were injured, and currently, WWE is trying to investigate what was the cause of the pyrotechnic malfunction
*[[Cryme Tyme]] returned to [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on March 31, during [[WWE Raw|Raw]], defeating [[Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch]].
*[[Matt Hardy]] also returned on Raw, attacking Randy Orton from behind, and later having a match with Orton.
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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wrestling Professionals|World Wrestling Professionals]]
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dark Angel (wrestler)|Dark Angel (wrestler)]]
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Galvan|Steven Galvan]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A.W. Bulldog (wrestler)|A.W. Bulldog (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Big Shemi|The Big Shemi]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ananzi (wrestler)|Ananzi (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akilah (wrestler)|Akilah (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crybaby (wrestler)|Crybaby (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dont Question My Heart|Don't Question My Heart]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for March 30 through April 13 are '''[[Bash at the Beach (1996)]]''' and '''[[Mae Young]].''' Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
This week's interviewees are '''[[User:Endlessdan|Endlessdan]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 014/Interview 1|link]]) and '''[[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 014/Interview 2|link]]).
*Next week's interviewees are [[User:Straight Edge PXK|Straight Edge PXK]] and [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]. Submit a question to ask them [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Interview segment|here]].

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<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''363''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''39''' members currently active in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*13 - TNA presents '''[[Lockdown (2008)|Lockdown]]'''
*14 - [[User:ThinkBlue|ThinkBlue]]'s birthday
*20 - [[User:Adamaniac|Adamaniac]]'s and [[User:Killswitch Engage|Killswitch Engage]]'s birthdays
*27 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Backlash#2008|Backlash]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#FFD700; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #FFD700; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has continued to drop, while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Professional wrestling articles by quality statistics}}

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|Zenlax}}

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<center>'''[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#General discussion|Discussion]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Suggestions|Suggestions]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Feedback|Feedback]]'''</center>
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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 17:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

== The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIII - April 2008 ==

The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/Newsletter April 2008|April 2008 issue]]''' of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. [[User:John Carter|John Carter]] ([[User talk:John Carter|talk]]) 23:23, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XV — April 20, 2008</center>
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project News</div>

*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' has failed its [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] nomination; the discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)/archive1|here]].
*'''[[Jeff Hardy]]''' has been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''', '''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Money Inc.]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Events</div>
*WWE has invited Democrats running for president, [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]], to [[WWE Raw|Raw]] to settle their differences in a wrestling match. The invitation video can be found <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/none/2008/april8-14/6835006?zone=_index here]</span>.
*On the [[April 21]] edition of ''Raw'', the [[King of the Ring]] tournament will return for one night only. The entire tournament will take place on ''Raw''.
*[[Mick Foley]] made a appearance in the new film, [[Anamorph (film)|''Anamorph'']].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PJ Black (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|PJ Black (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lizard (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Lizard (wrestler)]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Juggernaut (wrestler)|Juggernaut (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wrestling Professionals|World Wrestling Professionals]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of TNA tournaments|List of TNA tournaments]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaun Simpson|Shaun Simpson]]
*'''Deleted:'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last newsletter, the number of stub articles has continued to drop, while the total number of wrestling articles continues to grow. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve. Please check it out and see what you can help with (even if you can only add a few details or a couple of references).

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="10" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 1 || 6 || 5 || '''12'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 1 || 13 || '''14'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 9 || 30 || '''43'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 11 || 49 || 199 || '''260'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 51 || 217 || 2300 || '''2570'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 604 || '''629'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 68 || 306 || 3151 || '''3528'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''68''' || '''306''' || '''3152''' || '''3533'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''374''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''41''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*Apr. 27 - WWE presents '''[[Backlash (2008)]]'''
*May 4 - [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]'s birthday
*May 8 - [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]]'s birthday
*May 11 - [[User:Stevenplunkett|Stevenplunkett]]'s birthday and TNA presents '''[[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for April 13 through April 27 are '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' and '''[[Booker Huffman|Booker T]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, April 13.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Interview</div>
Next week we will start the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week|Editor of the Week]]. This will take the place of the Member Interviews. The EOTW will be given their own interview instead. To be fair, this week we will post all of the interviews that were on the schedule. Click the link next to the user's name to see their interview:
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*'''[[User:Straight Edge PXK|Straight Edge PXK]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 015/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 015/Interview 2|link]])
*'''[[User:Truco-X|Truco-X]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 017/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 017/Interview 2|link]])
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*'''[[User:MarcK|MarcK]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 018/Interview 2|link]])
*'''[[User:Technogreek43|Technogreek43]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 021/Interview 1|link]])
*'''[[User:RkOrton|RkOrton]]''' ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter/Issue 021/Interview 2|link]])
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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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<center>'''[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#General discussion|Discussion]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Suggestions|Suggestions]] • [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Outreach/Newsletter#Feedback|Feedback]]'''</center>
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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 16:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XVI — May 4, 2008</center>
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project News</div>

*'''[[Jeff Hardy]]''', '''[[Matt Hardy]]''', '''[[Money Inc.]]''', and '''[[Vengeance (2005)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''', '''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] won the [[King of the Ring]] tournament on the [[April 21]] edition of [[WWE Raw|''Raw'']].
*Senators [[Hillary Rodham Clinton|Hillary Clinton]], [[Barack Obama]], and [[John McCain]], made special appearance on ''Raw'', via the titantron to address the ''Raw'' fans.
*During [[Backlash (2008)|Backlash]], [[Triple H]] became the new [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]] by defeating [[Randy Orton]].
*[[Matt Hardy]] defeated [[Alvin Burke, Jr.|MVP]] and became the new [[WWE United States Championship|United States Champion]].
*[[The Undertaker]] had the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] taken from him on the [[May 2]] episode of [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni picarazzi|Giovanni picarazzi]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PJ Black (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|PJ Black (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lizard (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Lizard (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xterminator (wrestler)|Xterminator (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Playa (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|The Playa (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kalahari Boerboel (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|Kalahari Boerboel (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/InterMat|InterMat]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

Since the last issue, the number of stub articles has decreased again. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="10" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 11 || 31 || '''47'''
|-
! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 12 || 51 || 199 || '''265'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 51 || 220 || 2316 || '''2593'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 609 || '''629'''
|-
! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 69 || 313 || 3175 || '''3559'''
|-
! Total
| '''3''' || '''69''' || '''312''' || '''3173''' || '''3559'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''377''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*4 - [[User:S-pac54|S-pac54]]'s birthday
*8 - [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]]'s birthday
*11 - [[User:Stevenplunkett|Stevenplunkett]]'s birthday and TNA presents '''[[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]]'''
*18 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Judgment Day#2008|Judgment Day]]'''
*18 - [[User:Self Preteder|Self Preteder]]'s birthday
*19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
*24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for April 27 through May 11 is '''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Amy Dumas]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 11.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editor of the Week</div>
*Welcome to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week|Editor of the Week]]!<br>
*Our first editor of the week is [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]], who won with '''6''' votes.<br>
*The runner-up, [[User:LAX|LAX]] came in second with '''3''' votes.<br>
*Nikki311's award page can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/Nikki311|here]]. Congratulations Nikki!

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|GaryColemanFan}}
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
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== The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIV - May 2008 ==

The '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/Newsletter May 2008|May 2008 issue]]''' of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. [[User:SteveCrossinBot|SteveCrossinBot]] ([[User talk:SteveCrossinBot|talk]]) 08:26, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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*'''[[Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Brock Lesnar]]''', '''[[Stacy Keibler]]''', '''[[Randy Orton]]''', and '''[[Acolytes Protection Agency]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' failed its [[WP:GAN|Good article nomination]], but has been [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment|reassessed]] [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].
*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Backlash (2007)]]''', '''[[Insane Clown Posse]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2007)]]''', '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''', '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''', '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Torrie Wilson]] was released by WWE on May 8.
*[[Latin American Exchange|L.A.X.]] won the vacated [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] as a result of defeating [[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] in the Deuces Wild tournament final at TNA [[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]].
**Also at TNA [[TNA Sacrifice#2008|Sacrifice]], [[Samoa Joe]] defeated [[Scott Steiner]] and [[Frankie Kazarian|Kaz]] to retain the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*During WWE [[Backlash (2008)|Backlash]], [[Triple H]], [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] and [[John Hennigan|John Morrison]], and [[Mickie James]] retained the [[WWE Championship]], [[WWE Tag Team Championship]], and [[WWE Women's Championship]], respectively.

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Africa Wrestling Alliance|Africa Wrestling Alliance]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)|International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior|Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament|TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament (2nd nomination)|TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament]].
*'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deuces Wild Tournament|Deuces Wild Tournament]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol. 2|Meltdown: The Music of TNA Wrestling Vol.2]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Creed|Sean Creed]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni picarazzi|Giovanni picarazzi]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cf Turbo|Cf Turbo]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mother's Day Massacre (2008)|Mother's Day Massacre (2008)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boerseun (wrestler)|Boerseun (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nizaam Hartley|Nizaam Hartley]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Taxidriver (wrestler)|The Taxidriver (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scorpion Kruger (wrestler)|Scorpion Kruger (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Blacksmith (wrestler)|The Blacksmith (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RingDivas Womens Wrestling|RingDivas Womens Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Parow Civic Centre|Parrow Civic Centre]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nightmare (wrestler)|Nightmare (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa|Pro Wrestling Alliance: Africa]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Eden (wrestler)|Steve Eden (wrestler)]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="9" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 12 || 34 || '''50'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 55 || 203 || '''272'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 52 || 220 || 2328 || '''2604'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 606 || '''628'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 71 || 317 || 3189 || '''3580'''
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| '''3''' || '''71''' || '''317''' || '''3189''' || '''3580'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''385''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''38''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*18 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Judgment Day#2008|Judgment Day]]'''; [[User:Self Preteder|Self Preteder]]'s birthday
*19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
*24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday
*1 - WWE presents '''[[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]]'''
*8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for May 11 through May 24 are '''[[Chris Benoit double murder and suicide]]''' and '''[[John Layfield]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, May 25.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editor of the Week</div>
*Our second editor of the week is [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]], who won with '''4''' votes.<br>
*The runner-up, [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]], came in second with '''3''' votes.<br>
*GaryColemanFan's award page and interview can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/GaryColemanFan|here]]. Congratulations!
*The interview portion of the award page was just recently added. To see [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s interview, go to her award page [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Editor of the week/Nikki311|here]]

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|LAX}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
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! colspan="2" valign="middle" style="width: 60%; border: 3px black solid; background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 1em;" | [[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|30px|left]]<center><font size="5">'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter|newsletter]]'''</font><br>Issue XVIII — June 1, 2008</center>
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Project News</div>
*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''', '''[[Insane Clown Posse]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2007)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2005)]]''' have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*'''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|(link)]]}} and '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (1988)|(link)]]}} have been nominated for [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.

*'''[[Backlash (2007)]]''', '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''', '''[[Paul London]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''', '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''', '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' and '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' failed it's Good article nomination, though, it has been reassessed [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Darren Matthews]] (William Regal) was suspended by WWE for 60 days for breaching the [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy]].

*The [[2008 WWE Draft]] was announced by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] [[List of World Wrestling Entertainment employees#Executive officers|chairman]], [[Vince McMahon]], to take place on [[June 23]] [[2008]].

*At [[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]], [[Randy Orton]] suffered a broken [[Clavicle|collarbone]] during his [[Professional wrestling match types#Last Man Standing match|Last man standing match]] with [[Triple H]].

*Also, at One Night Stand, [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in a [[Tables, Ladders and Chairs match]] defeating [[The Undertaker]]. Per the pre-match stipulation, Undertaker was [[kayfabe]] forced to leave WWE.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[May 23]], [[1999]] - [[Owen Hart]] died in a tragic fall during [[Over the Edge (1999)|Over the Edge]].
*[[May 21]], [[2000]] - [[Triple H]] defeated [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[May 22]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] stripped [[Ric Flair]] of the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]], and awarded it to [[Jeff Jarret]].
*[[May 17]], [[2002]] - "The British Bulldog" [[Davey Boy Smith]] died of a heart attack.
*[[May 19]], [[2004]] - [[Ron Killings]] won the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="9" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 4 || 15 || 39 || '''58'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 57 || 203 || '''274'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 52 || 221 || 2331 || '''2606'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 600 || '''624'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 71 || 323 || 3191 || '''3588'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''71''' || '''323''' || '''3191''' || '''3588'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''389''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|active members list]], there are currently '''37''' members currently active in WikiProject Professional wrestling.
**'''NOTICE:''' If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WikiProject Professional Wrestling, we suggest you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**19 - [[User:Frenchbreadpizza|Frenchbreadpizza]]'s birthday
**24 - [[User:Unopeneddoor|Unopeneddoor]]'s birthday
**29 - [[User:CJMiller|CJMiller]]'s birthday
**1 - WWE presents '''[[One Night Stand (2008)|One Night Stand]]'''
**8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for May 25 through June 7 is '''[[Rick Rude]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Carly Colón]]'''. Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, June 8.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''Current:'''
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Africa Wrestling Alliance|Africa Wrestling Alliance]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blood sweat and ears|Blood sweat and ears]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Fingerpoke of Doom (2nd nomination)|The Fingerpoke of Doom]].
*'''Redirected:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)|International Wrestling Federation (South Africa)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior|Joseph Carl Bailey, Junior]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Independent Pro Wrestling Association|Independent Pro Wrestling Association]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crash TV|Crash TV]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drew Roode|Drew Roode]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE wins top 10|WWE wins top 10]].

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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*'''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' and '''[[SummerSlam (2007)]]''' have both failed their Featured Article Candidacy's, their review pages can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (1988)|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2007)|here]], respectively.

*'''[[List of WWE SmackDown video game titles]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWE SmackDown video game titles|(link)]]}} has been nominated for [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.

*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|(link)]]}} has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured List]].

*'''[[Paul London]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1994)]]''', and '''[[WWE SmackDown (video game series)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Backlash (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2007)#GA Review|(link)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Rock (entertainer)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Rock (entertainer)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[One Night Stand (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:One Night Stand (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Great American Bash (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Royal Rumble (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (2005)#GA Review|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' has passed its reassessment and is now a [[WP:Good Article|good article]]! The article's reassessment can be found [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Over the Edge (1999)/1|here]].

*A pay-per-view event chronology has been added as a feature to the [[Template:Infobox wrestling event|Wrestling event infobox]], please assist the project in adding this feature to professional wrestling pay-per-view event articles.

*The C-Class rating has been introduced. The rating falls between articles that are more than Start class, but less than B-Class.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[June 1]], [[1998]] - [[Junkyard Dog]] died at the age of forty-five in an automobile accident.
*[[June 2]], [[2003]] - [[Freddie Blassie]] died at the age of eighty-five from natural causes.
*[[June 10]], [[1983]] - [[Harley Race]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[June 13]], [[1982]]- "High Chief" [[Peter Maivia]] died of cancer at forty-seven.
*[[June 13]], [[1993]] - [[Yokozuna]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[June 19]] [[2002]] - [[AJ Styles]] became the first [[TNA X Division Championship|TNA X Division Champion]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

The number of stub articles has decreased to its lowest level since the project began its focus on improving them. The goal is to get the number below 600, and we're getting close. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="10" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 5 || 15 || '''21'''
|-
! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 17 || 42 || '''64'''
|-
! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 13 || 67 || 206 || '''287'''
|-
! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 7 || 36 || '''44'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 211 || 2312 || '''2578'''
|-
! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 604 || '''629'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 333 || 3218 || '''3628'''
|-
! Total
| '''3''' || '''74''' || '''333''' || '''3218''' || '''3628'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''389''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**8 - TNA presents '''[[TNA Slammiversary#2008|Slammiversary]]'''
**10 - [[User:Chandlerjoeyross|Chandlerjoeyross]]'s birthday
**10 - [[User:King Gemini|King Gemini]]'s birthday
**11 - [[User:Wweisreal|Wweisreal]]'s birthday
**20 - [[User:Umdunno|Umdunno]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[James Yun]] was suspended for 30 days for violating [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE's]] [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Wellness Policy]].

*[[Vince McMahon]] was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Promax|BDA Conference for "for his remarkable accomplishments and innovations in global marketing, advertising and promotion."

*WWE is currently holding "Million Dollar Mania", where they give out prize money totalling $1 million on [[WWE Raw|Raw]] to viewers watching the show at home.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for June 22 through July 5 is '''[[James Yun]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Candice Michelle]]''' . Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article. The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on Sunday, July 5.<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Beale|Mark Beale]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Triplemania|Triplemania]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antonio Peña|Antonio Peña]].
*'''Redirected:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All Action Wrestling|All Action Wrestling]].
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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|iMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}

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*'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]].

*'''[[Starrcade (1983)]]''' has failed its [[WP:FAC|Featured Article nomination]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Starrcade (1983)/archive1|(link)]].

*'''[[List of WWE SmackDown video game titles]]''' has been elevated to [[Wikipedia:Featured list|Featured List]] status [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWE SmackDown video game titles|(link)]].

*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured List]] [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(link)]].

*'''[[Faces of Fear]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Faces of Fear/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Maria Kanellis]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Maria Kanellis/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Paul London]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Paul London/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (1994)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (1994)|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Mega Bucks]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Mega Bucks/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[WWE SmackDown (video game series)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WWE SmackDown (video game series)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Backlash (2003)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (2004)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Survivor Series (2007)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].

*[[:Category:Vengeance]] is being discussed at [[WP:CFD]] for renaming, it's discussion page can be found [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 3#Category:Vengeance|here]].

*The C-Class rating has been introduced. The rating falls between articles that are more than Start-Class, but less than B-Class.

*Immediately put into effect, our project has begun use of the List-Class rating. The List-Class rating is for list articles that are of less quality than B-Class articles.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*At [[Night of Champions (2008)|Night of Champions]]:
**[[Mark Henry]] became the new [[ECW Championship|ECW Champion]].
**[[Kofi Kingston]] won the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]].
**[[Cody Rhodes]] turned on [[Hardcore Holly]] to capture the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]] with [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]].
*On [[June 30]], [[CM Punk]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] on [[WWE Raw|Raw]].
*[[Trevor Rhodes|Trevor Murdoch]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on [[July 3]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[June 24]], [[2001]] - [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]] in the finals of the [[King of the Ring#2001|2001 King of the Ring]].
*[[June 26]], [[1992]] - [[Buddy Rogers]] died of a stroke at age 71.
*[[June 28]], [[1999]] - [[Steve Austin]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].
*[[July 2]], [[1969]] - [[Michael DiBiase|"Iron" Mike DiBiase]] died of a heart attack in the ring.
*[[July 3]], [[2001]] - [[AJ Styles]] and [[Jerry Lynn]] become the first [[NWA World Tag Team Champions]] under the ownership of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]], via winning a tournament final.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''631'''. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 17 || 45 || '''67'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 14 || 65 || 202 || '''282'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 10 || 44 || '''55'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 52 || 211 || 2310 || '''2575'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 602 || '''627'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 1 || 7 || 39 || '''46'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 335 || 3223 || '''3639'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''397''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**29 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Night of Champions (2008)|Night of Champions]]'''
**1 - [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]'s birthday
**7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
**13 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for July 6 through July 19 are '''[[Sean Waltman]]''' and '''[[The Attitude Era]]'''.

*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[July 20]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela|Jack Korpela]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events (2nd nomination)|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships|List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc.|Beer Money Inc.]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Badd guys|The Badd guys]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Beale|Mark Beale]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Mastrocola|Eric Mastrocola]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ECW events|List of ECW events]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

As I'm sure you noticed above, this is the 20th edition of the WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter! It has come a long way since the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 001|first issue]], and I'm sure it will only improve from here. I'd like to thank everyone reading this for continuing to read the newsletter, biweekly.

I'd like to especially thank those who have helped to get the newsletter to it's 20th edition; [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]], [[User:The Chronic|The Chronic]], [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]], [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]], [[User:LAX|LAX]], [[User:ThinkBlue|ThinkBlue]], [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]], [[User:GaryColemanFan|GaryColemanFan]], [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes]], [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]], [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Naha]], [[User:NiciVampireHeart|NiciVampireHeart]], [[User:SRX|SRX]], [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] and, [[User:RkOrton|RkOrton]].

Also, lastly I'd like to thank [[User:Misza13|Misza13]], for sending the newsletter out for us, though his [[Wikipedia:Bot|bot]]. His bot has to be the most important part of the process, because without it, the newsletter would not get sent to project members.

I know that's a long list, but they all deserve recognition for their hard work towards the newsletter. So again, thank you to that list of people, and thank you to all of the newsletter's biweekly readers. If you have an questions, comments, or feedback about the newsletter, remember those links below.

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
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*A fact from '''[[Porkchop Cash]]''' and '''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on July 11, 2008 and July 17, 2008, respectively.

*'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]].

*'''[[WWE No Way Out]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE No Way Out|(link)]]}} and '''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidates]]

*'''[[Backlash (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2003)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Backlash (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Backlash (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Unforgiven (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:Good article|Good article]] status.

*'''[[Cyber Sunday (2007)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (2007)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''', and '''[[Vengeance: Night of Champions]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].

*'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/SummerSlam (2003)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Survivor Series (2007)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].

*Per [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=December_to_Dismember_%282006%29&diff=prev&oldid=224449487 this edit] and the discussion [[WT:PW#Date linking|here]], date linking is not mandatory in articles. This mainly applies to the project's pay-per-view expanded articles. Please take this regulation in notice and apply it to the project's expanded pay-per view articles.

*New parameters have been added to the {{tl|Infobox Wrestling event}} template, for the discussion explaining these parameters, see the discussion [[WT:PW#Another suggested PPV change|here]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Current Events</div>
*[[Ashley Massaro]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on July 9.

*[[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] won the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship|TNA Women's Championship]] on the July 10 edition of [[TNA Impact!]], defeating [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[July 9]], [[2000]] - [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 11]], [[1961]] - [[Gene Kiniski]] defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 12]], [[1992]] - [[Jimmy Snuka]] defeated [[Johnny Weiss|Johnny Hot Body]] for the [[ECW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 12]], [[1999]] - [[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Randy Savage]] for the WCW World Heavyweight title.
*[[July 16]], [[2001]] - [[Terry Gordy]] died of a heart attack at age 40.
*[[July 17]], [[1988]] - [[Bruiser Brody]] died in Puerto Rica after being stabbed, aged 42.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''625'''. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 6 || 14 || '''21'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 18 || 51 || '''74'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 14 || 66 || 203 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 9 || 56 || '''66'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 202 || 1734 || '''1988'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 601 || '''625'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 20 || 572 || '''594'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 346 || 3234 || '''3657'''
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| '''3''' || '''74''' || '''346''' || '''3234''' || '''3657'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''401''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
*7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
*13 - TNA presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''
*19 - [[User:ProtoWolf|ProtoWolf]]'s & [[User:The Founders Intent|The Founders Intent]]'s birthday
*20 - WWE presents '''[[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]'''
*22 - [[User:Darrenhusted|Darrenhusted]]'s birthday
*27 - [[User:Sundogs|Sundogs]]' birthday
*29 - [[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]'s birthday
*31 - [[User talk:Normy132|Normy]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for July 20 through August 2 is '''[[Chris Jericho]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Torrie Wilson]]'''.

*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 3]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wrestling championships|List of wrestling championships]].
*'''Kept:'''
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships|List of World Wrestling Entertainment championships]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela|Jack Korpela]] [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Korpela (2nd nomination)|(2)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Velocity Championship Wrestling (VCW)|Velocity Championship Wrestling (VCW)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ring of Honor events (2nd nomination)|List of Ring of Honor events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marc Loyd|Marc Loyd]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tna Wrestlers Payroll|Tna Wrestlers Payroll]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA INCOME|TNA INCOME]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA payroll|TNA payroll]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc.|Beer Money Inc.]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Badd guys|The Badd guys]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cryme Tyme Cenation|Cyme Tyme Cenation]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">From the Editors</div>

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]]
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]].
**'''[[WWE No Way Out]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE No Way Out|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.
**'''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft/archive1|(link)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status, though it has been renominated as a [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidate]], [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|here]]
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured List removal candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''', '''[[Dark Angel (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''', and '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Cyber Sunday (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Cyber Sunday (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Royal Rumble (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (2007)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Stacy Carter]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Stacy Carter/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[SummerSlam (1988)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (1988)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[The Great American Bash (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Vengeance: Night of Champions]] ''' {{small|[[Talk:Vengeance: Night of Champions/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
**'''[[SummerSlam (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}} failed its [[WP:GA|Good Article]] nomination.

*Other project news
**'''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Sacrifice (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/The Great American Bash (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**A fact from '''[[Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling]]''' (July 20), '''[[The Great American Bash (2004)]]''' (July 21), '''[[C.W. Bergstrom]]''' (July 22), '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''' (July 23), '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' (July 25), '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' (July 30) and '''[[New Year's Revolution (2005)]]''' (August 1) were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column.
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**'''[[WWE World Tag Team chamiopship]]''', a current redirect to '''[[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)]]''' is currently a [[WP:RFD|RfD]]. It's deletion page can be found [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 July 30#WWE World Tag Team chamiopship → World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[July 23]], [[1984]] - [[Wendi Richter]] defeated [[The Fabulous Moolah]] for the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[June 26]], [[1992]] - [[Buddy Rogers]] died of a stroke aged 71.
*[[July 27]], [[1963]] - [[Fritz Von Erich]] defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[July 27]], [[2002]] - [[Low-Ki]] defeated [[Christopher Daniels]], [[Brian Kendrick|Spanky]], and [[Doug Williams]] to become the inaugural [[ROH World Heavyweight Championship|ROH World Heavyweight Champion]].
*[[July 27]], [[2002]] - [[Eddie Guerrero]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] in a tournament final to win the reinstated [[WWE United States Championship]].
*[[August 3]], [[1997]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''625'''. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="11" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 6 || 15 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 20 || 56 || '''81'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 15 || 67 || 203 || '''286'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 10 || 60 || '''71'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 203 || 1735 || '''1989'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 601 || '''625'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 20 || 573 || '''595'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 351 || 3246 || '''3674'''
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| '''3''' || '''74''' || '''351''' || '''3246''' || '''3674'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''406''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[July]]''':
***1 - [[User:D.M.N.|D.M.N.]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Alex Roggio|Alex Roggio]]'s and [[User:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]]'s birthdays
***13 - TNA presents '''[[Victory Road (2008)|Victory Road]]'''
***19 - [[User:ProtoWolf|ProtoWolf]]'s and [[User:The Founders Intent|The Founders Intent]]'s birthday
***20 - WWE presents '''[[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]'''
***22 - [[User:Darrenhusted|Darrenhusted]]'s birthday
***27 - [[User:Sundogs|Sundogs]]' birthday
***29 - [[User:Kris Classic|Kris Classic]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User talk:Normy132|Normy]]'s birthday
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride]]'s and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen]]'s birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[The Great American Bash (2008)|The Great American Bash]]:
**[[Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder]] won the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Fatal Four-Way match]].
**[[Shelton Benjamin]] won the [[WWE United States Championship]], defeating [[Matt Hardy]].
**[[Michelle McCool]] defeated [[Natalya Neidhart|Natalya]] to become the inaugural [[WWE Divas Championship|WWE Divas Champion]].
*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] has posted a notice on their official website detailing a release of wrestler [[Frankie Kazarian|Kaz]]. This has been reported to be kayfabe by numerous other sites, but be prepared to revert edits to Kaz's article regarding this as well as [[List of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni]]
*A redesigned [[ECW Championship]] belt was introduced on [[July 22]] during an episode of ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]''.
*[[Mike Adamle]] was appointed the new [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|General Manager]] of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''. [[Todd Grisham]] has now taken over as the commentator for ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]]''.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]]s for August 3 through August 16 are '''[[Gail Kim]]''' and '''[[The Kliq]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 17]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

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*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Between the Ropes|Between the Ropes]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rycklon Stephens|Rycklon Stephens]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes|Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Madden|Mark Madden]].
*'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of wrestling championships|List of wrestling championships]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh|Ranjin Singh]].
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anastacia Rose McPherson|Anastacia Rose McPherson]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dollar Store Wrestling|Dollar Store Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jake Hardy|Jake Hardy]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Current World Champions|List of Current World Champions]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simply Priceless|Simply Pricelss]].

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]].
**'''[[2008 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2008 WWE Draft|(link)]]}}. has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured List removal candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Armageddon (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''', '''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks]]''', '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Juggernaut (wrestler)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''' and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Sarah Stock]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Sarah Stock/GA1|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:GA|good article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Matt Sydal]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Matt Sydal/archive1|(link)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**A fact from '''[[SummerSlam (1992)‎]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2003)]]''', and '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on August 9, 11, and 14 respectively.
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**The guidelines for writing [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]] has been updated, see [[WP:PW/MOS#PPV Guidelines|here]]. The new guidelines should be followed in order for an article to be nominated for Good article or Featured article status.
**The project has had a cleanup listing generated [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]]. It details all the article within the project that are tagged as having problems. Please help to fix the problems outlined.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[August 3]], [[1997]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[The Undertaker]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight championship]].
*[[August 4]], [[1997]] - [[Lex Luger]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight title]].
*[[August 7]], [[2002]] - [[Ron Killings]] defeated [[Ken Shamrock]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 8]], [[1963]] - [[Verne Gagne]] defeated [[Fritz Von Erich]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 9]], [[1999]] - [[Jackie Sato]] died of stomach cancer at age 41.
*[[August 12]], [[1995]] - [[Brad Armstrong (wrestler)|Brad Armstrong]] defeated [[Buddy Landel]] for the [[SMW Heavyweight Championship|Smokey Mountain Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[August 15]], [[2004]] - [[Randy Orton]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] and become the youngest World Champion in WWE history.
*[[August 16]], [[1992]] - [[Keiji Mutoh|The Great Muta]] defeated [[Riki Chōshū]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*Our goal is to get the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''625'''. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="11" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 3 || '''5'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 7 || 15 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 20 || 57 || '''82'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 15 || 68 || 203 || '''287'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 10 || 63 || '''74'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 49 || 203 || 1751 || '''2005'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 23 || 595 || '''619'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 20 || 573 || '''595'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 74 || 353 || 3260 || '''3690'''
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| '''3''' || '''74''' || '''353''' || '''3260''' || '''3690'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member News</div>

*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''414''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride]]'s and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen]]'s birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[WWE Saturday Night's Main Event]], [[Jenny McCarthy]] appeared on the television program to promote funding for the prevention of [[autism]] in children.
*On [[August 3]], [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]'s official website announced that [[Ric Flair]] and the WWE would part ways.
*On the [[August 4]] edition of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Dave Batista|Batista]] and [[John Cena]] defeated [[Cody Rhodes]] and [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]] to win the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]]; however, the following week DiBiase and Rhodes regained the titles.
*[[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Braden Wlker]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] on August 7.
*On August 8, WWE released [[Shannon Moore]], [[Nick Hamilton|Nick Patrick]], [[Kasey James|James Curtis]], [[Cliff Compton|Domino]], [[James Maritato|Nunzio]] and [[Nelson Frazier, Jr.|Big Daddy V]].
*On August 10, [[Randy Orton]] reinjured his shoulder in a motorcycle accident.
*Beer Money Inc ([[James Storm]] and [[Robert Roode]]) won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] at [[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]], defeating the [[Latin American Xchange]].
*WWE released [[Kara Drew|Cherry]], [[Colin Delaney]], [[Stevie Richards]], [[The Highlanders (professional wrestling)|The Highlanders]] and referee Wes Adams on August 15.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaboration]] for August 17 through August 29 is '''[[A.J. Styles]]'''. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|featured article collaboration]] is '''[[Randy Orton]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[August 30]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Articles for Deletion</div>
*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Wrestling Coalition|National Wrestling Coalition]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yogeshwar Dutt|Yogeshwar Dutt]].
*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rycklon Stephens|Rycklon Stephens]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results (2nd nomination)|WWE Saturday Night's Main Event results]].
*'''Redirected/Merged:'''
*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bad Guys (professional wrestling)|Bad Guys (professional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money (professional wrestling)|Beer Money (professsional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Between the Ropes|Between the Ropes]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finlay and Hornswoggle|Finlay and Horsnwoggle]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taryn Terrell (wrestler)|Taryn Terrell (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes|Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes]].
*'''[[WP:RfD|Redirects for Deletion]]:''' [[WWE World Tag Team chamiopship]] ([[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2008 July 30#WWE World Tag Team chamiopship → World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|kept]]).

