Divas Champion Maryse dislocates kneecap

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Earlier today, I read on the Slam! Sports website that current World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] Divas Champion Maryse [pictured above] was officially diagnosed with a dislocated knee-cap after injuring her knee during a WWE live-event house show over the weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina.

According to reports from fans in attendance sent in to Lordsofpain.com, Maryse and Natalya were wrestling The Bella Twins in the third match of the night and during the match, Maryse was working one of the twins over in the corner when Maryse suddenly crumpled down to the mat as it appeared she had blown her knee out.

The fans then described an awkward scene in which Natalya stood on the ring apron, not knowing what do to, while the Bella Twins went around the ring to play up the crowd. Special referee for the match, Kung Fu Naki, stood over Maryse, talking to her the entire time. The road agent for the match threw up the "X" signal with his forearms and a number of EMT's, referees and road agents hit the ringside area.

In the meantime, Natalya entered the ring and made of the twins submit to her sharpshooter finisher to put an end to the match, which was followed by Maryse being carried off on a stretcher.

I personally feel terrible for Maryse as this injury could not have come at a worse time for Maryse as she just won the Divas championship from Michelle McCool this past Friday on Smackdown.

I know a lot of know-it-all fans aren't big fans of Maryse or many of the Divas in WWE because they all can't wrestle like Natalya or Victoria, but personally, I feel Maryse has really stepped her in-ring game up over the last six months and has become one of, if not the top, female heel in the WWE. Her simple mannerisms remind me of a "heel" Trish Stratus and watching Maryse grow and progress as an in-ring performer in 2008 has been a joy to witness.

Hopefully, the injury isn't too severe and Maryse can be back in the ring in no time. If not, I wish her a speedy recovery and maybe this is the glitch in a storyline that WWE can use to re-introduce Gail Kim.

Joanie "Chyna" Laurer attempted suicide?

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Late last night, TMZ.com reported that former World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] Diva and frequent Howard Stern radio show guest, Joanie "Chyna" Laurer [pictured above], was rushed to a hospital over the weekend after attending a party where it is believed she mixed a heavy dose of prescription pills with alcohol.

According to the report, Laurer was rushed to a Burbank hospital at about 5.am. Saturday morning after being found passed out with cuts on her arm, leading many to believe the cuts indicated an attempted suicide. In addition, TMZ reported that her blood alcohol content was so high, the doctors felt they wouldn't be able to do a psychiatric examination.

Early Monday morning, Jeff Bauer of Mad Dad Promotions and assistant director of the Lovechild video shoot, released a statement with Laurer's side of the story and stated that upon finishing the video shoot for Lovechild's new single, Laurer and a couple of friends, including himself, had a few drinks to celebrate her birthday and the end of a great shoot.

Bauer went on to state that a newly prescribed medication Laurer was taking had a very adverse effect combined with the alcohol and that she blacked out and fell into her mirrored closet doors, receiving minor cuts on her arms and legs. Bauer admitted that when Laurer fell, it was scary and things looked worse than it was as Laurer only spent half the day Saturday at St. Joseph's emergency hospital and was released by the doctors without being admitted to the hospital. Bauer finished by stating that Laurer is doing fine and is a little embarrassed about forgetting she was on new medication.

I would love to believe Bauer but I am a bit skeptical due to Laurer's past problems with substance abuse and her recent appearance on VH1 Celebrity Rehab where she stated that she doesn't consider herself an addict.

However, I will give Bauer credit for automatically coming out with their side of the story immediately after TMZ released their report rather than waiting days or weeks to make a statement.

It still saddens me to think that just a few years ago, Laurer was just as big and as popular as Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock with both fans and non-fans of professional wrestling during the wrestling "BOOM" period and to see how far she has fallen really stings.

I honestly hope Bauer's statement was what really happened and I do hope Laurer continues to get her life straightened out because it would devastate me to read one day that she just became another statistic for professional wrestling deaths.

McMahon says NO to New Hart Foundation

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A few weeks ago, I discussed in an entry about the comments current World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] developmental talent DH Smith, the son of the late "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, made to a local Miami newspaper where he said that he believe he was better than some of the current second and third generation wrestlers currently on the main WWE roster and I agreed with his comments.

