Burrhead Jones DVD A Winner
By Mike Mooneyham Aug. 27, 2006 Kick off your shoes, pull up an easy chair and get ready to enjoy a couple of hours with one of pro wrestling’s more entertaining characters. You can do just that with a new DVD that covers the wrestling career of the legendary Burrhead Jones. The video, aptly titled [...]
‘Supermom’ turns ‘Superfan’
By Mike Mooneyham Aug. 12, 2006 So you think professional wrestling is just a soap opera for men? Or that its major sponsors target an 18-34 male demographic that craves rough-and-tumble may mayhem mixed with over-the-top theatrics? Perhaps you go with the notion that pro wrestling attracts a mostly blue-collar crowd that prefers the sport’s [...]
Spirit Squad leader charged
By Mike Mooneyham Aug. 20, 2006 Spirit Squad leader Kenny (Ken Doane) was served with two warrants last week at Raw on charges of assault and battery and vandalism. The charges stem from a report filed by a fan who had asked Doane, 20, and former WWE women’s champ Mickie James, 26, for autographs while [...]
Study draws WWE ire
By Mike Mooneyham Aug. 13, 2006 A Wake Forest University School of Medicine study that links violent adolescent behavior with the frequency of watching professional wrestling on TV has drawn the ire of WWE head honcho Vince McMahon. The study, which took place over seven months in 1999 and shared with other researchers in 2001, [...]
Sadler Combines Racin’, Rasslin’
By Mike Mooneyham Aug. 6, 2006 There’ll be no shortage of stars when Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pulls into town this week. One of the biggest attractions, though, won’t be a wrestler – at least not a full-time one. Hermie Sadler, brother of Nextel Cup driver Elliott Sadler and a NASCAR star in his own [...]