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My apologies for the late newsletter delivery. <span style="font-family: tahoma">'''-- [[User:iMatthew|<span style="color:brown">iMa<span style="color:teal">tth<span style="color:olive">ew</span>]] <sub>[[User talk:IMatthew|T.]][[Special:Contributions/iMatthew|C.]]</sub>'''

'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|D.M.N.}}
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|RkOrton}}
*{{User|SRX}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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*Featured news
**'''[[SummerSlam (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SummerSlam (2003)|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FA|Featured Article status]].
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].
**'''[[December to Dismember (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article review/December to Dismember (2006)|(link)]]}} was under [[WP:FAR|Featured Article review]], the result was to keep it as a Featured Article.
**'''[[List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured List candidate]].
**'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship/archive1|(link)]]}} has been demoted from [[WP:FL|Featured List status]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''', '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''', '''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Armageddon (2006)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Juggernaut (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Juggernaut (wrestler)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Great American Bash (2005)/GA1|(link)]]}} have passed their [[WP:GAN|Good Article nomination]]s.

*Other project news
**'''[[Matt Sydal]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Matt Sydal/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Unforgiven (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Unforgiven (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]].
**The [[Template:Future-Class|Future class]] rating has been incorporated into the project's assessment. It's intended use is for [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-views articles]] or video games that have not occurred or have been released, respectively.
**A fact from '''[[List of celebrities at WrestleMania]]''' was featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on August 28.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[August 17]], [[1997]] - [[Shane Douglas]] defeated [[Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu]] and [[Terry Funk]] in a triangle match for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[August 19]], [[2001]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] to win the [[WCW Championship]].
*[[August 21]], [[1979]] - [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] defeated [[Harley]] Race for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title]].
*[[August 22]], [[2000]] - [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] defeated [[Stephanie McMahon|Stephanie MaMahon-Helmsley]] for the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[August 27]], [[1994]] - "Eastern Championship Wrestling" was renamed "[[Extreme Championship Wrestling]]".
*[[August 31]], [[1997]] - [[Kensuke Sasaki]] defeated [[Shinya Hashimoto]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''596'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| 1 || 16 || 67 || 201 || '''285'''
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| 2 || 49 || 204 || 1768 || '''2023'''
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| 0 || 0 || 1 || 11 || '''12'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 75 || 357 || 3276 || '''3711'''
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| '''3''' || '''75''' || '''356''' || '''3276''' || '''3711'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''420''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[August]]''':
***10 - TNA presents '''[[Hard Justice (2008)|Hard Justice]]'''
***12 - [[User:NickSentowski|NickSentowski]]'s birthday
***16 - [[User:Lakers244805|Lakers244805]]'s birthday
***17 - [[User:IMatthew|iMatthew]]'s birthday; WWE presents '''[[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]]'''
***18 - [[User:Crash Underride|Crash Underride's]] and [[User:Wrestlinglover|Wrestlinglover's]] birthdays
***19 - [[User:Darren Jowalsen|Darren Jowalsen's]] birthday
***22 - [[User:HeartBurn Kid|HeartBurn Kid's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*At [[SummerSlam (2008)|SummerSlam]], [[Beth Phoenix]] and [[Santino Marella]] defeated [[Mickie James]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] to win the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWE Women's]] and [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championships]], respectively.
*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA Wrestling]] released [[Gail Kim]] from her contract on August 20.
*It was announced on the August 25 television episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' that [[John Cena]] had suffered a [[herniated disc]] in his neck. Cena received successful surgery the following day, and will be inactive for 2-4 months.
*[[Killer Kowalski]] passed away on [[August 30]] after suffering a [[heart attack]] two weeks prior.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>

*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|article collaborations]] for August 31 through September 13 are '''[[Sting (wrestler)]]''' and '''[[Killer Kowalski]]'''.
*Please help to improve these articles to match the quality of an [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|ideal]] Wikipedia [[professional wrestling]] related article.

*The next articles for collaboration will be chosen on [[September 14]].<br>
<center><small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!</small></center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster|Smackdown vs Raw 2009]].
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/La Familia (professional wrestling)|La Familia (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yogeshwar Dutt|Yogeshwar Dutt]].
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intercontinental Champion|Intercontinental Champion]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glamarella|Glamarella]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Wrestling Coalition|National Wrestling Coalition]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Johnston (English Professional Wrestler)|Robert Johnston (English Professional Wrestler)]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion#Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg|Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg]]

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|Altenhofen}}
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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[[WP:NOVELS|WikiProject Novels]] is currently holding a roll call, which we hope to have annually. Your username is listed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members|members list]], but we are unsure as to which editors are still active within the project. If you still consider yourself an active WP:Novels editor, please add your name back to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members#Active members|'''Active Members''']] list. Also feel free to join any of our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels#Task_forces|'''task forces''']] and take a look at the project's '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/JobCentre|Job Centre]]''' to get involved!<p><p><p>

Next month we will begin the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Coordinators|coordinator election]] selection process. We hope to have more involvement and input this time around! More news will be forthcoming. Thanks, everyone! <span style="font-family:verdana">[[User:Yllosubmarine|María]] </span><small>([[User talk:Yllosubmarine|<span style="color:green">habla</span>]] con[[Special:Contributions/Yllosubmarine|<span style="color:green">migo</span>]])</small> 14:12, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
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==WikiProject Novels Newsletter - September 2008==
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* The [[Margaret Atwood]] novel ''[[The Penelopiad]]'' reached [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Penelopiad|Featured Article status]] on June 29 and then appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 26, 2008|Today's featured article]] on August 26. It is the first article created through [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation]] to become Featured.
*''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 11, 2008|Today's featured article]] on July 11.
*''[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]'' reached Good Article status on July 1.
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* The members list is currently under review so we have moved all past active member's name to a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members#Incumbent|Incumbent List]] and are doing a '''Project Roll Call'''. If you still consider yourself an active [[WP:NOVELS]] editor, please add your name back to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members#Active_members|Active Members List]]. You may also wish to add your name to any of our many [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels#Task_forces|Project Task Forces]].
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* ''[[Devil May Care (novel)|Devil May Care]]'', written by [[Sebastian Faulks]] ("writing as Ian Fleming"), has become [[Penguin Books]] fastest selling hardcover fiction title. It is the latest installment in the book series about British secret agent [[James Bond]] and was released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of late Bond creator [[Ian Fleming]]'s birthday on May 28, 1908.
* ''Me Cheeta: the Autobiography'', written by a [[ghostwriter]], is the autobiography of [[Cheeta]] the Chimp who is listed in the [[Guinness World Records]] as the oldest recorded non-human primate at the age of 76. He has appeared in various movie roles which included twelve [[Tarzan]] movies and even battled addiction to alcohol and cigars. The book is not published until October 1, but judges for the 2008 [[Guardian First Book Award]] were sent a early version and were so impressed that they have included it on the 10-strong longlist.
* [[Stephenie Meyer]], who is listed by [[Time magazine]] as one of its 100 most influential people of 2008, has decided not to continue with writing her draft for ''[[Midnight Sun (novel)|Midnight Sun]]'' after 12 chapters of the unfinished manuscript were leaked on the internet.
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* [[Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2008_August_25#Category:Fictional_double_agents|Categories for Discussion]] has a series of discussions about whether to categorize certain specific types of fictional characters: double agents, dictators, characters with [[eidetic memory]], etc. Advice from any Novels project members would be valuable in assisting them.
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Media franchises|WikiProject Media franchises]] aims to help editors with the coordination of articles within the thousands of media franchises which exist and has requested input from our members. They are currently [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Media franchises#Naming convention?|discussing a naming convention]] for franchise articles. Since this may affect one or more articles in our Novel project, they would like to get opinions before implimenting any changes.
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With the Newsletter being almost three months overdue, I have decided to take on the position of Editor to make sure it reaches you regularly on time each month. The Newsletter is meant to inspire and encourage our team of Editors and so my goal shall be to make it informative and interesting each issue.

We now have many positions vacant in our Project Team, so we are looking for members who have the time and interest to take on the various roles, details of which can be found at the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/JobCentre|Job Centre]]'''. Shortly a Coordinator nominations notice shall also be sent out to all members, which will commence the annual Coordinator selection process.

Next month's Newsletter will include a message from our Coordinator [[User:Yllosubmarine|Maria]], who will introduce herself and speak on our forthcoming elections for extra Coordinators.

[[User:Boylo|Boylo]] ([[User talk:Boylo|talk]]), Editor<br/>
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* This month's [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has been selected by popular vote and is <br>'''''[[Look Homeward, Angel]]'''''. <br> The next collaboration is due for selection on 14 September, 2008 so cast your [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Collaboration#Candidates|vote]].
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Our last newsletter's challenge '''''[[The Pure Land]]''''' was completed by our member [[User:Maclean25|Maclean25]], who also provided us with tipline news for this newsletter.
* The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Leslie Ann Moore's first book in her fantasy 'Griffin's Daughter' trilogy, which was named by the Independent Book Publishers Association as the 2008 Ben Franklin Award winner for Best First Fiction, '''''[[Griffin's Daughter]]'''''. <br>''Note: This article was previously deleted due to lack of notability, but that now can be established since winning this award.''
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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*Featured news
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} and '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidates]].
**'''[[List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of celebrities involved at WrestleMania|(link)]]}} has been elevated to [[WP:FL|Featured List]] status.

*Good article news
**'''[[Chyna]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2005)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bad Blood (2003)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bad Blood (2004)/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lockdown (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[SummerSlam (1992)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:SummerSlam (1992)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good article status]].

*Other project news
**'''[[Judgment Day (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive2|(link)]]}}, and '''[[Shawn Michaels]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Shawn Michaels/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]]; and it has been proposed to merge [[Road agent (professional wrestling)]] into [[List of professional wrestling terms]]. The discussion can be found [[Talk:Road agent (professional wrestling)#Merger|here]].
**Facts from [[Antonio Pugliese]] and [[Millennium Wrestling Federation]] were featured on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on [[September 4]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Month in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 1]], [[1992]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Randy Savage]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 2]], [[2002]] - [[Eric Bischoff]] created the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] and awarded it to [[Triple H]].
*[[September 6]], [[2000]] - [[Rob Conway]] defeated [[Nick Dinsmore]] for the [[OVW Heavyweight Championship|Ohio Valley Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 9]], [[1993]] - [[Shane Douglas]] won the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]] by forfeit from [[Tito Santana]].
*[[September 10]], [[1997]] - [[Fritz Von Erich]] died of cancer at age 68.
*[[September 12]], [[1991]] - [[Chris Von Erich]] died in a suicide shooting at 21.
*[[September 12]], [[1999]] - [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 14]], [[1999]] - [[Vince McMahon]] defeated [[Triple H]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight title]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''586'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 2 || 5 || '''7'''
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| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 5 || 24 || 59 || '''88'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 17 || 65 || 201 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 76 || '''91'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 213 || 1767 || '''2032'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 564 || '''587'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 575 || '''600'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 16 || '''18'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 377 || 3273 || '''3730'''
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''377''' || '''3273''' || '''3731'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''198''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[September]]''':
***2 - [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke's]] birthday
***8 - [[User:Perry8331|Perry8331's]] birthday; [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]'''
***12 - [[User:Altenhofen|Altenhofen's]] birthday
***14 - TNA presents '''[[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]]'''
***15 - [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes's]] birthday
***16 - [[User:Bmg916|Bmg916's]] birthdays
***21 - [[User:BionicWilliam|BionicWilliam's]] and [[User:Rossyboy10|Rossyboy10's]] birthdays
***30 - [[User:LBMixPro|LBMixPro's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent News</div>
*[[Mick Foley]]'s [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] contract expired on [[September 1]], and he has signed a short-term deal with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]].
*At [[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]:
**[[Matt Hardy]] won the [[ECW Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Championship scramble match]].
**[[Chris Jericho]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], in a Championship scramble match also.
**[[Afa Anoa'i, Jr.]] made his debut as "Manu".
*[[Nathan Jones (wrestler)|Nathan Jones]] was injured in [[Thailand]], after he was hit by a truck. Jones had recently signed a deal with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]], but will now be out for at least 3 months.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration of the Week</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Collaboration of the Week]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration of the week|Cast your vote to select the collaboration for next week!]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments|List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Total Combat Wrestling|Total Combat Wrestling]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrestlemania win loss records|Wrestlemania win loss records]].
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intercontinental Champion|Intercontinental Champion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beer Money Inc (professional wrestling)|Beer Money Inc (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster|Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion#Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg|Image:Cheerleadermelissa5yw.jpg]], [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 September 8#Image:Spike_Piledriver1.gif|Image:Spike_Piledriver1.gif]], and [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 September 8#Image:Royal_Butterfly5.gif|Image:Royal_Butterfly5.gif]]

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'''Contributors to this Issue:'''
*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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*Featured news
**'''[[The Great American Bash (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Great American Bash (2005)|(link)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
** '''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)|(link)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured Article candidate]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania IX]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article candidates|Good article candidates]].
**'''[[Chyna]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Chyna/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Survivor Series (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (1993)/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania (1985)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania (1985)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Armageddon (2006)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2003)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2004)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Hard Justice (2008)/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[List of WWE pay-per-view events]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/List of WWE pay-per-view events/archive1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Lockdown (2008)/archive2|(link)]]}}, and '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/No Way Out (2004)/archive2|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[Hell in a Cell]]''' has been proposed to be merged into '''[[Professional wrestling match types]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Hell in a Cell#Merger proposal|here]]; and it has been proposed to merge '''[[Road agent (professional wrestling)]]''' into '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''. The discussion can be found [[Talk:Road agent (professional wrestling)#Merger|here]]. Likewise it has been proposed to merge '''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' to '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', that discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
**A fact from [[WrestleMania IX]] was listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] colum on September 15.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 15]], [[1998]] - [[Jacquelyn]] defeated [[Rena Mero|Sable]] for the vacant [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
*[[September 17]], [[1981]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 17]], [[2000]] - [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Kevin Nash]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]]
*[[September 17]], [[2003]] - [[Brock Lesnar]] defeated Kurt Angle for the [[WWE Championship|WWE Championship]].
*[[September 19]], [[1999]] - [[Mike Awesome]] defeated [[Tazz|Taz]] and [[Masato Tanaka]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 21]], [[2003]] - [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]] defeated [[Triple H]] for the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 22]], [[1967]] - [[Stanislaus Zbyszko]] died at age 88.
*[[September 23]], [[2001]] - Kurt Angle defeated [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[September 24]], [[1992]] - [[Roy Heffernan]] died of a heart attack at age 67.
*[[September 25]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[September 25]], [[2000]] - [[WWE Raw|Raw Is War]] debuts on [[Spike (TV channel)|TNN]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''586'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 25 || 60 || '''91'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 203 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 84 || '''99'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 214 || 1766 || '''2032'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 21 || 564 || '''586'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 576 || '''601'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 17 || '''19'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 378 || 3285 || '''3743'''
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! {{Unassessed-Class|category=Category:Unassessed Professional wrestling articles|Unassessed}}
| || || || 1 || '''1'''
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! Total
| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''378''' || '''3286''' || '''3744'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Updates</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''198''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[September]]''':
***2 - [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke's]] birthday
***8 - [[User:Perry8331|Perry8331's]] birthday; [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Unforgiven (2008)|Unforgiven]]'''
***12 - [[User:Altenhofen|Altenhofen's]] birthday
***14 - TNA presents '''[[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]]'''
***15 - [[User:Gavyn Sykes|Gavyn Sykes's]] birthday
***16 - [[User:Bmg916|Bmg916's]] birthdays
***21 - [[User:BionicWilliam|BionicWilliam's]] and [[User:Rossyboy10|Rossyboy10's]] birthdays
***30 - [[User:LBMixPro|LBMixPro's]] birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*At [[No Surrender (2008)|No Surrender]], [[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] won the [[TNA X Division Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|3-way dance]] by defeating [[Petey Williams]] and [[Consequences Creed]].
*On September 14, [[Shelly Martinez]] was released from her contract by TNA.
*[[Sheamus O'Shaunessy|Sheamus]] won the [[FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship]] on [[September 18]], beating [[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]].
*On [[September 21]], at the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] taping, [[Eddie Colón|Primo Colón]] and [[Carly Colón|Carlito]] won the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]], defeating reigning champions [[Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Rombola|Christopher Rombola]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)|Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)]]
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments|List of WWE Intercontinental Championship tournaments]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Total Combat Wrestling|Total Combat Wrestling]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrestlemania win loss records|Wrestlemania win loss records]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Bobby roode ncw.jpg|Image:Bobby roode ncw.jpg]], [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Lance storm ncw.jpg|Image:Lance storm ncw.jpg]], and [[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2008 September 18#Image:Sly ncw 2002.jpg|Image:Sly nca 2002.jpg]].

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*{{User|IMatthew}}
*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SRX}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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*Featured news
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Armageddon (2006)|(link)]]}}, '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(link)]]}}, and '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(link)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
**'''[[No Mercy (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Mercy (2005)/archive1|(link)]]}} was was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] status.
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FA|Featured Article]]. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship|here]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
**'''[[WrestleMania IX]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania IX/GA1|(link)]]}} and '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Sacrifice (2008)/GA1|(link)]]}} have been elevated to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news
**'''[[Bad Blood (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Bad Blood (2004)/archive1|(link)]]}} and '''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/TNA Bound for Glory/archive1|(link)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' has been proposed to be merged with '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
**Facts from [[Royal Rumble (1995)]], [[WrestleMania XI]] and [[King of the Ring (1993)]] were listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on [[October 3]], [[October 5]] and [[October 10]] respectively.

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[September 29]], [[1997]] - [[Ric Flair]] officially disbands the [[Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|Four Horsemen]].
*[[October 1]], [[2000]] - [[Jerry Lynn]] defeated [[Peter Polaco|Justin Credible]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[October 2]], [[2000]] - [[Vince Russo]] vacated the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] and [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] to win it.
*[[October 3]], [[1999]] - [[Vince Russo]] and [[Ed Ferrara]] leave the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] for [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]]
*[[October 5]], [[1997]] - [[Brian Pillman]] died of arteriosclerotic heart disease aged 35.
*[[October 6]], [[1999]] - [[Gorilla Monsoon]] died following a heart attack, aged 62.
*[[October 7]], [[1957]] - [[Lou Thesz]] wrestled [[Rikidōzan]] to a one hour time limit draw in first ever [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship|NWA World Title]] match held in Japan.
*[[October 7]], [[2000]] - [[Juventud Guerrera]] arrested following a drug induced rage in Australia and is fired by WCW
*[[October 8]], [[2001]] - [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 9]], [[2002]] - [[Sean Waltman|Syxx-Pac]] won a seven-man [[ladder match]] for the vacant [[TNA X Division Championship|NWA-TNA X Divsion Championship]].
*[[October 12]], [[1992]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''588'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="13" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 203 || '''284'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 15 || 86 || '''102'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 213 || 1774 || '''2039'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 20 || 566 || '''587'''
|-
! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 22 || 581 || '''605'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 15 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 378 || 3300 || '''3758'''
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''378''' || '''3300''' || '''3758'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member Updates</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''194''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[October]]''':
***1 - [[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]'s birthday
***5 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]]'''
***6 - [[User:Gwalla|Gwalla]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s birthday
***10 - [[User:Edraf|Edraf]]'s birthday
***12 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Bound for Glory IV]]'''
***17 - [[User:Hardcore Hak|Hardcore Hak]]'s birthday
***18 - [[User:Mas0playa|mrMASO]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Kaiba|Kaiba]]'s birthday
***26 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] debuted on [[myNetworkTV]] on October 3.
*At [[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]], [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Chris Jericho]] lost a tooth during his [[ladder match]] title defense against [[Shawn Michaels]].
*On October 10, "Dolph Ziggler" ([[Nick Nemeth]]) was suspended for 30 days for breaching [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE's]] [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Wellness Program]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#A52A2A; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A52A2A; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eurocontinental champion|Eurocontinental champion]]
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Rombola|Christopher Rombola]] {{small|(no consensus)}} and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Genesis (2008)|Genesis (2008)]].
**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)|Ranjin Singh (Dave Kapoor)]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian Cortez|Adrian Cortez]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bullock|Chris Bullock]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/McMahon Stables|McMahon Stables]].
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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*Featured news
** '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
**'''[[Armageddon (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Armageddon (2006)/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} were not promoted as [[WP:FA|Featured Articles]].
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]]. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship|here]].

*Good article news
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Hornswoggle]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''', '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are currently [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].

*Other project news
**'''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/TNA Bound for Glory/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
**'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' has been proposed to be merged with '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[October 15]], [[2003]] - Mark Magnus ([[Mark Copani]]) defeated [[Johnny Jeter]] to win the [[OVW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 16]], [[1997]] - Bam Bam Bigelow ([[Bam Bam Bigelow|Scott Bigelow]]) defeated Shane Douglas ([[Shane Douglas|Troy Martin]]) for the [[ECW Heavyweight Championship|ECW Heavyweight title]].
*[[October 16]], [[2003]] - [[Stu Hart]] died of [[pneumonia]] at the age of 88.
*[[October 19]], [[2003]] - Road Warrior Hawk ([[Michael Hegstrand]]) died of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 46.
*[[October 20]], [[1964]] - Mad Dog Vachon ([[Mad Dog Vachon|Maurice Vachon]]) defeated [[Verne Gagne]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 20]], [[2000]] - [[World Championship Wrestling]], in [[narrative thread|storyline]], fired [[Bret Hart]] due to his incapacitating injury and his announced retirement.
*[[October 20]], [[2002]] - Triple H ([[Paul Levesque]]) defeated Kane ([[Glen Jacobs]]) to [[Championship unification|unify]] the [[WWE Championship|WWE]] and [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental titles]].
*[[October 21]], [[2001]] - [[Chris Jericho]] defeated The Rock ([[Dwayne Johnson]]) to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[October 22]], [[2000]] - [[Kurt Angle]] defeated The Rock to win the WWF Championship.
*[[October 23]], [[2000]] - Yokozuna ([[Rodney Anoa'i]]) died of a heart attack at the age of 34.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''591'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 207 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 96 || '''111'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 219 || 1759 || '''2030'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 20 || 565 || '''586'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 580 || '''603'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 16 || '''18'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 382 || 3297 || '''3760'''
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''382''' || '''3297''' || '''3760'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''194''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[October]]''':
***1 - [[User:Derrty2033|Derrty2033]]'s birthday
***5 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[No Mercy (2008)|No Mercy]]'''
***6 - [[User:Gwalla|Gwalla]]'s birthday
***7 - [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]]'s birthday
***10 - [[User:Edraf|Edraf]]'s birthday
***12 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Bound for Glory IV]]'''
***17 - [[User:Hardcore Hak|Hardcore Hak]]'s birthday
***18 - [[User:Mas0playa|mrMASO]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Kaiba|Kaiba]]'s birthday
***26 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*On October 12 at [[Bound for Glory IV]], Sting ([[Steve Borden]]) won the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
*On October 13, Johnny Devine ([[Johnny Devine|John Parsonage]]) was released from his [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) contract.
*On October 14, Lance Cade ([[Lance Cade|Lance McNaught]]) was released from his [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) contract.
*On October 21, [[Peter Maivia|High Chief Peter Maivia's]] widow, Leah, died aged 81.
*On October 23:
**TNA broadcasted ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' [[live broadcast|live]] in [[high definition]]; it also held ''Impact!'' in a different arena other than the [[TNA Impact! Zone]].
**Also on ''Impact!'', Booker T ([[Booker Huffman|Robert Huffman]]) debuted the newly established [[TNA Legends Championship|Legends Championship]] into TNA and, in storyline, awarded himself the title.
**Awesome Kong ([[Kia Stevens]]) defeated Taylor Wilde ([[Shantelle Malawski]]) to win the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] on ''Impact!''.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:'''[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPRY Wrestling|SPRY Wrestling]].
**'''Kept:'''
**'''Redirected/Merged:'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eurocontinental champion|Eurocontinental champion]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of current Pro Wrestling Unplugged employees|List of Pro Wrestling Unplugged employees]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PWF Light Heavyweight Championship|PWF Light Heavyweight Championship]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Republic pro wrestling|Republic pro wrestling]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Stars of Wrestling|World Stars of Wrestling]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]]
**'''Deleted:'''

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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*Featured news:
** '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No Way Out (2004)|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured article]] status.
**'''[[AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|([[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship/archive1|review page]])}} was removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].
**'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]]}} has been nominated for removal as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].

*Good article news:
**'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''', '''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''', '''[[Vince's Devils]]''', and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
**'''[[Royal Rumble (1995)]]''' {{small|([[Talk:Royal Rumble (1995)/GA1|link]])}} and '''[[WrestleMania XI]]''' {{small|([[Talk:WrestleMania XI/GA1|link]])}} have been promoted to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

*Other project news:
**It has been propsed to merge '''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' into '''[[Vince McMahon]]''', the discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This Fortnight in Wrestling History</div>
*[[October 27]], [[1991]] - [[Brian Pillman]] defeated [[Ricky Morton|Richard Morton]] in a tournament final to become the inaugural [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship|WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion]].
*[[October 31]], [[2000]] - [[Lisa Moretti|Ivory]] defeated [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] to win the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's title]].
*[[November 2]], [[1998]] - [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] was awarded the newly established [[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Championship]] by [[Chairperson|WWF Chairman]] [[Vince McMahon]].
*[[November 5]], [[2001]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]] for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW World Heavyweight title]].
*[[November 6]], [[2003]] - [[Mike Lockwood]], known professionally as Crash Holly, committed suicide at the age of 32.
*[[November 7]], [[2000]] - The [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) agreed to pay [[USD|US$]]18 million to the [[Hart wrestling family|Hart family]] as a settlement in the [[Over the Edge (1999)#Aftermath|court case]] for [[Owen Hart]]'s death at [[Over the Edge (1999)]].
*[[November 9]], [[1997]] - The [[Montreal Screwjob]] occurred, in which [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Bret Hart]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Championship]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional Wrestling Article Stats</div>

*We have now reached our goal of getting the number of Stub-Class articles below 600. The current count is '''592'''. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 3 || 5 || '''8'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || 1 || 12 || 10 || '''23'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 27 || 60 || '''93'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 65 || 207 || '''289'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 96 || '''111'''
|-
! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 50 || 219 || 1759 || '''2030'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 21 || 566 || '''588'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 21 || 581 || '''604'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 77 || 385 || 3298 || '''3763'''
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| '''3''' || '''77''' || '''385''' || '''3298''' || '''3763'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''197''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[November]]''':
***9 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Turning Point (2008)|Turning Point]]'''
***15 - [[User:Rakez|Rakez]]'s birthday
***15 - [[User:Ericystephi|Ericystephi]]'s birthday
***20 - [[User:Batmanrules677|Batmanrules677]]'s birthday
***23 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Wrestling News</div>
*[[Conrad Efraim]], better known as "Special Delivery Jones", died in Antigua on October 26, 2008, following a stroke he suffered two days prior.
*At [[Cyber Sunday (2008)|Cyber Sunday]], [[Dave Batista|Batista]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*On the October 27 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' [[CM Punk]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] won the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team titles]] by defeating [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]] and [[Cody Rhodes]].
*[[Harry Smith (wrestler)|DH Smith]] and [[TJ Wilson]] won the [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]] on October 30.
*On the November 3 episode of ''Raw'':
**[[Mike Adamle]] resigned from his position as [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|General Manager]] of the Raw brand.
**[[Chris Jericho]] defeated [[Dave Batista|Batista]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel cage match]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] for the second time.
*[[Super Crazy]] was released from [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) on November 5.
*On November 7, WWE released [[WWE Raw|Raw]] wrestlers [[Paul London]] and [[Chuck Palumbo]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Collaboration</div>
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Collaboration]] has recently been revamped, and we will now have 6 collaborations at a time. The current collaborations will stand until they reach a certain [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration#How it works|goal]], e.g. [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
**Wrestling Legend: '''[[Kamala (wrestler)]]'''
**Current wrestler: '''[[Samoa Joe]]'''
**Tag team or stable: '''[[Dudley Boyz]]'''
**Stub article: '''[[Gino Brito]]'''
**Pay-per-view: '''[[WrestleMania 23]]'''
**List: '''[[List of professional wrestling terms]]'''

<center>{{small|[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|Cast your vote to select the next collaborations]] — Nominate an article that could be greatly improved!}}</center>

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent Deletion Debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Experience (professional wrestling)|The Experience (professional wrestling)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volador Jr.|Volador Jr.]]
<!-- **'''Kept:'''
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**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dann Read|Dann Read]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SPRY Wrestling|SPRY Wrestling]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 October 24#Image:TNAlegendschampionship.jpg|TNAlegendschampionship.jpg]].
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*'''[[WP:MFD|Miscalleneous for Deletion]]'''
**'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article name changes|Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article name changes]]
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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''', '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''', '''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''', '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''', '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''', and '''[[Vince's Devils]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Antonio Pugliese]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Antonio Pugliese/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Mike Lockwood]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Mike Lockwood/GA1|(link)]]}}, '''[[Rhonda Sing]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Rhonda Sing/GA1|(link)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Talk:WrestleMania XXIV/GA1|(link)]]}} have been promoted to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/WrestleMania XXIV/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Over the Edge (1999)/archive2|(review page)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]]. Comments have been requested to be added on the respective review pages.
*It has been requested that feedback for the [[Money in the Bank ladder match]] article be added to its [[Talk:Money in the Bank ladder match|talk page]].
*Facts from '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''' and '''[[List of King of the Ring winners]]''' were listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on November 10 and 13, respectively.
*It has been proposed to introduce the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|A-Class]] assessment for [[WP:PW]]; the discussion can be found [[WT:PW#New class|here]].
*It has been proposed to merge [[Shooter (professional wrestling)]] into [[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shooter (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''601''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 3 || 6 || '''9'''
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| || || 12 || 10 || '''22'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 30 || 62 || '''98'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 64 || 207 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 1 || 14 || 99 || '''114'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 227 || 1764 || '''2047'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 569 || '''594'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 595 || '''621'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 81 || 397 || 3312 || '''3793'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''197''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[November]]''':
***9 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Turning Point (2008)|Turning Point]]'''
***15 - [[User:Rakez|Rakez]]'s birthday
***15 - [[User:Ericystephi|Ericystephi]]'s birthday
***20 - [[User:Batmanrules677|Batmanrules677]]'s birthday
***23 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]'''

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
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**'''Redirected/Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Experience (professional wrestling)|The Experience (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rebecca Michaels|Rebecca Michaels]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfonso Sharp|Alfonso Sharp]]
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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*On November 9, [[THQ]] and [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) released the fifth installment in the [[WWE SmackDown (video game series)|WWE SmackDown vs. Raw]] series, ''[[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009]]''.
*On November 10, WWE released [[Elijah Burke]], [[Kenny Dykstra]], and [[Lena Yada]] from their contracts.
*[[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] defeated [[Santino Marella]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] on the November 10 episode of ''Raw''.
*On November 18, WWE released [[Armando Estrada]] from his contract.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[November 10]], [[1991]] - [[William Afflis|Dick the Bruiser]] died at the age of 62 from [[internal bleeding]]
*[[November 14]], [[1999]] - [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] defeated [[Triple H]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[November 15]], [[1998]] - [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] defeated [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] in a tournament final for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[November 16]], [[1992]] - [[Jim Fullington|The Sandman]] defeated [[Don Muraco]] for the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 17]], [[2002]] - [[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Triple H]], [[Glen Jacobs|Kane]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]], and [[Rob Van Dam]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in the first [[Elimination Chamber]].
*[[November 18]], [[2000]] - [[Nelson Erazo|Homicide]] defeated Jay Lover for the vacant [[JAPW Heavyweight Championship|Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 18]], [[2001]] - [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] [[championship unification|unified]] the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental]] and [[WWE United States Championship|United States]] championships.
*[[November 18]], [[2001]] - [[The Dudley Boyz]] unified the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF]] and [[WCW Tag Team Championship|WCW Tag Team]] championships.
*[[November 20]], [[2002]] - [[Jeff Jarrett]] defeated [[Ron Killings]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 21]], [[1999]] - [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]] in a tournament final for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 22]], [[1954]] - Promoter [[Roderick McMahon|Roderick "Jess" McMahon]] died at age 72.

