• Wrestling News & Wrestling Rumors – WWE & TNA

- Here is this week’s Billboard Top Recreational and Sports DVD rankings:

1 WWE: Wrestlemania: 25th Anniversary
2 WWE: Backlash 2009
3 UFC: Best Of 2008
4 UFC 93: From Dublin, Ireland
5 WWE: Hell In A Cell
6 WWE: The Best Of Raw: 15th Anniversary 1993-2008
7 WWE: Starrcade: The Essential Collection
8 WWE: The Best Of Saturday Night’s Main Event
9 WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment
10 WWE: Greatest Stars Of The 90s

- From WWE’s Corporate site:

WWE Announcer/Singer / Female / All Ethnicities / 20 – 30

Description: WWE is looking for a young, attractive female to sing the national anthem and be our regular ring announcer every week, for one of our most popular TV shows (WWE is estimated to be seen in 500,000,000 households in 150 countries/30 languages)…

This is a breakout job for any young singer. Please specify on submissions if anyone has appeared on American Idol, making the Band or any show of this comparison.
Rate:depends on talent

[It looks like WWE are after another Lilian Garcia. Lets just hope they aren't replacing her for a younger model].

- WWE is currently looking to make up the loss in domestic PPV revenue by signing blanket deals with restaurants like Hooters and theater chains. It looks to be a throwback to the closed circuit days.

- Nancy Benoit’s family are suing Chris Benoit’s former doctor for wrongful death, following Dr. Astin’s 10 year conviction for illegally prescribing drugs to his patients, including Chris Benoit.

The suit claims that Astin prescribed painkillers, steroids and muscle relaxants to Benoit from June 2000 to June 23, 2007 – the day Benoit killed his family and then hanged himself.

The suit alleges that Astin has a responsibility to monitor Benoit and warn him of the side effects of the drugs. The suit also includes an affidavit by a veteran Long Island sports medicine doctor, who reviewed Benoit’s medical records.

This case is interesting because a convincing link needs to be made between what was prescribed to Benoit and what he did. The concussion theory is still a major contender.