On Dec. 4, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Smith was a lock to be called up to the main roster after an incident two months ago. Reportedly, Vince McMahon was in a bad mood on a flight home to Connecticut after what he considered to be a bad week of television tapings and while looking of a paper listing of the ENTIRE roster, which included developmental talents, and afters seeing the name Harry Smith, McMahon scolded and railed on the creative team for letting this "Pedigree Kid" sit on the sidelines waste away.

Following McMahon's rant, Smith was paired up with TJ Wilson [both pictured above] as the "Canadian Bulldogs" in Florida Championship Wrestling [FCW] to get thm on track for thier eventual call-up to the main roster, which appeared to be coming soon as last week, it was reported that Smith and Wilson were on their way to the Smackdown roster to be the "New Hart Foundation" and have current WWE Diva Natalya, the daughter of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart and current girlfriend of Wilson, be their manager.

Indications got stronger after Smith and Wilson dropped the FCW tag-team belts last week at an FCW television tapings to Tyler "Gabe Tuft" Rex and James Curtis coming on the heels of the duo working a Smackdown dark match prior to the television tapings three weeks ago against current WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito and Primo.

Unfortunately, it appears all that speculation was hogwash as the Observer reported today that Smith and Wilson are once again on the back-burner with regards to a call-up to the main roster as the company has decided to go with "The Brian Kendrick" and Ezekiel Jackson in the spot of challenging Carlito and Primo for the tag-titles.

According to Observer, officials main problem with Smith and Wilson is that they are not really that good at talking and even though officials have been grooming Natalya as their mouthpiece, they feel she's not good enough of a talker to get them the needed mic time on the show even though she is outstanding at ringside.

To make things more complicated, the trainers in FCW have been raving about Smith and Wilson and feel they are the most advanced wrestlers in the developmental league right now but it appears to not matter as its back to the drawing board for the duo.

This is now twice that Smith, Wilson and Natalya were suppose to debut as a new generation Hart Foundation and both times have been scrapped. The first time was in the fall of 2007 but Teddy Hart, who was to debut with them and is the nephew to Bret "Hitman" Hart, screwed those plans up with his immature attitude and was released from the company for a second time in Oct. 2007.

I do not know what to say about this other than are you freaking kidding me? Could someone please explain to me like I'm a five-year old how McMahon could suddenly flip his position on Smith and Wilson after scolding the creative team for not doing anything with Smith?

It baffles me beyond belief that WWE has two talents they could make a ton of money off of but because they may not have the strongest mic skills, they are going to waste them in FCW while the likes of Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, Manu, Vladmir Koslov and others get television time on the main roster with weaker mic skills?

All I know for sure is that these two kids, Wilson and Smith, can produce the goods in the ring and are miles ahead of some of their peers who are currently on the main roster in terms of ring talent and natural ability.

I guaran-damn-tee you that if Jim Ross was still in charge of the talent roster and who got called up to the main roster instead of John Laurinaitis, this duo would already be multi-time tag-champions and would be carving out their name in professional wrestling history.

Hopefully, we will get to see this duo sooner than later as they could be the shot of adrenaline tag-team wrestling needs right now. Only time will tell and if McMahon keeps changing his mind like a dead fish flip-flopping, that wait could be a long, long time.

MMA fighter Justin Eilers murdered on Christmas

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Earlier today, I was shocked to discover on espn.com that Mixed Martial Arts fighter Justin Eilers [pictured above] had been shot and killed late Christmas night in Nampa, Idaho during an apparent domestic disturbance. Eilers was 30-years old.

According to Sherdog.com, Canyon County sheriffs arrived at the residence of the incident at 10:44 p.m. MST, where Eilers was found shot and wounded. Capt. Dana Maxfield said that emergency medical staff took live-saving measures but were unsuccessful in their attempts and pronounced Eilers dead at the scene.

On Friday, a conducted autopsy released the cause of death as a single gunshot wound to the chest and Eilers' longtime manager, Monte Cox, stated that the bullet punctured Eilers' lung before exiting his body

According to Cox, Eilers had gathered with relatives for the holidays but tensions escalated with an ex-girlfriend who was also attending. Eilers was asked to leave the residence but refused and began throwing dishes and other objects in protest.