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/WrestleMania XXIV|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
*'''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Television Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/CZW World Heavyweight Championship/archive2|(review page)]]}} was removed as a [[WP:FL|Featured list]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''', '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''', '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lisa Moretti/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Taboo Tuesday (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''', and '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Judgment Day (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[King of the Ring (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:King of the Ring (1993)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2003)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2003)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Vince's Devils/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Vince's Devils|(review page)]]}} is a current [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Good topic nominations|Good topic candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[WWE Divas Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/WWE Divas Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} are currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]]. It has been requested that comments be added on the respective review pages.
*It has been requested that feedback for the '''[[Money in the Bank ladder match]]''' and '''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''' articles be added to their talk pages.
*It has been proposed to [[WP:MERGE|merge]] '''[[Shooter (professional wrestling)]]''' into '''[[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]'''; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shooter (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
*'''[[McMahon (documentary)]]''' was merged into '''[[Vince McMahon]]'''; the result of that discussion can be found [[Talk:Vince McMahon#Merge Vince McMahon (Documentary) article...|here]].
*A fact from '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''' and '''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' appeared on the [[main page]] as a [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] on November 24 and December 6.
<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]], which should help them in editing not only professional wrestling articles, but all articles in general.
#Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See [[MOS:BOLD]] for appropriate uses of bold text.
#If you do not want your information removed from articles, please use proper grammar and [[WP:CITE|cite your sources]].
#Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and go against the [[WP:BLP|Biographies of Living Persons policy]].
#Avoid jargon such as [[Face (professional wrestling)|face/babayface]], [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]], [[List of professional wrestling terms#T|turn]], etc. in articles. People unfamiliar with professional wrestling will not understand what these words mean. See [[WP:JARGON]] for more information.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''601''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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| || || 12 || 10 || '''22'''
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| || 6 || 31 || 65 || '''102'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 16 || 66 || 205 || '''288'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 2 || 15 || 98 || '''115'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 229 || 1768 || '''2053'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 24 || 560 || '''585'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 24 || 602 || '''629'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 14 || '''16'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 82 || 406 || 3328 || '''3819'''
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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''200''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[December]]''':
***7 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]'''
***11 - [[User:Urena198|Urena198]]'s birthday
***14 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]]'''
***21 - [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown
***23 - [[User:Paulley|Paulley]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Racer38|Racer38]]'s birthday
***25 - [[Christmas]] Day
***26 - [[Kwanzaa]]
***27 - [[User:SRX|SRX]]'s birthday
***28 - [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:NickSparrow|NickSparrow]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:WWEFAN99|WWEFAN99]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Flores|Dave Flores]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Double chicken wing|Double chicken wing]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Connal Kelleher|Connal Kelleher]].
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg|Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg]].
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Barbie Candid.jpg|Image:Barbie Candid.jpg]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*At [[Survivor Series (2008)|Survivor Series]]:
**[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] returned and won the [[WWE Championship]] after [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 2|SmackDown General Manager]] [[Vickie Guerrero]] added him to the match between then-champion [[Triple H]] and [[Oleg Prudius|Vladimir Kozlov]].
**[[John Cena]] returned after neck surgery, and won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], for the first time, by defeating [[Chris Jericho]].
*On the November 24 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Dustin Runnels|Goldust]], [[Melina Perez|Melina]] and [[Mr. Kennedy]] made their television returns to [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE).
*[[Steve Bradley]] died on December 4, 2008. His cause of death has not been determined.
*On the December 5 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]]'', [[Gregory Helms|Hurricane Helms]] made his in-ring return after an absence of over a year due to a neck injury.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[November 26]], [[1987]] - [[Ric Flair]] defeated [[Ron Garvin]] to win the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 26]], [[1995]] - [[Smoky Mountain Wrestling]] ceased operation.
*[[November 26]], [[2000]] - [[Scott Steiner]] defeated [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 27]], [[1991]] - [[The Undertaker]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[November 29]], [[2003]] - [[Larry Latham (wrestler)|Larry Lathman]], better known as Moondog Spot, died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in the ring.
*[[November 30]], [[1997]] - [[Shane Douglas]] defeated [[Bam Bam Bigelow]] to win the [[ECW Championship]].
*[[December 1]], [[1973]] - [[Stan Stasiak|Stan "The Man" Stasiak]] defeated [[Pedro Morales]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 5]], [[2003]] - [[Jerry Tuite]] died of a a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] aged 36.
*[[December 7]], [[1996]] - [[Scott Levy|Raven]] defeated [[Jim Fullington|The Sandman]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW Heavyweight Championship]].

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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidates]].
*'''[[WrestleMania XXIV]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/WrestleMania XXIV/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted as a [[WP:FA|Featured Article]].
*'''[[List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[List of ECW Television Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Television Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[List of WWE Divas Champions]]''' and '''[[List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions/addition1|(review page)]]}} have been nominated as an addition and withdrawal, respectively, to the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions|Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions]] [[WP:FT|Featured topic]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', and '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Hard Justice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Hard Justice (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Hardy Boyz/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Lisa Moretti]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Lisa Moretti/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Mercy (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Mercy (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[No Surrender (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:No Surrender (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Taboo Tuesday (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Unforgiven (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Unforgiven (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Velvet McIntyre]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Velvet McIntyre/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' was not promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Vince's Devils|Vince's Devils]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Vince's Devils|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Good topics|Good topic]] status.
*'''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Hardy Boyz|(review page)]]}} is a current [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Good topic nominations|Good topic candidate]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Judgment Day (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Judgment Day (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]]. It has been requested that comments be added on the review page.
*'''[[Shooter (professional wrestling)]]''' has been [[WP:MERGE|merged]] into '''[[Shoot (professional wrestling)]]'''; the discussion can be found [[Talk:Shoot (professional wrestling)#Merge request|here]].
*Facts from '''[[Judgment Day (2003)]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2000)]]''', and '''[[Unforgiven (2002)]]''' were all listed on the [[Main Page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on December 12, and a fact from '''[[No Mercy (2002)]]''' was listed on December 13.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#There is a new consensus to remove notes such as most reigns, first reign, last reign, etc. in the championships and accomplishments section. See [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Archive 60#First.2Flast.2Fmost_reigns.2C_etc.|here]] for more information.
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#The television show ''RAW'' should now be written as ''Raw'' per [[WP:MOSCAPS]].
#Please familiarize yourself with the [[WP:N|general notability policy]] of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#If a sentence seems like it may not be true or is partially controversial, remove it or add <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> directly after it.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''616''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 12 || 11 || '''23'''
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| || 6 || 33 || 71 || '''110'''
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| 1 || 16 || 65 || 200 || '''282'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 2 || 15 || 98 || '''115'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 227 || 1789 || '''2072'''
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| || 1 || 25 || 580 || '''606'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
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| || || 2 || 13 || '''15'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member updates</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''208''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[December]]''':
***7 - '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]''' presents '''[[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]'''
***11 - [[User:Urena198|Urena198]]'s birthday
***14 - '''[[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]''' presents '''[[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]]'''
***21 - [[Hanukkah]] begins at sundown
***23 - [[User:Paulley|Paulley]]'s birthday
***24 - [[User:Racer38|Racer38]]'s birthday
***25 - [[Christmas]] Day
***26 - [[Kwanzaa]]
***27 - [[User:SRX|SRX]]'s birthday
***28 - [[User:FamicomJL|FamicomJL]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:NickSparrow|NickSparrow]]'s birthday
***31 - [[User:WWEFAN99|WWEFAN99]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Glidden|Chris Glidden]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Flores|Dave Flores]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zade McClurg|Zade McClurg]].
**'''Redirected/Merged''': [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Double chicken wing|Double chicken wing]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reigns by length|List of World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reigns by length]]
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 November 19#Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg|Image:Candice Michelle Ring.jpg]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*At [[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Final Resolution]]
**[[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]] defeated [[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] to win the [[TNA X Division Championship]]. The [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Management Director|Management Director]] of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA), [[Jim Cornette]], stripped Young of the title after the event concluded due to interference from referee [[Shane Sewell]]. Cornette immediately set up a tournament afterwards for the X Division Championship to begin on the December 11 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!]]''.
**Suicide, played by [[Frankie Kazarian]], a character from [[TNA Impact! (video game)|TNA Impact the video game]], debuted after weeks of promotion.
*On the December 8 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) held the [[Slammy Award]]s for the first time in eleven years.
*[[Gene Snitsky]] was released from his WWE contract on December 11.
*[[John Morrison and The Miz]] defeated [[CM Punk]] and [[Kofi Kingston]] at a WWE [[house show|live event]] on December 13 to win the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Championship]].
*At [[Armageddon (2008)|Armageddon]], [[Jeff Hardy]] defeated [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] and [[Triple H]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]] to win the [[WWE Championship]], his first [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Heavyweight Championship]] reign in WWE.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*[[December 9]], [[1974]] - [[Jack Brisco]] defeated [[Shohei Baba]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 9]], [[2001]] - [[Chris Jericho]] became the first [[WWE Championship|WWF Undisputed Champion]] after beating [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] and defeating [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 10]], [[1973]] - [[Bruno Sammartino]] defeated [[Stan Stasiak]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWWF Heavyweight Chamspionship]].
*[[December 13]], [[2003]] - [[Dan Lopez|Danny Maff]] defeated [[Jerry Lawler]] to win the [[JAPW Heavyweight Championship|Jersey All Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 14]], [[1963]] - [[Verne Gagne]] defeated [[Reginald Lisowski|The Crusher]] for the [[AWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 14]], [[2001]] - [[Russ Haas]] died of a [[heart attack]] at age 27.
*[[December 15]], [[2002]] - [[Kurt Angle]] defeated [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] for the [[WWE Championship]].
*[[December 17]], [[1999]] - [[Masato Tanaka]] defeated [[Mike Awesome]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[December 20]], [[1999]] - [[Bret Hart]] won the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]].

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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==


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*'''[[Lockdown (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lockdown (2008)|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Over the Edge (1999)|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article]] status.
*'''[[List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[List of WWE Divas Champions]]''' and '''[[List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions/addition1|(review page)]]}} were added and removed, respectively, from the [[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions|Lists of World Wrestling Entertainment champions]] [[WP:FT|Featured topic]].

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Good content news</div>
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Slammiversary (2008)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (1992)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''', '''[[The Undertaker]]''', and '''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Night of Champions (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Night of Champions (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Royal Rumble (1993)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Royal Rumble (1993)/GA1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[The Simpsons Wrestling]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Simpsons Wrestling/GA1|(review page)]]}} were promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.
*'''[[Hardy Boyz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Hardy Boyz|(review page)]]}} was promoted to [[Wikipedia:Good topics|Good topic]] status.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Reviews and additional project information</div>
*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Darren Matthews/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]].
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Collaboration|WikiProject Professional wrestling collaboration]] has been archived as a historical project assessment.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing tips</div>
This is a new section in the newsletter to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#When expanding [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]], avoid using [[Professional wrestling terms|wrestling jargon]] without an explanation, per [[WP:JARGON]], maintain an out-of-universe perspective of the article, per [[WP:IN-U]], and avoid writing in excess detail, per [[WP:PLOT]]. For further information see [[WP:PW/PPVG]].
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#Per [[WP:MOSCAPS]], television shows, such as ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' and [[TNA Impact!|iMPACT!]], should be written as ''Raw'' and ''Impact!''.
#Due to a new consensus formed by Wikipedia users, dates should be unlinked in all articles, per [[WP:MOSNUM]].
#Please familiarize yourself with the [[WP:N|general notability policy]] of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#Avoid [[WP:OVERLINK|overlinking]] in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again, unless the length of the article requires it to be linked a second time. Lists are the only exceptions to this policy.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Professional wrestling article stats</div>
*There are currently '''617''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 5 || 6 || '''11'''
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| || || 12 || 12 || '''24'''
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| || 6 || 31 || 73 || '''110'''
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| 1 || 17 || 68 || 199 || '''285'''
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| || 2 || 16 || 100 || '''118'''
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| 2 || 53 || 226 || 1791 || '''2072'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 25 || 579 || '''606'''
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| || 2 || 22 || 592 || '''616'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 14 || '''18'''
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| 3 || 82 || 409 || 3366 || '''3860'''
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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Member updates</div>
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''208''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*'''On the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|calendar]]:'''
**For the month of '''[[January]]''':
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*12 - [[User:inuyasha73036|Inuyasha73036]]'s birthday
*16 - [[Ring of Honor|ROH]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*21 - [[User:Suriel1981|Suriel1981]]'s birthday
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''
*29 - [[User:3bulletproof16|3bulletproof16]]'s birthday
*31 - [[User:Nahallac Silverwinds|Nahallac]]'s birthday

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent deletion debates</div>
*'''[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]'''
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Bang|Chris Bang]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blackjack Parsons|Blackjack Parsons]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vince Verhei (2nd nomination)|Vince Verhei]].
**'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNA Weekly PPV|TNA Weekly PPV]]
*'''[[WP:IFD|Images for Deletion]]
**'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 December 28#File:Jillian Hall about to use Samoan Drop on Candice Michelle.jpg|File:Jillian Hall about to use Samoan Drop on Candice Michelle.jpg]] and [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images/2008 December 28#File:Jillian Hall doing cartwheel into an elbow drop.jpg|File:Jillian Hall doing cartwheel into an elbow drop.jpg]].
*'''[[WP:MFD|Miscellany for Deletion]]
**'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Calendar|Wikiproject Professional wrestling/Calender]]

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Recent wrestling news</div>
*On December 22:
**On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Trish Stratus]] wrestled her first match in over two years in her native [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto, Canada]]. She and [[John Cena]] defeated [[Santino Marella]] and [[Beth Phoenix]] in a [[Tag team#Tag team match rules|Tag team match]].
**It was reported by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] that [[Dave Batista|Batista]] was sidelined with a [[hamstring]] tear that required surgery.
**[[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] defeated [[Michelle McCool]] to win the [[WWE Divas Championship]] on an episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'', which aired on December 26.
*On December 26:
**Independent Wrestling Association's Roland Montgomery, known as Rollin' Hard, died at his home in [[Louisville, Kentucky]].
**WWE Divas Champion Maryse dislocated her kneecap at a WWE [[house show|live event]]; it is unknown how long the injury will sideline her from in-ring competition.
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) moved [[Paul Burchill]] and [[Katie Lea]] from the Raw brand to the [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] brand on December 30.
*On January 2, [[United States senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Henry Waxman]] filed a letter to the [[Office of National Drug Control Policy]] requesting a review of [[professional wrestling]]'s [[steroid]] testing and usage.

<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #039; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This fortnight in wrestling history</div>
*December 22, 2000 - [[Mike Rapada]] defeated [[Terry Brunk|Sabu]] to win the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 23, 1999 - [[Mike Awesome]] defeated [[Masato Tanaka]] to win the [[ECW Championship|ECW World Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 26, 1983 - The [[Iron Sheik]] defeated [[Bob Backlund]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*December 28, 1997 - [[Steve Borden|Sting]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] to win the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship|WCW Heavyweight Championship]]
*December 29, 1998 - [[Mick Foley|Mankind]] defeated [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] to win the [[WWE Championship|WWF World Heavyweight Championship]].
*January 3, 2000 - [[Triple H]] defeated [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Championship]].
*January 4, 1999 - [[Keiji Mutoh]] defeated [[Scott Norton]] for the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]].

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXIV - January 18, 2009 <br />
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As of January 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 5 || 6 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 12 || '''24'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 32 || 75 || '''113'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 18 || 66 || 197 || '''282'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 18 || 104 || '''125'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 224 || 1827 || '''2107'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 22 || 562 || '''586'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 2 || 23 || 593 || '''618'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 13 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 85 || 406 || 3386 || '''3880'''
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*The [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidacy]] of '''[[Sacrifice (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sacrifice (2008)/archive1|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn by the nominator.
*'''[[WCW Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame|(review page)]]}} and '''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[Masa Saito]]''', '''[[No Mercy (2004)]]''', '''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2005)]]''', '''[[Terri Runnels]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', '''[[Victory Road (2004)]]''', and '''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
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:*January 11: '''[[John Hill (wrestler)]]'''
:*January 12: '''[[George Cannon (wrestler)]]'''
:*January 15: '''[[Melvin Nelson]]'''
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:*January 16: '''[[Pat O'Connor (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Mario Milano]]''', and '''[[Dan Kroffat]]'''
:*January 17: '''[[Ray Gunkel]]''', '''[[Paul LeDuc (wrestler)]]''' and '''[[Alberto Madril]]'''
:*January 18: '''[[Gene Petit]]''' and '''[[Rufus R. Jones]]'''
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*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Darren Matthews/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer review]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''210''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''616''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*A search bar has been added to the archive box on the [[WT:VG|PW project talk page]] for easier navigation through the archives.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the month of '''[[January]]'''.
*4 - [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] presents '''[[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom III]]'''
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*16 - [[Ring of Honor]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''

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*On the December 16, 2008 [[broadcast delay|taping]] of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'s (TNA) ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'', [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]] cashed in Lethal's [[Final Resolution (December 2008)|Feast or Fired World Tag Team Title opportunity]] and defeated Beer Money, Inc ([[Robert Roode]] and [[James Storm]]) for the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]], which aired on January 8, 2009.
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) released [[Justin LaRouche|Bam Neely]], [[D'Lo Brown|D-Lo Brown]], [[Ronnie Arniell|Gavin Spears]], [[Jim Korderas]], [[Kevin Fertig|Kevin Thorn]], [[Matt Cappotelli]], [[Mike Kruel]], [[Mickie Henson]], [[Ron Simmons]], [[Sgt. Slaughter]], [[Tim White (referee)|Tim White]], and [[Val Venis]] from their contracts on January 9 as part of a [[budget]] cut.
*TNA reported on January 10 that [[Christy Hemme]] had injured her neck, and that she would require surgery. She was scheduled to face [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]] for the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] at [[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]; this match was replaced by a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Multiple man teamed matches|Six-woman tag team match]].
*At TNA [[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]] on January 11:
**[[Alex Shelly]] defeated [[Chris Sabin]] in a tournament final [[professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles match]] to win the [[TNA X Division Championship]]
**Beer Money, Inc. ([[James Storm]] and [[Robert Roode]]) won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] by defeating defending champions, [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]], and the team of [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] and [[Matt Morgan (wrestler)|Matt Morgan]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|tag team 3-Way Dance]].
**[[Mick Foley]] wrestled his first match in TNA; he teamed with [[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]] and [[A.J. Styles]] to defeat [[Monty Sopp|Cute Kip]] and [[The Main Event Mafia]] ([[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] and [[Scott Steiner]]) in a Six-man tag team [[Hardcore wrestling|hardcore match]].
*On January 12:
**WWE announced that [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|"Stone Cold" Steve Austin]]'s induction into the [[WWE Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] would lead the [[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
**[[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]] defeated [[Matt Hardy]] to win the [[ECW Championship]], and his first title in WWE; this title change aired on January 13.
*[[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]] announced her retirement from [[professional wrestling]], after wrestling her final match in WWE on the January 13 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' against [[Michelle McCool]]; this episode aired on January 16.
*On January 16, [[Hardcore Holly]] was released from his WWE contract.
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#Do not [[WP:LINK|link]] the [[WP:TITLE|title]] of an article in its lead section if the title is already in [[MOS:BOLD|bold]], per [[WP:LEDE]].
#When expanding [[WP:PW/PPV|pay-per-view articles]], avoid using [[Professional wrestling terms|wrestling jargon]] without an explanation, per [[WP:JARGON]], maintain an out-of-universe perspective of the article, per [[WP:IN-U]], and avoid writing in excess detail, per [[WP:PLOT]]. For further information see [[WP:PW/PPVG]].
#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]].
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As of February 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 19 || 110 || '''132'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 226 || 1847 || '''2129'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 21 || 537 || '''560'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 596 || '''622'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 85 || 408 || 3395 || '''3891'''
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:*'''[[Survivor Series (2007)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Survivor Series (2007)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Victory Road (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Victory Road (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
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*The [[WP:FA|Featured article]] '''[[No Way Out (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests#February 15|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn as a request to appear on the [[main page]] as [[WP:TFA|Today's featured article]] for February 15 by the nominator.
*'''[[NWA Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Hall of Fame|(review page)]]}} and '''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s. '''[[WCW Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to Featured list status; however, it has been renominated [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW Hall of Fame|here]].
*'''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Taboo Tuesday (2005)]]''', '''[[Terri Runnels]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', and '''[[Wendi Richter]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Brian Adams (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Brian Adams (wrestler)/GA1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:GAR|Good article reassessment]].
*It has been proposed to merge the '''[[WWE Hall of Fame]]''' and the '''[[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame]]''' articles. The discussion can be found [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling#Merge WWE Hall of Fame and List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame|here]].
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the main page:
:*January 19: '''[[Mighty Igor Vodic]]''' and '''[[Tiger Conway, Sr.]]'''
:*January 21: '''[[Sue Green]]'''
:*January 22: '''[[Donn Lewin]]''' and '''[[Danny McShain]]'''
:*January 23: '''[[Lanny Kean]]'''
:*January 24: '''[[The Brawl to End it All]]''' and '''[[The War to Settle the Score]]'''
:*January 26: '''[[George "Two Ton" Harris]]'''
:*January 28: '''[[Jean Gagné]]'''
:*February 1: '''[[St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame]]'''
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''212''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''583''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
:*[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
::*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship|Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Face Lift|The Face Lift]].
::*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Neilson (2nd)|Kim Neilson]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LeRoy Gardner III|LeRoy Gardner III]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the months of '''[[January]]''' and '''[[February]]'''.
*4 - [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] presents '''[[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom III in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom III]]'''
*11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Genesis (2009)|Genesis]]'''
*16 - [[Ring of Honor]] presents '''[[Rising Above (2009)|Rising Above]]'''
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]]'''
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*8 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Against All Odds (2009)|Against All Odds]]'''
*15 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]'''
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*On the January 19 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'':
:*[[CM Punk]] defeated [[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|No Disqualification match]]; this win made Punk the nineteenth [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown Champion]].
:*[[Vince McMahon]] made his WWE television return after suffering an injury in a scripted accident during his ''[[Vince McMahon#Million Dollar Mania accident and return|Million Dollar Mania]]'' in mid-2008.
*After being temporarily sidelined with a knee injury, [[WWE Diva's Championship|WWE Diva's Champion]] [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] made her return to WWE television on the January 23 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]].
*At the [[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]] on January 25:
:*[[Melina Perez|Melina]] defeated [[Beth Phoenix]] to win her third [[WWE Women's Championship]].
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won his fourth [[WWE Championship]] by defeating [[Jeff Hardy]].
:*During the [[Royal Rumble#Match|Royal Rumble match]]:
::*[[Rob Van Dam]] returned to WWE for one night only by entering at number 25.
::*[[Randy Orton]], who entered at number 8, last eliminated [[Triple H]] to win the match and a WWE, [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight]], or [[ECW Championship]] match at [[WrestleMania XXV]].
*On January 26, [[Ring of Honor]] announced that they had signed a long-term television deal with the [[HDNet Fights]] broadcast network.
*[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 3|General manager]] [[Theodore Long]] announced on the January 27 episode of ''ECW on Sci Fi'' that [[Matt Hardy]] had been released from his ECW contract and had signed with the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]].
*On the January 29 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'', [[Kevin Nash]] made his TNA television return after being sidelined with a [[Staphylococcus aureus|Staph infection]].
*After debating over a competitive role, it was announced on January 31 by WWE that [[Mickey Rourke]], the star of ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'', would appear at WrestleMania XXV as a guest and not as a competitor.
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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#[[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|This list]] is of topics that may be easy (or are fairly close) to [[WP:GT|Good Topic]] status. Consider helping by improving an article on the list that is not yet at [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
#Consider expanding an article from the project's list of [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|stub articles]] and nominating it at [[Template talk:Did you know|Did You Know?]]. The project's goal is to have 100 total DYKs by the end of the year.
#All Wikipedia articles should be written from a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point-of-view]], representing fairly, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources.
#When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or disambiguate the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]].
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*[[Portal:Professional wrestling|Portal]] &ndash; [[Portal talk:Professional wrestling|talk]]
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXVI - February 15, 2009 <br />
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 33 || 78 || '''117'''
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| 1 || 17 || 66 || 195 || '''279'''
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| 2 || 54 || 226 || 1860 || '''2142'''
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| || 2 || 21 || 539 || '''562'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 597 || '''623'''
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:*'''[[List of ECW Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ECW Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}}
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*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Backlash (2006)|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''', and '''[[Wendi Richter]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Swede Hanson (wrestler)/GA1|(review page)]]}} failed its Good article nomination.
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
:*February 2: '''[[Maurice Catarcio]]''', '''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Brute Bernard]]''', and '''[[Skull Murphy]]'''.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
:*[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
::*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris bullock|Chris bullock]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hexagon Crown Champion|Hexagon Crown Champion]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Face Lift|The Face Lift]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE title history since Draft (2008)|WWE title history since Draft (2008)]].
::*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship|Irish Whip Wrestling International Heavyweight Championship]].
::*'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off|SmackDown All-Star Kick-Off]].
*'''[[WWE Hall of Fame]]''' and the '''[[List of members of the WWE Hall of Fame]]''' articles have been merged.
*It has been proposed to merge the '''[[History of World Wrestling Federation]]''' back into '''[[History of World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' after they were split.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''211''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''584''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Broken external links|Broken external links]] and [[tools:~dispenser/links/WikiProject_Professional_wrestling|Dead links]] tools that assisted the project in fixing external links has not been updated for a period length of time, and as a result, it is not functioning any longer.

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*8 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Against All Odds (2009)|Against All Odds]]'''
*15 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] presents '''[[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]'''

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*On February 2:
:*It was announced by [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) that they would [[broadcast delay|tape]] their first episode of ROH for [[HDNet]] on February 28 in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvannia.
:*Former [[professional wrestler]] and [[American football|football player]] [[Jim Wilson (wrestler)|Jim Wilson]] died at the age of 67 after a lengthy battle with [[cancer]].
*On the February 6 episode of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'', [[Eve Torres]] made her [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) in-ring television debut in [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles competition]] in a losing effort to [[Michelle McCool]].
*On February 7:
:*[[D'Lo Brown]] made his debut with ROH at a [[House show|live event]].
:*[[Chris Jericho]] was involved in an altercation with a fan while leaving a live event in Victoria, British Columbia.
:*At a live event in [[Naguabo, Puerto Rico]], [[Steve Corino]] won the [[WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship]].
*On February 9:
:*WWE announced the naming of a new Executive Vice President in Marketing, Michelle D. Wilson.
:*On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Ric Flair]] made his first appearance in WWE since June 2008.
*On February 10:
:*On ''[[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW on Sci Fi]]'':
::*[[Jason Reso|Christian]] returned to WWE after a near four year absence.
::*[[TJ Wilson]] debuted under the name "Tyson Kidd".
:*[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) released [[Petey Williams]] and [[Lance Hoyt|Lance Rock]].
*[[Stevie Richards]] was featured in a video promo with [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] on the February 12 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]''.

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#Please familiarize yourself with the general notability policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
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*[[Portal:Professional wrestling|Portal]] &ndash; [[Portal talk:Professional wrestling|talk]]
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|Stub article expansion]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|talk]]
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
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| 1 || 18 || 65 || 207 || '''291'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 23 || 113 || '''139'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 233 || 1855 || '''2143'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 21 || 534 || '''557'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 23 || 594 || '''620'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 15 || '''19'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
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:*'''[[Vengeance (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Vengeance (2006)/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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*'''[[Backlash (2006)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Backlash (2006)/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article status]].
*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Bob Holly]]''', '''[[Darren Matthews]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', '''[[Montel Vontavious Porter]]''', '''[[Mr. Kennedy]]''', '''[[Rip Hawk]]''', '''[[Swede Hanson (wrestler)]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Triplemanía]]''' appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]] On February 26.
*'''[[History of World Wrestling Federation]]''' was merged back into '''[[History of World Wrestling Entertainment]]'''.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''212''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''581''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|WP:PW Cleanup listing]] was updated this week by the bot for the first time since October. A number of [[WP:FL|Featured lists]], [[WP:FA|Featured articles]], and [[WP:GA|Good articles]] are listed as having problems. Anyone who fixes an problem with an article should remove it from the listing, so we can accurately keep track of it. All members are encouraged to help out.
*There is an ongoing discussion [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling#NWA title status|here]] regarding what constitutes a "World Championship". All members are encouraged to particpate in the discussion.

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*At [[No Way Out (2009)|No Way Out]]
:*[[Triple H]] won his record eighth [[WWE Championship]] by winning the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[Elimination Chamber]] match; this win surpassed [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]'s original record of seven reigns.
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] by winning the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] Elimination Chamber match.
*It was announced on the February 16 episode of ''Raw'' that [[Terry Funk|Terry]] and [[Dory Funk, Jr.]] will be the second and third inductees, into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the Class of 2009; they will be inducted by [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]].
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced on February 19 that their February 16 broadcast of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' had gained a 4.1 [[Audience measurement|television rating]], the largest since the February 26, 2007 episode of ''Raw''.
*On February 20:
:*[[HDNet]] announced that episode airings of [[Ring of Honor]] would begin on March 31.
:*It was reported by a [[Nielsen Media Research]] ratings report that the February 19 broadcast of TNA's ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact]]'' earned a 1.3 television rating, the highest rounded number the promotion has ever drawn.
:*WWE announced the release of [[Colt Cabana|Scotty Goldman]] from the company.
:*On an episode of ''Friday Night SmackDown'', WWE announced the return of [[Gail Kim]] to the promotion via a video [[promotion (marketing)|promo]].
*It was reported on February 21 that [[Sonjay Dutt]] had been released from his TNA contract, and this was confirmed with the removal of his profile from TNA's official website.
*On February 20, it was reported that [[Freddie Prinze, Jr.]], a [[Screenwriter|scriptwriter]] for ''Friday Night SmackDown'', had been released from his contract with WWE.
*On February 23:
:*[[Afa Anoa'i, Jr.]], known by his ring name "Manu", was released from his WWE contract.
:*On ''Raw'', it was announced that [[Ricky Steamboat]] will be the fourth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009; he will be inducted by [[Ric Flair]].
*WWE confirmed on February 24 that [[WrestleMania XXVI]] would be held in [[Glendale, Arizona]] at the [[University of Phoenix Stadium]] on March 28, 2010.
*On February 25, WWE announced that they had discontinued the [[WWE One Night Stand]] name, and that their 2009 event would be replaced with the name 'Extreme Rules'.
*ROH taped the first episode airings of their television series for HDNet on February 28 from the [[The Arena (Philadelphia)|The Arena]].

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#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#Per [[WP:MOSCAPS]], television shows, such as ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact!|iMPACT!]]'', should be written as ''Raw'' and ''Impact!''.

