Hello everyone! This has been a strange weekend, so let’s get to it!

In Memoriam: Although they weren’t wrestlers, they are more than worth mentioning. Comedian Bernie Mac, whose famous sitcom featured Stone Cold in one episode, and all around legend Isaac Hayes both passed away over the weekend. Bernie Mac suffered from pneumonia and sarcoidosis; the first mentioned having taken his young life at the age of 50. Isaac Hayes was only 65, and the cause of his early demise is unknown pending an investigation. Thoughts and prayers go out to the families of these two men, as they were taken much too soon. The two had been working together on a new movie due out November 14, 2008, titled Soul Men. On an eerie note, the movie follows two musicians who reunite pending the death of their band mate.

Injury Report: Killer Kowalski suffered a massive heart attack Friday. He is currently alert, aware and recuperating in a hospital. The 81 year old athlete is also suffering from long standing knee damage, and had surgery some time ago to repair the damage. More as it becomes available. Speedy Recovery, Killer!!!Also, Maryse reportedly suffered a broken nose, after her match on SmackDown this week, when Maria accidentally kicked her too hard.

Sailormoon:  There’s a news article up this week about the growing popularity of Bento lunches, the tiny malnourishment boxed meals celebrated in
Japan. The meals are now making a hit with health nuts and the article mentions Sailor Moon being a forerunner for this success, and even shows a Parallel Sailormoon inspired Bento, complete with a rice rabbit head, ala Kousagi’s enemy. You can read all about this appetizing treat here: http://www.examiner.com/x-355-Low-Carb-Examiner~y2008m8d7-Back-to-School-Packing-fun-foods-for-focussed-pupils

You have just 20 days left for voting in the popular character poll. August 31st the final votes will be tallied, and after that the new campaign will begin!  Addresses for the next campaign are being collected, and the final footwork is almost over.

Keep coming back for updates, and keep sending in your votes!

Here are today’s results:

Favorite Inner Senshi:

Sailor Moon 86 votes

Sailor Cosmos 28 votes

Sailor Mercury 15 votes

Sailor Mars 32 votes

Sailor Jupiter 34 votes

Sailor Venus/Codename Sailor V 32 votes

Favorite Outer Senshi:

Sailor Saturn 65 votes

Sailor Uranus 37 votes

Sailor Neptune 24 votes

Sailor Pluto 65 votes

Favorite Chibi Senshi (Pick two)

Chibiusa/Rini 93 votes

Kousagi 73 votes

Chibi Chibi 83 votes

Ami Jr 24 votes

Rei Jr 24 votes

Mako 24 votes

Mina 24 votes

Favorite Male character (Pick two):

Tuxedo Mask/Moonlight Knight 86 votes

Helios/Pegasus 101 votes

Peruru 68 votes

Favorite Cat:

Luna 79 votes

Artemis 41 votes

Diana 40 votes

Luna-P 16 votes

Kousagi’s cat 13 votes

Sailor Tin Nyanko 13 votes

Favorite Main Villain:

Queen Beryl 49 votes

Wiseman 18 votes

Master Pharaoh 90 12 votes

Queen Nepherenia 34 votes

Zirconia 10 votes

Sailor Galaxia 37 votes

Chaos 14 votes

Favorite Amazon Group:

Amazon Trio 33 votes

Amazon Quartet 60 votes

Sailor Amazoness Quartet 53 votes

Favorite Magical Character (You may pick two):

Queen Serenity 109 votes

Phobos & Deimos 54 votes

Cosmos Starseed 38 votes

Favorite Star Senshi (You may pick two):

Sailor Star Fighter 67 votes

Sailor Star Healer 64 votes

Sailor Star Maker 27 votes

Sailor Kakyuu 34 votes

Aluminum Siren 23 votes

Lead Crow 10 votes

Iron Mouse 35 votes

Heavy Metal Papillion 29 votes

Lethe 14 votes

Mnemosyne 21 votes

Phi 10 votes

Chi 10 votes

Keep your votes coming!

WWE: WWE.com reports that there was a massive firing spree starting Friday night and ending Sunday morning. This is NOT storyline, this is real.