During Eilers' tirade, it is being reported that the home's owner pulled a gun on Eilers and shot him in the chest after a brief verbal confrontation. Even more heart-wrenching is that in addition to Eilers' ex-girlfriend being in the same room at the time of the shooting, so were Eilers' mother and young son.

The home's owner, James Robert Malec, 48, was arrested and charged with second degree murder in relation with the shooting and it is believed that Malec is Eilers' mother's boyfriend, though nothing is being confirmed other than numerous relatives were at the scene at the time of the shooting.

I am honestly at a loss for words. What can you say after reading this story? I mean, a mother lost her son and a young boy lost his father for no apparent reason other than pure stupidity and typical male-ego aggressiveness.

The sad fact of the matter is that this is now the norm in society with people no longer settling disagreements or arguments with their fists [which were the only weapons people needed a few decades ago] after words don't work but rather, pulling guns out with their trigger happy fingers.

I would like to know what exactly was going through Malec's head that would make him think shooting and killing Eilers was going to solve everything? From what is reported, no one's life appeared to be in danger and the matter could have simply been settled with a call to the local authorities. However, Malec decided to take matters into his own hands and now has a bigger mess than just the objects Eilers threw in the house.

I don't care what Eilers threw in the house or said during the argument....Malec had no right to shoot and kill him unless Eilers had a gun pulled and was going to shoot someone in the house, which doesn't appear to be the case.

As stated earlier, this appears to be a case of two guys trying to be more macho than the other and ultimately, someone's life was cut short. Also, does anyone think its kinda odd that Malec was not only the home owner but also the person that had Eilers' ex-girlfriend over at the house, knowing there was still tension between them? Just something to think about.

Wrestling Recipes Week 17 - What the Hell Stew

Now that the holidays are over and people have stuffed themselves with a plethora of deserts, turkey, ham and other good holiday treats, people now have to come back to reality and get back to eating simple dinners, which is easier said than done with the current shape of today's economy.

Luckily, one-half of the current World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] World Tag Team Champions, The Miz, was gracious enough to lend his recipe to WWE Magazine for the January 2007 issue with a stew recipe that is unlike anything one has seen but guaranteed to leave you wanting more.


WHAT THE HELL STEW


INGREDIENTS:
*1 box creamy flour cheese Rice-A-Roni
*1 can green beans
*ketchup
*1 pound ground beef


DIRECTIONS:
1) Cook creamy flour Rice-A-Roni as directed on box.
2) At same time, brown ground beef in a skillet.
3) Combine green beans, ground beef and Rice-A-Roni.
4) Flavor generously with ketchup.

Merry Christmas from No Limit Wrestling

I would just like to take the time and wish everyone who has visited this page and continues to check in on this page a very Merry Christmas and I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and get to spend some quality time with family.

In honor of Christmas, I figured it would only be appropriate to post several of the World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] Tribute to the Troops recap videos from the various years, courtesy of YouTube. Enjoy.



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2008 Recap Video

Hade Vansen quickly found the prophecy

On the Dec. 12, 2008 edition of WWE Smackdown, this promo video aired and got professional wrestling fans asking each other who was this guy?

Come to find out, the person in the video, courtesy of AOL Video, is a World Wrestling Entertainment [WWE] Developmental talent Hade Vansen, a British wrestler who has been signed with WWE since 2007 and was going to portray a dark character with "cult" overtones and have several associates for his stable.

This afternoon, I read on 411wrestling.com that Vansen has already full-filled his prophecy as plans for his character have been dropped. According to the website, WWE owner Vince McMahon made the call to drop Vansen's character and upcoming angle with the Undertaker due to McMahon not wanting an unproven developmental talent being put into a major angle before being tested.

The planned angle, which was the brain-child of current Smackdown writer Michael Hayes, was to create several new nemesis for the Undertaker as former ECW wrestler Kevin Thorn and another developmental talent, Black Pain, were to be associated with Vansen but were told at last week's television shows that the angle and new characters had been scrapped.

Personally, I can understand McMahon being hesitant about putting an un-proven talent with one of the company's biggest names in company history but was it necessary to scrap the entire character and associates? Honestly, why not just do like in the 1980's when a new talent debuted and have Vansen build wins over preliminary and mid-card talent while gradually preparing him for the big angle?

Maybe I'm just too old school and not in touch anymore.