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*[[Portal:Professional wrestling|Portal]] &ndash; [[Portal talk:Professional wrestling|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXVIII - March 15, 2009 <br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 037|Issue XXXVII]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 039|Issue XXXIX]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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| || || 7 || 4 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 15 || || '''27'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 37 || 82 || || '''125'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 18 || 74 || 211 || || '''304'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 3 || 25 || 119 || || '''147'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 240 || 1858 || || '''2153'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 22 || 535 || || '''559'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 31 || 591 || 1 || '''624'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 15 || || '''19'''
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| 3 || 85 || 448 || 3415 || 1 || '''3948'''
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*'''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Darren Matthews]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Darren Matthews/GA1|(review page)]]}} failed its Good article nomination.
*The following articles appeared on the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**March 10: '''[[Robert Bruce (wrestler)]]'''
**March 14: '''[[Octagón]]
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
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***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:World Champions in TNA|Template:World Champions in TNA]] and [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:X Division|Template:X Division]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 6#Template:Hardy Boyz|Template:Hardy Boyz]] and [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 6#Template:John Morrison and The Miz|Template:John Morrison and The Miz]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''214''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''559''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.

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*15 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] presents '''[[Destination X (2009)|Destination X]]'''

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*On March 1, [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] announced that they had signed a new television deal with Samurai Television.
*On March 2:
:*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced that they had signed an agreement with [[Fox Turkey]] to broadcast ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' across Turkey.
:*On ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'':
::*[[Randy Orton]] announced that he would use his opportunity to challenge for a [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|World Championship]] that he won at the [[Royal Rumble (2009)|Royal Rumble]] to face [[Triple H]] for his [[WWE Championship]] at WrestleMania XXV.
::*[[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Oleg Prudius|Vladimir Kozlov]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles match]] to face [[The Undertaker]] at WrestleMania XXV, in the process ending the near-eleven-month undefeated streak of Kozlov in televised singles competition.
::*[[Bill Watts]] was announced as the fifth inductee into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the [[WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
*"The Boogeyman" [[Marty Wright]] was released from his WWE contract on March 4.
*On March 6, [[Sonjay Dutt]] officially announced his contract release from TNA.
*It was reported on March 7 that Kaleb O'Neal had been released from his WWE developmental contract.
*On March 9:
:*"Ryan Braddock" [[Brad Bradley]] and "Kizarny" [[Nick Cvjetkovich]] were released from their WWE contracts.
:*On ''Raw'':
::*[[John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]] defeated [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWE Intercontinental Champion]] [[CM Punk]] to win the title; this win also made Layfield the tenth [[Grand Slam Championship|Grand Slam Champion]] and twentieth [[Triple Crown Championship|Triple Crown Champion]].
::*[[Koko B. Ware]] was announced as the sixth inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009.
*On March 13:
:*[[Andrew Martin|Andrew "Test" Martin]] was found dead in his apartment in [[Tampa, Florida]]. His cause of death is currently unknown.
:*[[Ric Flair]] made his [[Ring of Honor]] debut at a [[house show|live event]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXIX - March 29, 2009 <br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 038|Issue XXXVIII]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 040|Issue XXXX]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of March 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 8 || 3 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 12 || 15 || || '''27'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 38 || 81 || || '''125'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 19 || 76 || 213 || || '''309'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 4 || 26 || 129 || || '''159'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 248 || 1850 || || '''2153'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 2 || 21 || 543 || || '''566'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 35 || 606 || 1 || '''645'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 13 || || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 87 || 468 || 3453 || 1 || '''4012'''
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*'''[[List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[List of TNA X Division Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA X Division Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].
*'''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''', '''[[Ashley Massaro]]''', '''[[Blond Bombers]]''', '''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''', '''[[John Hennigan]]''', '''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''', '''[[Mike Mizanin]]''', '''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Stephanie McMahon]]''', and '''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**March 20: '''List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment'''
**March 24: '''[[Mark Starr]]'''
**March 25: '''Against All Odds (2005)'''
**March 28: '''[[Johnny Valentine]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:X Division|Template:X Division]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 March 12#Template:World Champions in TNA|Template:World Champions in TNA]]
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''216''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There are currently '''564''' articles in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help expand and/or source an article or two. A list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Article alerts|Article alerts]] for WP:PW is now up and running. This page lists recent changes that affect the status of an article in a variety of categories. Please use this in maintaining the articles of the project.

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*5 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WrestleMania XXV]]'''
*19 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Lockdown (2009)|Lockdown]]'''

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*On March 15 at [[Destination X (2009)|Destination X]]
**[[A.J. Styles]] won the [[TNA Legends Championship]] by defeating defending champion [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]], and by doing so becoming TNA's first ever [[Grand Slam Championship|Grand Slam Champion]].
**Suicide defeated defending [[TNA X Division Championship|TNA X Division Champion]] [[Alex Shelley]], [[Chris Sabin]], [[Consequences Creed]] and [[Jay Lethal]] in an [[Ultimate X match]] to win the title.
*On March 17:
:*It was confirmed via WWE.com that [[The Von Erichs]] were the sixth inductees into the [[WWE Hall of Fame]] as a part of the [[WWE Hall of Fame#To be inducted in 2009|Class of 2009]].
:*At a set of ''[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]'' [[broadcast delay|taping]]s:
::*[[Montel Vontavious Porter]] defeated [[Shelton Benjamin]] to win the [[WWE United States Championship]]; this match aired on March 20.
::*[[Gail Kim]] made her return to WWE by attacking [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] and [[Michelle McCool]]; this segment aired on March 27.
*It was reported by a [[Nielsen Media Research]] ratings report that the March 19 broadcast of ''[[TNA Impact!]]'' earned a 1.34 television rating, the highest number the promotion has ever drawn.
*On March 21
**[[Elizabeth Miklosi]] (Lizzy Valentine) announced that she had quit the ''[[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]]'' promotion.
**[[Ring of Honor]] aired their first television show, ''[[Ring of Honor Wrestling]]'', on [[HDNet]].
*On March 22:
:*"Abismo Negro" [[Abismo Negro|Andrés González]] was found dead in a river in El Rosario, Mexico.
:*[[Steve Doll]] died from [[heart]] and [[kidney]] failure caused by a [[Thrombus|blood clot]] in his lung.
*[[Howard Finkel]] was announced as the seventh inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2009 via WWE's official website.

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#Consider expanding an article from the project's list of [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|stub articles]] and nominating it at [[Template talk:Did you know|Did You Know?]]. The project's goal is to have 100 total DYKs by the end of the year, and we are currently on 74.
#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#When editing an article, use the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] to provide a brief summary of your edits; this helps users understand what was changed in the article.
#All Wikipedia articles should be written from a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point-of-view]], representing fairly, and as far as possible without bias, all significant views that have been published by reliable sources.
#The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed [[User:Nikki311/NYR|here]], and a list of topics that are close to [[WP:GT|Good topic]] status is listed [[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|here]]. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|Stub article expansion]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XXXX - April 12, 2009 <br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 039|Issue XXXIX]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 041|Issue XXXXI]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of April 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 8 || 3 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 14 || 16 || || '''30'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 39 || 85 || || '''130'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 20 || 75 || 217 || || '''313'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 4 || 29 || 142 || || '''175'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 252 || 1875 || || '''2182'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 513 || || '''536'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 4 || 35 || 627 || 1 || '''667'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 14 || || '''17'''
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:*'''[[List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of former championships in World Wrestling Entertainment|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of TNA X Division Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA X Division Champions|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Blond Bombers]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Blond Bombers/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Mike Mizanin]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Mike Mizanin/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''' {{small|[[Talk:John Morrison and The Miz/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[John Hennigan]]''' {{small|[[Talk:John Hennigan/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Turning Point (2004)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Turning Point (2004)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
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:*None

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*'''[[List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of ROH World Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Champions|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[List of TNA World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]]s.
*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].
*'''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''', '''[[Ashley Massaro]]''', '''[[The Bella Twins]]''', '''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''', '''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''', and '''[[Stephanie McMahon]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**April 3: '''[[Aurelian Smith]]'''
**April 4: '''[[Jonny Storm]]'''
**April 7: '''[[Jimmy Cicero]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]:
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The American Males|The American Males]]
**[[Wikipedia:CFD|Categories for discussion]]:
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 March 28#Category:WrestleCrap|Category:WrestleCrap]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 April 7#Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick|Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''217''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*There is a [[Talk:WrestleMania XXV#Requested move|current discussion]] to move '''[[WrestleMania XXV]]''' to [[25th Anniversary of WrestleMania]].
*'''[[Percy Pringle]]''' was moved to [[Paul Bearer]] as a result of [[Talk:Percy Pringle#Requested move|this discussion]].
*From April 10 to May 10, WP:PW will be hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive|here]] and all memebers are encouraged to get involved.

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the month of '''[[April]]'''.
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*19 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Lockdown (2009)|Lockdown]]'''
*26 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Backlash (2009)|Backlash]]'''
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*On April 1, [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced that it had signed a television agreement with [[Cablevision]] to broadcast the very-first WWE pay-per-view in [[Mexico City]]: [[WrestleMania XXV]].
*The April 2 episode of ''[[TNA Impact|Impact!]]'' drew a [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) record attendance rating for the program, with 1.97 million viewers.
*[[Tazz]]'s departure from WWE was confirmed on April 3, when his profile on the official website was moved to the alumni section.
*On April 4, [[Jerry Lynn]] won the [[ROH World Championship]] at ''Supercard of Honor IV'', by defeating [[Nigel McGuinness]].
*At [[WrestleMania XXV]] on April 5:
:*[[WWE Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champions]] [[The Colóns]] ([[Carly Colón|Carlito]] and [[Eddie Colón|Primo]]) defeated [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|World Tag Team Champions]] [[John Morrison and The Miz]] in a [[Tag team#Tag team match rules|tag team]] [[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|lumberjack match]] to [[Championship unification#Professional wrestling|unify]] both titles.
:*[[Santino Marella]], competing in [[Drag (clothing)|drag]] as "Santina", won the 25 Diva [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] to become the first ''Miss WrestleMania''.
:*[[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] defeated [[John Layfield]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] and become the 21st [[Triple Crown Championship#List of WWE Triple Crown Champions|WWE Triple Crown Champion]]. After the match, Layfield retired from [[Professional wrestling|wrestling]].
:*[[The Undertaker]] defeated [[Shawn Michaels]] to elevate his "WrestleMania winning streak" to 17-0.
:*[[John Cena]] defeated [[Paul Wight|Big Show]] and [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat match]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*On the April 6 episode of ''Raw''
:*[[Vickie Guerrero]] announced her resignation as [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers 2|SmackDown general manager]], and her permanent position as [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|Raw general manager]]. It was later announced that [[Theodore Long]] would replace her on SmackDown, while [[Taryn Terrell|Tiffany]] became the new interim [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General managers|ECW general manager]].
:*[[Dave Batista|Batista]] made his WWE television return from a legitimate [[hamstring]] injury.
*[[Ayako Hamada]] announced on April 9 that she had signed a deal with TNA.

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Consider expanding an article from [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]] as part of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive|Stub Reduction Drive]] and nominating it at [[Template talk:Did you know|Did You Know?]].
#Per [[WP:MOSCAPS]], television shows, such as ''[[WWE Raw|RAW]]'' and ''[[TNA Impact!|iMPACT!]]'', should be written as ''Raw'' and ''Impact!''.
#Avoid using bolding to emphasize text. See [[MOS:BOLD]] for appropriate uses of bold text.

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|Main project]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling|talk]]
*[[:Category:WikiProject Professional wrestling|Project category]] &ndash; [[Category talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling|talk]]
*[[Portal:Professional wrestling|Portal]] &ndash; [[Portal talk:Professional wrestling|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide|Style guide]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide|talk]]
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|Stub article expansion]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|talk]]
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== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XLI - April 26, 2009 <br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 040|Issue XL]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 042|Issue XXLII]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of April 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 8 || 3 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 16 || 17 || '''33'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 39 || 86 || '''131'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 22 || 74 || 219 || '''316'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 4 || 30 || 144 || '''178'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 254 || 1902 || '''2211'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 491 || '''514'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 4 || 34 || 632 || '''671'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 13 || '''15'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 90 || 479 || 3507 || '''4080'''
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| '''3''' || '''90''' || '''479''' || '''3507''' || '''4080'''
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:*'''[[List of TNA World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Heavyweight Champions|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[List of ROH World Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Champions|(review page)]]}}

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:*None

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:*None

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[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|14px]] [[WP:GA|Promoted Good articles]]:
:*'''[[The Bella Twins]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Bella Twins/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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:*None

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:*None

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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:TFAR#May 23|(review page)]]}} has been [[WP:TFAR|requested as Today's Featured Article]] for May 23.
*'''[[2009 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2009 WWE Draft|(review page)]]}} and '''[[List of ROH World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[List of Mexican National Trios Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Trios Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} has failed its Featured list nomination.
*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].
*'''[[Adam Birch]]''', '''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2008)]]''', '''[[Ashley Massaro]]''', '''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''', '''[[MNM]]''', '''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''', '''[[Stephanie McMahon]]''', and the '''[[TNA X Division Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[John Morrison and The Miz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/John Morrison and The Miz|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:GTC|Good topic candidate]].
*'''[[Abismo Negro]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Abismo Negro/archive1|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
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:*April 12: '''[[Warriors 4 Christ Wrestling]]'''
:*April 14: '''List of TNA World Tag Team Champions'''
:*April 16: '''[[Great Canadian Wrestling]]'''
:*April 17: '''[[Dragón Rojo, Jr.]]'''
:*April 19: '''TNA X Division Championship'''
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:*April 21: '''[[La Lotería Letal]]''' and '''[[Poder Mexica]]'''
:*April 22: '''[[List of ROH World Champions]]''' and '''[[Midget professional wrestling]]'''
:*April 25: '''List of ROH World Tag Team Champions'''
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*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
:*[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
::*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UK Kid|UK Kid]]
::*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Scherer|Dave Scherer]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Van Raven|Scott Van Raven]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Kustom|Sean Kustom]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Tag Fighting Society|World Tag Fighting Society]].
:*[[WP:TFD|Templates for Deletion]]
::*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 April 7#Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick|Template:Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]
*A [[Talk:WrestleMania XXV#Requested move|discussion]] to move '''[[WrestleMania XXV]]''' to [[25th Anniversary of WrestleMania]] had no result. A [[Talk:Evan Bourne#Requested move|discussion]] resulted in [[Matt Sydal]] being moved to [[Evan Bourne]].
'''''—Project'''''
*WP:PW is currently hosting the first Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive. Details can be found [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive|here]] and all members are encouraged to get involved, with two weeks left to go.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''220''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the months of '''[[April]]''' and '''[[May]]'''.
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*April:
**26 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Backlash (2009)|Backlash]]'''
*May:
**17 - WWE presents '''[[Judgment Day (2009)|Judgment Day]]'''
**24 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Sacrifice (2009)|Sacrifice]]'''
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*WWE held it's [[2009 WWE Draft|seventh annual draft]] on the April 13 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', in which 12 wrestlers were drafted to different [[WWE Brand Extension|brands]].
*On April 15, the Japanese based [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] [[Dragon Gate]] announced it was expanding into the United States, with it's first show scheduled for July 25 in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylannia]].
*On April 15, WWE held it's [[2009 WWE Draft#Supplemental Draft|Supplemental Draft]] in which 24 wrestlers were drafted to different brands.
*On April 16:
:* [[Christopher Daniels|Daniel Covell]] returned to TNA television under his "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels character on ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]''.
:*''[[WWE Superstars|Superstars]]'', a new WWE television series, debuted on [[WGN America]] in the United States.
*At [[Lockdown (2009)|Lockdown]] on April 19:
:*[[Angel Williams|Angelina Love]] defeated [[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] and defending champion [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|three way]] [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|six sides of steel cage match]] to win the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]].
:*[[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] ([[Mark LoMonaco|Brother Ray]] and [[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]]) defeated [[Beer Money, Inc.]] ([[Robert Roode]] and [[James Storm]]) to win the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] and retain the [[IWGP Tag Team Championship]] in a [[Philadelphia]] [[Hardcore wrestling|Street Fight]].
:*[[Mick Foley]] defeated defending champion [[Steve Borden|Sting]] in a six sides of steel cage match to win the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]].
:*[[Bobby Lashley]] made his TNA debut.
*On the April 23 episode of ''Impact!'', [[William Mueller]] made his TNA debut as "Jethro Holliday".

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#Refer to [[WP:NC]] during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines, be [[WP:BOLD|bold]] and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a [[WP:Naming conflict|naming conflict]], follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
#Avoid [[WP:OVERLINK|overlinking]] in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again. [[Wikipedia:Lists|Lists]] are the only exceptions to this policy.
#The [[Wikipedia:Lead section|lead section]] of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
#Adhere strictly to the [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|Biographies of living persons]] policy when adding to information to biography articles.
:#Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a reliable source and is [[WP:V|verifiable]].
:#Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a [[WP:NPOV|non-point of view]] perspective.

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|Stub article expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XLII - May 10, 2009<br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 041|Issue XLI]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 043|Issue XXLIII]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of May 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 8 || 3 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 17 || 17 || '''34'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 42 || 85 || '''133'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 22 || 72 || 218 || '''313'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 5 || 34 || 145 || '''184'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 259 || 1944 || '''2258'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 455 || '''478'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 4 || 32 || 637 || '''674'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 11 || '''13'''
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| 3 || 91 || 488 || 3515 || '''4098'''
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:*'''[[List of ROH World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of ROH World Tag Team Champions|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[2009 WWE Draft]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2009 WWE Draft|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/John Morrison and The Miz|John Morrison and The Miz]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/John Morrison and The Miz|(review page)]]}}

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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:TFAR#May 23|(review page)]]}} has been [[WP:TFAR|requested as Today's Featured Article]] for May 23.
*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]] is a current [[WP:FLRC|Featured list removal candidate]].
*'''[[Adam Birch]]''', '''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2008)]]''', '''[[Bruno Lauer]]''', '''[[The Fabulous Moolah]]''', '''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''', '''[[MNM]]''', '''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''', and the '''[[TNA X Division Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
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:*April 27: '''[[Christie Ricci]]'''
:*April 28: '''[[Eddie Edwards (wrestler)]]''' and '''[[Alexa Thatcher]]'''
:*April 30: '''[[Kurt and Karl Von Steiger]]'''
:*May 2: '''[[Sami Callihan]]'''
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:*May 3: '''2009 WWE Draft'''
:*May 5: '''[[B-Boy]]''' and '''[[Max Bauer (wrestler)]]'''
:*May 6: '''[[Stephen Cepello]]'''
:*May 8: '''[[Christopher Bauman]]''' and '''[[Alex Koslov]]'''
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*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
:*[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
::*'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HWF|HWF]]
::*'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Green (professional wrestler)|John Green (professional wrestler)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Granahan|Matthew Granahan]].
::*'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UK Kid|UK Kid]]
'''''—Project'''''
*Over the past month, WP:PW hosted the first [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive|Professional Wrestling Stub Reduction Drive]]. In one month, the number of stub-class articles was reduced from 562 (13.84% of the project's total articles) to 477 (11.64%). More work expanding stubs is always appreciated. See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|here]] for more information.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''221''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the month of '''[[May]]'''.
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*17 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Judgment Day (2009)|Judgment Day]]'''
*24 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Sacrifice (2009)|Sacrifice]]'''
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*At [[Backlash (2009)|Backlash]] on April 26:
:*[[Jason Reso|Christian]] defeated the defending champion [[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]] to win the [[ECW Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|singles match]].
:*[[Randy Orton]] won the [[WWE Championship]] in a [[Tag team#Tag team match rules|six-man tag team match]], as a result of his team, including [[Cody Rhodes]] and [[Ted DiBiase, Jr.|Ted DiBiase]], defeating the team of defending champion [[Triple H]], [[Dave Batista|Batista]] and [[Shane McMahon]].
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Last Man Standing match|Last Man Standing match]] by defeating defending champion [[John Cena]].
*On April 28, "Playboy" [[Buddy Rose]] was found dead in his home in [[Vancouver, Washington]]. His death was later attributed to natural causes.
*On the April 30 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'', [[Shawn Hernandez|Hernandez]] was written off television to undergo neck surgery.
*On May 2, [[Davey Richards]] won the [[Full Impact Pro]] [[FIP World Heavyweight Championship|World Heavyweight Championship]], after the defending champion, [[Tyler Black]], forfeited the title match due to an injury.
*On May 3, The Canadian Ninjas ([[Nicole Matthews]] and [[Portia Perez]]) won the [[Shimmer Tag Team Championship]] by defeating [[Ashley Lane and Nevaeh]]; this match will be released on ''Shimmer Volume 26''.
*On May 5:
**[[Manabu Nakanishi]] won the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]], defeating the defending champion [[Hiroshi Tanahashi]].
**WWE signed [[Miss April (wrestler)|April Jeanette]], better known by her ring name Miss April, to a developmental contract.
*On May 8, WWE signed [[Fred Sampson]] to a developmental contract.
*TNA announced a new television show, ''TNA Epics'', that will broadcast its inaugural show on May 15 on [[Bravo (UK TV channel)|Bravo]] in the [[United Kingdom]].

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed [[User:Nikki311/NYR|here]], and a list of topics that are close to [[WP:GT|Good topic]] status is listed [[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|here]]. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
#Please familiarize yourself with the general [[WP:N|notability]] policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#When the title of an refers to several things, it is necessary to provide links or [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguate]] the page so that readers typing in that title can quickly navigate to the article that interests them. For example: [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]].
#Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and go against the [[WP:BLP|Biographies of living persons]] policy.
#Be aware of [[Wikipedia:Words to avoid|words to avoid]]. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a [[WP:NPOV|point of view]].

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*[[Portal:Professional wrestling|Portal]] – [[Portal talk:Professional wrestling|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide|Style guide]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide|talk]]
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|Stub article expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XLIII - May 24, 2009<br />
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As of May 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 8 || 3 || '''11'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 43 || 86 || '''135'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 22 || 74 || 221 || '''318'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 5 || 33 || 145 || '''183'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 53 || 260 || 1947 || '''2262'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || 1 || 22 || 455 || '''478'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 4 || 32 || 638 || '''675'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 10 || '''12'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 91 || 491 || 3523 || '''4109'''
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:*'''[[St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame/archive1|(review page)]]}}

[[Image:Cscr-featuredtopic.svg|14px]] [[WP:FT|Promoted Featured topics]]:
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:*'''[[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list removal candidates/IWGP Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Final Resolution (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Final Resolution (2005)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Against All Odds (2005)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Against All Odds (2005)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Paul London and Brian Kendrick/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[Over the Edge (1999)]]''' appeared on the [[main page]] as [[WP:TFA|Today's Featured Article]] for May 23.
*'''[[List of PWG World Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of PWG World Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[Adam Birch]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2008)]]''', '''[[Beth Phoenix]]''', '''[[Bruno Lauer]]''', '''[[Debra Miceli]]''', '''[[The Fabulous Moolah]]''', '''[[Jillian Hall]]''', '''[[Keiko Nakano]]''', '''[[MNM]]''', '''[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]''', and '''[[TNA X Division Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Paul London and Brian Kendrick|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:GTC|Good topic candiate]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the main page:
**May 12: '''[[John McMahon (wrestler)]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryu Lee|Ryu Lee]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Cannon|Brian Cannon]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HWF|HWF]].

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Reolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of May 10, we are at '''11.64%''', with '''483''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source an improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''222''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:VANDALISM|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the months of '''[[May]]''' and '''[[June]]'''.
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*May:
**24 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Sacrifice (2009)|Sacrifice]]'''
*June:
**7 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Extreme Rules|Extreme Rules]]'''
**21 - TNA presents '''[[Slammiversary (2009)|Slammiversary]]'''
**28 - WWE presents '''[[The Great American Bash (2009)|The Great American Bash]]'''
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*On the May 12 episode of ''[[ECW on Sci Fi]]'', [[Harry Smith (wrestler)|Harry Smith]] made his ECW debut, using the [[ring name]] "David Hart Smith".
*On May 17:
**[[Ric Flair]] returned to [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) at [[Judgment Day (2009)|Judgment Day]].
**[[Tyler Black]] defeated [[Jimmy Jacobs]] to become the Mr. Chainsaw Production Wrestling World Champion.
**[[Lacey Von Erich]] was diagnosed with [[meningitis]], after being taken to hospital with a constant migraine.
*On May 18:
**WWE confirmed the rebranding of [[WWE The Great American Bash|The Great American Bash]] to simply [[The Bash]].
**[[El Hijo del Santo]] returned to [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] at their television [[broadcast delay|tapings]] for the first time since 1995.
*[[Florida Championship Wrestling]] wrestler [[Jenny Quinn|Fifi]] suffered a torn [[anterior cruciate ligament]].
*Due to a double booking of the [[Pepsi Center]] in [[Denver]] with a game from the [[2009 NBA Playoffs|NBA Playoffs]], WWE announced on May 20 that the May 25 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' was to be moved to to the [[Staples Center]] in [[Los Angeles]].
*On May 22
**[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) announced that [[Shane Sewell]] had been released from his contract.
**[[Chikara (professional wrestling)|Chikara]] announced that the [[Chikara Young Lions Cup|Young Lions Cup champion]] [[Jimmy Olsen (wrestler)|Equinox]] had suffered an ankle injury; he will be sidelined for approximately four weeks.

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XLIV - June 7, 2009<br />
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As of June 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || || 8 || 3 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 17 || 20 || || '''37'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 44 || 86 || || '''136'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 22 || 80 || 226 || || '''329'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 5 || 33 || 147 || || '''185'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 260 || 1958 || || '''2274'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 21 || 467 || || '''488'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 4 || 31 || 642 || 1 || '''678'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 2 || 10 || || '''12'''
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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of Mexican National Trios Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Trios Champions/archive2|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[List of PWG World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of PWG World Tag Team Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} are current [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[Adam Birch]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2008)]]''', '''[[Beth Phoenix]]''', '''[[Bruno Lauer]]''', '''[[Debra Miceli]]''', '''[[The Fabulous Moolah]]''', '''[[Jillian Hall]]''', '''[[Keiko Nakano]]''', '''[[Leilani Kai]]''', '''[[MNM]]''', '''[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]''', '''[[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]''', and '''[[TNA X Division Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Paul London and Brian Kendrick]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Paul London and Brian Kendrick|(review page)]]}} is a current [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates#Good topic nominations|Good topic candiate]].
*The following article appeared in the [[Wikipedia:Did you know|Did You Know?]] column on the main page:
**May 28: '''List of PWG World Champions'''
**May 29: '''[[PWG World Tag Team Championship]]'''
**May 30: '''List of PWG World Tag Team Champions'''
**June 5: '''List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions'''
*[[Wikipedia:Deletion discussions|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/III (professional wrestling)|III (professional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Just Close Your Eyes|Just Close Your Eyes]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melanie Cruise|Melanie Cruise]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro Wrestling Entertainment|Pro Wrestling Entertainment]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All Out Mayhem|All Out Mayhem]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edgar Meyer (Wrestler)|Edgar Meyer (Wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kimberly Kash|Kimberley Kash]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryu Lee|Ryu Lee]].
***'''Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/May 2009 Pepsi Center double-booking controversy|May 2009 Pepsi Center double-booking controversy]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Reolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of June 7, we are at '''11.76%''', with '''488''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''222''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*7 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Extreme Rules|Extreme Rules]]'''
*12 - [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) presents '''[[Take No Prisoners (2009)|Take No Prisoners]]'''
*21 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Slammiversary (2009)|Slammiversary]]'''
*28 - WWE presents '''[[The Bash]]'''
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*At [[Sacrifice (2009)|Sacrifice]] on May 24, [[Steve Borden|Sting]] defeated [[Mick Foley]], [[Jeff Jarrett]], and [[Kurt Angle]] in an [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Ultimate Sacrifice match]] by pinning Angle, which meant that he took over Angle's position as the leader of [[The Main Event Mafia]].
*[[Mr. Kennedy]] made his return to WWE television on the May 25 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', but was released four days later on May 29.
*On May 26, Ephesto defeated [[Rey Bucanero]] to win the [[CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship]], after Bucanero suffered a [[Legit (professional wrestling)|legitimate]] knee injury.
*On May 28:
**[[John Tolos]] died in [[Los Angeles]] aged 78.
**[[Lisa Marie Varon]] made her TNA debut, and [[Shane Douglas]] and [[Scott Levy|Raven]] returned to TNA.
*On June 1:
**WWE, [[THQ]], and [[Yuke's]] announced that the development of ''[[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010]]'' had started.
**On ''[[WWE Raw]]'':
***[[Kofi Kingston]] won the [[WWE United States Championship]] by defeating defending champion [[Montel Vontavious Porter]].
*On June 2, [[Samoa Joe]] was diagnosed with a torn [[Triceps brachii muscle|triceps]] and broken fingers.
*On May 5, it was announced that WWE had released [[Farm team#Professional wrestling|developmental]] talents [[Dakota Darsow]], [[John Cutler (wrestler)|Jon Cutler]], and Lupe Santiago.
*On May 6:
:*It was announced that WWE had also released developmental wrestler [[Kafu]].
:*[[Combat Zone Wrestling]] wrestler [[Nick Gage]] was injured in a match after taking a [[Bump (professional wrestling)|bump]] onto a [[light tube]], suffering a severed [[artery]] and being airflifted to hospital.

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#Our project has a cleanup listing. Please help by adding sources or expanding any articles listed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|here]].
#Be aware of words to avoid. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XLV - June 21, 2009<br />
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As of June 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || 1 || 7 || 3 || '''11'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 45 || 86 || '''137'''
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| 1 || 22 || 81 || 225 || '''329'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 5 || 35 || 153 || '''193'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 262 || 1957 || '''2275'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 22 || 466 || '''488'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 4 || 30 || 640 || '''675'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 9 || '''12'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 92 || 508 || 3555 || '''4159'''
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:*'''[[List of Mexican National Trios Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Mexican National Trios Champions/archive2|(review page)]]}}

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'''''—Articles'''''
*The '''[[TNA X Division Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/TNA X Division Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn as a [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CZW World Heavyweight Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} and [[List of CZW World Tag Team Champions]] {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CZW World Tag Team Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} are current [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[Adam Birch]]''', '''[[Armageddon (2008)]]''', '''[[Beth Phoenix]]''', '''[[Bruno Lauer]]''', '''[[Debra Miceli]]''', '''[[The Fabulous Moolah]]''', '''[[Jillian Hall]]''', '''[[Keiko Nakano]]''', '''[[Leilani Kai]]''', '''[[MNM]]''', '''[[TNA Legends Championship]]''', '''[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]''', and '''[[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**June 7: '''[[List of FIP Tag Team Champions]]'''
*[[Wikipedia:Deletion discussions|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship|IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jessie McKay|Jessie McKay]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kellie Skater|Kellie Skater]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madison Eagles|Madison Eagles]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pink Ladies (professional wrestling)|Pink Ladies (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tenille Tayla|Tennille Tayla]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/III (professional wrestling)|III (professional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dingo (wrestler)|Dingo (wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evan Evans (Pro Wrestler)|Evan Evans (Pro Wrestler)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IPW Armageddon Championship|IPW Armageddon Championship]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Just Close Your Eyes|Just Close Your Eyes]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melanie Cruise|Melanie Cruise]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melisschif|Melisschif]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Stilsbury|Peter Stilsbury]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro Wrestling Entertainment|Pro Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro Wrestling Superstars|Pro Wrestling Superstars]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suicide Blondes (professional wrestling)|Suicide Blondes (professional wrestling)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Experience (Wrestling)|The Experience (Wrestling)]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of June 21, we are at '''11.73%''', with '''488''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''224''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|WP:PW cleanup listing]] was updated for the first time in three months. Please help out with fixing any of the problems listed, and removing them from the list.
*There is an on-going discussion [[WT:PW#Conclusion?|here]] regarding the "In wrestling" section of biographies, and what should and should not be included. All opinions are welcome.