In addition to Braden Walker/Chris Harris, Shannon Moore, Nunzio, Nick Patrick, James Curtis, Domino and Big Daddy V have all been fired from WWE, for no apparent reason. None of the aforementioned men had failed any known tests, nor did they fall into any immediate fault category. Each man curiously came from both the SmackDown and ECW rosters, which is odd considering the fact that these two brands are short on talent. Shannon Moore stayed on the light side of things, by telling 1wrestling.com (formerly owned by Joey Styles) that he “wishes WWE well in all their future endeavors.”

In other news, several newspapers are noting Mick Foley’s sincere unhappiness as a color commentator on SmackDown. The worst part seems to be how Vince McMahon screams into the earpieces of each commentator, rather than let the men do their job. Mick’s current contract expires September 1^st.

SmackDown: Adding to the above note, Mick did not show up for SmackDown on Friday night. Whether or not this is related to Edge’s attack the previous week has yet to be determined, but Tazz’s absence from ECW was explained, as it was announced that he had been sent to SmackDown to take over for Mick.

Maryse, Victoria, & Natalya defeated Michelle McCool, Cherry, & Maria in an Olympic dress up match. Maria proved to be no match to Natalya, who easily made her tap out.

In an ironic and now sad moment, Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder defeated Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore. None of the four men knew Shannon would be unemployed after this match, as the decision to fire Shannon was made after SmackDown aired. This match is now bitter to swallow, as Shannon was denied a decent farewell match, despite the WCW veteran’s track record or fans, nor was he even given a heads up. This was a foolish and disrespectful move made by WWE.

Jeff Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin ended in a DQ, after MVP butted in and booted Jeff in the head.

In a VERY needless segment, HHH faced off against Khali in a broken glass arm wrestling match. It was the usual arm wrestling table, with broken glass. Wow. HHH made very racist jokes about Khali’s handler Ranjin Singh, prompting eye rolls from the crowd. Khali flung HHH around, and then squashed his head. HHH needed a carry out.

Vladmir Koslov beat Jesse and Festus in a handicap match.

In the main event, Brian Kendrick beat Super Crazy, whom although is ECW was sent ahead to SmackDown. After the match, Kendrick’s friend Ezekiel put Super Crazy in the torture rack.

During the evening, mysterious things happened backstage. Equipment was damaged, and Curt and Zach were layed out. Each scene had a black rose on the victim, prompting Chavo, Vickie and Edge to meet in the ring after the main event. Edge made it out as though this was Undertaker’s fault, but low and behold it was Edge. Edge whacked Chavo with a chair, then one man conchairto’ed Chavo. As Vickie screamed, Edge flipped over her wheelchair, and then babbled incoherently that he will take out her whole family, for putting him in a Hell in a Cell against The Undertaker this Sunday.

TNA: Hard Justice was a disappointment. Here are the quick results:

Petey Williams retains the X Division title against Consequences Creed, due to Davairi’s interference.

Gail Kim, ODB and Taylor Wilde defeated Awesome Kong, Velvet Sky and Angelina Love. Traci Brooks was the referee.

Beer Money of Robert Roode and James Storm defeated LAX and are now the new Tag Team Champions.

Jay Lethal, whose family was at ringside, defeated Sonjay Dutt in a Black Tie Brawl and Chain Match. Sonjay made the fatal mistake of making fun of Jay’s family.

Christian Cage and Rhyno defeated Team 3D, and even got post match aid from Abyss.

Kevin Nash tried unsuccessfully to get Sting to talk.

A.J. Styles decimated Kurt Angle in a last man standing match. Kurt had to be carted off after the match. A.J. was then ambushed from behind, by a crazed Sting. Heels, Faces and commentators all agreed that something is WRONG with Sting, perhaps beyond the realm of story.

Samoa Joe beat Booker T in the Six Sides of Steel Weapons Match. During the end of the match, the lights went out, only when they came back on, Sting was NOT there, but a guitar was!! Joe nailed Booker T with it, to score the victory. CONGRATS JOE!!! Could this be Jeff Jarrett?

ROH:  SHIMMER this fall will debut the new SHIMMER tag team belts! No word yet on whose in line to get a shot, but the details will be known shortly.

This Saturday will see the Chi-town ROH debut of Tweek and Dash Phoenix, two local kids who will be thrown into a tag team scramble against The Briscoe Brothers, Ruckus and Jigsaw, and Delirious and Pelle Primeau.

And on an even happier note, Jerry Lynn will make more ROH appearances this September. If all goes well,
Lynn might be an ROH mainstay!

Well that’s it for now. As always stay clean and healthy and read a good book when you can. Until next time!

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