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*21 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Slammiversary (2009)|Slammiversary]]'''
*28 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[The Bash (2009)|The Bash]]'''
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*At WWE's [[WWE Extreme Rules|Extreme Rules]] [[pay-per-view]] on June 7:
:*[[Chris Jericho]] won the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] for a record ninth time by defeating [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match|No Holds Barred match]].
:*[[Tommy Dreamer]] won the [[ECW Championship]] by defeating the defending champion [[Jason Reso|Christian]] and [[Jake Hager|Jack Swagger]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple Threat]] [[Hardcore wrestling|Hardcore match]].
:*[[Dave Batista|Batista]] won the [[WWE Championship]] by defeating [[Randy Orton]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cage|steel cage match]].
:*[[Jeff Hardy]] defeated [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] in a [[Ladder match]] to win the title.
:*Following the Ladder match, [[CM Punk]] cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match|Money in the Bank briefcase]] and defeated Hardy to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
*On June 8:
:*"Umaga" [[Eddie Fatu]] was released from his WWE contract for violating the [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|WWE Wellness Program]], and refusing to seek [[drug rehabilitation]].
:*On ''[[WWE Raw]]'':
::*[[Vickie Guerrero]] quit WWE, and thus, her position as the Raw brand's [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Raw brand authorities|General Manager]].
::*[[Triple H]] returned to WWE television after a two-month hiatus.
*On June 9, WWE reported that Batista had suffered a complete torn left [[Biceps brachii muscle|bicep]]. He underwent surgery to repair it the followingday, and is expected to have at least four months of rehabilitation.
*On June 13:
:*[[Mitsuharu Misawa]] died at the age of 46, after becoming unconscious in the ring while wrestling during a [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] [[house show|live event]].
:*[[Austin Aries]] defeated [[Jerry Lynn]] to win the [[ROH World Championship]], making Aries the only person to hold the title more than once.
:*At AAA's [[Triplemania XVII]] pay-per-view :
::*[[Extreme Tiger]] defeated [[Alex Koslov]], [[Crazy Boy]] and [[Alan Stone (wrestler)|Alan Stone]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|Four-Way Elimination]] [[Hardcore match]] for the [[AAA Cruiserweight Championship]].
::*[[Dr. Wagner, Jr.]] defeated [[Ricky Banderas|El Mesias]] for the [[AAA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[Gerald Brisco]] suffered a series of [[stroke]]s before and during June 13 and 14, and is scheduled for surgery.
*On June 14:
:*[[Jun Akiyama]] vacated Pro Wrestling Noah's [[GHC Heavyweight Championship]] due to being diagnosed with [[spinal disc herniation]] in his lower back.
:*[[Go Shiozaki]] defeated [[Takeshi Rikio]] to win the vacant GHC Heavyweight Championship.
*On June 15
:*[[Referee (professional wrestling)|Referee]] Ted Tanabe died at the age of 46, after suffering a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in the ring the previous night while officiating a match at a live event for [[Osaka Pro Wrestling]].
:*On ''Raw'':
::*Randy Orton defeated [[Paul Wight|Big Show]], [[John Cena]], and Triple H in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Fatal-Four Way match]] to win the WWE Championship.
::*WWE Chairman [[Vince McMahon]] announced [[Donald Trump]] as the new scripted owner of the ''Raw'' [[Franchising|franchise]].
*On June 17, [[Dos Caras, Jr.]] confirmed that he signed a three-year contract with WWE.
*On June 19, WWE released [[Candice Michelle]] and [[Jimmy Reiher, Jr.]] (Sim Snuka).
*On June 20, [[Hiroshi Tanahashi]] defeated [[Manabu Nakanishi]] in [[Osaka|Osaka, Japan]] to win the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]].

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#If you come across an article that fails [[WP:N|notability]] requirements, tou can tag it for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] if the criteria apply, [[WP:PROD|propose]] it for deletion, or nominate it at [[WP:AFD]].
#Do not give undue weight to [[WP:RECENTISM|recent events]] in articles.
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#Avoid adding statements that will [[WP:DATED|date]] quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XLVI - July 5, 2009<br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 045|Issue XLV]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 047|Issue XLVII]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of July 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 1 || 7 || 3 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 23 || 18 || '''41'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 6 || 49 || 84 || '''139'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 23 || 88 || 222 || '''335'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 5 || 41 || 158 || '''204'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 2 || 54 || 286 || 1931 || '''2273'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 25 || 471 || '''496'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 4 || 31 || 629 || '''665'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 11 || '''15'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 3 || 93 || 554 || 3527 || '''4179'''
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:*'''[[List of CZW World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CZW World Tag Team Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Armageddon (2008)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Armageddon (2008)/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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'''''—Articles'''''
*The '''[[TNA X Division Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/TNA X Division Championship/archive2|(review page)]]}} is a [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[List of CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}, [[List of CMLL World Middleweight Champions]] {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Middleweight Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[WWE Backlash]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE Backlash/archive1|(review page)]]}} are current [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[List of FIP World Heavyweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of FIP World Heavyweight Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn as a Featured list candidate.
*'''[[Adam Birch]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Adam Birch/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Beth Phoenix]]''', '''[[Bruno Lauer]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bruno Lauer/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Debra Miceli]]''', '''[[The Fabulous Moolah]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The Fabulous Moolah/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Jillian Hall]]''', '''[[Keiko Nakano]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Keiko Nakano/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Leilani Kai]]''', '''[[Mark Henry]]''' , '''[[Ted DiBiase, Jr.]]''', '''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''', '''[[TNA Legends Championship]]''', '''[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Talk:TNA World Heavyweight Championship/GA1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Abismo Negro]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Peer review/Abismo Negro/archive2|(review page)]]}} is currently under [[WP:PR|Peer Review]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**June 22: '''[[Ephesto]]'''
**June 25: '''[[Dos Caras, Jr.]]'''
**June 27: '''[[Mascara Dorada]]'''
**July 1: '''[[Billy Red Lyons]]'''
*[[Wikipedia:Deletion discussions|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neo (wrestler)|Neo (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unified WWE Tag Team Championship|Unified WWE Tag Team Championship]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashley Lane and Nevaeh|Ashley Lane and Nevaeh]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Verna|Bill Verna]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship|IPW New Zealand Heavyweight Championship]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jessie McKay|Jessie McKay]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kellie Skater|Kellie Skater]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madison Eagles|Madison Eagles]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pink Ladies (professional wrestling)|Pink Ladies (professional wrestling)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tenille Tayla|Tennille Tayla]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ultimate World Championship|Ultimate World Championship]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Stilsbury (2nd nomination)|Pete Stilsbury (2nd nomination)]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of July 5, we are at '''11.97%''', with '''499''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''225''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|WP:PW cleanup listing]] was updated again on June 21. Please help out with fixing any of the problems listed, and removing them from the list.

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*19 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Victory Road (2009)|Victory Road]]'''
*26 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Night of Champions (2009)|Night of Champions]]'''

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*At TNA's [[Slammiversary (2009)|Slammiversary]] pay-per-view on June 21:
**[[Beer Money, Inc.]] ([[Robert Roode]] and [[James Storm]]) defeated [[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] ([[Mark LoMonaco|Brother Ray]] and [[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]]) to win the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]].
**[[Kurt Angle]] won the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating defending champion [[Mick Foley]], [[Samoa Joe]], [[Jeff Jarrett]], and [[A.J. Styles]] in a [[King of the Mountain match]].
*On June 22:
**WWE Chairman [[Vince McMahon]] bought back the ''[[WWE Raw]]'' franchise from the [[Kayfabe|storyline]] owner [[Donald Trump]].
**[[Matt Hardy]] suffered a torn [[Human abdomen#Muscles of the abdominal wall|abdominal muscle]], and is scheduled for surgery.
**[[Billy Red Lyons]] died from cancer at the age of 77.
*On June 24, it was announced that [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] (AAA) would be releasing a video game in the United States entitled [[AAA El Videojuego]].
*On June 25, [[Fuerza Guerrera|Fuerza]] and [[Juventud Guerrera]] announced that they were starting their own [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] called Super X GPCW.
*At WWE's [[WWE The Bash|The Bash]] pay-per-view on June 27:
:*[[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Luchas de Apuestas|Mask vs. Title match]] to keep his mask and win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]].
:*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] and Chris Jericho defeated [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|Unified WWE Tag Team Champions]] [[The Colóns]] ([[Carly Colón|Carlito]] and [[Eddie Colón|Primo]]) and [[The Legacy]] ([[Ted DiBiase]] and [[Cody Rhodes]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple Threat]] [[Tag team#Tag team match rules|tag team match]] to win the titles.
:*[[Michelle McCool]] defeated [[Melina Perez|Melina]] to win the [[WWE Women's Championship]]; she became the first [[WWE Diva|Diva]] to hold the [[WWE Diva's Championship|WWE Diva's]] and Women's Titles.
*It was announced on June 29 on ''WWE Raw'' that 15 wrestlers had been traded among the three WWE [[WWE Brand Extension|brands]] as a result of Donald Trump's storyline purchase.
*On June 30 on ''[[ECW on Sci Fi]]'', four wrestlers made their debut for the ECW brand: [[Naofumi Yamamoto|Yoshi Tatsu]], [[Gabe Tuft|Tyler Reks]], [[Sheamus O'Shaunessy|Sheamus]] and [[Brian Jossie|Abraham Washington]].
*On July 1:
:*Two [[Midget professional wrestling|midget professional wrestlers]], La Parkita and Espectrito Jr, were killed in a hotel room in Mexico, allegedly overdosing on a drug used to spike their beverages.
:*[[Dave Prazak]] announced that [[Serena Deeb]] had signed with WWE.

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#[[WP:TRIVIA|Trivia sections]] are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
#The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed [[User:Nikki311/NYR|here]], and a list of topics that are close to [[WP:GT|Good topic]] status is listed [[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|here]]. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
#Please familiarize yourself with the general [[WP:N|notability policy]] of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#Refer to [[WP:NC]] during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines, [[WP:BOLD|be bold]] and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a [[WP:NCON|naming conflict]], follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
#Avoid [[WP:OVERLINK|overlinking]] in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again. [[WP:L|Lists]] are the only exceptions to this policy.

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*{{User|Truco}}
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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As of July 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 23 || 19 || '''42'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 7 || 49 || 84 || '''140'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 1 || 22 || 88 || 231 || '''342'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 5 || 45 || 165 || '''215'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
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:*'''[[List of CMLL World Middleweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Middleweight Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame/archive1|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Adam Birch]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Adam Birch/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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'''''—Articles'''''
*The '''[[TNA X Division Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/TNA X Division Championship/archive2|(review page)]]}} is a [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of CMLL World Welterweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Welterweight Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[MCW Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/MCW Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes/archive1|(review page)]]}} are current [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[WWE Backlash]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WWE Backlash/archive1|(review page)]]}} was withdrawn as a featured list candidate.
*'''[[Abismo Negro]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Abismo Negro/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Beth Phoenix]]''', '''[[Cody Rhodes]]''', '''[[Debra Miceli]]''', '''[[Jillian Hall]]''', '''[[The Legacy (professional wrestling)]]''', '''[[Leilani Kai]]''', '''[[Mark Henry]]''' , '''[[Ted DiBiase, Jr.]]''', '''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''', '''[[TNA Legends Championship]]''', and '''[[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Keiko Nakano]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Keiko Nakano/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Bruno Lauer]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bruno Lauer/GA1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Talk:TNA World Heavyweight Championship/GA1|(review page)]]}} failed their Good aricle nominations.
*TNA World Heavyweight Championship {{small|[[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/TNA World Heavyweight Championship/1|(discussion)]]}} has been nominated for [[WP:GAR|Good article reassessment]] after failing its Good article nomination.
*'''[[MNM]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/MNM|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:GTC|Good topic candidate]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
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**July 6: '''[[Marvin Lambert]]'''
**July 9: '''[[MCW Heavyweight Championship]]''' and '''[[Kay Noble]]'''
**July 10: '''[[Sandy Parker]]'''
**July 11: '''[[Betty Niccoli]]'''
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**July 15: '''[[NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes]]'''
**July 18: '''[[Mexican National Lightweight Championship]]'''
**July 19: '''[[Leonardo Carrera]]'''
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*[[Wikipedia:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[Wikipedia:AfD|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All Premier|All Premier]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Luchacore Championship|American Luchacore Championship]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Verna (2nd nomination)|Bill Verna (2nd nomination)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Canadian NINJAS|The Canadian NINJAS]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Whip Wrestling (2nd nomination)|Irish Whip Wrestling (2nd nomination)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NWA Charlotte|NWA Charlotte]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anarchy Championship Wrestling|Anarchy Championship Wrestling]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wrestlicious|Wrestlicious]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melissa Coates|Melissa Coates]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unified WWE Tag Team Championship|Unified WWE Tag Team Championship]].
***'''Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/British Under 23's Championship|British Under 23's Championship]]
***'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neo (wrestler)|Neo (wrestler)]]
**[[WP:FFD|Files for Deletion]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2009 July 1#File:Summerslam (2009) Poster.jpg|File:Summerslam (2009) Poster.jpg]]
*A [[WP:RM|requested move]] has been submitted, proposing that [[WWE SmackDown]] be moved to [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown]]; the discussion can be found [[Talk:WWE SmackDown#Requested move|here]].

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of July 5, we are at '''11.72%''', with '''492''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''225''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*A discussion is currently ongoing regarding the "In wrestling" sections of biographies. Please join in [[WT:PW#Changes in style|here]].

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*19 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Victory Road (2009)|Victory Road]]'''
*26 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Night of Champions (2009)|Night of Champions]]'''

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*On July 3, during a WWE [[house show|live event]] in [[San Diego, California]], [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] suffered a torn [[Achilles tendon]] while wrestling in a match. He underwent surgery on July 7, and will require rehabilitation which will sideline him from in-ring competition.
*On July 5, [[Waldo Von Erich]] (real name Wally Sieber) died at [[Grand River Hospital]] in [[Kitchener, Ontario]] at the age of 75.
*On July 6, [[Fergal Devitt|Prince Devitt]] and [[Ryusuke Taguchi]] defeated [[The Motor City Machineguns]] ([[Alex Shelley]] and [[Chris Sabin]]) to win the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]].
*On July 7, [[Vampiro]] suffered four cracked [[vertebra]]e in his [[Vertebral column|spine]], and is expected to be sidelined for approximately three months.
*[[Eddie Fatu]] missed a scheduled autograph signing on July 9, after he was hospitalized with [[Circulatory system|circulation]] problems in one of his legs.
*On July 11, Takashi Matsunaga, the founder of [[All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling]] died at the age of 73 from [[pneumonia]].
*On July 13:
**It was revealed that WWE had signed [[Nick Dinsmore]] to a contract.
**[[Brian Lawler]] was jailed for 30 days after failing to attend an in-patient treatment center as part of his plea agreement, following his arrest for [[public intoxication]] on June 26.
*[[Jeremy Borash]] announced on July 14 that TNA had signed [[Ayako Hamada]] to a contract.
*On June 15, [[Bobby Lashley]] announced that he had signed a contract with TNA.
*On the July 16 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'', [[Nelson Erazo|Homicide]] won the [[TNA X Division Championship]] by defeating [[Suicide (character)|Suicide]].

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#Adhere strictly to the [[WP:BLP|Biographies of living persons]] policy when adding to information to biography articles.
:#Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and is [[WP:V|verifiable]].
:#Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a [[WP:NPOV|non-point of view]] perspective and is neutral.
#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#If a sentence seems to be untrue or does not have a source, add a <nowiki>{{fact}}</nowiki> tag directly after it. In the case of biographies of living persons, if the material is contentious and either unsourced or poorly sourced, it should be removed immediately.
#Please remember that [[WP:FUR|fair use]] images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
#If making a controversial change, or one that will affect a wide range of article, please gain [[WP:CONSENSUS|consensus]] from the project first.

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
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*{{User|Truco}}

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XLVIII - August 2, 2009<br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 047|Issue XLVII]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 049|Issue XLIX]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of August 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 1 || 7 || 3 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 9 || 49 || 87 || '''145'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 5 || 19 || 86 || 226 || '''336'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| || 5 || 45 || 178 || '''228'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 5 || 51 || 285 || 1951 || '''2292'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 25 || 478 || '''503'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 29 || 619 || '''652'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 5 || 6 || '''11'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 10 || 88 || 554 || 3570 || '''4224'''
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[[Image:LinkFA-star.png]] [[Wikipedia:FA|Promoted Featured articles]]:
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[[Image:LinkFA-star.png]] [[Wikipedia:FL|Promoted Featured lists]]:
:*'''[[List of CMLL World Welterweight Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Welterweight Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[MCW Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/MCW Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes/archive1|(review page)]]}}

[[Image:Cscr-featuredtopic.svg|14px]] [[Wikipedia:FT|Promoted Featured topics]]:
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[[Image:Cscr-former.svg|14px]] Reassessed Featured content:
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[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|14px]] [[Wikipedia:GA|Promoted Good articles]]:
:*'''[[Beth Phoenix]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Beth Phoenix/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Jillian Hall]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Jillian Hall/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Abismo Negro]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Abismo Negro/GA1|(review page)]]}}

[[Image:Support cluster.svg|14px]] [[Wikipedia:GT|Promoted Good topics]]:
:*[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/MNM|MNM]] {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/MNM|(review page)]]}}

[[File:GA Candidate Neutral vote(ChaosNil).svg|14px]] Reassessed Good content:
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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[TNA X Division Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/TNA X Division Championship/archive2|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article]] status.
*'''[[CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Tag Team Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[List of CMLL World Trios Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Trios Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship]] {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}''', and '''[[WCW United States Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW United States Tag Team Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} are current [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[Cliff Compton]]''', '''[[Cody Rhodes]]''', '''[[Debra Miceli]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Debra Miceli/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Jimmy Reiher, Jr.]]''', '''[[The Legacy (professional wrestling)]]''', '''[[Leilani Kai]]''', '''[[Mark Henry]]''' , '''[[Ted DiBiase, Jr.]]''', '''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''', '''[[TNA Legends Championship]]''', '''[[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]''', and '''[[Well Dunn]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/TNA World Heavyweight Championship/1|(discussion)]]}} has been nominated for [[WP:GAR|Good article reassessment]] after failing its Good article nomination.
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
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:*July 20: '''[[La Sombra (wrestler)]]'''
:*July 22: '''[[Black Warrior (wrestler)]]'''
:*July 25: '''[[Mr. Niebla]]''' and '''[[Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.]]'''
:*July 26: '''[[Jean Antoine]]''' and '''[[Pirata Morgan]]'''
:*July 27: '''[[MS-1 (wrestler)]]'''
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:*July 30: '''[[Tekno Team 2000]]'''
:*July 31: '''[[NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version)]]''' and '''[[Billy Two Rivers]]'''
:*August 1: '''[[Timothy Well]]''' and '''[[Well Dunn]]'''
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*[[Wikipedia:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[Wikipedia:AfD|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Vartanian|Mark Vartanian]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship|Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Verna (2nd nomination)|Bill Verna (2nd nomination)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irish Whip Wrestling (2nd nomination)|Irish Whip Wrestling (2nd nomination)]] {{small|both were closed as no consensus}}
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/All Premier|All Premier]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Canadian NINJAS|The Canadian NINJAS]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Omega Wrestling Tag Team Championship|New Omega Wrestling Tag Team Championship]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NWA Charlotte|NWA Charlotte]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Real Championship Wrestling|Real Championship Wrestling]].
***'''Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Luchacore Championship|American Luchacore Championship]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 2, we are at '''11.96%''', with '''505''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''225''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
*The [[WP:PW/SG|style guide]] has been updated to reflect the new consensus on the formatting in the "In wrestling" sections of biographies, and the new format can be found at [[WP:PW/SG#In wrestling]]. Please help out in converting all biographies to the new format.

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*16 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Hard Justice (2009)|Hard Justice]]'''
*16 - [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] (AAA) presents '''[[Verano de Escandalo (2009)|Verano de Escandalo]]
*23 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[SummerSlam (2009)|SummerSlam]]'''

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*At TNA's [[Victory Road (2009)|Victory Road]] pay-per-view:
**[[Angel Williams|Angelina Love]] defeated [[Lisa Marie Varon|Tara]] to win the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]].
**[[Kevin Nash]] defeated [[A.J. Styles]] to win the [[TNA Legends Championship]].
**[[Scott Steiner]] and [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] by defeating [[Beer Money, Inc.]] ([[Robert Roode]] and [[James Storm]]).
**[[Tazz|Taz]] made his TNA debut.
*On July 21, [[Hijo del Fantasma]] defeated [[Averno (wrestler)|Averno]] to win the [[CMLL World Middleweight Championship]].
*[[Damien Steele]], a former WWE [[Farm team#Professional wrestling|developmental]] wrestler, died on July 22. The cause of death was determined as a [[Cerebral aneurysm|brain aneurysm]].
*[[Dragon Gate USA]] held its inaugural [[pay-per-view]] event on July 25 at [[The Arena (Philadelphia)|The Arena]].
*At WWE's [[Night of Champions (2009)|Night of Champions]] pay-per-view on July 26:
**[[Jason Reso|Christian]] defeated [[Tommy Dreamer]] to win the [[ECW Championship]].
**[[Mickie James]] won the [[WWE Divas Championship]] by defeating [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]].
**[[Jeff Hardy]] defeated [[CM Punk]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[Chris Mordetzky]] returned to WWE under his "Chris Masters" gimmick on the July 27 episode of ''[[WWE Raw]]''.
*On July 29, the [[Dave Meltzer#Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]] reported that [[Elijah Burke]] had signed a contract with TNA.
*On July 30:
**[[Brian Kendrick|The Brian Kendrick]] was released from WWE.
**On ''[[TNA Impact!]]'':
***[[Mick Foley]] won the TNA Legends Championship from Kevin Nash.
***[[Nick Aldis|Brutus Magnus]] and [[Doug Williams (wrestler)|Doug Williams]] won the [[IWGP Tag Team Championship]] by defeating [[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] ([[Mark LoMonaco|Brother Ray]] and [[Devon Hughes|Brother Deon]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Tables match|Tables match]]; it is unknown whether [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] will recognize this title change.

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed [[User:Nikki311/NYR|here]], and a list of topics that are close to [[WP:GT|Good topic]] status is listed [[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|here]]. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
#If you come across an article that fails [[WP:N|notability]] requirements, you can tag it for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] if the criteria apply, [[WP:PROD|propose]] it for deletion, or nominate it at [[WP:AFD]].
#The [[WP:LEAD|lead]] section of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
#Please avoid adding rumors to articles. Most rumors cannot be sourced with a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and go against the [[WP:BLP|Biographies of living persons]] policy.
#Be aware of the new format in the "In wrestling" sections of biographies, and apply the relevant section ([[WP:PW/SG#In wrestling]]) to new articles that you create, or previously created articls that have not yet been updated after the change.
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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|Truco}}
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue XLIX - August 16, 2009<br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 048|Issue XLVIII]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 050|Issue L]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of August 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || || 25 || 492 || '''517'''
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| || 3 || 28 || 615 || '''647'''
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:*'''[[List of CMLL World Trios Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of CMLL World Trios Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship]] {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}'''
:*'''[[WCW United States Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/WCW United States Tag Team Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[Leilani Kai]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Leilani Kai/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Debra Miceli]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Debra Miceli/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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*'''[[CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[CMLL World Women's Championship ]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/CMLL World Women's Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}, and '''[[List of WWE Hardcore Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWE Hardcore Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} are current [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[Charlie Haas]]''', '''[[Cliff Compton]]''', '''[[Cody Rhodes]]''', '''[[Jimmy Reiher, Jr.]]''', '''[[The Legacy (professional wrestling)]]''', '''[[Mark Henry]]''' , '''[[Ted DiBiase, Jr.]]''', '''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''', '''[[TNA Legends Championship]]''', '''[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]''', '''[[TNA World Tag Team Championship]]''', and '''[[Well Dunn]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''TNA World Heavyweight Championship''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/TNA World Heavyweight Championship/1|(discussion)]]}} failed its [[WP:GAR|Good article reassessment]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
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:*August 3: '''[[El Brazo]]'''
:*August 5: '''[[El Texano, Jr.]]'''
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:*August 9: '''[[Mike Segura]]'''
:*August 10: '''[[Virus (wrestler)]]'''
:*August 11: '''[[Olímpico]]'''
:*August 15: '''[[Estrella Blanca]]'''
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*[[Wikipedia:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[Wikipedia:AfD|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Riviera|Matt Riviera]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship|Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship]]
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Vartanian|Mark Vartanian]]
***'''Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edge a decade of decadence|Edge a decade of decadence]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at '''12.13%''', with '''519''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''225''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*16 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Hard Justice (2009)|Hard Justice]]'''
*16 - [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] (AAA) presents '''[[Verano de Escandalo (2009)|Verano de Escandalo]]
*23 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[SummerSlam (2009)|SummerSlam]]'''

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*On August 6, [[Al Tomko]] died after a two-month bout with [[pancreatic cancer]] aged 77.
*[[Richard Young (wrestler)|Ricky Ortiz]] was released from his WWE contract on August 8.
*On August 12:
**[[Karl Von Hess]] died at the age of 90, after suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]].
**[[Gladys Gillem]] died at the age of 88.
**It was announced through various wrestling news sites that [[Jeff Jarrett]] had sold his final shares of [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) to the Carter family and would be returning to the promotion as a wrestler only.
*At the August 13 [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] (FCW) television tapings, [[Heath Miller (wrestler)|Heath Slater]] defeated [[Gabe Tuft|Tyler Reks]] to win the [[Florida Championship Wrestling#FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship|FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[Apolo Dantés]] announced that he was starting his own [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] named Dantes Lucha Factory which will be based in [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]].
*On August 14, [[Nick Dinsmore]] (Eugene) was released from his WWE contract.

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Adhere strictly to the [[WP:BLP|Biographies of living persons]] policy when adding to information to biography articles.
:#Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and is [[WP:V|verifiable]].
:#Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a [[WP:NPOV|non-point of view]] perspective and is neutral.
#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#Please remember that [[WP:FUR|fair use]] images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
#Refer to [[WP:NC]] during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines, [[WP:BOLD|be bold]] and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a [[WP:NCON|naming conflict]], follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
#[[WP:TRIVIA|Trivia sections]] are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue L - August 30, 2009<br />
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As of August 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 9 || 52 || 89 || '''150'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 6 || 18 || 87 || 231 || '''342'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| 1 || 7 || 49 || 213 || '''270'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 6 || 48 || 281 || 1966 || '''2301'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 25 || 491 || '''516'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 28 || 595 || '''626'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 5 || 8 || '''13'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
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:*'''[[CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[CMLL World Women's Championship ]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/CMLL World Women's Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}}

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:*[[Mark Henry]] {{small|[[Talk:Mark Henry/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*[[Ted DiBiase, Jr.]] {{small|[[Talk:Ted DiBiase, Jr./GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*[[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] {{small|[[Talk:TNA World Tag Team Championship/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*[[TNA Legends Championship]] {{small|[[Talk:TNA Legends Championship/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP Tag Team Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[List of WWE Hardcore Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WWE Hardcore Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list]] status.
*'''[[Charlie Haas]]''', '''[[Cliff Compton]]''', '''[[Cody Rhodes]]''', '''[[Jimmy Reiher, Jr.]]''', '''[[The Legacy (professional wrestling)]]''', '''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''', '''[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]''', '''[[Well Dunn]]''', and '''[[The World's Greatest Tag Team]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**August 16: '''[[Super Muñeco]]'''
**August 20: '''[[Ángel Azteca]]''', '''[[Hart wrestling family]]''', '''[[Cormier wrestling family]]''', '''[[Yvon Cormier]]''', '''[[Leo Burke]]''', '''[[Rudy Kay]]''', and '''[[Bobby Kay]]'''.
**August 25: '''[[Ann Casey]]'''
*[[Wikipedia:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[Wikipedia:AfD|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brett DiBiase|Brett DiBiase]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ground Xero Wrestling|Ground Xero Wrestling]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Riviera|Matt Riviera]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Qiz (wrestler)|Qiz (wrestler)]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship|Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship]] {{small|- was closed as no consensus}}
**[[WP:CFD|Categories for Discussion]]:
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 August 21#Category:21st-century female professional wrestlers|Category:21st-century female professional wrestlers]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 August 19#Category:Deaths among active Total Nonstop Action employees|Category:Death among active Total Nonstop Action employees]] and [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 August 14#Category:Deaths among active World Wrestling Entertainment employees|Category:Deaths among active World Wrestling Entertainment employees]].

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at '''12.09%''', with '''518''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''230''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*4 - [[Dragon Gate USA]] presents '''[[DGUSA Enter The Dragon|Enter The Dragon]]
*13 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Breaking Point|Breaking Point]]'''
*18 - [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL) presents their '''[[CMLL 76th Aniversary Show|76th Aniversary Show]]
*20 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[No Surrender (2009)|No Surrender]]'''

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*On August 16:
**[[Hiroshi Tanahashi]] vacated the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]] after he suffered a broken [[Orbit (anatomy)|orbital bone]] in a match with [[Shinsuke Nakamura]].
**[[Valiente (wrestler)|Valiente]] won the [[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]] by defeating [[Sangre Azteca]].
**[[Stupefied|Player Dos]] won the [[Chikara Young Lions Cup]] by defeating [[Colin Delaney]] in the final of the 2009 Young Lions tournament.
**At TNA's [[Hard Justice (2009)|Hard Justice]] pay-per-view:
***[[Jessica Kresa|ODB]] won the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] when she and Cody Deaner defeated the defending champion [[Angel Williams|Angelina Love]] and [[Velvet Sky]] in a tag team match.
***[[Samoa Joe]] won the [[TNA X Division Championship]] by defeating [[Nelson Erazo|Homicide]].
***[[Kevin Nash]] defeated [[Mick Foley]] to win the [[TNA Legends Championship]].
***[[Elijah Burke]] made his TNA debut under the name "the Pope" D'Angelo Dinero.
*On August 17, it was reported that TNA signed a three year deal with [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike TV]], and that TNA had replaced [[color commentator]] [[Don West (sportscaster)|Don West]] with [[Tazz|Taz]].
*[[Dragon Gate USA]] announced a television deal with [[The Fight Network]] on August 18.
*On the August 20 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!]]'', an eight-team tournament to crown the first [[TNA Women's Knockout Tag Team Championship|TNA Women's Knockout Tag Team Champions]] was announced. The tournament will commence on the August 27 episode of ''Impact!''.
*On August 21, [[Alex Koslov]] won the [[AAA Cruiserweight Championship]] by defeating the defending champion [[Extreme Tiger]], and [[Jack Evans]], [[Teddy Hart]], and [[Rocky Romero]] in an [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination match|elimination match]].
*On August 23:
**[[CM Punk]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[Jeff Hardy]] in a [[Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match]] at [[SummerSlam (2009)|SummerSlam]].
**[[Ring of Honor]] announced that [[Bryan Danielson]] had agreed to a contract with WWE "in principle".
*On August 27, WWE announced that, effective of September 2, they will be suspending [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]] for a violation of the [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Wellness Program]].

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed [[User:Nikki311/NYR|here]], and a list of topics that are close to [[WP:GT|Good topic]] status is listed [[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|here]]. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
#If you come across an article that fails [[WP:N|notability]] requirements, you can tag it for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] if the criteria apply, [[WP:PROD|propose]] it for deletion, or nominate it at [[WP:AFD]].
#If a sentence seems to be untrue or does not have a source, add a {{fact}} tag directly after it. In the case of biographies of living persons, if the material is contentious and either unsourced or poorly sourced, it should be removed immediately.
#Avoid [[WP:OVERLINK|overlinking]] in an article. If a subject has been linked once already in the body paragraphs, there is no need to link it again. [[WP:L|Lists]] are the only exceptions to this policy.
#Do not give undue weight to [[WP:RECENTISM|recent events]] in articles.

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*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}
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*[[Portal:Professional wrestling|Portal]] – [[Portal talk:Professional wrestling|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide|Style guide]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide|talk]]
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|Stub article expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue LI - September 13, 2009<br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 050|Issue L]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 052|Issue LII]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of September 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || 1 || 7 || 3 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 23 || 30 || '''53'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 9 || 52 || 93 || '''154'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 6 || 18 || 87 || 231 || '''342'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| 1 || 7 || 49 || 222 || '''279'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 7 || 47 || 283 || 1974 || '''2311'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 24 || 503 || '''527'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 28 || 581 || '''613'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 7 || 10 || '''17'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 14 || 85 || 560 || 3647 || '''4306'''
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*'''[[Charlie Haas]]''', '''[[Deuce 'n Domino]]''', '''[[Jimmy Reiher, Jr.]]''', '''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''', '''[[Well Dunn]]''', and '''[[The World's Greatest Tag Team]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[The Legacy (professional wrestling)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/The Legacy (professional wrestling)/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:GTC|Good topic candidate]].
*[[Wikipedia:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[Wikipedia:AfD|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Jericho and The Big Show|Chris Jericho and The Big Show]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs|WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Von Dusen|Brian Von Dusen]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ground Xero Wrestling|Ground Xero Wrestling]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Razor D|Razor D]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brett DiBiase|Brett DiBiase]]
**[[WP:CFD|Categories for Discussion]]:
***'''Merged:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2009 August 21#Category:21st-century female professional wrestlers|Category:21st-century female professional wrestlers]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of August 16, we are at '''12.24%''', with '''527''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''230''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*13 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Breaking Point|Breaking Point]]'''
*18 - [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL) presents their '''[[CMLL 76th Aniversary Show|76th Aniversary Show]]
*20 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[No Surrender (2009)|No Surrender]]'''

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*On August 30:
**[[Orlando Magic]] announced that WWE had signed Magic dancer Trinity McCray to a [[Farm team#Professional wrestling|developmental contract]]. New signing Maxwell McGuirk also began wrestling at [[Florida Championship Wrestling]].
**[[Alex Koslov]] vacated the [[AAA Cruiserweight Championship]] after leaving [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]].
**[[Naoki Tanisaki]] won the [[Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship]] by defeating [[Fumiyuki Hashimoto|KAGETORA]] in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.
*On August 31, [[New Zealand]]-based promotion [[Kiwi Pro Wrestling]] announced they had signed a televsion deal with [[Prime Television New Zealand]].
*On September 1:
**[[John Hennigan|John Morrison]] won the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] by defeating [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]]; this match aired on the September 4 episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''.
**[[Nicole Raczynski]] made her return to TNA at the ''[[TNA Impact!]]'' tapings; the match aired on the September 10 episode.
*On September 3, TNA released [[Angel Williams|Angelina Love]] due to problems with her work visa.
*On September 4:
**[[Ring of Honor]] announced that [[Nigel McGuinness]] had agreed "in principle" to a contract with WWE.
**[[Bryan Danielson]] won the [[PWG World Championship]] by defeating [[Chris Hero]], but immediately vacated it due to being unable to defend the title after signing with WWE. A tournament will be held to determine the new champion in November.
*On September 6, [[Aero Star]] and Fabi Apache defeated Cinthia Moreno and El Oriental to win the [[AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship]].

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#[[WP:TRIVIA|Trivia sections]] are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
#If making a controversial change, or one that will affect a wide range of article, please gain [[WP:CONSENSUS|consensus]] from the project first.
#Please familiarize yourself with the general [[WP:N|notability policy]] of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#Refer to [[WP:NC]] during the process of renaming an article, if a name does not adhere to these guidelines, [[WP:BOLD|be bold]] and move the article to the correct target name. If there is a [[WP:NCON|naming conflict]], follow the steps to a resolution or discuss the move on the project's talk page.
#Avoid adding statements that will [[WP:DATED|date]] quickly, for example "soon" and "now".

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|Stub article expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling|talk]]
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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 18:34, 13 September 2009 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue LII - September 27, 2009<br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 051|Issue LI]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 053|Issue LIII]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of September 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 1 || 7 || 3 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 24 || 30 || '''54'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 10 || 53 || 97 || '''160'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 6 || 18 || 86 || 228 || '''338'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| 1 || 7 || 57 || 242 || '''307'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 7 || 48 || 285 || 1983 || '''2323'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 22 || 501 || '''523'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 28 || 573 || '''604'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 6 || 7 || '''13'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 14 || 87 || 568 || 3664 || '''4333'''
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| '''14''' || '''87''' || '''568''' || '''3664''' || '''4333'''
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:*'''[[TNA Bound for Glory]]''' {{small|[[Talk:TNA Bound for Glory/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Well Dunn]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Well Dunn/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Deuce 'n Domino]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Deuce 'n Domino/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Jimmy Reiher, Jr.]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Jimmy Reiher, Jr./GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[The World's Greatest Tag Team]]''' {{small|[[Talk:The World's Greatest Tag Team/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Maryse Ouellet]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Maryse Ouellet/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Charlie Haas]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Charlie Haas/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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:*'''[[The Legacy (professional wrestling)]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/The Legacy/archive1|(review page)]]}}

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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[Well Dunn]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Well Dunn/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship]]''' and '''[[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Deuce 'n Domino]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Deuce 'n Domino/archive1|(review page)]] and '''[[The World's Greatest Tag Team]]''' [[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/The World's Greatest Tag Team/archive1|(review page)]] are current [[WP:GTC|Good topic candidates]].
*The following articles appeared in the Did You Know? column on the main page:
**September 21: '''[[Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling]]'''
**September 25: '''[[Kerry Brown (wrestler)]]'''
*[[Wikipedia:XFD|Deletion Discussions]]:
**[[Wikipedia:AfD|Articles for Deletion]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Jericho and The Big Show|Chris Jericho and The Big Show]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matty Miles|Matty Miles]].
***'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs|WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs]]
**[[WP:TfD|Templates for Deletion]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2009 September 8#Template:Unified WWE Tag Team Championship|Template:Unified WWE Tag Team Championship]]
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]
**'''Current:''' [[Vincent J. McMahon]] to ''Vince McMahon, Sr.'' {{small|[[Talk:Vincent J. McMahon/Archives/2015#Requested move|(discussion)]]}}
**'''Not moved:''' [[The Super Destroyers]] {{small|[[Talk:The Super Destroyers#Move?|(discussion)]]}}

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of September 27, we are at '''12.08%''', with '''525''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''231''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:V|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the month of '''[[October]]'''.
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*4 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Hell in a Cell|Hell in a Cell]]'''
*18 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Bound for Glory (2009)|Bound for Glory]]'''

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*On September 13:
**[[John Cena]] defeated [[Randy Orton]] in an [["I Quit" match]] to win the [[WWE Championship]] at [[WWE Breaking Point|Breaking Point]].
**[[The Colony (professional wrestling)|The Colony]] (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant) defeated [[The Osirian Portal]] (Ophidian and Amasis) to win the [[Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas]].
**Roberto Paz died at the age of 62 in hospital in [[Guadalajara, Jalisco]], [[Mexico]].
*WWE released a number of developmental wrestlers, including Kris Logan, Fletcher Chase, Aiden Frost, Troy Jackman, and Espiral ([[Sicodelico, Jr.]]).
*On September 17, [[Masato Onodera|Yamato]] and [[Shingo Takagi]] defeated [[Ryo Saito]] and [[Genki Horiguchi]] to win the [[Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship]].
*Retired wrestler Lester Welch died on September 18.
*On September 19:
**The Montreal Wrestling Federation announced that Tomassino had signed a WWE developmental contract, although this was later denied by Tomassino.
**It was reported that TNA signed [[D'Lo Brown]] and [[Pat Kenney]] as [[List of professional wrestling terms#A|backstage agents]].
*At [[No Surrender (2009)|No Surrender]] on September 20:
**[[Sarah Stock|Sarita]] and [[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] defeated [[The Beautiful People (professional wrestling)|The Beautiful People]] ([[Ashley Lane|Madison Rayne]] and [[Velvet Sky]]) to become the first-ever [[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship|TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions]].
**[[Jessica Kresa|ODB]] defeated [[Cody Deaner]] to win the vacant [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]].
**[[A.J. Styles]] defeated the defending champion [[Kurt Angle]], and [[Shawn Hernandez|Hernandez]], [[Steve Borden|Sting]], and [[Matt Morgan (wrestler)|Matt Morgan]] to win the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*On September 21:
**[[Lilian Garcia]] had her last night as a [[ring announcer]] for WWE.
**Wrestlicious announced that [[Lacey Von Erich]] had signed a contract with TNA.
*[[Eddie Edwards (wrestler)|Eddie Edwards]] suffered a broken elbow on September 25.

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Do not give undue weight to [[WP:RECENTISM|recent events]] in articles.
#If you come across an article that fails [[WP:N|notability requirements]], you can tag it for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] if the criteria apply, [[WP:PROD|propose]] it for deletion, or nominate it at [[WP:AFD]].
#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#Please remember that [[WP:FUR|fair use]] images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
#Be aware of [[WP:WTA|words to avoid]]. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|ThinkBlue}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|Main project]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling|talk]]
*[[:Category:WikiProject Professional wrestling|Project category]] – [[Category talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling|talk]]
*[[Portal:Professional wrestling|Portal]] – [[Portal talk:Professional wrestling|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide|Style guide]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide|talk]]
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|Stub article expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue LIII - October 11, 2009<br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 052|Issue LII]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 054|Issue LIV]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of October 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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| || 1 || 7 || 3 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 24 || 30 || '''54'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 10 || 53 || 99 || '''162'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 6 || 19 || 87 || 231 || '''343'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| 1 || 7 || 57 || 253 || '''318'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 7 || 48 || 287 || 1995 || '''2337'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 19 || 509 || '''528'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 28 || 585 || '''616'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 5 || 8 || '''13'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 14 || 88 || 567 || 3713 || '''4382'''
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:*'''[[The World's Greatest Tag Team]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/The World's Greatest Tag Team/archive1|(review page)]]}}

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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[Well Dunn]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Well Dunn/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[Gregory Helms]]''', '''[[Michelle McCool]]''', '''[[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship]]''', and '''[[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared on the [[main page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column?
**September 30: '''[[Trafford Tanzi]]'''
**October 1: '''[[List of TNA Women's Knockout Champions]]'''
**October 2: '''[[Dukes Dalton]]'''
**October 8: '''[[Misterioso, Jr.]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beverly Mullins|Beverly Mullins]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNM (video game)|TNM (video game)]].
**[[WP:FFD|Files for deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2009 October 7#File:Braggingrights2009a.JPG|File:Braggingrights2009a.JPG]]
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]
**'''Current:''' [[Vince McMahon]] to ''Vince McMahon, Jr.'' {{small|[[Talk:Vince McMahon#Requested move|(discussion)]]}}
**'''Moved:''' [[Vincent J. McMahon]] to ''Vince McMahon, Sr.'' {{small|[[Talk:Vincent J. McMahon/Archives/2015#Requested move|(discussion)]]}} - ''Note: was later moved back to [[Vincent J. McMahon]]''

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of October 21, we are at '''11.96%''', with '''524''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*On October 2, the project reached its goal of 150 [[WP:DYK|DYKs]], and the number has continued to rise. Congratulations to everyone who helped in achieving this goal.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''233''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:V|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the month of '''[[October]]'''.
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*18 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Bound for Glory (2009)|Bound for Glory]]'''
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Bragging Rights|Bragging Rights]]'''

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*[[Shinsuke Nakamura]] won the vacant [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]] on September 27 by defeating [[Togi Makabe]].
*[[Lizmark, Jr.]] left [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] and [[Charly Manson]] left [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] to join [[Perro Aguayo, Jr.]]'s Perros del Mal promotion.
*The Perros del Mal promotion announced a television deal with Televisa Canal 9.
*On the September 29 episode of ''[[ECW (WWE)|ECW]]'', [[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] was announced as the [[Professional wrestling authority figures#Temporary General Managers 3|interim general manager]], as [[Taryn Terrell|Tiffany]] had been injured in a kayfabe car crash. This storyline was put in place as Tiffany suffered a broken [[humerus]] at the [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] television tapings on September 24, but she was able to return to television on the October 6 episode of ''ECW''.
*[[Lacey Von Erich]] made her TNA debut on the October 1 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]''.
*On October 2, [[Mr. Kennedy|Ken Anderson]] won the [[Nu-Wrestling Evolution]] World Heavyweight Championship in [[Malta]], by defeating [[Chuck Palumbo]] and Tiny Iron in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|three-way match]].
*At [[WWE Hell in a Cell|Hell in a Cell]] on October 4:
**[[The Undertaker]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[CM Punk]] in a [[Hell in a Cell]] match.
**[[Randy Orton]] won the [[WWE Championship]] in a Hell in a Cell match by defeating [[John Cena]].
*On the October 5 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] defeated [[Kofi Kingston]] to win the [[WWE United States Championship]].
*[[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] announced a deal with [[Playmates Toys]] to manufacture a range of [[action figure]]s and [[Lucha libre#Masks|masks]] on October 6. The range will be launched in late 2010.
*On the October 8 episode of ''Impact!'', [[Amazing Red]] defeated [[Samoa Joe]] to win the [[TNA X Division Championship]].

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Please familiarize yourself with the general [[WP:N|notability]] policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed [[User:Nikki311/NYR|here]], and a list of topics that are close to [[WP:GT|Good topic]] status is listed [[User:IMatthew/Featured topics|here]]. Consider helping by achieving an aim listed or by improving an article on the Topics list to [[WP:GA|Good Article]] status.
#The [[WP:LEAD|lead section]] of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article's contents. The size of the lead will depend on the size of the article.
#Please remember that [[WP:CRYSTAL|wikipedia is not a crystal ball]], and do not add speculation about future events to articles.
#Adhere strictly to the [[WP:BLP|Biographies of living persons]] policy when adding to information to biography articles.
:#Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and is [[WP:V|verifiable]].
:#Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written from a [[WP:NPOV|non-point of view]] perspective and is neutral.

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}
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*[[:Category:WikiProject Professional wrestling|Project category]] – [[Category talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling|talk]]
*[[Portal:Professional wrestling|Portal]] – [[Portal talk:Professional wrestling|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide|Style guide]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide|talk]]
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|Stub article expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling|talk]]
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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 16:42, 11 October 2009 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue LIV - October 25, 2009<br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 053|Issue LIII]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 055|Issue LV]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of October 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 1 || 7 || 3 || '''11'''
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| || || 24 || 30 || '''54'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 10 || 56 || 96 || '''162'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 6 || 19 || 88 || 233 || '''346'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| 1 || 8 || 58 || 263 || '''330'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 7 || 48 || 290 || 2004 || '''2349'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 17 || 505 || '''522'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 29 || 589 || '''621'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 5 || 8 || '''13'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 14 || 89 || 569 || 3723 || '''4395'''
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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[Well Dunn]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Well Dunn/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article status]]; however, it has been renominated as a [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]] [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Well Dunn/archive2|here]].
*'''[[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Mexican National Welterweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Adam Copeland]]''', '''[[Gregory Helms]]''', '''[[Jason Reso]]''', '''[[Michelle McCool]]''', '''[[Rosey and The Hurricane]]''', '''[[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship]]''', and '''[[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared on the [[main page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column:
**October 12: '''[[La Parka (AAA)]]'''
**October 13: '''[[Women Superstars Uncensored]]'''
**October 17: '''[[Rhett Titus]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Angela Fong|Angela Fong]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Impact Pro Wrestling|Impact Pro Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jemma Palmer|Jenna Palmer]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karlee Perez|Karlee Perez]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wrestling Coalition (2nd nomination)|World Wrestling Coalition (2nd nomination)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zivile Raudoniene|Zivile Raudoniene]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beverly Mullins|Beverly Mullins]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of nicknames of pro wrestlers|List of nicknames of pro wrestlers]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TNM (video game)|TNM (video game)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trinity McCray|Trinity McCray]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tyrone Evans|Tyrone Evans]].
**[[WP:FFD|Files for deletion]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2009 October 7#File:Braggingrights2009a.JPG|File:Braggingrights2009a.JPG]]
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]
**'''Current:''' [[WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders &amp; Chairs]] to ''[[TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs]]'' {{small|[[Talk:WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs#Requested move|(discussion)]]}}
**'''Not moved:''' [[Vince McMahon]] to ''Vince McMahon, Jr.'' {{small|[[Talk:Vince McMahon#Requested move|(discussion)]]}}

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of October 25, we are at '''11.79%''', with '''520''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''234''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:V|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the months of '''[[October]]''' and '''[[November]]'''.
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*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Bragging Rights|Bragging Rights]]'''
*6 - [[Dragon Gate USA]] presents '''[[DGUSA Untouchable|Untouchable]]'''
*15 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Turning Point (2009)|Turning Point]]'''
*22 - WWE presents '''[[Survivor Series (2009)|Survivor Series]]'''

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*On the October 12 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Jillian Hall]] won the [[WWE Divas Championship]] by defeating [[Mickie James]], but lost the championship to [[Melina Perez|Melina]] immediately afterwards.
*"Captain" [[Lou Albano]] died at the age of 76 on October 14.
*On October 15 it was announced that WWE had signed Barri Griffiths, a Welsh professional wrestler and former [[Gladiators|Gladiator]], to a [[Farm team#Professional wrestling|developmental]] contract.
*On October 16, [[Shane McMahon]] announced that he was retiring from [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE), effective as of January 1, 2010.
*At [[Bound for Glory (2009)|Bound for Glory]] on October 18:
**[[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]] won the [[TNA Legends Championship]] by defeating the defending champion [[Kevin Nash]] and [[Shawn Hernandez|Hernandez]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|three way match]].
**[[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] ([[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]] and [[Mark LoMonaco|Brother Ray]]) won the [[IWGP Tag Team Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|four way]] [[Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match#Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Full Metal Mayhem match]]. In the same match, [[The British Invasion (professional wrestling)|The British Invasion]] ([[Nick Aldis|Brutus Magnus]] and [[Doug Williams (wrestler)|Doug Williams]]) won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]].
**[[Daffney]] suffered a broken arm after taking a [[Bump (professional wrestling)|bump]] during the match between [[Mick Foley]] and [[Chris Parks|Abyss]].
*On October 20, it was reported that [[Nigel McGuinness]] had signed with TNA. He made his debut on the October 22 episode of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' as "Desmond Wolfe".
*[[Chris Sabin]] suffered a [[Stinger (medicine)|stinger]] at the ''Impact!'' [[broadcast delay|taping]] on October 21.
*On October 23, it was reported that [[Lance Cade]] had re-signed with WWE.

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#Please remember that [[WP:FUR|fair use]] images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
#[[WP:TRIVIA|Trivia sections]] are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
#Avoid adding statements that will [[WP:DATED|date]] quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
#When adding [[WP:HEAD|headers]] to articles, do not add wikilinks to them and only capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns.

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|Truco}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}
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*[[Portal:Professional wrestling|Portal]] – [[Portal talk:Professional wrestling|talk]]
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|Assessment]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Assessment|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue LV - November 8, 2009<br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 054|Issue LIV]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 056|Issue LVI]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of November 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! Total
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! rowspan="12" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 1 || 7 || 3 || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 24 || 30 || '''54'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 10 || 57 || 95 || '''162'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 6 || 19 || 87 || 240 || '''352'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| 1 || 8 || 58 || 272 || '''339'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 7 || 48 || 293 || 2008 || '''2356'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 17 || 504 || '''521'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 29 || 593 || '''625'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 7 || '''11'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 14 || 89 || 576 || 3752 || '''4431'''
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| '''14''' || '''89''' || '''576''' || '''3752''' || '''4431'''
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*15 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Turning Point (2009)|Turning Point]]'''
*22 - WWE presents '''[[Survivor Series (2009)|Survivor Series]]'''

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*At [[WWE Bragging Rights|Bragging Rights]], [[John Cena]] defeated [[Randy Orton]] in a 60 minute [[Iron Man match]], by six falls to five, to win the [[WWE Championship]].
*[[Jay Lethal]] suffered a [[hamstring]] injury at a TNA [[house show]], but is expected to be at the next ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' tapings.
*On October 27:
**[[Hulk Hogan]] held a press conference to announce that he has signed with TNA. It was later revealed that [[Eric Bischoff]] has also signed, and he and Hogan will be the new [[List of professional wrestling terms#B|bookers]].
**[[Bryan J. Kelly|Byron Saxton]] made his debut on ''[[ECW (WWE)|ECW]]'' as a commentator. He is filling in for [[Matthew Kaye|Matt Striker]], who has been moved to ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' after [[Jim Ross]]' [[Bell's palsy]] attack forced him to take time off.
*[[José Alvarado Nieves]], better known as Super Porky, has returned to [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]].
*[[Yoshinobu Kanemaru]] won the [[GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[Jushin Liger]] in the finals of a tournament on October 31. The previous champion, [[Kenta Kobayashi|Kenta]], vacated the championship due to a torn [[anterior cruciate ligament]].
*New Zealand wrestler, [[Adam Firestorm|Adam Dykes]], better known by his ring names Torch and Adam Firestorm, died on November 5 due to an apparent suicide.

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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[Well Dunn]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Well Dunn/archive2|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FAC|Featured article candidate]].
*'''[[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Mexican National Welterweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Adam Copeland]]''', '''[[Gregory Helms]]''', '''[[Jason Reso]]''', '''[[John McMahon (wrestler)]]''', '''[[Matt Anoa'i]]''', '''[[Rosey and The Hurricane]]''', '''[[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship]]''', '''[[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]]''', '''[[Turning Point (2008)]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*'''''[[WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006]]''''' {{small|[[Talk:WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006/GA1|(review page)]]}} has been delisted as a [[WP:GA|Good article]] following reassessment as part of the [[WP:SWEEPS|Good article sweeps]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**November 7: '''[[Turning Point (2008)]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of multiple world heavyweight champions in professional wrestling (2nd nomination)|List of multiple world heavyweight champions in professional wrestling (2nd nomination)]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Angela Fong|Angela Fong]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Impact Pro Wrestling|Impact Pro Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jenny Quinn|Jenny Quinn]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karlee Perez|Karlee Perez]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Ruthless Roundtable|The Ruthless Roundtable]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Wrestling Coalition (2nd nomination)|World Wrestling Coalition (2nd nomination)]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Jossie|Brian Jossie]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jemma Palmer|Jenna Palmer]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zivile Raudoniene|Zivile Raudoniene]].
**[[WP:FFD|Files for deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2009 November 3#File:ECWchampbelt.jpg|File:ECWchampbelt.jpg]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for discussion]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 October 24#Template:Armageddon|Template:Armageddon, Template:Backlash, Template:Bad Blood, Template:Cyber Sunday, Template:December to Dismember, Template:Great American Bash, Template:In Your House, Template:Judgement Day, Template:Judgment Day, Template:King of the Ring, Template:New Year's Revolution, Template:Night of Champions, Template:No Mercy, Template:No Way Out, Template:One Night Stand, Template:Over the Edge, Template:Royal Rumble, Template:SummerSlam, Template:Survivor Series, Template:Unforgiven, Template:Vegeance, Template:Vengeance, Template:WrestleMania, and Template:Former WWEPPV]].
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]
**'''Current:''' [[WWE One Night Stand]] to ''[[WWE Extreme Rules]]'' {{small|[[Talk:WWE One Night Stand#Requested move|(discussion)]]}}
**'''Not moved:''' [[WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders &amp; Chairs]] to ''[[TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs]]'' {{small|[[Talk:WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs#Requested move|(discussion)]]}}

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of November 8, we are at '''11.76%''', with '''521''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list has been placed on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]] of stub articles of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''232''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing Tips</div>
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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#[[WP:CRYSTAL|Wikipedia is not a crystal ball]], so do not add speculation about future events to articles.
#Help out with the project's [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|cleanup listing]] by fixing problems listed and removing the article from the listing.
#The [[WP:LEAD|lead section]] of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
#If you come across an article that fails [[WP:N|notability]] requirements, you can tag it for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] if the criteria apply, [[WP:PROD|propose]] it for deletion, or nominate it at [[WP:AFD]].
#Be aware of [[WP:WTA|words to avoid]]. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|Stub article expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling|talk]]
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|} <div style="float:right; font-size:60%;">Delivered: 11:23, 9 November 2009 (UTC) by [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] ([[User talk:MiszaBot|talk]])</div>

== WikiProject Professional wrestling newsletter ==

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[[Image:Barnstar-pro-wrestling.png|75px|left]] <big>
'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue LVI - November 22, 2009<br />
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[[File:Arrow Blue Left 001.svg|30px]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 055|Issue LV]] | [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Issue 057|Issue LVII]] [[File:Arrow Blue Right 001.svg|30px]]
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As of November 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! rowspan="13" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 1 || 7 || 3 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 24 || 30 || || '''54'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 10 || 60 || 98 || || '''168'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 6 || 20 || 84 || 246 || || '''356'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| 1 || 8 || 59 || 275 || || '''343'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 7 || 48 || 293 || 2043 || || '''2391'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 17 || 531 || || '''548'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 29 || 642 || 1 || '''675'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 10 || || '''14'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 14 || 90 || 577 || 3878 || 1 || '''4560'''
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! {{Unassessed-Class|category=Category:Unassessed Professional wrestling articles|Unassessed}}
| || || || 1 || 218 || '''219'''
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! Total
| '''14''' || '''90''' || '''574''' || '''3879''' || '''219''' || '''4779'''
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:*'''[[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]]''' {{small|[[Talk:TNA Women's Knockout Championship/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Talk:TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Gregory Helms]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Gregory Helms/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[John McMahon (wrestler)]]''' {{small|[[Talk:John McMahon (wrestler)/GA1|(review page)]]}}
:*'''[[Rosey and The Hurricane]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Rosey and The Hurricane/GA1|(review page)]]}}

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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[Well Dunn]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Well Dunn/archive2|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FA|Featured article]] status.
*'''[[List of WCW World Television Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW World Television Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Mexican National Welterweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[Adam Copeland]]''', '''[[Bobby Kay]]''', '''[[Jason Reso]]''', '''[[Leo Burke]]''', '''[[Matt Anoa'i]]''', '''[[Rudy Kay]]''', '''[[Turning Point (2008)]]''', and '''[[Yvon Cormier]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**November 13: '''[[Joe Pedicino]]''' and '''[[Boni Blackstone]]'''
**November 18: '''[[Sam DeCero]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeri-Show|Jeri-Show]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Catheline|John Catheline]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Midnight|Sean Midnight]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Batista and Rey Mysterio (2nd nomination)|Batista and Rey Mysterio (2nd nomination)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of multiple world heavyweight champions in professional wrestling (2nd nomination)|List of multiple world heavyweight champions in professional wrestling (2nd nomination)]].
**[[WP:FFD|Files for deletion]]
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2009 November 3#File:ECWchampbelt.jpg|File:ECWchampbelt.jpg]]
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]
**'''Moved:''' [[WWE One Night Stand]] to ''[[WWE Extreme Rules]]'' {{small|[[Talk:WWE Extreme Rules#Requested move|(discussion)]]}}

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of November 22, we are at '''11.68%''', with '''558''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''233''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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This section is intended to warn users about potential targets of [[WP:V|vandalism]] and [[WP:SPECULATION|speculation]]: professional wrestling events from major [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] for the months of '''[[November]]''' and '''[[December]]'''.
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*22 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Survivor Series (2009)|Survivor Series]]'''
*4 - [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL) presents '''''[[Sin Salida]]'''''
*11 - [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] (AAA) presents '''''[[Guerra de Titanes (2009)|Guerra de Titanes]]'''''
*13 - WWE presents '''[[WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs|TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs]]'''
*20 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Final Resolution (2009)|Final Resolution]]'''

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*On November 8, [[Tiger Mask IV]] defeated [[Místico]] to win the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]].
*WWE's official website announced the retirement of [[Jamie Noble]] on November 10.
*On November 11, it was announced that TNA had released [[Josette Bynum|Sojournor Bolt]] from her contract.
*On November 12, [[BBC News]] reported that [[Wales|Welsh]] wrestler Orig Williams, better known as El Bandito, died at the age of 78.
*[[Paul London]] won the NorthEast Wrestling Championship on November 13 by defeating Jason Blade.
*[[Dragon Gate]] announced that they had released [[Cyber Kong]] from his contract. Kong suffered a neck injury in late October, and did not feel he was healing well enough to return to wrestling, and so requested his release.
*[[Sky Sports]] announced that it would begin to broadcast ''[[WWE Superstars|Superstars]]'' in Britain on December 11. It will also start broadcasting ''[[This Week in WWE]]'', which will first air on January 3.
*On November 20, it was reported that WWE had re-signed [[Mikey Batts]] to work as a [[Referee (professional wrestling)|referee]].
*It was reported on November 21 that TNA had signed British wrestler, "Sweet" Saraya Knight to a contract.

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<div style="margin:0; background:#039; font-size:115%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #009; text-align:lefts; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Editing Tips</div>
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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Style guide#Sources]].
#Please familiarize yourself with the general [[WP:N|notability]] policy of Wikipedia. Avoid creating new articles that do not satisfy the requirements.
#Please remember that [[WP:FUR|fair use]] images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
#Do not give undue weight to [[WP:RECENTISM|recent events]] in articles.
#Adhere strictly to the [[WP:BLP|Biographies of living persons]] policy when adding to information to biography articles.
:*Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and is [[WP:V|verifiable]].
:*Make sure that all information contained in biographies of living persons is written neutrally, from a [[WP:NPOV|non-point of view]] perspective.

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue LVII - December 6, 2009<br />
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As of December 2009:
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Professional wrestling<br>articles !! colspan="6" | Importance
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! rowspan="13" | Quality
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 2 || 5 || 4 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 24 || 31 || || '''55'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 10 || 60 || 102 || || '''172'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 6 || 20 || 85 || 243 || || '''354'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
| 1 || 8 || 61 || 278 || || '''348'''
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! {{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Professional wrestling articles|Start}}
| 7 || 48 || 291 || 2113 || || '''2459'''
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! {{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles|Stub}}
| || || 17 || 584 || 1 || '''602'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 29 || 644 || 1 || '''677'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 4 || 9 || || '''13'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 14 || 91 || 576 || 4008 || 2 || '''4691'''
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| || || || || 68 || '''68'''
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| '''14''' || '''91''' || '''576''' || '''4008''' || '''70''' || '''4759'''
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*'''[[List of WCW World Television Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of WCW World Television Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[Adam Copeland]]''', '''[[Bobby Kay]]''', '''[[Jason Reso]]''', '''[[Leo Burke]]''', and '''[[Rudy Kay]]''' are current [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|Good article nominees]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**November 24: '''[[Professional wrestling career of Insane Clown Posse]]'''
**November 29: '''[[List of WCW World Television Champions]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Fury|Brian Fury]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeri-Show|Jeri-Show]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Catheline|John Catheline]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Midnight|Sean Midnight]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of December 6, we are at '''12.63%''', with '''601''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
**As part of this, the project's [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive 2|second stub drive]] has been set up, and will run until the end of 2009. Please help out if you can.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''233''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*11 - [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] (AAA) presents '''''[[Guerra de Titanes (2009)|Guerra de Titanes]]'''''
*13 - WWE presents '''[[WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs|TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs]]'''
*20 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Final Resolution (2009)|Final Resolution]]'''

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*At [[Survivor Series (2009)|Survivor Series]], [[Referee (professional wrestling)|referee]] [[Joseph James, Jr.|Scott Armstrong]] suffered a legitimate [[concussion]] after he was accidentally kneed in the back of the head by [[Sheamus O'Shaunessy|Sheamus]].
*On November 24, it was reported that British wrestler "Sweet" Saraya Knight had not signed a contract with TNA, despite earlier reports to the contrary.
*On November 25, it was reported that [[ring announcer]] [[Lauren C. Mayhew]] had left WWE to concentrate on her acting and music career.
*On November 26, Tetsuya Bushi defeated Avisman to win the [[IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship]].
*On November 27, 2009, it was reported that wrestler "Sexy" Lexi Pillman (Alexa Pillman), [[Brian Pillman]]'s step-daughter, had died due to injuries sustained in a car accident earlier that day.
*[[BxB Hulk]] became the inaugual [[Dragon Gate USA#DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate Championship|Dragon Gate USA Open the Freedom Gate Champion]] by defeating [[Masato Onodera|Yamato]], [[Nobuhiko Oshima |Cima]], and [[Gran Akuma]] in the tournament final on November 28.
*On November 30, [[British Sky Broadcasting]] announced they had signed a new five year contract with WWE.
*On December 1, WWE and [[Titan Magazines|Titan Publishing]] announced the creation of a [[comic book]], ''WWE Heroes'', with the first issue set to be released in March 2010.
*[[Eddie Fatu]], better known as Umaga, died on December 4 due to a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. He had been rushed to the hospital earlier that day in a critical condition after his wife found him unresponsive with blood running from his nose.
*On December 5, TNA announced that they would be holding a live, three-hour special Monday edition of ''[[TNA Impact!]]'' on Janauary 4, 2009 to compete against ''[[WWE Raw]]''.
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#If you come across an article that fails [[WP:N|notability]] requirements, you can tag it for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] if the criteria apply, [[WP:PROD|propose]] it for deletion, or nominate it at [[WP:AFD]].
#[[WP:TRIVIA|Trivia sections]] are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
#When adding [[WP:HEAD|headers]] to articles, do not add wikilinks to them and only capitalize the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns.
#Avoid adding statements that will [[WP:DATED|date]] quickly, for example "soon" and "now".
#The project's New Year's Resolutions are listed [[User:Nikki311/NYR|here]], and we only have short amount of time left to achieve them this year. Please consider helping out by achieving an aim listed.

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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
*{{User|SuperSilver901}}
*{{User|Wrestlinglover}}
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|Cleanup listing]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|talk]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]] Newsletter'''</big><br /> Issue LVIII - December 20, 2009<br />
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As of December 2009:
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!{{Top-Class|category=Category:Top-importance Professional wrestling articles|Top}} !! {{High-Class|category=Category:High-importance Professional wrestling articles|High}} !! {{Mid-Class|category=Category:Mid-importance Professional wrestling articles|Mid}} !! {{Low-Class|category=Category:Low-importance Professional wrestling articles|Low}} !! {{No-Class|category=Category:Unknown-importance Professional wrestling articles|No}} !! Total
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! {{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Professional wrestling articles|FA}}
| || 2 || 5 || 4 || || '''11'''
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! {{FL-Class|category=Category:FL-Class Professional wrestling articles|FL}}
| || || 25 || 31 || || '''56'''
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! {{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Professional wrestling articles|GA}}
| || 11 || 61 || 102 || || '''174'''
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! {{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Professional wrestling articles|B}}
| 6 || 19 || 83 || 244 || || '''352'''
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! {{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Professional wrestling articles|C}}
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| 7 || 49 || 295 || 2171 || || '''2522'''
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| || || 16 || 522 || 1 || '''539'''
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! {{List-Class|category=Category:List-Class Professional wrestling articles|List}}
| || 3 || 29 || 645 || 1 || '''678'''
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! {{Future-Class|category=Category:Future-Class Professional wrestling articles|Future}}
| || || 3 || 8 || || '''11'''
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! {{Assessed-Class}}
| 14 || 92 || 578 || 4012 || 2 || '''4698'''
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! {{Unassessed-Class|category=Category:Unassessed Professional wrestling articles|Unassessed}}
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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Bobby Kay]]''', '''[[Derick Neikirk]]''', '''[[Leo Burke]]''', '''[[Rated-RKO]]''', and '''[[Rudy Kay]]''' are current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Rosey and The Hurricane]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Rosey and The Hurricane/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:GTC|Good topic candidate]].
*The following article appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did you know?]] column on the [[main page]]:
**December 17: '''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Angels- Baptism of Blood|American Angels- Baptism of Blood]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Unified WWE Tag Team Champions|List of Unified WWE Tag Team Champions]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE Raw Guest Hosts|List of WWE Raw Guest Hosts]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michigan Championship Wrestling Association(MCWA)|Michigan Championship Wrestling Association(MCWA)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UPWA Pro Wrestling|UPWA Pro Wrestling]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy The P|Billy The P]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Fury|Brian Fury]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MVP and Mark Henry|MVP and Mark Henry]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011|WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for discussion]]
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2009 December 16#Template:Slammy Award Winners|Template:Slammy Award Winners]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[User:Nikki311/NYR|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 10%. As of December 20, we are at '''11.29%''', with '''531''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
**As part of this, the project's [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stub drive 2|second stub drive]] has been set up, and will run until the end of 2009. Please help out if you can.
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''233''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*''December:''
**20 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Final Resolution (2009)|Final Resolution]]'''
*''January:''
**17 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Genesis (2010)|Genesis]]'''
**22 - [[Dragon Gate USA]] (DGUSA) presents '''[[DGUSA Freedom Fight|Freedom Fight]]'''
**31 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2010)|Royal Rumble]]'''

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*[[Masaaki Mochizuki]] defeated [[Davey Richards]] to win the [[FIP World Heavyweight Championship]] at a [[Dragon Gate]] show in Japan on December 6.
*On December 8, [[Yoshihiro Tajiri|Tajiri]] was announced as the producer of a new Japanese [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]], Smash!.
*On December 10:
**It was announced that current TNA wrestler [[Bobby Lashley]] had signed a deal to compete in [[mixed martial arts]] for [[Strikeforce]].
**It was reported that Universal Championship Wrestling promoter and wrestler, "The Shooter" Ronnie Gossett, had been hospitalised after a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]].
*On December 11:
**It was reported that [[Bobby Heenan]] had been hopitalised with an infection in his rebuilt jaw.
**Ontario independent wrestler Damien Truth (real name Damien Evans) died from a heart attack in [[Brampton]] at the age of 29.
*At [[WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs|TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs]] on December 13:
**[[Drew Galloway|Drew McIntyre]] defeated [[John Hennigan|John Morrison]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]].
**[[Sheamus O'Shaunessy|Sheamus]] won the [[WWE Championship]] by defeating [[John Cena]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Tables match|Tables match]].
**[[D-Generation X]] ([[Shawn Michaels]] and [[Triple H]]) defeated [[Chris Jericho]] and [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] in a [[Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match]] for the [[Unified WWE Tag Team Championship]].
*On December 16:
**It was reported that [[Bret Hart]] had re-signed with WWE on a short-term contract.
**[[Christy Hemme]] announced her retirement from in-ring competition, although she will remain affiliated with TNA.
*On December 18, it was reported that TNA backstage interviewer, [[Lauren Brooke (interviewer)|Lauren Brooke]], had left the company.
*At ROH's first live pay-per-view, Final Battle 2009, on December 19:
**[[Larry Sweeney]] made his ROH return as a [[color commentator]].
**The [[Briscoe Brothers]] defeated The American Wolves ([[Davey Richards]] and [[Eddie Edwards (wrestler)|Eddie Edwards]]) to win the [[ROH World Tag Team Championship]] for a record sixth time.

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This is a section in the newsletter devoted to help familiarize project members with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Help out with the project's [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Cleanup listing|cleanup listing]] by fixing problems listed and removing the article from the listing.
#[[WP:CRYSTAL|Wikipedia is not a crystal ball]], so do not add speculation about future events to articles.
#The [[WP:LEAD|lead section]] of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
#Be aware of [[WP:WTA|words to avoid]]. Certain words, if chosen poorly, can subtly promote a point of view.
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**December 27: '''[[Rafael Halperin]]'''
**December 28: '''[[Final Battle 2009]]'''
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*{{User|GaryColemanFan}} recapped the prgress of the project this year and since it's creation at [[WT:PW#2009 WP:PW progress]].
*A new set of New Year's Resolutions for 2010 have been announced at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''234''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*17 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Genesis (2010)|Genesis]]'''
*22 - [[Dragon Gate USA]] (DGUSA) presents '''[[DGUSA Freedom Fight|Freedom Fight]]'''
*31 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2010)|Royal Rumble]]'''

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*On December 20:
**It was reported that Ricky Steamboat, Jr. had signed a [[Farm team#Professional wrestling|developmental]] contract with WWE.
**Former wrestler Colt Steel (real name C.J. Jackson) died at the age of 53. The cause of death is currently unknown.
**At [[Final Resolution (2009)|Final Resolution]]:
***[[Lisa Marie Varon|Tara]] won the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] by defeating [[Jessica Kresa|ODB]].
***[[Shawn Daivari|Sheik Abdul Bashir]] won one of the [[Professional wrestling match types#Feast or Fired|Feast or Fired]] briefcases, which was revealed to have the pinkslip in it. This storyline was put in place so Bashir could legitimately leave TNA.
*[[Nicole Raczynski|Roxxi]] broke her ankle in two places at the ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' taping on December 21.
*On December 22, TNA announced they had signed a deal with Setanta Sports Africa to air ''Impact!'' and pay-per-views in several [[Africa]]n countries.
*The [[Mexican National Trios Championship]] was vacated in late December, due to [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] announcing [[Black Warrior (wrestler)|Black Warrior]]'s retirement. A tournament has been set up to crown new champions.
*It was reported that [[Incognito (wrestler)|Incognito]] had signed a WWE contract.
*On December 25, [[World Xtreme Wrestling]] announced that [[Jimmy Snuka]]'s daughter, [[Sarona Snuka|Sarona]], had signed a contract with WWE.
*[[Dixie Carter (professional wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] announced that TNA had signed [[The Young Bucks]] to a contract on December 26.
*On December 27, [[Nobuhiko Oshima|Cima]] and [[Yoshito Sugamoto|Gamma]] defeated [[Shingo Takagi]] and [[Masato Onodera|Yamato]] to win the [[Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship]], but vacated the championship immediately afterwards.
*[[Melina Perez|Melina]] suffered a torn [[anterior cruciate ligament]] at a [[house show]] on December 29.
*On December 30, [["Dr. Death" Steve Williams]] died at the age of 49 due to [[cancer]].

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*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Derick Neikirk]]''', '''[[Nick Nemeth]]''', and '''[[Spirit Squad]]''' are current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Bobby Kay]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Bobby Kay/GA1|(review page)]]}} has failed its Good article nomination but has been nominated for a [[WP:GAR|Good article reassessment]] [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Bobby Kay/1|here]].
*The following article appeared on the [[main page]] in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column:
**January 7: '''[[Billy Sandow]]'''
**January 16: '''[[Jim White (wrestler)]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]:
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dynamite Chris Hart|Dynamite Chris Hart]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of January 17, we are at '''10.06%''', with '''466''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''235''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*17 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Genesis (2010)|Genesis]]'''
*22 - [[Dragon Gate USA]] (DGUSA) presents '''[[DGUSA Freedom Fight|Freedom Fight]]'''
*31 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2010)|Royal Rumble]]'''

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*On January 4:
**WWE confirmed [[Tommy Dreamer]]'s departure from the company, after his final match and farewell speech on the December 29 episode of ''[[ECW (WWE)|ECW]]''.
**WWE announced that [[Melina Perez|Melina]] had vacated the [[WWE Divas Championship]] due to injury, and set up a tournament to determine the new champion.
**TNA held their first live edition of ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' to compete against ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', which featured:
***Returns from wrestlers including [[Jeff Hardy]], [[Shannon Moore]], [[Scott Hall]], and [[Sean Waltman]], as well as the debuts of [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Ric Flair]], and [[Eric Bischoff]].
***[[Jessica Kresa|ODB]] defeating [[Lisa Marie Varon|Tara]] to win the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]].
***[[Ayako Hamada|Hamada]] and [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]] defeating [[Shantelle Malawski|Talyor Wilde]] and [[Sarah Stock|Sarita]] to win the [[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship]].
**At [[January 4 Dome Show#Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome|Wrestle Kingdom IV]]:
***No Limit ([[Tetsuya Naito]] and [[Yujiro Takahashi|Yujiro]]) won the [[IWGP Tag Team Championship]] by defeating the former champions, [[Dudley Boyz|Team 3D]] ([[Devon Hughes|Brother Devon]] and [[Mark LoMonaco|Brother Ray]]), and Bad Intentions ([[Karl Anderson]] and [[Matt Bloom|Giant Bernard]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|three-way]] [[Hardcore wrestling|hardcore match]].
***[[Naomichi Marufuji]] defeated [[Tiger Mask IV]] to win the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]].
*On January 6, [[Mascara Dorada]], [[Metro (wrestler)|Metro]], and [[Stuka, Jr.]] defeated [[Dragón Rojo, Jr.]], [[Misterioso, Jr.|Misterioso II]], and [[Sangre Azteca]] in a tournament final to win the vacant [[Mexican National Trios Championship]].
*On January 8, [[Steven Lewington]] was released from his WWE contract.
*On January 9:
**It was reported that WWE had signed Asher Knight to a [[Farm team#Professional wrestling|developmental]] contract.
**It was reported that WWE had released developmental wrestler Sweet Papi Sanchez.
*On January 10:
**It was reported that WWE had released several developmental workers, including Dino Carter, Chris the BambiKiller, Lennox, Lift Swayner, Leroy Morgan, Max McGuirk, and Dylan Klein.
**Former wrestler [[Tony Halme]] was found dead at the age of 47, in his apartment in [[Helsinki]]. No cause of death has been announced.
**Dr. Cerebro defeated Tetsuya Bushi to win the [[IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship]].
*[[Makoto Saito (wrestler)|K-Ness]] defeated [[Naoki Tanisaki]] to win the [[Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship]] on January 11.
*On January 14, The Fortunate Sons ([[Brett DiBiase]] and [[Joe Hennig]] defeated The Dudebusters ([[Kris Pavone|Caylen Croft]], [[Trent Barreta]], and [[Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder|Curt Hawkins]]) to win the [[Florida Championship Wrestling#FCW Florida Tag Team Championship|FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]].
*The [[Evolve (professional wrestling)|Evolve]] [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]] held their first show on January 16.

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*'''[[List of TNA Women's Knockout Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA Women's Knockout Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Derick Neikirk]]''', '''[[Johnny Jeter]]''', '''[[Kenny Dykstra]]''', '''[[Nick Nemeth]]''', '''[[ROH World Television Championship]]''', and '''[[Spirit Squad]]''' are current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Bobby Kay]]''' is undergoing a [[WP:GAR|Good article reassessment]] [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Bobby Kay/1|here]].
*'''[[Rated-RKO]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Rated-RKO/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:GTC|Good topic candidate]].
*The following articles appeared in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] section of the [[main page]]:
**January 19: '''[[Metro (wrestler)]]'''
**January 21: '''[[Eric Holmback]]'''
**January 24: '''[[Dr. Wagner]]''' and '''[[Ángel Blanco]]'''
**January 28: '''[[Ida Mae Martinez]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
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***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bobby Cruise|Bobby Cruise]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herbert Hudson Taylor IV|Herbert Hudson Taylor IV]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mustang Mike]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pamela Paulshock|Pamela Paulshock]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Straight Edge Society|The Straight Edge Society]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of January 31, we are at '''10.09%''', with '''470''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''235''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*''January:''
**31 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Royal Rumble (2010)|Royal Rumble]]'''
*''February:''
**14 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Against All Odds (2010)|Against All Odds]]'''
**21 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Elimination Chamber|Elimination Chamber]]'''

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*On January 17:
**WWE announced the release of [[Eric Pérez|Eric Escobar]] from his contract.
**At TNA's [[Genesis (2010)|Genesis]] [[List of TNA pay-per-view events|pay-per-view event]] on January 17:
***TNA discontinued their six-sided wrestling ring and reintroduced their four-sided ring.
***[[Lisa Marie Varon|Tara]] won the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] by defeating [[Jessica Kresa|ODB]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Two out of three falls match|two out of three falls match]].
***[[Matt Morgan (wrestler)|Matt Morgan]] and [[Shawn Hernandez|Hernandez]] defeated [[The British Invasion (professional wrestling)|The British Invasion]] ([[Nick Aldis|Brutus Magnus]] and [[Doug Williams (wrestler)|Doug Williams]]) to win the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]].
***[[Brian Kendrick]] and [[Mr. Kennedy|Mr. Anderson]] made their return and debut, respectively, to TNA.
*[[Ida Mae Martinez]] died on January 19 at the age of 78.
*On January 20:
**[[Ring of Honor]] announced the creation of the [[ROH World Television Championship]]. A tournament will be held to determine the inaugural champion at the ''[[Ring of Honor Wrestling]]'' [[broadcast delay|tapings]] on February 5 and 6.
**The all-female [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotion]], [[Wrestlicious]], announced that they had signed a deal to air their television show ''Takedown'' with [[BiteTV]] in Canada and [[MavTV]] in the United States.
*On January 22, it was reported that [[Cheerleader Melissa|Alissa Flash]] had left TNA.
*On January 23:
**Da Heavy Hitters ([[Steve Mack|Monsta Mack]] and Havok) won the [[JAPW Tag Team Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling matches#Basic non-elimination matches|three-way]] [[Professional wrestling tag team match types|tag team match]].
**[[Davey Richards]] won the [[FIP World Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[Masaaki Mochizuki]] at the [[DGUSA Fearless]] pay-per-view taping.
*On January 27:
**[[Rob Terry]] defeated [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]] to win the [[TNA Global Championship]] at a [[house show]] in [[Cardiff|Cardiff, Wales]], in TNA's first championship change at a house show. His win also made him the first Welsh champion in a major wrestling organisation, and was the first time a TNA championship had changed hands outside of the United States.
**It was reported that former [[Stampede Wrestling]] mainstay, Nick Pacchiano had died.
**On January 28, [[Doug Williams (wrestler)|Doug Williams]] defeated [[Amazing Red]] to win the [[TNA X Division Championship]].

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*'''[[List of TNA Women's Knockout Champions]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of TNA Women's Knockout Champions/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Derick Neikirk]]''', '''[[Johnny Jeter]]''', '''[[Kenny Dykstra]]''', '''[[Nick Mitchell]]''', '''[[Nick Nemeth]]''', and '''[[ROH World Television Championship]]''' are current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[Bobby Kay]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Bobby Kay/1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status after a [[WP:GAR|Good article reassessment]], and was renominated as a Good article nominee. It has since passed.
*The following articles appeared on the [[main page]] as part of the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] section:
**January 31: '''[[Mascarita Dorada]]'''
**February 5: '''[[OVW Heavyweight Championship]]'''
**February 8: '''[[ROH World Television Championship]]'''
**February 13: '''[[Frankie Arion]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]:
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE NXT|WWE NXT]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AWS Heavyweight Championship|AWS Heavyweight Championship]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bobby Cruise|Bobby Cruise]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herbert Hudson Taylor IV|Herbert Hudson Taylor IV]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mustang Mike|Mustang Mike]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pamela Paulshock|Pamela Paulshock]].
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***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 January 11#Template:List of WWE Raw Guest Hosts|Template:List of WWE Raw Guest Hosts]]
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]:
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***[[Demonio Azul]] to ''[[Blue Demon]]'' {{small|[[Talk:Blue Demon#Requested move|(discussion)]]}}
***[[Demonio Azul, Jr.]] to ''[[Blue Demon, Jr.]]'' {{small|[[Talk:Blue Demon#Requested move|(discussion)]]}}

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of February 14, we are at '''10.07%''', with '''472''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''236''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*14 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Against All Odds (2010)|Against All Odds]]'''
*21 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Elimination Chamber|Elimination Chamber]]'''

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*On January 31:
**[[Tim Donst]] defeated [[Stupefied|Player Dos]] to win the [[Chikara Young Lions Cup]].
**At the [[Royal Rumble (2010)|Royal Rumble]] pay-per-view on January 31:
***[[Mickie James]] won the [[WWE Women's Championship]] by defeating [[Michelle McCool]].
***[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] made his return after injury to win the [[Royal Rumble#Match|Royal Rumble match]].
***[[Beth Phoenix]] became only the second woman in history to enter the Royal Rumble match.
*[[Jack Brisco]] died on February 1 at the age of 68.
*On the February 2 episode of ''[[ECW (WWE)|ECW]]'', [[Vince McMahon]] announced that ECW will be coming to an end. It will be replaced with a program called ''WWE NXT'', which will debut on March 2.
*In early february it was announced that [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Independent circuit|indepedent]] [[Professional wrestling promotion|promotions]] [[Border City Wrestling]] and [[BSE Pro]] have merged to form [[Maximum Pro Wrestling]].
*Independent wrestler [[Human Tornado]] announced his retirement on February 4.
*On the February 8 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'', [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] and [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] won the [[WWE Unified Tag Team Championship]] by defeating the reigning champions [[D-Generation X]] and [[CM Punk]] and [[Drew Hankinson|Luke Gallows]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat match]].
*Retired Canadian professional wrestler Charles Baillargeon died on February 10 following a [[stroke]] at the age of 92.
*On February 11, ROH announced that their television program, ''[[Ring of Honor Wrestling]]'', would begin airing on [[Dahlia TV]] in [[Italy]].
*[[Tyler Black]] won the [[ROH World Championship]] for the first time at ROH's 8th Anniversary Show on February 13 by defeating [[Austin Aries]].

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:*Only add controversial, possibly contentious or libellous information if it comes from a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] and is [[WP:V|verifiable]].
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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Debra Marshall]]''', '''[[Derick Neikirk]]''' {{small|[[Talk:Derick Neikirk/GA1|(review page)]]}}, '''[[Johnny Jeter]]''', '''[[Kenny Dykstra]]''', '''[[Nick Mitchell]]''', and '''[[ROH World Television Championship]]''' are current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominees]].
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]:
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Hudson (announcer)|Scott Hudson (announcer)]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monster Mack (2nd nomination)|Monster Mack (2nd nomination)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mountain Wrestling Association|Mountain Wrestling Association]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naoki Sano|Naoki Sano]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WWE NXT|WWE NXT]].
**[[WP:CFD|Categories for discussion]]:
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 February 23#Professional wrestlers by century|Professional wrestlers by century]]
***'''Renamed:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 February 18#Pay-per-views|Pay-per-views]] and [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 February 18#Wrestling navboxes|Wrestling navboxes]].
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for discussion]]:
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 February 16#Template:Mr. Money in the Bank|Template:Mr. Money in the Bank]]
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]:
**'''Current:''' [[WWE The Bash]] to ''[[WWE The Great American Bash]]'' [[Talk:WWE The Bash#Move|(discussion)]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of February 28, we have dipped below 10% for the first time at '''9.93%''', with '''469''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''238''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*5 - [[Dragon Gate USA]] presents '''[[DGUSA Fearless|Fearless]]'''
*12 - [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] (AAA) presents '''''[[Rey de Reyes (2010)|Rey de Reyes]]'''''
*21 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Destination X (2010)|Destination X]]'''
*28 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WrestleMania XXVI]]'''

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*[[Negro Casas]] defeated [[Hijo del Fantasma]] to win the [[CMLL World Middleweight Championship]] on February 14.
*On February 15, TNA announced that ''[[TNA Impact!]]'' will be moving to a Monday night timeslot to compete against ''[[WWE Raw]]''.
*On February 16:
**[[Dave Taylor (wrestler)|Dave Taylor]] was announced as the new TNA [[List of professional wrestling terms#A|agent]].
**On the final episode of ''[[ECW (WWE)|ECW]]'':
***[[Ezekiel Jackson]] won the [[ECW Championship]] by defeating [[Jason Reso|Christian]] in an [[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match|Extreme Rules match]].
***The eight FCW wrestlers who will be competing on ''[[WWE NXT]]'' were announced as [[Bryan Danielson|Daniel Bryan]], [[Paul Lloyd, Jr.|Justin Gabriel]], [[Stu Bennett|Wade Barrett]], [[Heath Miller (wrestler)|Heath Slater]], [[Fred Sampson|Darren Young]], [[David Otunga]], and [[Tyrone Evans|Michael Tarver]].
*On February 17, it was announced that [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] competitor, [[Kazuchika Okada]] had begun working for TNA.
*At the [[WWE Elimination Chamber|Elimination Chamber]] pay-per-view on February 21:
**[[Chris Jericho]] won the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] by winning an [[Elimination Chamber]] match.
**[[John Cena]] won an Elimination Chamber match to win the [[WWE Championship]]. Immediately after the match, however, he was defeated by [[Dave Batista|Batista]] for the championship.
**[[Sheamus O'Shaunessy]] suffered a [[concussion]] during his WWE championship defense in an Elimination Chamber match.
*On the February 22 episode of ''Raw'', [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] defeated [[Gail Kim]] in the finals of a tournament to win the [[WWE Divas Championship]].
*The inaugural episode of ''[[WWE NXT|NXT]]'' aired on [[Syfy]] on February 23.
*TNA announced a [[pay-per-view]] deal with the [[Extreme Sports Channel]] in the [[United Kingdom]] on February 25. The first pay-per-view to be broadcast as part of the deal will be [[Destination X (2010)|Destination X]].
*On February 26:
**[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) announced they had released wrestlers [[Gregory Helms]], [[Paul Burchill]], and [[Maria Kanellis|Maria]] from their contracts, along with [[Referee (professional wrestling)|referee]], [[Joseph James, Jr.|Scott Armstrong]].
**On ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'', [[Michelle McCool]] defeated [[Mickie James]] to win the [[WWE Women's Championship]].
*[[Davey Richards]] defeated [[Kenny Omega]] on February 27 to win the [[PWG World Championship]].

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This section is devoted to helping project members become familiar with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and general editing tips.
#Please consider helping out with the project's [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|2010 New Year's Resolutions]], and help achieve one of the goals listed.
#Avoid using dirtsheets as sources. Adhere to [[WP:RS]] when adding information with a source to articles. For a list of reliable and unreliable wrestling-related sources see [[WP:PW/SG#Sources]].
#[[WP:TRIVIA|Trivia sections]] are discouraged in wikipedia articles. Information from such sections, if notable, should be merged into the main body of the article.
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*{{User|NiciVampireHeart}}
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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'''''—Articles'''''
*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship/archive2|(review page)]]}} and '''[[NWA World Middleweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA World Middleweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[Debra Marshall]]''', '''[[Kenny Dykstra]]''', '''[[Nick Mitchell]]''', and '''[[ROH World Television Championship]]''' are current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominees]].
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]:
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/High-flyer wrestler|High-flyer wrestler]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of CZW events|List of CZW events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MXW Pro Wrestling|MXW Pro Wrestling]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarona Snuka|Sarona Snuka]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/T-bone Funk|T-bone Funk]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tiger Raj Singh|Tiger Raj Singh]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnny Rich|Johnny Rich]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lutta corsa|Lutta corsa]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Hudson (announcer)|Scott Hudson (announcer)]].
**[[WP:CFD|Categories for discussion]]:
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 March 8#Category:Flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view events by promotion|Category:Flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view events by promotion]]
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 February 23#Professional wrestlers by century|Professional wrestlers by century]]
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]:
**'''Current:''' [[Matthew Kaye]] to ''Matt Striker'' [[Talk:Matthew Kaye#Requested move|(discussion)]].
**'''Moved:''' WWE The Bash to ''[[WWE The Great American Bash]]'' [[Talk:WWE The Great American Bash#Move|(discussion)]]

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of March 14, we are at '''9.78%''', with '''463''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''241''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*21 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Destination X (2010)|Destination X]]'''
*28 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WrestleMania XXVI]]'''

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*On February 28, WWE announced that [[Charlie Haas]] had been released from his contract.
*The inaugural episode of ''[[Wrestlicious Takedown]]'' aired on March 1.
*On March 4:
**[[Angelo Poffo]] died at the age of 84.
**TNA released [[Tracy Brookshaw|Traci Brooks]] from her contract.
*On March 5:
**[[Eddie Edwards (wrestler)|Eddie Edwards]] became the inaugural [[ROH World Television Championship|ROH World Television Champion]] at the ''[[Ring of Honor Wrestling]]'' tapings, by defeating his tag team partner [[Davey Richards]] in a tournament final.
**It was reported that [[Sean Morley]] and [[Nicole Raczynski|Roxxi]] had been released from their TNA contracts.
*[[Tigre Cota]] and [[Tito Santana II]] defeated [[Angel Dorado, Jr.]] and [[Sky (wrestler)|Sky]] (c) to win the [[AAA Northern Tag Team Championship]] on March 7.
*On March 8:
**On ''[[TNA Impact!]]'':
***The [[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship]] was vacated. [[The Beautiful People (professional wrestling)|The Beautiful People]] ([[Ashley Lane|Madison Rayne]] and [[Velvet Sky]]) defeated [[Sarah Stock|Sarita]] and [[Shantelle Malawski|Taylor Wilde]] and [[Angel Williams|Angelina Love]] and [[Lisa Marie Varon|Tara]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat tag team match]] to win the vacant championship.
***[[Rob Van Dam]] made his debut.
**[[Jillian Beyor]] was released from her [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) developmental contract.
*On March 10, [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) announced the creation of a downloadable [[DVD]] website, which will allow fans to download out-of-stock DVD titles.
*On March 11:
**[[John Hill (wrestler)|John Hill]], better known as Jerry Valiant, died,
**[[Sandy Scott]] died at the age of 75 due to [[pancreatic cancer]].
*On March 12, [[Women Superstars Uncensored]] announced a television deal with with [[The Fight Network]] and [[InASecTV]].

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#Please remember that [[WP:FUR|fair use]] images and media can be only be used if no free equivalent is available or could be created. Fair use images uploaded when a free equivalent exists will be deleted.
#If you come across an article that fails [[WP:N|notability]] requirements, you can tag it for [[WP:CSD|speedy deletion]] if the criteria apply, [[WP:PROD|propose]] it for deletion, or nominate it at [[WP:AFD]].
#The [[WP:LEAD|lead section]] of an article should introduce the subject and summarize the entire article.
#Avoid adding statements that will [[WP:DATED|date]] quickly, for example "soon" and "now".

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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|Pay-Per-View Expansion]] – [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Professional wrestling/PPVs|talk]]
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*'''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship/archive2|(review page)]]}} and '''[[NWA World Middleweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA World Middleweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[Debra Marshall]]''' and '''[[Nick Mitchell]]''' are current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominees]].
*'''[[ROH World Television Championship]]''' {{small|[[Talk:ROH World Television Championship/GA1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:GA|Good article status]].
*The following article appeared on the main page in the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column:
**[[Tiger Raj Singh]] {{small|March 21, 2010}}
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]:
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Senica|Mike Senica]]
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Chastain|Edward Chastain]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tiger Raj Singh|Tiger Raj Singh]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alternative Wrestling Show|Alternative Wrestling Show]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of CZW events|List of CZW events]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarona Snuka|Sarona Snuka]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/T-bone Funk|T-bone Funk]].
***'''No consensus:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MXW Pro Wrestling|MXW Pro Wrestling]]
***'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/High-flyer wrestler|High-flyer wrestler]]
**[[WP:CFD|Categories for discussion]]:
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 March 8#Category:Flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view events by promotion|Category:Flagship professional wrestling pay-per-view events by promotion]]
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]:
**'''Moved:''' ''Matthew Kaye'' to [[Matt Striker]] [[Talk:Matt Striker#Requested move|(discussion)]].

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*As part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of March 28, we are at '''7.85%''', with '''373''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''242''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*''March:''
**28 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WrestleMania XXVI]]'''
*''April:''
**3 - [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) presents '''[[ROH The Big Bang!|The Big Bang!]]'''
**18 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Lockdown (2010)|Lockdown]]'''
**25 - WWE presents '''[[Extreme Rules (2010)|Extreme Rules]]'''

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*On March 14:
**[[Adam Pearce]] won the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating the reigning champion [[Blue Demon, Jr.]] and [[Phil Shatter]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|three-way elimination match]].
**[[Corsica Joe]] died at the age of 90 in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].
*On March 19:
**At [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]]'s ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2010)|Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' show, [[La Sombra (wrestler)|La Sombra]] defeated [[El Felino]] in a [[Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|Mask vs. Mask]] match, forcing El Felino to unmask.
**[[Takeshi Morishima]] and [[Taiji Ishimori]] won the [[AAA World Tag Team Championship]] from ''La Hermandad 187'' ([[Psicosis|Nicho el Milionario]] and [[Joe Lider]]) at a television taping.
*On March 20:
**[[Mikel Scicluna]] died at the age of 80 due to cancer.
**[[Charlie Haas]] won the [[JAPW New Jersey State Championship]] by defeating [[Devon Moore]].
**[[Bruderschaft des Kreuzes]] ([[Claudio Castagnoli]] and [[Ares]]) won the [[Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas]] by defeating [[The Colony (professional wrestling)|The Colony]] (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant).
*On March 21:
**[[Shingo Takagi]] and [[Cyber Kong]] defeated [[Nobuhiko Oshima|Cima]] and [[Yoshito Sugamoto|Gamma]] to win the [[Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship]].
**[[Masato Onodera|Yamato]] defeated [[Naruki Doi]] to become the new [[Dragon Gate Open the Dream Gate Championship|Open the Dream Gate Champion]].
*On March 22:
**[[Stu Bennett|Wade Barrett]] broken his nose at the ''[[WWE NXT|NXT]]'' tapings.
**[[Dixie Carter (professional wrestling)|Dixie Carter]] officially confirmed [[Kia Stevens|Awesome Kong]]'s release from TNA.
*It was reported on March 24 that [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] competitor [[Ricky Steamboat#Personal life|Richie Steamboat]] had suffered a torn PCL.
*On March 26, it was reported that [[Mark Jindrak|Marco Corleone]] had officially left AAA.

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*'''[[FIP World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/FIP World Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} and '''[[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship/archive2|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidates]].
*'''[[NWA World Middleweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NWA World Middleweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} was not promoted to [[WP:FL|Featured list status]].
*'''[[Michael Brendli]]''' and '''[[ROH World Television Championship]]''' {{small|[[Talk:ROH World Television Championship/GA2|(review page)]]}} are current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominees]].
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]:
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brimstone (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|Brimstone (wrestler) (2nd nomination)]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derek Allen|Derek Allen]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Senica|Mike Senica]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WrestleMania XXVIII|WrestleMania XXVIII]].
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]
**'''Current:''' Several requested moves are being discussed at [[WP:TW#Proposed moves]] and [[WP:TW#More proposed moves]].
**'''Moved''': ''Chris Mordetzky'' to [[Chris Masters]], ''Terry Gerin'' to [[Rhino (wrestler)]], ''Jason Reso'' to [[Christian (wrestler)]], ''Oleg Prudius'' to [[Vladimir Kozlov]], ''Adam Copeland'' to [[Edge (wrestler)]], ''Sheamus O'Shaunessy'' to [[Sheamus]], ''Angel Williams'' to [[Angelina Love]], ''Leonardo Carrera'' to [[Damián 666]], ''Erick Casas'' to [[Heavy Metal (wrestler)]], ''Jake Hager'' to [[Jack Swagger]], ''Rafael García'' to [[Super Caló]], and ''José Luis Jair Soria'' to [[Shocker (wrestler)]].

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of April 11, we are at '''7.62%''', with '''363''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''243''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].

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*18 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Lockdown (2010)|Lockdown]]'''
*25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Extreme Rules (2010)|Extreme Rules]]'''

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*At [[WrestleMania XXVI]]:
**[[John Cena]] won the [[WWE Championship]] by defeating [[Dave Batista|Batista]].
**[[Jack Swagger]] won the [[Money in the Bank ladder match]].
**[[The Undertaker]] defeated [[Shawn Michaels]] in a "Streak vs. Career" match, forcing Michaels to retire.
*On March 29:
**It was reported that [[Consequences Creed]] and the [[Nasty Boys]] ([[Brian Knobbs]] and [[Jerry Sags]]) had been released from their TNA contracts.
**[[Brooke Adams (model)|Brooke Adams]] made her TNA debut on ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' as [[Eric Bischoff]]'s assistant, Ms. Tessmacher.
*Jack Swagger cashed in his [[Money in the Bank ladder match#2010|Money in the Bank]] contract at the ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' taping on March 30 and defeated [[Chris Jericho]] to win the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] for the first time. The match aired on the April 2 episode of ''SmackDown''.
*Christopher Daniels was released from his TNA contract on March 31.
*[[Chris Kanyon]] died on April 2 at the age of 40 due to a drug overdose in an apparent suicide.
*On April 3:
**[[Lance Cade]] was released from his WWE contract.
**At ROH's [[ROH The Big Bang!|The Big Bang!]] pay-per-view:
***[[Christopher Daniels]] made his return to [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH).
***The [[Kings of Wrestling (independent circuit)|Kings of Wrestling]] ([[Chris Hero]] and [[Claudio Castagnoli]]) defeated the [[Briscoe Brothers]] (Mark and Jay) to win the [[ROH World Tag Team Championship]] for the second time.
*On April 5 on ''Impact!'', [[Angelina Love]] won the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] by defeating [[Lisa Marie Varon|Tara]], [[Velvet Sky]], and [[Daffney]], and opening the correct lockbox with the key she won as a result.

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#If you come across an article that fails notability requirements, you can tag it for speedy deletion if the [[WP:CSD|criteria]] apply, [[WP:PROD|propose]] it for deletion, or nominate it at [[WP:AFD]].
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*'''[[Sherri Martel]]''' is a current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominee]].
*'''[[Spirit Squad]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Spirit Squad/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:GTC|Good topic candidate]].
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
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***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Maivia, Jr.|Peter Maivia, Jr.]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricky Vega|Ricky Vega]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Team Lay-Cool|Team Lay-Cool]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derek Allen|Derek Allen]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madison Eagles (2nd nomination)|Madison Eagles (2nd nomination)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Massachusetts wrestling|Massachusetts wrestling]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brimstone (wrestler) (2nd nomination)|Brimstone (wrestler) (2nd nomination)]]
**[[WP:TFD|Templates for deletion]]:
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 April 14#Template:Wrestling PPVs|Template:Wrestling PPVs]]
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]
**'''Current:''' Several requested moves are being discussed at [[WT:PW#Proposed moves]].
**'''Moved''': ''Nelson Erazo'' to [[Homicide (wrestler)]], ''Scott Levy'' to [[Raven (wrestler)]], ''Jessica Kresa'' to [[ODB (wrestler)]], and ''Harry Fujiwara'' to [[Mr. Fuji]].

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of April 25, we are at '''7.54%''', with '''361''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''244''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WP:PW, it is suggested that you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].

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*April:
**25 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[Extreme Rules (2010)|Extreme Rules]]'''
**26 - WWE presents the '''[[2010 WWE Draft]]'''
*May:
**16 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Sacrifice (2010)|Sacrifice]]'''
**23 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Over the Limit|Over the Limit]]'''

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*[[Madison Eagles]] defeated [[MsChif]] on April 11 to win the [[Shimmer Championship]].
*On April 12:
**[[Eve Torres]] won the [[WWE Divas Championship]] for the first time by defeating [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] on ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''.
**TNA debuted a new television show, ''[[TNA Reaction|ReAction]]''.
**It was reported that ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' will be moving to the [[Syfy]] channel in late 2010.
*On April 14:
**[[Wrestlicious]] announced a television deal with [[The Fight Network]] in Canada to air ''[[Wrestlicious#Wrestlicious Takedown|Wrestlicious Takedown]]'', beginning in May.
**[[Gene Kiniski]] died at the age of 82 after a battle with [[cancer]].
**It was reported that WWE had released [[Beverly Mullins]] from her contract.
**[[Bison Smith]] and [[Keith Walker]] won the [[GHC Tag Team Championship]] from [[Takeshi Rikio]]h and [[Satoshi Yoneyama|Muhammad Yone]].
*On April 17:
**[[Jon Moxley]] won a "Florida Rumble" tournament to win the vacated [[FIP World Heavyweight Championship]] for the first time, by last defeating [[Roderick Strong]]. The championship was vacated by [[Davey Richards]] due to contractual issues in March.
**[[Tyler Veritas]] suffered a broken foot at an MBA event in [[South Philadelphia]], and is expected to be rehabilitating the injury for up to six weeks.
**[[Cindy Rogers]] and [[Jana (wrestler)|Jana]] won the [[Women Superstars Uncensored#WSU Tag Team Championship|WSU Tag Team Championship]] by defeating [[Angel Orsini]] and [[Mercedes Martinez]].
**[[Genny Goulet|LuFisto]] suffered a minor [[stroke]] shortly after a match, but is not expected to need time off.
*On April 18:
**[[Tigers Mask]] defeated [[Super Shisa]] to win the [[Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship]].
**[[Máscara Año 2000, Jr.]] defeated [[El Canek]] to win the [[IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship]].
**At [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'s [[Lockdown (2010)|Lockdown]] [[pay-per-view]]:
***[[Doug Williams (wrestler)|Doug Williams]] was stripped of the [[TNA X Division Championship]] due to [[List of professional wrestling terms#N|no-showing]] the event because of a [[2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull|volcano eruption in Iceland]], which [[Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption|disrupted flights in Europe]].
***[[Frankie Kazarian]] went on to win the vacant X Division Championship by defeating [[Homicide (wrestler)|Homicide]] and [[Shannon Moore]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|three-way]] [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|steel cage match]].
***[[Ashley Lane|Madison Rayne]] won the [[TNA Women's Knockout Championship]] in a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types|tag team]] steel cage match, making her the first person to hold the Knockouts Championship and the [[TNA Knockout Tag Team Championship]]s simultanously.
*[[Rob Van Dam]] won the [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] on April 19 by defeating [[A.J. Styles]] on ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]''.
*On April 20:
**[[Adam Birch]] made his WWE return as Joey Mercury, losing a [[List of professional wrestling terms#D|dark match]] to [[Shelton Benjamin]] prior to the ''SmackDown'' television tapings.
**[[Daffney]] suffered a [[Stinger (medicine)|stinger]] and a bruised [[sternum]] during a dark match prior to the ''Impact!'' tapings.
**[[Angelina Love]] partially tore her [[Biceps brachii muscle|bicep muscle]] and suffered a complete [[ulnar collateral ligament]] tear at the ''Impact!'' tapings, and is expected to miss several weeks.
**Former [[Southwest Championship Wrestling]] announcer [[Steve Stack]] died after a long battle with [[Alzheimer's disease]].
**Katsuji Adachi, better known as [[Mr. Hito]], died in [[Calgary]] at the age of 67. His death was related to [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]].
*On April 21:
**[[Fergal Devitt|Prince Devitt]] and [[Ryusuke Taguchi]] were stripped of the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]].
**"Gorgeous" [[George Grant]] died at the age of 85.
*WWE announced the release of seven wrestlers from their contracts: [[Mickie James]], [[Katarina Waters|Katie Lea]], Shelton Benjamin, [[Ray Gordy|Slam Mater J]], [[James Yun|Jimmy Wang Yang]], [[Shoichi Funaki|Kung Fu Naki]], and [[Mike Knox]] on April 22.

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*'''[[FIP World Heavyweight Championship]]''' {{small|[[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/FIP World Heavyweight Championship/archive1|(review page)]]}} is a current [[WP:FLC|Featured list candidate]].
*'''[[Kevin Fertig]]''', '''[[Kia Stevens]]''', '''[[Matt Striker]]''', '''[[Shelly Martinez]]''', and '''[[Sherri Martel]]''' is a current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominee]].
*The following articles appeared on the [[main page]] as part of the [[WP:DYK|Did You Know?]] column:
**April 28: '''[[Eddie Quinn]]'''
**May 7: '''[[Cueball Carmichael]]'''
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]:
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JT Southern|JT Southern]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larry Stephens (wrestler)|Larry Stephens (wrestler)]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Powerhouse Wrestler|Powerhouse Wrestler]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Maivia, Jr.|Peter Maivia, Jr.]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Team Lay-Cool|Team Lay-Cool]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricky Vega|Ricky Vega]] {{small|(no consensus)}}
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]"
**'''Current:''' Several requested moves are being discussed at [[WT:PW#Proposed moves]].
**'''Moved:''' ''César Cuauhtémoc González'' to [[Silver King (wrestler)]], ''Chris Parks'' to [[Abyss (wrestler)]], ''Bill Martinez'' to [[Bill Martínez]], ''Manuel Ortiz'' to [[Halloween (wrestler)]], ''Carly Colón'' to [[Carlito (wrestler)]] and ''Rodney Anoa'i'' to [[Yokozuna (wrestler)]].

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of May 9, we are at '''7.70%''', with '''370''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''244''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
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*16 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Sacrifice (2010)|Sacrifice]]'''
*23 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Over the Limit|Over the Limit]]'''

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*At WWE's [[Extreme Rules (2010)|Extreme Rules]] [[pay-per-view]] on April 25, [[Beth Phoenix]] won the [[WWE Women's Championship]] by defeating [[Michelle McCool]] in an "Extreme Makeover" match.
*During the annual [[2010 WWE Draft]] on the April 26 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'':
**[[The Hart Foundation#The Hart Dynasty|The Hart Dynasty]] ([[TJ Wilson|Tyson Kid]] and [[Harry Smith (wrestler)|David Hart Smith]]) won the [[Unified WWE Tag Team Championship]] by defeating ShoMiz ([[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] and [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]]).
**Eight wrestlers were drafted to different brands as a result of the draft.
*On April 27, WWE held the annual [[2010 WWE Draft#Supplemental Draft|Supplemental Draft]].
*On April 29 [[Brett DiBiase]] suffered a knee injury at a [[Florida Championship Wrestling]] event, and requires surgery.
*On April 30:
**TNA released [[Bubba the Love Sponge]] from his contract.
**WWE announced that [[Tony Atlas]] had been released from his contract.
*On May 3:
**[[Togi Makabe]] won the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[Shinsuke Nakamura]].
**[[Jushin Liger]] defeated [[Negro Casas]] to win the [[CMLL World Middleweight Championship]] in [[Fukuoka|Fukuoka, Japan]].
**TNA announced that ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' will moving back to its original Thursday night timeslot on May 13.
**[[Robert Shibuya]] died at the age of 88.
*On May 4:
**[[Kevin Nash]] and [[Scott Hall]] won the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] at the ''Impact!'' tapings.
**[[Drew Galloway|Drew McIntyre]] was stripped of the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] at the ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' tapings, and a tournament was set up to determine the next champion.
**[[El Supremo (wrestler)|El Supremo]] died at the age 59 due to a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]].
*On May 5, [[Takuya Sugawara]], [[Yasushi Kanda]], and [[Kzy]] won the [[Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship]] by defeating [[Masaaki Mochizuki]], [[Don Fujii]], and [[Akebono Tarō|Akebono]].
*[[El Samurai]] and [[Koji Kanemoto]] won a tournament to win the vacant [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship]], by defeating [[Fergal Devitt|Prince Devitt]] and [[Ryusuke Taguchi]] in the final on May 8.

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*'''[[Kevin Fertig]]''', '''[[Kia Stevens]]''', '''[[Matt Striker]]''', and '''[[Shelly Martinez]]''' are current [[WP:GAN|Good article nominee]]s.
*[[WP:XFD|Deletion discussions]]:
**[[WP:AFD|Articles for deletion]]:
***'''Current:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Damien Kane (2nd nomination)|Damien Kane (2nd nomination)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jimmy Noonan|Jimmy Noonan]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnny Midnight|Johnny Midnight]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JT Southern|JT Southern]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Miss Natural|Miss Natural]].
***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mar-Ian|Mar-Ian]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Powerhouse Wrestler|Powerhouse Wrestler]].
***'''Kept:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George South|George South]] and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larry Stephens (wrestler)|Larry Stephens (wrestler)]].
*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]
**'''Current:''' Several requested moves are being discussed at [[WT:PW#Proposed moves]].

'''''—Project'''''
*As part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Resolutions 2010|the project's New Year's Resolutions]], there is an ongoing effort to decrease the number of stubs to 5%. As of May 23, we are at '''7.66%''', with '''370''' articles currently in [[:Category:Stub-Class Professional wrestling articles]]. It still would be greatly appreciated if members would expand, source and improve stub articles, and a list of well-known wrestlers and tag teams that should be fairly easy to improve is included on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Stubs|stub article subpage]].
*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''244''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
**If you are actively editing and contributing to articles under the scope of WP:PW, it is suggested that you add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list/Active|list of active members]].
*A recall is ongoing to see which active members of WP:PW still wish to receive the full newsletter fortnightly. Those that do should add their name to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Newsletter/Active]] before May 30.

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*May:
**23 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Over the Limit|Over the Limit]]'''
*June:
**6 - [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] (AAA) presents '''[[TripleMania XVIII]]'''
**6 - [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL) presents '''''[[Sin Salida (2010)|Sin Salida]]'''''
**13 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Slammiversary VIII|Slammiversary]]'''
**19 - [[Ring of Honor]] present '''[[Death Before Dishonor VIII]]'''
**20 - WWE presents '''[[WWE Fatal 4 Way|Fatal 4 Way]]'''

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*[[Layla El|Layla]] won the [[WWE Women's Championship]] on May 11 by defeating [[Beth Phoenix]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|handicap match]] also involving [[Michelle McCool]]. Her win made her the first British woman to hold the championship. The match aired on the May 14 episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''.
*It was reported on May 12 that TNA had signed [[Betsy Ruth]] to a contract.
*On May 13, [[Nobuhiko Oshima|CIMA]], [[Yoshito Sugamoto|Gamma]], and [[Genki Horiguchi]] won the [[Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship]] by defeating [[Takuya Sugawara]], [[M.c.KZ|Kzy]], and [[Yasushi Kanda]].
*On May 14:
**It was announced that the [[Championship Wrestling Alliance]] had signed a deal with GoFightLive to air [[pay-per-view]]s online.
**[[Chikara (professional wrestling)|Chikara]] announced that production on their video game, ''[[Rudo Resurrection]]'', had begun.
*British wrestler and promoter [[Andre Baker]] died at the age of 45 during the weekend of May 15, by apparent suicide.
*On May 16:
**It was reported that TNA had released [[ring announcer]] [[David Penzer]].
**At [[Sacrifice (2010)|Sacrifice]], [[Doug Williams (wrestler)|Douglas Williams]] won the [[TNA X Division Championship]] by defeating [[Frankie Kazarian|Kazarian]].
*On May 17, [[Bret Hart]] defeated [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] to win the [[WWE United States Championship]] for the fifth time, his first championship in WWE since 1997.
*On May 21:
**WWE announced that [[Carlito (wrestler)|Carlito]] had been released from his contract for a [[World Wrestling Entertainment#Wellness Program|Wellness Policy]] violation and subsequent refusal to attend rehab.
**[[Máscara Dorada]], [[La Mascara (wrestler)|La Máscara]] and [[La Sombra (wrestler)|La Sombra]] won the [[CMLL World Trios Championship]] from [[Shigeo Okumura|Okumura]], [[Hiroshi Tanahashi]] and [[Taichi Ishikari|Taichi]] on [[CMLL Super Viernes (May 2010)#May 21, 2010|CMLL ''Super Viernes'']].

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*6 - [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] (AAA) presents '''[[TripleMania XVIII]]'''
*6 - [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL) presents '''''[[Sin Salida (2010)|Sin Salida]]'''''
*13 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Slammiversary VIII|Slammiversary]]'''
*19 - [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) presents '''[[Death Before Dishonor VIII]]'''
*20 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Fatal 4-Way|Fatal 4-Way]]'''

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*On May 23:
**[[Dr. Cerebro]] defeated [[Fuerza Guerrera]] to win the [[IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship]].
**[[Atsushi Aoki]] and [[Go Shiozaki]] defeated [[Takeshi Morishima]] and [[Taiji Ishimori]] at a [[Pro Wrestling Noah]] show to win the [[AAA World Tag Team Championship]].
**At [[WWE Over the Limit|Over the Limit]]:
***[[Kofi Kingston]] defeated [[Drew McIntyre]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]].
***[[Randy Orton]] suffered a [[separated shoulder]] during his match with [[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]].
***[[Ted DiBiase, Jr.]] suffered a concussion during his match with R-Truth.
*On May 24:
**[[Rusher Kimura]] died of [[pneumonia]], after complications of [[Renal failure|kidney failure]], at the age of 68.
**[[Christie Ricci|Glory]] won the [[Wrestlicious Championship]] on ''[[Wrestlicious#Wrestlicious Takedown|Wrestlicious Takedown]]''.
**[[Bret Hart]] vacated the [[WWE United States Championship]] after being named the new [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General Managers|Raw General Manager]]. [[Ron Killings|R-Truth]] went on to win the vacated championship by defeating [[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]].
*At the ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' tapings on May 25, [[The Undertaker]] made his SmackDown return, defeating [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]]. During the match, however, The Undertaker suffered a [[concussion]], broken [[Orbit (anatomy)|orbital bone]] and broken nose.
*[[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]] (AAA) announed the creation of a new championship, the [[AAA Parejas Increibles Tag Team Championship]], and a tournament to determine the inaugural champions will take place on June 12.
*During an interview with ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' on May 28, [[Ric Flair]] revealed that his youngest son [[Reid Fliehr|Reid]] had signed a contract with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).
*On May 29 at ''All or Nothing'', [[Michael Brendli|Mike Mondo]] won the [[OVW Heavyweight Championship]] by defeating [[Beef Wellington (wrestler)|Beef Wellington]].
*On the May 31 episode of [[New England Championship Wrestling]]'s television show, Rican Havoc (Jose Perez and Don Vega) defeated the Crown Jewels (Darling Damon and Bad Boy Jason) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|no disqualification match]] to win the [[NECW Tag Team Championship]].
*On June 1:
**The season finale of ''[[WWE NXT]]'' aired, with [[Stu Bennett|Wade Barrett]] being declared the winner.
**The Rookies and Pros for the [[WWE NXT#Season 2|second season]] of ''NXT'' were announced.
*The [[Independent Wrestling Federation]] announced that one of their wrestlers, [[Fady the Arabian Bull]], had signed a contract with [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) on June 2.
*On June 3, Los Aviadores ([[Incognito (wrestler)|Hunico]] and [[Orlando Colón|Don Equis]]) won the [[FCW Florida Tag Team Championship]] by defeating The Usos (Jimmy and Jules).

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**June 7: '''[[Scotty Summers]]'''
**June 7: '''[[List of current champions in TNA Wrestling]]'''
**June 17: '''[[Professional wrestling in New Zealand]]'''
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***'''Deleted:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IPWA Netanya Havoc|IPWA Netanya Havoc]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of professional wrestling promotions in Australia|List of professional wrestling promotions in Australia]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Los Chupacabra|Los Chupacabra]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick Brooks (2nd nomination)|Nick Brooks (2nd nomination)]], [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Professional wrestling promotions in New Zealand|Professional wrestling promotions in New Zealand]], and [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ric Converse|Ric Converse]].
***'''Redirected:''' [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Summerslam 2010|Summerslam 2010]]
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*[[WP:RM|Requested moves]]
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**'''Not moved:''' [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]] to ''Rey Mysterio'' and [[Rey Misterio, Sr.]] to ''Rey Misterio''.

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*Based on the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling/Members list|members list]], there are currently '''247''' members participating in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling|WikiProject Professional wrestling]].
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**20 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Fatal 4-Way|Fatal 4-Way]]'''

*July:
**11 - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) presents '''[[Victory Road (2010)|Victory Road]]'''
**18 - [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) presents '''[[WWE Money in the Bank|Money in the Bank]]'''

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*On June 6:
**[[Nobuhiko Oshima|CIMA]] won the [[IWRG Intercontinental Welterweight Championship]] by defeating [[Dr. Cerebro]].
**At [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]]'s [[TripleMania XVIII]] [[pay-per-view]]:
***[[Octagóncito (AAA)|Octagóncito]] defeated reigning champion [[Mini Abismo Negro]], and [[Mini Charly Manson]], [[Mascarita Divina]], [[Mini Histeria]], [[Mascarita Sagrada]], [[La Parkita (AAA)|La Parkita]], [[Mini Chessman]], and [[Mini Psicosis]] to win the [[AAA World Mini-Estrella Championship]] in a [[Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match]].
***[[Silver King]] and [[Último Gladiador]] won the [[AAA World Tag Team Championship]] by defeating reigning champions [[Atsushi Aoki]] and [[Go Shiozaki]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|four-way elimination match]], alos involving [[Psicosis|Nicho el Millionario]] and [[Joe Lider]] and [[Beer Money, Inc.]] ([[Robert Roode]] and [[James Storm]]).
***[[Jack Evans]] won the [[AAA Cruiserweight Championship]] by winning a four-way elimination match against [[Christopher Daniels]], [[Kazushige Nosawa|NOSAWA]], and defending champion [[Extreme Tiger]].
***[[Dr. Wagner, Jr.]] defeated [[Electroshock (wrestler)|Electroshock]] to win the [[AAA World Heavyweight Championship]].
*[[Maury High]], better known as the second Rocket Monroe, died on June 7.
*On June 11, WWE announced that [[Bryan Danielson]] (Daniel Bryan) had been released from his contract.
*On June 12, [[Grizzly Smith]] died at the age of 77.
*On June 13:
**[[Nicole Raczynski|Roxxi]] was released from TNA, losing to [[Ashley Lane|Madison Rayne]] in her final match at the [[Slammiversary VIII|Slammiversary]] [[pay-per-view]].
**[[Fergal Devitt|Prince Devitt]] won the [[Best of the Super Juniors#2010|2010]] [[Best of the Super Juniors]] tournament, by defeating [[Kota Ibushi]] in the final.
*On June 14;
**[[ODB (wrestler)|ODB]] announced that she had left [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA).
**[[Scott Hall]] and [[Kevin Nash]] were stripped of the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] at the ''[[TNA Impact!|Impact!]]'' tapings, due to Hall leaving TNA.
**[[Mike Mizanin|The Miz]] won the [[WWE United States Championship]] for the second time by winning a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|fatal four-way match]] on ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''.
**[[Zack Ryder]] suffered a [[concussion]] during the fatal four-way match for the WWE United States Championship.
**[[Princesa Sujei]] defeated [[Lady Apache]] to win the [[PWR Women's Championship]] at a [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] show.
*On June 18, [[Trent Acid]] (real name Michael Verdi) was found dead. The cause of death is currently unknown.
*On June 19:
**Bad Intentions ([[Matt Bloom|Giant Bernard]] and [[Karl Anderson]]) won the [[IWGP Tag Team Championship]] by defeating the defending champions, [[Yuji Nagata]] and [[Wataru Inoue]], and [[Yujiro Takahashi]] and [[Tetsuya Naitō]] in a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Basic elimination matches|three-way elimination match]].
**Prince Devitt won the [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship]] for the first time by defeating [[Naomichi Marufuji]].

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== Nomination of [[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards]] for deletion ==

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The article will be discussed at [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards (3rd nomination) ]] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

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==WikiProject C-SPAN?==
Greetings fellow Wikipedia editor -

I am leaving you this note because I have reason to believe that you are interested in [[C-SPAN]]. (I may have made this assumption based on your [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/User:UBX/C-SPAN1&limit=500 C-SPAN user box], or perhaps for some other reason.) If this is not an interest of yours, please feel free to read no further and delete this message.

If you are in fact someone who is interested in C-SPAN, then let me put forward an idea that I have been kicking around for a while. What if we started a C-SPAN [[WikiProject]]?

The parameters of this (potential) project are up for discussion, but it could include some or all of the following (as well as things that may occur to you that have not occurred to me):

*Creation, maintenance, and improvement of [[:Category:C-SPAN|articles and lists directly related to C-SPAN and its programming]].
*Use of C-SPAN programming in citations for various topics
*Inclusion of unique and targeted C-SPAN video links for various articles. (Doing this with respect for established guidelines at [[Wikipedia:External links]].) (Example: If you are interested in the submarine [[USS Wyoming (SSBN-742)]], then having easy access to the eight hours of programming taped while a C-SPAN crew were guests on that submarine could also be of interest to you.)
*Inclusion of (and possible further creation of) templated links such as <nowiki>{{C-SPAN|laurabush}}</nowiki>, that will easily take article readers to a link of all [[C-SPAN Video Library]] links for the person about whom the article is about.
*What else?

I don't know exactly how far we may want to go, nor in what directions, but I do believe ([[User:KConWiki#C-SPAN|as I have long noted on my user page]]) that C-SPAN and Wikipedia are both...

<blockquote>...fantastic vehicles for the free exchange of ideas and information in a non-sound-bite manner, and they both invite the participation of any parties (expert or amateur) who are interested in taking the time to absorb and/or contribute to the ideas and information offered. '''C-SPAN and Wikipedia go together like peanut butter and jelly''', and I want to help give other Wiki users easy access to the great work that C-SPAN has done on a variety of topics.</blockquote>

Now, I should mention that I have never started a WikiProject before, and I do not know the best way to go about it. (Perhaps one of you do?) Let me offer one of my sandbox pages, [[User:KConWiki/sandbox/Wikiproject C-SPAN?]], as a gathering area for comments until such time as we gather enough steam to start our own WikiProject page.

Thanks for reading this far, and I hope that you will give some consideration as to whether this is something we ought to attempt. Please feel free to pass this message on to others you know whom might be interested, and please let me know your thoughts and comments.

[[User:KConWiki|KConWiki]] ([[User talk:KConWiki|talk]]) 03:53, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

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Hi. The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Europe/The 10,000 Challenge]] has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland [[Wikipedia:The 10,000 Challenge]]. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Iberian Peninsula, Romania, Slovenia etc, much like [[Wikipedia:The 1000 Challenge (Nordic)]]. For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. If you would like to see masses of articles being improved for Europe and your specialist country like [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon]], sign up today and once the challenge starts a contest can be organized. This is a way we can target every country of Europe, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant and also sign under any country sub challenge on the page that you might contribute to! Thank you. --[[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]] ([[User talk:MediaWiki message delivery|talk]]) 21:09, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
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== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest|Women in Red World Contest]] ==
== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest|Women in Red World Contest]] ==

Latest revision as of 11:33, 26 October 2021

Wikipedia's LGBT Community

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Hi, Zdunne!
You've indicated through various means (a userbox, membership in a category, etc) that you are part of the Wikipedia LGBT community, or are interested in Wikipedia's LGBT related pages. Welcome!

You may not know that Wikipedia has both an LGBT Notice Board and an LGBT Studies WikiProject. If you haven't yet done so, take a look at both of them. They sorely need attention and participation!

Some things on the "To-Do List" that merit particular attention include:

  1. Identifying topics/pages that need attention
  2. Identifying problems that need addressing
  1. Adding the LGBT template to appropriate pages
  2. Categorizing LGBT pages

Please feel free to participate in any or all of these activities! And if you feel like it, add yourself to either the Noticeboard Members or the WikiProject Participants - or both!

Glad you're a part of Wikipedia - and Thanks! This invitation posted here by SatyrTN -- talk
Please remove it if you so desire.

Wikiproject Narnia Newsletter March 2007

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WikiProject Narnia Newsletter
Issue 1 - 2nd March 2007 . Written by User:Sp3000 (talk•contribs)
WikiProject Narnia News
  • The WikiProject has been a little quiet lately. There are still quite a lot of Narnia stubs. It has been nearly three months since we last worked on Minor characters in The Chronicles of Narnia, which still looks very much like a draft page. That would be a nice article to get into the main namespace.
Good and Featured Articles
Other news
  • WikiProject Narnia's first newsletter issue has been published. You're looking at it right now!
Member News
To-do
  1. Add characters and bios to minor character draft page.
  2. Expand Narnia stubs.
  3. Link the first mention of a year in all Narnia-related articles to Narnian timeline.
  4. Rewrite character articles to use the Narnian character example article format.
  5. Adopt an article and improve it to the best of your ability.
  6. Wikify The Chronicles of Narnia article, especially the new lead and Narnian Universe sections
From the founder

I am proud to present our first issue of the WikiProject Narnia Newsletter. I decided that we needed to alert everybody who had expressed interest in the project that there is much work to be done! Please check in every once in a while at the project talk page, and tell other project members what you've been up to in terms of Narnia articles.

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Article of the Month: Edmund Pevensie
  • Edmund Pevensie is a major character in The Chronicles of Narnia. He appears as a principal character in three of the seven books. Edmund was the second to enter Narnia, although he tried to betray his siblings to the White Witch. However, Edmund managed to help save Narnia by neutralizing the White Witch's most powerful weapon, her wand.
Collaboration of the Month: Shasta (Narnia)
  • Shasta is currently quite short and not much of his background has been mentioned. The article also lacks images – but make sure if you upload one, you include a FU rationale. Contribute!

Women in Red World Contest

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Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

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